I was being interviewed by a senior manager for a major insurance（保險(xiǎn)業(yè)）company. I told him honestly why I wanted the job——I needed to keep my family in Boston. My wife recently died of a heart attack. A job in Boston would help me reduce some of the extreme trauma （精神創(chuàng)傷）and pain of the loss for  my 16-year-old daughter. It was important for me to keep her in her high school. I could still hardly talk about the loss of my wife.

　　Bruce,the interviewer,was politely empathetic,but he didn't probe any further. He admitted my loss and with great respect,moved on to another subject. After the next round of the interview,Bruce took me to lunch with another person. Then he asked me to take a walk with him. He told me that he,too,had lost his wife. And,like me,he had also been married 20 years and had three children.

　　In his sharing,I realized that he had experienced the same pain as I had ——a pain that was almost impossible to explain to someone who had not lost a beloved one. He offered his business card and home phone number and suggested that， if I need help of just want someone to talk to,I should feel free to give him a call.

　　Whether I got the job or not,he wanted me to know that he was there if I ever needed help. When he had no idea if we would ever see each other again,he helped our family deal with one of the greatest losses. He turned the normally cold business interview into a caring support for another person in need.

　　46. the writer took part in the interview because __________.

　　A. he  had lo st his job and wanted to find a new one.

　　B. he had to support his family in Boston.

　　C. his wife had recently died of a heart attack.

　　D. his daughter needed money for schooling.

　　47. the undelined word “empathetic”in the second paragraph means ____.

　　A.善良的   B.容易相處的  C.聰明的  D. 同情的

　　48. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the pas sage？

　　A. Bruce invited the writer to lunch later.

　　B. Bruce shared his life experience with the writer.

　　C. Bruce was willing to help the writer.

　　D. Bruce finally gave the job to the writer.

　　49. we can infer（推斷） from the passage that ______.

　　A. Bruce and the writer saw each other often.

　　B. the writer got little help from Bruce.

　　C. the writer learned much from the job interview.

　　D. the writer had a better life afterwards.

　　50. What is the best title for the passage？

　　A. An Act of Kindness    B. A Pleasant Interview

　　C. The Same Experience   D. An Important Lesson

　　閱讀理解答案：BDDCA

　　"How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare？"

　　How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago?And now!you can google it and find the answer immediately!

　　Google is the most popular Internet search engine in the world. It was invented by two students,Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They met in 1993,when they were studying computer science at Stanford University,USA. They dreamed of producing something that could also answer any question in seconds.

　　Internet seach engines at that time were slow and gave many websites that weren't useful. In January 1996,Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on the most popular websites.

　　Nobody would give them money for their project,so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then,in 1998,they were given a cheque for $100,000,and they started their own company. Their first office was in a friend's garage. The company's name is Google,a word which comes from mathematics. A “google” is a very high number——1 followed by a hundred zeros.

　　The google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast,easy and correct. By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. Now,more questions have been answered by Google than any other Internet service,from sport to science,and from music to medicine. Google hopes that in the future all the world's information will be put on the Internet,so that everybody can find everything.

　　51. Why did the writer begin this passage by asking you a question？

　　A. Because he or she liked to begin this passage by asking readers a question.

　　B. Because he or she was afraid that the readers didn't know this question.

　　C. Because he or she wanted to make the readers interested in this passage.

　　D. Because Shakespeare is one of the most famous people in the world.

　　52. The underline word “cheque” in the fifth paragraph means ________.

　　A.樓房     B.帳單     C.訂單       D. 支票

　　53. From the passage we know that at the beginning of their project,______.

　　A. there was not any search engine on the Internet.

　　B. nobody supported them except their family and friends.

　　C. Larry Page and Sergey Brin dreamed to answer any q uestion.

　　D. one of the most popular websites gave them a cheque for $100,000.

　　54. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A. Now the Google search engine is widely used in the world.

　　B. The google search engine was not the biggest one before 2002.

　　C. Larry Page and Sergey Brin named google after a hundred zeros.

　　D. The service of the Google search engine is very popular.

　　55. The passage mainly tells us ________.

　　A. the development of the Google search engine.

　　B. about Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

　　C. how to find information on the Internet.

　　D. how to use the Google search engine.

　　閱讀理解答案：CDBCA