33、rked A, B, C and D.Questions 81 to 85 are based on the same passage or dialog.Surely the most interesting part of Pamplonas San Fermin Festival (旁普罗纳的圣佛明节) is its focus on danger and death. Why would so many people, over hundreds of years, take part in something everyone fears? The American writer E 。

34、rnest Hemmingway explores this very question in his 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises. The main characters, who begin to feel empty living in modern Paris, travel to Spain, and join in the San Fermin Festival. There, they see death through Spanish eyes. By joining in the events of this colorful celebra 。

35、tion, they begin to understand how the Spanish, in celebrating death, are actually celebrating life. Through the images of the black bull (公牛)and the bullfighters blood-red cloth, they discover that the Spanish find meaning in life by worshipping（崇拜）heroic death. With people running for their lives, 。

36、 and bullfighters dancing with the bulls, life and death come together at the San Fermin Festival. First, imagine yourself, along with thousands of others, running for your life towards a bullring (斗牛场) 852 meters ahead! You hear the heavy breath of 600-kilogram bulls running alongside you and feel。

37、their power and strange beauty. You are part of a noisy crowd, experiencing something that is more like a dream than reality. Although all this might seem like a scene from a Hollywood action movie, it is not. It describes what has become known as the running of the bulls, the most famous part of th 。

38、e Spanish celebration known as San Fermin. Held every July for nine days in the ancient city of Pamplona, the San Fermin Festival draws hundreds of thousands to what is considered the biggest party in Europe. 81.Bulls in Pamplonas San Fermin Festival may symbolize__________.A. danger and deathB. raw 。

39、 powerC. strange beautyD. life and death82.How did the Festival help Hemmingways characters find meaning in life?A. They actively took part in the festival.B. They fell in love with bullfighting.C. They learned to view death as the Spanish did.D. They absorbed the Spanish local culture.83.His intere 。

40、st in the running of the bulls considered, what can be understood about Hemingways attitude towards life?A. Seize the day.B. Live for today and you will ruin tomorrow.C. Suffer unto truth.D. Know yourself.84.Which of the following statements is True?A. The San Fermin Festival is held every July for。

41、seven days.B. The San Fermin Festivals focus is on life and death.C. Every year hundreds of thousands go to the San Fermin Festival.D. The San Fermin Festival is something in our imagination.85.What can be inferred from the passage about Ernest Hemmingways novel, The Sun Also Rises?A. It tries to so 。

42、lve the mystery of the San Fermin Festival.B. It contains a brief mention of the San Fermin Festival.C. The focus of the novel is the San Fermin Festival.D. The novel explores the meaning of the San Fermin Festival.Questions 86 to 90 are based on the same passage or dialog.Down-to-earth means being。

43、honest, open, and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to. He or she accepts others as equals (相等的人). Down-to-earth persons may be important members of society, of course, but they do not let their importance go to th 。

44、eir heads. They do not consider themselves to be better than others who are less important. Someone who is filled with self-importance and pride, often without cause, is said to have his nose in the air. There is no way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth. Americans use another ex 。

45、pression that is similar in some way to down-to-earth. The expression is both feet on the ground. Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of reality. He has what is called common sense. The opposite kind of person is one who has his head in the clouds. The person w 。

46、ho is down-to-earth usually has both feet on the ground. But the opposite is not always true. Someone with both feet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who is down-to-earth. However, when we have both our feet firmly on the ground, we are realistic (现实的), and we act ho 。

47、nestly and openly toward others, and our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong. 86.In the passage, nose in the air refers to people who are ________.A. realisticB. honestC. proudD. modest87.From the passage, we can learn that the author likes those who ______________.A. stand on their 。

48、 own feetB. have their noses in the airC. have their heads in the cloudsD. have both feet on the ground88.People who have their nose in the air believe ____________.A. their importance is in their headB. their society is importantC. their equals are importantD. their worth is greater than others89.A 。

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