PartIIReadingComprehension(35 minutes)
Directions: Thereare4 passagesinthispart. Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements. ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA), B), C) andD). YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

PassageOne
Questions21 to25 arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Theaimoftheteacheristogethispupilsasquicklyaspossibleovertheperiodinwhicheachprintedsymbolislookedatforitsshape, andarriveatthestagewhenthepupillooksatwordsandphrases, fortheirmeaning, almostwithoutnoticingtheshapesoftheseparateletters.

Whenagoodreaderisatworkhedoesnotlookatletters, norevenatwords, onebyonehoweverquickly; hetakesinthemeaningoftwo, 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.（A）

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

23. Accordingtothepassage, whichofthefollowingisFALSE?
A) Theeyesofagoodreadermakeshorthaltsandlongjumps.
B) Theeyesofabadreadertakeinthemeaningofonewordatatime.
C) Theeyesofabadreadertakeonlyshortjumps.
D) Theeyesofagoodreadermovesteadily.（D）

24. Onemayhavetoreadsomethingasecondtimeif________.
A) thereisenoughtime
B) onereadstoofast
C) thepassageisverylong
D) onereadswordbyword（D）

25. Themainideaofthelastparagraphisthat________.
A) word-by-wordreadingishighlyinefficient
B) thepupil’seyesshouldfocusongroupsofsyllablesinsteadofsinglesyllables
C) pupilshavetomovetheireyesbackandforthwhenreading
D) fingerpointinginreadinghelpsthepupilconcentrateonmeaning（A）