【正文】 B. He felt angry at the students39。 being late. 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 _________.t like to drive long distance.C75. We can learn from the text that the driver is __________.A. quickminded at taking actions B. warmhearted toward peopleC. unfamiliar with the road D. a selfemployed driverB76. According to the passage, ___________. A. the writer’s flight took off at 9:00 . B. the writer’s flight was called off due to the storm. C. the writer could not get to the airport on time by bus. D. the writer missed his flight due to the delay in the taxi service. Passage FiveAfter ten years of being a housewife and a mother, Carol could not stand it any longer. Then, one morning, just after her two daughters had gone to school, she saw an advertisement in the paper. She phoned, and was asked to e to an interview that very afternoon. Mr. Hollins, who interviewed her, was a young man about 24 in a blue suit. There was a hard look in his eye and he talked very fast. He told her she would be required to stop men between the ages of 21 and 50 and ask them several questions designed to determine what men think of deodorants(防臭劑). The information was to be recorded and she would be paid according to the number of plete interviews she had. When Carol asked which factory the research was for, she was told that was not important. Last of all, before she began she would 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.Thet find my house. Once again I spelt out directions so that even a blind person could follow, I glanced impatiently at my watch, and waited. Only two hours remained until my flight left and it was an hourandahalf trip to the airport.　　Outside, heavy rains were pouring down. My house was so far north in the city that buses pass only three times a day.　　The te