My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late for supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half-playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, “How would you like to go to Eton?”

“You bet. ” I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous of schools. You should be entered at birth, if not before. I understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper station in life, which was in the middle of the middle class; our house was medium-sized; he had avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce at a remarkably low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.

This could only be his delightful way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to be dropped. Alas! I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict with his fear of drawing attention to himself.

It seemed that he had happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice fellow, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, and while he was in that part of the world , my father thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my eyes stinging(刺痛)and my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.

“Oh, he doesn’t want to go away. ” said my mother. “You shouldn’t go on like this. ” “It’s up to him. ” said my father. “He can make up his own mind.”

68．The house the writer’s family lived in was________.

  A．the best they could afford                     B．right for their social position

  C．built for showing off                            D．rather small

69．The writer’s father enjoyed being different as long as________.

  A．it drew attention to him

  B．it didn’t get him into an argument

  C．it was understood as a joke

  D．there was no danger of his showing off

70．What was the writer’s reaction to the idea of going to Eton?

  A．He was very unhappy.                          B．He didn’t believe it.

  C．He was delighted.                                D．He had mixed feelings.

71．We can know from the passage that________.

  A．children who can go to Eton are the best

  B．children can go to Eton if they want

  C．Every family can not afford to send children to study at Eton

  D．Children to attend Eton should be sent there at birth

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(裝飾)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(慈善事業(yè)). 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

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 (潰瘍), 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．a(chǎn)n early-airport woman                          B．a(chǎn) late-airport woman

C．a(chǎn) hot-tempered woman                          D．a(chǎn) sensitive woman

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

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.

Pleasant as they make it_________ , we felt tired after a long journey.

     A．to travel             B．travel               C．traveling           D．traveled

_______excited my friend , David greatly that he was chosen as chairman of the organization.

     A．What             B．That              C．It                D．As

Intelligence does not ________mean success. You need to work hard as well.

     A．honestly          B．formally            C．simply            D．necessarily

The couple don’t generally give in to each other, so they________ when they are together.

  A．have quarreled                                     B．a(chǎn)re quarreling

  C．had quarreled                                      D．have been quarreling

If a man ________ stand at the front line of the business world, he must be a good combination of knowledge, hard work and good attitude.

  A．will                     B．is to                C．is going to           D．should

I can not go to the private high school. _____, 5000 dollars is just too much for my family to spare from living fees.

A．In other words     B．That is            C．I mean            D．Or rather