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21. In the three passages little is said about the writer of           .
    A. Cinemas in Britain
    B. Sir John Soane and the Country Estate
    C. Building a Masterpiece: The Sydney Opera House
    D. Beyond Architecture
22. What do these three books have in common?
    A. They are all beautifully illustrated.
    B. They are all hardbacks and have the same price.  '
    C. They are products of the same publisher.
    D. They all have the same ISBN number.
23. From the 3rd book review we can infer that                 .          '
   A. the Australians don't have confidence in their own architects
   B. the Sydney Opera House is the first of its kind in New South Wales
   C. more than one architects offered their designs of the Sydney Opera House
   D. Anne Waston played an important role in designing the Sydney Opera House
                         B
     On a hot summer day, our van (a large box-like car that can carry a lot of people)
pulled up to the ranch(牧场) to start a three-month program for troubled boys. Bill
was the owner of the ranch. We made eye contact through the dusty window and he
 smiled at me and touched his cowboy hat in welcome.
    All summer long, Bill and his ranch-hands taught us to ride horses, tie dried
grass into a large block, cut wood, and round up cattle. We started to understand the
 value of working with our hands, and we respected him for his knowledge and gentle
leadership. Knowing how important it was for boys like me to know that someone
 believed in them, he trusted us to do the job and do it right. We didn't want to let him
 down. Several times he took me fishing and we not only talked about how to fish, but
also about my dreams and what I wanted from life. He encouraged me to make goals
and shared stories from his own experiences.
     The last day at the ranch, Bill pulled me aside and praised me for the work I had
done that summer -not only on the ranch, but also on myself. He told me if lever
 needed anything I could count on him. Four years later; I took him up on that offer. I
 called him up and asked for a job. I told him how his confidence in me had given me
 the courage to change my life. He offered me a job on the spot. I'm proud to say that
 each summer I'm the one in the ranch to open the gate for a van full of young men
 who need someone to believe in them, so they can learn to believe in themselves.
 24. The author worked on the ranch to       -.
A. have himself changed                . B. learn how to get along with others
    C. earn some extra money              D. acquire some agricultural knowledge
 25. The author implies what the troubled boys needed most was                      .
     A. strict guidance in proper behavior       B. challenging demand in hard work
     C. sympathy and tolerance from adults     D. understanding and trust from others
26. The author's pride comes from the fact that                 .
    A. he has earned complete trust from Bill
    B. he has been able to offer help to others
    C. he has found a way to support himself
    D. he has become the owner of the ranch
27. What's the author's purpose of writing the passage?
    A. To state the importance of hard work.
    B. To share the pleasure of a special job.
    C. To show the power of believing in others.
    D. To prove the magic of gentle leadership.
                          C
       How different can other cultures be? Very different! They can eat different foods
 and live in different types of houses. People probably speak different languages and
 have beliefs and customs very different from yours. However, they can also be similar
in ways of connecting with each other. We sometimes call these means of
  communication universal languages.
      Some legends hold that, thousands of years ago, there was a single language
 spoken by everyone on Earth. It is fun to think about a time when everyone may have
 been able to communicate in the same language though historical evidence does not
  support this, of course.
      Today, there are thousands of languages spoken around the world. Yet, there are
 some means of communication that go beyond words and allow people of wildly
 different backgrounds to communicate and share emotions and feelings. For example,
 some people believe music is a universal language. There may be some scientific
 support for this idea, too. Experts have learned that, across cultures, people can
  recognize three common emotions in music: happiness, sadness and fear.
     So what other types of universal languages might there be? Some people believe
  dance .is .a universal language. Along with music, dancing seems to be a common
 interest shared by peoples all over the world. Do you think you could see a dance
  from another culture and make some reasonable guesses about the ideas and emotions
  behind it? We bet you could!
      Another universal language that you might not have thought of is math! If you
think about it now, though, it just makes sense. The value of pi is roughly 3.14159 no
matter where you are on Earth. Likewise, figuring out the value of something involves
the same mathematical calculations, regardless of whether you're counting in dollars,
pesos or coconuts.
28. The underlined word "this" in Paragraph 2 probably refers to    _
    A. the evidence that proves old languages funny
     B. the fact that there used to be many languages
     C. the view that people only used one language
     D. the doubt that people didn't understand each other
29. Music is regarded as a universal language probably because      _'
     A. it can be understood more easily than languages
     B. it can be enjoyed by people from all walks of life
      C. it usually comes from different backgrounds
      D.it helps people to share common feelings   .
 30. What are the universal languages according to the passage?
      A. Math, English and music.        B. Music, dance and math.
      C. History, culture and music.      D. Emotion, pi and music:
 31. Which of the following best tells the structure of this passage?
 
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