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at the author would disapprove of___.B) the use of one39。s internal puterPassage 12A new enemy is threatening Japanese traditions: leisure. As part of its attempt to increase imports, the government is trying to get people to work less and spend more. The workers are disgusted.56. The purpose of getting the Japanese to have more spare time is that______.B. the government needs to get more goods from abroad57. The group of people who wele the shorterhour system in Japan is_____.B. the industrialists58. The unions think that ______.C. the shorter hours they work, the less pay they can have59. What is the result of the younger Japanese’s reaction to the leisure industry?C. It bees more and more flourishing60. The best title for this passage can be_____.B. Leisure: the Greatest Threat!Passage 13In the 196Os,medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful.61. The result of HolmesRahe39。s medical research tells us____.C) what kind of event would cause stress62. The studies on stress in the early 197039。s led to___.B) great panic over the mental disorder it could cause63. The score of the HolmesRahe test shows___.A) how much pressure you are under64. Why is such simplistic advice (Line 1,) impossible to follow?D) You could be missing opportunities as well.65. According to the passage people who have experienced ups and downs may bee___.C) more capable of coping with adversityPassage 14Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the nottoodistant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable future.66. One significant improvement in the future car will probably be___.C) its power source67. What is the author39。s main concern?D) How to solve the problem of traffic jams.68. What provides autos with electric power in an automated highway system?B) A rail.69. In an automated highway system, all the driver needs to do is___.C) inform the system of his destination by phone70. What is the author39。s attitude toward the future of autos?A) Optimistic.Passage 15It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean39。s largest creature, which has almost been killed off by mercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is difficult, and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.71. The passage is chiefly about___.B) the civilian use of a military detection system72. The underwater listening system was originally designed___.A) to trace and locate enemy vessels73. The deepsea listening system makes use of____.C) the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting sound74. It can be inferred from the passage that___.D) military technology has great potential in civilian use75. Which of the following is true about the U. S. Navy underwater listening network?A) It is now partly accessible to civilian scientists.Passage 16In Britain arrangement for inviting and entertaining guests at a wedding is usually the responsibility of the bride’s family. (牧師)76. It is the bride’s parents who normally have to ______ .A) make all the arrangements for the wedding77. According to the passage some guests may be invited because ______ .c) their presence could provide future benefits78. Why are the arrangements for a church wedding usually made some time before?d) To ensure a thorough investigation of the couple’s existing marital status.79. What possible difference is suggested between a church and a civil wedding?c) Guests at civil weddings are less formally dressed.80. The reception normally takes place in the bride’s home if ______ .b) there is enough room to entertain the people invitedPassage 17Trees should only be pruned when there is a good and clear reason for doing so and, fortunately, the number of such reasons is small. Prunin