25. What made the author’s getting up late early worthwhile?

　　A. Having a swim. B. Breathing in fresh air.

　　C. Walking in the morning sun. D. Visiting a local farmer’s market.

　　26. What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?

　　A. They are soft. B. They look nice. C. They taste great. D. They are juicy.

　　27. What was the author going to that evening?

　　A. Go to a farm. B. Check into a hotel. C. Eat in a restaurant. D. Buy fresh vegetables.

　　C

　　Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.

　　The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.

　　The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.

　　The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作)with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.

　　28. Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?

　　A. Optimistic. B. Productive C. Generous. D. Traditional.

　　29. What is Dali’s The Persistence of Memory considered to be?

　　A. One of his masterworks. B. A successful screen adaptation.

　　C. An artistic creation for the stage. D. One of the beat TV programmes.

　　30. How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?

　　A. By popularity. B. By importance. C. By size and shape. D. By time and subject.

　　31. What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to?

　　A. Artworks. B. Projects. C. Donations.  D. Documents.

　　D

　　Conflict is on the menu tonight at the café La Chope. This evening, as on every Thursday night, psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France’s favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the “talking cure”. Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings. It isn’t always easy. They customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 (plus drinks) per session-care quick to intellectualize (高谈阔论), slow to open up and connect. “You are forbidden to say ‘one feels,’ or ‘people think’,” Lehanne told them. “Say ‘I think,’ ‘Think me’.”

　　A café society where no intellectualizing is allowed? It couldn’t seem more un-French. But Lehanne’s psychology café is about more than knowing oneself: It’s trying to help the city’s troubled neighborhood cafes. Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation’s desire to spend more time at home. Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.