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59. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Why people live near volcanoes B. Who likes to live near volcanoes C. The benefits of living near volcanoes D. The danger of volcanoes 60. Which place makes good use of geo-thermal energy from volcanoes? A. The Indonesian island of Java B. Iceland C. Hawaii D. Japan 61. How do volcanoes benefit people in Hawaii?
A. They produce good soil for crops B. They produce cheap electricity C. They draw many visitors D. They produce heat to warm greenhouses 62. We learn from the last paragraph that _________. A. volcanoes seldom explode
B. people may ignore the danger of volcanoes C. volcanoes are mostly dead ones
D. the warning given by scientists may not be correct
C
If you live in a big city, there are many things to drive you crazy on your daily commute(通勤), and it’s not just overcrowded subway trains.
Vicky Zhao is a mainlander working in Hong Kong. For her, one thing she can’t put up with is people standing on the wrong side of the escalator（自动扶梯） in subway stations.
“Escalators help us move faster and save time. It isn’t a place to rest,” the 24-year-old says. “I often see tourists block the way with their chunky suitcases or chitchatting on the escalators during rush hour. It annoys me to no end.”
Admitting she is not the patient type, Zhao says things are much better in Hong Kong than in cities on the mainland where “stand right, walk left” signs are often ignored.
The logic behind the “stand right, walk left” escalator etiquette(礼节) seems obvious. Even though you may want to catch your breath and just wait while you’re transported up or down, you should still consider others and leave enough space for people in a hurry, so that they can run and catch the train.
Many cities’ escalators, including London’s and Beijing’s, use the “stand right, walk left” system to speed up the flow of people. (Australia is an exception and you should
stand on the left side instead.) But some cities discourage people from moving on escalators out of safety reasons. In Hong Kong’s subway stations there are regular announcements asking people to “stand still” on escalators. Even so, most people in this fast-paced metropolis observe the “stand right, walk left” etiquette.
Perhaps this is because those who walk on escalators seem to have taken the moral high ground and like to accuse those who block the way of being inconsiderate.
“Able-bodied people standing on the downward escalator are in effect robbing the people behind them of time,” says Hamilton Nolan, who writes for online forum Gawker and regularly uses the New York subway. He speaks the mind of many walkers.
“Their presumptuous(专横的) need for leisure may cause everyone behind them to miss a train they would have otherwise caught. Then those people are forced to stand and wait on a subway platform for many extra minutes. Those are precious minutes of life that none of us will get back.”
But the people who stand on escalators defend themselves by telling the walkers not to be so impatient. In a recent story about escalator etiquette, the BBC quotes one stander as saying: “If the person is in such a rush, why not just take the stairs? Even when the escalator is packed and there’s nowhere to move, I see these same people moaning and groaning (complaining and sighing) about not being able to pass.”
Whatever the escalator etiquette is in the place you live or visit, do what most people are doing and always be mindful of others: leave enough space between each other, don’t linger at the end of the escalator, and if someone is blocking your way, a simple “excuse me” is enough.
63. According to Vicky Zhao, which of the following is the thing she can’t bear?
A. overcrowded subway trains
B. people standing on the wrong side of the escalator in subway stations C. not being able to rest on the escalators D. living in cities on the mainland
64. If you’re not in a hurry, what should you do on the escalators of London?
A. block the way with your chunky suitcases B. chitchat
C. stand on the right side and leave enough space for people in a rush
D. run and catch the train
65. Which of the following is TRUE according to Hamilton Nolan?
A. Able-bodied people standing on the downward escalator are in robbing the people
behind them.
B. Everyone needs leisure.
C. You will miss a train if you take an escalator.
D. If you miss the train, you will have to wait on a subway platform for many extra
minutes, which is a waste of time.
66. What is the author’s opinion on escalator etiquette?
A. You should always “stand right, walk left” on the escalators. B. You should take the stairs instead of the escalators. C. You should moan and groan about not being able to pass. D. You should be mindful of others.
D
It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth (收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”
It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random kindness and aimless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.
Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn’t know where it came from or what it really meant.
Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around
in her mind for days.
“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies (imagination) include painting the classrooms of poor schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can.”
The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours! 67. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her? A. She knew the car drivers well. B. She wanted to show kindness. C. She hoped to please others. D. She had seven tickets.
68. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage? A. Judy Foreman. B. Natalie Smith. C. Alice Johnson. D. Anne Herbert.
69. Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to the underlined sentence above?
A. Kindness and violence can change the world. B. Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior. C. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves. D. Kindness and violence can shape one’s character. 70. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. People should practice random kindness to those in need. B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others. C. People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet. D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.
第二卷（共35分）
五 单词填空（共10个小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
根据所给汉语或首字母写出空缺处单词的适当形式，使句子完整，语法正确，每空一词。 71.Students return in September for the start of the new a________ year.