32.What does the author say about silence in conversations?

　　A.It implies anger.

　　B.It promotes friendship.

　　C.It is culture-specific.

　　D.It is content-based.

　　33.Which of the following people might regard silence as a call for careful thought?

　　A.The Chinese.

　　B.The French.

　　C.The Mexicans.

　　D.The Russians.

　　34.What does the author advise nurses to do about silence?

　　A.Let it continue as the patient pleases.

　　B.Break it while treating patients.

　　C.Evaluate its harm to patients.

　　D.Make use of its healing effects.

　　35.What may be the best title for the text?

　　A.Sound and Silence

　　B.What It Means to Be Silent

　　C.Silence to Native Americans

　　D.Speech Is Silver; Silence Is Gold

　　【答案】

　　32.C

　　33.A

　　34.D

　　35.B

　　33.A 细节理解题。根据第二段中 what may be implied is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing可知中国人认为谈话时人们沉默是在思考。

　　考点：社会生活类短文阅读

　　第二节 (共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)

　　根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

　　Secret codes (密码)keep messages private。Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.

　　People have used secret codes for thousands of years. 36 Code breaking never lags(落后) far behind code making. The science of creating and reading coded messages is called cryptography.

　　There are three main types of cryptography. 37 For example, the first letters of “My elephant eats too many eels” Spell out the hidden message “Meet me.”

　　38 You might represent each letter with a number, For example, Let’s number the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26. If we substitute a number for each letter, the message “Meet me” would read “13 5 20 13 5.”

　　A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book. 39 For example, ”bridge“ might stand for “meet” and “out” might stand for “me.” The message “bridge out” would actually mean “Meet me.” 40 However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long. So codes must be changed frequently.