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Part II Reading Comprehension (60%)
Directions: There are three reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some statements and questions. You should decide on the best choice.
Passage One
Different countries and different people have different manners. We must find out their customs, so that they will not think us impolite. Here are some examples that a person with good manners does or does not do.
If you visit a Chinese family you should knock at the door first. When the door opens, you should not move before the host says “Come in, please.” After you enter the room, you shouldn’t sit down until the host asks you to take a seat. When a cup of tea is put up on a tea table before you or sent to your hand, you should say “Thank you.” And receive it with your two hands, or they will think you are not polite. Before entering a house in Japan, it is good manners to take off your shoes. In European countries, if your shoes are very dirty, this is not done. In a Malay house, a guest never finishes the food on the table. He leaves a little to show he has had enough. In England, a guest always finishes the drink or the food to show that he has enjoyed it. This will make the host very pleased.
1. In China, before the host says “Come in, please.” you shouldn’t knock at the door.
A. True B. False
2. In Japan it is good manners to take off your shoes before you enter the host’s house.
A. True B. False
3. In a Malay house a guest leaves a little food to show that .
A. he has enjoyed it B. he does not like the food
C. he needs some drink D. he can’t have any more
4. In England the host will be pleased if his guest .
A. take off his dirty shoes B. leaves a little food on the table
C. finishes the drink or food D. receive a cup of tea with his two hands
5. Which is the best title of this passage?
A. Different countries, different manners.
B. Different manners in China.
C. Different manners in Japan.
D. Different manners in England.
1-5 BADCA
Passage Two
There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. Information in long-term memory can be recalled at a later time when it is needed. The information may be kept for days and weeks. In contrast, information in short-term memory is kept for only a few seconds, usually by repeating the information over and over. The following experiment shows how short-term memory has been studied.
Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language remember vocabulary. The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students. They represented all levels of ability in English: beginning, intermediate, advanced, and native-speaking students. To begin with, the subjects listened to a recording of a native speaker reading a paragraph in English. Following the recording, the subjects took a 15-question test to see which words they remembered. Each question had four choices. The subjects had to circle the word they had heard in the recording. Some of the questions had four choices that sound alike. For example, “weather”, “whether”, “wither” and “wether” are four words that sound alike. Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning. “Method”, “way”, “manner” and “system” would be four words with the same meaning. Finally the subjects took a language proficiency test.
Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike; students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning. Henning’s results suggest that beginning students hold the sound of words in their short-term memory, and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory.
6. According to the passage, Henning gave a test on vocabulary to his subjects.
A. True B. False
7. It is difficult for advanced students to remember words that sound alike.
A. True B. False
8. Why did Henning make the experiment?
A. To study how students remember English vocabulary by short-term memory.
B. To study how students learn English vocabulary.
C. To study how to develop students’ ability in English.
D. To study how long information in short-term memory is kept.
9. The word “subject” in the passage means .
A. the college course the students take
B. the theme of the listening material
C. a branch of knowledge studied
D. the student experimented on
10. What does the passage center on?
A. Memory.
B. Two kinds of memory.
C. Short-term memory.
D. An experiment on students.
6-10 ABADC
Passage Three
It is a well-known fact that a person will move in a circle if he cannot use his eyes to control his direction. Pitch-black nights, thick fogs, blinding storms – all these can keep a traveler from seeing where he is going. Then he is unable to move in any fixed direction, but walks in circles.
A Norwegian professor, F.O. Guldberg decided that this problem of circular movement was worth studying. He collected many true stories on the subject. Many of the stories tell about how travelers on a starless night or in a thick forest unconsciously diverted from their original direction and went back to their starting place. A simple example will help you to understand his explanation of why animals walk in circles.
Have you ever played with a toy car and started it off across the floor? Then you know that it will hardly travel in a straight line. It will move in some kind of curve. If it is to move in a straight line, the wheels on both sides have to be of exactly equal size. If not, the little toy car turns towards the side with the smaller wheels.
Walking in circles is caused in much the same way. Usually a walking man will “watch his steps” and “look where he is going”. He needs his sense, especially his eyes, to get to the point he intends to reach. When he cannot use his eyes to control his steps, he will not walk straight unless he takes a step of the same length with each foot.
In most people, however, muscle development is not the same in both legs, so that it is probable that the steps will be unequal. The difference may be so small that no one notices it. But small as it is, it can cause circular movement.
Let us suppose that a man’s left foot takes a step 20 inches long and that his right foot takes a step 30 inches long. Now suppose he takes ten steps – five with his left foot and five with his right foot. His left foot will travel 100 inches. His right foot will travel 150 inches. This sounds impossible. One foot cannot remain 50 inches behind the other. What really happens? At each step the man turns a little bit to the left. Sooner or later he makes a complete circle. The tracks of his feet, however, make two circles, one inside the other. His left foot makes the smaller circle because it is taking smaller steps. His right foot makes the larger circle because it takes larger steps. This is why a person walks in circles when he sets out in a straight line. Thus dear readers, our circular mystery has a very straight answer.
11. If a man’s right leg is shorter than his left, when blindfolded he will turn to the right.
A. True B. False
12. A left-handed person would tend to swim to the left.
A. True B. False
13. A toy car will travel in a straight line if .
A. it is placed on a level floor
B. all four wheels have the same size
C. the small wheels are in front
D. the big wheels are in front
14. Normally, people walk straight by .
A. taking steps of exactly equal length
B. using their eyes to guide their steps
C. walking to and fro
D. both B and C
15. Suppose a man’s right foot takes longer steps than his left foot, when he travels a certain distance, his two feet will leave two circles of tracks. In this case .
A. the circle made by his right foot is smaller than the one made by his left foot
B. the circle made by his left foot is included in the circle made by his right foot
C. the circle more or less cross each other
D. the circle made by his left foot includes the circle made by his right foot
11-15 ABBBB
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