【正文】 g in a country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are really like. And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be from the second－ hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we though to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all! Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to do so. The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. With the much greater rapidity and ease of travel, there might seem to be some truth in this at least as far 8 as Europe is concerned. However this may be, at least the greater ease of travel today has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different kind of animal from themselves. 51. Every country criticizes ways of life in other countries because they are ______. A. distorted B. normal C. similar to each other D. different from its own 52. One who travels in a foreign country and leans its language will _______. A. find out what its people are like B. argue in favor of this country and the language C. know the country and its people better D. like its inhabitants and their language 53. The knowledge one gains by traveling in a foreign country is often _______. A. from secondhand information B. gathered from other sources than from its inhabitants C. gained from the arguments about the country D. different from what one had before the travel 54. Differences between peoples ________. A. will gradually disappear because of ease of travel B. do exist even though different nationalities behave exactly alike C. will always continue to exist and the world will be a dull place D. will not exist as one hopes 55. “ However”（ Line 5, ） most probably meant ________. A. Somewhat B. By whatever means C. Anyhow D. No matter what V. Daily Conversation（ 10 points） Directions: Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and plete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. A. No, I won’t B. No, I will C. It’s first e, first served D. I’ve got enough money E. So do I F. Where can I wash my hands H. Friends should help each other 56. Jeff: Should we go to the big sale today? Junko: Yes, we’ll have to go early. __________. 57. Customer: Excuse me, _______________? Clerk: The ladies’ room is right around the corner. 58. Bobby: I’d love to go with you to the concert, but I’m short of money these days. 9 Maria: That’s all right. ____________ 59. Sandra: You should know that Jack is really a sharp businessman. Tom: __________. But I wasn’t born yesterday. I’ve been at this business for ages, too. 60. Lalita: Please don’t make a noise. Henry: _________. VI. Writing（ 25 points） Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write something about your job as a nurse because an editor of a newspaper wants to make a report about nurses in the country. You have to write in 100120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly. 61. 一家報(bào)社的編輯想寫(xiě)一篇關(guān)于護(hù)士的文章，他想采訪你，請(qǐng)你談?wù)勀銓?duì)護(hù)士工作的看法。 may C. shouldn’t。 what B. What。 didn’t get B. drove。 （ 3）你的工作時(shí)間。倫巴多樂(lè)隊(duì)，是 20 世紀(jì)加拿大最為有名的樂(lè)隊(duì)之一） music paced the activity. We crowned our overloaded plates with rice, gravy, and mayonnaise－ dredged salad. For dessert, MawMaw had prepared a showcase coconut cake－ with fresh coconut she grated herself. It was her custom－ I never knew its origin－ to hide a dime somewhere in the cake. Whoever found it would have good 29 . With the first bite of cake we all stopped chewing 30 Large chunks fell from open mouths onto the plates. It was the unmistakable taste of soap! 21. A. head over B. head for C. head out D. head up 22. A. weled B. ignored C. refused D. asked 23. A. Even up B. Even so C. Even if D. Even since 24. A. urge B. tense C. stress D. pressure 25. A. special B. typical C. general D. essential 26. A. bedroom B. sitting room C. house D. apartment 27. A. remind B. remember C. recall D. retell 28. A. into B.