SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING (開始SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING計時)
Direction: In this section there are eight passages followed by ten questions or unfinished statements. Skim or scan the passages as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.
TEXT E First read the following questions. 81. The short passage is intended to tell us ______ A. where the construction funds come from. B. so many people are pursuing the present undertaking. C. the project is a huge one indeed at both sides. D. the machines workers use are only too excellent and advanced. 82. Which of the following is True? A. The present project can not be compared to other Brogdingnagian ones for its small scale and investment. B. More than 150 million will be consumed after a month of the project. C. Many workers are toiling on the bottom of the sea. D. Soon after the project began, nine people died because of accidents. Now skim the passage below and answer the questions. The present undertaking is as Brobdingnagian as any on earth. Financed by more than 200 banks and a half million shareholders, construction costs eclipse 5 million a day. Seven thousand British and 5200 French workers are engaged in the project, many of them toiling 300 feet beneath the sea; nine have perished since digging began nearly three years ago. The endeavors Herculean heroes are the tunnel-borers, mammoth drill units weighing as much as 1300 tons and boasting rotary blades up to 28 feet across. Their tungsten teeth can gnaw 15 feet of earth an hour.
81. The short passage is intended to tell us ______
A) where the construction funds come from.
B) so many people are pursuing the present undertaking.
C) the project is a huge one indeed at both sides.
D) the machines workers use are only too excellent and advanced.
82. Which of the following is True?
A) The present project can not be compared to other Brogdingnagian ones for its small scale and investment.
B) More than '150 million will be consumed after a month of the project.
C) Many workers are toiling on the bottom of the sea.
D) Soon after the project began, nine people died because of accidents.
TEXT F First read the following question. 83. Which of the following is True? A. It was only into tobacco that scientists inserted the first foreign genes in the year 1983. B. The genetic alteration could only be done successfully in fruits, vegetables and grains. C. The newly-developed tomato products might be purchased in 1994. D. The first genetic alteration of corn had been a success in U. S. A before 1993. Now skim the passage and answer the question. It was only in 1983 that scientists inserted the first foreign genes into tobacco and petunias, the "white mice" of the plant world. In the years since, similar work has been done on about fifty species of fruits, vegetables and grains. Calgene, a biotech firm in Davis, Calif, has developed a tomato that does not rot as fast as normal varieties, and hopes to market the new product by 1993. Early this year Bio-Technical International of Cambridge, Mass, announced the first genetic alteration of corn, the No. I crop in the U. S.
83. Which of the following is True?
A) It was only into tobacco that scientists inserted the first foreign genes in the year 1983.
B) The genetic alteration could only be done successfully in fruits, vegetables and grains.
C) The newly-developed tomato products might be purchased in 1994.
D) The first genetic alteration of corn had been a success in U. S. A before 1993.
TEXT G First read the following question. 84. To some Eskimos, the shaman ______ A. is the same being like them. B. is as clever and wise as they are. C. has endless magic power that can change the nature. D. has the ability to speak to Gods, Now skim the passage and answer the question. They roam the vast reaches of the top of the world like international nomads. Ursus maritimas, the polar bear -- the worlds largest carnivore -- is the lord of 5 million square miles, stretching from Siberia to Alaska across Canada and up into the Canadian Arctic to Greenland and the islands north of Norway. The mammoth predator was once revered by some Eskimo as a shaman, a being of infinite wisdom in communication with the spirit world. Today, it still rules in dignity, moving from one feast of seal to the next.
84. To some Eskimos, the shaman ______
A) is the same being like them.
B) is as clever and wise as they are.
C) has endless magic power that can change the nature.
D) has the ability to speak to Gods,
TEXT H First read the following question. 85. Which of the following is the changes that Replogle thinks they should take in transportation policies? A. Non-motorized transportation. B. Motorized transportation. C. Promoted costly transportation. D. Advanced transportation. Now scan the passage and answer the question. Our experts say changes in transportation policies are needed not only in the many advanced industrialized countries, but also in developing ones. As Replogle explains, "Right now the west is promoting transportation solutions that havent for them and that are even more inappropriate in a Third World setting. Non-motorized transportation can help serve a major portion of a developing countrys transportation needs at a lower cost in a much more efficient manner."
85. Which of the following is the changes that Replogle thinks they should take in transportation policies?
A) Non-motorized transportation.
B) Motorized transportation.
C) Promoted costly transportation.
D) Advanced transportation.
TEXT I First read the following questions. 86. Which of the following cant be inferred? A. Electric fishes can find their way about without eyes, as long as their electric sense organs function. B. Electric fishes can feel the electricity not sent by them. C. Electric fishes may use their eyes in plain water instead of the electric impulses. D. Electric fishes also can feel larger objects around them in the water. Now scan the passage and answer the questions. Perhaps the most remarkable devices, and certainly the most sensitive, belong to the strange family of electric eels and fishes. In the muddy waters of South American rivers these fishes eyes are of little use to them. Instead of eyes they use extremely accurate electric sense organs. These fishes send a series of blips of electricity into the water around them. By noting how the pattern of electricity in the water changes, they can not only find their way about, but even detect very small objects in the water. They see" through the use of electrical impulses. This fact can be demonstrated by rubbing a comb through ones hair (to create static electricity) and placing it by an electric fishs tank. The fish will go wild trying to find out whats going on.
86. Which of the following can't be inferred?
A) Electric fishes can find their way about without eyes, as long as their electric sense organs function.
B) Electric fishes can feel the electricity not sent by them.
C) Electric fishes may use their eyes in plain water instead of the electric impulses.
D) Electric fishes also can feel larger objects around them in the water.