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\Whoever it was that coined this proverb must surely have felt keenly about our two most besetting daily problems : getting to sleep at night, and waking up in the morning. People who fall asleep the moment their heads touch the pillow and wake up early enough to take a long walk before breakfast are indeed fortunate. At night, they do not toss and turn, or count backwards in a desperate effort to go to sleep. In the morning, they do not resort to that most inhuman of all inventions, the alarm clock, to wakeup. Most of us are forever thinking up new ways to cheat time. The sweetest mi-nutes of each day are those that immediately follow the angry sound of the alarm.
Even if we possess the more expensive kind of clock that, with soft chimes(和谐的钟声 ) , gently hints that morning has arrived and offers us a tempting cup of hottea, the result is the same. The chiming is followed by a sudden, guilty realization that we have overslept and there is yet another mad ming ntsh to get to work.
Beds are the best evidence of the importance man attaches to sleep. What deep sleeper can have gazed without envy at the monumental, spacious, four post-er beds of the past? It is easy to imagine one climbing into a bed like this, drawing the curtains, and enjoying hours and hours of uninterrupted sleep. It is only in our days that beds have been debased. The first victim in our effort to save space has been, of course, the bed. Everything is done to make it less spacious. It folds up and disappears into the wall or performs astonishing acrobatic (杂技的 ,特技的 )tricks and turns itself into a couch or an armchair. Even the bedroom as such has disappeared and has been replaced by a thing called a \in which you can neither comfortably sleep nor sit. What with further refinements like rub-ber mattresses and electric blankets! It is no wonder that many of us suffer frominsomnia (失眠) and seek salvation (拯救) in alarm clocks. Psychologists, meanwhile, are busy studying our sleep habits, and tell us that we cannot truly rest unless we dream. But most of us know from bitter experience that the only dreams we have are those that come in those few minutes of blissful sleep that follow each rude awakening. Only our ancestors knew the true value of sleep. We have simply to remember that Shakespeare not only gave the subject a lot of his at-tention, but rated beds so highly as to make out a will leaving his wife his \bed \
72. What kind of desire is shown in the proverb at the very beginning of the passage?
A. The desire to sleep without any move and get up softly. B. The desire to wake up without the help of alarm clock. C. The desire to fall asleep easily and wake up naturally. D. The desire to have a good night’s sleep.
73. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that______.
A. the author takes having enough sleep as a fortune.
B. the person turning to the alarm clock to wake up lacks sleep.
C. the alarm clock interrupts the sleeping people who still want to sleep.
D. the pressure from work is one of the reasons that people can’t get enough sleep.
74. That Shakespeare left his wife “second best bed” showed______.
A. he wanted to leave the best to himself.
B. the forefathers knew the importance of sleep. C. he is not generous . D. he loves his wife.
75. What is the tone the author uses in the passage?
A. Neutral B. admiring C. Critical D.Positive
Section C
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A. Do established musicians have a responsibility to guide and assist young up-and-coming musicians? B. Did anyone promote your musical education when you were growing up? C. What kind of “world music” do you enjoy? D. What’s your comment on pop music? E. Does the contemporary music press give jazz the coverage it deserves? F. What’s wrong with the music on the radio? An interview with Wynton Marsalis, a noted jazz musician
80. There were the older jazz musicians who hung around our house when I was young. I saw how much they practiced, how serious they were about their art. I knew then I had to work just as hard if I wanted to succeed. Of course, my father inspired me a lot, and many teachers took the time to nurture my latent and the talents of other students in our school.
81. Yes. We’ve done such a poor job with music education because, as a society, we haven’t maintained the kind of education that a true artist and musician needs. Young people haven’t been able to equate romance and talent with music. For instance, most of the people who make it in the music industry today have to look good. How they sound is secondary. Sarah Vaughan, Bessie
Smith, Ella Fitzgerald — those big, romantic queens of jazz music wouldn’t make it in today’s music industry, and that’s a shame. We need to teach young people about the alternatives.
82. Around the world people make music that, if you listen carefully to it, sounds a little like the
cadence of their language. I’d call it folk music. When I’m away from home, I make a point of listening to regional folk music, not what’s on the radio.
83. The same music is on the radio all over the world, and the American sound is overwhelming.
Even the pop music that’s produced and created in foreign countries has that American beat, that underscore of funk. As a musician, I’m not interested in hearing recycled versions of the same genre over and over. Any music that doesn’t have a development section just isn’t interesting to me.
84. The music press has so much to introduce these days, and jazz is just a small fraction of it. Because some people are intimidated by jazz, they don’t cover it unless it’s a big name. New jazz musicians don’t get much of break. A lot of editors don’t say anything about jazz these days unless it’s Marsalis. That’s a shame. What VH1 is doing with their Save the Music campaign is phenomenal. They’re getting all these instruments out to needy kids. It’s the kind of thing all networks should be doing.
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Section D
Men, these days, are embracing fatherhood with the round-the-clock involvement their partners have always dreamed of-handling night feedings, packing lunches and bandaging knees. But unlike women, many find they're negotiating their new roles with little support or information. \in my generation (aged 25-40) have a fear of becoming dads because we have no role models.\says Jon Smith, a writer. They often find themselves excluded from mothers' support networks, and are eyed warily(警觉地) on the playground.
The challenge is particularly evident in the work-place.There,men are still expected to be breadwinners climbing the corportate ladder;traditionally-minded bosses are often unsympathetic to family needs.In Denmark most new fathers only take two weeks of paternity leave(父亲的陪产假)-even though they are allowed 34 days.As much as if not more so than women,fathers struggle to be taken seriously when they request flexible arrangements.
Though Wilfried-Fritz Maring,54,a data-bank and Internet specialist with German firm FIZ Karlsruhe,feels that the time he spends with his daughter ourweighs any disadvantages,he admits,\
Mind-set(思维定势)are changing gradually.When Maring had a daughter,the company equipped him with a home office and allowed him to choose a job that could be performed from there.Danish telecom vompany TDC initated an internal campaign last year to encourage dads to take paternity leave;97 percent now do.\kids,he gets a new kind of training;in how to keep cool under stress.\Elbery Holm.For a new generation of dads,kids may come before the company-but it's a shift that benefits both.
(Note: Answer the questions and complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
81. Unlike women, men often get little support of information from _____.
82. Besides supporting the family, what are men also expected to do?
83. Like women, men hope that their desire for a flexible schedule will be ___.
84. Why does Christine Holm believe paternity leave provides a new kind of training for men?
81. mother's support network 82.climb the corporate ladder 83.taken seriously
84. Because it can help them cope with stress.
I.Translation
Directions:Translate the following sentences into English .You are required to use the word given in the bracket for each repective sentence 85.很多年前只有中国才有熊猫。（find）
86.更要紧的是如今国产电视机的质量不比进口的差。（matter）
87.这是一场势均力敌的比赛，决赛中鹿死谁手我们还难以预测。（predict）
88.虽然他老得跳不动舞了，却仍然很热衷于参加社区里的各种晚会。（keen）
89.无限制地鼓励发展私家车必将给早已非常拥挤的上海带来更多的交通问题和污染。（sure）
II.Guided writing
Directions:Write an English composition in 120-150words.The composition must be based on the information given below.
You are living in the Rose Residential Area(玫瑰小区),which is newly-built and not very large.Yet,as the picture shows below,at the back of the residential area is a large empty
space.People living here are always giving their ideas about how to use it. Now you describe WHAT should be done with it and tell WHY as well