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第4部分：阅读理解(第31～45题，每题3分，共45分) 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定l个最佳选项。

Saving Money

Where yousave your money often depends on what you are saving for.If you are saving to buya CD (光盘) or to go to a concert, then probably you would keep your moneysomewhere in your room.

If youare saving for a big purchase like a mountain bike or a school trip, wherewould you save your money?

One placeto save money is the bank.Putting your money in a savings account will help yourmoney earn more money.If you put your money in a piggy bank (猪形储蓄罐), one year later you'll still have the same amount of money you putin.If you put your money in a savings account, one year later, you'll havemore money than you put in.Why ?

When youkeep your money in a bank, your money earns interest.Interest is an amount of moneya bank pays you to use your money.The bank uses your money ( and the money ofother people, too) to loan money to people and businesses.

The bankwill send you a statement several times a year.A bank statement tells you how muchmoney you have in your account.It also tells you how much interest you haveeamed Ifyou leave your money in the bank, you can watch it grow! Another wayyou can save money is to buy a certificate of deposit or CD.If you have somemoney that you don't need to use for a long time, this is a good way to makeyour money grow.You can buy a CD at a bank.You

agree notto use the money for a certain period of time.That period might be from sixmonths to five years.You can't touch your money during that time if you do,you must pay a penalty, or fee.

31、Your money will earn more money if you put it

A.inyour room

B.in apiggy bank

C.inyour pocket

D.in asavings account

32、 Abank pays you interest for

A.wasting your money

B.losingyour money

C.usingyour money

D.decreasing your money

33、Among other things, a bank statement tells you

A.theamount of money you have in the bank

B.thecurrent rates of interest

C.thecurrent rates of exchange

D.thebest way to save your money

34、 If you draw your money before it is due, you will have to

A.payinterest to the bank

B.closeyour account

C.open anew account

D.pay apenalty or fee

35、 The word "touch" in paragraph 7 could be best replaced by

A."deposit"

B."lend"

C."use"

D."cash"

Florence Night ingale

FlorenceNightingale was born in Florence, Italy, while her wealthy English parents weretraveling in Europe.As a child, she traveled to many places with her familyand learned how to speak several languages.

WhenNightingale was 17, she told her family that she was going to help sick people.Her parents did not approve, but Nightingale was determined.

Shetraveled to hospitals all over Europe.She saw that doctors were working toohard She saw that patients died because they did not get enough care.Nightingale felt that women could be doing more to help doctors take care ofsick people.

Nightingaleknew that in order for nurses to do more, they needed special training in howto take care of sick people.Nightingale went to a hospital in Germany to studynursing.Then she returned to London and became the head of a group of womencalled Gentlewomen During Illness.These women cared for sick people in theirhomes.

In 1854,England was fighting a war with Russia.No reporters wrote about the terrible conditionsin the hospitals that cared for the wounded People demanded that something bedone about it.A leader of the government asked Florence Nightingale to takesome nurses into the war hospitals.So, in November 1854, Nightingale finallygot to work in a hospital.She took along 38 nurses whom she had trainedherself.

At first,the doctors on the battlefields did not want Nightingale and her nurses intheir hospitals.They did not believe that women could help.But in fact, thenurses did make a difference.They worked around the clock, tending the sick.Thanks to their hard work, many wounded soldiers survived.

After thewar, Nightingale and her nurses were treated like heroes.Finally, in 1860, shestarted the Nightingale School for Nurses.In time, thanks to FlorenceNightingale, nursing became an important part of medicine.

36、Florence Nightingale was born into a rich

A.Italian family

B.Russian family

C.English family

D.Germanfamily

37、 Nightingale's parents did not approve of her decision

A.towork as a doctor

B.tocare for sick people

C.tofight in the war with Russia

D.totravel to hospitals all over Europe

38、 Itwas not until the War with Russia that Nightingale

A.got towork in a hospital

B.beganto study nursing

C.started to care for sick people in their homes

D.becamethe head of Gentlewomen During Illness

39、 Onthe battlefields Nightingale and her nurses proved to be

A.as badas the doctors had expected

B.quitegenerous

C.lessthan useful

D.veryhelpful

40、 Nightingale played a great role in

A.thebuilding of war hospitals

B.theeducation of women

C.thedevelopment of nursing

D.theimprovement of working conditions for women

Look After Your Voice

Often speakers at a meeting experience dry mouths and ask for a glass of water.Youcan solve the problem by activating the saliva in your mouth.First gently bitethe edges of your tongue with your teeth.Or press your entire tongue to thebottom of your mouth and hold it there until the saliva flow.Or you canimagine that you are slicing a big juicy lemon and sucking the juice.

Before you begin your talk, be kind to your voice.Avoid milk or creamy drinks whichcoat your throat.Keep your throat wet by drinking a little sweetened warm teaor diluted fruit juice.

If you sense that you are losing your voice, stop talking completely.Save your voicefor your speech.You may feel foolish using paper to write notes, but the bestthing you can do is to rest your voice.If you need to see a doctor, perhapsyou can get some advice from a professional singer.In the meantime, do noteven talk in a low voice.

What about drinking alcohol to wet your throat? I advise you not to touch alcoholbefore speaking.The problem with alcohol is that one drink gives you a littleconfidence.The second drink gives you even more confidence.Finally you willfeel all-powerful and you will feel you can do everything, but in fact your brainand your mouth do not work together properly.Save the alcohol until after youfinish speaking.

Perhaps you want to accept the advice, but you may wonder if you can ever change the habitsof a life-time.Of course you can.Coethe, who lived before indoor skatingrinks or swimming pools, said, "We learn to skate in the summer and swimin the winter." Take this message to heart and give yourself time todevelop your new habits.If you are willing to change, you will soon be able tosay that you will never forget these techniques because they became a part ofyour body.

41、Allthe following are mentioned in the passage about how to solve the problem ofdry mouths EXCEPT

A.tobite the edges of your tongue

B.to askfor a glass of water

C.toimagine you are having a sour fruit

D.totake cool milk

42、 Whatdoes the writer suggest when you feel you are losing your voice?

A.Restyour voice.

B.Drinksome alcohol.

C.Ask asinger to teach you how to protect your voice.

D.Nevergo to see a doctor.

43、 What is the writer's advice about alcohol before you give a speech?

A.Drinka little of it to feel all-powerful.

B.Don' t drink it.

C.Diluteit with water.

D.Drinkit two hours before you make a speech.

44、 Whatdid Goethe say about skating and swimming?

A.Hesaid people could learn to skate when it was hot and swim when it was colD.

B.Hesaid people could learn to skate and swim when it was hot.

C.Hesaid people could learn to skate and swim when it was colD.

D.Hesaid people could learn to skate when it was cold and swim when it was hot.

45、 Whydoes the writer cite Goethe's advice?

A.Toencourage one to go in for sports.

B.Totell that Goethe had a strong willpower.

C.Toprove one can change one's habits.

D.Todemonstrate Goethe was creative.