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Why do people work? Of course, you may have asked yourself the same question as why you have to work. “Self-interest” in its broadest sense, including the interests of family and friends, is a basic motivation（动力）for work in all societies. But self-interest includes more than providing for living or getting wealth that people usually think. For example, a sense of duty, a feeling of competing, and a pleasure in working are other reasons for working. Studies show that most of Americans would continue to work even if they have had enough money to live comfortably.
When people work, they gain a contributing place in society. The fact that what they receive pay for their work means that what they do is needed by other people and what they are doing is necessary to society. Work can also place people in the larger class of society and provide all kinds of identities (身份) for them. In the United States, it is a cruel public fact that to do nothing is to be nothing and to do little is to be little. Work is commonly seen as the measure of an individual (个人).
Some scientists have shown some of the ways that work has effect on our lives. Generally, people who always do their favorite work are more open to new ideas and easier to get along with others, and as parents they pass these characteristics on to their children. Our work then is an important social thing that makes us know who and what we are.
64. Generally, people work for _____.
A. self-interest B. family C. earning a living D. the country
65. In the passage, “what they receive pay for their work” means _____.
A. that the work of the worker is recognized by society
B. what they do is needed by other people
C. that they are a necessary part of the social class
D. That the workers are clever
66. In the last paragraph, we can conclude that the author thinks ____.
A. that work can make the worker rich
B. that work can affect their lives
C. that work can make the worker tired
D. that work can make the worker know the world well
67. The title of the passage is “______”.
A. The Identity and the Work B. The Work and the Society
C. The Society and Individual D. The Importance of Work
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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；共40分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Several interesting American museums tell about health subjects. One is the Doctor Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry. It is at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. That is where the first college in the world to train dentists began. The museum tells about the history of the medical treatment of teeth. Visitors can see some frightening devices that once were used to remove infected teeth. They also can see sets of teeth made of animal bone. They were made for a famous American —— the first President, George Washington.
Most people do not consider a visit to the dentist their idea of a good time. However, the director of the museum says he wants to make the museum a funny place to visit. He says he also wants to teach visitors about the importance of taking care of their teeth.
Another museum collects devices that help people hear. The Kenneth W. Berger Hearing Aid Museum is at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. The museum has more than three-thousand hearing aids from around the world. They include old and strange devices. Some hearing aids were made to look like other objects. That is because in the past many people did not want anyone to know they were wearing a hearing aid.
56. It is common for people to think it uneasy to pay a visit to ____.
A. the University of Maryland B. the Museum of Dentistry
C. the Hearing Aid Museum D. the dentist
57. The text mainly tells about _____.
A. museums in the US B. interesting American museums
C. American museums with health subjects
D. the history of the medical treatment of teeth
58. What do we learn about George Washington from the text?
A. He once visited the National Museum of Dentistry.
B. He considered the Museum of Dentistry a fun place to visit
C. His artificial (人造的) teeth were collected in the National Museum of Dentistry.
D. His teeth seemed to be made of animal bone.
59. The underlined word “devices” in the first and last paragraph probably means _____.
A. ways B. strategies C. tools D. desires
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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I stopped to let the car cool 36 and to study the map. I had expected to be near my destination（目的地） by now, but everything still seemed 37 to me. I was only five when my father had 38 me abroad, and that was eighteen years 39 . When my mother had 40 after a car accident, he didn’t quickly 41 from the shock and loneliness. Everything around him was full of her 42 , continually reopening the wound. 43 he decided to go abroad. In the new country he paid much attention to 44 a new life for the two of us, 45 he gradually forgot the past. He did not marry again, and I was 46 without a woman’s care, but I lacked 47 , for he was both father and mother to me. He always 48 to go back one day and see old friends again and to visit my mother’s 49 . He became ill for a few months 50 we planned to go and, when he knew he was 51 , he made me promise to go on my own.
I 52 a car the day before landing and bought a map, 53 I found most helpful on the last stage. My father had described over and over again what we could see on the way there, so I was pretty 54 that I could find it. Well, I had been wrong, for I was now 55 .
36. A. up B. off C. of D. to
37. A. unfamiliar B. similar C. unusual D. familiar
38. A. brought B. carried C. taken D. fetched
39. A. later B. since C. then D. ago
40. A. been disabled B. died C. gone up D. passed by
41. A. return B. make C. go back D. recover
42. A. presence B. absence C. arrival D. show
43. A. Since B. For C. So D. Before
44. A. earning B. starting C having D. opening
45. A. in case B. so that C. so long D. so much
46. A. brought up B. taken up C. brought out D. taken off
47. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
48. A. imagined B. supposed C. meant D. asked
49. A. house B. room C. church D. grave
50. A. before B. after C. until D. as
51. A. lying B. dying C. helping D. living
52. A. bought B. lent C. borrowed D. hired
53. A. what B. that C. how D. which
54. A. sad B. happy C. sure D. interested
55. A. away B. out C. gone D. lost
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---Does Bill do his new job well ?
------_______his old job . I'm afraid there is no hope for him .
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A．Not better than |
B．No better than |
C．Not so well as |
D．No less than |
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He made the choice to give all his money away, ______, he said, brought him happiness.
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A．it |
B．that |
C．which |
D．this |
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Can you see the tree _____ we tied our boat last time?
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A．that |
B．in which |
C．on which |
D．to which |
