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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Sixteen years ago, Eileen Doyle’s husband, an engineer, took his four children up for an early morning cup of tea, packed a small ca and was never en or heard of again. Eileen was astonished and in a state of despair. They had been a happy family and, as far as she knew, there had been nothing wrong with their marriage.
Every day of the year a small group of men and women quietly pack a few belongings and without so much as a note or a good—bye clo the front door for the last time, leaving their debts, their worries and their confud families behind them.
Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearly as many women were reported missing from ho
me—the highest in 15 years. Many did return home within a year, but others rejected the past completely and are now living a new life somewhere under a different identity.
To tho left behind this form of dertion is a terrible blow to their pride and lf- confidence. Even the finality of death might be preferable. At least it does not imply rejection or failure. Wor than that, people can be left with an unfinished marriage, not knowing whether they will have to wait ven years before they are free to start a fresh life.
Clinical psychologist Paul Brown believes most departures of this kind to be well planned rather than impulsive(冲动). “It’s typical of the kind of personality which ems able to ignore other people’s pain and difficulties. Running away, like killing yourlf, is a highly aggressive act. By creating an abnce the people left behind feel guilty, upt and empty.”
56．When her husband left home, Eileen Doyle ______________.
A．could not forgive him for taking the children
B．had been expecting it to happen for some time
C．could not understand why
D．blamed herlf for what had happened
57．Most people who leave their families behind them_______.
A．do so without warning B．do so becau of their debts
C．come back immediately D．change their names
58．Some people would even prefer the death to the running away of their spou becau .
A．their spou would feel no pain during the death
B．their spou death would not be a bit terrible
C．a dertion would not bring a feeling of rejection or failure
D．their spou’s death would make them feel less painful
59．Usually the man or woman left behind with an unfinished marriage __________.
A．admits responsibility for the situation
B．wishes the person who has left were dead
C．will come back within a year
D．will have no legal marriage life for ven years
60．Paul Brown regards leaving home in such circumstances as _____________.
A．an act of despair B．an act of lfishness
C．the result of a sudden decision D．the result of the enormous n of guilt
B
Are you a team person? Are you at your best as part of a small, tightly united group of dedicated workers? If so, the future may hold more for you than you think.
High technology, some predicted, would make team work a thing of the past. That’s happening in tho areas of business and data processing where one person and a computer can replace a team of workers.
But, elwhere, teamwork is very much alive. High technology has led to a new type of teamwork in a number of fields, including advertising, scientific rearch, engineering design, architecture and ocean exploration. Through computer networking, scientists, engineers and technicians at different locations – often thousands of miles apart – can work on the same project at once. They can exchange ideas, try out different designs and test their results.
Examples? An engineering team can now design and try out a robot system, a new manufacturing process, or an entire factory before it is built. An architectural team can do the same with a building or a bridge. A medical team can simulate (模拟) a dangerous op
eration before performing it on a patient.
Of cour, computer – assisted team effort doesn’t end with investigation and simulation. It now usually continues into actual design, manufacturing and testing. “Computer – aide design (CAD) and computer – aided manufacture (CAM) are breaking down barriers between traditional design and manufacturing functions,” explains Dr. Prakash Rao, an engineering manager at General Electric. “Interdisciplinary (跨学科的) teams and engineers follow a product from concept to production. Everything is interconnected like a network.”
