"In China it is relatively usual to ask people their age, but in the West this question is generally regarded as impolite. This is particularly true 56 women, and even more 57 if the inquirer is a man.

　　However, it is very 58 to ask children their age, and some adults may not mind 59 either. In fact, some elderly people are quite happy to 60 their age, especially if they feel they look young 61 their age. Nevertheless, it is not very wise to ask a(n) 62 question like "How old are you?". If elderly people want to talk about--their age, and perhaps receive a compliment on how young they look, they may easily 63 the topic themselves, and ask the other person to 64 how old they are. 65 such a question, it is quite acceptable to discuss age 66 They normally expect to be complimented on their youthfulness, though rather than 67 that they look very old! 68 Westerners do not usually ask people directly how old they are, this does not 69 that they are not interested to know how old other peo-ple are. They may ask someone else 70 the information, 71 they may try to 72 the topic indirectly. Sometimes discussions about educational 73 and the number of years of working experience may provide some 74 , but this is not always the 75

　　56. A. on B. inC. forD. of

　　57. A. such B. that C. than D. so

　　58. A. unusualB. normal C. expected D. average

　　59. A. being askedB. asking C. to ask D. to be asked

　　60. A. release B. reflectC. reveal D. remark

　　61. A. to B. withC. for D. at

　　62. A. open B. strange C. direct D. impolite

　　63. A. bring aboutB. bring to C. bring along D. bring up

　　64. A. guess B. knowC. learn D. predict

　　65. A. ForB. With C. InD. On

　　66. A. freeB. freedom C. freely D. in a free way

　　67. A. being told B. told C. to tellD. to be told

　　68. A. Though even B. Even though C. Even that D. Even

　　69. A. include B. intend C. mean D. conclude

　　70. A. about B. of C. with D. for

　　71. A. rather than B. still else C. so elseD. or else

　　72. A. addressB. solve C. approach D. take

　　73. A. backgroundB. level C. knowledgeD. experience

　　74. A. knowledge B. clues C. evidence D. suggestions

　　75. A. truth B. case C. realityD. fact

　　答案

　　56.A true后跟on，固定用法。

　　57.B从本句的句意可以看出空格处代替上句所说This is particulary true on women.所以选代词that.

　　58.B从前后两个分句可以看出询问年龄是一种正常的行为尤其either一词更能突现出询问年龄的正常性，所以选B.

　　59.A mind后面需跟动名词，但是这个动词是被问，所以用being asked，故选A.

　　60.A release：释放，解放，解释;reflect：指反映;reveal：揭露，泄露，显示;remark：说、评论，所以从词意上得知选A.

　　61.C look这里是系动词，意思是看起来，look young指看起来很年青，相对应他的年龄，所以要选C.

　　62.C A和D明显错，但open不符合题意，下文也出现了direct一词;从本句句意可以看出直接询问所以选C.

　　63.A bring about：导致，带来，造成;bring to带去;bring up教育，培养;bring along带来;从句意上可以明显得出答案A.

　　64.A C和D明显不符合题意，从句意上ask指要求某人做某事，所以B是不符合的，只有选A，要别人猜测年龄。

　　65.C on指关于的意思，for指“为”的意思，with带着的意思从上下文可以看出文中一地直在讲这个问题，在这个问题里所以选C.

　　66.C 本句缺少副词，由此可以排除B和D，free强调自由性，freely指自由的，毫无拘束的，所以选C.

　　67.D从前后成份并列性，前面指expect to be compli-mented mther than指并列，所以后跟to be told.

　　68.B A明显错，上下文可以看出是一种递进关系，所以明显看出选B.

　　69.C 与前句可以得出西方人通常不直接问年龄，后面是否定，所以选C.

　　70.D关于这个信息，A和B明显错，C也不对，不符合题意。for，对于这个问题是为了……所以选D符合题意。

　　71.D前句有“else”一词，后面句子指两种选择的情况所以选D.

　　72.C address跟……说话的意思;solve解决的意思;approach：走进，接近;take：带来，承担的意思，从这几个词的词意上看只有C符合题意。

　　73.A从平常的固定搭配说法，指教育的背景，经历所以选A.

　　74.B由provide的意思是提供，与此搭配只有B和C，A与D明显错，但provide evidence不符合题意所以选B.

　　75.B A与C的意思相近，不选都不选;case指一种情况，一种事实，所以选B而不选D.