[简答题]The average man who uses a telephone could not explain how a telephone works. He takes for granted the telephone, the railway train, the linotype, the airplane, as our grandfathers took for granted the miracles of the gospels. He neither questions nor understands them. It is as though each of us investigated and made his own only a tiny circle of facts. Knowledge outside the day’s work is regarded by most men as a gewgaw. Still we are constantly in reaction against our ignorance. We rouse ourselves at intervals and speculate. We revel in speculations about anything at all-about life after death or about such questions as that which is said to have puzzled Aristotle, "why sneezing from noon to midnight was good, but from night to noon unlucky. " One of the greatest joys known to man is to take such a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge. The great pleasure of ignorance is, after all, the, pleasure of asking questions. The man who has lost this pleasure or exchanged it for the

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Passage Four
The young man who came to the door—he was about thirty, perhaps, with a handsome, smiling face—didn’t seem to find my lateness offensive, and led me into a large room. On one side of the room sat half a dozen women, all in white; they were much occupied with a beautiful baby, who seemed to belong to the youngest of the women. On the other side of the room sat seven or eight men, young, dressed in dark suits, very much at ease, and very imposing. The sunlight came into the room with the peacefulness that one remembers from rooms in one’s early childhood—a sunlight encountered later only in one’s dreams. I remember being astounded by the quietness, the ease, the peace, and the taste. I was introduced, they greeted me with a genuine cordiality and respect—and the respect increased my fright, for it meant that they expected something of me that I knew in my heart, for their sakes, I could not give—and
A. Enthusiastic  
B. Hostile 
C. Impressive 
D. Anxious

[单项选择]There was once a young man who suffered from cancer．He was 18 years old and he could die anytime． 71 He never went outside；but he was sick of staying home and wanted to go out for once．So he asked his mother and she gave him permission．
He walked down his block and found a lot of stores．He passed a CD store and saw a beauti ful girl about his age and he knew it was love at first sight．He opened the door and walked in．
She looked up and asked，"Can I help you"
He said, "…Yeah…Umm…I would like to buy a CD．"
Hc picked one out and gave her money for it．
"Would you like me to wrap it for you"she asked，smiling her cute smile．
He nodded and she went to the back．She came back with the wrapped CD and gave it to him．He took it and walked out of the store．
He wcnt home and from then on，he went to that store every day and bought a CD，and she wrapped it for him．He took the CD home and put it in his closet. He was still too shy to ask her out．His mother found out ab
A. It was not mentioned．
B. She was not interested in the boy．
C. Shefelt sorry for theboy．
D. Shelikedthe boy．