sectionⅱ reading comprehension（40 minutes）

part a

directions:

read the following three texts. answer the questions on each text by choosing a, b, c or d. mark your answers on the answer sheet by drawing a thick line across the corresponding letter in the brackets.

text i

fifteen years ago, i entered the boston globe, which was a temple to me then. it wasn’t easy getting hired. but once you were there, i found, you were in.

globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. for 15 years i had prospered there — moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. i would have a lifetime of security is i struck with it. instead, i had made a decision to leave. i entered my boss’s Office. would he rage? i wondered. he had a famous temper. “matt, we have to have a talk,” i began awkwardly. “i came to the globe when i was twenty-four. now i’m forty. there’s a lot i want to do in life. i’m resigning.” “to another paper?” he asked. i reached into my coat pocket, but didn’t say anything. i handed him a letter that explained everything. it said that i was leaving to start a new media company. we were at a rare turning point in history. i wanted to be directly engaged in the change. “i’m glad for you,” he said, quite out of my expectation. “i just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. some of that we can deal with. but much of it we can’t, ” he went on. “i wish you all the luck in the world,” he concluded. “and if it doesn’t work out, remember, your star is always high here.”

then i went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. everybody was saying congratulations. everybody — even though i’d be risking all on an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security i had carefully built up.

later, i had a final talk with bill taylor, chairman and publisher of the boston globe. he had turned the globe into a billion-dollar property. “i’m resigning, bill, ”i said. he listened while i gave him the story. he wasn’t looking angry or dismayed either. after a pause, he said, “golly, i wish i were in your shoes.”

46. from the passage we know that the globe is a famous _______.

[a] newspaper [b] magazine

[c]temple [ d ] church

47. if the writer stayed with the globe _________.

[ a] he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams.

[ b] he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away.

[ c ] he would never have to worry about his future life.

[ d] he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions.

48. the writer wanted to resign BECause _________.

[a] he had serious trouble with his boss.

[ b ] he got underpaid at his job for the globe.

[ c ] he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry.998dV) VD4 'j0 [本_文_来_源_于_我_的_学_习_网外语园地公共英语等级考试 http://Www.GZU521.Com ]998dV) VD4 'j0

[ d ] he had found a better paid job in a publishing house.

49. when the writer decided to resign the globe was faced with _______.

[ a ] a trouble with its staff members

[ b ] a shortage of qualified reporters

[ c ] an unfavorable business situation

[ d ]an uncontrollable business situation

50. by “:i wish i were in your shoes.” （in the last paragraph） bill taylor meant that _______.

[ a ] the writer was to fail.

[ b] the writer was stupid

[ c ] he would do the same if possible

[d] he would reject the writer’s request