39. The author considers ________.

A. it strange that his father should name the author after himself

B. it strange that his father should retain the name after giving his own name

C. it natural that his father would open the letter for the author

D. it natural that his father never intentionally open the letters for his brothers

40. The last sentence in the passage tells us that _________.

A. the author never signed his name when he sent a mail because he did not have his own name

B. the author’s name was exactly the same as his father’s

C. the author used to send his mails under his father’s name

D. the author’s father used to open all the mails that was meant for the author

Passage Two

Questions 41-45 are based on the following passage.

The current vogue, in the West, of Yoga and Zen (禅宗) may prove to have been no more than a transitory Western fashion. It may be doubted whether the average modern Westerner genuinely understands and practices either Zen or Yoga. However, it is also possible that these are sincere attempts to re-activate, among Westerners, the normal human faculty of spiritual contemplation. In the Middle Ages, Westerners, like other people, did practice contemplation. This is a necessary condition for spiritual health, and modern Westerners are suffering spiritually for having abandoned the practice of contemplation deliberately. Moreover, the East has other lessons for the West which the West certainly ought to learn and to take to heart.

For instance, the West could perhaps learn from the East how to re-capture Man's original harmony with the rest of Nature. Man is an integral part of Nature. When he alienates himself from her and tries to dominate her as if he were outside Nature and were not rooted in Nature, Man runs into trouble. The degree of modern Western Man's alienation from Nature can be measured by the potency of modern technology, for technology is an instrument for dominating Nature. The technologically advanced countries are already paying the price of their super-technology. Two items in this price are pollution and inflation.

Shinto stands for a harmonious cooperation between Man and the rest of Nature. It recognizes that Nature is holy; that she has sacred rights; that Man has a religious obligation to respect these rights; and that, if he violates them, he will bring retribution on himself. The Japanese people have already begun to bring retribution on themselves by polluting Nature.

Taoism (道教) sets its face against imposing Man's will on Nature by means of technology. This Chinese philosophy took shape at some dale between the sixth and the fourth century B. C., when technology was still rudimentary, if judged by present-day standards. Yet already the Taoist philosophers were taking alarm; they were calling for a return to a simpler way of life. It is now evident that they were far-sighted. The Taoist philosophy is what the world now needs. It is needed today by West and East alike, now that the potent modern technology, which was invented in the West two hundred years ago, is being adopted all round the globe.

41. Yoga and Zan is ___________.

A. not only a transitory Western fashion

B. not genuinely understood by the average modern westerners

C. in fashion now in the West

D. out of date world-widely

42. This passage implies that ____________.

A. it is wrong to abandon spiritual contemplation

B. the Westerners practice contemplation in the Middle East

C. the Westerners abandon the practice of contemplation deliberately

D. the East has other lessons for the West

43. What is the main topic of this passage?

A. Why are Yoga and Zan popular in the West?

B. What does the West have to learn from the East?

C. How to recapture Man’s original harmony with the rest of Nature?

D. How to practice spiritual contemplation?

44. The author of this passage ___________.

A. disagrees with Taoist’s philosophy

B. prefers Shinto to Taoism

C. seems to be against modern technology

D. prefers super-technology to spiritual contemplation