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1D) to keep a distance from other passengers3. By “a dimming of the lights“ (Line 13,Para.1 )Erving Goffman means___.A) closing one's eyesB) turning off the lightsC) ceasing to glance at othersD) reducing gaze-time to the minimum4. If one is looked at by a stranger for too long, he tends to feel___.A) depressedB) uneasyC) curiousD) amused5. The passage mainly discusses___.A) the limitations of eye contactB) the exchange of ideas through eye contactC) proper behavior in situationsD) the role of eye contact in interpersonal communication.Passage 2Geraldo Rivera is well known for his compassionate investigative reports on WABC-TV Eyewitness News. He has done exposes（揭露性报道） of New York City’s welfare hotels, the over-pricing of prescription drugs, and drug abuse. In 1971, he received the Associated Press Broadcaster of the Year award for the program Drug Crisis in East Harlem. He received the award again in 1972 for the program Migrants, Dirt Cheap.His most famous expose however was done on the horrible conditions at Staten Island’s Willowbrook State School. It is the world’s largest institution for the mentally disabled. His investigation began when he and his camera crew gained access to one of the buildings. Geraldo’s emotionally charged reports exposed the unsanitary（不卫生的） conditions and neglectful, often abusive, treatment of the patients. He cried over what he discovered, and he made his viewers cry, too. The programs created a public plea for reform, and changes 2were made. Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York restored $20 million to the school’s slashed budget. The programs—Willow brook earned him the Scripps-Howard Award, an Emmy（埃米金像奖） , and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.Geraldo Rivera has continued working for the mentally disabled. He founded One-to-One, a charity （慈善机构） that provides small group homes for the care of the mentally disabled in the community. He hosts huge outdoor festivals for the mentally disabled in New York City’s Central Park. He also wrote a book about some of the courageous people he has met as an investigative journalist. It is called A Special Kind of Courage. As he himself says,“ I make no pretense（矫饰） of objectivity. But I’m not just in the business of making people cry. I’m in the business of change.” 6. Geraldo Rivera is working as a(n)______.A. news reporter for a newspaper in New YorkB. investigative reporter for a special TV programC. investigative officer of the New York governmentD. philanthropist(慈善家) for the welfare of the mentally disabled7. How many awards did Rivera receive for his work?A. TwoB. ThreeC. FourD. Five8. Rivera’s investigation and expose on the conditions at Willowbrook State School led to _____.A. the public concern and request for changesB. the improvement of the conditions thereC. a considerable increase in the school’s budgetD. all of the above9. The term “One-to-One” in the 3rd paragraph refers to ______.A. an organization in the community that helps take better care of the mentally disabledB. a device that helps mentally disabled behave themselves3C. an organization that provides homes for the mentally disabledD. a hospital that helps cure the mentally disabled10. The author suggests in this passage that_____.A. Rivera has always been objective in reporting what he findsB. Rivera never tries to conceal his own compassion in his reportingC. Rivera has changed people’s views on the disabledD. Rivera’s work and efforts have greatly improved the conditions of the disabled in New York. Passage 3In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. This is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters (年轻人) who have never been close by during the birth of a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member.Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we transfer them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally ill patients-even when those patients are their parents. This deprives (剥夺) the dying patient of significant family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed approximately 500 terminally iii patients in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome.It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients' communications in order to truly understand their needs, fears, and fantasies (幻想). Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their tremendous need to be informed, to be kept up-to-date o。