81. On ___________ of (代表)everyone here, I’d like to thank the host for a lovely evening.

80. With good reading skills, you can ______.

A. understand anything you read without difficulty

B. read a vast variety of materials and some may be difficult

C. understand what you read with a good dictionary

D. concentrate on whatever you read

PART FOUR　 WRITING ( 35 points).

SECTION A

Directions: Fill in the blanks by using the information given in the blank, only ONE word in each blank.(10 points)

79. The underlined word "struck" in Para 2 means ______.

A. impressed 　　　　　　　　　 B. influenced 　　　　　　　 C. proved 　　　　　　 D. awakened

78. We can infer from the last paragraph that Developing Reading Skills ______.

A. is directed to elementary school students　　 　　　　　　　

B. centres around vocabulary building skills

C. is aimed at helping students read better　　　 　　　　　　　　　　

D. offers elementary reading skills

77. The talk between the girl and Clifford serves as an introduction to ______.

A. the importance of reading　　　　 　　　　　 　

B. the connection between playing instruments and reading

C. the necessity of learning to play an instrument　

D. the variety of reading materials

76. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. being a vegetarian may be a very strange thing　　　　

B. vegetarians eat meat on some special occasions

C. most vegetarians believe that life without meat is happy

D. all vegetarians have reasons for their not eating meat

D

A few years ago I was shopping with a friend and his 12-year-old daughter in downtown San Francisco. A street musician, whom my friend happened to know from his own musician days, was playing the saxophone on a street corner. His name was Clifford, and he had attracted a large crowd with his performance. After he finished, my friend introduced him to me and his daughter. Clifford asked her if she played any instruments. When she replied that she was taking trumpet lessons and played in her junior high school band, he said, "That's fine, little lady. Learn your instrument well and you can play anything."

Somehow these simple yet wise words struck me as correct not only for a trumpet player but also for a reader. If you learn to read well, you can read anything you want and not just newspapers and magazines, but more difficult material like philosophy, film criticism and whatever interests you as your confidence grows. You would not be limited in any way. If you have the vocabulary, or at least a good dictionary near at hand, you can pick up a book, concentrate on it, and make sense of the author's words.

In the United States, reading instruction often ends at elementary school, so students sometimes have difficulty as they progress through school. They must take their assignments armed only with their elementary school reading skills. The result, too often, is frustration and loss of confidence. And the assigned reading in your college courses is even greater than it was in high school. Developing Reading Skills is designed to complete several tasks: to show you the skills that will enable you to read with greater comprehension, to help you cope with reading assignments with confidence, and to teach you to become an active reader.

75. What does the underlined word “vulnerable” mean in Paragraph 2?

A. Having low level of cholesterol.　　　　　　　　　　　

B. Having high level of cholesterol.

C. Having weak ability to resist diseases and harms.　　　

D. Having strong ability to resist diseases and harms.

74. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?

A. Vegetarians enjoy a more healthy life than the meat eaters.

B. Heart disease and cancer are caused by large amounts of protein.

C. There are twice as many meat-eaters as vegetarians who die of cancer.

D. There are fewer health problems in modern society due to advanced medical care.

73. According to the passage, people choose to be vegetarians for the following reasons EXCEPT________.

A. they want to stay healthy　　　　　　　　　

B. they are too kind to put the idea of killing animals

C. they live in areas where meat supply is not adequate

D. they should not eat meat due to their religious belief

72. Dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because _________.

A. strange images are used to communicate ideas

B. images which have no meaning are used

C. we can never understand the real meaning

D. only specially trained people can understand them

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C

All over the world, and for many different reasons, there are millions of people who rarely or never eat meat. These people are called vegetarians. To people who eat meat, being a vegetarian may seem like a very strange thing. But they won’t eat meat for several different reasons.

First, vegetarians have an enormous health advantage. One of the major health problems in modern societies is not too little protein but too much food, especially in the form of animal fats. Medical evidence suggests that animal fats, including butter, contribute to the development of cholesterol (胆固醇) in the human body. A high amount of cholesterol seems to be part of the cause of heart disease. Most vegetarians have low level of cholesterol. High amounts of animal fats also seem to lead to certain kinds of cancer, and vegetarians are typically less vulnerable to these cancers than people who eat a lot of meat. Overall, studies comparing the health of vegetarians and meat-eaters show that the meat-eaters are twice as likely to die of heart disease as vegetarians are.

Better health is one reason that people choose to become vegetarians. Another reason is religion. Some religions forbid the eating of meat. The largest of these is the Hindu religion, which has about 600 million believers in the world. Although not all Hindus are vegetarian, many are, and there are many believers of other religions such Buddhism and even some Christian religions that also do not eat meat.

Many vegetarians do not eat meat simply because they do not like the taste of it. They have no religious or philosophical reasons; they just do not like meat. Another important reason that vegetarians give for not eating meat is the health advantages that were given above. Lastly, there are many people who do not eat meat because they just do not like the idea of killing animals for food. They believe that life, all life, is valuable and that we do not have to destroy life to feed ourselves when there are other good sources of food.