Section Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Part A
Directions:
Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark four answers on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing a thick line across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
Text I
No one knows exactly how many disabled (残废的) people there are in the world, but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.
In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people. As we get older, many of us will become less mobile ( 可动的) , hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.
Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have a period of disability in the form of a mental illness. All are affected by people's attitude towards them.
Disabled people face many physical barriers. Next time you go shopping or to work or visit
friends, imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability, not their disability, which counts.
46. The first paragraph points out that _________.
{ A J it is possible to get an exact figure of the world's disabled people
[ B ] there are many disabled people in the world
[ C ] the number of disabled people in India is the greatest
[ D ] India has not much more disabled people than Canada
47. The key word in Paragraph 4 is _________.
[ A ] barriers [ B ] ignorance
[C] disability [D] prejudice
48. The last word of the passage "counts" most probably means _________.
[A] "is most important" [B] "is included"
[C] "is considered" [D] "is numbered"
49. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
[A] There are about 10 percent disabled persons in the UK.
[ B ] The whole society should pay due attention to the barriers faced by the disabled people.
[ C ] Even the able-bodied may lose some of their body functions when they get older.
[D] There still exists prejudice against the disabled which results mainly from ignorance.
50. It can be concluded from the passage that _____ __.
[A] we should try our best to prevent disablement
[ B] we must take a proper attitude towards the disabled
[C] the able-bodied people will never fully understand the disabled
[D] both physical and mental barriers are hard to break down ——
Text 2
A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away. That's the finding of an extensive study of Dutch men in which deaths from heart disease were more than 50 percent lower among those who consumed at least an ounce of salt water fish per day than those who never ate fish.
The Dutch research is one of three human studies that give strong scientific backing to the longheld belief that eating fish can provide health benefits, particularly to the heart.
Heart disease is the nuinber-one killer in the United States, with more than 550,000 deaths oc- curring from heart attacks each year. But researchers previously have noticed that the incidence ( 发生率) of heart disease is lower in cultures that consume more fish than Americans do. There are fewer heart disease deaths, for example, among the Eskimos of Greenland, who consume about 14 ounces of fish a day, and among the Japanese, whose daily fish consumption averages more than 3 ounces.
For 20 years, the Dutch study followed 852 middle-aged men, 20 percent of whom ate no fish.
At the start of the study, the average fish consumption was about two-thirds of an ounce each day with more men eating lean (瘦的) fish than fatty fish.
During the next two decades, 78 of the men died from heart disease. The fewest deaths were among the group who regularly ate fish, even at levels far lower than those of the Japanese or Eskimos. This relationship was true regardless of other factors such as age, high blood pressure, or blood cholesterol ( 胆固醇) levels.
51. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
[A] The Dutch research has proved that eating fish can help to prevent heart disease.
[ B] Heart doctors won't call your house so long as you keep eating fish each day.
[C] Among all the diseases heart disease is the most dangerous in America.
[D] There is a low incidence of heart disease in such countries as Japan and Greenland.
52. The phrase "this relationship" (in Line 3, Para. 5) refers to the connection between
_________ and the incidence of heart disease.
[A] the amount offish eaten [B] regular fish-eating
[ C ] the kind of fish eaten [ D ] people of different regions
53. The passage is mainly about _________.
[ A ] the high incidence of heart disease in some countries
[ B ] the effect of fish eating on people's health
[ C] the changes in people's diet
[D] the daily fish consumption of people in different cultures
54. Why is heart disease the most dangerous killer in the United States?
[A] Because American people drink too much spirits.
[B] Because there are a great number of fat people there.
[ C ] The author does n't give a definite answer.
[D] Because American people eat too much fatty fish.
55. How many lives could probably be saved each year in the United States by eating fifth according to the Dutch study?
[A] 550,000. [B] 275,000.
LC] 110,000. [D] 852.
