Part I Reading Comprehension(40%)
Passage I
Today,supermarkets are found in almost every large city in the the first supermarket was opened only fifty years was opened in New York by a man named Michael Cullen.
A supermarket is different from other types of stores in several supermarkets,goods are placed on open customers choose what they want and take them to the check-out means that fewer employees are required than in other stores.
The way products are displayed is another difference between supermarkets and many other types of example,in supermarkets there is usually a display of small inexpensive items just in front of the check-out counter:candies,chocolate,magazines,cheap books and so are they there?
Most customers who go to a supermarket buy from a shopping know exactly what they need to shop according to a the time he or she reaches the check-out counter,the customer is feeling pleased and relaxed because the task of shopping is this happy mood,the customer sees an attractive display of inexpensive goods that were not on his or her shopping he or she feels like buying something just for his or her own pleasure and customers buy from these displays of products near the check-out counter,and this is exactly what the owner of the supermarket hopes they will do.
Another important fact in helping a customer choose what to buy is where a product is placed on a shelf.A product that is placed at eye level on a shelf sells much better than one which is placed on a lower or higher shelf.A product which is easy to see sells facturers pay a higher price to have their products placed at eye level on the shelves.
The comfort and convenience of shopping centers is another factor which makes them popular with e parking spaces are provided,and many supermarkets stay open until very late at night.
rding to the passage,which statement is NOT true?
y supermarkets are found in almost every bit city.
first supermarket was opened only half a century ago.
first supermarket was opened in New York.
D.A supermarket is different from other kinds of stores in two ways.
rding to the passage,which statement is TRUE?
rmarkets need more clerks than other stores.
supermarkets goods are placed on closed shelves.
customers prefer supermarkets to other kinds of stores.
customers pay any clerk they meet for what they have bought in supermarkets.
3.A product that is placed______sells best.
a lower a higher shelf
high as one’s high as one’s eyes
do you think shopping centers attract more customers than other kinds of stores?
have more kinds of goods
have few employees.
display small inexpensive items in front of check--out counters.
have large parking lots and they stay open until almost midnight.
rding to the passage,small or cheap goods are generally placed_____.
eye level on the shelves the check--out counter
the check-in the center of the supermarket
Passage 2
Obviously television has both advantages and disadvanges.
In the first place,television is not only a convenient source of entertainment,but also a comparatively cheap a in the family people don’t have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre,the cinema,or the they have to do is to push a button or turn a knob,and they can see plays,films,operas and shows of every people,however,think that this is where the danger television viewers need do does not even have to use his legs if he has a remote makes no choice and exercises no is completely passive and has everything presented to him without any effort on his part.
Television,it is often said,keeps one informed about current events and the latest developments is science and most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into one’s could be argued that the radio performs this service as well;but on television everything is much more living,much more here again there is a television screen itself has a terrible,almost physical charm for get so used to looking at the movements on it,so dependent on its pictures,that it begins to control our le are often heard to say that their television sets have broken down and that they have suddenly found that they have far more time to do things and that they have actually begun to talk to each other makes one think ,doesn’t it?
There are many other arguments for and against must realize that television in itself is neither good nor is the uses to which it is put that determines its value to society.
vision,as a source of entertainment,is______.
very expensive
e dangerous tively cheap
people are against use______.
rams are not ers are totally passive
es are very both advantages and disadvantages
of the most obvious advantages of that______.
keeps us is very cheap
enables us to have a rest controls our lives
rding to the author,whether good or depends on______.
qualit le’s attitude towards it
we use we use it
this passage,the author’s attitude towards ______.
ctive
ile
Passage 3
The United States is a country made up of many different lly they are mixed together and can’t be told one from many of them still talk about where their ancestors came is something they are proud of.
The original Americans,of course,were the so-called white men who then came were mostly from many came from other countries like Germany and France.
One problem the United States has always had is new groups came to the United States they found they were discriminated t it was the Irish and r it was the st every group has been able to eventually escape this only immigrants who have not are the risingly enough the worst discrimination today is shown towards the Indians.
One reason the Indians are discriminated against is that they have tried hard to keep their course they are not the only ones who have done Japanese have their little Tokyo in Los Angeles and the Chinese a Chinatown in New Dutch settlement in Pennsylvania also stays separate from other people,Their towns are like something from the 19th have a different reason than the other groups for staying live separately for religious reasons rather than keeping together in a racial group.
Although some groups have kept themselves separate and others have been discriminated against,all groups have helped make the United States a great e is no group that has not helped in some there is no group that can say they have done the most to make it a great country.
Many people still come from other countries to help the United States grow.A good example is the American project that let a man walk on the was a scientist from Germany who was responsible for doing is certain that in the future the United States will still need the help of people from all racial groups to remain a great country.
h of the following statements can best describe the main idea of this passage?
United States is a country made up of many different races.
rimination is the most serious problem in the United States.
the races in the United States have helped make the country a great one.
prosperity of the United States is mainly due to the hard work of the most discriminated races.
the first paragraph,the word “told” means_____.
inguished
aled known
passage implies that discrimination is a problem which______.
races in the United States have experienced
still very serious in the United States
already been solved in the United States
strongly opposed by many different races in the United States
main reason why the Indians are most discriminated against is that_____.
have tried hard to keep their religions
have tried hard to live together to keep their Indian customes
are the only one who tried to keep their identity
discriminate many other races
Dutch live separately in Pennsylvania______.
escape enjoy themselves in their own towns
keep together in a racial group religious reasons
Passage 4
Awareness of earthquake hazards is now well developed in many countries,and the ogical Survey has recently published a map showing the relative probability of earthquake activity for various areas in the United States,The major hazard represented by seismic(地震的)events along the great earthquake belts of the world has now been clearly recognized,and a great deal of research money and effort is being directed toward earthquake prediction and possible ve fault(断层)systems,such as the San Andreas fault in California,are carefully monitored for observable changes that could indicate a possible ough the nature of earthquakes and earthquake belts are relatively well understood,the possibility of accurately predicting major earthquakes,much less controlling them,still appears remote.
Probably the most interesting development in this field relates to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal earthquakes near Denver,1962 injection of fluid wastes into the Precambrian basement rocks nearly 4000m below the ground surface was followed by a series of small ies of this phenomenon have indicated the injected fluid lubracated(使润滑)a fault under stress and thereby promoted release of seismic rimentation at the site is still going on,but the connection between the fluid injection and earthquake activity was quickly rdingly,the suggestion has been made that potentially destructive earthquakes could be converted into numerous nondestructive minor earthquakes by using fluid injection ,although man has no hope whatever of controlling the major earth movements that lead to earthquakes,he may in some cases be able to influence the manner in which earthquake energy is dissipated(消散).
are earthquake belts?
that show where earthquakes are likely.
s with a high probability of earthquakes.
ks between two sections of the earth’s surface.
two layers of earth along a fault.
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