【正文】 ld have to attend a oneday training. Carol accepted. After the training, which was only about how to write down the answers correctly in a form and how to put the questions, Carol found herself in the center of town at 9:30 in the morning. She soon found out that getting the information was really not all that easy. First, she stopped a man who refused to answer any questions because he had no time. Next, a man told her it was none of her business whether he used deodorants or not. Then she interviewed a man who was hard of hearing and, instead of answering her questions, began asking her all sorts of his own. Finally, Carol found a young man with a pleasant smile on his face. He was ing towards her slowly and seemed ready to talk. He looked surprised when she put her first question. “I’m doing a research, too. It’s about soap powders,” he said.B77. Why did Carol want to take a job? A. She was in need of money. B. She was tired of being a housewife and a mother. C. She felt lonely when her daughters were at school. D. She wanted to find out what men thought of deodorantsB78. Mr. Hollins told Carol that she was required __________. A. to record what she heard in the streets B. to collect men’s opinions on a product C. to pay visits to men aged 21 through 50 D. to stop people who were using the productC79. Before Carol started to work, she learned how to __________. A. fill her personal information in a form B. receive training that might help her do her job C. put the information collected in the form provided D. ask interesting questions in the training courseD80. What can we know about the third man Carol stopped in the town center? A. He was impatient to listen to Carol. B. He was ready to answer Carol’s questions. C. He found it hard to believe what Carol said. D. He had trouble getting what Carol was saying.Passage SixUnited States, it is important to be on time, or punctual, for an appointment, a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered this difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian university. The twohour class was scheduled to begin at 10 . and end at 12. On the first day, when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10 . Several arrived after 10:30 . Two students came after 11 . Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized for their lateness. Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students’ behavior.Theprofessor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation: at a lunch with a friend and in a university calls, respectively. He gave them an example and asked them how they would react. If they had a lunch appointment with a friend, the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. On the other hand, the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes.In an American university, students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour. In contrast, in Brazil, neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour. Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States, but also end at the scheduled time. In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12:00。 many remained past 12:30 to discuss the class and ask more questions. While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil, neither is staying late.D81. The word ‘punctual’ most probably means _________. A. leaving soon after class B. ing early C. arriving a few minutes late D. being on timeA82. Why did the professor study the Brazilian students’ behavior? A. He felt puzzled at the students39。 being late. B. He felt angry at the students39。 rudeness. C. He wanted to make the students e on time later. D. He wanted to collect data for one of his studies.D83. From the last paragraph we know that in Brazil __________. A. it is important to arrive at the appointed time B. it is rude to keep the professor staying after calls C. it is normal for students to leave during lectures D. it is acceptable for professors to be late for class.B84. What is the main idea of this passage? A. It is important to be on time for class in the United States. B. The importance of being on time differs among cultures. C. People learn the importance of time from the culture they are in. D. Students being late for class should explain the reason to their teacher.12