[简答题]Passage Three I am afraidtosleep. I have been afraidto sleep forthe last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me; it isthe realityI took with me into sleep. I try to think of something else. Immediately the woman in the market place comes into my mind. I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her. She was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling. In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue, green, and white. They reminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriendsand I used to spendhours braiding ribbons intoour hair. I don’t know the word for “ribbons”, so I put my hand to my own hair and, with three fingers against my head. I looked at her ribbons and said “Beautiful.” She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn ’t sure if she un
A. A．The skirts were cheap and pretty .
B．She liked the patterns on the skirts.
C．She wanted to do something as compensation.
D．She was fed up with further bargaining with the woman.

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[简答题]Passage Three I am afraidtosleep. I have been afraidto sleep forthe last few weeks. I am so tired that, finally, I do sleep, but only for a few minutes. It is not a bad dream that wakes me; it isthe realityI took with me into sleep. I try to think of something else. Immediately the woman in the market place comes into my mind. I was on my way to dinner last night when I saw her. She was selling skirts. She moved with the same ease and loveliness I often saw in the women of Laos. Her long black hair was as shiny as the black silk of the skirts she was selling. In her hair, she wore three silk ribbons, blue, green, and white. They reminded me of my childhood and how my girlfriendsand I used to spendhours braiding ribbons intoour hair. I don’t know the word for “ribbons”, so I put my hand to my own hair and, with three fingers against my head. I looked at her ribbons and said “Beautiful.” She lowered her eyes and said nothing. I wasn ’t sure if she un
A. A．The writer was not used to bargaining.
B．People in Asia always bargain when buying things.
C．Bargaining in Laos was quiet and peaceful.
D．The writer was ready to bargain with the woman.

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Passage Three

I can think of no better career for a young novelist than to for some years a sub-editor on a rather conservative newspaper. The man who was of chief importance to me in those days was the chief sub-editor, George Anderson. I hated him in my first week, but I grew almost to love him before three years had passed. A small elderly Scotsman with a flushed face and laconic humour, he drove a new sub-editor hard with his sarcasm. Sometimes I almost fancied myself back at school again, and I was always glad when five-thirty came, for immediately the clock marked the hour when the pubs opened, he would take his bowler hat from the coat-rack and disappear for thirty minutes to his favourite bar. His place would be taken by the gentle and courteous Colonel Maude. Maude was careful to see that the new recruit was given no story w
A. stand over them while they worked and make unpleasant remarks
B. go out for a drink and let them solve their own problems
C. provoke them into disliking him
D. use bitter humour to draw their attention to their mistakes

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[单项选择]Passage Three
A. Overcoming sleeping difficulties.
B. Getting rid of one’s depression.
C. Encouraging those in low spirits.
D. Finding the roots of loneliness.

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