Part III Reading Comprehension Section A
Directions: There are 3 passages in this par. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. Choose the correct answer and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
How much living space does a person need? What happens when his space requirements are not adequately met? Sociologists and psychologists are conducting experiments on rats to try to determine the effect of overcrowded conditions on man. Recent studies have shown that the behavior of rats is greatly affected by space. If rats have adequate living space, they eat well, sleep well, and reproduce well. However, if their living conditions become too crowded, their behavior patterns and even their health perceptibly change. They cannot sleep or eat well, and signs of fear and tension become obvious. The more crowded they are, the more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus for rats, population and violence are directly related. Is this a natural law for human society as well? Is adequate space not only desirable, but also essential for human survival?
51. This passage is mainly about ______.
A) living space and behavior
B) population and living conditions
C) interesting experiments on rats
D) a natural law for human society
52. What is the purpose of the experiments described in the passage?
A) To determine how much living space a rat needs.
B) To see what happens when rats live in a limited space.
C) To know the likely effects of inadequate living space on human beings.
D) To find out the relationship between population and living conditions.
53. How would rats behave when their living conditions become too crowded?
A) They eat a lot and become friendly to others.
B) They sleep little and act quite peacefully.
C) They eat little but sleep soundly.
D) They become nervous and tend to be war-like.
54. The passage suggests that overcrowded conditions ______.
A) are directly related with population
B) may cause an increase in violence
C) may lead to high birth rate
D) may bring about pollution problems
Passage Two
Many people hope that the whole world will one day speak a common language. Over the Years, people have made up new languages with this aim. At least six hundred languages have been developed in the search for a language which all human beings would be able to speak. The most famous one, Esperanto ( 世界语) , was the idea of Ludwig Zamenhof, a doctor in Warsaw. He published a book about his new language in 1887.
To encourage people to learn the Language, he made it as simple as possible.
Esperanto has never been accepted as an official world language, but it has been suggested as an auxiliary language. By 1950 it had been taught to one and a half million speakers, and it was spoken in six hundred schools. Today Esperanto is spoken by about eight million people, and more than one hundred newspapers and magazines in the language are published regularly throughout the world. Thousands of books have been written in Esperanto, including those translated from other languages.
Today the need for a new auxiliary language like Esperanto seems less obvious. Throughout this century English has grown more and more important. It has become a second language for many millions of people. The fact that more are learning English shows that the use of English is still growing worldwide. No one would deny the usefulness of world language, but not many people think that Esperanto is likely to play such a role.
55. Over the years, people have made up new languages in the hope that ______.
A) all people will be able to speak a common language
B) people will learn a foreign language better
C) people can understand each other better
D) people will be able to speak several languages
56. Zamenhof made the language as simple as possible because ______.
A) he wanted people to learn it quickly
B) he hoped more and more people would be willing to learn it
C) he wanted everyone to speak it without any difficulty
D) he hoped it would be accepted as an official world language
57. Which of the following is NOT true of English?
A) It is widely taught in schools.
B) It has become a second language for many millions of people.
C) Many books have been written in English.
D) It is less popular than Esperanto.
58. What is the best title of the passage?
A) The language made by one man.
B) A talk about the world language.
C) English as a second language for everyone.
D) Esperanto—a better language than English.
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