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。
　　Traditionally,, universities have carried out two main activities: research and teaching. Many experts would argue that both these activities play a critical role in serving the community. The fundamental question, however, is how does the community want or need to be served?
　　In recent years universities have been coming under increasing pressure from both the governments and the public .to ensure that they do not remain "ivory towers(象牙塔)" of study separated from the realities of everyday life. University teachers have been encouraged, and in some cases constrained (强迫), to provide more courses which produce graduates with the technical skills required for the commercial use. If Aristotle wanted to work in a university in the UK today ， he would have a good chance of teaching computer science but would not be so readily employable as a philosopher.
　　A postindusttial society requires large numbers of computer programmers, engineers, managers and technicians to maintain and develop its economic growth but "man", as the Bible says, "does not live by bread alone. " Apart from requiring medical and social services, which do not directly contribute to economic growth, the society should also value and enjoy literature, music and the arts. Because they can also promote economic growth. A successful musical play, for instance, can contribute as much to the Gross National Product through tourist dollars as any other things.
　　第11题　The main idea of the first paragraph is that__________.
　　A.traditional universities do a good job serving the society
　　B.universities must meet the needs of the society
　　C.research and teaching are of great importance in universities
　　D.universities play an important role in our society
　　答案：B
　　第12题　We can infer from the second paragraph that__________.
　　A.the society is not satisfied with the present college education
　　B.the governments interfere too much with college education
　　C.teacher are forced to do what they don' t like to do
　　D.teachers dislike teaching commercially useful courses
　　答案：A
　　第138题　The Aristotle example is used to make the point that__________.
　　A.universities in the UK have produced too much good for graduates
　　B.such abstract subjects as philosophy is no longer useful
　　C.education should serve the social needs
　　D.it is advisable for today' s philosophers to know computer science
　　答案：B
　　第14题　According to the passage, literature, music and the arts__________.
　　A.do not contribute to economic growth at all
　　B.are less useful to the society because they do not make direct contribution to economic growth
　　C.are similar to medical and social services in their way of promoting economic growth
　　D.should develop only when they are good for economic growth
　　答案：C
　　第15题　The author believes that__________.
　　A.art is useful only when it is made into a money earner
　　B.the promotion of economic growth is the only goal of today' s society
　　C.universities should not provide literature or art courses
　　D.the society needs both technical skills and arts
　　答案：D
　　根据短文内容，回答下面试题。
　　All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes from the activity of the sun: The sun heats and feeds creatures and mankind. Each year it provides men with two hundred million tons of grain and nearly ten million tons of wood, coal, oil, natural gas, and all other fuels are stored energy from the sun. Some was collected by this season' s plants as carbon compounds. Some was stored by plants and trees ages ago. Even waterpower derives from the sun. Water turned into vapor by the sun fails as rain. It courses down the mountains and is converted to electric power. Light transmits only the energy that comes from the sun' s outer layer, and much of this energy that is directed towards the earth never arrives. About nine tenths of it is absorbed by the atmosphere of the earth. In fact, the earth itself gets only one half millionth of the sun' s entire output of radiant energy.
　　第16题　The sun is the source of all of the following EXCEPT__________.
　　A.gasoline　　B.natural gas　　C.atomic power　　D.animal fat
　　答案：C
　　第17题　Radiant energy is stored as carbon compounds by__________.
　　A.plants　　B.water　　C.rock　　D.creatures
　　答案：A
　　第18题　The sun' s energy provides us with all EXCEPT__________.
　　A.rain　　B.teal　　C.water　　D.light
　　答案：B
　　第19题　The largest part of the light energy directed towards the earth is__________.
　　A.stored up by the plants　　B.absorbed by the earth' s atmosphere
　　C.stored up by the animals in the form of body fat　　D.used for electric power
　　答案：B
　　第20题　Of the sun' s total output of radiant energy, the earth receives__________.
　　A.one tenth
　　B.one millionth
　　C.all that comes from the surface of the sun
　　D.a very small portion
　　答案：D

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