People's tastes in recreation differ widely. At a recent festival of pop-music in the Isle of Wight, crowds of teenagers flocked to listen to their favorite singers and musicians. They went with single railway tickets and slept in the open, a very risky thing to do in the climate of Britain, even in August. They were packed together like sardines for four days. There were innumerable thieves, a gang of roughs tried several times to break things up, and police were everywhere. At the end of the festival many young fans found themselves broke, with no money left,and they had difficulty in getting back home. Most people would consider these conditions a nightmare of discomfort; the fans appeared to enjoy it all enormously.

　　Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large tracts of open un-spoilt country, where people with more traditional tastes can go for quiet, and for the sense of freedom they derive from contact with nature. In the national parks especially, modern development of housing and industry is strictly controlled. Visitors may walk for miles through landscape of the greatest beauty and wildness, and often of considerable historic or scientific interest. Along the coasts of some of the maritime counties, public pathways have been created; these paths stretch for many miles along cliffs that look out on the Atlantic Ocean or the English Channel. Another path,lying inland, goes along the range of mountains in the north of England. It is called the Pennine Way. Here, the long-distance waller and the nature-lover can find much to enjoy, without feeling disturbed by large numbers of their fellows.

　　Yet few people make full use of the national parks established for everyone's benefit. The commonest thing nowadays is for family groups to motor out to a beautiful spot and park their cars in a lay-by ( 英國的路旁停車帶 ). A picnic basket is produced, along with a folding table and chairs, a kettle and a portable stove. They then settle down to a picnic in the lay-by beside the car. Apparently their idea of enjoyment is to get into the fresh air and amongst the country sights and sounds without having to wall a yard. They seem almost to like to hear and to smell the traffic.

　　56. In Britain it is very risky to __________.

　　A.go with a single railway ticket

　　B.listen to pop-music at the festival

　　C. sleep in the open

　　D.pack together in crowds

　　57. At the end of the festival, many young fans__________.

　　A.were arrested by the police

　　B.had spent most of their money

　　C.were sleeping out

　　D.became quite penniless

　　58. Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large__________.

　　A.tracks through the open country

　　B.areas of country without soil

　　C.areas of countryside not developed

　　D.expanses of land where nobody works

　　59. Public pathways are created for people to__________.

　　A.commute to work

　　B.enjoy long-distance walking

　　C. wall to maritime counties

　　D.visit the historic or scenic sites

　　60. Family groups nowadays like to__________.

　　A.have meals out of doors by the road-side

　　B.go for a walk away from home

　　C.drive out past the beautiful places

　　D.hear and smell the animals

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

　　Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.

　　For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have eactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else--he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish. "I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned. " Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: "This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on. "

　　Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way.

　　Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only"having a look around". She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the look-out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps,before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. So most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

　　61. When a man is buying clothes, __________.

　　A.he chooses things that others recormnend

　　B.he buys cheap things, regardless of quality

　　C.he buys good things, so long as they are not too expensive

　　D. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things

　　62. In commerce a good salesman is one who__________.

　　A.sells something a customer does not particularly want

　　B.always has in stock the thing the customer wants

　　C.can find out quickly the goods required

　　D.does not waste his time on difficult customers

　　63. What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?

　　A.He buys something that is similar enough to the ideal one.

　　B.He usually does not buy anything.

　　C.At least two of his reqnirements must be met before he buys.

　　D.So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.

　　64. According to this passage, when shopping for clothes, women__________.

　　A.often buy things without thinking

　　B.seldom buy cheap clothes

　　C.welcome suggestions from anyone

　　D.never take any advice

　　65. What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers'?

　　A.The fact that men do not try clothes on in a shop.

　　B.Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.

　　C.Women stand up while shopping, but men sit down.

　　D. The time they take over buying clothes.

　　【答案解析】

　　56.C

　　定位：根據題干信息詞risky可將答案定位到第一段第三句。

　　解析：該句提到：“他們(青少年們)只買得起去音樂節的單程火車票，甚至不惜露宿街頭，在英國那種氣候條件下，即便是在八月份，他們的這種行為也是非常危險的。”故選C。

　　57.D

　　定位：根據題干信息atthe end ofthefestival可將答案定位到第一段倒數第二句。

　　解析：該句提到：“音樂節結束后，許多年輕歌迷發現自己身無分文，想要回家都很困難。”故選D。became quite penniless即意為“身無分文”，是對broke和with no money left的同義轉述。

　　58.C

　　定位：根據題干信息even in the overcrowded United Kingdom可將答案定位到第二段第一句。

　　解析：原文提到：“Even in the overcrowded United Kingdom there are large tracts of open Hrl—spoilt country…(即便是在英國這樣擁擠的國家，也有一大片一大片未遭破壞的鄉村地區……)”選項C中的not developed是原文中tin.spoilt的同義轉述，故為正確答案。

　　59.B

　　定位：根據題干信息public pathways可將答案定位到第二段第四句。

　　解析：原文提到，一些海濱縣城修建了公路，在內陸，沿英國北部的山脈也有一條公路。遠途旅行者和熱愛大自然的人能夠收獲不少樂趣，而且不會有被大批其他游人打攪的感覺?？梢?，開辟公路就是為了讓人們能夠享受遠足，享受自然，故選B。

　　60.A

　　定位：根據題干信息family groups nowadays可將答案定位到第三段第二句。

　　解析：原文提到，現下最為常見的事情就是，全家人一起開車去一個美麗的景點，將車停在路邊的停車帶。然后他們就拿出準備好的各種工具和食物在自己的汽車旁野餐，故選A。

　　【答案解析】

　　61.D

　　定位：根據題干信息when a man is buying clothes可將答案定位到文章前兩段。

　　解析：第一段中提到：“男人去購物是因為他需要某些東西。他的目的是既定的，而且提前就做好了決定。他知道自己需要什么，而他的目的就是找到那個東西并買下來，價格倒在其次。”可見，男士不怎么會考慮價格，故選D。

　　62.A

　　定位：根據題干信息agood salesman可將答案定位到第二段第二句。

　　解析：第二段開頭提到：“對于男人來說，如果商店沒有他想買的東西或者并不完全符合他心里的條件，可能會引發一些小問題。在那種情況下，導購就要像自己的職業名稱(導‘購’)所暗示的那樣，嘗試賣給顧客別的東西：他把跟顧客要求最接近的東西推薦給他。”可見，一名優秀的導購是能成功將其他東西推銷給顧客的，故選A。

　　63.B

　　定位：根據題干信息cannot get exactly what he wants可將答案定位到第二段第一句。

　　解析：第二段描述的是如果商店沒有與男人想象的完全一樣的商品時，會出現什么情況。題干的重點在于男人的反應，因此尋讀到第二段結尾處，此處作者提到：“對于這種情況，男人很少會買賬，他們一般都會說：‘也許衣服的顏色和大小都合適，但要是讓我試穿的話，既浪費了你的時間，也浪費了我的。”’可見，在這種情況下，男人一般是什么都不會買的，故選B。

　　64.C

　　定位：根據題干信息when shopping for clothes，women可將答案定位到第三段。

　　解析：第三段中提到：“女人總是肯聽他人的勸說，她重視女店員的話，甚至是同伴的話。她會什么都試穿一下。在她內心深處，她要找的衣服，是所有人都認為適合她的。”可見，女士很容易聽取他人的建議.故C項為正確答案，

　　65.D

　　定位：根據題干信息the most obvious difference between men and women可知解答本題需通觀全文，但由于涉及女性的購物特點，因此可到第三段尋找線索。

　　解析：在講男人買衣服的情況時，作者提到：“如果店里有貨，銷售員能及時找到，而且馬上就能試穿或試用.這一切順利的話，整個交易一般在五分鐘之內就可以完成。”在講女人買衣服的情況時，作者提到：“面對一屋子衣服，她們也許很容易就花上一個小時，一排排瀏覽，來來回回樂此不疲;她們會不時地折返腳步，直到發現自己想試穿的衣服。”因此，男人與女人在買衣服問題上最主要的區別就很明顯了，故本題應選D。