51. Which of the following statements best summarises the second paragraph?

A. Wearing suitable clothes to a job interview is important.

B. To impress the interviewer, you must be punctual.

C. Good manners may help you secure a job.

D. Your success in business depends on good manners.

52. Which of the following is considered bad manners when you are invited to a party?

A. Telling the host whether you accept the invitation.

B. Bringing with you people the host has not invited.

C. Expressing how you enjoyed the party.

D. Offering to help with the cleaning up.

53. It is implied in the fourth paragraph that when people live together

A. they should respect each other's privacy.

B. they shouldn't keep borrowed things too long.

C. they shouldn't borrow each other's toothpaste.

D. they should write down phone messages for each other.

54. The writer of the article believes that

A. parents no longer insist that children should be polite.

B. saying “ thank you ” is too much trouble.

C. only old people say “ thank you ” .

D. people benefit from being polite.

55. The best title for this passage is

A. What Good Manners Mean.

B. How to Become a Courteous Person.

C. The Importance of Good Manners.

D. Courtesy in Society.

Passage 2

    One hot summer day, a young couple and their four-year-old daughter Emily were on their way to the mountains for a few weeks' vacation.   Suddenly, a truck in the oncoming lane collided head-on with the family's car.   The three of them were seriously injured and immediately taken to the nearest hospital, where Emily was brought to the children's ward and her parents were taken to the intensive care unit.   As could well be imagined, Emily was not only in great pain, but she was also very frightened because her parents were not nearby to give her comfort.

    Martha, the nurse who was assigned to Emily, was a single, middle-aged woman.   She understood Emily's feelings of fear and insecurity and became very devoted to her.   When Martha finished her shift, instead of going home, she would volunteer to stay with Emily at night.   Emily grew very fond of her and depended on her for her every need.   Martha brought her cookies, picture books and toys.   She sang songs to her and told her countless stories.

    As soon as Emily could be moved, Martha took her to visit her parents in a wheelchair every day.   After months of hospitalization, the family was let out.   Before they left the hospital, the parents blessed Martha for her devoted and loving care and invited her to visit them.   Emily would not let ho of Martha, and insisted that she come to live with them.   Martha also did not want to be parted from her little Emily, but her life was in the children's ward of the hospital, and she could not think of leaving.   There was a tearful parting as Emily and the loving nurse said good-bye to each other.   For a few months the family kept up a close relationship with Martha through phone calls only, since they lived quite a distance away.   When they moved abroad, however, they lost contact with each other.