Part Ⅵ READING COMPREHENSION (開始Part Ⅵ READING COMPREHENSION計(jì)時(shí))
Direction: In this section there are four passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark your choice on your answer sheet.
TEXT A Lying in the Southwestern Pacific, Fiji consists of 332 islands. It is close to the Islands of Melanesia, Polynesia and Mieronesia. And New Zealand and Australia are nearby. The land area is 18,272 sq. Km and more than half of the land mass is in the principal island of Viti Levu, followed by Vanua Levu. The 180th meridian (international dateline) passes through part of the Vanua Levu and continues through the centre of the Island of Taveuni. As most of the 332 islands of this small country are volcanic islands or coral reefs only about a hundred of them are inhabited. Fiji has a population of approximately 750,000, comprised of native Fijians (more than 44.8%), ethnic Indians originally brought as indentured laborers (51%), Europeans, other Pacific islanders, and thousands of Chinese origin. About half of the Fijian people are Christians and the others profess Hinduism or Muslims. Fiji is dominated by a tropical maritime climate, and the average annual temperature is 30℃(86℉) maximum and the minimum is 20℃ (68℉)The official language is English, but the various races speak in their vernaculars including Fijian. Fiji was proclaimed a possession and dependency of the United Kingdom in 1874, and became independent in October 1970. Suva is its capital.
66. New Zealand is lying in the ______.
A) Southeastern Pacific
B) Southwestern Pacific
C) Northeastern Pacific
D) Northwestern Pacific
67. There are______ native Fijians living in Fiji.
A) about 375,000
B) about 330,000
C) a little more than 333,000
D) about 350,000
68. If a press conference is held in Fiji, you could possibly hear ______.
A) English
B) Chinese
C) Indian
D) various languages that could be found in Fiji
69. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A) The territory of Fiji is 18,272 sq. km.
B) The islands that are inhabited are volcanic islands or coral reefs.
C) The Christians in Fiji are about 375,000.
D) Before Englishmen reached Fiji, there had been no human beings.
TEXT B In the 1930s, the famous cartoon detective Dick Tracy used his then-fantastic "wrist what chamacallit" to make telephone calls. Now European electronics giants Philips and British Telecom are developing wrist devices Dick Tracy would envy. They would combine such features as video phone, TV and radio reception, clock, electronic notebook, and a personal computer with wireless access to the Internets World Wide Web. The basic technologies to make "wrist communicators" exist today, says Philips though the Dutch company says it likely wont create an operational model until at least the year 2002. The components, including batteries, must be miniaturized. While an early non-working prototype demonstrates buttons for operation, Philips says that voice-recognition technology and an interactive screen might replace touch control. Philips also envisions the wireless connection to the World Wide Web for graphics and video images. Researchers at BT (British Telecom) Laboratories in Martlesnam Heath, England, have taken their version of the idea a step further. The lab has been displaying a working prototype in Britain to potential equipment manufacturers. The somewhat bulky communications console includes cellular telephone, video phone, fax, computer, clock, and batteries, and encircles most of a persons forearm.
70. Philips is a company of ______.
A) England
B) Netherlands
C) France
D) an unknown country
71. Now, "wrist communicator" ______.
A) is still an imagination
B) is not mature in technology
C) can't be manufactured yet
D) has really appeared in the market
72. Which of the following is Not true?
A) Wrist communicator is a multiple-function device.
B) Philips hasn't made a model yet.
C) In the future the wrist communicator maybe use voice for operation.
D) You can see the person you're calling for by means of this device.