【正文】 following is the fourth step?A. To question yourself.B. To read for information.C. To utter your answers.D. To draw a conclusion.40. Which of the following statements is true?A. In the last step, you should remember all the information.B. When you finish the last step, you will get both the main idea and the details.C. The mental conversation involves answering the questions asked by the author.D. While you are holding a mental conversation you select the important information.Passage TwoThough it is mere I to 3 percent of the population, the upper class possesses at least 25 percent of the nation’s wealth. This class has tow segments: upperupper and lowerupper. Basically, the upperupper class is the “old rich”—families that have bee wealthy for several generations—an aristocracy of birth and wealth. Their names are in the Social Register, a listing of acceptable members of high society. A few are known across the nation, such as the Rockefellers, Roosevelts, and Vanderbilts. Most are not visible to the general public. They live in grand seclusion (深居簡出), drawing their ine from the investment of their inherited wealth. In contrast, the lowerupper class is the “new rich”. Although they may be wealthier than some of the old rich。 the new rich have hustled (急于做) to make their money like everybody else beneath their class. Thus their prestige is generally lower than that of the old rich, who have not found it necessary to lift a finger to make their money, and who tend to look down upon the new rich.However its wealth is acquired, the upper class is very, very rich. They have enough money and leisure time to cultivate an interest in the arts and to collect rate books, painting, and sculpture. They generally live in exclusive areas, belong to exclusive social clubs, municate with each other, and marry their own kind—all of which keeps them so distant from the masses that they have been called the outofsight class. More than any other class, they tend to be conscious of being members of a class. They also mand an enormous amount of power and influence here and abroad, as they hold many top government positions, run the Council on Foreign Relations, and control multinational corporations. The actions affect the lives of millions.41. All the following statements are true EXCEPT that ________.A. the upperupper class is of aristocratic origin.B. the “old rich” enjoy higher prestige than the “new rich”.C. the “old rich” isolate themselves and lead a lonely life.D. the upper class owns at least a quarter of the country’s wealth.42. The “old rich” get richer ________.A. through the Social RegisterB. through their reputationC. by investing their inherited wealthD. by collecting paintings and sculptures43. The reason why the “old rich” look down upon the “new rich” is that ______.A. the former are wealthier than the laterB. the later sweat themselves to make moneyC. the “new rich” have no interest in artsD. the “old rich” are conscious of being members of the upper class44. The upper class is also called the outofsight class because _________.A. they keep away from the general publicB. they spend most of their time abroadC. they don’t municate with any peopleD. they move frequently from place to place45. We can learn from the passage that ________.A. the upper class is powerful and influentialB. the upper class collects rare books to make moneyC. the upper class holds all top government positionsD. the “old rich” makes much more money than the “new rich”Passage ThreeWhat, besides children, connects mothers around the world and across he seas of time? It’s chicken soup, on prominent American food expert says.From Russian villages to Africa and Asia, chicken soup has bee the remedy fro those weak in body and spirit. Mothers passed their knowledge on to ancient writers of Greece, China and Rome, and even the 12th century philosopher and physician Moses Mainmides extolled (贊美) its virtues.Among the ancients, Aristotle thought poultry should stand in higher estimation than fourlegged animals because the air is less dense than the earth. Chickens got another boost (吹捧) in the book of Genesis, where it is written that birds and fish were created on the fifth day, a day before fourlegged animals.But according to Mimi Sheraton, who has spent much of the past three years exploring the world of chicken soup, much of the reason for chicken’s real or imagined curative (治愈) powers es from its color.Her new book, “The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup”, looks at the beloved and mysterious brew, with dozens of recipes from around the world. “Throughout the ages,” she said, “there has been a lot of feeling that whitecolored foods are easier to eat for the weak—women and the ill,” In addition, “soups, or anything for that matter eaten with a spoon” are considered “fort foods.” Sheraton said.“I love soup and love making soup and as I was collecting recipes I began to see this as an international dish….It has a universal mystique as something curative, a strength builder,” Sheraton said from her New York home.Her book treats the oldest remedy as if it was brand new.The National Broiler Council, the trade group representing the chicken industry, reported that 51 percent of the people it surveyed said they bought chicken because it was healthier, 50 percent said it was vers