63. The writer called himself “traveller ” because he ________ .

    A. sold cars for his company          B. often drove here and there

    C. travelled most parts of the world    D. liked travelling in many places

62. He didn’t get up until the phone rang because he _______ .

    A. felt very cold outside

    B. wanted to have a rest that day

    C. was going to have a meeting

    D. was waiting for the manager’s call

61. What is mentioned in this article belongs to a study of English________.       

    A. grammar         B. idioms         C. expression            D. communication

D

Thirty years ago I worked in a company. My job was to sell the cars. I was young and strong and I had been to most parts of the world and I spent one fifth of my time in the trains or planes. I liked such a life and sometimes I called myself “traveller ”.

    But one day I got into trouble. It was a cold morning. It blew heavily and the ground was covered with thick snow outside. I was still in bed though it was nine. I finished a long journey the day before and decided to have a good rest. Suddenly the telephone rang and my manager told me to fly to New York to take part in an important meeting. I had to get up and after a quick breakfast I hurried to the airport. The taxi went slowly and I missed the first flight. I had to take the next one. It meant I would wait for nearly five hours in the waiting-room. But five hours later a passenger said the information showed there was a bomb in our plane and the policemen were looking for it. And another five hours passed and most passengers lost their patience before we were allowed to get on the plane. At the entrance each passenger and their baggage had to be examined. A young man who seemed a soldier shouted at the policemen at the entrance, “If I had a gun in my baggage. I would shoot you two hours ago !”

60. In order not to be attacked by its enemy, the animal will _________.        .

A. move backwards slowly              B. turn and run away

C. face the attacker                       D. Both A and C

59. When a cat arches its back high in a rigid curve, it shows that it is_________.   

 A. angry               B. pleased                    C. frightened           D. sad

58.Travelling in a spaceship, man’s body needs _______.

A. no food    B. no drink             C. special exercise D. little exercise

Body language is a very powerful tool of communication, not only between people but in the animal world as well.

In many instances, we produce idioms which are all understandable by borrowing examples from animal communication. For example, we know that a frightened cat will arch（拱起）its back high in rigid curve（拱形）. From this starting-point we might hear the expression, “He gets my back up!” meaning “He makes me angry.”

In the same manner, we know that many animals, if challenged(挑戰(zhàn)) by attackers, will not turn and run away. Instead, they will move backwards slowly to get out of harm’s way, always still facing their attacker. We call this action “backing off” and it can be used just as well with humans as with animals.

In the case of humans, however, the back-off may not be physical but oral, as in using a kinder tone of voice and gentler words instead of fighting against the attackers.

   A. 0.69 mile a second                  B. 2.5 miles a second

   C. 50 miles a minute                  D. 250 miles a minute

57.If a rocket takes anyone out of the gravity of the earth into space, its speed must at least be______.

56.In space things do not fall because of _____ .

A. the force of the push             B. the force of the wind

C. the upward force of air           D. weightlessness