The opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can go to such places as much as you wish. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting: “Can I help you, sir?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop, an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading. You may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. But when he has led you there, the assistant should leave politely and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book. An assistant in a bookshop helps you ______.

re to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive design is irresistible, although this method of selecting ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather uninteresting book, you soon become lost in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must hurry to keep some forgotten appointment——without buying a book, of course.

The opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can go to such places as much as you wish. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting: “Can I help you, sir？” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop, an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading. You may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. But when he has led you there, the assistant should leave politely and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

6. The best title for this passage may be _________.

A. How to Spend Your Time

B. The Attraction of Bookshops

C. Bookshops and Their Assistants

D. Buying Books

7. According to the author, the best way to escape the realities of everyday life is _____.

A. to take a walk in the open air

B. to stay reading books of various kinds in a bookshop

C. to make some appointment in a bookshop

D. to chat with an assistant in a bookshop

8. In a good bookshop, _____________.

A. all the books there are interesting

B. you can find shelter from a shower

C. you are satisfied

D. you need to buy something you don’t want

9. An assistant in a bookshop helps you _______.

A. on your entering the shop

B. only when you want to find out where a particular section is

C. just before you finish reading

D. when you are reading

10. According to the passage, which of the following statement is true？

A. Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable only for book-lovers.

B. A book with an attractive design must not be necessarily interesting.

C. People go to bookshops only to buy books.

D. There are only a few places where it is possible to escape the realities of life.

A.drop

B.miss

C.escape

D.slide

ame with dollar notes. Folding them into small planes to see whose would fly the furthest. Having nothing better to do,I joined in and won five,and then took the opportunity to escape with my profit. Despite the evil-looking clouds,I had to get out for a while.

Why did the writer want to leave the hotel

A.To enjoy the good weather.

B.To have a change of scene.

C.To spend all his winnings.

D.To get away from the crew.

Working-class families in the United States are usually nuclear, and

many studies indicate that working-class couples marry for love, not

for money. Upper-class couples may marry for love, but their commitment

of love is sometimes compromised by the recognition of their marriage 【M1】______

as a way to preserve their class identity. Middle-class couples may also

marry for love, but the overridden task of middle-class families is also 【M2】______

an-economic thing—to enhance the earning power of the breadwinner. 【M3】______

Of course, working-class people are also affected by the economic

realities for their families must operate like economic units as well. 【M4】______

However, the economic tasks of families are more a part of their dreams 【M5】______

about marriage than they are a part of the reality of their married life.

Indeed, to many a working-class couples, love provides a way to escape 【M6】______

from the difficulties of their parents’ home and starts their own family life. 【M7】______

Another distinctive feature of working-class families is the majority 【M8】______

of them have limited choices about the work available to them. Their

"choices' are often the "leftovers" in the job market. People from working-class

families do seek serf-esteem and personal confirmation, and they come 【M9】______

to their jobs full of hopes. However, given the way which production 【M10】______

and consumption are organized in advancing societies like the U.S.,

members of the working-class often experience exploitation in struggling

at jobs that may be less meaningful.

【M1】

A.A. This

B.B. That

C.C. What

D.D. Whatever

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for its ability to carry heavy loads across vast stretches of desert without requiring water.In reality, the camel is considerably more than just the Arabian equivalent of the mule.It also possesses a great amount of intelligence and sensitivity.

The Arabs assert that camels are so acutely aware of injustice and ill treatment that a camel owner ho punishes one of the beasts too harshly finds it difficult to escape the camel’s vengeance.Apparently, the animal will remember an injury and wait for an opportunity to get revenge.

In order to protect themselves form. the vengeful beasts, Arabian camel drivers have learned to trick their camels into believing they have achieved revenge.When an Arab realizes that he has excited a camel’s rage, he places his own garments on the ground in the animal’s path.He arranges the clothing so that it appears to cover a man’s body.When the camel recognizes its master’s clothing on the ground, it seizes the pile with its teeth, shakes the garments violently and tramples on them in a rage.Eventually, after its anger has died away, the camel departs, assuming its revenge is complete.Only then does the owner of the garments come out of hiding, safe for the time being, thanks to this clever ruse.

6.Which of the following is mentioned in this passage？

A.The camel never drinks water

B.The camel is always violent

C.The camel is very sensitive

D.The camel is rarely used anymore

7.It is implied in the passage that______.

A.the mule is a stupid and insensitive animal

B.the mule is as intelligent as the camel

C.the mule is an animal widely used in the desert

D.the mule is a vengeful animal

8.From this passage we can conclude that _______.

A.camels are generally vicious towards their owners

B.camels usually treat their owners well

C.camels don’t see very well

D.camels try to punish people who abuse them

9.The writer makes the camel’s vengeful behavior. clearer to the reader by presenting_______.

A.a well-planned argument

B.a large variety of examples

C.some eyewitness accounts

D.a typical incident

10.The main idea of the passage is __________.

A.camels can be as intelligent as their drivers

B.camels, sensitive to injustice, will seek revenge on those who harm them

C.camel drivers are often the targets of camels’ revenge

D.camels are sensitive creatures that are aware of injustice

llel to the links journalists forge on a daily basis as they cover and comment on the news.

To solve the present social problems the author suggests that we should ______ .

A．resort to the production mode of our ancestors

B．offer higher wages to the workers and employees

C．enable man to fully develop his potentialities

D．take the fundamental realities for granted