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24.Accordingtothetext,whichofthefollowingpeopleriding inthefrontdosnothavetowearaseatbelt?A) Someonewhois backing into a parking space.B)Someonewhoispickingupthechildren fromthelocalschool.C) Someonewho is delivering invitation letters.D)Someonewhoisunder14.(A)25.Forsomepeople,itmaybebetterA)to weara seat beltfor health reasonsB)nottowearaseatbeltforhealthreasonsC) to get validmedical certificate before wearing a seat beltD)to paya fineratherthan weara seat belt (B)PassageTwoQuestions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.If you wantto stayyoung, sit down and havea good think.This is the research findingof a teamof Japanesedoctors,who say thatmostofourbrains arenotgetting enoughexercise-and as aresult, we are ageing unnecessarily soon.ProfessorTaijuMatsuzawawantedtofind outwhyotherwisehealthyfarmers in northern Japanappeared to belosingtheir ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and howtheprocess of ageing could be slowed down.With a teamof colleagues at Tokyo NationalUniversity,he set aboutmeasuring brain volumesofathousandpeopleofdifferentagesandvaryingoccupationsComputertechnologyenabledthe researchersto obtain precisemeasurementsof thevolumeof thefrontandside sections ofthe brain,which relate to intellect(智能)and emotion,anddeterminethehumancharacter.(Therearsectionofthebrain,whichcontrolsfunctionslikeeating and breathing,doesnotcontract with age,andone can continueliving withoutintellectual oremotional faculties.)Contractionoffrontandsideparts-ascellsdieoff-wasobservedIsomesubjectsintheirthirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty-and seventy-year-olds.Matsuzawaconcludedfromhis tests thatthereis a simple remedyto the contraction normallyassociatedwithage-usingthehead.Thefindings show in general terms that contractionof the brain begins soonerin people in thecountrythaninthetowns.Thoseleastatrisk,saysMatsuzawa,arelawyers,followedbyuniversity professors and doctors.White collar workers doing routinework in government officesare, however,as likely to have shrinking brains as thefarm worker,bus driver and shop assistant

24.According to the text, which of the following people riding in the front dos not have to wear a seat belt? A) Someone who is backing into a parking space. B) Someone who is picking up the children from the local school. C) Someone who is delivering invitation letters. D) Someone who is under 14.（A） 25.For some people, it may be better _. A) to wear a seat belt for health reasons B) not to wear a seat belt for health reasons C) to get valid medical certificate before wearing a seat belt D) to pay a fine rather than wear a seat belt（B） Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise—and as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon. Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down. With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations. Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties.) Contraction of front and side parts—as cells die off—was observed I some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year-olds. Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age—using the head. The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant

Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. On June 17, 1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In a letter the next day the refused the offer as follows: We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if your ideas of this kind of education happen not t be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods. they were totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send up a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in all we know, and make men of them. 31.The passage is about _. A) the talk between the Indians and the officials B) the colleges of northern provinces C) the educational values of the Indians D) the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century（C） 32.The Indians’ chief purpose in writing the letter seems to be to _. A) politely refuse a friendly offer B) express their opinion on equal treatment C) show their pride D) describe Indian customs（A） 33.According to the letter, the Indians believed that _. A) it would be better for their boys to receive some schooling B) they were being insulted by the offer C) they knew more about science than the officials D) they had a better way of educating young men（D） 34.Different from the officials’ view of education, the Indians though _