IV. Reading Comprehension (60 points)

　　Directions:

　　There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose on best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　Passage One

　　For some minutes, all was quiet in the street. Then from across the street someone came walking.

　　It looked like a man of middle height, dressed in a big raincoat, a soft hat and rubber-soled boots or shoes, and making little sound while walking. No one was in sight. It was a street with two rows of about fifty small houses and there were three lamps on either side. The lamp nearest to the child’s house could be seen clearly, but the others were almost hidden by the smoky air. A car passed the end of the street and its lights showed faintly, but clearly enough to show the smooth skin of a woman’s face. The car disappeared as the woman, wrapped up in her coat, reached the doorway of the child’s house.

　　She put a key in the lock quickly, pushed the door open and stepped inside, then closed the door without looking round. She began to breathe hard.

　　She leaned against the door for a moment, then straightened up as if with an effort, and walked towards the door of the front room, the passage leading to the kitchen, and the narrow staircase. She hesitated outside the door, then went up the stairs quickly but with hardly a sound. There was enough light from the narrow hall to show the four doors leading off a small landing (樓梯平臺(tái)). She pushed each door open in turn and shone a torch inside, and the light fell upon beds, walls, furniture, a bathroom hand-basin, a mirror which flashed brightness back; but this was not what the woman was looking for. She turned away and went downstairs, and hesitated again at the foot of the stairs, then turned towards the kitchen. Clearly there was nothing there, or in the small washroom that she wanted. Two rooms remained; the front room and a smaller one next to it. She opened the front room door. After a moment, she saw the child’s bed and the child.

　　61. The lights of the car passing the end of the street showed that .

　　A. a woman was driving the car

　　B. someone was standing by a street lamp

　　C. a man and a woman were walking up the street

　　D. a woman was walking by herself up the street

　　62. After the woman closed the front door, she .

　　A. looked round quickly B. started breathing again

　　C. rested before moving D. walked straight towards the front door

　　63. Which of the following plans (平面圖) is the right position of the child’s room?

　　= door = stairs F = front room

　　C = child’s room P = passage K = kitchen W= washroom

　　64. When she was upstairs, the woman .

　　A. saw that there was a wash - basin in each room

　　B. noticed a mirror which she was looking for

　　C. found a torch in one of the rooms

　　D. opened four different doors

　　65. Once she was in the house, the woman behaved as if what she was looking for .

　　A. might be in the kitchen

　　B. was more likely to be upstairs

　　C. would be easily seen by the light from the hall

　　D. would look frightening to a child

　　Passage Two

　　The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger (漢堡包). The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurants, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurants. people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars.

　　There are many kinds of fast food restaurants in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburgers, French fries (油炸馬鈴薯片) and so on. They are popular food among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurants that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.

　　Fast food restaurants are popular because they reflect (反映) American life style. Customers can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurants the food is usually ready before the customer even orders it. Finally most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive. Therefore, people are able to buy and eat at a fast food restaurant often, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often.

　　66. Hamburgers and French fries can be got at the fast food restaurants.

　　A. some of B. most of C. a part of D. all of

　　67. What do people do when they come to a fast food restaurant?

　　A. They order and eat their food at the restaurant.

　　B. They buy and take their food out and eat it in their cars or in their homes.

　　C. They order, pay for and get their food in their cars.

　　D. They do one of the three above-mentioned things.

　　68. Why do Americans like to go to fast food restaurants?

　　It is because fast food restaurants are fast, informal (不拘禮節(jié)的), and

　　inexpensive.

　　B. It is because people can easily find fast food restaurants.

　　C. It is because people like to eat hamburgers.

　　D. It is because fast food restaurants sell nearly every kind of food.

　　69. Is the food in fast food restaurants always ready before the customers order it?

　　A. Yes, it is B. No, it is seldom ready

　　C. Yes. It is cooked to order D. No. Not always, but usually

　　70. Seafood and ice-cream are served at all fast food restaurants, aren’t they?

　　A. Certainly B. Yes, they are

　　C. No, I’m afraid not D. No. Only at a few of them

　　Passage Three

　　It is understood that a ballad is a song that tells a story, but a folk song is not so easily defined. A balled is a folk song, but a folk song is not a ballad until it tells a story. Folk song, then has included many kinds of music. For example, a sailor’s song of the sea is a folk song. The blues, a type of jazz popular in New Orleans, may be a folk song. In fact, there are folk songs for every job.

　　“Home on the Range” shows how a popular song may become a folk song. It was first picked up as a folk song in 1910 by John Lomax in San Antonio, Texas. Lomax heard the song from an old man who had been a cook many years before. The song was known all over the Midwest; thought it did not come to national attention until the early 1930s. By 1947 “Home on the Range” was so popular that it became the official state song of Kansas.

　　71. A folk song is also a ballad when it .

　　A. tells a story B. is sung by workers

　　C. makes the listeners feel sad D. covers many kinds of music

　　72. According to the author, which of the following is not always a folk song?

　　A. A ballad B. A sailor’s song C. A state song D. A goatherd’s song.

　　73. According to the passage, which of the following is not true of a folk song?

　　A. It is passed on orally B. It has different forms

　　C. It may talk about work D. It is found only in the western states

　　74. The author uses the example of “Home on the Range” to show that folk songs .

　　A. always tells a story B. are based on written forms

　　C. may come from popular songs D. have become state songs

　　75. The main topic of the passage is the .

　　A. different kinds of folk songs B. development of popular music

　　C. definition of a ballad D. importance of folk songs in American life

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