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Part A

Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Medicine comes in many forms. In its liquid form, medicine affects the body very quickly. But the effects of liquid medicine arch' t usually long-lasting. This is why pills and capsules (胶囊) are also used.

The pills and capsules being sold today arch' t perfect, either. Pills dissolve in the stomach. The medicine in the pills is released when the pills dissolve. But often, the pills dissolve too quickly.

Scientists have been trying to develop a pill that can release medicine slowly over a long period of time. They have applied their knowledge of plants to produce the "osmotic (渗透的) pump pill".

The cell walls of plants are made of cellulose (纤维素). Cellulose is a very porous substance. Their holes are big enough to allow water through the cell walls. As water enters a cell, pressure builds up in the cell. The pressure pumps other substances out of the cell. These substances leave the cell through the cellulose wall. This slow, steady process is called osmosis.

The osmotic pump pill is coated with synthetic cellulose. Liquid medicine is contained in the pill. The holes in the cellulose coating of the pill are big enough to allow water in the pill. As water from the body enters the pill, pressure builds up in the pill. The medicine is then slowly pumped out of the pill.

The passage implies that the osmotic pump pill is better than other pills and capsules because______.

A．it releases medicine slowly over a long period of time

B．it helps to build pressure in the body

C．the medicine in the pill can affect the body quickly

D．the coating doesn't dissolve in the stomach

d and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too quickly and then have to regress. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to vary their manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and to their intentions in reading it. A good reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter. He may be able to skim a page，picking up a word or two here and there，and gain a general idea of what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult material，with the intention of taking in the whole of it，he will proceed more slowly，but even then he will vary his pace，concentrating on the key words and passages，perhaps re-reading them several times and pass more quickly over the remainder. A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever the material he reads. Consequently，even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly. But this pace may be too fast for really difficult material which requires special concentration at difficult points.A type of reading which necessitates careful attention to detail is proofreading in which the reader, in order to detect misprints in a sample print has to notice not so much the meaning of what he reads as the exact shape and order of letters and words in the text. This is extremely difficult for most people，since they are accustomed to overlooking such details. In fact，considerable practice is required to practise this task efficiently and it can be done only by reading very slowly，and by paying comparatively little attention to the general meaning of the text.

(1) The author claims that there is a difference in reading speed ___________.

A、among all the readers

B、among readers who have different experience

C、between the poorly educated and the highly educated

D、among the highly educated people

(2) A good reader is a reader who ___________.

A、concentrates on the wonderful part of the article

B、always reads slowly and carefully

C、changes his speed according to the type of reading matter

D、changes his speed according to the interesting part of the text

(3) The author says that when reading more difficult material，a good reader can read ___________

A、every part of the book

B、the most wonderful part of the book

C、the major part of the book

D、the scientific part of the book

(4) The last two sentences of the first paragraph mean that ___________.

A、reading speed too slow for a difficult book is just right for a non-serious one

B、reading speed too slow for a non-serious book may be too fast for a difficult one

C、reading speed too fast for difficult material is just right for a non-serious book is also too slow for a difficult one

D、reading speed too slow for a non-serious book is also too slow for a difficult one

(5) What is the passage mainly about？

A、Practise reading skill.

B、Difference between the highly educated and the poorly educated.

C、Reading and listening.

D、Difference in the speed and efficiency of reading.

A．read a text slowly and carefully

B．read without thinking hard

C．interpret a text in their own way

D．focus on the meaning of words only

（Par3, Passage 2）

By 8th grade she started comprehension a little on her own, but she still read very slowly at that time

A．She reads more slowly than the man does.

B．She has a 1ot of material to read before she has coffee.

C．The man does more work than is necessary.

D．The man seems to be taking a long time preparing for philosophy class.

A．one does not pay enough attention to information if one reads fast

B．one’s comprehension drops if one reads too slowly

C．in order to understand better, one has to read slowly

D．many people read fast in order to save time

From her own experience, the writer found that ______.

A．one's comprehension drops if one reads too slowly

B．in order to understand better, one has to read slowly

C．one does not pay enough attention to information if one reads fast

D．many people read fast in order to save time

It can be inferred that through Chapter-A-Day ______.

A．public libraries have become crowded with readers

B．Ms Beecher made much money for her software company

C．people begin to read very slowly and patiently

D．people cannot finish reading any book online

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