PartIIReadingComprehension(35 minutes)

Directions: Thereare4 readingpassagesinthispart. Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements. ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA), B), C) andD). YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne
Questions21 to25 arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Theaimoftheteacheristogethispupilsasquicklyaspossibleovertheperiodinwhicheachprintedsymbolislookedatforitsshape, andarriveatthestagewhenthepupillooksatwordsandphrases, fortheirmeaning, almostwithoutnoticingtheshapesoftheseparateletters.

Whenagoodreaderisatworkhedoesnotlookatletters, norevenatwords, onebyone, however, hequicklytakesinthemeaningoftwo, three, orfourwordsatatime, inasinglemoment. Watchcarefullytheeyesofapersonwhoisreading, anditwillbeseenthattheydonottravelsmoothlyalongthelinesofprint, buttheymovebyjumpsseparatedbyveryshortstops. Theeyesofaverygoodreadermovequickly, takinglongjumpsandmakingveryshorthalts(停顿); theeyesofapoorreadermovemoreslowly, takingonlyshortjumpsandstoppinglongerateachhalt. Sometimes, whenhemeetsadifficulty, heevengoesbackwardstoseeagainwhathasalreadybeenlookedatonce.

Theteacher’staskisthereforeclear: itistotrainhispupilstotakeinseveralwordsataglance(oneeye-jump’) andtoremovethenecessityforgoingbackwardstoreadsomethingasecondtime.

Thisshowsatoncethatletter-by-letter, orsyllable-by-syllable, orword-by-wordreading, withthefingerpointingtotheword, carefullyfixingeachoneinturn, iswrong. Itiswrongbecausesuchamethodtiesthepupil’seyesdowntoaveryshortjump, andtheaimistotrainforthelongjump. Moreover, averyshortjumpistooshorttoprovideanymeaningorsense; anditwillbefoundthathavingstruggledwiththreeorfourwordsseparately, thepupilhastolookatthemagain, alltogetherandinonegroup, inordertogetthemeaningofthewholephrase.

21. Whichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningtothefirstparagraph?
A) Pupilsshouldbetrainedtoreachquicklythestageofreadingwithouthavingtoconcentrateontheseparatesymbols.
B) Pupilsshouldlookateachprintedsymbolforitsmeaningaswellasforitsshape.
C) Teachersshouldhelptheirpupilsavoidlookingattheshapeoftheprintedsymbols.
D) Teachersshouldtelltheirpupilsthedifferentstagesoftheirstudy.（B）

22. Inasinglemoment, agoodreaderpicksup________.
A) severalwords
B) severalphrases
C) severalsentences
D) severallines（D）

23. Teachersencouragetheuseofdictionariessothat________.
A) studentswillbeabletoexpresstheirideasmorefreely
B) teacherswillhavelesstroubleincorrectingmistakes
C) studentswillhavemoreconfidenceinwriting
D) studentswilllearntobeindependentofteachers（A）

24. Thewriterseemstothinkthattheteacher’sjudgementonthatsensitivepieceofwritingis________.
A) reasonable
B) unfair
C) foolish
D) careless（B）

25. Themajorpointdiscussedinthepassageis________.
A) theimportanceofdevelopingwritingskills
B) thecomplexitiesofspelling
C) thecorrectwayofmarkingcompositions
D) therelationshipbetweenspellingandthecontentofacomposition（D）