【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 gents, the largest provider of pretend friends, makes sure that its employees have done their homework and know all about the bride or groom before the wedding．Hiroshi Mizutani, the pany’s founder, said the fake friends he provides must look happy, be ell dressed and look like people with good jobs．56．Why did fake friends industry e into being in Japan? A．Because of social and economic changes B．Because of lifetime employment C．Because of normal social life D．Because of work pressure57．Pretend friends will be present at the following occasions except ________． A．weddings B．funerals C．work D．family gathering58．The agents make sure that ________． A．fake friends have done their housework B．fake friends have good jobs C．fake friends must look happy and be well dressed D．fake friends feel unfortable59．What is the best title of this passage? A．Japanese couples are under pressure to get married B．The first guestforhire pany in Japan C．Japanese couples’ social life D．Japanese couples rely on fake friendsB Almost twothirds of children want their parents to spend more time reading to them before bed, and most prefer Mum’s storytelling to Dad’s, researchers said.They conducted a study that showed younger children aged 34 were most hungry for more stories, with over threequarters saying they wished their parents read to them more often.More than half of all children aged 38 said story time was their favourite pastime with their parents.The results of our research confirm the traditional activity of storytelling continues to be a powerful learning and emotional resource in children39。s lives, said child psychologist Richard Woolfson.Storytelling ranked higher than television or video games among pastimes for kids, and 82 percent said reading a story with their parents helped them sleep better, according the survey of 500 children aged 38 in Britain.The best storytellers were mothers who used funny voices to illustrate different characters or made their own special sound effects to keep the story moving, researchers said.When mum and dad are not at hand, celebrities will do: over 30 percent of children said they would like to hear a bedtime story from Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, with teen idols Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus and Emma Watson trailing close behind.It can be very difficult for parents to find the time to read with their children, but these moments can help build strong bonds and play a vital part in their child39。s development, said Woolfson.60．The underlined word “pastime” in the passage mot probably means . A．old time B．entertainment C．emotion D．character61．The author develops the passage mainly by . A．pointing out similarities and differences B．following the natural time order C．paring opinions from different fields D．providing examples and statistics62．Reading a story with their parents helped most kids aged 38 . A．grow stronger B．bee more emotional C．sleep better D．bee more powerful63．What is this passage mainly about? A．Kids want to hear more bedtime stories. B．Mother are better at looking after kids than fathers. C．Kids prefer mothers to fathers. D．Storytelling ranked higher than television.CTEXASThat’s on small word for astronaut Neil Armstrong, one giant revision for grammar sticklers everywhere. An Australian puter programmer says he fond the missing “a” from Armstrong’s famous first words from the Moon in 1969, when the world heard the phrase, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”Some historians and cities have dogged（糾纏）Armstrong for not saying the more dramaticand grammatically correct. One small step for a man ... in the version he transmitted to Nasa39。s Mission Control. Without the missing a, Armstrong essentially said, One small step for mankind, one giant leap for mankind.The astronaut has maintained he intended to say it properly and believes he did. Thanks to some hightech soundediting software, puter programmer Peter Shann Ford might have proved Armstrong right, the Houston Chronicle newspaper in Texas reported at the weekend. Mr Ford said he downloaded the audio recording of Armstrong39。s words from a NASA website and analyzed the statement with software that allows disabled people to municate through puters using their nerve impulses.In a graphical(圖形的) representation of the famous phrase, he said he found evidence that the missing a was spoken and transmitted to NASA.I have reviewed the data a