ReadingComprehensionPartⅢSectionADirections:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage.MostAmericansfindtheideaofarrangedmarriagesdifficulttounderstandoraccept.Theybelievethattwopeopleshouldmarryforlove,afteraperiodof_36__orcourtships(求爱).Duringthatperiod,the_37__marriagepartnersaresupposedtolearnenoughabouteachothertodecidewhetherornottheywillbeabletobuilda38_marriage.TodayinAmerica,itiscommonforpeopletolivetogetherasawayof_39__formarriages.Theideaofanarrangedmarriageseemsvery_40__indeed.Butaren’tallmarriagesarrangedinonewayoranother?IntheUnitedStatesmarriagesareseldom_41__arranged,butquitealotofinformalarranginggoesonbeforetwopeoplebecomehusbandandwife.Peoplewhogetmarriedareintroducedtoeachotherbyfriends.Thesefriendshavealreadydecidedthatthetwopeoplearerightforeachotherandarrangeforthemtomeet.Becausefriendshavesuchgreatinfluence,their_42__ofadatingpartnerisveryimportant.Familiesalso_43__openandsubtlepressuresontheirchildrentoinfluencetheir_44__ofmarriagepartners.Parentsoftenarrangedatesfortheirownchildren.Oneparentoftentellsafriendaboutherbeautifuldaughterorhandsomeson.Also,parentscanmeettheperfectmarriageprospectfortheirsonordaughterthroughbusinessrelationships.Sinceparentsoftenassisttheirchildren_45__,theyfeelthattheyhavetherighttohelpthebrideandgroomselectwheretheywilllive,whattypeoffurnituretheywillpurchase,andwhattheirlifestylewillbelike.SectionBDirections:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychoosea标准时间40minutes自测用时__minutesA)acceptanceI)datingB)exertJ)formallyC)prospectiveK)takeD)decisionsL)choicesE)out-of-dateM)successfulF)managingN)old-fashionedG)preparingO)financiallyH)approval1paragraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.TheGreatAustralianFenceA)AwarhasbeengoingonforalmostahundredyearsbetweenthesheepfarmersofAustraliaandthedingo,Australia’swilddog.Toprotecttheirlivelihood,thefarmersbuildawirefence,3,307milesofcontinuouswiremesh,reachingfromthecoastofSouthAustraliaallthewaytothecottonfieldsofeasternQueensland,justshortofthePacificOcean.B)TheFenceisAustralia’sversionoftheGreatWallofChina,butevenlonger,erectedtokeepouthostileinvaders,inthiscasehordesofyellowdogs.Theempireitpreservesisthatofthewoolgrowers,sovereignsoftheworld’ssecondlargestsheepflock,afterChina’s―some123millionhead,andkeepersofawoolexportbusinessworthfourbilliondollars.Nevermindthatmoreandmorepeople―conservationists,politicians,taxpayersandanimallovers―saythatsuchabarrierwouldneverbeallowedtodayonecologicalgrounds.Withsectionsofitalmostahundredyearsold,thedogfencehasbecome,asconservationistLindsayFairweatherruefullyadmits,“aniconofAustralianfrontieringenuity”.C)Toappreciatethisunusualoutbackmonumentandtomeetthepeoplewhoselivelihoodsdependonit,IspentpartofanAustralianautumntravelingthewire.It...
