A.ascertain B.assert

C.avert D.ascribe

Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension 20%

Directions: There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five 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.

Passage One

Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space.The amount of space a person needs around him is a cultural difference,not an economic one.Knowing your own psychological space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices,including,for example,the number of bedrooms in the home.If you were brought up in a two�瞔hild family and both you and your sister or brother had your own bedrooms,the chances are if you have two children or more,that you also will offer separate bedrooms for them.In America,for example,they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babies.This is very unusual in the world.In many other countries,the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in bed near them.

The space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needs.Some families gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with it.Others have separate little corners where family members go to be alone.

Although it is true that psychological space needs are not decided by economic reasons,they sometimes have to be changed a little because of economic pressure.It is almost impossible,however,to completely change your psychological space needs.

() 1.The first sentence in Paragraph 1 “Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space” means “”.

A.Not two people need exactly the same amount of living space

B.Living space requirements are not always the same

C.The world requires the same amount of living space

D.Nobody needs a required amount of living space

() 2.Some families gather closer to each other at home than others because.

A.they have limited living space

B.they are brought up in a large family

C.it satisfies their psychological space needs

D.the children in the family sleep in the same bed with their parents

() 3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Americans are trained to live in large rooms at birth.

B.Economic situation decides one�餾 amount of space needs.

C.People in various countries demand different psychological space.

D.Knowing your psychological space needs is important, as it affects your future.

() 4.According to the writer of the passage, psychological space needs.

A.are not affected by income at all

B.can hardly be changed altogether

C.can be changed if you make up your mind to do so

D.have nothing to do with cultural background

() 5.The best title for this passage is.

A.American Way of Living

B.Psychological Space

C.Space Needs in Different Countries

D.Psychological Space and Economic Pressure

Passage Two

The fridge is considered a necessity. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food first appeared with the label: “store in the refrigerator.”

In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthy. The milkman came daily, the grocer, the butcher(肉商), the baker, and the ice�瞔ream man delivered two or three times a week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus(剩余的)bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on, food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country.

The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. A vast way of well�瞭ried techniques already existed—natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling…

What refrigeration did promote was marketing—marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the globe in search of a good price.

Consequently, most of the world�餾 fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially�瞔ooled space inside an artificially�瞙eated house—while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.

The fridge�餾 effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant. If you don�餿 believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may miss the hamburgers(漢堡包), but at least you�餷l get rid of that terrible hum.

()6.The statement “In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthy.” (Line 1, Para.2) suggests that .

A.the author was well�瞗ed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties

B.the author was not accustomed to using fridges even in his fifties

C.there was no fridge in the author�餾 home in the 1950s

D.the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s

()7.Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?

A.People would not buy more food than was necessary.

B.Food was delivered to people two or three times a week.

C.Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.

D.People had effective ways to preserve their food.

()8.Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?

A.Inventors.

B.Consumers.

C.Manufacturers.

D.Traveling salesmen.

()9.Which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridge�餾 negative effect on the environment?

A.“Hum away continuously”.

B.“Climatically almost unnecessary”.

C.“Artificially�瞔ooled space”.

D.“With mild temperatures”.