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Section II Reading
( 50 minutes)
Part ADirections:
Read the following two texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
Rowena and Billy Wrangler are model high school students. They study hard and do extremely well on achievement tests. And next year, Rowena will be attending Harvard University. Billy, her younger brother, hopes to go to Com ell. What makes Rowena and Billy different from most students is that they don't go to school. In fact, they've never been to school. Since kindergarten, they've studied at home. Neither Rowena nor Billy feels as if they've missed out on anything by being taught at home. Like many of more than one million people who receive home schooling in the United States, they feel as if they've gotten a good education.
The home-schooling trend began in the U.S. in the 1980s with parents keeping their children out of public schools so they could provide religious education at home. Today, as the home-schooling trend continues to grow, parents are more likely to consider home schooling as an option because they believe schools don't do a very good job of teaching and are occasionally dangerous places. But can parents really do a better job?
The answer in many cases is yes. In many studies, students taught at home ranked average or above average when compared to students who went to public schools. More importantly, these students were often more self-directed and have a greater depth of knowledge. "They are very well prepared for academic challenges," says Patricia Riordan, the dean of admissions at George Mason
University.
One such student, Robert Conrad, now a sophomore at university, claims he really learned how to study and schedule his time during his eight years of home schooling. Still, not every student is as successful as Robert.
"For every home-schooling success story, there are an equal number of failures," states Henry Lipscomb, an educational researcher. "There are just so many disadvantages that students taught at home have to overcome. " For example, they have fewer chances to interact with others of their own age. Consequently, they sometimes lack the usual social skills. "No matter what, though," states Lipscomb, "home-schooling is a growing trend. I think we'll be seeing more and more of this. "
26. Compared with other students, the most different thing Rowena and Billy do is that________
A. they study hard
B . they do extremely well on achievement tests
C . they never go to school
D . they feel they have gotten a good education
27. At first in the 1980s parents gave home-schooling to children for________
A. better education
B . religious education
C . safety
D . all the above
28. According to the article, what is NOT the advantage of being educated at home?
A. Home is a safer place for children.
B . Students taught at home are more self-directed.
C . Students taught at home have a greater depth of knowledge.
D . Students taught at home can go to good universities.
29. The Walter thinks
nts can do a better job than schools
B . home-schooling will be more and more useful
C . students taught at home make greater achievements
D . home-schooling is good in some aspects
30. The best title of this text might be________
A. Home-schooling: A Growing Trend
B . Home-schooling: A Better Choice
C . Home-schooling: A Way to Success
D . Home-schooling: A New Method of Education
Text 2
A smile is a strong sign of a friendly and open attitude and a willingness to communicate. It is a positive, silent sign sent with the hope the other person will smile back. When you smile, you
show you have noticed the person in a positive way. The result? That person will usually smile back.
You might not realize a closed position is the cause of many conversational problems. A common closed position is sitting with your arms and legs crossed and your hand covering your mouth or chin. This is often called the "thinking pose". Ask yourself this question: Are you going to interrupt someone who appears be deep in thought? This position gives off "stay away" signs and prevents your main "sign sender" ( your mouth) from being seen by others looking for inviting conversational signs.
The open body position is most effective when you place yourself within communicating distance of the other person--that is, within about five feet. Take care, however, not to enter someone's "personal space" by getting too close, too soon.
Leaning forward a little while a person is talking shows your interest and how you are listening to what the person is saying. By doing this, you are saying: I hear what you're saying, and I'm interested in--keep talking!
Often people will lean back with their hands over their mouth, chin, or behind their head in the "thinking" pose. This position gives off signs of judgment, doubt, and lack of interest from the listener. Since most people do not feel comfortable when they think they are being judged, this leaning-back position serves to prevent the speaker from continuing.
In many cultures the most common form of first contact between two people is a handshake. Be the first to extend your hand in greeting. Couple this with a friendly "Hello", a nice smile, and your name and you have made the first step to open the lines of communication.
Eye contact should be natural, not forced or overdone. Direct eye contact shows you are listening to the other person and that you want to know about her.
31. A person smiles to show________
A. he is kind and useful
B . he is happy all the time
C . he is ready to talk with you
D . he sees something funny
32. According to the text, troubles in communication may result from________
A. a dosed body position
B . an open body position
C . no smile
D . the main " sign senders"
33. Leaning back with your hands behind your head in deep thought while a person is talking________
A. shows you are interested in and listening to what the speaker is saying
B . shows you want to keep some distance from the speaker
C . makes him think-you are thinking about something else
D . makes him believe you are not interested in his talk
34. All of the following gestures encourage communication except________
A. leaning forward a little while a person is talking
B . crossing your arms
C . looking in others' eyes
D . extending your hand in greeting
35. From the text we know that________
A. communication little on verbal language and much on body language
B . gestures always prevent the "sign sender" (mouth)
C . we should pay much attention to body language
D . eye contact is always helpful
答案及解析
26.【答案】c
【題型】細節題
【解析】題幹意為“與其他學生相比，Rowena和Billy最不同尋常的地方是什麼?”從文章第一段第五句話“What makes Rowena and Billy differ-ent from most students is that they don’t go to school.”可以看出，他們最與眾不同之處在於他們從來沒有去過學校上學，因此正確答案為C。
27.【答案】B
【題型】細節題
【解析】題幹意為“起初在20世紀踟年代父母給孩子們進行家庭學校教育是為了什麼?”從文章第二段第一句話中“…SO they could pro-vide religiOUS education at home.”可以看出，他們這樣做是為了在家中給孩子們進行宗教教育，因此正確答案為8。
28.【答案】D
【題型】細節題
【解析】題幹意為“根據文章，下面哪一條不是家庭學校的優點?”這道題需要把四個選項和原文逐一對比、逐一排除。從文章第二段倒數第二句話中“…they believe schools…Are occasionally dangerous places.”可以排除A，從文章第三段第三句話“More importantly，these students are often mole self-directed and have a greater depth of knowl·edge.”可以排除B和c，而文章沒有談到家庭學校和上好大學的聯絡，因此正確答案為D。
29.【答案】D
【題型】推理題
【解析】題幹意為“作者的觀點是什麼?”文章第三、四、五段談到家庭學校既有優勢也有缺陷，因此A、B、C都有失片面，而D“在一些方面家庭學校不錯”更合文意。故選D。
30.【答案】A
【題型】主旨題
【解析】題幹意為“文章最好的標題是什麼?”A家庭學校：一個不斷髮展的趨勢，8家庭學校：一個更好的選擇，C家庭學校：一條通往成功的道路，D家庭學校：一種新的教育方式。根據文章主題，B、C都有失片面，而D則不準確，家庭學校在上世紀80年代就有了，並不是新的教育方式，而文章第二段和最後一段都提到家庭學校是一種趨勢，因此A最貼切文意。故選A。
31.【答案】C
【題型】推理題
【解析】題幹意為“一個人微笑表示什麼?”從文章第一段第一句話“A smile is a strong sign of a friendly and open attitude and a willingness to communicate.”可以看出，微笑是友好、開放、樂意交流的強烈訊號，因此可判斷正確答案為C。
32.【答案】A
【題型】細節題
【解析】題幹意為“根據文章，交流中的麻煩可能是由於什麼造成的?”由文章第二段第一句話中的“a closed position is the cause of many conversational problems”可以看出答案為A。
33.【答案】D
【題型】推理題
【解析】題幹意為“當別人在說話時，你雙手放在腦袋後面，身體向後仰，陷入沉思，這會怎樣?”這道題需要把四個選項和原文逐一對比、逐一排除。從文章第五段前兩句“0ften people will lean back with their behind their head in the“thinkin9” position gives off signs of interest from the listener.”，因此可見正確答案為D。
34.【答案】B
【題型】細節題
【解析】題幹意為“以下所有的姿勢中，除了哪一種以外其他姿勢都有助於交流?”文章第二段第二句話中談到“A common closed position is sitting with your allns and legs crossed...”因此8雙臂交叉是一種封閉姿勢，阻礙交流，所以正確答案為8。
35.【答案】C
【題型】推理題
【解析】題幹意為“從這篇文章中我們可以知道什麼?”A交流幾乎不靠口頭語言，大部分靠肢體語言，B姿勢總是會阻礙“訊號發出器” (嘴巴)，c我們應該多注意肢體語言，D眼神交流總是有幫助。A、B、D都過於絕對，c最貼切文意。故正確答案為c。
Part BDirections:
Read the following article in which five people talk about AIDS. For Question 36-40, match the name of each person to one of the statements( A-G)given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET I.
Greg Logan:
These were the trials for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Until this dive, I had been ahead. But now, something else was more significant than winning. I might have endangered other
divers' lives if I have spilled blood in the pool. For what I knew--that few others knew--was that I was HIV-positive. AIDS forced me to stop diving; I had to quit diving professionally after the Olympics.
Margaret Chan:
It is reported that almost three million people in developing countries are now receiving drugs for HIV. This is an increase of almost one million people from two thousand and six. Still, the hope was to reach three million by two thousand and . But antiviral therapy, or ART, alone will not solve the problem. For every two persons we manage to provide them with ART, another five persons get infected. So again, we cannot underestimate the power of prevention.
Paula Green..
The disease robs the body of its natural defenses against infections. Almost seventy-five percent of people receiving HIV drugs are in Africa. The drugs help patients live longer without developing AIDS. An estimated nine million seven hundred thousand people in low and middle income
countries were in need of HIV treatment last year. However, by the end of the year, just over thirty percent of them were getting it.
Raymond Chow
Price reductions can be a main method to let more people with HIV, including more pregnant women, receive the drugs. Also, delivery systems should be redesigned to better serve individual countries and smaller health centers. And treatments should be simpler than in the past.
William Wang:
Huge barriers still remain in dealing with the AIDS epidemic. Getting patients to stay on their therapy is difficult. There are still large numbers of people who not get tested for HIV. And there are many others who get tested too late and die within months. What's more, there is not enough joint treatment of HIV and the related infections that most often kill AIDS patients. And still another problem is the shortage of health care workers in the developing world.
Now match each of the items (36 to 40)to the appropriate statement.
Note: There are two extra statements.
Statements
36. Greg Loughs A. Some HIV-positive patients don't cooperate with doc-
37. Margaret Chan tors.
38. Paula Green B . AID patient's blood may be dangerous to other people's
39. Raymond Chow lives.
40. William Wang C . People are scared of AIDS.
D . Treatment is more urgent than prevention.
[ E ] Many people can't get HIV drugs because of poverty.
[ F ] More people get HIV treatment, but even more get infected.
[ G ] HIV drugs should be cheaper.
參考答案：36—40 BFEGA
Part CDirections:
Read the following text from which five sentences have removed. Choose from the sentences A -G the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text(41-45). There are Two extra sentences that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET 1.
The whole of the United States cheered its latest hero, Ashley Smith, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind.
41________ She was moving into her apartment in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man followed her to her door and put a gun to her side. "I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really afraid," she said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols, 33. He was suspected of killing three people at an Atlanta courthouse ( 法院 ) on
March, 11 and later of killing a federal agent. 42________
Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but released her after she repeatedly begged him not to take her life. "I told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldn' t have a mummy," she said. In order to calm the man down, she read to him from The Purpose-Driven Life, a best-selling religious boot.
He asked her to repeat a paragraph " about what you thought your purpose in life was--what talents were you given. " 43________ "I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust," Smith said. Smith said she asked Nichols why he chose her. "He said he thought I was an angel sent from God, and we were Christian sister and brother, " she said. "And that he was lost, and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people. " 44________ She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage (報道) of the police hunt for him. "I cannot believe that' s me, " Nichols told the woman. Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do. She said, "! think you should turn yourself in. If you don' t, lots more people are going to get hurt. "
Eventually, he let her go. 45________ A $ 60,000 reward had been posted for Nichols' capture. Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith would be eligible (有資格的)for that money.
A. She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave.
B . Smith thanked the man for his kindness.
C . Smith tried very hard to kill Nichols.
D . The local police were searching for him.
[ E ] And the two of them discussed this topic.
[ F ] Then she called the police.
[ G 1 Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter.
答案及解析
41.【答案】G
【解析】文章第二段是對事件發生背景的介紹，選項G介紹了當事人的年齡和身份，因此選項G是正確。
42.【答案】D
【解析】文章第二段是對事件發生背景的介紹，空格上一句提到“他被懷疑3月ll日在亞特蘭大法院殺害三個人，後來又殺害一名聯邦特工”，只有選項D“當地警方正搜捕他”符合內容的銜接，故選D。
43.【答案】E
【解析】空格上一句是“他讓她重複其中一段‘你的人生目的是什麼?你有什麼才能’”，而選項中只有E和這一句內容相關。故選E。
44.【答案】A
【解析】空格下一句是“她說Nichols很驚訝看到她為他做了早飯”，因此上一句應該是有關Smith為Nichols做早飯的內容，故選A。
45.【答案】F
【解析】文章最後一句是“官方不確定是否Smith有資格領取這筆錢”，說明Smith做了對警方有利的工作，因此選項F“Smith報了警”是符合邏輯。故選F。
Part DDirections:
Read the following text from which l0 words have been removed. Choose from the words A-O the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text(46-55). There are FIVE extra words that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET 1.
One in six. Believe it or not, that' s the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nation' s largest 46________ hunger relief organization, has chosen September as Hunger Action Month. As part of its 30 Ways in 30 Days program, it"s asking 47________across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61,000 agenda in its network provide low income individuals and families with the fuel they need to 48________
It' s the kind of work that' s done every day at St. Andrew' s Episcopal Church in San Antonio. People who 49________ at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month aren't looking for God--they" re there for something to eat. St. Andrew' s runs a food pantry ( 食品室 ) that 50________the City and several of the 51 ________towns. Janet Drane is its manager.
In the wake of the 52 ________, the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow. It is 53 that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal. What' s most surprising is that 36% of them live in 54 where at least one adult is working. "It used to be that one job was all you needed," says St. Andrew' s Drane. "The people
we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they' re still right on the edge 55 "
A. accumulate
B . circling
C . communities
D . competition
[ E ] domestic
[ F ] financially
[ G ] formally
[ H ] gather
[ I ] households
[ J ] recession
[ K ] reoorted
[ L ] reviewed
[ M ] serves
[ N ] surrounding
[ O] survive
答案及解析
46.【答案】E
【解析】此處需填入形容詞，與the nation’S largest及hunger relief一起修飾中心詞organization;此處提到“供養美國”應是美國國內最大的饑荒救援組織，所以此處填domestic(國內的)最為恰當。
47.【答案】C
【解析】根據空格前的動詞askin9可知，此處需填入名詞，作ask的賓語。構成固定搭配ask do sth.，從而可以把答案鎖定於commu—nities和households。根據句意，幫助200多家食品庫和其網路中的.6.1萬所機構為低收入人群和家庭提供生存所需的食物的不可能是“全國各地的家庭”，可排除households，確定答案為communities(社群)。
48.【答案】o
【解析】根據片語need to do可知此處需填動詞原形，備選項中有ac—cumulate，gather和survive符合條件。文中they need t0…為定語從句，修飾fuel，可理解為they needthefuelto…，食物應該是用以生存，符合低收入個人和家庭的特點，accumulate意為“增加，積聚”，gather意為“聚集”。故選survive“活下來，倖存”。
49.【答案】H
【解析】此處為wh0引導的定語從句，從句中缺少謂語，所以需填入謂語動詞。因為先行詞people為複數，且從後文的each month判斷出時態為一般現在時，所以這裡應該用動詞原形。survive語義不符，可以排除。此處語義上指人“聚集”，用9ather。而accumulate指事物量的增加，強調“經過一段比較長的時間由少到多的積累”，不適合用於此處。
50.【答案】M
【解析】根據句子結構判斷從句中缺少謂語動詞，所以需填入謂語動詞。因為先行詞a food pantry為單數名詞，且整句話都為現在時(runs為現在時)，所以謂語動詞應該用第三人稱單數形式。在選項中，只有selves“接待，服務”符合條件，填入文中意為“這個食品室向整個城市和周邊幾個城鎮供應(食物)”。
51.【答案】N
【解析】空格位於the與名詞towns之間，此處需填人形容詞，修飾towns。上文提到人們聚集到這個地方，因此這家食品室應該只是供應本地居民，所以排除domestic(國內的)，語義上填人surrounding更合適，指“周邊幾個城鎮”。
52.【答案】J
【解析】從句子結構分析，介詞0f後應用名詞或動名詞作其賓語，故此處需填入名詞作短語的中心詞。片語in the wake of意為“隨著…的’到來”，即上下旬意為“隨著——的到來，需要食品援助的家庭數量開始增加”，由此可推斷應該是經濟蕭條造成的，因此選recession (經濟蕭條不景氣)語義相符。
53.【答案】K
【解析】下文用具體資料49 million講現存問題，應該斷定這個事實是根據報道得來的。It is reported that…是常用句型，意為“據報道…”，故應選reported。
54.【答案】I
【解析】空格位於介詞in和where引導的定語從句之間，由此判斷出空格處需填入一個表示地點的名詞作定語從句先行詞，根據上文出現的families可知此段講的是家庭，此處語義應與families相近，故選households，表示家庭。
55.【答案】F
【解析】從句子結構角度分析，此句結構完整，所以空格處應填入一個副詞作狀語。根據上文可知，本句中的The people及they均指的是雖然有三四份兼職，但仍“需要食物救助的人”，可判斷出他們經濟狀態困窘，故選financially，表示經濟上、財政上處於邊緣水平。
