Part I Reading Comprehension (30 %)

　　Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

　　Passage 1

　　Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

　　Germans may make great cars, brew delicious beer, and give the world amazing fashion models, but they still feel unloved and unwanted.

　　Sixty years after the Second Word War, Germans find themselves still disliked across Europe. They feel that they are taking blame personally for two world wars or for rude behavior by German tourists, or they sense they are envied because of their country's prosperity.

　　The latest round of introspection (反省) emerged after a blind German singer, who had been tipped as a favorite to win last month's Eurovision Song Contest, ended up a disappointing 21st in a field of 25.

　　"Was it just the song or was it because people in other countries just don't like us?" asked Bild newspaper columnist David Blieswood, expressing the nationwide distress.

　　(76)Germany's best-selling daily was filled the following week with letters from readers complaining that Germans will never win contests like Eurovision because they are so loathed abroad.

　　Germans made a huge effort to improve their position and put the image of dangerously belligerent (好戰(zhàn)的) armies behind them. But, in spite of that, Germans regularly get disliked across Europe.

　　"The stereotypes of Germans are treated the way they behave. Some are indeed very arrogant," mid Lutz Erbring, a professor for media studies at Berlin's Free University. "But stereotypes are often badly outdated. Germans are considered to be hard-working. In reality Germans are the laziest people in Europe."

　　The British newspaper the Guardian recently cited a Europe-wide survey which asked people to score each country out of 10 according to how much respect and love they had each other. (77)Germans came in second to last, just ahead of the British. The Irish were ranked as the most popular.

　　1. What is the reason, Germans feel, for their being unloved.

　　A. the two world wars B. rude behavior

　　C. jealousy of their prosperity D. A, B and C

　　2. What David Blieswood (line. 9) said implies that

　　A. People in other countries do not like German songs.

　　B. The blind German singer should have behaved better.

　　C. People in other countries do not like Germans.

　　D. The song is not suitable for the contest.

　　3. The word "loath" (Line. 11) means

　　A. disgust B. swear C. debt D. burden

　　4. What does the sentence "But stereotypes are often badly outdated" mean?

　　A. The stereotype of Germans is always the same.

　　B. People in other countries have bias with Germans.

　　C. Germans are different from what they used to be thought.

　　D. Gerrm2ns have been out-of-date.

　　5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage?

　　A. The stereotype of Germans is changed slightly.

　　B. The British is disliked for their arrogant behavior.

　　C. Germans fail to improve their standing

　　D. Germans are more popular than the British.

　　Passage 2

　　Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:

　　What makes it rain? Rain falls from clouds for the same reason anything falls to Earth. The Earth's gravity (重力) pulls it. But every cloud is made of water droplets or ice crystals. Why doesn't rain or snow fall constantly from all clouds? The droplets or ice crystals in clouds are exceedingly small. The effect of gravity on them is minute. Air currents move and lift droplets so that the net downward displacement is zero, even though the droplets are in constant motion.

　　Droplets and ice crystals behave somewhat like dust in the air made visible in a shaft (束) of sunlight. To the casual observer, dust seems to act in a totally random fashion, moving about wildly without fixed direction. But in fact dust particles are much larger than water droplets and they finally fall. The cloud droplet of average size is only 1/2,500 inch in diameter. (78)It is so small that it would take sixteen hours to fall half a mile in perfectly still air, and it does not fall out of moving air at all. Only when the droplet grows to a diameter of 1/125 inch or larger can it fall from the cloud. The average raindrop contains a million times as much water as a tiny cloud droplet. The growth of a cloud droplet to a size large enough to fall out is the cause of rain.

　　6. What is the main topic of the passage?

　　A. The mechanics of rain.

　　B. The climate of North America.

　　C. How gravity affects air current.

　　D. Types of clouds.

　　7. The word "minute" in Line5 is closest in meaning to which for the following?

　　A. Second. B. Tiny.

　　C. Smooth. D. Predictable.

　　8. What makes rain fall?

　　A. air currents' movement

　　B. the earth gravity

　　C. droplets' movement

　　D. the size of the droplets

　　9. What can be inferred about drops of water larger than 1/125 inch in diameter?

　　A. They never occur.

　　B. They are not affected by the force of gravity.

　　C. They would fall to earth.

　　D. In moving air they fall at a speed of thirty-two miles per hour.

　　10. What is not mentioned in the passage?

　　A. Rain does not {all from all the clouds.

　　B. The effect of the gravity on droplets is minute.

　　C. the average raindrop contains much more water than a tiny cloud droplets.

　　D. The shape of the clouds have a great influence on the raindrop.