Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage. Ron Barrister awoke once again with a slight ringing in his ears. After he showered and dressed, the condition got worse. He was also short of breath. When he looked in the mirror to see if his tongue were coated or if there were some other signs of a cold coming on, he noticed that his eyes looked peculiar. He turned sideways and looked again. Sure enough, his eyes seemed to be bulging out. He decided to explain his symptoms to Dr. Klien, the eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist. Dr. Klien examined Ron very carefully. After a complete examination he was stumped. Everything appeared normal and tests showed no signs of disorder. “Ron,” he said, “I really can’t find anything wrong, and I’m at a loss to explain your strange symptoms. However if you’d like another consultation, Dr. Brown is next door. She might be able to discover something I missed.” After another full examination, even Dr. Brown was stumped. “I can think of nothing to tell you except that you should be admitted to the hospital for a closer examination.” When Ron was being admitted to the hospital, the nurse asked him, “What size pajamas do you wear, Mr. Barrister” “I really don’t know,”he replied. “Well, do you know your shirt size” she asked as she reached for a measuring tape. “Yes,” answered Ron, “I wear 15.5 collar with a ...” The nurse measured his neck and said, “You mean a 16.5, don’t you” “No,” answered Ron, “I’ve always worn a 15.5 collar on all my shirts.” “O.K. but if you wear a 15.5 collar with your neck size, sooner or later you’re surely going to have a ringing in your ears, bulging eyes, and you’ll be short of breath.” Questions: Who solved Mr. Barrister’s problems
A. Dr. Klein.
B. Dr. Brown.
C. Mr. Barrister himself.
D. The nurse.
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage. There are thousands of volcanoes all over the world. What makes volcanoes What happens The inside of the earth is very hot. Because it is very hot, the rock has melted like ice. It has become liquid, like water. It is always boiling, like water in a kettle. If you have seen a kettle boiling, you know that the steam and boiling water try to get out. The very hot melted rock inside the earth also tries to get out. Usually it cannot because the outside of the earth is too thick and strong. But in some places the outside of the earth is thin and weak. Sometimes a crack (a small opening) appears. The hot melted rock , which we call “lava”, pushes up through the crack and bursts through . Steam and gas shoot up into the air and the hot melted lava pours out. Big pieces of rock may be thrown high into the air. After a while the volcano becomes quiet again. The melted lava becomes hard. Later the same thing happens again and again. Each time more hot lava pours out on top of the cold lava and then becomes hard. In this way a kind of mountain is built up, with a hole down the middle. Although there are thousands of volcanoes in the world, most of them are dead. Only about 500 sometimes start to throw out lava again. A famous volcano which is now dead is Mount Fujiyama in Japan. It is covered with snow on winter. Vesuvius is the name of a very famous volcano in Italy. It first came to life many, many years ago. It was quiet for hundreds of years. Then in the year 79 it suddenly burst. This has happened again many times since that year. Sometimes no damage was caused or only little damage. But there was serious damage in the years 472, 1631, 1794, 1861, 1872 and 1906. Statements: There are two kinds of volcanoes, dead volcano and actives volcano, but most volcanoes stay alive.
A. 对
B. 错