【正文】 She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn’t slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different... she wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas (睡衣 ). It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared.” 51. The writer describes the beautiful sunset to show Jennifer’s ______. A. love of the natural beauty B. desire of getting back home C. intention of being independent D. depression of being alone 52. What does the underlined phrase “This thought” most probably mean? A. The idea of going back home. B. Her anxiety about her parents. C. The feeling of being warm in her favorite sweater. D. The feeling of getting back home safely. 53. Her father didn’t take care of the garden because ______. A. he was busy looking for her B. he had to look after his wife C. he was not strict with his job D. he no longer enjoyed working in the garden 54. What can we infer from this passage? A. In fact Jennifer’s mother had been sick for several days. B. When she found the garden deserted, she realized she was wrong. C. As Jennifer walked towards home, she became increasingly scared. D. Having experienced a lot outside, Jennifer felt home was safest for her. B Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most people. In fact, many people never read a poem once they get out of high school. It is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in America. In the nieenth century, a usual American activity was to sit around the fireplace in the evening and read poems aloud. It is true that there was no television at the time, nor movie theatres, nor World Wide Web, to provide diversion. However, poems were a source of pleasure, of selfeducation, of connection to other people or to the world beyond one’s own munity. Reading them was a social act as well as an individu al one, and perhaps even more social than individual. Writing poems to share with friends and relations was, like reading poems by the fireside, another way in which poetry had a place in everyday life. How did things change? Why are most Americans no longer fortable with poetry, and why do most people today think that a poem has nothing to tell them and they can do well without poems? There are, I believe, three culprits (肇事者 ): poets, teachers and we ourselves. Of these, the least important is the third: the world surrounding the poem has betrayed (背叛 ) us more than we have betrayed the poem. Early in the twentieth century, poetry in English headed into directions hostile (不利的 ) to the reading of poetry. Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night, that they belonged where other difficulttoread things belonged. Poets failed the readers, so did the teachers. They want their students to know something about the craft (技巧 ) of a poem, and they want their students to see that poems mean something. Yet what usually occurs when teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young people decide poems are unpleasant crossword puzzles. 55. Reading poems is thought to be a social act in the nieenth century because _______. A. it built a link among people B. it helped unite a munity C. it was a source of selfeducation D. it was a source of pleasure 56. The underlined word “diversion” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _______. A. diversity B. change C. amusements D. happiness 57. In the last paragraph, the writer questions _______. A. the difficulty in studying poems B. the way poems are taught in school C. students’ wrong ideas about poetry D. the techniques used in writing poems 58. According to the passage, what is the main cause of the great gap between readers and poetry? A. Poems have bee difficult to understand. B. Students are poorly educated in high school. C. TV and the Inter are more attractive than poetry. D. Students are being less interested in poetry. C A Beautiful Mind A mathematician who goes mad is not a subject most directors consider mercially attractive, but then Ran Howard isn’t among most directors. Despite an impressive list of credits, A Beautiful Mind is his most successful work to date, bining a psychological drama with a moving love story to produce a film that is as interesting as it is entertaining. The Oscar winning Russell Crowe has put himself in line for further honors with his acting John Nash, the Nobel Prize winning mathematician troubled by schizophrenia (精神分裂癥 ). A Beautiful Mind pictures Nash as an unusual hero， not just because of his academic achievements but also because of the courage he displays while battling his illness． In 1947, Nash was one of many great young minds at Princeton. “To find a truly original idea is the only way to distinguish myself,” the proud and determined student declared. His exploration of such an idea afforded him little time for the normal socializing. His shyness and straight forward approach brought him few friends. After finally hitting on a revolutionary new idea, Nash’s career took off and his reputation as secured. He balanced research work with teaching, which is where he met the bright and beautiful student Alicia (played by Jennifer Connelly). 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