3、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 sale rooms, 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 his 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(崇拜)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 rebuilt 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.

64．Books which are found in second-hand book shops ________.

  A．may be copies of the earliest printings

  B．will never be rare

  C．will never be worth very much

  D．may be on sale for the first time

65．Second-hand goods sometimes fill you with sadness because________.

  A．they are now forgotten

  B．they are sold for charity

  C．they remind you of the original owners

  D．they are too expensive for average buyers

66．What was the small town on the border between England and Wales famous for before?

  A．Its sheep.                                            B．Its castle.

  C．Its cinema.                                          D．Its bookshops.

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

  A．old houses                                          B．profits from shops

  C．old things                                            D．junk shops

2、After years of study, I have known there are only two types of people in this world：those who get to the airport early and those who arrive as the plane is about to take off.

If there were any justice in this world, the early-airport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing and the late-airport people would be punished. But the early-airport people get ulcers (溃疡), heart attacks and bite their fingernails to the bone. The late-airport people are hardly aware that they are flying.

A guy of that kind once said, “Don’t hurry. If you miss your flight, it’s because God didn’t want you to go.”This is clearly a guy who is never going to get an ulcer.

Early-airport people suffer another“name”. They are called exactly what they are―wimps(懦夫). I know. I am an early-airport person for years. My luggage will get on the plane first, which makes it the last luggage they take off the plane after landing.

Another strange thing：No matter how early I showed up, I was always told that someone had called two or three years ahead of me and asked for the best seat. I figured it was a trick. I figured there was someone in America who called every airline every day and said, “Is that wimp Simon flying somewhere today? If he is, give me his seat. ”

After a lifetime arguing with my wife over whether I really have to pack 24 hours in advance and set the alarm clock four hours ahead, I have learned another fact about early-airport people and late-airport people:

They always marry each other.

60．We can learn from the passage that________.

  A．late-airport persons often get ulcers or heart attacks

  B．early-airport persons are always relaxed before the flight

C．early-airport persons get their luggage first after landing

  D．late-airport persons always take things easy

61．The fifth paragraph mainly tells us________.

  A．the writer is always played tricks on

  B．the writer is usually fooled by airlines

  C．the writer’s seat is always taken by someone

  D．the writer has never got a good seat.

62．The purpose of writing the passage is to________.

  A．give useful tips on taking a plane

  B．offer advice about catching a plane

  C．express the writer’s anxiety about taking planes

  D．show people’s two attitudes towards catching planes

63．It could be inferred that the writer’s wife is________.

A．an early-airport woman                          B．a late-airport woman

C．a hot-tempered woman                          D．a sensitive woman

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During our two months on the road，Bennett and I had a really 　36　 experience with a good，honest 　37　 and some helpful mechanics（机修师）.

We were driving east on Highway 10 when our “check engine” light came on. We limped（拐）off a（n）　38　 into Las Cruces. We had a real car 　39　.Bennett nursed the car into a local garage. By the time the car was missing（熄火）, it was shaking all over so 　40　.This was the 　41　 time to arrive at a garage―late Friday afternoon. Service adviser Scott was busy 　42　 paper work and customers as we 　43　 our problems.　44　 he was already “ten cars behind”，he told us to pull the car into the garage.

Lincoln，who we later 　45　 was one of the top motor technicians，took 　46　 of our car repairing. He and Scott and some other mechanics stayed several hours after closing，　47　 the car.

Early the next morning(the shop was officially closed on Saturdays)，Lincoln finally located the 　48　and fixed it easily within only 　49　.

Later Scott 　50　 out to us that it was our attitude that helped. “You didn’t come into the place demanding this or that. You showed an 51　of our problems on a busy Friday afternoon. Customer’s attitude means a lot.” He was right in some way，customers should show 　52　 and understanding to people who 　53　 them.　54　 people are extremely busy，they can find a way to at least try and help when they are met with politeness.

The pleasant experience I had shows that 　55　 for other people can always help.

36、An average of 130,000 Chinese ____ abroad for studies every year over the past few years, improving exchanges in the educational fields.

     A. was going                                       B. have been going  

     C. has been going                                 D. are going

35、Students in this school don’t have classes on Wednesday afternoon, which is ____ , for teachers have a meeting.

     A. practice         B. action            C. experience      D. sense

34、Were all the passengers on the bus injured in the accident?

--No, ____ only the four who got hurt.

     A. there was       B. there were       C. that was                 D. it was

33、How long do you suppose it will be ____ he arrives at the small village?

--Five hours or so.

     A. when                   B. before            C. since              D. after

32、 Having been praised by the teacher, the little girl ran back home,____.

    A. happily and satisfied                  B. eager and excitedly                     

    C. happy and satisfied                   D. anxiously and excitedly

31、Mount Wuyi is such an attractive place of interest ____ everyone likes to visit.

     A. that          B. as                    C. which           D. what