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绗竴绡?Harmless Revenge

Revenge is one of those things that everyone enjoys. People don鈥檛 like to talk about it, though. Just the same, there is nothing more satisfying or more rewarding than revenge. The purpose is not to harm your victims but to let them know that you are upset about something that they are doing to you. Careful plotting can provide you with relief from bothersome co-workers, gossiping friends, or nagging family members.

Coworkers who make comments about the fact that you are always fifteen minutes late for

work can be taken care of very simply. All you have to do is get up extra early one day. Before the sun comes up, drive to each coworker's house. Reach under the hood of your coworker's car and disconnect the center wire that leads to the distributor cap, the car will be unharmed, but it will not start, and your friends at work will all be late for work on the same day. If you're lucky, your boss might notice that you are the only one there and will give you a raise.

Gossiping friends at school are also perfect targets for a simple act of revenge. A way to trap either male or female friends is to leave phony messages on their lockers. If the friend that you want to get is male, leave a message that a certain girl would like him to stop by her house later that day. With any luck, her boyfriend will be there. The girl won鈥檛 know what's going on, and the victim will be so embarrassed that he probably won't leave his home for a month.

When Morn and Dad and your sisters and brothers really begin to annoy you, harmless revenge may be just the way to make them quiet down for a while. The dinner table is a likely place. Just before the meal begins, throw a handful of raisins into the food. Wait about five minutes and, after everyone has begun to eat, cover your mouth with your hand and begin to make odd noises. When they ask you what the matter is, point to a raisin and yell, "Bugs!" They dump their food in the disposal, jump into the car锛宎nd head for McDonald's. That night, you'll have your first quiet, peaceful meal in a long time.

A well-planned revenge does not have to hurt anyone. The object is simply to let other people know that they are beginning to bother you.

31 According to the passage, a harmless revenge is ________.

A to amuse the victim

B to react to those who bother you

C to prevent one from disturbing others

D to hurt nobody emotionally

32 As a harmless revenge, you might come first and get a raise by ________.

A making your colleagues come late

B getting up earlier than your colleagues

C destroying your colleagues' cars

D pleasing your boss

33 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the second example? ________.

A The girl received a phony message.

B The victim was invited by the girl.

C The girl managed to revenge the victim harmlessly.

D The girl wasn't expecting the victim.

34 The family members dumped their food in the disposal because ________.

A they thought their food had been spoiled

B they wanted to eat out

C they wanted to have a peaceful meal

D they didn't like the food with raisins

35 The main topic of the passage is how to ________.

A avoid nagging family members

B silence gossiping friends

C make a harmless revenge

D deal with bothersome coworkers

绗簩绡?The Only Way Is Up

Think of a modem city and the first image that come to mind is the skyline. It is full of great buildings, pointing like fingers to heaven. It is true that some cities don't permit buildings to go above a certain height. But these are cities concerned with the past. The first thing any city does when it wants to tell the world that it has arrived is to build skyscrapers.

When people gather together in cities, they create a demand for land. Since cities are places where money is made, that demand can be met. And the best way to make money out of city land is to put as many people as possible in a space that covers the smallest amount of ground. That means building upwards.

The technology existed to do this as early as the 19th century. But the height of buildings was limited by one important factor. They had to be small enough for people on the top floors to climb stairs. People could not be expected to climb a mountain at the end of their journey to work, or home.

Elisha Otis, a US inventor, was the man who brought us the lift-or elevator, as he preferred to call it. However, most of the technology is very old. Lifts work using the same pulley system the Egyptians used to create the Pyramids. What Otis did was attach the system to a steam engine and develop the elevator brake, which stops the lift falling if the cords that hold it up are broken. It was this that did the most to gain public confidence in the new invention. In fact, he spent a number of years exhibiting lifts at fairgrounds, giving people the chance to try them out before selling the idea to architects and builders.

A lift would not be a very good theme park attraction now. Going in a lift is such an everyday thing that it would just be boring. Yet psychologists and others who study human behavior find lifts fascinating. The reason is simple. Scientists have always studied animals in zoos. The nearest they can get to that with humans is in observing them in lifts.

"It breaks all the usual conventions about the bubble of personal space we carry around with us -- and you just can't choose to move away," says workplace psychologist, Gary Fitzgibbon. Being trapped in this setting can create different types of tensions, he says. Some people are scared of them. Others use them as an opportunity to get close to the boss. Some stand close to the door. Others hide in the comers. Most people try and shrink into the background. But some behave in a way that makes others notice them. There are a few people who just stand in a comer taking notes.

Don't worry about them. They are probably from a university.

36. "...these are cities concerned with the past" in the first paragraph refer to cities that

A) are worried about their past.

B) have a glorious past to be proud of.

C) want to maintain their traditional image.

D) are very interested in their own history.

37. The difficulty in constructing tall buildings in the 19th century lies in

A) the shortage of money.

B) the lack of a device to carry people upward.

C) backward technology.

D) mountains taking up land space.

38. When Otis came up with the idea of a lift,

A) he sold it to the architects and builders immediately

B) the Egyptians used it to build the Pyramids.

C) it was accepted favorably by the public.

D) most people had doubt about its safety.

39. Which of the following best describes the experience of going in a lift now?

A) Fascinating.

B) Uninteresting.

C) Frightening.

D) Exciting.

40. Psychologists find the lift a good place where they can study human behaviour because

A) here humans behave the way animals do.

B) people in a lift are all scared.

C) here some people take notes.

D) in a lift the bubble of personal space breaks.