解析：标题的选择应言简言骇，同时也可表达出作者的某种感情色彩，如讽刺、批评、赞扬等。b项中a cold welcome 太过于平淡，未能表达讽刺意味；an uupunctual manager 则转移了本文叙述的对象，以偏盖全；better late than never 与文章内容无关。故选a.
passage 2
the young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.
no, the village is not dead. there is more life in it now than there ever was. but it seems that “village life” is dead. gone for ever. it began to decline about a hundred years ago. when many girls left home to go into service in town many miles away, and men also left home in increasing numbers in search of work, and home was where work was. there are still a number of people alive today who can remember what “village life” meant in the early years of the present century. it meant finding your entertainment in the village of within walking distance of it. it meant housewives tied to the home all day and every day. it meant going to bed early to save lamp-oil and coal.
then came the first world war and the second world war. after each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. the long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life.” it is just life, and a better life.
finally, if we have any doubts about the future, or about the many changes which we have seen in our lives, we have only to look in at the school playground any mid-morning; or see the children as they walk homeward in little groups. obviously there children are better fed, better clothed, better educated, healthier, prettier and happier than any generation of children that ever before walked the village street.
1. by saying that village is not dead, but “village life” is dead, the writer suggests that _____.
a. those young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are wrong
b. the two statements are against each other
c. “village life” today is rather uninteresting
d. “village life” today is no longer like what it used to be
答案d
解析：本文第二段对过去和现在的农村生活进行对比，由此得出现在的农村生活已经不再像过去的农村生活那样了。所以本题正确答案应该是d。 而不是a：那些谈论农村已经不存在的年轻人是错误的，b：农村和农村生活相反，c：今天的农村生活很乏味。
2. it was _____ that “village life” began to take a sharp turn.
a. about a century ago
b. during the two world wars
c. with electricity and motorcars introduced into the village
d. only recently
答案c
解析：本题问的是从什么时候起，农村生活有了一个转折点。从文章第三段第四句话：“电和机动车辆在拉近农村生活和城市生活的距离方面起着决定性的作用”，可知选项c 正确。
3. as is suggested in paragraph 2, villagers in the past _____.
a. lived a simpler life than villagers today
b. knew fewer people than villagers today
c. found it difficult to enjoy themselves
d. liked to wash themselves with cold water
答案a
解析：第二段最后四句话讲述的是：过去的村子里的每一个人都相互了解; 不必走很远就可以娱乐;家庭主妇们每天都呆在家里;为了节省煤和灯油，人们很早就睡了。由此， 我们可知，选项a是正确答案。
4. the expression “... there is no point whatever in talking about ...” in paragraph 3 means that _____.
a. there is no end to the talking about ...
b. it is harmful to talk about ...
c. it is not meaningless to talk about ...
d. there is no reason for talking about ...
答案d
解析： point 在这里可以理解成“有道理，有理由”所以，答案应该是d。
5. from the passage we can see that the writer’s attitude toward “village life” is _____.
a. positive b. negative
c. neutral d. unclear
答案c
解析：作者在文章中只讲农村生活的变化，并未对农村生活进行评价，所以作者的观点是中立的。因此答案是c。
解析:a package can sometimes motivate people to buy products.”“……，or a small gift inside a box also motivate many children to buy products.” “the size of a package also motivates a buyer.”3句中有两句为主旨，可见本文主要讲述的是“how to attract （motivate） buyers.” 故选d.
while the virus can spread through droplets propelled into the air when a cold-sufferer coughs or sneezes, surprisingly, this is not the most common route of transmission.（２） numerous studies have now shown that the overwhelming majority of colds are “caught” by hand contact. a cold-sufferer rubs her nose, thereby transferring the virus to her hand. then a friend comes to visit. “don’t kiss me,” she cautions, so the friend steps back and presses her hand. the friend then wipes her own nose or eye-and several days later is stricken with a cold. or parents pick up their child’s abandoned tissues and carefully throw them away, but fail to wash their hands afterward.
cold viruses also can be transferred to objects-telephones, towels, plates-and remain infectious for up to three hours. frequent hand-washing-on the part of the cold-sufferer as well as other members of the household-will minimize the spread of viruses in this way.
其中的划线句子翻译如下：
（１） 和人们的普遍想法相反，感冒并不是由于恶劣的气候所造成的．
（２） 很多研究表明，绝大多数的感冒是由于手的接触而引起的。
1. which of the following steps you take will most probably cause you to catch a cold?
a) to stay in a toasty warm room with a lot of people.
b) to expose yourself to severe weather.
c) to be on the ski slopes.
d) to wait for the bus on a snowy day.
答案： ａ
解析： 根据文章可知ａ正确．
２. which of the following is not true?
a) people usually believe that colds are caused by exposure to severe weather.
b) viruses can only spread through air.
c) colds are caused by viruses hidden in the body.
d) most colds are “caught” by hand contact.
答案： ｂ
解析： 文章中已经强调了，……surprisingly, this is not the most common route of transmission.
３. to prevent viruses from spreading, we should ____.
a) shake hands with our friends instead of kissing them
b) never touch the telephones, towels or plates.
c) often wash our hands
d) often rub our noses and eyes
答案： ｃ
解析： 文章第二句划线句子强调：手的接触是感冒传播的最经常的途径．
４. a man is most likely to be stricken with a cold if ____.
a) few viruses are harbored in his body
b) the infectious viruses have been exposed to the air for more than 3 hours
c) he visits his friend in a warm room.
d) he shakes the hand of a cold-sufferer
答案: ｄ
解析： 如果他和一个感冒患者握手的话，最容易感冒．
５. the best title for this passage might be ____.
a) colds and viruses
b) ways to avoid colds
c) the spread of viruses
d) hand contact and transmission of viruses.
答案：ｂ
解析：避免得感冒的方法．
解析：全文都体现这一观点，最后一段是对这一概括的极好支持。
