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大学英语一级 模拟题 2 Part II. Reading Comprehension (30 %) Directions: There are three reading passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question. Passage 1 Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. One silly question I simply cannot tolerate is “How do you feel?” Usually the question is asked of a man in action — a man walking along the street, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He’ll probably say,” Fine, I’m all right.” But you have put a bug at his ear—maybe now he is not sure. If you are his good friend, you may have seen something on his face, or in his walk, that he overlooked that morning. It makes him worrying a little. He looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else,” How do you feel?” Every question has its time and place. It’s perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask “How do you feel?” if you are visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to take a train or sitting at his desk working, it’s no time to ask him that silly question. When George Bernard Shaw, the famous British writer of plays was in his eighties, someone asked him,” How do you feel?” Shaw put him in his place. “When you reach my age,” he said,” either you feel all right or you are dead.” 26. According to the writer, greetings, such as “How do you feel?” _____. A. show one’s consideration for others B. are a good way to make friends C. are proper to ask a man in action D. generally make one feel uneasy 27. The question “How do you feel?” seems to be correct and suitable when asked of_____. A. a friend who is ill B. a person who has lost a close friend C. a stranger who looks somewhat worried D. a man who is working at his desk 28. George Bernard Shaws reply in this passage shows his_____.