Part II Reading Comprehension(40 points)

Directions：There are 4 reading 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 o single line throught the center.

第16题单选 根据以下内容回答下面试题：

Many American college and university students live in university residence halls.These halls are popularly called“dorms”.Residence halls may offer various types of living accommodations.

There are single rooms，in which a student lives alone but there probably are a good many more double rooms，which two students share.Some dorms have sets of rooms，where small groups of students have separate bedrooms but share a bathroom and maybe a study room.

There are usually a number of conveniences available for those living in university resi-dence halls.Most have washing machines and clothes dryers for use by the residents.Many dorms have kitchens where students can prepare light meals.Residence halls generally provide not only room and board but public rooms and recreational facilities and sometimes study rooms for their use.

If you live in a dormitory you need to know what the rules and regulations are.Meals usually are served at only certain hours，and you must be there at those hours if you expect to eat.There may be only certain hours when visitors may come，or they may be limited to certain areas of the dormitory.Often cooking in bedrooms is prohibited，and the use of certain pieces of electrical equipment such as coffee pots or hair dryers may be limited.

Living in a residence hall carries certain obligation.You have to be considerate of others，especially during study hours.Telephone calls and visits by friends should be short.You have to cooperate in keeping the room as neat as possible.It is sometimes hard to be tolerant of another person’S habits that may differ from your own.

第16题单选 Residence halls in American universities provide__________.

A.single rooms shared by two students

B.apartments for small groups of students

C.double rooms for two students

D.separate rooms with a common bathroom.

参考答案：C

第17题单选 Living in university halls is convenient because__________.

A.meals are served at any time

B.most halls provide various facilities

C.public rooms are available for visitors

D.all have study rooms for their own use

参考答案：B

第18题单选 What is prohibited in residence halls?

A.Eating meals in one’s bedroom.

B.The use of electrical eqhipment.

C.The use of coffee pots.

D.Preparing meals in bedrooms.

参考答案：D

第19题单选 What must you learn to be tolerant of if you live in a dormitory?

A.Your roommate’s telephone calls.

B.Habits that may differ from your own.

C.Visits by your roommate’s friends.

D.Roommates who are inconsiderate.

参考答案：B

第20题单选 Living in a residence hall.you have to__________.

A.do your best to keep the room clean

B.form a habit of other's

C.have your phone calls in your room

D.study hard during study hours

参考答案：A

根据以下内容回答试题：

All of us rely on what we see.We say to ourselves，“I know，was there;I saw it hap-pen.”And that seems to settle the matter.Or does it?Can we really trust the evidence of oureyes?Take competitive sports.Fans who see the same game will not agree with each other and will the disagree with the referee(裁判).“He was out of bounds when he caught the pass，”says one fan.Says another，“You are crazy.I saw it with my own eyes.He was five feet in bounds.You must be blind.”The referee rules that the receiver did step out of bounds.But thousands of fans are still not convinced--because they were there!

It’s the same story in the courtroom.Trial procedure depends on witnesses giving sworn testimony.But just how reliable is the testimony of a person who repots what he has seen?In a recent study，ten thousand witnesses were asked to describe the man they saw commit a crime.The study reveals that，on the average，the witnesses overestimated the man s height by five inches，his age by eight years，and gave the wrong hair color in 83 percent of the cases.These witnesses didn’t play tricks on them!

What can we do to keep error to a minimum?First of all，don’t let your emotions interfere with your vision.Don’t see something because you want to see it.Se.condly，try to stay relaxed.If you are tense，you are likely to see red when the color is blue.And finally，it helps to make notes of what you see.Don’t rely on your memory alone.Take pictures，make recordings，and use any other aid to reduce distortion.

第21题单选 The main idea of this passage is that__________.

A.all of us rely on what we see

B.we can t completely trust what we see

C.sworn eyewitnesses are unreliable

D.fans usually disagree with the referee

参考答案：B

第22题单选 The passage suggests that fans at sport events__________.

A.show no respect for the truth

B.lie about what they see

C.are controlled by emotion

D.have no faith in the referee

参考答案：C

第23题单选 Statistical studies show that__________.

A.courtroom testimony only confuses the judge

B.courtroom testimony is often unreliable

C.eyewitnesses are remarkably accurate

D.eyewitnesses tend to conceal what they see

参考答案：B

第24题单选 The word“them”(Paragraph 3)refers to__________.

A.the judges and the trial procedure

B.the witnesses and their testimony

C.83 percent of the cases

D.the beight，age and hair color of the criminal

参考答案：D

第25题单选 In order to keep error to a minimum，we are advised to_________.

A.separate our emotions from what we see

B.improve our memory of what we see

C.get a better look at what we are interested in

D.concentrate on what makes US relaxed

参考答案：A

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