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第二大题是在测验英文的阅读能力，需花四十五分钟，这些问题包含了文法字汇及阅读理解力，此大题有三个部份：

Part A

此部份的问题，学生应依测验本上所列的句子从图中的四个卡通角色中选择一个最适合者。

Sample Questions

1. All those wet clothes. The children will want to stay outside and I'll spend my time trying to keep them dry.

2. I can hardly wait to make the first snowball. I've been waiting all year to get back at her.

3. Oh, my aching back. The car will be covered and I'll have to shovel it out.

4. Isn't it great that school might be closed? I'd much rather have fun outside than stay in school. What better way to spend a snowy day.

5. I'm going to be awfully hungry. I shouldn't have hidden that bone. It would have been better to leave it in the house.

Part B

此部份的问题，学生应依题意从所提供的四个图案中选择最适合题意者。

Sample Questions

1. One girl is eating ice cream but two aren't. ( picture )

2. The small square is in the upper left corner. ( picture )

3.He is bending over to pink up the box. ( picture )

4.The car almost hit him while he was crossing the street. ( picture )

Part C

此部份包含了两类的题型，第一类：学生需从文章各句的四个框格中选择一个正确者，逐步完成此文章。

Sample Passage and Questions

1. Sound is something we

(A) hears. (B) hearing. (C) heard. (D) hear. It comes to your

2. (A) eyes (B) nose(C) ears (D) mouth in different ways. It might be pleasant,

3. like the voice of a friend, (A)when (B) as (C) or (D) since unpleasant, like the screech

4. of a train's wheels on a railroad (A) station. (B) track.(C) light. (D) conductor. Some sounds are loud,

5. and some are soft; some are high, and some are (A) full. (B) low. (C) quiet. (D) big. Sound is

6. very (A) importance (B) importantly (C) important (D) import to us because it is the basic means of communcation.

第二类，学生应回答下列所问问题

Sample Questions

7. What does screech in line 3 mean?

（A）noise（B）motion（C）place（D）piece

8. Which of the phrases below is another example of a pleasant sound, similar to the phrase in the sentence that begins in line 2, "like the voice of a friend" ?

（A）Like the ring of an alarm（B）Like the wail of a siren

（C）Like the honk of a horn （D）Like the song of a bird

9. Which sentence below has almost the same meaning as the sentence that begins in line 5 ?

(A) It is meaningful to communicate with sound.

(B) The main way we communicate is with sound.

(C) The meaning of sound is basic to communication.

(D) In order to communicate, we need basic sounds.

Part D

在此部份学生需读一短篇文学文章并回答相关问题。

Sample Passage and Questions

The footsteps began about a quarter past one o'clock in the morning, a rhythmic, quick-cadenced walking around the dining room table. My mother was asleep in one room

upstairs, my brother Herman in another; grandfather was in the attic, in the old walnut bed. I had just stepped out of the bathtub and was busily rubbing myself with a

towel when I heard the steps. They were the steps of a man walking rapidly around the dining room table downstairs.

1. What did the writer hear?

（A）A soldier marching （B）His brother snoring

（C）His mother talking （D）A person walking

2. Where did the sounds come from?

（A）The attic （B）The dining room

（C）The bathroom （D）The stairs

3.What was most of the family doing?

（A） Listening（B）Working（C）Bathing（D）Sleeping

4.What was the writer doing?

（A）Talking to himself （B）Drying himself

（C）Brushing his hair （D）Getting dressed

5.The bed in the attic was made of which of the following materials?

（A） Metal（B）Wood（C）Feathers（D）Straw

6.What time did the sounds begin?

（A）12:45 p.m.（B）1:00 a.m.（C）1:15 a.m.（D）1:30 p.m.