Part II Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfin-ished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one andmark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.
　　根据短文内容，回答下面试题。
　　What do we mean by a satisfactory standard of living7 Obviously, it must include the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing and shelter. To get these necessities on regular basis, a person must have a reliable income: But we have other needs which would probably also be included as basic, such as health and education facilities.
　　We may think of all of these as our needs. Yet most of us would be far from satisfied if we had nothing more than these which are supplied for us. We all enjoy extra income to spend on things like books, sports or hobbies. Sometimes we save some of this-extra income to pay for future expense of this type on holidays. So we must add our wants to our basic needs. Our standard of living is the degree, to which these needs and wants are satisfied.
　　But as time goes on, what we think of as our basic needs changes. Twenty years ago a television would have been a luxury, and still is in many countries now. Even now we cannot say it is a need in the same sense as food, clothing and shelter, Yet if most of the people of a country have one, it comes to be accepted as a need. It is possible therefore to have food, clothing and shelter and still be poor by the standards of our own society.
　　第11题 What we need in life is divided into __________ according to this article.
　　A.the basic necessities and luxury
　　B.many kinds of need such as food, clothing and houses
　　C.four groups the basic necessities, luxury, reliable inc0me and future expense
　　D.the basic necessities and reliable income
　　答案：A
　　第12题 A person who gets the basic necessities must __________ according to the writer.
　　A.have a reliable income　　B.learn how to please his manager
　　C.finish his work ahead the time　　D.get a good education
　　答案：A
　　第13题 We all enjoy __________.
　　A.having only reliable income　　B.having reliable income and extra income
　　C.having nothing more than food and clothing　　D.having nothing more than reliable income
　　答案：B
　　第14题 With time going on, __________.
　　A.a luxury may change into a need which most people want to get　　B.the basic needs are getting smaller and smaller
　　C.a luxury and the basic needs can be exchanged　　D.the basic needs can be changed into a luxury
　　答案：A
　　第15题 If most of the people of a country have a television, we __________.
　　A.can say the television is a need in the same sense as food and clothing and shelter
　　B.can say the television must be in the basic necessities
　　C.cannot say the television is in the basic necessities
　　D.can say every family must have one
　　答案：A
　　根据短文内容，回答下面试题。
　　Increasingly, over the past ten years, people--especially young people--have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because much of the food they eat, particularly processed food, is not good for the health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods.
　　Foods which do not contain chemical additives(添加剂) and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers, widely used in farming today.
　　Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic(有机的) matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount but not the quality of foods grown in commercial farming areas.
　　Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy pastures(牧场). Compare this with what happens in' the mass production of poultry: there are farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food, they also lay eggs which lack important vitamins.
　　There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing attention from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually a non-essential food! Al-though a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if it is necessary, we can in fact do without it. It is not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be addictive : the quantity we use has grown steadily over the last two centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds a year ! Yet all it does is to provide us with energy, in the form of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and no fiber.
　　It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the fiber has been removed. But it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on "healthy eating".
　　第16题 People have become more interested in natural foods because __________.
　　A.they are more health conscious　　B.they want to taste all kinds of foods
　　C.natural foods are more delicious than processed foods　　D.they want to return to nature
　　答案：A
　　第17题 Soil that is rich in organic matters__________.
　　A.has had chemicals and fertilizers added to it　　B.contains vegetable matter that has not been consumed
　　C.has been nourished by fertilizers　　D.already contains large quantities of vitamins and minerals
　　答案：B
　　第18题 Chickens raised in poultry farms are all of the following EXCEPT that__________.
　　A.they are fed on food which is little better than garbage　　B.they live in very crowded condition
　　C.the eggs they lay lack vitamins　　D.they are allowed to move about and eat freely
　　答案：D
　　第19题 According to the passage,__________.
　　A.people need sugar to give them energy　　B.sugar is bad for the health
　　C.the use of sugar is habit forming　　D.sugar only sweetens food, but provides us with nothing useful
　　答案：C
　　第20题 The best title for this passage is__________.
　　A.People' s Growing Interest in Natural Foods　　B.Natural Foods and Healthy Diet
　　C.Harmful Effects of Sugar　　D.The Importance of Fiber in Foods
　　答案：B

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