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PartIIReadingComprehension（40points）

Directions:ssageisfollowedbysome

hofthemthereare4choicesmarked

A,B,ulddecideonthebestchoice,andmarkthe

correspondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

PassageOne

erhegrew，thefonderhe

became

cidedtogivehalf

his

wealthandhisbeautifuldaughtertothemanwhocouldtellhimastorywithoutanend.

kwassogreatthatnobody

came

edayatall,

handsomeyoung

nce

agreedbut

warnedhimwhatwouldhappenifhefailed.“Theriskisworththeheadofyourfair

daughter,”theyoungmanrepliedpoetically（得体地）。Hethenbeganthis

well-known

story:

“deredhis

men

tobuildanenormousstorehou,,whenitwasup,

made

water-proofandmadefire-proof,dayhenoticedasmall

holein

theroofandashelookedatit,elater,

another

hirdlocustwithanothergrainof

corn.

Thenafourthlocust,flyingatgreatspeed,pushedthroughtheholeandcameout

withtwo

ifthlocustcameand…”

“Stop”shoutedthePrince.“Ican’t,”answeredtheyoungman.“ImustgoonuntilItell

youwhathappenedtoeachgrainofthecorn.”“Butthatwillgoonforever.”The

Prince

protested.“Exactly”theyoungmanreplied,andhesmiledasheturnedtowardsthe

Prince’s

beautifulyoungdaughter.

ncealwaysfeltregrettedaboutstorybecau_________.

asterriblefamine

asnostory-teller

ngmanriskedtotellanendlessstorytothePrincefor_________.

nce’sbeautifuldaughter

ndC

ngmanwouldbenttoprison_________ifhefailedtotellastory

withoutan

end.

ar

rtopreventfamine,theKingaskedtobuild_________.

ifulpalaceD.a

waterproofkitchen

ngthekingnoticedfirstintheroofwas_________.

t

PassageTwo

gecansometimesmotivate

mple,asmallchildmightaskforabreakfastfood

that

ldismoreinterestedinthe

picture

esforchildrentocolororcutout,gamesprintedona

package,orsmallgiftsinsideaboxalsomotivatemanychildrentobuyproductsorto

ask

theirparentsforthem.

oducts

sold

ghasimilarproductinaplain

container

mightcostless,peopleoftenprefertobuytheproductinareusableglassordish,

becau

r,thecostofthecontainerisaddedtothe

costof

theproduct.

hepackagehas“Economy

Size”

ggeststhatthelargesizehasthemostproductfortheleast

out,abuyerhastoknowhowtheproductissoldand

theprice

ofthebasicunit.

important

thing

ds

and

eproductinsidecandothat.

fthefollowingstatementscouldbestsummarizethemainideaofthe

passage?

enareinterestedinsomepackagesofproducts.

eisoneoftheimportantwaysofadvertising.

prefertobuytheproductsinplaincontainers.

eofapackageusuallymotivatesabuyer.

a“abuyerwillgetsomethingfornothing”（Line1,Para2）probably

means_________.

willgetsomethingfreeofcharge

willgetsomethinguless

willgetsomethinguful

gisworthbuying

fthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

mespeopleareeasilymotivatedbypackages.

hildrensometimesaremoreinterestedingamesprintedonapackage

thantheproductitlf.

ctinareusablecontainermustbecheaperthanasimilarproductina

plaincontainer.

,

D.“EconomySize”doesntalwayssuggestthatpeoplecanbuythemostproduct

fortheleastmoney

estheword“them”（Line6,Para.1）referto?_________.

ts

estheauthorimplyinthelastparagraph?

eisjustanadvertiment.

shouldn’tbelievetheinformationonthepackagetoomuch.

kagehasnothingtodoatallwiththeproduct.

canalwaysfindanswersintheinformationonthepackage.

PassageThree

ForanyEnglishman,therecanneverbeanydiscussionastowhoistheworld’s

enamecanpossiblysuggestitlfto

him:that

nglishmanhassomeknowledge,howeverslight,of

the

suwords,phrasandquotationsfrom

Shakespeare’s

writingsthathavebecomepartofthecommonpropertyofEnglish-speakingpeople.

Mostof

thetimeweareprobablyunawareofthesourceofthewordsweu,ratherlikethe

oldlady

whowastakentoeaperformanceofHAMLETandcomplainedthat“itwasfullof

well-knownproverbsandquotations.”

Shakespeare,moreperhapsthananyotherwriter,madefulluofthegreat

resources

usuaboutfivethousandwordsinournormal

employmentofEnglish;Shakespeareinhisworksudabouttwenty-fivethousand.

Thereis

probablynobetterwayforaforeignertoappreciatetherichnessandvarietyofthe

English

studyis

wellworththeeffort（itisnot,ofcour,recommendedtobeginners）eventhough

some

aspectsofEnglishusage,andthemeaningofmanywords,havechangedsince

Shakespeare’sday.

hpeople_________.

verdiscusdwhoistheworld’sgreatestpoetandgreatestdramatist

iscussabouttheworld’sgreatestpoetsordramatists

ewhoistheworld’sgreatestpoetandgreatestdramatist

arewhoistheworld’sgreatestpoetandgreatestdramatist

nglishmanknows_________.

lessaboutShakespeare

peare,butonlyslightly

Shakespeare’swritings

enameofgreatestEnglishwriter

fthefollowingisTRUE?

llthewords,phrasandquotationsfromShakespeare’swritings.

peare’swritingshavebecomethepropertyofthowhoarelearningto

speakEnglish.

kelytobetruethatpeopleoftendonotknowtheoriginofthewordsthey

u.

wordspeopleuaretakenfromShakespeare’swritings.

54.“HAMLET”is_________.

rittenbyShakespeare

ecommendedbyShakespeare

ppreciatedbyShakespeare

eoplehavebeencomplainingabout

rthwhiletostudythevariouswaysinwhichShakespeareudEnglish

becau_________.

hwordshavechangedalotsinceShakespeare’stime

gsoonecanbefullyawareoftherichnessofEnglishlanguage

hwordsarenowbeingudinthesamewayasinShakespeare’sdays

hwordsarenowthesameinvariouswaysasinShakespeare’days

PassageFour

Mostcitiesand/tasalestaxonalmosteverythingyoubuy.

Youmustaskwhenyoumoveintoanewcommunityhowmuchthelocalsalestaxis,

and

xableitemsandtheamountoftaxvary

considerablyfromplace,fromoneoftwopercentinsomeplacesuptoeightortenin

others.

TheNewYorkCitysalestax,forexamples,iscurrently8%,soifyoubuyapairof

$40

shoesyouwillactuallyhavetopay$kespayingandgettingcorrect

change

muchmoredifficult（nottomentionmakingeverythingmoreexpensive）.

ne

peoplehavehappilyputanendtotipping,butWesternersarestillplagued（遭受折磨）

with

sandwaitress,cabdrivers,hotelbellboys,barbersand

hairdresrs

mployersgivethemlowwages

becau

itixpectedthatyou,thecustomer,on't,the

rvice

personcan'galsovariesfromplacetoplace,generallyinthe

areaof

15%ofyourbill（beforetaxes）,butagainyoushouldasklocalresidentswhomtotip

and

howmuch.

generallyexpectedtogivesomething

（eithercashorabottleofwhisky）uld

discussthis

alsowithneighborsandfriends.

nideaofthispassageis_________.

ndshopping

axesandpeople

ingtothepassage,ifyoubuyapairof$50shoesintheNewYorkCity,

you

payextra_________assalestax.

A.$4.5B.$4C.$5D.$5.5

y,cabdrivers_________.

hwagesfromtheemployer

atbenefitsfromtheemployer

wagesfromtheemployer

zefromtheemployer

ingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

nepeoplehavetopaytipsinwesterncountries.

ternersdon'thavetopayhightipsintheirowncountry.

s,hotelbellboysandallsortsofotherpeoplecanearnalivingiftheyare

nottipped.

gvariesfromplacetoplace,generallyintheareaof20%ofyourbill.

y,taxableitemsandtheamountoftax_________.

differencefromplacetoplaceintheU.S.

r15%intheU.S.

enputanendintheU.S.

omplacetoplaceintheU.S.