Passage Three
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage:
In the old day, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. This is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters（年轻人）who have never been close by during the birth of a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member.
Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we transfer them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally ill patients-even when those patients are their parents. This deprives（剥夺）the dying patient of significant family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.
Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed approximately 500 terminally ill patients in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We are most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome.
It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients' communications in order to truly understand their needs, fears, and fantasies（幻想）. Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their tremendous need to be informed, to be kept up-to-date on their medical condition and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the approach of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance prior to death.
61. The elders of contemporary Americans ___________.
A) were often absent when a family member was born or dying
B) were quite unfamiliar with birth and death
C) usually witnessed the birth or death of a family member
D) had often experienced the fear of death as part of life
62. Children in America today are denied the chance __________.
A) to learn how to face death
B) to visit dying patients
C) to attend to patients
D) to have access to a hospital
63. Five hundred critically ill patients were investigated with the main purpose of _________.
A) observing how they reacted to the crisis of death
B) helping them and their families overcome the fear of death
C) finding out their attitude towards the approach of death
D) learning how to best help them and their families
64. The need of a dying patient for company shows ____________.
A) his desire for communication with other people
B) his fear of approaching death
C) his pessimistic attitude towards his condition
D) his reluctance to part with his family
65. It may be concluded from the passage that __________.
A) dying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of death
B) most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need
C) dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition
D) most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable
Passage Four
Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage:
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 that individual 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 Allport, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people's behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing, his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types-people are described with such terms.
People have always tried to "type" each other. actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain's（坏人）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 inactions.
66. By using the example of finger prints, the author tells us that __________.
A) people can learn to recognize faces
B) people have different personalities
C) people have difficulty in describing the features of finger prints
D) people differ from each other in facial features
67. According to this passage, some animals have the gift of ___________.
A) telling people apart by how they behave
B) typing each other
C) telling good people from had people
D) recognizing human faces
68. Who most probably knows best how to describe people's personality?
A) The ancient Greek audience
B) The movie actors
C) Psychologists
D) The modern TV audience
69. According to the passage, it is possible for us tell one type of person from another because ________.
A) people differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics
B) human fingerprints provide unique information
C) people's behavior can be easily described in words
D) human faces have complex features
70. Which of the following is the major point of the passage?
A) Why it is necessary to identify people's personality
B) Why it is possible to describe people
C) How to get to know people
D) How best to recognize people
Part IV Translation (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, there are four items which you should translate into Chinese, each item consisting of one or two sentences. These sentences are all taken from the Reading Passages you have just read in Part Three of Test Paper One. You are allowed 15 minutes to do the translation. You should refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.
71. (Passage 1, Lines 6-7, Para.1)
You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up and to assure them that you mean no threat.
72. (Passage 2, Lines 2-3, Para.2)
In the 1880s the United States was a land sharply divided between the immensely wealthy and the very poor.
73. (Passage 3, Lines 3-5, Para.3)
We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome
74. (Passage 4, Lines 2-3, Para.1)
Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another.
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Global Shortage of Fresh Water. You should write at least 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1. 人们以为淡水是取之不尽的
(提示：雨水、河水、井水．．．)
2. 实际上淡水是非常紧缺的
(提示：人口增加，工业用水增加，污染．．．)
3. 我们应该怎么办
Global Shortage of Fresh Water
参考答案：
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. A
11. C 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. B 16. A 17. D 18. B 19. C 20. D
21. C 22. B 23. D 24. D 25. C 26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. D
31. A 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. A 36. B 37. C 38. B 39. D 40. D
41. B 42. C 43. C 44. A 45. B 46. A 47. A 48. D 49. A 50. B
51. A 52. B 53. C 54. B 55. D 56. A 57. C 58. D 59. A 60. B
61. C 62. B 63. D 64. A 65. C 66. D 67. D 68. C 69. A 70. B
71. 你很可能给其他乘客很快的一瞥，打量他们一下，以此让他们确信你对他们没有威胁。
72. 十九世纪八十年代的美国是一个贫富分化极为分明的国家。
73. 给我们留下极深印象的事实是：即使那些没有被告知严重病情的病人，对其疾病的潜在后果也是非常清楚的。
74. 即使是很老到的作家也很可能不能描述出区分人脸的全部特征。