【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 er on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. Passage One Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (18761947 ), concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer. Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Fall is the nextbest season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking. 11. According to the passage, man’s intelligence______. A. stays the same throughout the year B. varies from day to day C. changes with the seasons D. changes from year to year 12. Ellsworth Hunting decided that climate and temperature have______. A. a great effect on everyone’s intelligence B. some effect on most people’s intelligence C. some effect on a few people’s intelligence D. no effect on most people’s intelligence 13. Ellsworth Hunting’s conclusion was based on ______. A. variations of his own mental abilities from season to season B. the results of research done by him and other scientists among peoples in different climates. C. detailed records of temperature changes in different places D. detailed records of different ways of thinking among peoples in different climates 14. Why does the author say summer is a good time to take a long vacation from thinking? A. Because a long vacation in summer helps to improve people’s mental power. B. Because people tend to be less creative during summer. C. Because summer is a good time for outdoor activities. D. Because mental exertion in the summer heat taxes too much of people’s energy. 15. The certain idea of this passage is ______. A. man’s mental abilities change from season to season B. man’s intelligence varies from place to place C. man should take a long vacation in summer D. if you want to do creative thinking, go to a cool place Passage Two Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage. You don’t need every word to understand the meaning of what you read. In fact, too much emphasis on individual words both slows your speed and reduces your prehension. You will be given the chance to prove this to yourself, but meanwhile, let us look at the implication. First, any habit which slows down you silent reading to the speed at which you speak, or read aloud, is inefficient. If you point to each word as you read, or more your head or form the words with your lips, you read poorly. Less obvious habits also hold back reading efficiency. ONE is “saying” each word silently by moving your tongue or throat or vocal cords。 another is “hearing” each word as you read. These are habits which should have been outgrown long ago. The beginning reader is learning how letters can make words, how written words are pronounced, and how sentences are put together. Your reading purpose is quite different。 it is to understand meaning. It has been estimated that up to 75%of the words in English sentences are not really necessary for conveying the meaning .The secret of silent reading is to seek out those key words and phrases which carry the thought, and to pay less attention to words which exist only for the sake of grammatical pleteness. An efficient reader can grasp the meaning from a page at least twice as fast as he can read the passage aloud. Unconsciously perhaps, he takes in a whole phrase or thought unit at a time. If he “says” or “hears” words to himself. They are selected ones, said for emphasis. 16. This passage is mainly about __. A. improving eye movements B. reading more widely C. eliminating poor reading habits D. concentrating while reading 17. Saying each word to yourself as you read ______. A. improves prehension B. increases reading speed C. prevent regression D. hinders reading efficiency 18. You reading purpose should be ______. A. to understand all the words B. to make fewer eye movements C. to understand meaning D. to understand the grammatical structure 19. It has been estimated that up to 75% of words in English sentences are _____. A. grammatically unnecessary B. essential to the meaning C. not absolutely essential to grasp of meaning D. regressed more than once by poor readers 20. Efficient readers usually ______. A. move their heads quickly B. take in whole phrases C. point at key words