PART Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (50%)
Section A
Directions :There are 4 passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each them of them are for choices marked A , B, c and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.
21. If you have a state drivers license,_________ .
A. you can drive anywhere in the U. S.
B. you dont have to apply for an international drivers license
C. You cannot across the border in a car
D. you must know the traffic laws of another state before you enter it .
22. If your rented car breaks down, some companies will ____________.
A. for you with free telephone service
B. pay you a certain amount of your total cost of the repair
C. pay you the total cost of the repair
D. send workers to repair the car
23.“An economy car”here may refer to a car that ____________.
A. can be bought at a rather low price
B. is easy to operate
C. uses only a small amount of gas per mile
D. is special1y designed for a small fami1y
24.Which of the following statements is true?
A. Americans are usually willing to wait for another car to enter busy streets.
B. Americans car do anything without leaving their cars.
C. American drivers can ignore a red light when they want to turn right.
D. Americans can drive at 55 miles per hour everywhere in their country.
Questions 25 to 28 are based on the following passage :
There are robots all around us, Some do very complicated jobs like flying airplanes and driving subway trains。 And some do a simple job.
When an automatic washing machine is switched on,water pours in. The machine waits until the water is hot before washing the clothes. It does this by“feedback.”Information about What is happening is“feedback”into the robot to te11 it what to do next.
Our eyes, ears and other senses are our feedback. They tell us whatis going on around us. So robots are like people in two ways,They work and they have feedback.
There are robots all around, making our lives easier. Some of them,like the pocket calculator, can work much more quick1y than human beingscan. And they rarely make mistakes.