Part II Reading Comprehension (15 minutes)
2、Directions : In this part, you will have 15 minutes to .go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1 - 7, mark
　　Y (for YES ) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
　　N (for NO ) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
　　NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8 - 10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Build up Your Vocabulary
Exactly what do you do during a normal day? How do you spend your time? Paul T. Rankin very much wanted an answer to that question To get it, he asked sixty-eight individuals to keep an accurate, detailed record of what they did every minute of their waking hours. When he consolidated his findings, he discovered that the average individual spent 70 percent of his waking time doing one thing only communication. That meant either reading, writing, speaking or listening.
　　Put that evidence alongside of the research findings uncovered by the Human Engineering Laboratories. In exploring aptitudes and careers involving, among other things, data from 30,000 vocabulary tests given yearly, they discovered that big incomes and big vocabularies go together. Vocabulary, more than any other factors yet known, predicts financial success.
　　And it all fits. Each word you add to your vocabulary makes you a better reader, writer, speaker and listener. Furthermore, linguistic scientists are quick to point out that we actually think with words. If that is so, new words make us better thinkers as well as communicators. No wonder more words are likely to mean more money. What better reason for beginning right now to extend your vocabulary?
　　Take reading. What exactly do you read? Common sense says you read words. Research confirms that fact. "Vocabulary in context" contributes 39 percent to comprehension. That's more than any other factor isolated and studied even more than intelligence. And "word in parts" contributes more to speed of reading than any other factor. In short, your efforts to improve vocabulary will pay off in both comprehension and speed.
Suppose, as you're reading along, you come across a strange word lumtebs.
　　Did you find yourself stopping for a closer look at lumtebs? Pardon the spelling slip. That's actually the word stumble (偶然发现).
　　The letters just got mixed around. Obviously you now know that strange words do slow you down -- or even stop derstand, "eschew garrulity" or "avoiding talking too much".
　　What you need is a vital, dynamic approach to vocabulary building. Hybrid ( 混合种) corn combines the best qualities of several varieties to ensure maximum productivity. A hybrid approach to vocabulary should, in the same way, ensure maximum results. That's why you should use the CPD formula.
Through Context
　　When students in a college class were as
3、Researchers in the Human Engineering Laboratories discovered the evidence that big vocabulary means big financial success.[Y．N．NG．]
4、Reading through "vocabulary in context" is more effective than reading through "word in parts”.[Y．N．NG．]
5、Hybrid corn is not like a hybrid approach to vocabulary in that hybrid com doesn't ensure maximum results which the latter ensures.[Y．N．NG．]
6、In reading, most college students will consult the dictionary when they encounter a new word,which offers greater help.[Y．N．NG．]
7、Often, reading through familiar word parts definitely helps understand the meaning of unfamiliar words one reads.[Y．N．NG．]
8、This passage is meant to teach readers how to enlarge their vocabularies by means of the CPD Formula.[Y．N．NG．]
9、It is advised that you not consult the dictionary before you go through the mental gymnastics to get__________
10、Compared with consulting the dictionary, readers heightened interest' in using context and word parts will lead to________ of word and meaning.
11、The benefits of using__________ will be similar to depositing money in the bank.