Passage Three

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

For well over 2000 years the world's great religions have taught the virtues of a trusting heart.Now there is another reason to merit the wisdom of the ages: scientific evidence indicates that those with trusting hearts will live longer, healthier lives.
As a result of the work published in the 1970s by two pioneering heart speciaiists, Meyer Friedman and Ray H. Rosenman, nearly every American is aware that blood Type. A people are impatient, and easily moved to hostility and anger. Many have come to believe that Type A's are at a much higher risk of suffering heart attack or dying of heart disease than others.
The driving force behind hostility is a cynical (愤世嫉俗) mistrust of others. If we expect others to mistreat us, we are seldom disappointed. This generates anger and leads us to respond with hostility.
The most characteristic attitude of a cynic is being suspicious of the motives of people he doesn't know. Imagine you are waiting for an elevator and it stops two floors above for longer than usual. How inconsiderate (不替别人着想的) You think. In a few seconds, you have drawn hostile conclusions about unseen people and their motives.
Meanwhile, your cynical mistrust is leading to noticeable physical consequences. Your voice rises. The rate and debth of your breathing increases. Your heart is beating faster and harder, and the muscles of your arms and legs become tight. You feel "charged up", ready for action.
If you frequeatly experience these feelings, you may be at increased risk of developing serious health problems. Anger can add to the risk of heart and other diseases.

31. According to the author, people with trusting hearts are

A) usually intelligent and wiseB) usually very religious

C) less likely to get heart diseasesD) not likely to be mistreated by others

32. The book by Meyer Friedman and Ray H. Rosenman most probably discusses

A) friendliness and hostilityB) trust and mistrust of people

C) heart diseases and death rateD) people's characters and their blood types

33. According to the passage, if you have a fixed idea in mind that people will mistreat you,you will always find it

A) to be disappointingB) to be pleasing

C) to be wrongD) to be so

34. A cynic, in the passage, is a person

A) who is always rady to fight

B) who usually has doubts about the people around him

C) whose behaviour usually leads to serious health problems

D) whose behaviour usually seems strange to the people he knows

35. The author's intention in writing the passage is to

A) adivse people to be patientB) analyze the dnager of heart diseases

C) persuade people to be trustfulD) praise the wisdom of the old people

Passage Four

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

"Time is a problem for kids," states a news report for a new Swiss watch. Children in some countries "learn time slowly" because "they don't wear watches" and "parents don't really know how to teach them time". The kids grow up with this handicap and become adults-- and then can't get to wrok on time. Is there an answer to this problem? of course -- it's the Flik Flak, made by a famous Swiss watch company.
The Flik Flak is being marketed as something teaching watch for children aged 4 to 10.The watch itself does not teach kids how to tell time, of course it merely "captures theirimagination" by presenting the "hour" hand as a beautiful red girl named Flak and the"minute" hand as a tall blue boy named Flik. Flik points to corresponding "blue" minutes on the dial, while Flak points to red hour numbers. The characters and the colors combined with parental help, are supposed to teach young children how to tell time.
The watch comes equipped with a standard battery and a nylon band. Peter Lipkin, the United States sales manager for the Flik Flak, calls it "Kidproof: if it gets dirty you can throw the whole watch in the washing machine." The product is being sold in select department stores in Europe, Asia and the United States for a suggested price of $ 25. Parents who buy the watch may discover that it is one thing for kids to tell time; it's quite another for them to be on time.

36. From the news report we know that

A) parents are patient when teaching children time

B) parents have little idea of how to teach children time

C) children tend to learn time quickly

D) children enjoy wearing the Flik Flak watch

37. The author doesn't seem to believe

A) children will be on time if they have learnt how to tell time

B) a Filk Flak can help parents teach their children how to tell time

C) the Filk Flak can capture children's imagination

D) children usually have trouble telling time if they don't wear watches

38. The word "handicap" (Para. 1, Line 4) menas

A) displeasureB) discouragementC) disappointmentD) disadvantage

39. Flik and Flak in the passage stand for

A) a tall boy and a beautiful girlB) the minute hand and the hour hand

C) the Swiss watch companyD) the designers of the watch

40. The United States sales manager calls the new watch "kidproof" because

A) it is designed to teach children to be on time

B) it proves to be effective in teaching children time

C) it is made so as not to be easily damaged by children

D) it is the children's favourite watch