【正文】 hen4．A．chessB．characterC．chorusD．chemist5．A．hurryB．implyC．identify D．occupwere directed ahead，his face showed no particular expression．The American businessman stood straight．His eyes focused on the Japanese man?S eyes．He smiled and put out his right hand．Both men smiled briefly in embarrassment．The Japanese man straightened up and put out his right hand．The American withdrew his hand and bowed his head．A broader smile of embarrassment．a(chǎn)nd some noise from each mannot really words，just some sounds from their throatsindicating disfort．They were in the course of a conflict of customs；they had different habits for greeting people they were being introduced to． When people are planning to go to another country,they expect to encounter certain kinds of differences．They usually expect the weather and the food to be different．They expect to find differences in some of the material aspects of life，such as the availability of cars，electricity，and home heating ，without knowing the details，they expect differences in customs．Customs are the behaviors that are generally expected in specific situations．American men，for example，shake hands with each other when first introduced while Japanese men bow．36．When introduced to the Japanese businessman，the American businessman put Out his right hand because____． A．he felt a little bit nervousB．he wanted to express his disfort C．he felt a little offended by the Japanese man D．he wanted to shake hands with the Japanese man 37．The two businessmen behaved differently because____．A．they followed their own greeting customsB．they were not used to the strange atmosphere C．they couldn?t speak each other? S languageD．they had never met each other before 38．Paragraph 4 tells us that when visiting a foreign country,．it is very unmon for one to encounter embarrassing situationsB．it is hard for one to adapt to the material aspects of life thereC．people often expect tO meet differences in customsD．people expect the same kind of food and weather 39．This passage is mainly about____．A．cultural invasionB．the understanding of customsC．business talksD．differences in handshakesPassageTwoMr．Leonard，the principal of the Bedford Academy High School in BedfordStuyvesant，Brooklyn，is a man of many solutions，many of them creative，many of them，apparently, also effective．In New York City, only about 50 percent of students manage to graduate in four years．At Bedford Academy 63 percent of the students qualify for free lunch，a majority of which are being raised by a single mother and another significant number are being raised by someone other than a parent．Yet close to 95 percent of students graduate，and actually every one of those goes on to college．Mr．Leonard does not achieve those results by admitting only hightesting students into his school．Of the students arriving with lower test scores，Mr．Leonard says that he is not looking for the students with the highest grades，or even the best behavior．He? S looking for the ones who understand his basic mission of discipline and respect，and are willing to devote themselves to his regular training course．The Bedford Academy High School is famous for its autonomy．For Mr．Leonard，autonomy means insisting that all entering students spend their Saturday mornings in preparatory classes the summer before they enroll．Autonomy also means an automatic weeklong suspension for any student who “disrespects a female，”said Mr．Leonard．It means requiring struggling students，in the weeks before the Regents exams，to attend studying sessions on Saturday from 9 a．m．until 9 p．m．It means the most senior, experienced teachers，including Mr．Leonard，teach not the school?S academic jewels，but the most struggling students．And autonomy also means the school? S teachers administer almost no homework．Instead they emphasize afterschool tutoring where the teachers Can keep a better eye on whether the student is actually grasping the material．40．In Mr．Leonard?S school，most ofthe students who don?t have to pay for lunch____．A．a(chǎn)re adopted childrenB．a(chǎn)re parentlessC．a(chǎn)re homelessD．have a single parent41．What can be a good indication of the Bedford School? s success?A．63 percent of its students go on to ．A high percentage of students enjoy free ．All the graduates from the school go on to ．The number of its graduates is twice that of New York High School 42．What does Mr．Leonard expect from those lowtesting students? 43．The school insists that students should____．A．leave the school if they fail to respect a woman B．a(chǎn)ttend the preparatory classes in the summer before enrollingC．do their homework to review what they have learned D．e to the school on Sundays Passage ThreePeople joke that no one in Los Angeles reads；everyone watches TV, rents videos，or goes to the movies．The most popular reading material is ic books，movie magazines，and TV guide s．City libraries have only 10 percent of the traffic that car washes have．But how do you explain this? An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is flourishing year after year．People wait half an hour for a parking space to bee available．This outdoor festival，sponsored by a newspaper，occurs every April for one year? s attendance was estimated at 70，000 on第 ２頁(yè)A．The highest scores．B．The best ．Respectfulness and discipline．D．Willingness to learn by and 75，000 on Sunday．The festival consisted of 280 exhibitors．There were about 90 talks given by authors，with an audience questionandanswer period foilowing each talk．Autograph(親筆簽名)seekers sought out more than 150 food court sold all kinds of popular food and diverse foreign foods，from American hamburgers to Hawaiian shave ice drinks．Except for a $7 parking fee，the festival was free．Even so，some people avoided the food court prices by staying away and having their own sandwiches and came from all over California．One couple drove down from San Francisco．“This is our sixth year here now．We love it，”said the husband．“It?s just fanta