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四、阅读理解
36、根据以下材料回答第 1～4 题：
Passage One
The humorous story may be told to great length，and may wander around as much asit Dleases，and arrive nowhere in particular；but the(滑稽的)story and the witty(诙谐的)story must be brief and end with a point．The humorous story continues gently along’the other two burst．
The humorous story is stritely a work of art--high and delicate(精美的)art—and on—lv an artist can tell it；But no art is necessary in telling the comic and witty stories；anybody call do it．The art of telling a humorous story—I mean by word of mouth，not print－was created in America，and has remained at home．
The humor。us story is told seriously；the teller does his best to hide the fact the himseIf even suspects that there is anything funny about it；but the teller of the comic story tells you beforehand that it is one of the funniest things he has ever heard，then tells it with eager delight，and is the first person to laugh．
When he gets through，and sometimes，if he has had good success，he is so glad and happy that he will repeat the point of it and glance around from face to face，collecting applause(喝彩)，and then repeat it again．
Which story takes the longest to tell?．



37、Which story has no particular point?


38、Which of the following statements is true?


39、The teller of a humorous story ．


40、根据以下材料回答第 1～4 题：
Passage Two
There are no inevitable outcomes of social class in child rearing．At the same time， there is no question that social class is important factor in how children are raised and the kind of adults that children become．Regarding social class，sociologists have found that Darents socialize their children into the behaviors and norms of their work worlds． Mem bers of the working class are closely supervised and are expected to follow explicit rules at their jobs．If they do not follow the precise rules and do as they are told，they will not keep their jobs．Their experience influences how they deal with their children．As are— sult。their concern is less with their children’s motivations and more with their children’s outward conformity．Thus they are more apt to use physical punishment in managing their children．On the other hand，middle-class parents，who are expected to take more initia tive on the iob，are more concerned that their children develop curiosity，self—expression， and self-control．They are also more likely to withdraw privileges or affection than to usephysical punishment．
The word“explicit”means ．




41、According to this passage，working-class parents are more likely than middle-class parents to ．



42、Middle-class parents will encourage their chidren to be ．


43、This passage is about．


44、根据以下材料回答第 1～4 题：
Passage Three
Your mind like you body is a thing where the powers are developed by effort．This is a principal use，as I see it，of hard work in studies．Unless you train your body you can’t be a good sportsman，and unless you train your mind you can’t be much of a scholar．The four miles a boatman covers at top speed is in itself nothing to the good，but the physical capaccity to hold out over the distance is thought to be of some value．So a good part of what you learn by hard study may not be retained forever，and may not seem to be of muchfinal value，but your mind is a better and more powerful instrument because you have learned it．“Knowledge is power”。but still more the ability of acquiring and using knowl—edge is power．If you have a trained and powerful mind，you are bound to have stored it with something，its value is more in what it can do，what it can grasp and use，than in what it contains；and if it were possible，as it is not，to come out of college with a trained mind and nothing tiseful in it，you would still be ahead，and still，in a manner，educated．
The title that best expresses the main idea of this passage is ．



45、In his example the author tells his readers that ．