【正文】 someone who “ noses around” all the time. This kind of person is interested in other people’ s private matters. He is considered “ nosey” . One unusual expression is “ that is no skin off my nose” . This means that a situation does not affect or concern me. We also say that sometimes a person “ cuts off his nose to spite his face” . That is, he makes a situation worse for himself by doing something foolish because he is angry. More problems can develop if a person “ looks down his nose” at someone or something. The person acts like someone or something is unimportant or worthless. This person might also “ turn up his nose” at something that he considers not good enough. This person thinks he is better than everyone else. He has his “ nose in the air” . In school, some students “ thumb their nose” at their teacher. They refuse to obey orders or do any work. Maybe these students do not know the correct answers. My mother always told me, if you study hard, the answers should be “ right under your nose” or easily seen. 64. A person who leads other people by the nose is perhaps _____. A. a hardworking worker in a factory B. an ordinary student in a class C. an experienced leader in a group D. a pretty wife in a family 65. Mrs. Smith is thought to be nosey because she _____. A. cares about nobody else B. often laughs at other people C. keeps talking to people around her D. wants to find out others’ secrets 66. If something is no skin off your nose, you will _____. A. not be bothered by it B. pay much attention to it C. feel excited about it D. worry about it 67. Who is most probably popular with other people? A. A woman who cuts off her nose to spite her face. B. A man who keeps his nose out of others’ business. C. A beautiful girl who has her nose in the air. D. A clever boy who thumbs his nose at his teachers. D During the early years of the settlement of the American continent, a highly distinctive form of English, spoken by the black population, was beginning to develop in the islands of the West Indies and the southern part of the mainland. The beginning of the seventeenth century saw the emergence (出現(xiàn) ) of the slave trade. Ships from Europe traveled to the West African coast, where they exchanged cheap goods for black slaves. The slaves were shipped in terrible conditions to the Caribbean islands and the American coast, where they were in turn exchanged for such products as sugar and molasses. The ships then returned to England, pleting an “ Atlantic triangle” of journeys, and the process began again. Britain and the United States had outlawed the slave trade by 1865, but by that time, nearly 200 years of trading had taken place. By the middle of the nieenth century, there were over four million black slaves in America. The policy of the slavetraders was to bring people of different language backgrounds together in the ships, to make it difficult for groups to plan rebellion. The result was the growth of several pidgin (混雜的 ) forms of munication, and in particular a pidgin between the slaves and the sailors, many of whom spoke English. Once they arrived in the Caribbean, this pidgin English continued to act as a major means of munication between the black population and their new owners, and among the blacks themselves. Then, when children came to be born, the pidgin became their mother tongue, thus producing the first black Creole (克里奧爾語 ) speech in the region. This Creole English rapidly came to be used throughout the cotton plantations (種植園 ), and in the coastal towns and islands. 68. Which of the following is the correct route taken by slave traders? A. Europe → the West African coast → the Caribbean islands and the American coast → England. B. Europe → the West African coast → Europe → the Caribbean islands and the American coast. C. The West African coast → Europe → the Caribbean islands and the American coast → Europe. D. Th