35.
A) They contribute to the modernization of American farms
B) They help to increase the state governments' revenue.
C) They provide a stage for people to give performances.
D) They remind Americans of the importance of agriculture.
Section C
Students' pressure somciimes comes from their parents. Most parents are well (36) _________but some of them aren't very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in (37)____________to college, and a few of them seem to go out of their wav to add to their children's
For one thing, parents arc often not (38)____________of the kinds of problems their children
face. They don't realize that the (39)____________is keener, that the required (40)___________
of work are higher, and that their children may not be prepared for the change. (41)___________to seeing A's and B's on high school report cards, they may be upset when their children's first
(42)_____________college grades are below- that level. At their kindest, they may gently
(43)____________why John or Mary isn't doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or
she should, and so on. (44)__________________________________________________________
Sometimes parents regard their children as extensions of themselves and (45)_______________
In their involvement and identification with their children, they forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way. They forget that their children.(46)________________________________________
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Questions 47 to 56 arc based on the following passage.
Years ago. doctors often said that pain was a normal part of life. In particular, when older patients 47 of pain, they were told it was a natural part of aging and they would have to learn to live with it.
Times have changed. Today, we lake pain _48_Indeed, pain is now considered the fifth vital ,as important as blood pressure, temperature, breathing rate and pulse in _49_ a person's well-being. We know that chronic (慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰乱的) a person's life, causing problems that. _50_from missed work to depression.

Thai's why a growing number of hospitals now depend upon physicians who_51_in pain medicine. Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain, which can help us (real the pain belter, but we also help provide comprehensive therapy for depression and other psychological and social __52_Wrelated to chronic pain. Such comprehensive therapy often 53 the work of social workers.psychiatrists (心理阅读) and psychologists, as well as specialists in pain medicine.
This modern 54 for pain management has led to a wealth of innovative treatments which
arc more effeclive and with fewer side effects than ever before. Decades ago. there were only a
55 number of drugs available, and many of them caused 56 side effects in older people.
including dizziness and fatigue. This created a double-edged sword: the medications helped relieve