58.The author wrote a note of appreciation to the post office because .
(A) he knew what such a note would mean to the post office.
(B) he had discovered giving-away made life all the more exciting.
(C) he believed he would get something back by doing so.
(D) the postman delivered an important letter in time.

54. Dr. Krugman believes that when we stop noticing ads, we begin to . (A)like them (B)be on guard against them (C)accept them (D)dislike them

55. When asked about the power of ads, most people agree that ads are ineffective on . (A)individuals (B)masses (C)others (D)them Passage 2 Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. AI was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard our conversation. “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said yes. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.”

56. From the passage, we understand that . (A) the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirties (B)the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than givers (C) the author received the same education as most people during his childhood (D) the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting

57. According to the author . (A) giving means you will lack money (B)the excitement of giving can bring you money (C) you don’t have to be rich in order to give (D) when you give away money, you will be rich

59. When the author needed a post office box, . (A) he had to put his name on a waiting list (B)he wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation (C) many people had applied for post-office boxes before him (D)he asked the postmaster to make one for him

60. In reply to the postmaster’s question, the author said . (A) it was the special delivery (B)it was the post-office box (C) it was the note of appreciation he wrote (D)it was he who wrote him a letter a year ago Passage 3 Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is one of life’s essentials. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have all been told, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip. But for many people the thought of food first thing in the morning is by no means a pleasure. So despite all the efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest years for which figures are available, the number of people who didn’t have breakfast increased by 33 percent ―from 8.8 million to 11.7 million ―according to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of America. For those who feel pain or guilt about not eating breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years indicate that, for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. “Going without breakfast does not affect performance.” Said Arnold EBender, the former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London. “nor does giving people breakfast improve performance.” Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not adults. “The literature,”says one researcher, Dr. Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, “is poor”.

61. The passage is mainly concerned with . (A)a study of the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation (B)one of life’s essentials (C)latest figures of people who don’t eat breakfast (D)breakfast and human health

62. For those who do not take breakfast, the good news is that . (A) several studies have been done in the past few years (B)not eating breakfast does no harm to one’s health (C)adults have especially made studies in this field (D)eating little in the morning may be good for health

63. In the third paragraph, “nor does giving people breakfast improve performance.” means . (A) anyone without breakfast does improve his performance (B) not giving people breakfast improves performance (C)people having breakfast do improve their performance (D) having breakfast does not improve performance, either

64. The word “literature”in the last sentence refers to . (A)stories about breakfast (B) written works on a particular subject (C) any printed materials (D) the modern novels of American