Part II. Reading Comprehension (30%)

　　Directions: There are 3 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 a single line through the center.

　　11. Good secretaries find it ____ to handle office calls well.

　　A. extremely difficult

　　B. quite necessary

　　C. very important

　　D. very boring

　　12. It is frequently through ____ that a customer receives his first impression about a business.

　　A. telephone contacts

　　B. newspaper advertisements

　　C. telegrams

　　D. person-to-person contacts

　　13. “Runaround” here means ____.

　　A. “an unpleasant excuse”

　　B. “a flat refusal”

　　C. “a not-so-warm welcome”

　　D. but a helpful response

　　14. Laura Needham is ____.

　　A. a capable executive of a manufacturing factory

　　B. a secretary as well as an executive

　　C. an efficient office secretary

　　D. but a helpful telephone operator

　　15. In her opinion a secretary can never be a good one until ____.

　　A. she knows how to please her clients

　　B. she often asks her boss how to answer a telephone call

　　C. she has the information her clients need

　　D. she can keep calm and never loses her temper

　　16. What was the problem Philadelphia had in 1968?

　　A. Its school system needed a new school building.

　　B. More teachers were needed for its school system.

　　C. It lacked money for its educational project.

　　D. Both a and b.

　　17. The word “unique” here means _____.

　　A. “very unusual”

　　B. “proper”

　　C. “ordinary”

　　D. “pretty usual”

　　18. Who was the program planner?

　　A. A famous English innovator.

　　B. The director of a cultural institution

　　C. An Englishman called John Bremer.

　　D. Someone in charge of the city’s school system.

　　19. Every “tutorial group” consists of ______.

　　A. a large group of children and their tutor

　　B. 15 boys and girls, a teacher and his assistant

　　C. 15 boys and 15 girls

　　D. 15 boys but no girls

　　20. About 100 institutions in Philadelphia ______.

　　A. provide space for classrooms

　　B. open such courses as are required in the Program

　　C. allow their laboratories and other facilities to be used

　　D. offer their help

　　21.A good title for this passage is ____.

　　A. sleep B. Good Health C. Dreams D. Work and Rest

　　22.The word “drowsy” in the last paragraph means ____.

　　A. sick B. asleep C. a little sleepy D. nosy

　　23.This passage suggests that not getting enough sleep might make you _____.

　　A dream more often B. have poor health

　　C. nervous D. breathe quickly

　　24.During REM, _____.

　　your eyes move quickly B. you dream

　　C. you are restless D. Both A and B

　　25.The average number of hours of sleep that an adult needs is _____.

　　A. approximately six hours B. around the hours

　　C. about eight hours D. not stated here