在职艺术硕士(MFA)全国联考英文阅读理解-试卷8

在职艺术硕士（MFA）全国联考英文阅读理解-试卷1(总分：40.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、英文阅读理解题(总题数：4，分数：40.00)It is easier to negotiate initial salary requirement because once you are inside, the organizational constraints (约束) influence wage increases. One thing, however, is certain: your chances of getting the raise you feel you deserve are less if you don"t at least ask for it. Men tend to ask for more, and they get more, and this holds true with other resources, not just pay increases. Consider Beth"s story: I did not get what I wanted when I did not ask for it. We had cubicle (小隔间) offices and window offices. I sat in the cubicles with several male colleagues. One by one they were moved into window offices, while I remained in the cubicles. Several males who were hired after me also went to offices. One in particular told me he was next in line for an office and that it had been part of his negotiations for the job. I guess they thought me content to stay in the cubicles since I did not voice my opinion either way. It would be nice if we all received automatic pay increases equal to our merit, but "nice" isn"t a quality attributed to most organizations. If you feel you deserve a significant raise in pay, you"ll probably have to ask for it. Performance is your best bargaining chip (筹码) when you are seeking a raise. You must be able to demonstrate that you deserve a raise. Timing is also a good bargaining chip. If you can give your boss something he or she needs (a new client or a sizable contract, for example) just before merit pay decisions are being made, you are more likely to get the raise you want. Use information as a bargaining chip too. Find out what you are worth on the open market. What will someone else pay for your services? Go into the negotiations prepared to place your chips on the table at the appropriate time and prepared to use communication style to guide the direction of the interaction. (345 words)（分数：10.00）(1).According to the passage, before taking a job, a person should______.（分数：2.00）A.demonstrate his capabilityB.give his boss a good impressionC.ask for as much money as he canD.ask for the salary he hopes to get √解析：解析：本题属于简单推理题。

在职艺术硕士（MFA）全国联考英文阅读理解-试卷11(总分：50.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、英文阅读理解题(总题数：5，分数：50.00)What you give your relatives, friends, husband, or wife can help you know yourself better. Also, what they give you can tell you something about their personality. Most gift-giving(and getting)shows nothing more than the spirit of love and friendship. But it is possible to form some associations between the kinds of things bought and the people buy them. Here is a guide to give what and why. The clothes you wear tell something about your personality. They tell the world not only how you want to be seen but how you see yourself as well. When someone gives you something to wear that agrees with your self-image, they"re saying, "I agree with you. I like the way you are. " Such a gift should be taken as a form of compliment. On the other hand, a gift of clothing that doesn"t match your personality could be an insult to your character. Making something by hand has become the exception in many countries today—so much so that giving a homemade gift is sometimes considered unusual. If you receive a homemade gift, you are lucky. It may not be made perfectly, but it will show a certain quality of love. People who give homemade gifts may be said to be very generous. They have given time and emotion, two important characteristics of being creative. A person who thinks of food when thinking of a gift is good example of what human warmth means. Whether you give a box of chocolates, a bag of oranges, or a ball of cheese, all carry the same message of comfort and support. People who give books as gifts either like reading or would like everyone to think they do. If you happen to receive a large, heavy book, its giver may be much more interested in the way things appear than in the way they actually are. Of course, reading is a way of feeling the emotions of another person and of learning new things. Giving a book can be a way of sharing a feeling or a newly learned meaning. The giver is probably trying to say to you what the book said to him.（分数：10.00）(1).The first paragraph is written mainly to tell readers that______.（分数：2.00）A.the gifts you give can help you understand yourself betterB.the gifts you receive are helpful for you to know the personality of those who give themC.gifts can show friendship and loveD.there is a certain relationship between the kinds of gifts and the people who give them √解析：解析：这是一道段落大意题。

在职艺术硕士（MFA）全国联考英文阅读理解历年真题试卷汇编3(题后含答案及解析)全部题型 3. 英文阅读理解题英文阅读理解题To the people of ancient Egypt, life on earth was short. Life after death, however, was eternal. Therefore they built their tombs of stone and they took their possessions with them into another world. The more important the people, the greater the tomb. The Pharaohs were the rulers of the country and when they died they became gods. Many of their tombs remain, and some have become a wonder of the world. These are the pyramids. The purpose of these stone mountains was to protect the burial chamber from the weather and from thieves who might try to steal the gold, jewels and precious possessions placed there to accompany the dead ruler into eternal life. Their shape, with four triangular sides spreading from a single point, represented the rays of the sun. Their position on the west bank of the River Nile was where the sun set every day and where they believed it began its journey into the other world. All the burial grounds in ancient Egypt were on the west bank of the river.1．Why did the people of ancient Egypt build their tombs of stone?A．Because they thought life on the earth was short, but life after death was eternal.B．Because they wanted to bring all their possessions into another world.C．Because they wanted to protect their possessions into another world.D．All of the above.正确答案：D解析：这是一道细节题，要求考生回答古埃及人建石墓的原因。

在职艺术硕士（MFA）全国联考英文阅读理解模拟试卷1(题后含答案及解析)全部题型 3. 英文阅读理解题英文阅读理解题Believe it or not, optical illusion (错觉) can cut highway crashes. Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, called chevrons (人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down. Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japan’s success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes. Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards are the greatest—curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges. Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars. Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents. (227 words)1．The passage mainly discusses______.A．a new way of highway speed controlB．a new pattern for painting highwaysC．a new approach to training driversD．a new type of optical illusion正确答案：A解析：本题属于主旨大意题。

在职艺术硕士（MFA）全国联考英文阅读理解模拟试卷8(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet (芭蕾舞). Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in all, however, children’s leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25 %. “Children are affected by the same time crunch (危机) that affects their parents,” says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of children’s timetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male breadwinner”households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers. ) All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself,”says T. Berry Brazel-ton, professor at Harvard Medical School. Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids aged 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it. The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time”watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard as good news. If they’re spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren’t replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Let’s face it, who’s got the time? (310 words)16．By mentioning “the same time crunch” (Line 1, Para. 2) Sandra Hofferth meansA．children have little time to play with thei * parentsB．children are not taken good care of by their working parentsC．both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure timeD．both parents and children have trouble managing their time正确答案：C解析：本题属于词义理解题。

在职艺术硕士（MFA）全国联考英文阅读理解历年真题试卷汇编8(总分30, 做题时间90分钟)3. 英文阅读理解题Researchers have shown that noise can adversely affect human in both physiological and psychological ways. Hearing losses in particular occupations such as shipbuilding and construction work are well-known. In fact, however, we all find hearing more difficult as we age. Young ears can distinguish a wide range of sounds from low to very high frequencies, while older ears lose the ability to distinguish high-pitched sounds. A comparison of people living in some industrialized and non-industrialized areas suggests that this hearing loss may not necessarily accompany old age. Furthermore, a closer inspection of other data reveals economic effects. For instance, an increased turnover in property has been observed in noisy areas near airports. Job performance can be adversely affected by loud noise, especially if accuracy and mental effort are involved. The use of outdoor areas for conversation is not possible for an estimated 5 to 10 million people who live or work in urban areas. When interference with television or speech or sleep is included, as many as 22 to 24 million people can be said to have lost part of the use of their homes and grounds because of noise. Thus noise pollution is a serious environmental concern. The indifferentattitude toward noise should be **e; considerable efforts should be made to alert people to the grave effects that may stem from an excessively noisy environment.SSS_SINGLE_SEL1.We can learn from this passage that______.A young people are sensitive to high-pitched soundsB young people distinguish low frequency noise better than old peopleC high frequency noise can cause hearing loss in old peopleD people in industrialized areas will suffer hearing loss when they are old该问题分值: 2答案:A解析：这是一道细节题，可定位在本文第1段“Young ears can distinguish a widerange of sounds from low to very high frequencies，while older ears lose the ability to distinguish high—pitched sounds．”说明年轻人比老年人更能分辨高频声音，选项A是其同义表达。

在职艺术硕士（MFA）全国联考英文阅读理解历年真题试卷汇编4(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Wal-Mart’s achievement caps a bigger economic shift—from producing goods to providing services. Manufacturing’s share of U. S. employment peaked in 1953, at 35%. It has been declining steadily since. In the decade that will end in 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics figures that goods-producing industries will create 1. 3 million new jobs, compared to 20 million for service industries. To look at it another way, today there are about four times as many people working in service jobs as in other kinds of jobs. And even within manufacturing, services are an increasingly large share of operations. As America got richer, consumption got more complicated. With more income to throw around, people started spending more on services—movies and travel, mortgages to buy houses, insurance to protect those houses, the occasional weekends at a luxury hotel; Fortune calls this a shift in the demand pattern. Over the few years, only three of the ten fastest-growing occupations(software engineers, nurses, and computer support)pay middle-class salaries. The rest could be called Wal-Mart kinds of jobs—cashiers, retail assistants, food service, and so on. In short, the service economy is delivering more good jobs than ever before.11．In 1993, Wal-Mart could have a sales volume of two billion dollars in______.A．one weekB．two weeksC．one dayD．two days正确答案：B解析：这是一道细节推断题。

在职艺术硕士（MFA）全国联考英文阅读理解历年真题试卷汇编1(总分：30.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、英文阅读理解题(总题数：3，分数：30.00)Oscar Night Oscar Night is one of the most awaited events in the entire entertainment industry of the world. The award ceremony has become an inseparable component of the life of all the people associated with Hollywood. One cannot simply escape the charm of this wonderful night. The scheduled time of the glitzy evening of Academy Award is usually late February or early March. It is time when the awards are presented for the year-best achievements in the Motion Picture Industry. The Oscar statuette, presented during the Awards night, is regarded to be the most prestigious honor for Hollywood artists. Oscar ceremony was started with the intention of acknowledging the excellence in Hollywood. It was also an approach, made a long time back, to encourage the spirit of the people connected with the Motion picture industry. The various categories of award try to honor people involved in all the facets of film-making. Academy Awards Night comprises of that point of time when the talented artists of the film fraternity get the apt recognition. It is the best way of honoring the efforts and dedication that go into the making of a movie. Oscars are organized in a grand manner, with an alluring appeal. This mega event takes place at the Kodak Theatre, in Los Angles, annually. Oscar Night is the much-awaited moment, when all the stars of Hollywood gather at a single venue. The Red Carpet is rolled out for the dignitaries of the function. The air is filled with the gusto and zeal of the celebrities, who are invited to witness this ceremony. The atmosphere of Oscar Night is ruled by an element of surprise. It is the night when the mystery unfolds with each passing moment, with the announcement of winners in various categories.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the author, ______.（分数：2.00）A.The award ceremony is an inseparable part of the life of all those who are related to Hollywood √B.The award ceremony is an inseparable part of the life of all the people who are associated with Los AngelesC.The award ceremony is an inseparable part of the life of all those who are living in HollywoodD.The award ceremony is an inseparable part of the life of all the people who are working in film industry解析：解析：这是一道细节题，考查考生对第一段第二句话“The award ceremony has be—come an inseparable component of the life of all the people associated with Hollywood．”的理解。

在职艺术硕士（MFA）全国联考英文阅读理解历年真题试卷汇编1(题后含答案及解析)全部题型 3. 英文阅读理解题英文阅读理解题People born in autumn live longer than those born in spring and are less likely to fall chronically ill when they are older, according to an Austrian scientist. Using census(人口普查)data for more than one million people in Austrian, Denmark and Australia, scientists at the Max Plank Institute for Demographic(人口统计的)Research found the month of birth was related to life expectancy over the age of 50. Seasonal differences in what mothers ate during pregnancy, and infections occurring at different times of the year could both have an impact on the health of a new-born baby and could influence its life expectancy in old age. “A mother giving birth in spring spends the last stage of her pregnancy in winter, when she will eat fewer vitamins than in summer,”said one of the scientists. “When she stops breast-feeding and starts giving her baby normal food, it’s in the hot weeks of summer when babies are inclined to infections of the digestive system. “In Austria, adults born in autumn lived about seven months longer than those born in spring, and in Denmark adults with birthdays in autumn outlived those born in spring by about four months. In the southern hemisphere, the picture is similar. Adults born in the Australian autumn lived about four months longer than those born in the Australian spring. The study focused on people born at the beginning of the 20th century, using death certificates and census data. Although nutrition at all times of the year has improved since then, the seasonal pattern persists.1．People born in autumn live longer than those born in spring because______.A．a baby born in autumn is never subject to any infectionsB．a baby born in spring receives no protection from infectionsC．a mother giving birth in spring has less nutrition during her pregnancyD．a mother giving birth in autumn eats more vitamins during the last stage of her pregnancy正确答案：D解析：这是一道细节题，要求回答秋季出生的人比春季出生的人长寿的原因。

在职艺术硕士（MFA）全国联考英文阅读理解模拟试卷18(题后含答案及解析)全部题型 3. 英文阅读理解题英文阅读理解题According to a survey, which was based on the responses of over 188,000 students, today’s traditional-age college freshmen are “more materialistic and less altruistic (利他主义的)”than at any time in the 17 years of the poll. Not surprising in these hard times, the student’s major objective “is to be financially well off. Less important than ever is developing a meaningful philosophy of life. “It follows then that today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting. Interest in teaching, social service and the “altruistic”fields is at a low. On the other hand, enrollment in business programs, engineering and computer science is way up. That’s no surprise either. A friend of mine (a sales representative for a chemical company) was making twice the salary of her college instructors her first year on the job—even before she completed her two-year associate degree. While it’s true that we all need a career, it is equally true that our civilization has accumulated an incredible amount of knowledge in fields far removed from our own and that we are better for our understanding of these other contributions—be they scientific or artistic. It is equally true that, in studying the diverse wisdom of others, we learn how to think. More important, perhaps, education teaches us to see the connections between things, as well as to see beyond our immediate needs. Weekly we read of unions who went on strike for higher wages, only to drive their employer out of business. No company; no job. How shortsighted in the long run! But the most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated wisdom of the ages, we improve our moral sense. I saw a cartoon recently which shows a group of businessmen looking puzzled as they sit around a conference table；one of them is talking on the intercom (对讲机): “Miss Baxter,” he says, “could you please send in someone who can distinguish right from wrong?”From the long-term point of view, that’s what education really ought to be about. (353 words)1．According to the author’s observation, college students______.A．have never been so materialistic as todayB．have never been so interested in the artsC．have never been so financially well off as todayD．have never attached so much importance to moral sense正确答案：A 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解2．The students’criteria for selecting majors today have much to do with______.A．the influences of their instructorsB．the financial goals they seek in lifeC．their own interpretations of the coursesD．their understanding of the contributions of others正确答案：B 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解3．By saying “While it’s true that…be they scientific or artistic” (Lines 1 —4, Para. 5), the author means that______.A．business management should be included in educational programsB．human wisdom has accumulated at an extraordinarily high speedC．human intellectual development has reached new heightsD．the importance of a broad education should not be overlooked正确答案：D 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解4．Studying the diverse wisdom of others can______.A．create varying artistic interestsB．help people see things in their right perspectivesC．help improve connections among peopleD．regulate the behavior of modern people正确答案：B 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解5．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A．Businessmen absorbed in their career are narrow-minded.B．Managers often find it hard to tell, right from wrong.C．People engaged in technical jobs lead a more rewarding life,D．Career seekers should not focus on immediate interests only.正确答案：D 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解Nearly all “speed reading” courses have a “pacing” element—some timing device which lets the student know how many words a minute he is reading. You can do this simply by looking at your watch every 5 or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached. Check the average number of words per page for the particular book you are reading. How do you know when 5 minutes has passed on your watch if you are busy reading the book? Well, this is difficult at first. A friend can help by timing you over a set period, or you can read within hearing distance of apublic clock which strikes the quarter hours. Pace yourself every three or four days, always with the same kind of easy, general interest books. You should soon notice your accustomed w.p.m. rate creeping up. Obviously there is little point in increasing your w.p.m. rate if you do not understand what you are reading. When you are consciously trying to increase your reading speed, stop after every chapter (if you are reading a novel) or every section or group of ten or twelve pages (if it is a textbook) and ask yourself a few questions about what you have been reading. If you find you have lost the thread of the story, or you cannot remember clearly the details of what was said, reread the section or chapter. You can also try “lightning speed”exercise from time to time. Take four or five pages of the general interest book you happen to be reading and read them as fast as you possibly can. Do not bother about whether you understand or not. Now go back and read them at what you feel to be your “normal” w.p.m. rate, the rate at which you can comfortably understand. After a lightning speed reading through you will usually find that your “normal” speed has increased—perhaps by as much as 50-100 w.p.m. This is the technique sportsmen use when they usually run further in training than they will have to on the day of the big race. (341 words)6．According to the passage, a “pacing” device______.A．is used to time student’s reading speedB．is not used in most speed reading coursesC．is used as an aid to vocabulary learningD．should be used whenever we read alone正确答案：A 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解7．In speed reading, looking at your watch every 5 or 10 minutes______.A．avoids the need for reading fasterB．is not the same as pacingC．may seem unworkable at firstD．helps you to remember your page number正确答案：C 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解8．When you are reading a novel, you should check your understanding of the content after______.A．every chapterB．every sectionC．every four or five pagesD．every ten or twelve pages正确答案：A 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解9．The purpose of the “lightning speed” exercise is to______.A．increase your speed by scanning the text firstB．test your maximum reading speedC．help you understand more of the content of the bookD．enable you to win reading races against your friends正确答案：A 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解10．The best title for this passage would be______.A．Hints for Successful ReadingB．Hints for Speed ReadingC．Effective ReadingD．Lightning Speed Exercises正确答案：B 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解For centuries, explorers have risked their lives venturing into the unknown for reasons that were to varying degrees economic and nationalistic. Columbus went west to look for better trade routes to the Orient and to promote the greater glory of Spain. Lewis and Clark journeyed into the American wilderness to find out what the U.S. had acquired when it purchased Louisiana, and the Apollo astronauts rocketed to the moon in a dramatic show of technological muscle during the cold war. Although their missions blended commercial and political-military imperatives, the explorers involved all accomplished some significant science simply by going where no scientists had gone before. Today Mars looms (隐约出现) as humanity’s next great terra incognita (未探明之地). And with doubtful prospects for a short-term financial return, with the cold war a rapidly fading memory and amid a growing emphasis on international cooperation in large space ventures, it is clear that imperatives other than profits or nationalism will have to compel human beings to leave their tracks on the planet’s reddish surface. Could it be that science, which has long played a minor role in exploration, is at last destined to take a leading role? The question naturally invites a couple of others: Are there experiments that only humans could do on Mars? Could those experiments provide insights profound enough to justify the expense of sending people across interplanetary space? With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been. The issue of whether life ever existed on the planet, and whether it persists to this day, has been highlighted by mounting evidence that the Red Planet once had abundant stable, liquid water and by the continuing controversy over suggestions that bacterial fossils rode to Earth on a meteorite (陨石) from Mars. A more conclusive answer about life on Mars, past or present, would give researchers invaluable data about the range of conditions under which a planet can generate the complex chemistry that leads to life. If it could be established that life arose independently on Mars and Earth, the finding would provide the first concrete clues in one of the deepest mysteries in all of science; the prevalence of life in the universe. (362 words)11．According to the passage, the chief purpose of explorers in going to unknown places in the past was______.A．to display their country’s military mightB．to accomplish some significant scienceC．to find new areas for colonizationD．to pursue commercial and state interests正确答案：D 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解12．At present, a probable inducement for countries to initiate large-scale space ventures is______.A．international cooperationB．scientific researchC．nationalistic reasonsD．long-term profits正确答案：B 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解13．What is the main goal of sending human missions to Mars?A．To find out if life ever existed there.B．To see if humans could survive there.C．To prove the feasibility of large-scale space ventures.D．To show the leading role of science in space exploration.正确答案：A 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解14．By saying “With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been” (Line 1, Para. 4), the author means that______.A．with Mars the risks involved are much greater than any previous space venturesB．in the case of Mars, the rewards of scientific exploration can be very highC．in the case of Mars, much more research funds are needed than ever before D．with Mars, scientists argue, the fundamental interests of science are at issue 正确答案：B 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解15．The passage tells us that proof of life on Mars would______.A．make clear the complex chemistry in the development of lifeB．confirm the suggestion that bacterial fossils traveled to Earth on a meteorite C．reveal the kind of conditions under which life originatesD．provide an explanation why life is common in the universe正确答案：C 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解You must have been troubled by when to say “I love you” because it is one of the greatest puzzles in our life. What if you say it first and your partner doesn’t love you back? Or if they do say it, but you don’t feel they mean it? Being the first to declare your love can be ever racking (紧张) and risky and can leave you feeling as vulnerable as a turtle (海龟) with no shell. But is the person who says it first really in a position of weakness? Doesn’t it pay to hold back, play it cool and wait until the other half has shown their hand first? “A really good relationship should be about being fair and being equal,”says psychologist Sidney Crown. “But love is seldom equal. “ All relationships go through power struggles but, he says, if a love imbalance continues for years, the rot will set in. “That feeling of ‘I’ve always loved you more’may be subverted (颠覆，破坏) for a time, but it never goes away completely and it often emerges in squabbling (大声争吵). “In love, at least, the silent, withholding type is not always the most powerful. “The strongest one in a relationship is often the person who feels confident enough to talk about their feelings,”says educational psychologist Ingrid Collins. Psychosexual therapist Paula Hall agrees. “The one with the upper hand is often the person who takes the initiative. In fact, the person who says ‘I love you’ first may also be the one who says ‘I’m bored with you’ first. “ Hall believes that much depends on how “I love you”is said and the motivation of the person saying it. “Is it said when they’re drunk? Is it said before their partner files off on holiday, and what it really means is ‘Please don’t be unfaithful to me’? By saying ‘I love you’, they are really saying ‘Do you love me?’ If so, wouldn’t it just be more honest to say that?” Collins agrees that intention is everything. “It’s not what is said, but how it’s said What it comes down to is the sincerity of the speaker. “ (354 words) 16．What is the main idea of this passage?A．The importance of “I love you”.B．The meaning of “I love you”.C．The time of saying “I love you”.D．The place of saying “I love you”.正确答案：C 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解17．In the first sentence the author means that______.A．it is easy to say “I love you”B．it is hard to say “I love you”C．we have many troubles in our lifeD．people usually do not know when to say “I love you”正确答案：D 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解18．According to the expert, a good relationship should be______.A．fair and equalB．fair and kindC．powerful and equalD．confident and fair正确答案：A 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解19．In the third paragraph, the phrase “with the upper hand” means______.A．being low in spiritB．having only one handC．being activeD．being passive正确答案：C 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解20．What is the most important for you to consider when somebody say “I love you” to you?A．The intention.B．The place.C．The time.D．The determination.正确答案：A 涉及知识点：英文阅读理解。