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

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

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.

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”.

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

65. What is implied but not stated by the author is that . (A)not eating breakfast might affect the health of children (B)breakfast does not affect performance (C) Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in London (D) People who don’t eat breakfast have increased Passage 4 Each day, computers help millions of people do their jobs more effectively. For example, they can help managers decide on a future course of action, and they can then help with the follow-up checks on performance to see if planned goals are being achieved. Busing accurate and timely facts supplied by data base management software, a manager can do a better job of identifying problems and opportunities. And managers may not need to spend as much time in controlling when a computer can respond with a triggered report if actural performance varies from what was planned. The time saved in controlling may allow managers to give more attention to employees’ concerns, and this, in turn, may result in improved morale(士气)。 But employment benefits certainly aren’t restricted to managers. Healthcare researchers and other scientists also use computers to conduct research into complex problem areas that couldn’t otherwise be studied. Lawyers use online legal data banks to locate precedent(先前的) cases in order to serve clients better. Salespeople can receive more timely information about products in stock, can promise customers that their sales orders will be handled promptly, and can thus improve their sales performance because of the computer system. And the job duties of some office and factory workers have changed from routine, repetitive operations to more varied and appealing tasks through computer usage. For example, office workers who understand text processing, computing, and data communication usually have vital roles and are given critical office functions to perform.

66. Which of the following examples shows the controlling function of a computer? (A)Helping managers decide on a future course of action. (B)Helping managers check if planned goals are reached. (C) Helping managers save time in writing a report. (D) Helping managers design a spreadsheet package.

67. Employees may have better morale if . (A)they have more time to rest (B)a computer is used in their work (C)the manager spends more time with them (D)the managers pay more attention to them