【正文】 he bicycle tyres for instance, Holmes is capable of recognizing 42 different varieties of bicycle tyres. Except for his illimitable knowledge, Holmes also specializes in arranging the facts in order and then finding the fact leading him to a great discovery or even the truth itself. In this case, after getting rid of unrelated facts, Sherlock Homes eventually grasped the clue and discovered the amazing fact. Needless to say, as a worldrenowned masterpiece, Sherlock Holmes and the Duke’s Son has attracted and is still charming numerous readers from all corners of the world and people from all walks of life. The “Holmes series” has already set up a standard against which all the following detective fictions are measured. Sherlock Holmes, beyond all doubt, has been a name firmly rooted in people’s memories. Although Dr. Watson’s closing The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes in 1927 was a great pity to the readers, the discontinuance of the entire “Holmes series” may have actually added to the legendary stature of Sherlock Holmes. 29． Why does the author mention the book Pride and Prejudice? A. To show his/her impression on it. B. To change a sentence in it to evaluate the Holmes series. C. To quote a sentence to directly illustrate its impressiveness. D. To state the reason why he/she began reading Sherlock Holmes and the Duck’s son. 30． Many factors contribute to the author’s positive attitude toward the book EXCEPT that __________. A. the detailed description of a client’s strange behavior arouses the readers’ interest B. the plots are well laid out and all scenes and characters are artfully presented C. the book is even adapted into a film and the author really enjoys watching it D. its ending is so surprising that it makes the author deeply impressed 31． What kind of a person is Sherlock Holmes according to the passage? A. Knowledgeable. B. Arbitrary. C. Mysterious. D. Courageous. 32． How is the passage anized? (p=paragraph) A. B. C. D. 33． What’s the passage mainly about? A. It mainly introduces the plots of the book Sherlock Holmes and the Duck’s son. B. It’s mainly about the author’s attitude towards Sherlock Holmes. C. It’s mainly about the thoughts of the author after reading Sherlock Holmes and the Duck’s son. D. It’s mainly a parison between the book Pride and Prejudice and the Holmes series. You may have heard some of the fashion industry horror stories: models eating tissues or cotton balls to hold off hunger, and models collapsing (昏倒 ) from hungerinduced (因饑餓所致的 ) heart attacks just seconds after they step off the runway (T臺 ). Excessively skinny models have been a point of controversy (爭論 ) for decades, and two researchers say a model’s body mass ( 體重 ) should be a workspace health and safety issue. In an editorial released Monday in the American Journal of Public Health, Katherine Record and Bryn Austin made their case for government regulation of the fashion industry. The average international runway model has a body mass index (BMI) under 16low enough to indicate starvation by the World Health Organization’s standard. And Record and Austin are worried not just about the models themselves, but about the vast number of girls and women their images influence.[來源 :學科網(wǎng) ZXXK] “ Especially girls and teens,” says Record. “ Seventy percent of girls aged 10 to 18 report that they define perfect body image based on what they see in magazines.” That’s especially worrying, she says, given that anorexia( 厭食癥 ) results in more deaths than does any other mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. It’s monly known that certain diseases are linked with occupations like lung disease in coal miners. Professional fashion models are particularly vulnerable (脆弱的 ) to eating disorders (失調(diào) ) resulting from occupational demands to maintain extreme thinness. Record’s suggestion is to prohibit agents from hiring models with a BMI below 18. In April, France passed a law setting lower limits for a model’s weight. Agent s and fashion houses who hire models with BMI under 18 could pay $ 82, 000 in fines and spend up to 6 months in jail. Regulating the fashion industry in the United States won’t be easy, Record says. But with the new rules in France, . support could make a difference. “ A designer can’t survive without participating in Paris Fashion Week” , she says, adding, “ Our argument is that the same would be true of New York Fashion Week.” 34． What do Record and Austin say about fashion models’ body mass? A. It has caused needless controversy. B. It affects models’ health and safety. C. It is but a matter of personal taste. D. It is focus of the modeling business. 35． What a