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46、 Some famous characters turn to drugs and alcohol because they________
A．are in bad company
B．feel lonely
C．enjoy it
D．need it to keep on working


47、 People love having celebrities as________
A．we want them to be part of ourselves
B．they truly admire their skills or looks
C．they are a good topic to speak about
D．everybody likes glamour

48、回答48-67题
Have you ever wondered why authors write? Sometimes they are inspired to create stories．Other times they write to provide information about an interesting topic．Some authors write to convince us about something．Whatever the circumstances, authors have reasons for writing; this is called, the "author' s purpose．" The three most common types of author' s purpose are: to entertain, to inform, and to persuade．Think about the last time a story made you laugh, cry, or tremble with fright．These types of stories are written with a particular purpose in mind: to entertain the reader．Authors write many kinds of stories to entertain, including humorous fiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, and fables．While fiction entertains, non-fiction has a different purpose．Many non-fiction writings or texts are written with the purpose of giving information about an　interesting topic．Authors who write to inform must research their subject to ensure that they convey accurate information to the reader．Some examples of texts that inform are encyclopedia entries, news articles, expository non-fiction books, and interviews．All of these types of writing give information about certain topics．Sometimes authors write because they want to convince their readers about something．This is called argumentative, or persuasive writing．Oftentimes, texts that are meant to persuade use specific techniques to make the reader care about the subject, and to think about it in a certain way．These techniques might be found in letters to the editor, argumentative essays, or persuasive speeches．Next time you read a text, see if you can figure what the author is trying to tell you．It might be　easier than you think．Just ask yourself: what is the author' s purpose?

Which of the following is most likely the title of a passage in which the author' s purpose is to________entertain?
A．Why Dogs are Smarter than Cats
B．An Interview with J．K．Rowling
C．The Adventures of Waldo Wizard
D．An Argument for Shorter Classes


49、 According to the passage, authors who write to inform want to________
A．provide information about a certain topic
B．make the reader laugh, cry, or scream
C．convince the reader to do something
D．invite the reader to critique their work


50、
According to the passage, texts that are meant to persuade often________
A．do not get as much attention as texts that entertain or inform
B．are very entertaining because they convince readers to laugh
C．use specific techniques to make the reader care about the subject
D．require a lot of research in order to ensure accuracy of information


51、
The author' s purpose in writing this passage is________
A．to persuade
B．to convince
C．to entertain
D．to inform

52、 回答52-71题
There has been, in history, a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale．Theman's name is James Bartley．The records to prove his unusual experience are in the British Admirahy．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 dead-body tothe side of the ship．Because of the 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 they found James Bartley．After this trip, Bartley settled in England, and never returned to sea．

This passage is mainly about________
A．how to hunt whales for their oil and meat
B．the hard and dangerous lives that whalers had to live
C．the duties of each man on a whaling ship
D．a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived


53、 The sailors knew that something was in the whale's stomach because________
A．they could feel it moving about wildly
B．the whale seemed very heavy
C．the whale was swelling at one spot
D．the captain heard Bartley yelling for help


54、
James Bartley probably never went to sea again because________
A．he wanted different kinds of adventures
B．of fright and shock
C．he was crippled by the whale
D．he often got seasick


55、
The author, in telling James Bartley's story, informs us by________
A．narrating the plain facts
B．referring to whaling in general
C．comparing whaling to other fishing
D．dramatically telling what happened

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