第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出选项。
A
The interview has been going on for about20 minutes and everything seemsto be going well．Then，suddenly，the interviewer asks an unexpected question，“Which is more important，law or love？”
Job applicants（求职者）in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this．And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China．
Employers（雇主）wantpeople who are skilled，enthusiastic（热情的）and devoted． So these are the qualities that any reasonable intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actualfeelings are．
In response ，employers are increasingly using questions that can try and show the applicants'true personality．
The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Kiersey Personality Sorter．It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know．This is often called aptitude（智能）testing．
According to Mark Baldwin ofAlliance many job applicants in Chinaare finding this type of questions difficult．When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may well fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see．
This is sometimes called the prisoner's dilemma（窘境）．Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest．But they fail because they don't understand what the interviewer is looking for．Remember that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer．
56．The writer wrote the passage to _____ ．
A．give you a piece of advice on a job interview
B．tellyou how to meet a job interviewee
C．describe an aptitude test
D．advise you how to find a good job
57．According to the writer，in an aptitude test ，Chinese job applicants should_____ ．
A．not tellthe truth
B．learn to tell what they really think
C．try to find out what the examiner really wants to know
D．try to find out the answers to the questions
58．From the passage we know that _____ ．
A．job applicants are not always asked such questions
B．more Chinese applicants failto find jobs
C．applicants should not act as reasonably as a prisoner
D．aptitude testing is becoming popular
B
Read the following advertisements and then choose the correct answers．
（China Daily，March 3，1996）the biggest shopping center will open on March 8．Everybody with today's China Daily will get a small present that day．You are welcome．
Telephone：38990688；Address：No．6 Xidan Road．．．
（ENGLISH NEWSPAPER，March19，1996）English Newspaper needs a foreign editor．He（She）must have worked in China for more than 2years．British nationality is necessary．The salary is ＄100，000a year．The term is 3years．This advertisement will be invalid（无效的）after ten days．
Telephone：38990666；Address：No．6 Xinling Road．．．
（CHINA FOOTBALL，February 3，1996）Shanghai ShenhuaTeam Vs Beijing Guo'an Team
TIME：February 8，Sunday（3p．m．）
PLACE：Hongkou Stadium
TICKET PRICE：RMB 25 yuan（for adults）
RMB 15 yuan（for students）
NAME：China Cup Football Contest
COACHES：Xu Genbao，Jin Zhiyang．．．
59．If the customer had a China Daily of March 3，1996，he would get a small present _____ ．
A．every day
B．from China Daily
C．on March 8，1996
D．on March 3，1996
60．If an Englishman who has worked in China for 3years comes to English Newspaper office to ask for the job in April，he will _____ ．
A．get the job
B．not get the job
C．be a good editor
D．not be useful
61．If three adults and six students went to watch the match，the tickets would cost them _____ yuan．
A．165B．135C．196D．255
62．Which of the following is NOT TRUE？
A．The shopping center is at No．6 Xidan Road．
B．The telephone number of English Newspaper is 38990666．
C．The match is between Beijing Team and Guo'an Team．
D．Xu Genbao is a coach．
C
Generations of Americans have been broughtup to believe thatagood breakfastis essential（必要的）to one's life．Eating breakfast at the start of the day，we havebeen told，and told again，is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip．
But for many people，the thought of food as the first thing in the morning is never a pleasure．So in spite of all the efforts，they stilltake no breakfast．Between 1977and 1983，the latest year for which figures could be obtained（获得），the number of people who didn'thave breakfast increased by 33％—from 8．8million to 11．7million—according to the Chicago-Based Market Research Corporation of America．For those who dislike eating breakfast，however，there is some good news．Several studies in the last few years have shown that，for grown-ups especially， there may be nothing wrong with omitting（省略）breakfast．“Going without breakfast does not affect work，”said Mold E．Bender，former professor of nutrition（营养）at Queen Elizabeth College in London，“Nor does giving people breakfast improve work．”
Scientific evidence（证据）linking breakfast to better health or better work is surprisingly inadequate（不充足），and most of the recent work involves（涉及）children，not grown-ups．“The literature，”says one researcher，Dr．Earmest Pollitt at the University of Texas，“is poor”．
63．The main ideaofthe passage is _____ ．
A．breakfast has nothing to do with people's health
B．a good breakfast used to be important to us
C．breakfast is not as important to us as gasoline to a car
D．breakfast is not so important as we thought before
64．For those who do not take breakfast the good news is that _____ ．
A．severalstudies have been done in the past few years
B．the omission of breakfast does no harm to one's health
C．grown-ups have especially made studies in this field
D．eating little in the morning is good for health
65．The underlined part“Nor does giving people breakfast improve work．”means_____ ．
A．people without breakfast can improve their health
B．not giving people breakfast improves work
C．having breakfast does not improve work ，either
D．people having breakfast do improve their work，too
66．The word“literature”in the last paragraph refers to _____ ．
A．stories，poems，plays，etc．
B．written works on aparticular subject
C．any printed material
D．the modern literature of America
67．What is implied but not stated by the author is that _____ ．
A．breakfast does not affect work
B．Dr．Pollitt works at an institution of higher learning
C．not eating breakfast might affect the health of children
D．Professor Bender once taught college courseson nutrition in London
D
When Columbus reached the New World，corn was the most widely grown plantin America．Thisplant'srange extended from what is now southern Canadato lower South America．At that time some tribes cultivated（培植）it at sea level，others at elevation（高度）ofmore than 11，000 feet．
“Columbus had no way of knowing that corn was far more valuable than the spices（香料）and gold he had hoped to find，”said Frances B．King，a professor ata university of Pittsburgh．Through human intervention（干涉），thisplanthasdeveloped into several hundred races，or varieties． Their heights vary from 2to 12feet，and theirmaturity（成熟）rangesfrom little more than 2months to almost a year．Their ears（穗）vary notonly in color，butalso in size．
Unlike other cereals（谷类），corn bears little resemblance（相似）to its wildancestors．In fact，it differs from the appearance of its immediate ancestors more than any other cultivated plant known．From humble（卑下）origins as a lowland grass，corn developed into the western world's important grain．As its high yields（产量） allowed communities to grow far beyond what early agriculture could feed，most scientists viewed corn as having largely fueled preColumbian growth and civilization．
Now，new findings are greatly changing researchers'notions about the time when corn revolution occurred．New dates for its emergence（出现）from Mesoamerica do not support the widely held view．The evidence now suggests that the signs of corn in Americacan date back5，500yearsatleast．
68．The first paragraph states that corn_____ ．
A．was mainly grown at sea level
B．was not grown below the elevation of 11，000feet
C．was widely grown in Canada only
D．spread throughout America
69．The second paragraph implies that_____ ．
A．the purpose of Columbus'exploration was to discover corn
B．corn was one of Columbus'discoveries，but more precious than anything else
C．Columbus knew corn so well that he broughtitback to Europe at once
D．corn was the only Columbus'discovery that was remembered
70．According to the passage，some varieties of corn can _____ ．
A．ripen little more than 2months B．last little more than 2years
C．stay fresh for almost a year D．stay alive from 2months to almost2 years
71．The widely held view was challenged by_____ ．
A．a new revolution B．new findings about corn
C．the signs of corn 5，000years ago D．new dates for communities'emergence
E
Tests administered（有助于）to most elementary and high-school students in the United States exert（发挥）an unfavourable influence on science and math teaching， according to a new ＄1million study performed for the National Science Foundation．Andbecauseschoolswithhighminority enrollments（入学）generally place agreater reliance（相信）on scores from these tests， the study finds，there tends to be“a gap in instructional emphases between high-and low-minority classrooms thatdiffers from our national concern for the quality of education．”
George F．Madaus and his colleaguesat Boston College analyzed not only the six most widely used nationalstandardized tests， but also the tests designed to accompany（go with）the four most commonly used science and math texts in fourth-grade，eighth-grade，and high-school classrooms．Though curriculum（teaching program）experts argue that schools should place greater em- phasis on problem solving and reasoning， the new study shows that the tests focus on lower-level skills—primarily mechanical memorization of routine formulas（公式）．
Researchers surveyed more than 2，200 math and science instructors，interviewing in depth some 300teachers and administrators．Especially in schools with high minority enrollments，teachers reported feeling pressured to help students perform wellon these tests．Some states judge schools and some schools determine teacher assignments（作业）based on students'test scores．
“With so much worry，”Madaus says，“teachers feel forced to focus their instruction on drilling what the tests will measure—at the expense of the more valuable， higher-level skills．”
72．The author of this article states that_____ ．
A．the tests don't affect teaching in most elementary and high schools
B．the science and math teaching is influenced by the present tests
C．no study is performed on tests for the NationalScience Foundation
D．the United States exerts a strong influence on science and math teaching
73．It can be inferred that in high minority classrooms _____ ．
A．the students can not get high score from the tests
B．scores from the tests are not important
C．instructionalemphases are unfavourable
D．teaching doesn't focus on the quality of education
74．According to the second paragraph，the study has discovered that _____ ．
A．emphasis of teaching is on problem solving and reasoning
B．curriculum is good for national standardized tests
C．the tests mainly center around the memorization of some formulas
D．routine formulas are not usefulfor students to memorize
75．According to Madaus'opinion，teachers are forced to _____ ．
A．evaluate（评估）students'skills every year
B．suffer so much worry on the texts
C．teach what will be tested
D．focus their instruction on useful drillings