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      Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public．Not only does he want to say it well，but he wants it to be something which has not been said before．He hopes the public will listen and understand—he wants to teach them, and he wants them to lean from him．

      What visional artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain，because painters translate their experience into shapes and colors, not words．They seem to feel that feel certain selection of shapes and colors，out of the countless billions possible，is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us．Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors，or have felt the delight which they brought to the artists．

       Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and at rest；their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights．Modern artists might say that they only choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern，that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects．

      If one painter chooses to paint a decaying leg and another a lake in moonlight，each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world．Each painter is telling us something，showing us something，emphasizing something—all of which means that，consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us．

56．It is hard to explain what a painter is saying，because_____．     
     A. most painters do not express themselves well
   B. a painter uses unusual words and phrases
  C. a painter uses shapes and colors instead of words
   D． many painters do not say anything

  57． The writer says that modem artists might say their choice of subject_____．
   A. carries a message to the public                
    B. only provides interesting patterns
   C. has no pattern or form
   D. teaches the public important truths

  58． The writer says that modern art contains___．
   A. nothing but meaningless patterns
  B. uninteresting aspects of the world
 C． subjects chosen partly for their meaning
  D． completely meaningless subjects

   59． Implied but not stated:                 
    A. A painting is more easily understood than a symphony．
   B. Art is merely the arranging of shape and color．
   C． Every artist tries to say something to the pub-lic．
 D． One must look beyond shape and color to find what the artists are saying．

                                B
  Feeling tired lately? Has the doctor said he cannot find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he sent you to hospital，but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong．Then consider this，you might be in a state of subhealth．

  Subhealth，also called the third state of grey state，is explained as a border line state between health and disease．According to an investigation by the National Health Organization，over 45 percent of subhealth people are middle-aged or elderly．The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam time．

      Symptom includes a 1ack of energy，depression，slow reactions insomnia agitation，and poor memory．Other symptoms include shortness of breath，sweating and aching in the waist and legs．

      The key to preventing and recovering from subhealth，according to some medical experts，is to form good 1iving habits，alternate work with rest，exercise regularly，and take part in open-air activities．

 As for meals，people are advised to eatless salt and sugar．They should also eat more fresh vegetables，fruits，fish, because they are rich in nutritional elements vitamins and trace elements—that are important to the body.

     Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract．They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding subheath．   

     60． According to this passage，which of the following is right?        
      A． When you are in a state of subhealth，you should stay home and keep silent．
      B. When you are in a state of subhealth, you should go to see a doctor and buy some medicine．
      C． When you are in a state of subhealth，you should have yourself examined in foreign countries．
      D． When you are in a state of subhealth, you should find out the reasons and relax yourself．

     61． Middle-aged people may feel subhealthy，because _____.
      A． they used up their energy
      B. they have lost their living hopes
      C． they have more pressure in life and work
      D． they begin to get older

     62． The answer of preventing you falling into a state of subhealth is that you should _____．
     A． work hard        B． sleep more
     C． keep relaxed     D． take more medicine

     63. As for food, experts suggest that _____.
     A. we should never eat meat
     B. we should have meals with less salt sugar
     C. we should eat less
     D. we should have meals without salt or sugar

                                   C
     A moment’s drilling by the dentist may make us nervous and upset．Many of us cannot stand pain．To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two, we demand the“needle”—a shot of novocain—that deadens the nerves around the tooth．

      Now it’s true that the human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it．This helps us adjust ourselves to the world．Without our nerves and our brain，which is a bundle of nerves，we wouldn’t know what’s happening．But we pay for our sensitivity．We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of pain is based on the human body being open to pain．

      But there is a way to handle pain．Look at the Indian fakir who sits on a bed of nails．Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm，and feel no pain．This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain．

      The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it．If the dentist says．“This will hurt a little，”it helps us to accept the pain．By staying relaxed，and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation，we can handle the pain without falling apart．After all，although pain is an unpleasant sensation，it is still a sensation，and sensations are the stuff of life．

      64． The passage is mainly about _____．
      A． how to suffer pain     B． how to avoid pain
      C． how to handle pain    D． how to stop pain

      65．When the author mentions the Indian fakir he suggests that    
      A． Indians are not at all afraid of pain
      B． people may be senseless of pain    
      C． some people are able to handle pain
      D． fakirs have magic to put needles right through their arms

      66．The most important thing to handle pain is ___．
       A． how we look at pain   
       B． to feel pain as much as possible
       C． to show an interest in pain  
  D． to accept the pain unwillingly

                                   D
      Faces，like fingerprints，are unique．Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another．Yet a very young child or even an animal，such as a pigeon，can learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted．

      We also tell people apart by how they behave．When we talk about someone’s personality，we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make him or her different from others．

      Like the human face，human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face．If you were asked to describe what a“nice face”looked like，you probably would have a difficult time doing so．But if you were asked to describe a “nice person” you might begin to think about someone who was kind，considerate'friendly’warm，and so forth．

      There are many words to describe how a person thinks,feels and acts.Gordon，an American psychologist，found nearly18,000 English words characterizing differences in people’s behavior．And many of us use this information as a basis for describing his personality．Bookworms，conservatives，military types——people are described with such terms.

      People have always tried to“type”each other．Actors on early Greek theater stage wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villains or the hero’s role．In fact，the words“person”and“personality” come from the Latin persona meaning “mask” Today，most television and movie actors do not wear masks．But we can easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.

      67． The main idea of this passage is _____．
     A. how to recognize people’s faces
     B． how to describe people’s personality
    C． how to tell apart people both inward and out-ward
     D． how to tell good persons from had persons

       68． Which of the following is NOT true?
       A． Different people may have different person-alities．
     B. People differ from each other in appearance.
     C． People can learn to recognize faces．
     D． People can describe all the features of others．

     69．The reason why it is easier to describe a per-son’s personality in words than  his face is that_____．
     A． a person’s face is more complex than his per-sonality
     B. a person’s personality is easily recognized
     C． people’s personalities are very alike
     D. many words can be used when people try to describe one’s personality

     70. We learn from the passage that people put a person into a certain type according to _____.
     A. his way of acting and thinking
     B. his way of speaking and behaving
     C. his learning and behavior
     D. his physical appearance and his personality

E
     Not only farmers but scientists have studied weather forecasting（预报）. People, for many centuries and in all countries, have studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasts. Sometimes distant objects such as hills and tall tress seem to be very clear and near. This is a sign of much water-vapour in the air, and therefore a rain will probably come.
 When distant sounds (such as the noise from a train, birds singing, or people shouting) are very clearly heard, then wet and stormy weather is on the way.
       Rings round the sun are a sign of coming rain.
      Many people feel the coming of wet weather in their bones. Their joint aches. Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming, but they fly very near the ground if rainy weather or a storm is on the way. This is probably because the insects, which they are hunting, fly low at that time. If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, this is a sign that the weather will clear up and become fine. Such rainbows come in the evening. If the stars twinkle clearly at night, fine weather will continue. If a mist appears in the early morning, just about sunrise, the day will be warm.

 If the sunset is mostly red in color, the following day will be fine. When big cumulous clouds (积云)appear at sunset, the bad weather will follow he next day.

 If cirrus clouds（卷云）remain quite still, fine weather will come. If a rainbow appears in the morning, then rainy weather will probably come. Most of the above sayings have been made up by people who have used their eyes and their brains to forecast the weather.

 71. Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming, because       .
 A.they like fine weather 
 B.they can fly high when fine weather is coming
 C. they fly high to catch insects 
 D. they feel very happy

 72. When big cumulous clouds appear at sunset, then the weather will     the next day.
 A. be fine     B. be bad      
 C. be windy       D. be cloudy

 73. Weather will be fine if          .
 A. you see rings round the sun
 B. you see the distant objects very clear and near
 C. you feel pain in your bones
 D. the stars twinkle clearly at night

 74. If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, it shows that the weather will clear up and become fine. This is because          .
 A. there is much water-vapour in the air
 B. there is not much water-vapour in the air
 C. there is not any water-vapour in the air
 D. there are all kinds of water-vapour in the air

 75. In this passage "wet weather" means          weather.
 A. cloudy   B.rainy 
 C. windy   D.dry