1、so economical that she spends little money (buy) clothes for herself.20. He finished (type) his essay one day before the deadline.Part Reading Comprehension (40minutes)Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fullfill. You should read the reading materials
2、carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.Task 1 Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 21 to 25. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should make the correct choice and mark th
3、e corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Do you find it very difficult and painful to get up in the morning? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle. During the hours when your
4、 labor through your work you may say that youre “hot”. Thats true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this i
5、s so, but it leads to such familiar monologues as: “Get up, Peter! Youll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that Peter is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, an
6、d which cycle each member of the family has. You cant change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit if better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe youre sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually stayin
7、g up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning, but you have an important to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This wont change your cycle, but youll get up steam and work better at your low point. Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leis
8、urely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper
9、hours. 21. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably _. A he is a lazy person. B he refuses to follow his own energy cycle. C he is not sure when his energy is low. D he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening. 22. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to
10、the passage? AJ Unawareness of energy cycles. B Familiar monologues. CA change in a family members energy cycle. D Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members. 23. If one wants to work efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should _. Achange his energy cycle B overcome his
11、laziness Cget up earlier than usual D go to bed earlier 24. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will _. A help to keep your energy for the days work. B help you to control your temper early in the day C enable you to concentrate on your routine work D keep your energy your ene
12、rgy cycle under control all day 25. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A Getting off to work with a minimum effort helps save ones energy. B Dr. Kletman explains why people reach their peaks at different hours of day. C Habit helps a person adapt to his own energy cycle. D Children have
13、energy cycles, too.Task 2 Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 26 to 30.People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a similar problem. They often accept the opinions
14、 or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without thinking. They try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all these methods fail, the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six stages in analyzing a problem.First the person must recognize that there is
15、 a problem. For example, Sams bicycle is broken, and he cannot read it to class as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with his bicycle.Next the thinker must define the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must find out the reason why it does not work. For instance, he mu
16、st determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.Now the person must look for information that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does not work because there is s
17、omething wrong with the gear wheels. At this time, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop. He can look at his gears carefully.After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as
18、an illustration. His suggestions might be: put oil on the gear wheels; buy new gear wheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels.Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the final idea comes very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees som
19、ething new or sees something in a new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum between the gear wheels. He immediately realizes the solution to his problem: he must clean the gear wheels.Finally the solution is tested. Sam cleans the gear wheels and finds that afterw
20、ards his bicycle works perfectly. In short , he has solved the problem.26. What is the best title for this passage? A. Six Stages for Repairing Sams Bicycle B. Possible Ways to Problem-solving C. Necessities of Problem AnalysisD. Suggestions for Analyzing a Problem27. In analyzing a problem we should do all the following except . A. recognize and define the problem B. look for information to make the problem clearer C. have suggestions for a possible solution D. find a solution
