【正文】 hey made people healthier and allowed them to live longer. By the 1960s most people could expect to live to be at least 60. By this time most people in developed countries had a very good life. Of course new inventions continued to be made. But man now had a desire(渴望 ) to explore again. The earth was known to man but the stars were not. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then United States took a step. Since then other countries , including China and Japan, have made their own steps into space. In 1969 man took his biggest step away from earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a beginning, though. New inventions will some day allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of. 61. This passage talks mainly about . A. why cars were very important B. when light was invented C. how inventions affect people’s daily life D. which country made the first step into space 62. According to the passage man didn’t have a desire to explore a lot . A. at the beginning of 1800s B. in the 1960s C. since the 1900s D. from the 1800s to 1960s 63. In the 1800s, people began to work in order to make A. explorations B. their life better C. discoveries D. a trip to space 64. Nylon came out of five years later than . A. radio B. camera C. jet planes D. movies 65. People can live longer lives because that help cure diseases have worked very well. A. doctors B. new ways C. medicines D. new hospitals Ｃ When my family moved to America in 2021 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬 ) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States. I had a parttime job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middleaged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感 ) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry. In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience. However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear. After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more。 was taken place D. was held。s father. C. Bob39。 8. How did Lily go to work today? A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car. 9. What will Mike do tomorrow? A. Visit Lily. B. Drive to work. C. Leave home earlier. 10. Which of the following is true? A. Lily has a new flat. B. Lily was late for work. C. Mike lives close to the office. 請聽第 3段對話，回答第 11至第 13小題。s hard to pass the exam. B. It39。 A)請聽下面 5段對話 。每段對話后 有一小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并在答題卷上將該項涂黑。s easy to pass the exam. C. They didn39。 11. Where does David spend time after school these days? A. At a coffee shop. B. At a library. C. At a music club. 12. Whom does David like to meet? A. Classmates. B. Friends. C. Strangers. 13. What can we get from the conversation? A. David doesn39。s friend. 19. What makes Bob worried? A. Too much work. B. His poor English. C. The bad weather. 20. Why is Bob calling Steve? A. To ask Steve for help. B. To talk about his school life. C. To invite Steve to go tr