【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 account for 20 percent of the voting public. It’s little wonder that the May 19 Supreme Court ruling got the attention of drug manufacturers and politicians across the country. The oftenoverlooked state of 1. 3 million tucked in the northeast corner of the country became David to the pharmaceutical industry’s Goliath. The faceoff began three years ago when state legislators like Pingree began questioning why Maine’s elderly population had to take all those bus trips. 47. The elderly Americans cross the MaineCanada border in order to get drugs that are_ ___ A. sold wholesale. B. over the counter. C. 1ess expensive. D. taxfree. 48. We can learn from the second paragraph that_ ___ A. people can buy as many drugs for personal use. B. the crossborder drug shopping has been out of the federal control. C. Chellie Pingree used to be one of the crossborder shoppers for drugs. D. the crossborder shopping is the only way for some Americans to get drugs. 49. Maine Rx mentioned in Paragraph Two is a_ ___ A. bill. B. drug pany. C. customs office. D. seniors society. 50. Most crossborder shoppers are retired people, rather than working Americans, because the former____ A. have more leisure time B. fill more prescriptions C. mostly enjoy long trips D. are fond of street shopping 51. Politicians were interested in the May 19 Supreme Court ruling because_ ___ A. they couldn’t improve the wellbeing of the elderly. B. they couldn’t afford to ignore the elderly’s votes. C. they saw the elderly as the greatest contributors. D. they saw the elderly as deserving a special care. 52. David and Goliath are names used to describe a situation in which_ ___ A. the two groups are evenly matched in strength. B. a more powerful group is fighting a less powerful group. C. a less powerful group is fighting a more powerful group. D. both of the two groups are losers. Passage Three It’s navel gazing time again, that stretch of the year when many of us turn our attention inward and think about 5 how we can improve the way we live our lives. But as we embark on this annual ritual of introspection. we would do well to ask ourselves a simple question: Does it really do any good? The poet Theodore Roethke had some insight into the matter: “Selfcontemplation is a curse that makes an old confusion worse.” As a psychologist, I think Roethke had a point, one that’s supported by a growing body of controlled psychological studies. In a study I conducted with Dolores Kraft, a clinical psychologist, and Dana Dunn, a social psychologist, people in one group were asked to list the reasons their relationship with a romantic partner was going the way it was, and then rate how satisfied they were with the relationship. People in another group were asked to rate their satisfaction without any analysis； they just gave their gut reactions. It might seem that the people who thought about the specifics would be best at figuring out how they really felt, and that their satisfaction ratings would thus do the best job of predicting the oute of their relationships. In fact. we found the reverse. It was the people in the “gut feeling” group whose ratings predicted whether they were still dating their partner several months later. As for the navel gazers, their satisfaction ratings did not predict the oute of their relationships at all. Rather, too much analysis can confuse people about how they really feel. Selfreflection is especially problematic when we are feeling down. Research by Susan NolenHoeksema, a clinical psychologist at Yale University, shows that when people are depressed, ruminating on their problems makes things worse. For years it was believed that emergency workers like police officers and firefighters should undergo a debriefing process to focus on and relive their experiences； the idea was that this would make them feel better and prevent mental health problems down the road. But did it do any good? In an extensive review of the research, a team led by Richard McNally, a clinical psychologist at Harvard, concluded that debriefing procedures have little benefit and might even hurt by interrupting the normal healing process. People often distract themselves from thinking about painful events right after they occur, and this may be better than mentally reliving the events. 53. According to the author, why do people tend to look inward at the end of a year? A. They want to know if they get prepared for the future. B. They consider it beneficial to their future lives. C. They pay too much attention to their selfimprovement. D. They overemphasize their progress in the past year. 54. The author agrees with Theodore Roethke on that_ ___ A. people need selfreflection when they feel blue. B. people are reluctant to confide in romantic partners. C. people may be more depressed by recalling the painful past. D. people would bee sober when clearing up the confusions. 55. The findings of the study on the satisfaction ratings in romantic relationship reveal that_ ___ A. meditation can keep the relationship at its peak. B. retrospection helps people feel satisfied with the partner. C. specific analysis can foretell the future of the relationship. D. thinking about details makes one uncertain about the relationship. 56. The phrase “the navel gazers” in Paragraph 5 refers to people who_ ___ A. boast of their own success. B. hesitate in romantic relationships. C. worry about their future. D. focus on their past. 57. Which of the following is the best way to help firefighters relieve their trauma? A. Leave them alone to adjust their emotions. B. Provide them with consultation about their j