Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things. Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive―but seeing is active. Once you start seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and draw conclusions from what they see, can add to man’s knowledge and help progress.

Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than any where else in England. He “saw” a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different color; they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that these pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient people who had melted rocks to get metals. Looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at that place over tens of centuries was known.

65. In the first sentence of this passage, “his waking life” means _______.

   A. the time when he is waking up   B. all the time he is awake

   C. all the time he is alive                D. all the time he is breathing

66. For the writer “seeing” means ______.

A.      noticing things which need explaining   B. doing something natural

C. looking at things                                   D. doing something without noticing it

67. The man found a place where ______.

         A. men are starting to work metal   

    B. men built walls of metal

    C.  men had melted metals tens of centuries before

        D.   men first learned to make fire with stones

68. The man found out that _______.

A.      metal was melted in the Forest of Dean longer than at any other place in England

B.      metal was used in England before any other part of the world

C.      in England men made things of metal before they learnt how to make them of stone

D.     people in the Forest of Dean have always worked harder than people in any other part of England

　　Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things. Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive but seeing is active. Once you start seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and draw conclusions from what they have seen, can add to man's knowledge and help progress.

　　Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than anywhere else in England. He “saw” a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different color; they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that these pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient （古代的）peoples who had melted（熔解）rocks to get metals, looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at the place over tens of centuries was known.

(1) “His waking life” means _______.

[　　]

A．all his life

B．all the time he is awake

C．all the time he is breathing

D．the time when he is waking up

(2) The man found a place where ________.

[　　]

A．men had built some walls of metal tens of centuries before

B．men had learned to make fire with stones in ancient time

C．men had melted metal many years ago

D．men were starting to work metal a thousand years ago

(3) The man who “saw” the wall got more and more information _____.

[　　]

A．from a history book

B．from the unusual stones of that place

C．from the usual metals of that place

D．from thousands of people who had looked at it

(4) According to the passage, which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．In England men had made things of metal before they learned how to make them of stone.

B．Metal was melted in the Forest of Dean longer than at any other place in England.

C．Metal was used in England before any other part of the world.

D．The people in the Forest of Dean were the cleverest people in the world.

　　Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life looking at things. Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it without noticing it. Looking is passive but seeing is active. Once you start seeing things you really begin to wake up. People who see things which others have only looked at, and draw conclusions from what they have seen, can add to man's knowledge and help progress.

　　Someone recently discovered a place where metal had been worked continuously longer than anywhere else in England. He “saw” a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place were bits and pieces of a different color; they also felt different to the hand. A closer sight showed that these pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient （古代的）peoples who had melted（熔解）rocks to get metals, looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at the place over tens of centuries was known.

(1) “His waking life” means _______.

[　　]

A．all his life

B．all the time he is awake

C．all the time he is breathing

D．the time when he is waking up

(2) The man found a place where ________.

[　　]

A．men had built some walls of metal tens of centuries before

B．men had learned to make fire with stones in ancient time

C．men had melted metal many years ago

D．men were starting to work metal a thousand years ago

(3) The man who “saw” the wall got more and more information _____.

[　　]

A．from a history book

B．from the unusual stones of that place

C．from the usual metals of that place

D．from thousands of people who had looked at it

(4) According to the passage, which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．In England men had made things of metal before they learned how to make them of stone.

B．Metal was melted in the Forest of Dean longer than at any other place in England.

C．Metal was used in England before any other part of the world.

D．The people in the Forest of Dean were the cleverest people in the world.