A) were often absent when a family member was born or dying
B) were quite unfamiliar with birth and death
C) usually witnessed the birth or death of a family member
D) had often experienced the fear of death as part of life
62. Children in America today are denied the chance __________.
A) to learn how to face death
B) to visit dying patients
C) to attend to patients
D) to have access to a hospital
63. Five hundred critically ill patients were investigated with the main purpose of _________.
A) observing how they reacted to the crisis of death
B) helping them and their families overcome the fear of death
C) finding out their attitude towards the approach of death
D) learning how to best help them and their families
64. The need of a dying patient for company shows ____________.
A) his desire for communication with other people
B) his fear of approaching death
C) his pessimistic attitude towards his condition
D) his reluctance to part with his family
65. It may be concluded from the passage that __________.
A) dying patients are afraid of being told of the approach of death
B) most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need
C) dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition
D) most patients are unable to accept death until it is obviously inevitable
Passage Four
Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage:
Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people. Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child-or even an animal, such as a pigeon-can learn to recognize faces, we all take this ability for granted.
We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someone's personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks thinks and feels that make that individual different from others.
Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone's personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. If you were asked to describe what a "nice face" looked like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so. But if you were asked to describe a "nice person", you might begin to think about someone who was kind considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.
There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon Allport, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people's behavior. And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing, his personality. Bookworms, conservatives, military types-people are described with such terms.
People have always tried to "type" each other. actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain's（坏人）or the hero's role. In fact, the words "person" and "personality" come from the Latin persona, meaning "mask". Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks. But we can easily tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" because the two types differ in appearance as well as inactions.
66. By using the example of finger prints, the author tells us that __________.
A) people can learn to recognize faces
B) people have different personalities
C) people have difficulty in describing the features of finger prints
D) people differ from each other in facial features
67. According to this passage, some animals have the gift of ___________.
A) telling people apart by how they behave
B) typing each other
C) telling good people from had people
D) recognizing human faces
68. Who most probably knows best how to describe people's personality?
A) The ancient Greek audience
B) The movie actors
C) Psychologists
D) The modern TV audience
69. According to the passage, it is possible for us tell one type of person from another because ________.
A) people differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics
B) human fingerprints provide unique information
C) people's behavior can be easily described in words
D) human faces have complex features
70. Which of the following is the major point of the passage?
A) Why it is necessary to identify people's personality
B) Why it is possible to describe people
C) How to get to know people
D) How best to recognize people
Part IV Translation (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, there are four items which you should
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