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四、阅读理解
36、 回答36-55题
Only one animal can walk 200 miles without stopping once to rest．It would take a person two days and two nights to walk this far, and only one man has ever done it without stopping．What amazing animal has such endurance? The camel ! The camel is well known for something else, too．It can cross an entire desert without a single drink of water．Its body is built in a special way to help it store water and food．A person has just one stomach, but a camel has quite a few．Within each stomach are layers andlayers of cells．These cells are like tiny water balloons, storing liquids until the camel needs them．When the camel drinks, the cells grow larger and larger．For a whole week, they can keep the animal's thirst away by sending water to all parts of its body．And did you ever wonder why the camel has a hump? The hump is a storage place for fat．Because it has this storage area, the camel does not need to eat very often．When the animal needs energy, the layers of fat serve as fuel to keep it going on the long, hot days in the burning sun．The camel has one other gift that makes it well suited to arid regions．This gift is its amazingnose．A camel can smell a water hole from miles away!
When a camel moves it sways from side to side like a ship on a wavy ocean．Because of thisswaying motion, the camel has been called the "Ship of the Desert．"

The camel's hump is a storage place for________
A．muscles
B．extra water
C．body sugars
D．fat


37、 We can conclude from this passage that camels________
A．feel at home in the desert
B．like to carry heavy loads
C．look like ships from a distance
D．will always be useful


38、 The author compares cells with water balloons in order to________
A．make you think of summer
B．help you visualize the ceils
C．show how rubber is elastic
D．show how many shapes cells can have


39、 The word "arid" is closest in meaning to________
A．sunny
B．flat
C．dry
D．sandy

40、回答40-59题
Japan's 24-hour convenience stores, already struggling with lagging sales and growth, may soon　face yet another threat--moves to limit business hours and close the stores late at night．The prefecture of Saitama, which borders Tokyo, may follow in the footsteps of the western city of Kyoto and urge convenience stores to close during late night hours in an effort to limit carbon dioxide emissions．Kyoto, a former capital, wants to persuade convenience and other 24-hour stores to close late at night so as to improve evening views of the city and cut down on energy use．The Nikkei said closures could last from 11 p.m．to 7 a.m．The move is strongly opposed by the industry, which fears a withering impact on an already troubled sector also grappling with the specter of a higher tobacco tax, which could hit overall sales．"Even if we only operate the stores for 16 hours, we can't stop the refrigerators," said Toshiro　Yamaguchi, the president of Seven-Eleven Japan Co．He said such cuts in operating hours would　reduce each store's profit by 20 percent．"If this happens, our current business model will lose its foundation．"
Analysts said that while it is difficult to estimate the potential impact of the move without a　concrete plan, their overall impression was that it was likely to he negative．"This could cut profits and lead to less efficient operations and the increased loss of opportunities," said Masafumi Shoda, an analyst．" But h depends on the store--urban stores do better than others．There are some in the countryside that are inefficient．"

Which Japanese city was the first to try to limit conventience store hours?
A．Saitama．
B．Tokyo．
C．Kyoto．
D．Nagoya．


41、
What's the main goal behind the proposal?
A．To give employees more free time．
B．To limit carbon dioxide emissions．
C．To sell more tobacco products．
D．To increase each store's profit．


42、 How's the convenience store sector doing in Japan?
A．The article doesn't say．
B．It's doing great．
C．Not very well．
D．Cannot see clearly．


43、
According to the article, which convenience stores are generally more successful?
A．The ones in big cities．
B．The ones in the countryside．
C．The ones that sell alcohol．
D．The ones that are owned by Seven-Eleven Co．

44、回答44-63题
Years ago, a cigarette commercial asked if you were smoking more, but enjoying it less．That　describes the way many of us live today．We are doing more, but enjoying it less．And when that doesn't work, we compound the problem．In our frantic search for satisfaction, we try stuffing still more into our days, never realizing that we are taking the wrong approach．The truth is simple; so simple it is hard to believe．Satisfaction lies with less, not with more．Yet, we pursue the myth that this thing, or that activity, will somehow provide the satisfaction we so desperately seek．Arthur Lindman, in his devastating book, The Harried Leisure Class, described the futility of　pursuing more．His research focused on what people did with their leisure time．He found that as income rose, people bought more things to occupy their leisure time．But, ironically, the more things they bought, the less they valued any one of them．Carried to an extreme, he predicted massive boredom in the midst of tremendous variety．That was more than twenty years ago, and his prediction seems more accurate every year．Lindman of course, is not the first to discover this．The writer of Ecclesiastes expressed the same　thought thousands of years ago．It is better, he wrote, to have less, but enjoy it more．If you would like to enjoy life more, I challenge you to experiment with me．How could you　simplify your life? What could you drop? What could you do without? What could you stop pursuing? What few things could you concentrate on?
The more I learn, the more I realize that fullness of life does not depend on things．The more I　give up, the more I seem to gain．But words will never convince you．You must try it for yourself．

Arthur Lindman wrote________
A．a novel
B．The Harried Leisure Class
C．Ecclesiastes
D．an article on smoke


45、 Lindman wrote his book________
A．ten years ago
B．twenty years ago
C．more than twenty years ago
D．less than ten year ago

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