V. Reading Comprehension
Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by the three or four questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked (A) (B) (C) and (D) . Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
D day is a term used to stand for the starting day of a campaign or planned series of actions. When the secret starting date is unknown, secret or subject to change, D day is the reference point which helps planners arrange every step of a campaign. For example, the day before D day is D-1; the day after: D 1, D 2 and so on.
The letter D here stands for Day, so D day actually means Day day. More commonly the term has a military usage. In fact, it came into being during the First World War, but it was during the Second that D day got its common usage.
The beginning of the end of the Second World War was the allied landing of Europe, and D day was its starting date. After months of careful planning, the exact day was fixed for June5,1994. Because of impossible weather conditions, at the minute the landing was put off until the following day.
71. If a man-made satellite is planned to launch on August 1st , but for some reason, it is launched on July 29th, then according to the passage, the day is ______,
(A) D-2 (B) D-3 (C) D 2 (D) D 3
72. The allied landing of Europe_______.
(A) brought the Second World War to an end
(B) started the Second World War
(C) took place on the day D-1
(D) was the end of the Second World War
73. Why was the landing of Europe put off in the Second World War?
(A) Because it had been carelessly planned
(B) Because it was fine that day.
(C) Because it wasn't suitable for attacking that day.
(D) Because it was raining that day.
74. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
(A) D day is a term used only in a campaign.
(B) D day is helpful for people to plan something to be happening.
(C) In fact, the term D day is June 5, not June 6
(D) June 1st, Children's Day can be called D day.
B
Acadia National Park
5 miles S of Hardor Via Rte. Season from about May 10 to October 15. Likely to be crowded July 1 to August 31! 4-day camping limiting. 3335 tent sites in woods, open fields near shore. Food three miles away. Swim (salt and fresh) with easy drive.
75. Most people choose to go there during the period of ______.
(A) May to July (B) July to October (C) July to August (D) June to September
76. The people who stay there live ______.
(A) with selected families (B) indoors
(C) in hotels (D) outside in tents
77. If you want to go for a swim, you can get to the pools or the sea after _____.
(A) a long drive (B) a hard drive (C) a short drive (D) a 5- minute drive
C
A man shot Martin Luther King in Atlanta on 4th April 1968. He drove a white Ford car. Who was he ? The police found ＂Harvey Lowmeyer's ＂gun and ＂John Willard's ＂shirt, and then the white car. It was ＂Eric Starvo Galt's＂ car. So what was this man's real name? The marks on the shirt and the car sent the F. B. I. to Los Angeles. 300 detectives questioned people. At last one found a photograph of ＂Galt＂. Then detectives in Atlanta found a fingerprint. It was on a map in ＂Galt＇s＂room in a small hotel. One fingerprint was enough.
James Earl Ray's fingerprint was already on the F. B. I. cards. The police watched railway stations, hotels and airports. 3000 detectives were trying to find Ray---without success.
The Canadian police were helping, too. They looked at 240,000 photographs in their Passport Office. Then they found one of ＂Ramon George Sneyd＂. ＂We gave this man a passport last month,＂ they said. ＂He went to London on 2nd May. ＂The man was wearing thick glasses, but he looked like Ray. Then on 8th June, a detective at London Airport saw Sneyd's name on a passenger list.
It was the end of the biggest manhunt in history. The F. B. I. spent 1.4 million dollars, but they got their man.
78. The key of settling the case was probably the murderer's _______.
(A) car (B) fingerprint (C) gun (D) shirt
79. It took the police _______ to catch the murderer.
(A) 65 days (B) 8 weeks (C) 2 months (D) 2 years
80. Which of the following is NOT true?
(A) Harvey Lowmeyer when he bought his gun
(B) John Willard when he paid for the car
(C) Eric Starvo Galt when he lived in Los Angeles
(D) James Earl Ray when he came to Atlanta
81. Which was the murderer's real name ?
(A) Ramon George Sneyd. (B) James Earl Ray
(C) Eric Starvo Galt (D) John Willard
D
How can we get rid of garbage() ? Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs?
These are two important questions that many people are asking today. Some people think that men might be able to solve both problems at the same time. They suggest using garbage as an energy source.
For a long time people buried garbage or dumped it on empty land. Now empty land is scarce. However, more and more garbage is produced each year, but garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas: but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels(). As we use up our fossil-fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source.
Burning garbage is not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States have been burning garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby buildings. In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the city's garbage each year. The amount of energy produced is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil.
But there are problems in using garbage as a fuel. Garbage that burns easily, such as food scraps and paper, must be separated from metals, glass, and other materials that do not burn easily. This separation process is normally costly. Another problem is that burning garbage can pollute the air.
Our fossil fuel supplies are limited. Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. This method could also reduce the amount of garbage piling up on the earth.
82. Which of the following is NOT fossil fuel?
(A) Natural gas (B) Petroleum (C) Coal (D) Tide
83. People used to depose garbage by ______.
(A) turning garbage into useful fossil fuel
(B) burning garbage or dumping it on empty land
(C) separating garbage into three types
(D) shipping garbage into sea or ocean
84. Why should we use garbage as an energy source?
(A) Because our fossil fuel supplies are limited
(B) Because garbage is more useful than fossil fuels
(C) Because burning garbage can save a lot of money for us
(D) Because empty land is getting more and more scarce.
85. What do you think the next paragraph will talk about?
(A) Some other methods of turning garbage into treasure
(B) Some other benefits we can get from burning garbage
(C) How much garbage we can make use of in the world
(D) How to separate food scraps and paper from garbage that do not burn easily.