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　　[閱讀理解]“Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking，” says Dr Gregory Stock of the University Of California School Of Public Health. “It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work.”

　　Longer lives don‘t just affect the people who live them. They also affect society as a whole. “We have war， poverty， all sorts of issues around， and I don’t think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer，” says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan. “The question is ‘What will we get as a society’s suspect it won‘t be a better society.”

　　Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the things that living longer might enable an individual to do

　　A、Spending more time with his family.

　　B、Having more education.

　　C、Realizing more dreams.

　　D、Working longer.

　　正確答案：B

　　答案解析：答案選B。長壽使個人能做的事主要在以上兩段里講到，作者沒有提到長壽可以讓人更多地接受教育。

　　[閱讀理解]I was searching for just the right word to describe this book; a word that describes something that is perhaps somewhat sad， but in a good way. I couldn‘t find quite the right word， but I do know the feeling.

　　This book does make me feel a bit sad. Sad for the way that childhood passes so quickly， sad for days that go by， faster than we‘d like them to. But it also makes me feel the sweetness of these things and helps me remember that childhood imagination， freedom and joy are things that we can carry with us still， long after our days as children have passed.

　　Which of the following is true about the author‘s feeling of the book?

　　A、It makes him feel sad for his childhood is sad.

　　B、It makes him feel sad because he didn‘t remember his happy childhood.

　　C、He couldn‘t describe the book， for he doesn’t know the feeling.

　　D、He realizes that childhood imagination， freedom and joy are things that he can carry even when he is an adult.

　　正確答案：D

　　答案解析：答案選D。細節(jié)理解題。 通過本段第二句I couldn’t find quite the right word, but I do know the feeling...可排除C。通過第四句Sad for the way that childhood passes so quickly可以知道他感覺悲傷是因為童年時光匆匆而過，而不是因為他的童年是悲傷的，文中并未提及。所以A不對。同理文中也并未提及他感到悲傷是以為他沒有了童年的回憶，故B也不對。而可以通過最后一句話得出D是對的。

　　[閱讀理解]Young musicians in African countries are creating a new kind of pop music. The tunes and the rhythms of their music combine African traditions with various forms of music popular today， such as hip-hop， rap， rock， jazz， or reggae. The result is music that may sound familiar to listeners anywhere in the world， but at the same time is distinctly African. It is different also in another way Many of the songs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues in Africa today.

　　This passage is about how African pop music is_______.

　　A、usually about love and romance

　　B、more serious than most pop music

　　C、popular with young people in Africa

　　D、mostly written just for entertainment

　　正確答案：B

　　答案解析：答案選B。本題的問題是：非洲流行音樂的不同之處是什么?由本段倒數(shù)第一句可以得出答案�！癐t is different also in another way Many of the songs are very serious and they deal with important social or political issues in Africa today.” AD項錯誤，C項未提及。

　　[閱讀理解]It had been boring hanging about the hotel all afternoon. The road crew were playing a game with dollar notes. Folding them into small planes to see whose would fly the furthest. Having nothing better to do， I joined in and won five， and then took the opportunity to escape with my profit. Despite the evil-looking clouds， I had to get out for a while.

　　Why did the writer want to leave the hotel

　　A、To enjoy the good weather.

　　B、To have a change of scene.

　　C、To spend all his winnings.

　　D、To get away from the crew.