71．What can be the best title for the text?
(A)．Life in Ireland
(B)．A Very Difficult History
(C)．Ireland, Past and Present
(D)．The Independence of Ireland

67．The main idea of the text is that______. (A)．two heads are better than one (B)．friendship is precious in life (C)．the disabled should never give up (D)．a man can be destroyed but cannot be defeated

68．Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English rulers tried to conquer(征服) Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland. The result is that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south, is an independent country. In the 1840s the main crop, potatoes, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage (短缺) of work , forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851. For many years, the majority of Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people still work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace. The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly, Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Greeks”, Since independence, Ireland has revived(复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc. What does the author tell us in paragraph 1? (A)．How the Irish fought against the English. (B)．How Ireland gained independence. (C)．How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland. (D)．How two ”Irelands” came into being.

69．We learn from the text that in Ireland_____. (A)．food shortages in the 1840s led to a decline in population (B)．people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside (C)．it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker (D)．different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments

70．The last paragraph is mainly about____. (A)．the Irish character (B)．Irish culture (C)．Irish musical instruments (D)．a famous Irish writer

72．George Prochnik would like would to put a sock in it. He makes his case in a new book, listening for Meaning in a World of Noise, Here he explains himself (using his indoor voice): “We’ve become so accustomed to noise, there’s almost a deep prejudice against the idea that silence might be beneficial. If you tell someone to be quiet, you sound like an old man. But it’s never been more important to find continuing quiet. Silence focuses us, improves our health, and is a key to lasting peace and satisfaction.” “We need to excite people about the sounds you start to hear if you merely quiet things down a little. During a Japanese tea ceremony, the smallest sounds become a kind of art—the spoons making a light ringing sound on a bowl, the edges of a kimono （和服）brushing against the floor.” “Deaf people are very attentive（专注的）in almost every aspect of life. If two deaf people are walking together, using sign language, they constantly watch out for each other and protect each other by paying steady attention to the other. They are connected yet also fully aware of their surroundings. Even deaf teenagers! We in the hearing world can learn from them. If we remove the powerful blasts（一阵阵）of noise, we become aware of an extraordinarily rich world around us—of little soft sounds and the sound of footsteps, of bird songs and ice cracking（开裂声）. It’s astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen. ” What does the phrase “to put a sock in it” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? (A)．to be quiet (B)．to be colorful (C)．to be full of love (D)．to be attentive to someone

73．What does Prochnik say about us? (A)．We are used to quietness. (B)．We have to put up with noise. (C)．We do not think silence to be beneficial. (D)．We do not believe lasting peace to be available.

74．Which of the following is true according to Prochnik? (A)．We need more sounds in our lives. (B)．There is nothing to be learned from the deaf. (C)．We are not aware how rich the world around us is. (D)．There is too much noise at a Japanese tea ceremony.

75．It can be inferred from the text that . (A)．we can benefit a lot from old people (B)．it is a good idea to use sign language (C)．there is no escape from the world of sound (D)．it is possible to find how beautiful things sound

21. Carl is studying__________ food science at college and hopes to open up____________meat processing factory of his own one day. (A)./ ；a (B)./ ；the (C).the ；a (D).the ；the

22.——May I help you? You seem to be having some problems. ——____________________, thanks. I think I can manage. (A). All right (B). No problem (C). It’all right (D). There’s no way