62. Millie Murray thinks ________.

　　　 A. collections could inspire writing creativity

　　　 B. it was good for parents to have collections

　　　 C. inspirations were very useful in writing stories

　　　 D. setting collection subjects restricted inspirations　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　

答案　 59.B　 60.D　 61.B　 62.A

Passage 53

(05·湖南D篇)

From Mr. Ward Hoffman.

　 Sir, I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud's article “What's the tipping point"

(Financial Times Weekend, April 9-l0) when it occurred to me that what I was reading was not ironic(諷刺的). If Prof Persaud wants to know why Americans tip in restaurants, he need only ask the first American he meets in London.

　 Americans tip in restarts for one reason, and one reason only: we tip to supplement (補貼) the salary of restaurant workers. Quality of service does not enter into it, beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for poor service, or a little more for good service.

　 Not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice. In the US, one used to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an up-market (高檔的) restaurant. Here, in San Francisco Bay area restaurants, we me encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more, to help restart workers live in this very expensive area.

　 After eating at an Italian restart in my city, I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non-tax part of our dinner bill. It was expected. There is nothing more complicated (復雜的) than that about Americas tipping in restaurants.

Ward Hoffman,　

Palo Alto, CA 94306, US

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From Mr. Philip McBride Johnson.

　　 Sir, I agree with most of Raj Persaud's opinion about the doubtful value of tipping, but with one exception(例外). Tips can be very useful when one is a repeat customer or diner.

It is only when the tipper is a stranger and likely to remain so that the system does not work to his or her advantage. But frequent a hotel or a restaurant, always tip a bit more, and the difference in service and treatment will ha easily felt.

Phfiip McBnde Johnson,

Great Falls, VA 22066, US

61. From the stories by Lauren and Charlotte, we know that _____ .

　　　 A. Charlotte hurt herself when getting a coin

　　　 B. both of them developed their imagination

　 　　C. both of tram will die in each other's stories

　　　 D. Latwen's cousin posted her some love letters　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　

60. The underlined word "pesetas" in Paragraph 2 is a kind of _____.

　　　 A. story　　　 B. collection　　　 C. inspiration　　 D. foreign coin 　　

59. What were the children asked to do in the project?

　　　 A. To meet friends at Thomas Tallis School

　　　 B. To write stories on the subject of collections.

　　　 C. To encourage visitors to write their own stories.

　　　 D. To have their friends for characters in the stories.　　　　　　　 　　　　　

71．What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

　　　 A．To introduce various methods of tea processing.

　　　 B．To persuade readers to buy tea from Sri Lanka.

　　　 C．To tell a story that had happened in the tea gardens.

　　　 D．To inform readers of tea growing ,picking and processing.

答案　 68.A　 69.C　 70.C　 71.D

Passage 52

(05·湖南B篇)

Collections were the inspiration(靈感) for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn. Each child (aged 12-13) beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom. Some were left empty to encourage

　　 The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one. "It's a sort o f Cinderella (灰姑娘) story," she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, ha the story these become love letters, burned by a creel stepmother. Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother. "I'm in Charlotte's story too," says Lauren, "and I get run over." Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection. "We've collected foreign coins for years – since our families went on holiday to Tenerife." she explains. "That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in." Lauren continues: "I fred a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. I'm in hospital and then I die." Charlotte adds: "Or she might not die. I haven't decided yet."

　　 Millie Murray, who is a tea-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction(限制). "In the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?'" she says. "But it's been fruitful. Some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have wlstten complete stories. It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise, winch can only be a good thing."

70．How many processing steps are mentioned in the last paragraph?

　　　 A．Three.　　　　　　　　 B．Four.　　　　　　　　　 C．Five.　　　　　　　　　 D．Six.

69．One of the reasons why women are employed to do the picking is that 　　　　.

　　　 A．they work harder than men do in the picking

　　　 B．they can throw their pickings more easily into the baskets

　　　 C．their fingers fit them better for the job.

　　　 D．they can more easily find the twin leaves.

68．In the first paragraph ,the word “pruning” means 　　　.

　　　 A．regular cutting of the plants

　　　 B．frequent watering

　　　 C．regular use of chemicals

　　　 D．growing the plants high in the mountain

64. It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports ______ A. the protection of different cultures　　 　B. the plan of an open-air market C. the request of merchants　　　　　　　　 D. the attitude of shoppers

答案　 61.B　 62.C　 63.C　 64.A

Passage 51

(05·江西D篇)

The tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates(種植園). The best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants. The plants are about one metre apart. The plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high. Pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves. It is from these shoots that the best tea is got.

Practically all the tea pickers are women. The estates prefer to employ women pickers because they are more careful. Their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for processing(加工) tea. The pickers carry large baskets into which they throw their pickings. A skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a day. Usually new shoots can be picked from the plants about every ten or fifteen days.

　　　 Processing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill .There are various methods of processing depending on the type of tea required .For black tea ,the young green leaves are first spread out o shelves to dry. This process removes much of its water and the leaves become soft. After this ,the leaves are passed through heavy rollers .This operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste .Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment (發(fā)酵)under wet conditions. Fermentation develops the rich taste of black tea .The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot-air blower until they become rolled-up black leaves .The final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world.

63. According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto’s ______. A. market management　　　　　　　　　　　 B. community service C. travel industry　 　　　　　　　　　　　D. city planning