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Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant and its owner did not know what to do . The food in its restaurant was cheap and good , but nobody seem to want to eat there .Then he did something that changed all that , and in a few weeks his restaurant was always full of men with their lady friends .Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady , a smiling waiter gave each of them a beautiful menu . The menu looked exactly the same on the outside , but there was an important difference inside . The menu that the waiter gave to the men gave the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine , while the menu that he gave to the lady gave a much higher price . So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine , the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was .
64. How was the food in the White Rose Restaurant?___________ .
A. Its quality had always been good and its price low
B. It was poor and expensive at first and became much better and less expensive later
C. It was cheap and good at the beginning but became more expensive later
D. It looked beautiful on the outside but it was became more different inside
65. How did the restaurant attract so many people?______________ .
A. By lowering the price of its food
B. By improving the quality of its food
C. With waiters smiling at the guests when they came into the restaurant and giving them better service while they are
D. By showing men and women menus with different price on them
66. According to this passage , when a man and a woman ate at the restaurant the food was paid by whom ?_____________ .
A. Usually by the man and sometimes by the woman
B. Always by the man only
C. Sometimes by the man only and sometimes by both of the man and the woman
D. Normally by the woman
67. The White Rose succeeded because__________ .
A. women liked their men friends to be generous
B. men liked their women friends to be generous
C. men were more generous than women
D. women were more generous than men

Hi, everybody !
Welcome to our newly-opened Richards Cinema Bookstore!
Now let me introduce to you some of the new film books in our store.
Are you Chinese film fans? OK, here comes the latest 25 New Takes about Chinese films. It is a collection of 25 fresh readings of different Chinese films from the 1930s to the present. In recent years, Chinese films are very popular in the States, such as Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon, Hero, and Flowers of Shanghai.
Do you like French films? Well, here is The French Cinema Book. It covers French films from the 1890s to the beginning of the 21st century. It is written for all lovers of French cinema: students and teachers, specialists and fans, and so on.
Maybe you are Indian film fans and star-chasers. Then here is Encyclopedia ( 百科全书 ) of Indian Cinema. The book is a complete introduction to all the best Indian films. It also offers a full list of names of the famous and successful film stars in the past ten years. You know, the Indian film industry is the largest in the world after our Hollywood.
If you like British films, we have The British Cinema Book. It is a good review of British cinema. This book contains a good many nice pictures.
In our bookstore, you can also find books about Mexican, Japanese, Australian, German and Italian films.
Well, please help yourselves to some coffee or tea, and have a good time here!
60. The speaker of the passage is most probably _______
A. the author of 25 New Takes B. a tourist in the cinema bookstore
C. the manager of the cinema bookstore D. a reader of Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema
61. How many Asian countries does the speaker refer to when he talks about the film books?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Nine.
62. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage？
A. Indian cinema is second only to Hollywood.
B. The British Cinema Book includes a complete list of names of stars.
C. Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon is well received in the States.
D. The French Cinema Book covers over a century's French films.
63. The purpose of the speaker is_______.
A. to satisfy the customers' various tastes
B. to keep the authors in the cinema bookstore
C. to offer the tourists chances to meet the film stars
D. to take the readers into film producers

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was walking along Orchard Road when I realized a tall young man wearing a jacket and tie was following me. I noticed him because not many people wear a jacket and tie in the middle of a hot summer day, and I had already seen this man four times that afternoon.
To make sure he was following me, I walked on quickly, turned right into a shopping center and then stopped to look in a shop window. Soon the man appeared and stopped at another shop window. I walked on and stopped several times. When I stopped, he stopped too.
I began to be rather worried and decided to try to lose this strange man. When I saw a taxi coming, I jumped into it. As I was telling the taxi driver where to go, I found the man get into another taxi, which then followed mine. As the two taxies slowly made their way along Orchard Road, I looked back at the taxi behind, and saw that the stranger was looking out at me. At MRT station, I told the taxi driver to stop and I got out. As I was paying my fare, I saw the man was getting out of his taxi.
By now I got angry, so I turned and walked straight to him. I asked him why he was following me. At first he said he was not following me at all, but when I threatened(威胁) to call the police, he admitted he was. He then told me that he was a news reporter and that he was writing an article on how elderly people in Singapore spend their time. He said he was observing me to gather materials for his article.
56. What is strange about the man who followed the writer?
A. He seemed to be wearing too much. B. He was out on such a hot day.
C. He walked quickly behind. D. He was a tall young man.
57. What did the stranger do when the writer jumped into a taxi?
A. He got into another taxi. B. He tried to stop the taxi.
C. He almost gave up following him. D. He made his way along Orchard Road.
58. How did the writer have the stranger admit(承认) he was following him?
A. He threatened to take him to the police. B. He called the police.
C. He said he would call the police. D. He talked to the police.
59. Why did the stranger follow the writer?
A. He was interested in elderly people. B. He often does such things.
C. He was writing a book about young people. D. He needed materials for his article.

Fred Michel is one of 7.2 million Americans who moonlight, or hold more than one job.
Once a week, after his day job as medical director of a mental health center, the 40-year-old psychiatrist(精神病大夫) heads to a part-time job at a treatment center for young people. Twice a month, he travels three hours to another teenage treatment center.
Last year, 5.4 percent of the American workforce held second jobs, according to the US Labor Department, and that looks set to increase this year.
Many workers like the safety that moonlighting provides, says Carl Hausamn, the writer of “Moonlighting:148 Great Ways to Make Money on the Side.”
The information from the US Labor Department shows that 40 percent of US moonlighters in 1997 took a second job to meet household expenses or pay off debts. Others save money or buy some special things.
People also take second jobs with an eye to the future – wanting to try out a new field or gain experience.
Michel started moonlighting when medical systems were unstable (不稳定的). He wanted to make sure he wasn’t tied to one system that ended up failing .
Just as the purposes for moonlighting vary, the moonlighters cross all age and racial groups. And they work in a variety of industries –no longer just service, office and sale jobs.
“Technology just affects your ability to make money,” Hausman says. “That makes a frequent change in moonlighting.”
As its name means, moonlighting still occurs mostly at night. And that results in some pressures. Chief among them is time.
Full-time employers could misunderstand, too. Some companies do not allow after-hour work because they fear it will affect their employees’ 9-to-5 performance.
“The primary employer is saying, ‘Wait, I’m paying you for the sharp, fresh, energetic you,’” says Tom Gimbel, president and founder of LaSalle Staffing in Chicago. “If you’re burning yourself at both ends, it’s going to show.”
Still, the good done to the moonlighters can be great. Besides extra income, moonlighters enjoy variety, freedom and chance to do something new. They also may find their part-time jobs strengthen what they do full time.
Besides, “it’s fun,” Michel says. Not only do this part-time jobs offer a chance to network, stretch his professional skills and make more money, but they also give him the variety he wouldn’t find just in a full-time job.
“It’s a way of pulling from the spice cabinet” he says, “and offering a little variety throughout the day.”
67．What is the article mainly about ?
A．The ways of moonlighting. B．The reasons for moonlighting.
C．The problems with moonlighting. D．The kinds of people who moonlight.
68．The reason why Fred Michel began to moonlight is that ________.
A．he found it exciting to do a part-time job
B．he needed to make ends meet with more money
C．he feared he would lose his present job one day
D．he felt more and more pressure from his employer
69．Some companies don’t allow their workers to moonlight because they are afraid_________.
A．their workers can not do extra-hour work for them
B．their workers will be too tired to try their best at work
C．their workers will one day turn to some other different jobs
D．their workers will not get to work and be off work on time
70．The underlined sentence “It’s a way of pulling from the spice cabinet.” in the last paragraph means ________.
A．moonlighting gets you away from the job you don’t enjoy
B．moonlighting offers you freedom to make extra money
C．moonlighting strengthens your professional skills
D．moonlighting brings you chances to do something different

When former American President Bill Clinton traveled to South Korea to visit President Kim Young Sam, he repeatedly referred to the Korean president’s wife as Mrs．Kim．By mistake, President Clinton’s advisers thought that Koreans have the same naming customs as the Japanese．Clinton had not been told that, in Korea, wives keep their family names．President Kim Young Sam’s wife was named Sohm Myong Suk．Therefore, she should be addressed（称谓）as Mrs．Sohn．
President Clinton arrived in Korea directly after leaving Japan and had not changed his culture gears．His failure to follow Korean customs gave the impression that Korea was not as important to him as Japan．
In addition to Koreans, some Asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names．This practice often puzzles English-speaking teachers when talking with a pupil’s parents．They become puzzled about the student’s correct last name．Placing the family name first is common among a number of Asian cultures．
Mexican naming customs are different as well．When a woman marries, she keeps her family name and adds her husband’s name after the word de （of）．This affects how they fill in forms in the United States．When requested to fill in a middle name, they generally write the father’s family name．But Mexicans are addressed by the family name of the mother．This often causes puzzlement．
Here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations: don’t always think that a married woman uses her husband’s last name．Remember that in many Asian cultures, the order of first and last names is reversed. Ask which name a person would prefer to use．If the name is difficult to pronounce, admit it, and ask the person to help you say it correctly．
63．The story of Bill Clinton is used to．
A．improve US Kotean relations B．introduce the topic of the text
C．describe his visit to Korea D．tell us how to address a person
64．The word “gears” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to．
A．action plans B．naming customs
C．travel maps D．thinking patterns
65．When a woman marries in Koreas, she．
A．continues to use her family name B．uses her husband’s given name
C．shares her husband’s family name D．adds her husband’s given name to hers
66．To address a married woman properly, you’d better ．
A．use her middle name B．use her husband’s first name
C．ask her which name she likes D．change the order of her names