【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 requently attract blood relatives from faraway places who spend considerable money and time to reunite.　　 Actually, in their affection for reuniting with friends, family or colleagues, Americans are probably no different from any other people, except that Americans have created a mindboggling number and variety of institutionalized forms of gatherings to facilitate the satisfaction of this desire. Indeed, reunions have increasingly bee formal events that are organized on a regular basis and, in the process, they have also bee big business.　　 Shell Norris of Class Reunion, Inc., says that Chicago alone has 1,500 high school reunions each year. A conservative estimate on the national level would be 10,000 annually. At one time, all high school reunions were organized by volunteers, usually female homemakers. In the last few years, however, as more and more women have entered the labour force, alumni reunions are increasingly being planned by specialized panies rather than by parttime volunteers.　　 The first college reunion was held by the alumni of Yale University in 1792. Graduates of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Stanford, and Brown followed suit. And by the end of the 19th century,　　most 4year institutions were holding alumni reunions.　　 The variety of college reunions is impressive. At Princeton, alumni parade through the town wearing their class uniforms and singing their alma mater. At Marietta College, they gather for a dinnerdance on a steamship cruising the Ohio River.　　 Clearly, the thought of cruising on a steamship or marching through the streets is usually not, by itself, sufficient reason for large numbers of alumni to return to campus. Alumni who decide to attend their reunions share a mon identity based on the years they spent together as undergraduates. For this reason, universities that somehow establish a mon bond – for example, because they are relatively small or especially prestigious tend to draw substantial numbers of their alumni to reunions. In an effort to enhance this mon identity, larger colleges and universities frequently build their class reunions on participation in smaller units, such as departments or schools. Or they encourage affinity reunions for groups of former cheerleaders, editors, fraternity members, musicians, members of military organizations on campus, and the like.　　 Of course, not every alumnus is fond of his or her alma mater. Students who graduated during the late 1960s may be especially reluctant to get involved in alumni events. They were part of the generation that conducted sitins and teachins directed at university administrators, protested military recruitment on campus and marched against establishment politics. If this generation has a mon identity, it may fall outside of their university ties or even be hostile to them. Even as they enter their middle years, alumni who continue to hold unpleasant memories of college during this period may not wish to attend class reunions.　　17. According to the passage, Sparacinos study　　 A. provided strong evidence for Jaffes statement.　　 B. showed that attendees tended to excel in high school study.　　 C. found that interest in reunions was linked with school experience.　　 D. found evidence for attendees intense desire for showing off success.　　18. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a distinct feature of . class reunions?　　 A. . class reunions are usually occasions to show off ones recent success.　　 B. Reunions are regular and formal events organized by professional agencies.　　 C. Class reunions have bee a profitable business.　　 D. Class reunions have brought about a variety of activities.　　19. What mainly attracts many people to return to campus for reunion?　　 A. The variety of activities for class reunion.　　 B. The special status their university enjoys.　　 C. Shared experience beyond the campus.　　 D. Shared undergraduate experience on campus.　　20. The rhetorical function of the first paragraph is to　　 A. introduce Rona Jeffes novel.　　 B. present the authors counterargument.　　 C. serve as prelude to the authors argument.　　 D. bring into focus contrasting opinions.　　21. What is the passage mainly about?　　 A. Reasons for popularity and (non)attendance for alumni reunions.　　 B. A historical perspective for alumni reunions in the United States.　　 C. Alumni reunions and American university traditions.　　 D. Alumni reunion and its social and economic implications. 　　TEXT C　　 One time while on his walk George met Mr. Cattanzara ing home very late from work. He wondered if he was drunk but then could tell he wasnt. Mr. Cattanzara, a stocky, baldheaded man who worked in a change booth on an IRT station, lived on the next block after Georges, above a shoe repair store. Nights, during the hot weather, he sat on his stoop in an undershirt, reading the New York Times in the light of the shoemakers window. He read it from the first page to the last, then went up to sleep. And all the time he was reading the paper, his wife, a fat woman with a white face, leaned out of the window, gazing into the street, her thick white arms folded under her loose breast, on the window ledge.　　 Once in a while Mr. Cattanzara came home drunk, but it was a quiet drunk. He never made any trouble, only walked stiffly up the street and slowly climbed the stairs into the hall. Though drunk he looked the same as always, except for his tight walk, the quietness, and that his eyes were wet. George liked Mr. Cattanzara because he remembered him giving him nickels to buy lemon ice with when he was a squirt. Mr. Cattanzara was a different type than those in the neighbourhood. He asked different questions than the others when he met you, and he seemed to know what went on in all the newspapers. He read them, as his fat sick wife watched from the window.　　 What are you doing with yourself this summer, George? Mr. Cattanzara asked. l see you wal