My watch broke a few days ago, which made me sad. The watchband (表带) broke without my noticing, causing it to fall to the floor while I was doing some __41__. As I stepped back to __42__ some other clothes, I heard a terrible sound. I __43__ the watch and saw a spider web of cracks on its face. I saw that it was beyond __44__ and sadly threw it into the garbage.

Strangely, now that it is __45__ I find that I have no wish to buy a new one. __46__ it is because in this digital age clocks are __47__. They are on my wall, in my car, on my computer, and even on my phone. I can’t even __48__ my head without seeing what time it is.

I think that the real reason, __49__， is that as I have grown older, my __50__ with time itself has changed. While I feel as __51__ as ever, time in this world has gone by much too fast. The little baby boy I once __52__ to sleep on my chest is now a 23­year­old man who is bigger than me. Young and __53__ adults from my childhood have grown old, sickened and even __54__. I can now see that time can’t be kept. It flows on and on and carries us with it on a river of __55__. The days zoom by (急速移动), our hair turns __56__， our skin becomes wrinkled, and our bodies wear out. Looking at our __57__ cannot slow it down. All we can do is embrace it and __58__ each day we are given.

So do your best to spend each __59__ moment here in joy. Do your best to spend your days living, laughing, hugging, helping, praying, and smiling. Most __60__， do your best to spend your seconds here loving yourself, and others.

41．A.exercising             B．cleaning        C．washing      D．cooking

42．A.fetch                  B．find            C．take          D．choose

43．A.set up                 B．picked up       C．looked for       D. cared about

44．A. reach                 B．description      C．construction      D．repair

45．A.worn                   B．disabled        C．gone          D．lost

46．A.Truly                  B．Really          C．Likely         D．Perhaps

47．A.somewhere              B．nowhere       C．anywhere       D．everywhere

48．A.shake                  B．turn            C．nod          D．move

49．A.although               B．therefore       C．however      D．instead

50．A.attitude               B．relationship     C．concern      D．friendship

51．A.young                  B．calm          C．happy          D．useful

52．A.cheated                B．comforted      C．rocked             D．relieved

53．A.lively                 B．energetic       C．childish       D．clever

54．A.passed away            B．got away       C．run away       D．given up

55．A.smile                  B．silence         C．change         D．love

56．A.black                  B．dead           C．yellow          D．gray

57．A.watches                B．bodies         C．ages          D．relatives

58．A.share                  B．enjoy          C．divide             D．value

59．A.considerate            B．interesting      C．precious         D．difficult

60．A.importantly            B．silently        C．usefully    D．interestingly

From time to time, we all get a bit down. Maybe we are feeling bad because we’re not doing well with our goals. There are many reasons for feeling down, but I’m not able to discuss all of them.   36  .

 Make a list. Sometimes we are sad simply because we are troubled by all the things we have to do.   37   . Make a list of the most pressing things you have to do. Thus you’re getting things under control. You can see, right in front of you, what you need to do, and that can pick up your mood.
       38  .You’ve made a list, and you still feel puzzled? Well, get started on the first thing you need to do. Once you get into action, you’ll feel better. And once you start doing something, you will feel much better than lying around feeling sorry for yourself.
        39   . I like Brown Eyed Girl, the Kinks, the Ramones, or an upbeat Beatles tune. You might have your own brand of feel-good music. Whatever it is, let yourself move to the beat. It may just be what the doctor ordered.
   Talk about it. Get a best friend, family member or coworker you can talk to.    40   . It can also help you work out the reasons you’re feeling down.

A. Take action.

B. Play some lively music.

C. Get out of the house and do something.

D. Getting things off your chest makes a big difference.

E. Start simply by picking up a piece of paper and a pen.
F. Do whatever you need to do to feel good about yourself.
G. What I can talk about are some things that have worked for me.

French surgeons have performed what they said on Wednesday was the world's first partial face transplant--- giving a new nose, chin and lips to a woman attacked by a dog.

Specialists from two French hospitals carried out the operation on a 38-year-old woman on Sunday in the northern city of Amiens by taking the face from a brain-dead woman, who had hanged herself just hours before the operation. Her family agreed on the operation.

“The patient is in an excellent state and the transplant looks normal,” the hospitals said in a brief statement after waiting three days to announce the pioneering surgery.

The woman had been left without a nose and lips after the dog attacked her last May, and was unable to talk or chew properly. Such injuries are “extremely difficult, if not impossible” to repair using normal surgical techniques, the statement said.

The statement did not say what the woman would look like when she had fully recovered, but medical experts said she was unlikely to resemble the woman who had been the source of her new face.

The operation was led by Jean-Michel Dubernard, a specialist from a hospital in Lyon who has also carried out hand transplants,

Skin transplants have long been used to treat burns and other injuries, but operations around the mouth and nose have been considered very difficult because of the area's high sensitivity to foreign tissue.

Teams in France, the United States and Britain had been developing techniques to make face transplants a reality

There was a short-term risk for the patient if blood vessels became blocked, a medium-term danger of her body rejecting the new skin and a long-term possibility that the drugs used could cause cancers.

Experts say that although such medical advances should be celebrated, the transplant had thrown up moral（道德的）and ethical(伦理的)issues. Little is known about the psychological effect of the transplant.

46. The best title for the passage would be ________.

  A. First Face Transplant Opens Debate              B. French Woman has First Partial Face Transplant    

  C. A Complete Face Transplant of a French Woman    D. Risks and Ethical Problems of a Face Transplant

47. Which of the following is NOT one of the risks of the operation?

  A. Heart damage.    B. Organ rejection     C. Block of blood vessels.    D. Side effect of the drugs

48. What can we learn about the operation?

  A. There has arisen a debate about the operation.   

  B. The woman had used the dead woman' s whole face. 

  C. The woman will suffer from psychological damage soon. 

  D. Such transplants have been performed by doctors.

What will man be like in the future – in 5000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and finally we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger.

On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.

But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.

Perhaps all this gives the information that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.

21. The passage mainly tells us____________.          .

A. man's life will be different in the future

B. what man will look like in the future

C. man is growing taller and uglier as time passes

D. human's organs' functions will become weak

22.The change in man's size of forehead will probably be because ________.         .

A. he makes use only 20% of the brain's capacity

B. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries

C. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time

D. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on

23. What will be true about a human being in the future?

A. He will be hairless because hair is no longer useful.

B. He will have smaller eyes and will wear better glasses.

C. His fingers will grow weaker because he won't have to make use of them.

D. He will think and feel in a different way.

24. It is implied that­­­­­___________.         .

A. human beings will become more attractive in the future.

B. less use of a bodily organ may lead to its degeneration（退化）.

C. human beings hope for a change in the future life.

D. future life is always predictable(可预测的).

That means you must be able to_____ when people are not telling the whole truth and then try to discover it.

A. acquire                   B. submit                   C. assess            D. assist

 The cultural exchanges between the two countries help to ________ the understanding and friendship between the two peoples.

    A. promote          B. raise                C. remark           D. increase

HOLIDAY FUN AT THE POWERHOUSE

500 HARRIS STREET ULTIMO·TELEPHONE(02)9217 0111

Join in the holiday fun at the Powerhouse this month linked to our new exhibition,Evolution & Revolution:Chinese dress1700s to now.DON’T FORGET our other special event,the Club Med Circus School which is part of the Circus(马戏团)!150years of circus in Australia exhibition experience!

◆Chinese Folk Dancing:Colorful Chinese dance and musical performances by The Chinese Folk Dancing School of Sydney.Dances include:the Golden stick dance and the Chinese drum dance.A feature will be the Qin dynasty Emperor’s count dance.Also included is a show of face painting for Beijing opera performances.

Sunday 29 June and Wednesday 2 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11.30 am & 1.30 pm.

◆Australian Chinese Children’s Arts Theatre:Well-known children’s play experts from Shanghai lead this dynamic youth group.Performances include Chinese fairy tales and plays.

Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 Julyin the Turbine Hall,at 11.30 am & 1.30 pm.

◆Chinese Youth League:A traditional performing arts group featuring performance highlights such as the Red scarf and Spring flower dances,and a musician playing Er Hu.

Sunday 6 to Tuesday 8 Julyin the Turbine Hall,11.30 am to 1.30 pm.

◆Kids Activity:Make a Paper Horse:Young children make a paper horse cut-out.(The horse is a frequent theme in Chinese painting,including a kind of advancement.)Suitable for ages 8~12 years.

Saturday 28 June to Tuesday 8 Julyin the Turbine Hall,12.00 pm to 1.00 pm.

◆Club Med Circus School:Learn circus skills,including the trapeze,trampolining and magic.Note only for children over 5.There are 40 places available in each 1 hour session and these must be booked at the front desk,level 4,on the day.

Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 Julyat 11.30 am & 1.00 pm.

Enjoy unlimited free visits and many other benefits by becoming a Family member of the Powerhouse.Our family memberships cover two adults and all children under the age of 16 years at the one address.

Members receive Powerline,our monthly magazine,discounts in the shops and the restaurants,as well as free admission to the Museum.All this for as little as $50.00 a year!Call(02)9217 0600 for more details.

25.When can you watch the Chinese drum dance?

A.On July 2.　　　　　      B.On July 3.

C.On July 6.                D.On July 8.

26.To learn the magic tricks,you can go to　　　.

A.Kids Activity             B.Chinese Youth League

C.Club Med Circus School   D.Children’s Arts Theatre

27.What is required if you want to enjoy free visits to the Museum?

A.Calling(02)9217 0600.         B.Gaining family membership.

C.Coming for the holiday fun.   D.Paying Powerline $50.00 a year.

28.What is the main purpose of the text?

A.To attract visitors.          B.To present schedules.

C.To report the performances.   D.To teach kids Chinese arts.

We never allow        in the office．Who allows him       here?

    A．smoking; to smoke                B．smoking; smoking

    C．to smoke; smoking                D．to smoke; to smoke

 As ______ consequence of all his hard training, Paul was able to take_____ lead and race.

  A. the, a               B. a, the             C. /,/              D. a, a

 ----Excuse me, could you spare me some time?
   ----Sorry, I ______ a lecture in the hall in a few minutes.
     A. have given         B. will have given  C. am giving         D. will be giving

Best friends may be priceless but the cost of keeping the relationship alive is £23,870.

　　According to a study, a BFF (best friends forever) does not come cheap with devoted friends spending £4,679 on birthday presents alone over a lifetime. And while it costs nothing to be a shoulder to cry on, big-hearted Britons go the extra mile and spend £168 on pick-me-ups(提神物品) to get their mate through a rocky patch (艰难时刻)like the breakup of a relationship.

　　There’s a further £242 spent on presents to show how much they mean from gifts bought on holiday to treats for no reason. And distance does not break up a close friendship as BFFs spend a whopping(巨大的) £18,000 on travel to see each other despite being miles apart because of university, jobs and marriage.

　　The study by cashback site TopCashBack found on average BEFs who marry can expect £431 spent on them and a further £283 on gifts when they have children. And they can rely on their pals to help out when they move houses as they will obtain £127 worth of housewarming presents and takeaways(a kind of food).

The survey based on a friendship lasting 40 years found more than eight in ten adults with a BFF felt their friendships were worth every penny.

　　TopCashback spokesperson Natasha Smith said: “Those friendships which stand the test of time are often the most important in our lives. However, they come at a cost. From train tickets once a month to flights and a new dress for a wedding on the Italian coast, the price paid for having a best mate can soon add up. But when we asked people to compare their friendship with the financial investment(投资), only 14% thought their friendship was equal to their investment with the vast majority thinking it was worth more."

52.  What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean?       

A. generous      B. ambitious     C. troublesome     D. energetic

53. To keep the relationship, where do BEFs spend the most money?

A. Buying birthday presents.

B. Cheering up a friend in low spirits.

C. Paying for holiday gifts and other treats.

D. Going a particular distance to visit friends.

54. What is Natasha’s understanding of BEF friendship?

A. It’s costly and unaffordable.        B. It’s expensive but worthwhile.      

C. It’s rewarding but hard to keep.      D. It’s changeable but worth possessing.

55.  How is the passage developed?

A. By listing figures.               B. By giving examples. 

C. By analying causes.           D. By making comparisons.

   I knew my father loved me and his love was deep although he was an ill-humored man. He just didn’t know how to   36   it.

      One evening we went out for a night on the town．We were sitting in an elegant restaurant that had a small but lively   37  ．When it played a familiar waltz tune I decided to  38    my father for a dance. “Dad, you know I’ve never  39    with you before. I begged you but you   40   wanted to. How about right now?” I waited for the   41   refusal．But instead, he considered thoughtfully and then said, “Let’s hit the floor and I’ll   42   you just what kind of moves an old guy like me can still make.” My father took me in his   43   and I felt overcome by emotion. As we danced I looked up at my father carefully but he   44   my eyes. “Dad,” I finally   45  , tears in my eyes, “Why is it so hard for you to look at me?” At last his eyes dropped to my face．“   46   I love you so much.” he whispered back．I was struck dumb by his   47  ．It wasn’t what I had thought．But it was of course exactly what I needed to   48  ．I had always known that he loved me. I just hadn’t understood that his vast emotion had   49   him and made him silent．“I love you too, Dad!” I whispered back softly．He stumbled （结结巴巴地说) over the next few words: “I’m sorry that I’m not open. It’s   50   for me, but just remember how much I love you.” When the dance ended I excused myself to the ladies’ room and during my absence   51   changed．When I came back, Dad sat in his chair   52   his body leaning forward, very pale．Everything was really too late．He was   53  ．

      That night all I saw was his leaning body and pale face．But it’s a totally different scene that I      54   now．I remember his saying “I love you” and my saying it back．The three words   55   on forever long after we are gone．

36．A．answer       B．express     C．mention         D．understand

37．A．band        B．hall            C．sofa           D．bar

38．A．invite               B．teach          C．help           D．show

39．A．chatted         B．sang               C．danced               D．stayed

40．A．still            B．even          C．also           D．never

41．A．final             B．normal       C．rough           D．usual

42．A．tell             B．show          C．ask              D．explain

43．A．arms           B．hands        C．heart           D．mind

44．A．noticed          B．ignored     C．avoided          D．greeted

45．A．complained    B．whispered    C．explained     D．shouted

46．A．Because        B．Though      C．If               D．While

47．A．response       B．advise        C．promise         D．excuse

48．A．find            B．know         C．hear                 D．think

49．A．surprised      B．pleased             C．inspired         D．frightened

50．A．clear           B．important       C．impossible        D．hard

51．A．everything           B．something      C．nothing         D．anything

52．A．for             B．with                 C．on              D．from

53．A．moved              B．tired                C．lost            D．gone

54．A．discover        B．remember      C．remind          D．consider

55．A．depend          B．carry           C．live          D．take

    The Dupont Circle park in Washington DC is a busy, crowded place. Popular restaurants and businesses around the circle attract many city residents and visitors. But few people know about the old streetcar station below the street. Braulio Agnese is the Managing Director of an organization called Dupont Underground. The group wants to change the old station into a place for the arts."We see everything from site-specific art work, which fills the space in different ways, light and sound or appliances. Or it can be used like a traditional gallery. But also as a curved space, it offers a chance for new kinds of performance. DC has quite a few experimental theater groups that would like to work in an unusual space and do different kinds of production.”

    The system of tunnels was built in the late 1940s. But the streetcars only ran for a short time. They stopped running in the 1960s. Mr. Agnese says the station could become a symbol of how quickly Washington is changing."Changes in the last five or ten years have been tremendous. The restaurant scene is changing, new development, new opportunities. We think there is an opportunity to create something here that helps the city to move forward."

    Dupont Underground is just one example of the trend toward giving a new purpose to unused industrial sites. In New York, builders want to make a forgotten street car garage into a park below the street. And New York already has the popular High Line Park. It was once an old railroad path. The question is -- can Dupont Underground be as successful?

    Bill McLeod is Executive Director of Historic DuPont Circle Main Streets. The group helps small businesses in the DuPont Circle area. Mr. McLeod says the underground will fill a need in the area."I think there is definitely need for art space, or event space, in DuPont. And I think that will be the perfect space to activate because it's very large - it's 75 thousand square feet. Very cool, right?"

    Another organization tried to open a group of eating places in the space 15 years ago. That food court project failed. Mr. McLeod says the group leading the new effort has a better understanding of the project. He says the group knows it will take a lot of time and money and is successfully seeking financial support. Braulio Agnese and his co-workers hope to open the underground station to the public in the next few months.

32. According to the text, the old streetcar station below The Dupont Circle park in Washington DC ______.

   A. is very suitable for an arts center                    B. was out of use in the 1950s

   C. was busy and crowded                                 D. is an eating place

33. The author’s attitude to the New York reconstruction mentioned in the third paragraph is ______.

   A. tolerant                    B. doubtful                 C. negative                  D. positive

34. Which word has its meaning closest to the underlined word in the text?

   A. occupy                      B. start                         C. possess                  D. expand

35. The text mainly tells us about ______.

   A. the failure of the food court project                 

   B. the increasingly popularity of arts centers

   C. the rebuilding of a deserted industrial site

   D. the present condition of an underground streetcar station

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Two years ago my husband buy me a bicycle. If you live in a town, it is often fast than a car and you don’t have to worry parking. You can leave them in any place you like. As it has a seat at the back or a basket at the front, it’s convenient for me to take my little daughter to school, and go shopping. I use it most in summer while the weather is warm and dry. It can be unpleasant in winter, though, when the weather is cold and rain. It can also be dangerous. You should be careful of on a bicycle. Accidents are not the only problem. One day I went shop and came back to find my front wheel gone. Now I have three strong lock.

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of natural disasters over the past few years, and it is assumed that global warming and climate change could cause even more disasters in the future. Some of the world’s leading cities are facing disasters like floods and heat waves.

    London

    London’s flood defences are getting older. Since 1982, the Thames Barrier(水闸)has protected the city from the threat of flooding, but it was only designed to last until 2030 and close once every two or three years. About 26 years later the barrier now closes five or six times a year and according to Environment Agency predictions, by 2050 the barrier will be closed on almost every tide if the problem is not addressed.

    There are 26 underground stations, 400 schools, 16 hospitals, an airport and 80 billion worth of property(财产) in London’s flood risk area, so large scale flooding would be disastrous.

    Paris

    Over a six week period in July and August 2003, more than 11,400—mainly elderly people—died in France from dehydration(脱水)and extremely high body temperature in a deadly heat wave. Heat waves of similar intensity(强度)are expected every seven years by 2050, so what can be done to make sure such a disaster does not happen again?

    One solution is to have air-conditioners installed（安装） in elderly care homes. But this is considered a short-term solution, as the increase in demand for electricity also increases carbon emissions(排放).

 In Paris the local authorities are encouraging architects to design new types of buildings such as the building “Flower Tower,” which uses a covering of bamboo to act as a natural air-conditioner.

Shanghai

    Shanghai is the fastest growing city on Earth. It has a population of 18 million and is only 4 meters above sea level. Sea levels are predicted to rise by 20 cm within the next century.

    An estimated 250，000 people move to Shanghai every year in search of work, placing extra demands on energy consumption. China relies heavily on coal—fired power stations, but these emissions increase temperatures and, in turn, warmer seas increase the risk of typhoons.

59. What problem should be settled now in London?

A. How to protect the city’s property.

B. Where to build its flood defences.

   C. How to use the Thames Barrier to protect the city.

   D. How to improve the function of the old flood defences.

60. Which of the following measures can’t solve the heat wave disaster in Paris?

A. Putting up new types of buildings with a covering of bamboo.

   B. Having air-conditioners installed in elderly care homes.

   C. Forbidding the city to build “Flower Tower”.

   D. Encouraging architects to design new types of buildings.

61. The major threats to Shanghai are           .

   A. increasing population and coal-fired power stations

   B. rising sea levels and typhoons

   C. extremely high temperature and rising sea levels

   D. extra demands on energy consumption and typhoons

62. The purpose of the passage is          .

   A. to tell us how to protect the big cities

   B. to give advice on how to defend natural disasters

   C. to explain what causes flood and heat waves

D. to warn us of the increasing natural disasters in big cities

He was warned __________the dangers he would have to face.

A. on    B. towards    C. of     D. at

 _{The Ministry of Education demanded many a measure ________ in schools after the new school year began.}

_{A. take  B. takes    C. is taken          D. be taken}

 The chairman thought _____ necessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting.

A. that       B. it           C. this              D. him

By May，after three months, I had lost 22 pounds and reached my goal of 115 pounds. My friends would say “Alice you look great !” or “ How did you lose so much weight? ”. Those compliments made me feel good and confident.

Soon I dropped to 110 ponds. A few of my friends told me that I need to stop dieting because I was starting to look sick. They brought me a present——a bag of chocolates, which I later gave to my sister. My mum would come to my room, with tears in her eyes, and have long chats about how harmful this diet was and begged me to stop. My dad would leave worried messages on my cell phone at school, telling me that it would do serious harm to my body.

By mid-June, when school was coming to an end, I was down to an only alive state of 95pounds. All of a sudden, I knew I had to do something. I guessed the number itself scared me. I recalled my doctor. He told me about a girl who was 95 pounds and was at the risk of dying. I knew I was putting my life at risk, but for what?

To make those who love me worried? Is it worthwhile to be thin?

Now I realize that models in magazines, TV and movies are not realistic. The price to pay for the “perfect body” is living with the dangerous and sometimes deadly eating disorder. And there are more important things to think about than how thin you are.

28. The author’s mother went to her room to ________.

A. bring her some chocolates.                      B. tell her she missed her..

C. ask her to stop dieting.                         D. talk about her studies.

29. The author decided to stop dieting____ .

A. when her friends told her to do so               B. when her weight dropped to 95 pounds

C. when her father left some messages              D. when her mother had a talk with her

30. What does the writer want to tell us?

A. It is too expensive for people to lose weight.

B. You will be healthy as long as you stop dieting.

C. There is no model with a perfect body in real life.

D. Being thin is not the most important thing in our life.

31. How did the author feel when she weighed 115 pounds?

A. Happy.           B. Disappointed.          C. Worried.         D. Painful.

A decade after terror struck America, we are starting to move forward.

It has been 10 years. In those awful days right after 9/11, I asked my colleague, Dave Barry, if he thought he would ever write jokes again. He was then the humor columnist for the Miami Herald. “For the last week,” he told me, “I haven’t even tried to write anything funny, and for a while I thought maybe I never would, or should.”

He had it; we all had it—that feeling of being stuck, unable to find your way back to the life you had lived before. I wrote 10 columns in a row about what I had seen, the planes crashing, the lives lost. Finally, I had to force myself to write a column about something that was not terror. That last one column. Then I went right back to what was normal.

That was a decade ago. Today’s terrors become tomorrow’s memories. News becomes history. And I find myself remembering how I used to kill ants when I was a child. The thing that struck me was that they always came back. Even if you destroy their world a hundred times, they build it a hundred and one times.

There is something of that in people. It may be one of the best things about us. We always fight the cruel things in life, bury our dead, rebuild, and find a way to move forward. We did it when fire burned down Chicago, after the earthquake in San Francisco, and after the floods in New Orleans. And we did it on September 11.

It is true that we have changed in ways that are not all good. We are at war on three fronts. We are running a strange prison on Cuba. The government may not tell you why.

Osama Bin Laden is dead. Experts tell us the terror group he led is weakened. However, terrorism remains alive in American political thought, which is becoming more extreme.

There is reason to be worried about these changes. But I am still grateful that we moved away from the 9/11 nightmare at all.

59. From Paragraph 3, we can conclude that ________.         

A. there was no terrorism in America before 9/11

B. no one ever feels safe anymore

C. the author was so shaken that he stopped writing completely

D. many Americans were preoccupied with terrorism for some time.

60. Which phrase can be used to describe Dave Barry’s feeling just after 9/11?

A. sad but confident                                          B. heartbroken and angry

C. frightened but hopeful                           D. shocked and numb

61. With the example of ants, the author aims to show that ________.       

A. he is sorry that he killed the ants

B. people are tough and are able to recover

C. rebuilding is more important than sadness

D. he misses his happy childhood

62. What’s the author’s attitude towards the American government’s policy against terrorism?

   A. critical             B. uninterested             C. supportive        D. appreciative