C

The homeless dog, known as Xiao Sa, has been following a team of cyclists for 24 days along 1,833 kilometers of highway from Kangding, Sichuan province, to Lhasa in Tibet.

Nobody knows where the white dog came from or how long she has been straying on highway G318. Netizens call her the "dog with determination" and the micro blog "Go Go Xiao Sa" recording her life has attracted more than 37,000 followers in two weeks.

A picture of Xiao Sa in the arms of a young man in front of the Potala Palace on Thursday night drew more than 4,000 comments congratulating the small dog and expressing dreams of going to Lhasa.

The young man in the picture is Zhang Heng, 22, a student in Wuhan, Hubei province. As his graduation trip, he decided to face the challenge of riding to Lhasa alone. On the way he met a lonely dog. "She was lying, tired, on the street around Yajiang, Sichuan province," he said. "So we fed her, and then she followed our team.”

"We felt she might want to come along with us, so we decided to bring her along to the end." A week later, Zhang and his buddies opened a micro blog account for her. "We thought the dog was encouraging us, and wanted others to know its story," he said. They created the name Xiao Sa by combining xiao meaning "little" with the last syllable of Lhasa.

During their journey, Xiao Sa, Zhang and his team covered more than 1,700 kilometers and climbed 10 mountains higher than 4,000 meters. Xiao Sa just ran up the mountains or along dirt roads.

"Many people stopped cycling in some sections, then took the bus, but the dog made it," he said. Zhang put the dog on the back of the bike when the team was riding downhill. "The speed can reach 70 kilometers per hour, impossible for the dog to catch us."

Zhang Heng, who accompanied Xiao Sa for 20 days, called her "a buddy and a friend". "I would like to take the dog home and take care of her. She has been a stray on the road for a long time. She needs a home."

59. How did the netizens feel when they read the micro blog related to the dog?

A. inspired B. sympathetic C. pitiful D. unbelievable

60. Zhang Heng and his team opened a micro blog account for the dog just because __________.

A. the dog is very cute and friendly

B. the dog encouraged them and they wanted more people to know its story

C. it is the first dog to travel to Lhasa

D. They had nothing else to do on their journey

61. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The dog had been straying on highway G318 before it met the team of cyclists .

B. During their journey, Zhang and his team climbed 10 mountains higher than 4,000 meters .

C. The micro blog “Go Go Xiao Sa ”has attracted more than 37,000 followers in two weeks .

D. The dog ran alone behind them when the team was riding downhill.

62. Which might be the best title for the passage?

A. A Dog with Determination B. A Micro Blog and a Dog

C. Travel to Lhasa with a Dog D. A Dog Follows a Team

D

If you live in America in the 21st century you'll probably have to listen to a lot of people tell you how busy they are. It's become the default response when you ask anyone how they are doing:"Busy!""Crazy busy!".It is,pretty obviously,a boast disguised as a complaint. And the common response is a kind of congratulation:"That's a good problem to have,"or"Better than the opposite."

Notice it isn't generally people pulling back-to-back shifts in the ICU or commuting by bus to three minimum-wage jobs who tell you how busy they are.What those people are is not busy but tired.Exhausted!Dead on their feet.It's almost always people whose busyness is purely self-imposed:work and obligations they've taken on voluntarily,classes and activities they've "encouraged" their kids to participate in.They're busy because of their own ambition or drive or anxiety,because they're addicted to busyness and dread that they might have to face in its absence.

Almost everyone I know is busy. They feel anxious and guilty when they aren't either working or doing something to promote their work.It's something they have chosen.Busyness serves as a kind of existential reassurance(令人安心的保证)，a measure against emptiness,obviously your life cannot possibly be silly or tiny or meaningless if you are so busy,completely booked,in demand every hour of the day.

Idleness is not just a vacation.It is as necessary to the brain as vitamin D is to the body,and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as ugly as rickets.The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole,for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration."Idle dreaming is often the essence of what we do,"wrote Thomas Pynchon.Archimedes' "Eureka"in the bath, Newton's apple :history is full of stories of inspirations that come in idle moments.

63.When many Americans say"Crazy busy", they mean______.

A.they are really tired of their present situation

B.they are really proud of their present life

C.they are complaining about their current work

D.their life are full of all kinds of problems

64.The writer mentions Archimedes' "Eureka"and Newton's apple to show that________.

A.history is full of interesting stories

B. Archimedes and Newton were very busy, so they made great discoveries

C.people may get inspiration when they are idle

D.inspirations come from hard work

65.The word "its" in the second paragraph refers to_______________________________.

A.ambition B.anxiety C.busyness D.dread

66. From the article,we can infer that ___________________________________.

A.generally people pulling back-to-back shifts in the ICU tell you they are busy

B."Dead on their feet" means "being tired out"

C. all the kids are self-imposed due to the drive and motivation

D.The author seems to agree that idleness is better than busyness