【正文】 e of the passage. 21. Provided there is no loss of understanding, a higher reading speed will help in______. A. physics B. English C. other subjects as well as English D. economics 22. You would expect to read a physics textbook _______ A. at the same speed as you read a funny story B. much more rapidly than a newspaper C. as slowly as you read Austin’s novel Pride and Prejudice D. much more slowly than a newspaper 23. To do the most effective reading, you should _______ A. try every possible means to increase your reading speed B. above all improve your prehension of the text C. hunt for whatever is implied in the reading material D. increase your reading speed and improve your understanding 24. The author suggests that you should not read passages word by word because A. it is not necessary to do so B. it might simply slow down your reading speed C. it might be difficult to catch the general idea of the passages D. it will result in misunderstanding 25. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. You are expected to read various materials at the same rate. B. A great deal of specialized knowledge is required to read books of general interest. C. Titles, introduction and paragraph heading are of great help for grasping the overview of the text. D. It is less likely that you can raise your average reading rate over the whole range materials you wish to cover within a short time. Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points) Directions: There are 20 inplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best pletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. 26. It is up to the Government to tackle the air pollution problem and ____ measures in line with the council’s suggestions. A. work out B. bring over C. set about D. fill up 27. Much of the news provided by this newspaper is _______, not foreign. A. domestic B. purchase C. strain D. murder 28. Estimates of the amount of oil discharged into the sea may _______ a lot. A. change B. range C. vary D. alter 29. The area is ________ to drought and floods. A. subject B. subjective C. subjected D. objective 30. This chapter includes a brief _________ of the more monly used drug. A. observe B. survey C. explore D. inspect 31. The firm installed ____ machines at enormous expense. A. prime B. advanced C. indirect D. skilled 32. They put off their departure ____ the ing meeting. A. participate in B. engage in C. instead of D. on account of 33. Each textbook _________ of 10 units. A. poses B. includes C. contains D. consists 34. The cost of the improvement _________ from million to 4 million pounds. A. altered B. ranged C. separated D. differed 35. I asked my friend to _________ a doctor who is good with children. A. recall B. introduce C. remend D. suggest 57. Natural gas can be used to power cars by ____ their engines. A. condensing B. transmitting C. transferring D. converting 58. Our taxi was caught in a traffic ____, so we were late for the show. A. jam B. block C. lock D. knot 59. It ____ that they sold to the home market but they didn’t export. A. broke out B. worked out C. turned out D. found out 60. In previous time, when fresh meat was in short ____, pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food. A. provision B. procedure C. supply D. assumption 61. The embassy has _____ itself to send aid to the famine victim. A. drain B. pledged C. integrated D. shift 62. _________ the system was operating, you couldn’t turn the heat off. A. As soon as B. As well as C. So far as D. As long as 63. Nowadays China has a (an) ________ supply of food. A. efficient B. abundant C. enough D. adequate 64. Ambition is a characteristic _________ all successful businessmen. A. for B. to C. of D. with 65. I will give you an _________ to meet all kinds of people. A. occasion B. chance C. opportunity D. occurrence 66. I don’t have a thing with me _________ this coat. A. other than B. more than C. better than D. rather than Part IV Cloze (20 points) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. There are more than forty universities in Britain—nearly twice as many as in 1960. During the 1960s eight pletely new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created 67 converting old colleges of technology into universities. In the same period the 68 of students more than doubled, from 70,000 to 69 than 2022,000. By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen 70 twentyone were in universities and about 5% of women. All the universities are private institutions. Each has it