【正文】 aimed equality, they no longer should be treated with courtesy(禮貌 ) and that those who go out to work should take their turn in the rush hour like anyone else. Women have never claimed to be physically as strong as men. Even if it is not agreed, however, that young men should stand up for younger women, the fact remains that courtesy should be shown to the old, the sick and the disabled. Are we really so lost to all ideals of unselfishness that we can sit there calmly reading the paper or a book, saying to ourselves “First e, first served”, while a greyhaired woman, a mother with a young child stands? Yet this is all too often seen. What is the writer’s opinion concerning courteous manners towards women? A. Now that women have claimed equality, they no longer need to be treated differently from men. B. It is generally considered out of date for young men to give up their seats to young women. C. “Lady First” should be strictly practiced. D. Special consideration ought to be shown to them. People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines (宗教圣殿 ). Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on. Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it. Residents(居民 ) of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all e for the same reason: sun! 1. The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that ______. A. they want to see historic remains or religious spots B. they are interested in different cultural traditions and social customs C. they would like to take pictures in front of famous sites D. they wish to escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back at home 2. According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists’ fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches? A. High costs. B. Crowded buses. C. Traffic jams. D. Rainy weather. My father, at the death of his father, was six years old, and he grew up without education. He moved from Kentucky to Indiana when I was seven. We reached our new home about the time the state came into the union. It was a wild area, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. I grew up there. There were some socalled schools, but what was required of a teacher never went beyond “reading, writing, and adding”. If a stranger supposed to understand Latin happened to live for a time, he was looked upon as a wizard (奇才 ). There was simply nothing to excite a desire for education. Of course, when I grew up, I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and add, but that was all. The advance I have now made is upon this store of education, which I have picked up under the pressure of necessity. 1. It can be inferred from the passage that the schools in the area ______. A. were of poor quality B. offered many kinds of subjects C. respected those who knew Latin D. hired teachers good at reading, writing, and adding 2. From the passage we know that the writer ______ at the time he wrote. A. had to learn to read, write, and add B. found it necessary to receive advanced education C. was probably fairly welleducated D. was dissatisfied with his level of education Some people are never right. They never have good luck. They usually do the wrong thing and say the wrong thing. And even if what they say or do is OK, they as a rule say it or do it at the wrong time. So these people always have problems. They often break dishes. They sometimes miss buses and airplanes. Mr Neff is different. He is always right. He is never wrong. He usually has good luck. He seldom has problems. He never breaks dishes. He never misses buses or airplanes. Even if he does miss them, it is always the fault of the buses or the airplanes. Mr Neff knows almost everything. He doesn’t ask questio