【文章內容簡介】 sitors C. the number of great whites is growing quickly D. OCEARCH help people get closer to great whites 31. The main purpose of the passage is to ______. A. introduce an experiment result B. make an advertisement for OCEARCH C. remind us that big killers are dying out D. inform us that great whites are making a eback D In the Inter age, speed reading is a necessary and important skill. We skim over articles and s to try to get key words and the main idea of the text. With so much information through our electronic devices (電子設備 ), it would be impossible to get through everything if we read word by word, line by line. However, a new trend calls on people to enjoy reading slowly. A recent story from The Wall Street Journal reported on a book club in Wellington, New Zealand, where members meet in a caf233。 and turn off their smartphones. They sit back in fortable chairs and read in silence for an hour. Unlike typical book clubs, the point of the slow reading club isn’t to exchange ideas about certain books, but to get away from electronic devices and read in a quiet, relaxed environment. According to the story, the Wellington book club is just one example of a movement started by book lovers who miss the traditional way of reading. Traditional readers, like Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the mind, improves concentration, reduces stress levels and deepens the ability to understand others. Some of these benefits have been backed up by science. For example, a study of 300 elderly people published by the journal Neurology last year showed that adults who take part in activities that use their brain, such as reading, suffer less memory loss as they get older. Another study published last year in Science showed that reading novels helps people understand others’ mental states and beliefs — a key skill in building relationships. Yet technology has made us less careful readers. Computer and phone screens have changed our reading patterns from the toptobottom, lefttoright reading order we traditionally used, to a wild skimming pattern as we hunt for important words and information. Reading text online that has many links to other web pages also leads to weaker prehension than reading plain text. The Inter may have made us stupider, says British journalist Patrick Kingsley, only half joking. Because of the Inter, he says we have bee very good at collecting a wide range of factual tidbits (花邊新聞 ), but we are also gradually fetting how to sit back, think and connect all these facts with each other. 32. Speed reading is a necessary and important skill in the Inter age because people ______. A. no longer read word by word, line by line B. have to get the meaning faster C. have much more information to read D. must use their smartphones more frequently 33. Members of the Wellington book club are expected to ______. A. make coffee for the other members B. read peacefully for an hour C. regularly exchange ideas about books D. turn off their smartphones for sleeping 34. According to the Neurology study, who is most likely to suffer memory loss? A. A 79yearold woman who reads regularly. B. A 17yearold middle school student who seldom reads. C. A healthy 24yearold university graduate who often plays games. D. A 65yearold man who rarely reads. 35. The last paragraph is written to ______. A. explain the secrets of others’ minds B. describe the problems caused by electronic reading C. call on people to read more about science D. encourage people to read as slowly as possible 第二節(jié) （共 5小題；每小題 2分，滿分 10分） 根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。 If you are like most international students, you are probably pretty fortable reading and writing in English, but not as fortable with listening and speaking in the language. 36 Make friends with American students. Many international students end up making friends with a lot of — or only — other international students. 37 Hanging out with natives not only naturally pushes you to improve your spoken English, but also helps you pick up cultural and social information. Learn from American friends. Tell your American friends that you are trying to improve your listening and speaking skills, and would like them to help you. If you pronounce a word incorrectly, or misuse an idiom, you want them to tell you. 38 Increase your knowledge. 39 If you have known about the topics that are likely to be discussed in conversation, you have a much better chance of understanding people when they talk, and of being able to express yourself well. 40 If you have to explain something to someone, you have a strong desire to pronounce everything as well as you