【正文】 clean up. B) There was more garbage than before and they had to work harder. C) The river had bee so clean that a lot of waterbirds came back. D) The river was much cleaner and they had to search for garbage.13. A) Most of them would be indifferent and keep on throwing garbage into the river. B) They would join the students in changing the situation. C) They would bee more aware of the pollution problem. D) They would think twice before they went swimming or fishing in the river.Passage TwoQuestions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. A) Why people hold back their tears. B) Why people cry. C) How to restrain one’s tears. D) How tears are produced.15. A) What chemicals tears are posed of. B) Whether crying really helps us feel better. C) Why some people tend to cry more often than others. D) How tears help people cope with emotional problems.16. A) Only one out of four girls cries less often than boys. B) Of four boys, only one cries very often. C) Girls cry four times as often as boys. D) Only one out of four babies doesn’t cry often.17. A) Only humans respond to emotions by shedding tears. B) Only humans shed tears to get rid of irritating stuff in their eyes. C) Only human tears can resist the invading bacteria. D) Only human tears can discharge certain chemicals.Passage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. A) They make decisions by tossing coins. B) They are not physically separated. C) They think exactly the same way. D) They share most of their vital organs.19. A) Few of them can live long. B) Few of them get along well with each other. C) Most of them live a normal life. D) Most of them differ in their likes and dislikes.20. A) They go to a regular school. B) They attend a special school. C) They are taught by their parents. D) They have a private tutor.Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)Direction: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B) C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving goodbye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some LatinAmerican countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell. Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that “Gift” means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away form others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to e closer and touch, which makes Americans unfortable. Our linguistic（語言上的）and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world. Even here in the United States, we make few concessions to the needs of foreign visitors. There are no information signs in four languages on our public buildings or monuments。 we do not have multilingual（多語的）guided tours. Very few restaurant menus have translations, and multilingual waiters, bank clerks and policemen are rare. Our transportation systems have maps in English only and often we ourselves have difficulty understanding them. When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. The attitudes and information we pick up are conditioned by those natives—usually the richer—who speak English. Our business dealings, as well as the nation’s diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters. For many years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance. After all, America was the most powerful country of the free world, the distributor of needed funds and goods. But all that is past. American dollars no longer buy all good things, and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing. A 1979 Harris poll reported that 55 percent of Americans want this country to play a more significant role in world affairs。 this new form of partreading, of partperception against background distraction, renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehension and concentration, let alone that most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves, which is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart。 its effects are still being debated. The information revolution will touch every facet of position, publication, distribution, and reading. No one in the book industry can say with any confidence what will happen to the book, as we’ve known it.31. The picture of the reading ability of the American people, drawn by the author, is _____. A) rather bleak B) fairly bright C) very impressive D) quite encouraging32. The author’s biggest concern is ____________. A) elementary school children’s disinterest in reading classics B) the surprisingly low rate of literacy in the . C) the musical setting American readers require for reading D) the reading ability and reading behavior of the middle class33. A major problem with most adolescents who can read is ___________. A) their fondness of music and TV programs B) their ignorance of various forms of art and literature C) the