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四、阅读理解
35、根据以下材料回答第 1～ 4题：
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　Passage One
There has been，in history，a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale．The man’s name is James Bartley．The records to prove his unusual experience are in the British Admiralty．
Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East．Suddenly the lookout sighted a huge sperm whale．The whalers knew it was a huge whale by the size of the spray it blew into the air．They lowered their small boats．James Bartley was in the first longboat．The men rowed until they were close to the whale．A harpoon was thrown and it found its mark．It sank into the whale’s flesh．The maddened beast crashed into the boat。snapping its tail at the men and the wreckage of their boats．When the survivors were picked up，James Bartley was missing．
Shortly before sunset，the whale was finally captured．The sailors tied the whale’s deadbody to the side of the ship．Because of hot hot weather it was important that they cut up the whale right away．Otherwise，the meat would begin to rot and the oil would begin to spoil．When they got to the stomach，they felt something moving about wildly．
They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside．But when they opened the stomach thev found James Bartley．After this trip，Bartley settled in England，and never returned to sea．
This passage is mainly about　　　　　．



36、The sailors knew that something was in the whale’S stomach because　　　　　　．


37、James Bartley probably never went to sea again because ．


38、The author，in telling James Bartley’S story，informs US by　　　　　．


39、根据以下材料回答第 1～4 题：
Passage Two
We sDend our leisure hours effciently for higher production，bye by the clock even when time does nOt matter，modernize our homes and speed the machinery of living in or der that we can go to the most places and do the most things in the shortest period of time Dossible．We try tO eat，sleep，and talk efficiently．Even on holidays and Sundays，the elficient man relaxes on timetable with one eye on the colck and the other on an apppointment sheet．
To saueeze the most out of each shining hour we have shortened the opera，quickened the pace of the movie and put culture in pocket—sized packages．We make the busy bee look like a lazv creature，the ant like a sluggard．We live sixty-mile-minute and the great efficiency smiles．
We wish we could return to that pleasant day when we considered time a friend insread of enemy；when we did things willingly and because we wanted t0，rather than because our timetable called for it，But that of course would not be efficiency；and we Americans must be efficient．
The phrase that best expresses the main idea of this passage is．



40、The passage tells US that．


41、According to the passage，which of the following is a necessity?


42、The“pleasant day”to which the author refers was the period when we ．


43、根据以下材料回答第 1～4 题：
Passage Three
When you speak，write a letter or make a telephone call，your words carry a message． People communicate with words．But do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy of friendly．Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad．When you put up your hand in class，the teacher knows you want to say something or ask a question．You shake your head，and people know you are saying“no”． You nod and people know you are sayin9“yea”．0ther things can also carry messages．For example，a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take．A sign on the door tells you where to go in or out．Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you get messages from them all the time?
People can communicate in many other ways．An arrtist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains，about the blue sea and many other things．Books are written to tell about all the things in the world and also about people and their ideas．
Books，newspaprs，TV，radio and films can all help us to communicate with others． They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about．
Poople can communicate．



44、Communication is important because it can help poeple to ．