2012年职称英语考试教材新增内容((综合类A级)完整版)

写在最前面的关于30分题+15分1. +表示A级文章；*表示B即文章；其他为C级文章，考哪一级就看哪一级的内容，别的级别的题目完全不用看。

2. 每个级别新增阅读理解2篇完型填空2篇（今年以前完形填空只新增一篇），考试的时候，这两篇阅读理解必考一篇，文章完全一样，但是问题及答案不一定完全一样，所以仅仅记住答案是不可靠的，一定要结合后面的翻译把这篇文章看懂。

那么这里5道题目15分必定能拿到。

然后完型填空，先说今年以前，只新增一篇完型填空，这篇完型填空必考，只是留空的位置不会完全一样，大约有40%左右的留空位置是一样，所以光背答案是没得用的，一定要把文章看熟。

当然今年由于每个级别新增了2篇完型填空，那么考试的时候肯定也是2选1考一篇。

这里15道题15分也很容易能拿到。

3. 词汇有15道题，替换同义词，找本字典翻翻，这15分也不难，至少12分能拿到吧。

其他的题能拿多少分就看各位的英语底子了。

做最坏的打算，剩下的题目还有55分，按瞎蒙25%的概率能拿到13.75分，加上前面的45分大约也有58分左右，所以要完全靠瞎蒙的朋友考试前多扶扶老奶奶过马路，多积累点人品吧。

4. 以上只是投机取巧的方法，各位有时间的话还是花点时间复习下，但是考前一定要把新增的题目掌握好，就算英语底子好的朋友也起码可以节约不少考试时间。

5. 本人职称英语A\B\C级都是这样考过的，每年的规律都是一样的。

从客观角度说，每年的职称英语考试书都不便宜，新增的内容也不多，如果新增的东西里面没有价值，那么那本书还有谁买？那本书可是考试中心出的，阅读理解*第三＋八篇 "Life Form Found" on Saturn's Titan*第四十篇 Teaching Math, Teaching Anxiety完形填空*第十一篇 Climate Change Poses Major Risks for Unprepared Cities*第十二篇 Free Statins With Fast Food Could Neutralize Heart Risk*第三＋八篇 "Life Form Found" on Saturn's TitanScientists say they have discovered hints of alien life1 on the Saturn's moon2. The discovery of a sort of life was announced after researchers at the US space agency,NASA3,analyzed data from spacecraft Cassini4,which pointed to,the existence of methane-based form of life on Saturn's biggest moon.Scientists have reportedly discovered clues showing primitive alien beings are"breathing" inTitan's dense atmosphere filled with hydrogen.They argue that hydrogen gets absorbed before hitting Titan's planet-like surface covered with methane lakes and rivers. This,they say,points to the existence of some"bugs"5 consuming the hydrogen at the surface of the moon less than half the size of the Earth."We suggested hydrogen consumption because it's the obvious gas for life to consume on Titan,similar to the way we consume oxygen on Earth,"says NASA scientist Chris McKay."If these signs do turn out to be a sign of life,it would be doubly exciting because it would represent a second form of life independent from water-based life on Earth."To date,scientists have not yet detected this form of life anywhere,though there are liquid-water-based microorganisms on Earth that grow well on methane or produce it as a waste product. On Titan, where temperatures are around 90 Kelvin6(minus 290 degrees Farenheit),a methanebased organism would have to use a substance that is liquid as its medium for living processes, but not water itself. Water is frozen solid on Titan's surface and much too cold to support life as we know it.Scientists had expected the Sun's interactions with chemicals in the atmosphere to produce a coating of acetylene on Titan's surface. But Cassini detected no acetylene on the surface.The absence of detectable acetylene on the Titan's surface can very well have a non-biological explanation,said Mark Allen,a principal investigator7 of the NASA Titan team."Scientific conservatism suggests that a biological explanation should be the last choice after all non-biological explanations are addressed,"Allen said. "We have a lot of work to do to rule out8 possible non-biological explanations. It is more likely that a chemical process,without biology,can explain these results."词汇：Saturn /'sætən/ n．土星 methane/'mi:θein/ n．甲烷，沼气Titan/'taitən/ n．土卫六 acetylene/ə'setili:n/ n．乙炔alien/'eiljən/ n．外星人；adj．外星球的；相异的conservatism/kən'sʒ:vətizəm/ n．保守主义,守旧注释：1.hints of alien life：外星生命迹象。

【综合类】A级新增篇幅
1. 词汇选项：一共10组词汇，每组15道小题没有新增
2. 阅读判断：A级没有新增
3. 概括大意与完成句子：A级没有新增
4. 阅读理解：A级新增8篇
5. 补全短文：A级没有新增
6. 完形填空：A级新增5篇
（一）阅读理解
1.+第三十四篇：To Have and Have Not逃亡
2.+第三十五篇：Going Her Own Way选择她自己的路
3.+第三十六篇：A Tale of Scottish Rural Life（2011年教材中为B级文章）一个关于苏格兰乡村生活的故事
4.+第三十七篇：Pop Music in Africa非洲的流行音乐
5.+第三十八篇：Why So Many Children为什么有这么多的孩子
6.+第三十九篇：Eat to Live（2011年教材中为B级文章）为了活着吃饭
7.+第四十篇：Narrow Escape（2011年教材中为B级文章）美国疾病预防新政策
8.+第四十七篇：Narrow Escape九死一生
（二）完形填空
1.+第十一篇：School Lunch
2.+第十二篇：A Powerful Influence
3.+第十三篇：The Old Gate
4.+第十四篇：Family History
5.+第十五篇：Helen and Martin
温馨提示：每年教材中新增篇幅的考试几率非常大，是考试复习的重点！。

2012年职称英语综合类教材新增内容：阅读理解篇1第一篇Telling Tales about PeopleOne of the most common types of nonfiction, and one that many people enjoy readin g, is stories about people's lives. These stories fall into three general categories: autobiogr aphy, memoir, and biography.An autobiography is the story of a person's life written by himself or herself. Often i t begins with the person's earliest recollections and ends in the present. Autobiography wri ters may not be entirely objective in the way they present themselves. However, they offe r the reader a good look at the way they are and what makes them that way. People as diverse as Benjarmin Franklin and Helen Keller have written autobiographies. 1Other write rs, such as James Joyce，have written thinly fictionalized accounts of their lives. These ar e not autobiographies，but they are very close to it.Memoirs, strictly speaking, are autobiographical accounts that focus as much on the e vents of the times as on the life of the author. 2Memoir writers typically use these events as backdrops for their lives. They describe them in detail and discuss their importance. R ecently，though，the term memoir seems to be becoming interchangeab1e with autobiograp hy. A memoir nowadays may or may not deal with the outside world.Biographies are factual accounts of someone else's life. In many senses，these may be the hardest of the three types to write. Autobiography writers know the events they writeabout because they lived them. But biography writers have to gather information from as many different sources as possible. Then they have to decide which facts to include. The ir goal is to present a balanced picture of a person，not one that is overly positive or too critical. A fair well-presented biography may take years to research and write.词汇：backdrop /'bæk,drɔp/ n. 背景interchangeable /intə'tʃendʒəbl/ adj. 可转换的注释：1. People as diverse as Benjamin Franklin and Helen Keller have written autobiograp hies. 就像本杰明•富兰克林和海伦•凯勒一样，各种各样的人们已经写了自传。

2012年职称英语（综合类）考试教材新增内容（完整版）1. 词汇选项：没有变动2. 阅读判断：C级新增1篇，B级新增1篇，A级没有新增3. 概括大意与完成句子：C级新增1篇，B、A级没有新增4. 阅读理解：C级新增5篇、B级新增15篇，A级新增8篇5. 补全短文：C级新增2篇、B级新增1篇，A级没有新增6. 完形填空：C级、B级、A级各新增5篇阅读理解（8篇）+第三十四篇To Have and Have Not 逃亡+第三十五篇Going Her Own Way选择她自己的路+第三十六篇 A Tale of scottish Rural Life（2011为B级文章）一个关于苏格兰乡村生活的故事+第三十七篇Pop Music in Africa 非洲的流行音乐+第三十八篇Why So Many Children?为什么有这么多的孩子+第三十九篇Eat To Life（2011为B级文章）为了活着吃饭+第四十篇Narrow Escape （2011为B级文章）美国疾病预防新政策+第四十七篇Narrow Escape九死一生完形填空（5篇）+第十一篇School Lunch+第十二篇 A Powerful Influence+第十三篇The Old Gate+第十四篇Family History+第十五篇Helen and Martin注：1、+表示A级文章；*表示B即文章；其他为C级文章；阅读理解+第三十四篇To Have and Have NotIt had been boring hanging about the hotel all afternoon. The road crew were playing a game with dollar notes. Folding them into small planes to see whose would fly the furthest.1 Having nothing better to do，I joined in and won five，and then took the opportunity to escape with my profit. Despite the evil-looking clouds，I had to get out for a while.I headed for a shop on the other side of the street. Unlike the others，it didn't have a sign shouting its name and business，and instead of the usual impersonal modern lighting，there was an appealing glow inside. Strangely nothing was displayed in the window. Not put off by this，I went inside.It took my breath away. I didn't know where to look, where to start. On one wall there hung three hand-stitched American quilts that were in such wonderful condition they might have been newly-made. I came across tin toys and antique furniture, and on the wall in front of me, a 1957 Stratocaster guitar , also in excellent condition. A card pushed between the strings said $50. I ran my hand along a long shelf of records, reading their titles. And there was more...“Can I help you？”She startled me. I hadn't even seen the woman behind the counter come in. The way she looked at me, so directly and with such power. It was a look of such intensity that for a moment I felt as if I were wrapped in some kind of magnetic or electrical field. I found it hard to take and almost turned away. But though it was uncomfortable. I was fascinated by the experience of her looking straight into me, and by the feeling that I was neither a stranger, nor strange, to her.Besides amusement her expression showed sympathy. It was impossible to tell her age；she reminded me faintly of my grandmother because, although her eyes were friendly, I could see that she was not a woman to fall out with. I spoke at last. 'I was just looking really,' I said, though secretly wondering how much of the stuff I could cram into the bus.The woman turned away and went at once towards a back room, indicating that I should follow her. But it in no way lived up to the first room. The light made me feel peculiar, too. It came from an oil lamp that was hung from the centre of the ceiling and created huge shadows over everything. There were no rare electric guitars, no old necklaces, no hand-painted boxes with delicate flowers. It was also obvious that it must have taken years, decades, to collect so much rubbish, so many old documents arid papers.I noticed some old books, whose gold lettering had faded, making their titles impossible to read. 'They look interesting,' I said, with some hesitation. 'To be able to understand that kind of writing you must first have had a similar experience,' she said clearly. She noted the confused look on my face, but didn't add anything.She reached up for a small book which she handed to me. 'This is the best book I can give you at the moment,' she laughed. “If you u se it.” I opened the book to find it full. or rather empty, with blank white pages, but paid her the few dollars she asked for it, becoming embarrassed when I realised the notes were still folded into little paper planes. I put the book in my pocket, thanked her and left.词汇：impersonal /im'pə:sənəl/ adj. 客观的；非个人的；没有人情味的；[语] 非人称的n.[语]非人称动词；不具人格的事物antique /æn'ti:k/ adj. 古老的，年代久远的n. 古董，古玩startle /'stɑ:tl/ vt. vi. 使吓一跳，使惊奇n.惊愕，惊恐arid / 'ærid/ adj. 干旱的，枯萎的。

2012年职称英语变化二、2012年教材新增文章（一）阅读判断1.第七篇：Moderate Earthquake Strikes England2.*第十一篇：Computer Mouse（二）概括大意与完成句子1.第六篇：How We Form First Impression2.第十篇：Washoe Learned American Sign Language（三）阅读理解1.第一篇：Telling Tales about People2.第八篇：The Changing Middle Class3.第十篇：A Letter from Alan4.第十一篇：The Development of Ballet5.第十六篇：The Sahara 6.*第十七篇：Eiffel Is an Eyeful（2011年教材中为C级文章）7.*第十八篇：Goal of American Education（2011年教材中为C级文章）8.*第十九篇：The Family9.*第二十篇：Tales of the Terrible Past10.*第二十一篇：Spacing in Animals（2011年教材中为C级文章）11.*第二十二篇：Some Things We Know about Language（2011年教材中为C级文章）12.*第二十三篇：The Only Way Is Up（2011年教材中为C级文章）13.*第二十四篇：Clone Farm（2011年教材中为C级文章）14.*第二十五篇：Income（2011年教材中为C级文章）15.*第二十六篇：Seeing the World Centuries Ago16.*第二十七篇：Importance of Services（2011年教材中为C级文章）17.*第二十八篇：The National Park Service（2011年教材中为C级文章）18.*第二十九篇：Find Yourself Packing It On? Blame Friends（2011年教材中为C级文章）19.*第三十篇："Lucky" Lord Lucan - Alive or Dead20.*第三十三篇：Oseola McCarty21.+第三十四篇：To Have and Have Not22.+第三十五篇：Going Her Own Way23.+第三十六篇：A Tale of Scottish Rural Life（2011年教材中为B级文章）24.+第三十七篇：Pop Music in Africa25.+第三十八篇：Why So Many Children26.+第三十九篇：Eat to Live（2011年教材中为B级文章）27.+第四十篇：Narrow Escape（2011年教材中为B级文章）28.+第四十七篇：Narrow Escape（四）补全短文1.第九篇：Heat Is Killer2.*第十一篇：Virtual Driver（五）完形填空1.第一篇：A Life with Birds2.第二篇：S Lucky Break3.第三篇：Global Warming4.第四篇：A Success Story5.第五篇：Traffic in Our Cities6*.第六篇：Teaching and Learning 7.*第七篇：The Difference between Man and Computer8.*第八篇：Look on The Bright Side9.*第九篇：The First Bicycle10.*第十篇：Working Mothers11.+第十一篇：School Lunch12.+第十二篇：A Powerful Influence13.+第十三篇：The Old Gate14.+第十四篇：Family History15.+第十五篇：Helen and Martin温馨提示：每年教材中新增篇幅的考试几率非常大，是考试复习的重点！职称英语2012年考试全解析】一、职称英语考试难度自1996年推出职称英语考试，根据人事考试网提供的数据来看，全国每年的通过率平均在60%左右。

2012年职称英语卫生类教材新增文章篇目2012年职称英语卫生类教材新增文章篇目1阅读理解+第三十四篇Who Want to Live Forever?+第四十篇Some People Do Not Taste Salt Like Others2完形填空第二篇Going on a diet第三十四篇Who Want to Live Forever?If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long ，would you take it?The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date，Scientists have already extended the lives of flies ，worms and mice in laboratories. Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years. This seems a great idea. Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams，spending time withour loved ones，watching our families grow and have families of their own."Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking," says Dr Gregory Stock of the University Of California School Of Public Health. "It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them. They also affect society as a whole. "We have war，poverty，all sorts of issues around，and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer," says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan."The question is 'What will we get as a society? 'I suspect it won't be a better society."It would certainly be a very different society. People are already finding it more difficult to stay married. Divorce rates are rising. What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years? And what would happen to family life if nine or 10communicate with a 125-year-old boss?Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140. It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people，and more on making life comfortable for the old. And society would feel very different if more of its members were older. There would be more wisdom，but less energy. Young people like to move about. Old people like to sit still. Young people tend to act without thinking. Old people tend to think without acting. Young people are curious and like to experience different things. Old people are less enthusiastic about change. In fact ，they are less enthusiastic about everything.The effect of anti-ageing technology is deeper than we might think. But as the science advances，we need to think about these changes now. " If this could ever happen，then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get，" says Daniel Callahan. "We had better notgo anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out."词汇:mice / mais / n. 老鼠(复数)sibling / 'sibli? / n. 兄弟姐妹bioethicist // n. 生物伦理学家注释:1. brothers and sisters born 50 years apart 出生年份相隔50年的兄弟姐妹2. We had better not go anywhere near it 我们最好离它远点，这里的it指代前面讲的anti-ageing technology.练习:1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the things that living longer might enable an individual to do?A．Spending more time with his family. B．Having more education.C．Realizing more dreams.D．Working longer.2. Which of the following is implied in the sixth paragraph?A Marriages in the US today are quite unstable.B More and more people in the US today want to get married.C Living longer would make it easier for people to maintain their marital ties.D If people live longer ，they would stay in marriage longer.3. All of the following are possible effects living longer might have on working life EXCEPTA Communication between employers and employees would be more difficult.B More money would be used by employees in payment of their employees.C The job market would be more competitive.D It would be more difficult for young people to be promoted to top positions.4. An important feature of a society in which people live a long life is thatA．it places more emphasis on educating the young.B．it is both wise and energetic.C． it lacks the curiosity to experiment what is new.D． it welcomes changes.5. Which of the following best describes Callahan 's attitude to anti-ageing technology ? A． Optimistic.B． Pessimistic.C． Reserved.D． Negative.答案与题解：1. B 长寿使个人能做的事主要在第三、四段里讲到，作者没有提到长寿可以让人更多地接受教育。

2012年职称英语考试综合类A 级试题及参考答案第一部分：词汇选项(第1~15题，每题1分，共15分)下面每个句子中均有1个词或者短语有括号，请为每处括号部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

个意义最为接近的选项。

1.He shifted his position a little in order to (alleviate) the pain in his leg.A. controlB. easyC. experienceD. suffer2.Our aim was to (update) the health service, and we succeeded.A. offerB. provideC. modernizeD. fund3.She moves from one (exotic) location to another.A. unusualB. familiarC. similarD. proper4.Nothing would (induce) me to vote for him again.A. teachB. helpC. discourageD. attract5.The photographs (evoked) strong memories of our holiday in France.A. refreshedB. storedC. blockedD. erased6.The weather was (crisp) and clear and you could see the mountains fifty miles away.A. hotB. heavyC. freshD. windy7.Every week the magazine presents the (profile) of a well-known sports personality.A. successB. descriptionC. evidenceD. plan8.Her comments about men are (utterly) ridiculous completely.A. slightlyB. completelyC. partlyD. faintly9.The walls are made of (hollow) concrete blocks.A . big B. empty C. long D. now10.We almost (ran into) a Rolls-Royce that pulled out in front of us without signaling.A. overtookB. hitC. passedD. found11.When I heard the noise in the next room, I couldn 11.When I heard the noise in the next room, I couldn’’t resist having a (peep) look.A. chanceB. visitC. lookD. try12.He has been granted (asylum) in France.A. powerB. reliefC. protectionD. license13.He was (weary) of the constant battle between them.A. fondB. tiredC. proudD. afraid14.Newborn babies can (discriminate) between a man 14.Newborn babies can (discriminate) between a man’’s and a woman s and a woman’’s voice.A. treatB. distinguishC. expressD. analyzes15.All the flats in the building had the same (layout) arrangement.A. colorB. sizeC. functionD. arrangement第二部分：阅读判断(第16~22题，每题1分，共7分)下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断；如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A ；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B ；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C 。

职称英语综合类A级真题答案(完整版)2012年职称英语综合类A级真题答案第1部分：词汇选项(第1~15题，每题1分，共15分) ：本部分为l5个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，要求应试者从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择l个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。

1. He shifted his position a little in order to (alleviate) the pain in his leg. control B. easy C. experience D. suffer2. Our aim was to (update) the health service, and we succeeded. offer B. provide C. modernize D. fund3. She moves from one (exotic) location to another.unusual B. familiar C. similar D. proper4. Nothing would (induce) me to vote for him again.teach B. help C. discourage D. attract5. The photographs (evoked) strong memories of our holiday in France. refreshed B. stored C. blocked D. erased6. The weather was (crisp) and clear and you could see the mountains fifty miles away.hot B. heavy C. fresh D. windy7. Every week the magazine presents the (profile) of a well-known sports personality.success B. description C. evidence D. plan8. Her ments about men are (utterly) ridiculous pletely.slightly B. pletely C. partly D. faintly9. The walls are made of (hollow) concrete blocks.A . big B. empty C. long D. now10. We almost (ran into) a Rolls-Royce that pulled out in front of us without signaling.A. overtookB. hitC. passedD. found11. When I heard the noise in the next room, I couldn’t resist having a (peep) look.chance B. visit C. look D. try12. He has been granted (asylum) in France.A. powerB. reliefC. protectionD. license13. He was (weary) of the constant battle between them.A. fondB. tiredC. proudD. afraid14. Newborn babies can (discriminate) between a man’s anda woman`s voice.A. treatB. distinguishC. expressD. analyzes15. All the flats in the building had the same (layout) arrangement.A. colorB. sizeC. functionD. arrangement答案：alleviate―easeupdate―modernizeexotic―unusualinduce―a ttractevoked―refreshedcrisp―freshprofile―descriptionutterly―pletelyhollow―emptyran into―hitpeep―lookasylum―protectionweary―tireddiscriminate―distinguishlayout―arrangement第2部分：阅读判断(第16~22题，每题1分，共7分)下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断;如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A;如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。

2012年职称英语教材新增内容2012年职称英语教材新增内容：综合类理工类卫生类C级B级A级C级B级A级 C级 B级 A级词汇选项没有新增没有新增没有新增阅读判断1篇1篇0概括大意与完成句子2篇0 0阅读理解5篇5篇5篇2篇2篇2篇 1篇 2篇 2篇补全短文1篇1篇0没有新增没有新增完形填空5篇5篇5篇2篇2篇2篇 1篇 1篇 3篇一、新教材内容变化内容及数量【职称英语三个类别（综合类、理工类、卫生类）】1．职称英语三个类别中的只有综合类阅读判断、概括大意与完成句子、补全短文三个题型的文章篇目发生了改变：阅读判断更新了2篇文章，其中C级别1篇，B级别1篇；概括大意与完成句子更新了2篇，均为C级别文章；补全短文更新了2篇，其中C级别1篇，B级别1篇（较2011年相比）。

2．职称英语三个类别中的阅读理解题型文章均发生了较大变化，其中综合类文章变化最大：综合类更新15篇文章，其中每个级别更新5篇（较2011年相比）；理工类更新6篇文章，其中每个级别更新2篇（较2011年相比）；卫生类更新5篇文章，其中A级别和C级别各更新1篇文章，B级别更新3篇文章，（较2011年相比）。

3．职称英语三个类别中的完型填空文章均有变化，其中综合类文章变化最大：综合类更新15篇，其中每个级别更新5篇（较2011年相比）；理工类更新6篇文章，每个级别更新2篇文章（较2011年相比）；卫生类更新5篇文章，其中B级别和C级别各更新1篇，A级别更新3篇（较2011年相比）。

二、2012年职称英语国家指定教材较2011年职称英语教材变化主要体现在以下4个方面：1. 2012年职称英语教材较2011年教材中的文章的选材更加贴近生活，聚焦社会热点问题。

如：l (1) 综合类：The Family 家庭l (2) 理工类：Making Light of1 Sleep不要太在意睡眠l (3) 卫生类：Eat Healthy健康饮食这些话题都是来自我们平时的生活，另外一些文章是社会聚焦的热点话题和大事件，如：l (4) 综合类：“The Sahara 撒哈拉沙漠”，“Global Warming 全球变暖”，这两篇文章都是聚焦环境问题；l(5) 理工类：“Climate Change Poses Major Risks for Unprepared Cities气候变化给不备城市带来重大风险”这篇文章关注的是气候问题；“‘Liquefaction’ Key to Much of Japanese Earthquake Damage ‘液化’是日本地震破坏的关键”聚焦影响全球的日本地震事件；l (6)卫生类：“Life Expectancy in the Last Hundred Years 上世纪人类平均寿命的变化”2. 去年的新增文章、文章题材较老的文章篇目大多数都被替换掉，三个类别新增文章的大多数篇目都是替换了去年的新增文章篇目。

2012年职称英语综合类A新增文章翻译阅读理解+第三十四篇To Have and Have Not+第三十五篇Going Her Own Way+第三十七篇Pop Music in Africa+第三十八篇Why So Many Children?+第四十七篇Narrow Escape完形填空（15篇）+第十一篇School Lunch+第十二篇 A Powerful Influence+第十三篇The Old Gate+第十四篇Family History+第十五篇Helen and Martin阅读译文综合类A级第三十四篇逃亡在宾馆里闲待一个下午是很无聊的。

巡回乐团道具管理组的成员在用美元玩儿游戏，把纸币折成纸飞机的形状然后看谁飞得最远。

因为没有什么事情可以做，我加入了他们并且赢了五局，之后我找了个机会带着我赢的钱退出了游戏。

尽管天色看起来不是很好，我还是决定出去走一走。

我向前走到了街道另一边的一个小店里。

与其他的小店不同，它没有吸引眼球的名字和主要经营的项目，取而代之的是普通的霓虹灯，里面则是吸引人的强光。

奇怪的是并没有什么影子映射在窗户上。

我并没有因为这个而停住脚步，我走了进去。

我屏住呼吸，不知道看哪里也不知道从哪里开始看。

一面墙上挂着三个手工缝制的美国壁毯，十分美丽，可能是新做的。

我穿过易拉罐和散落的小玩意儿还有古董家具，在我面前的一面墙上挂着一个崭新的1957年的Straocaster吉他。

一张五十美元的卡插在琴弦上。

我的手抚摸着放唱片的架子，读着标题。

这里还有很多的……“我可以帮助你吗?”她吓了我一跳。

我没有看见在柜台后面的女人。

她看我的方式如此居高临下，这一时让我很紧张像是被一种磁场或是电场紧紧包裹住。

很难避开那个眼神。

但是尽管很不舒服，我还是觉得那种被直视的感觉很美妙，那种感觉对我来说不陌生，对她来说也不陌生。

除了愉悦以外她的神情还流露出慈爱和怜悯。

我猜不出她的年龄。

尽管她的眼神充满了友善，她使我想起了我的祖母。