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It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of" gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the toad are becoming horrible. Eye,body knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver’s seat is another matter. Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most cool-headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and calmness so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don’t even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it. However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may be not able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to. An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can’t even learn to drive,let alone master the roadmanship. Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart. The passage mainly talks about______.

A. road politeness
B. traffic jams
C. good manners
D. modern drivers

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Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. In 1951, Time magazine set out to paint a portrait of the nation’s youth, those born into the Great Depression. It doomed them as the Silent Generation, and a generally dull lot: cautious and obedient, uninterested in striking out in new directions or shaping the great issues of the day—the outwardly efficient types whose inner agonies the novel "Revolutionary Road" would analyze a decade later. "Youth’s ambitions have shrunk," the magazine declared. "Few youngsters today want to mine diamonds in South Africa, ranch in Paraguay, climb Mount Everest, find a cure for cancer, sail around the world or build an industrial empire. Some would like to own a small, independent business, but most want a good job with a big firm, and with it, a kind of suburban idyll (田园活)." The young soldier "lacks flame," students were "docile notetakers." And the young writer’s talent "sometimes turns out to be nothing more than a byproduct of his nervous disposition." "The best thing that can be said for American youth, in or out of uniform, is that it has learned that it must try to make the best of a bad and difficult job, whether that job is life, war, or both," Time concluded. "The generation which has been called the oldest young generation in the world has achieved a certain maturity." Today we are in a recession the depth and duration of which are unknown; Friday’s job loss figures were just the latest suggestion that it could well be prolonged and profound rather than shorter and shallower. So what of the youth shaped by what some are already calling the Great Recession Will a publication looking back from 2030 damn them with such faint praise Will they marry, younger,be satisfied with stable but less exciting jobs Will their children mock them for reusing tea bags and counting pennies as if this paycheck were the last At the very least, they will deal with tremendous instability, just as their Depression forebears did. "The ’30s challenged the whole idea of the American dream, the idea of open economic possibilities,’’ said Morris Dickstein, an English professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. "The version you get of that today is the loss of confidence on the part of both parent and children that life in the next generation will inevitably be better." How today’s young will be affected 10, 20 or 40 years on will depend on many things. If history. is any guide, what will matter most is where this recession generation is in the historical process. Morris Dickstein points out that people now ______.

A. tend to believe in a prosperous future
B. can rely on their children for a better life
C. lose faith in the open economic possibilities
D. was hopeless at a better life for their children

八会穴即脏会______,腑会______,气会______,血会______,筋会______,脉会______,骨会 ______,髓会______。

Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. In 1951, Time magazine set out to paint a portrait of the nation’s youth, those born into the Great Depression. It doomed them as the Silent Generation, and a generally dull lot: cautious and obedient, uninterested in striking out in new directions or shaping the great issues of the day—the outwardly efficient types whose inner agonies the novel "Revolutionary Road" would analyze a decade later. "Youth’s ambitions have shrunk," the magazine declared. "Few youngsters today want to mine diamonds in South Africa, ranch in Paraguay, climb Mount Everest, find a cure for cancer, sail around the world or build an industrial empire. Some would like to own a small, independent business, but most want a good job with a big firm, and with it, a kind of suburban idyll (田园活)." The young soldier "lacks flame," students were "docile notetakers." And the young writer’s talent "sometimes turns out to be nothing more than a byproduct of his nervous disposition." "The best thing that can be said for American youth, in or out of uniform, is that it has learned that it must try to make the best of a bad and difficult job, whether that job is life, war, or both," Time concluded. "The generation which has been called the oldest young generation in the world has achieved a certain maturity." Today we are in a recession the depth and duration of which are unknown; Friday’s job loss figures were just the latest suggestion that it could well be prolonged and profound rather than shorter and shallower. So what of the youth shaped by what some are already calling the Great Recession Will a publication looking back from 2030 damn them with such faint praise Will they marry, younger,be satisfied with stable but less exciting jobs Will their children mock them for reusing tea bags and counting pennies as if this paycheck were the last At the very least, they will deal with tremendous instability, just as their Depression forebears did. "The ’30s challenged the whole idea of the American dream, the idea of open economic possibilities,’’ said Morris Dickstein, an English professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. "The version you get of that today is the loss of confidence on the part of both parent and children that life in the next generation will inevitably be better." How today’s young will be affected 10, 20 or 40 years on will depend on many things. If history. is any guide, what will matter most is where this recession generation is in the historical process. The author thinks that Time commented on the Silent Generation with ______.

A. heartfelt sympathy
B. solid evidence
C. disguised praise
D. convincing criticism

In the dining room of my grandfather’ s house stood his heavy clock. Meals in the dining room were a (21) for our four generations to become one. My grandfather’ s clock always stood like a trusted old family friend, (22) us playing jokes and tellingstories, which was already a (23) of our life.When I was a child, the old clock interested me. I watched and listened to it during (24) I was surprised how at (25) times of the day, the clock would strike three times, six times or more, with a wonderful great (26) that echoed throughout the house. The clock chimed year after year, a part of my (27) , a part of my heart.Even more (28) to me was my grandfather’s special action each day. He meticulously (29) the clock with a special key each day. The key was magic to me. It (30) our family’ s magnificent clock ticking and striking all year round. 28()

A. stories
B. jokes
C. periods
D. meals

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