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It is, above all, in the little things that the grace of gratitude should be most employed. The boy who delivers our paper, the milkman, the mailman, the barber, the waitress at a restaurant, the elevator operator - all oblige us in one way or another. By showing our gratitude we make routine relationships human and render monotonous tasks more agreeable. A patient of mine in London who worked as a bus conductor once confided to me, I get fed up with my job sometimes. People grumble, bother you, havent got the right change for their tickets. But theres one lady on my bus morning and evening, and she always thanks me in a particularly friendly way when I take her ticket. I like to think shes speaking for all the passengers. It helps me to keep smiling. Arnold Bennett had a publisher who boasted about the extraordinary efficiency of his secretary. One day Bennett said to her, Your employer claims that you are extremely efficient. What is your secret? Its not my secret, the secretary replied. Its his. Each time she performed a service, no matter how small, he never failed to acknowledge it. Because of that she took infinite pains with her work. Some persons refrain from expressing their gratitude because they feel it will not be welcome. A patient of mine, a few weeks after his discharge from the hospital, came back to thank his nurse. I didnt come back sooner, he explained, because I imagined you must be bored to death with people thanking you.On the contrary, she replied, I am delighted you came. Few realize how much we need encouragement and how much we are helped by those who give it.Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build up their philosophy of life. 1.(10.0分) 1.According to the author, who needs our gratitude most?A. The boy who delivers our paper.B. The milkman, the mailman, the barber, the waitress at a restaurant and the elevatoroperatorC. Those people who do little things for us all year round.D. Those people who have routine relationships with us.2.(10.0分) 2.What difference can gratitude make in peoples daily work?A. It can make people work with infinite pains.B. It can help people be praised by their boss.C. It can make peoples work become simple.D. It can make people work more efficiently.3.(10.0分) 3.Why are some people unwilling to show their gratitude to those who have helped them?A. Because they are too shy to express their true feeling in public.B. Because there are too much thanks with which those who have helped others are fed up.C. Because they believe that those who have helped them dont care weather peoplethank them or not.D.Becausethey think it is not he time to say thanks to those who have helpedthem.4.(10.0分) 4.What can you infer from the nurses reply to the patient?A. The patients act of gratitude helped the nurse work more efficiently.B. The patients act of gratitude helped the nurse take much more pleasure in thework.C. The patients act of gratitude made the nurse realize that they needencouragement.D. The patients act of gratitude encouraged the nurse.5.(10.0分) 5. According to the author, how much gratitude do we need?A. We need only little gestures of appreciation.B. We need some smiles from our neighbors. C. We need much more thanks our neighbors give to us. D. We need gratitude all the time and none of us can give too much of it.第2题：(10.0分) Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.If you say to your children “Im sorry I got angry with you, but ” what follows that “but” can render the apology ineffective: “I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache ” leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior in expecting an apology.Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “Im sorry youre upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying “Im useless as a parent” does not commit a person to any specific improvement.These pseudo-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness. Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies.But even when presented with examples of genuine contrition, children still need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling other childrens expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parents clothes without permission is not.1.(10.0分) 1.If a mother adds “but” to an apology, _.A. she doesnt feel that she should have apologizedB. she does not realize that the child has been hurtC. the child may find the apology easier to acceptD. the child may feel that he owes her an apology2.(10.0分) 2.According to the author, saying “Im sorry youre upset” most probably means “_”.A. You have good reason to get upsetB. Im aware youre upset, but Im not to blameC. I apologize for hurting your feelingsD. Im at fault for making you upset3.(10.0分) 3.It is not advisable to use the general, all-covering apology because _.A. it gets one into the habit of making empty promisesB. it may make the other person feel guiltyC. it is vague and ineffectiveD. it is hurtful and insulting4.(10.0分) 4.We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry _.A. the complexities involved should be ignoredB. their ages should be taken into accountC. parents need to set them a good exampleD. parents should be patient and tolerant5.(10.0分) 5.It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is _.A. a social issue calling for immediate attentionB. not necessary among family membersC. a sign of social progressD. not as simple as it seems第3题：(10.0分) Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.The lack of standardization of manners results in an often angry, chaotic society, where every trivial act is interpreted as a revelation of the moral philosophy of the individual actor, who is left standing naked in his mores. Today, each person claims the right not only to design his own etiquette but also to take offense if others do not observe it, even if he has not troubled to acquaint them with his preferences. Indeed, it has never been easier to insult people unknowingly. A gentleman opens a door for a lady because his mother taught him that ladies appreciate such courtesy, but this one turns around and spits in his eye because he has insulted her womanhood. A young lady offers her seat in a crowded bus to an elderly, frail gentleman, and he gives her a dirty look because she has insulted his manhood. Mind you, those are just people trying to be nice; the only problem is that they are operating on different systems of etiquette. Curiously, it has never been harder to insult people intentionally. If you say, You are horrid and I hate you, the person is apt to reply, Oh, youre feeling hostile; Ill wait until you feel better. The idea that explaining ones motivation justifies any violation, is perhaps essential in a world of flying insults, where the all-purpose excuse, Im depressed, absolves one of any obligation or responsibility. The idea that people can behave naturally without resorting to an artificial code tacitly agreed upon by their society is as silly as the idea that they can communicate by using a language without commonly accepted grammatical rules. Like language, a code of manners can be used with more or less skill, for good or evil purposes, to express a great variety of ideas and emotions. Like language, manners continually undergo slow changes and adaptations, but these changes have to be global, not atomic. For if everyone improvises his own manners, no one will understand the meaning of anyone elses behavior, and the result will be social chaos and the end of civilization. 1.(10.0分) 1. In the authors opinion, any changes in manners should be brought about_ .A. on a large scale, not bit by bitB. by social members collectively, not by individuals at their own willC. through a general master plan, not in minute detailsD. none of the above2.(10.0分) 2.Why does the author say its easier to insult people unknowingly?A. because people are educated in different systems of etiquette.B. Because people have different systems of education.C. Because different people have different opinions on human rights.D. Because men are different from women.3.(10.0分) 3.What does the person mean by saying “Im depressed”?A. Im so exhausted that I cannot do anything again.B. It means that Im so exhausted that doing anything wrong is not my fault.C. It means that if one says “Im depressed”, he would not want to follow social standards. D. It is not only an excuse, but a true expression when one says “Im depressed”.4.(10.0分) 4. The author adopts the device of _ while mentioning language in the last paragraph.A. comparisonB. contrastC. analogyD. inference5.(10.0分) 5.This passage is intended to_.A. describe the often-angry, chaotic society we are living inB. explain why well-intentioned courtesies are sometimes no duly appreciatedC. explain why todays society has become a world of flying insultsD. emphasize the importance of having social behavior standardized by a code of manners第4题：(10.0分) Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.On a fine afternoon in New York, I got into a taxi. From the drivers expression and the way he slammed in his gears, I could tell that he was upset. I asked him what was the trouble. Ive got good reason to be sore, he growled. One of my fares left a wallet in my cab this morning. Nearly three hundred bucks in it. I spent more than an hour trying to trace the guy. Finally I found him at his hotel. He took the wallet without a word and glared at me as though Id meant to steal it.He didnt give you a reward? I exclaimed.Not a cent. But it wasnt the dough I wanted. he fumbled, then exploded, If the guy had only said something.Because his helpful, honest act had not been appreciated, that cabdrivers day was poisoned, and I knew he would think twice before rendering a similar service. The need for gratitude is something we all feel, and denial of it can do much to harm the spirit of kindness and cooperation. During World War II a mother in Cincinnati received a letter from her son in the army in which he spoke of a woman in a village in Normandy who had taken him into her home when he was wounded and hungry, and hidden him from the Germans. Later on, unhappily, the boy was killed in the Ardennes offensive. Yet the mother was moved by an irresistible intention. She saved up for two years, crossed the Atlantic and located the village referred to by her son. After many inquiries, she found the woman who had sheltered her son - the wife of an impoverished farmer - and pressed a package into her hand. It was the gold wristwatch her son had received on his graduation, the only object of real value the boy had ever possessed. The mothers act of gratitude so touched peoples hearts that it has become something of a legend in and around the village. It has done more than fine speeches to foster good feeling toward Americans. 1.(10.0分) 1.How did the author know the New York driver was upset?A. Because he told the author his own experience.B. Because he said nothing to the author.C. Because he made his car start hurriedly with great force.D. Because he talked to the author sadly.2.(10.0分) 2.The New York taxi driver got upset because _.A. he could not