Reading Comprehension(20 points)
Directions：There are 4 reading passages in this part．Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with o single line throught the center．


41、根据以下内容回答41-60题：
One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the wiHingness to admit one’s mis-takes．It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like“1 was wrong about that”，and it is even harder to say，“l was wron9，and you were right about that．”I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years a90．He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighborhood where I grew up，and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons．Then he related an incident and I began to remember vaguely the incident he was describing．
I was about eight years old at the time，and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shoppin9．On that particular day，I must have found me way to the dairy food department where the incident took place．
There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive dis-play of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons．The cartons were stacked three or four feet high．I must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks．Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons．For some reason，I decided it was up to me to put the display back together，so 1 went to work．
The manager heard the'noise and came pushing over to see what had happened．When he appeared．1 was on my knees inspecting,some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken，but to him it looked as though I was the culprit．He severely reprimanded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs．I protested my innocence and tried to explain，but it did no good．Even though I quickly forgot the incident，apparently the manager did not．
How old was the author when he wrote this article?
A．About 8 years old．
B．About l8 years old．
C．About 23 years old．
D．About l5 years old


42、Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of cartons?
A．The author．
B．The manager．
C．A woman．
D．The author's mother．


43、Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．The woman who knocked off the stacks of cartons was seriously criticized by the manager．
B．The author was severely criticized by the manager．
C．A woman carelessly knocked off the stacks of cartons．
D．It was the author who put the display back together．


44、Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?
A．It’s Harder to Admit One’S Mistake．
B．I Was once the Culprit(犯错误的人)．
C．I Remember an Incident．
D．A Case of Mistaken Identity．


45、The tone of the article expresses the author's__________ ．
A．admil．ation for the manager's willingness to admit mistakes
B．anger to the manager for his wrong accusation
C．indignation against the woman who knocked off the stacks of carton
D．regret for the mistake he made in the store


46、根据以下内容回答46-65题：
It has been shown that children who smoke have certain characteristics．Compared with non．smokers they are more rebellious，their work becomes worse as they move up school，they are more likelv to leave school early，and are more often delinquent and sexually premature．Manv of these features can be summarized as anticipation of adulthood．
There are a number of factors which determine the onset of smoking，and these are largely psychological and social．They include availability of cigarettes，curiosity，rebelliousness，appearing tough，anticipation of aduhhood，social confidence，the example of parents and teachers，and smoking by friends and older brothers and sisters．
It should be much easier to prevent children from starting to smoke than to persuade adults on giving up the habit once established，but in fact this has proved very difficult.The example set up by people in authority，especially parents，health care workers，and teachers，is of Drime importanee．School rules should forbid smoking by children on the premises．This rule has been introduced at Summerhill School where I spent my school days．
There is,however，a risk of children smoking just to rebel against the rules，and even in those schools which have tried to enforce no smoking by physical punishment there is as much smoking as other schools．Nevertheless，banning smoking is probably on balance beneficial．Teachers should not smoke on school premises，at least not in front of childr‘en．
In the passage the author puts emphasis on__________ ．
A．the effect of smoking among children
B．the reason why children start smoking
C．the difficulty in preventing．children from smoking
D．the measures to ban smoking among children


47、Which of the following is fairly common among young smokers ?
A．Laziness．
B．Lack of confidence．
C．Ignorance．
D．Disobedience．


48、Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage ?
A．To prevent children from start smoking，parents，teachers and health care workers should not smoke．
B．It's easier to prevent children from starting to smoke than to persuade adults to stop smoking．
C．Many children start to smoke because they want to appear mature．
D．Some children start to smoke merely out of curiosity．


49、The author concludes that school rules to forbid smoking__________ ．
A．should be introduced although it might prove ineffective
B．should be introduced because it was done at the school he studied
C．should not be introdticed because it may cause rebellion
D．needn’t be introduced as long as the teachers don’t smoke


50、Which is the author's attitude towards children smoking?
A．Indifferent．
B．Sympathetic．
C．Fmntional．
D．Obieetive．