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36、 The MIS finally received recognition __.
A． during President Kennedy's term
B． fifty years later
C． ten years ago
D． last year from President Clinton

37、 Gayle Yamada's new film is entitled __.
A． Pearl Harbor
B． The Winds of War
C． Uncommon Courage
D． The Greatest Generation

38、 Writer hopes that a new movie won't __.
A． make people love war
B． cause anger toward Americans
C． be a popular film
D． plant seeds of racism

39、根据以下资料，回答39-58题。 　　Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941．The United States was mad at the Japanese so they made many Japanese-Americans leave their homes．They were put in camps with barbed wire around the outside of the camps.
　　Many Japanese-American young men were called into the army．Some of them joined the US Military Intelligence Service or MIS．The MIS was a secret group that fought the Japanese soldiers．This secret group translated important maps and papers．They questioned Japanese prisoners．Another task they did was to translate diaries written in Japanese.
　　Sometimes Japanese soldiers hid in caves to hide from the Americans．The MIS would try to get the scared soldiers to leave the caves．This was known as "cave flushing." Some of the soldiers would give up and leave the caves.
　　Other Japanese would jump to their deaths.
　　The MIS never got awards for their efforts until the year 2000．Then they were rewarded for their brave acts in World War II．It took almost sixty years for them to be honored.
　　Gayle Yamada has made a film about the brave Japanese-American MIS．The film is called "Uncommon Courage" and is a true story．Hopefully, Yamada's film and the movie, "Pearl Harbor," will not cause people to hate Japanese-Americans or any other race. The letters MIS stood for
A． Missing Infantry Soldiers
B． Military Intelligence Service
C． Military Intelligence Soldiers
D． Military Infamy Service

40、根据以下资料，回答40-59题。 　　To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains．But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against rain．Its first use was as a shade against the sun．
　　Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times．Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, way back in the eleventh century B.C.
　　We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade．And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and authority．In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.
　　In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade．And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece．But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans.
　　During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared．Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century．And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority．By 1680, The umbrella appeared in France, and later on in England.
　　By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe．Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight．It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to be made, in a whole variety of colors. The first use of umbrella was as __.
A． protection against rain
B． a shade against the sun
C． a symbol of power
D． a symbol of honor

41、 The umbrella was used only by royalty or those in high office __.
A． in Europe in the eighteenth century
B． in ancient Egypt and Babylon
C． in the Far East in ancient times
D． during the Middle Ages

42、 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A． Women enjoy using umbrellas with various kinds of colors nowaday
B． The inventor of the umbrella is unknow
C． Once ordinary people had no right to use umbrell
D． Umbrellas were popular and cheap in ancient time

43、 Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A． The Invention of Umbrell
B． The History of Umbrell
C． Umbrella -- A Symbol of Hono
D． Who Used Umbrella First?

44、 Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?
A． Social Customs and Behaviou
B． Social Lif
C． American and British Custom
D． Promptness Is Importan

45、 According to the text, the best host
A． tries his best to make his guests feel comfortable
B． makes his guests feel excited
C． tries to avoid being naughty to his guests
D． tries to avoid being foolish