63．Itzhak Perlman ___________ when one of the strings of the violin broke.

　　　 A．gave up playing

　　　 B．didn’t know what to do

　　　 C．went on playing the same piece of music

　　　 D．went on playing a different piece of music

62．When one of the strings broke, people thought Itzhak Perlman would __________.

　　　 A．go on playing with the remaining three strings

　　　 B．give up playing

　　　 C．change or repair his violin

　　　 D．get off the stage with shame

61．By saying “getting on stage is no small achievement for him”, the author really means ______.

　　　 A．it’s very difficult for Itzhak Perlman to play the violin with three strings

　　　 B．it’s not easy for Itzhak Perlman to get on the stage because he is disabled

　　　 C．it’s not easy for Itzhak Perlman to face such a large audience

　　　 D．it’s really great achievements for Itzhak Perlman to play the violin with three strings

60．What does the underlined word“them”(Paragraph 4)refer to?

　　　 A．junk shops 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．profits from shops

　　　 C．old things　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．old houses

O

On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.

If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹症) as a child, and so he has braces(支架) on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches(双拐).

He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and proceeds to play.

But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars(小节), one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it snap(嘣断)--it went off like gunfire across the room. There was no mistaking what that meant. There was no mistaking what he had to do.

We figured that he would have to get up, put on the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp his way off stage--to either find another violin or else find another string for this one. But he didn’t. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again.

The orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off. And he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before.

When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. He smiled, wiped the sweat from this brow, raised his bow to quiet us, and then he said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.”

59．The average British person　　　 　.

　　　 A．does not respect old things because they are not fashionable

　　　 B．likes to build new houses simply because it is fashionable to do so

　　　 C．likes to buy new things because they are fashionable

　　　 D．does not like to buy things simply because they are fashionable

58．Second-hand goods sometimes fill you with sadness because　　　 　.

　　　 A．they are too expensive for average buyers

　　　 B．they remind you of the original owner

　　　 C．they are now neglected　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．they are sold for charity

57．What is the small town on the border between England and Wales famous for?

　　　 A．Its sheep.　 B．Its bookshops　 C．Its cinema.　 D．Its castle.

56．Books found in second-hand book shops may　　　 .

　　　 A．be copies of the earliest printing.

　　　 B．be on sale for the first time

　　　 C．never be worth very much

　　　 D．never be rare

55．If the researchers give us some advice to avoid Monday morning feeling, what might it be?

　　　 A．Stop working on Monday

　　　 B．Greate a pleasant working environment

　　　 C．Get up late on Monday morning

　　　 D．Go to work with a doctor

N

In every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments(装饰)and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.

The furniture may often be“antique”,and it may well have changed hands many times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood, of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.

The books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings. Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop. On the border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the town’s main trade.

There are also much more humble shops, sometimes simply called“junk shops”,where you can buy small household pieces very cheaply. Sometimes the profits from these shops go to charity(慈善事业).Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on, to another country or to death.

Although the British do not worship their ancestors, they do treasure the past and the things of the past. This is true of houses as well. These days no one knocks them down, they are restored until they are often better than new. In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.

54．It can be learned from this passage that heart attack has nothing to do with　　　 .

　　　 A．blood pressure 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．heart rate

　　　 C．hormonal changes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．blood group