Take a look at the people around you. The ones who are most confident are not 52 the most beautiful or the most talented. They are the people who have decided that they like themselves. They believe they have talents to share with other people. Then they practice and 53 their talents, so that they get better and better at the things they like to do.
Each day you make choices about what you think of yourself. Are you smart, 54 , athletic, musical—what qualities make up who you are? One of the biggest 55 you make each day is whether or not you like yourself. So give yourself a 56 , pat yourself on the back, and feel good about who you are.
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Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humors, at least in parent-child relationships.
I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.
Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are the underdog: you can't win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.
If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially parents, into doing things the ways you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.
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57. The author is primarily addressing ______.
(A) parents of teenagers
(B) newspaper readers
(C) those who give advice to teenagers
(D) teenagers
58. The first paragraph is mainly about _____.
(A) the teenagers' criticism of their parents
(B) misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents
(C) the dominance of the parents over their children
(D) the teenagers' ability to deal with crises
59. By using the example of strange clothes and hairstyles, the author tells us that teenagers____________.
(A) want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own
(B) have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste
(C) have no other way to enjoy themselves better
(D) want to irritate their parents
60. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they _____.
(A) have already been accepted into the adult world
(B) feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults
(C) are not likely to win over the adults
(D) have a desire to be independent
61. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be _____.
(A) obedient
(B) responsible
(C) co-operative
(D) independent
Passage Two
Question 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
The word conservation has a thrifty (节俭) meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials; most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were "limitless" and "inexhaustible". Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.
Fifty years ago nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; timber was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long-terms climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word "conservation" had nothing of the meaning that it has for us today.
For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about repairing the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should, therefore, be made a part of everyone's daily life. To know about the water table (水位) in the ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic arithmetic formulas. We need to know why all watersheds (上游源头森林地带集水区) need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams be made to yield their full benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, mature trees, because living space for most of man's fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic volume above the earth. In brief, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.
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62. The author's attitude towards the current situation in the exploitation of natural resources is _____.
(A) positive (B) neutral (C) suspicious (D) critical
63. According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that _____.
(A) they had no idea about scientific forestry
(B) they had little or no sense of environmental protection
(C) they were not aware of the significance of nature study
(D) they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials
64. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that earlier generations didn't realize ______.
(A) the interdependence of water, soil, and living things
(B) the importance of the proper use of land
(C) the harmfulness of soil destruction and river floods
(D) the value of the beauty of nature
65. To avoid correcting the mistake of our forefathers, the author suggests that _____.
(A) we plant more trees
(B) natural science be taught to everybody
(C) environmental education be directed toward everyone
(D) we return to nature
66. What does the author imply by saying "living space... is figured... also in cubic volume above the earth" (Lines 7-8, Para. 3)?
(A) Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller.
(B) Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.
(C) We need to take some measure to protect space.
(D) We must preserve good living conditions for both birds and animals.
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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From the moment an animal begins its life 67, survival is the name of the game. Baby animals have some important things to learn! For some, like baby robins, parents 68 food, 69, and tender loving care. But for 70, the adults are not around. Baby sea turtles, for example, never know their parents. They go it 71 from day one. How do they know what to do?
All animals begin life knowing how to do certain things. Baby sea turtles, for 72, do not need to learn how to swim. They already know. When you were born, you knew how to cry 73 you wanted something. And lions are born knowing how to chase. Scientists call these kinds of behaviors 74 . You could say that instincts are behaviors you are born 75.
Some animals, such 76 insects, de