[单项选择]The development of silent reading during the nineteenth century indicated ______.


A. a change in the status of literate people
B. a change in the nature of reading
C. an increase in the number of books
D. an increase in the average age of readers

[单项选择]The development of silent reading during the nineteenth century indicated ______.


A. a change in the status of literate people
B. a change in the nature of reading
C. an increase in the number of books
D. an increase in the average age of readers

[单项选择]Mary was silent during the early part of the discussion but finally she （） her opinion on the subject.
A. gave voice to
B. kept an eye on
C. turned a deaf ear of
D. set foot on

[填空题]

A. terrible
B. December
C. yellow
D. silent

[单选题]To what are silent departure procedure specified in Letters of Agreement between facilities?
A.Reduce coordination
B.Reduce delays
C.Expedite departures
D.All above

[单项选择]Communication orally involves more than reading or talking: gesture, posture, movements may all be ______ to it.
A. intrinsic
B. coherent
C. appealing
D. submissive

[单项选择]The author made comparison between reading Milton and cookbook in order to______.


A. merely compare the difference
B. show the fact that cookbook is more useful
C. reveal the vulgarity of some readers
D. to point out that the power of literature is above the literature of knowledge in certain ways

[单项选择]Communicating orally involves more than reading or talking: gesture, posture, movements may all be （　） to it.
A. intrinsic
B. coherent
C. appealing
D. submissive

[单项选择]The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ______ in which people communicate across time and space.
A. manner
B. mood
C. mission
D. vision

[单项选择]The development of modern communications technology in developing countries may _______.


A. hinder their industrial production
B. cause them to lose control of their trade
C. force them to reduce their share of exports
D. cost them their economic independence

[单项选择]Students are preferred to foster a reading habit during their childhood.
A. teach
B. include
C. explore
D. cultivate

[单项选择]Reading is learning, but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning at that.
A. 看书是学习，但是应用也是学习，同时更重要的学习种类是那样。
B. 读书是学习，使用也是学习，而且是更重要的学习。
C. 阅读是学习，但是实施也是学习，更重要的学习种类在那点上。
D. 读书是学习，但使用也是学习，并且是更重要种类的学习。

[单项选择]Why was reading aloud common before the nineteen century


A. Silent reading had not been discovered.
B. There were few places available for private reading.,.
C. Few people could read for themselves.
D. people relied on reading for entertainment.

[单项选择]When they had finished reading, the children were told to ______ all the picture books they had taken out.
A. put up
B. put off
C. put away
D. put out

[单项选择]

Task 2
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 41 through 45. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Education is compulsory and free for every child in the United States. Most children start school by the age of six.
They attend eight years of elementary school and four years of high school (or secondary school). The money for free public school comes from taxes, and each state is responsible for its own education system. State legislatures set the educational requirements but leave the management of the school in the hands of the local communities. Most states require their children to go to school until a certain age. This age varies from 16 to 18 years according to the law of the individual states
A. With scholarships they received from the school.
B. With the money given by the government.
C. Some private foundations or organizations pay for them.
D. With the money they earn from their part -time work.