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D. Young architects were trained in school. 20. A. Departmental stores. B. Storage buildings. C. Office buildings. D. Business buildings.
Part ⅡReading Comprehension (30 minutes 30%)
Directions: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to decide on the choice that best answers the question or completes the statement.
Passage 1
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Very high waves are destructive when they strike the land. Fortunately, this seldom happens. One reason is that out at sea, waves moving in one direction almost always run into waves moving in a different direction. The two sets of waves tend to cancel each other out. Another reason is that water is shallower near the shore. As a wave gets closer to land, the shallow bottom helps reduce its strength.
But the power of waves striking the shore can still be very great. During a
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winter gale, waves sometimes strike with the force of 6,000 pounds for each square foot. That means a wave, 25 feet high and 500 feet along its face, may strike the shore with a force of 75 million pounds.
Yet the waves, no matter how big or how violent, affect only the surface of the sea. During the most raging storms, the water a hundred fathoms (600 feet) beneath the surface is just as calm as on a day without a breath of wind.
21. According to the passage, destruction caused by high waves occurs _______.
A. regularly B. rarely C. always D. predictably
22. We know from this passage that out at sea, when waves going in opposite directions meet, their force __________.
A. causes great damage B. extends to the ocean floor C. is liable to lessen D. increase rapidly 23. It is clear from the passage that coastal depth _________. A. is the only factor influencing the strength of high waves B. influences the power of high waves
C. has no in influence upon the strength of very high waves D. is irrelevant to the question of the power of high waves
24. From the second paragraph of the passage we know that power of very
high waves striking the shore is _________.
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A. constant B. equalized C. variable D. perpetual
25. From your reading of the passage, which of the following is true?
A. At a depth of 1,200 feet the effects of a violent surface storm are
frightful.
B. A submarine commander navigating his vessel at a depth of 700 feet will not be affected by a raging surface storm.
C. A typhoon 500miles out at sea can stir up the ocean floor.
D. If high waves cab strike the shore with a horizontal force of 75 million
pounds, the vertical force of such waves can have an even greater effect upon the ocean floor.
Passage 2
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: To the Editor:
Your article on plans for aiding the elderly to pay their housing costs was not quite clear in several aspects. I would like to clarify the requirements and exemptions (豁免) available for those who qualify.
In the first place, a tenant 62 years old or older must live in a rent-controlled or rent-stabilized dwelling, pay more than one-third of his or her income for rent, and have a yearly income of $8,000 or less. Such a tenant must reapply each year
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thereafter. Once is not enough. It is understood, however, that should the landlord make a major improvement, a new furnace for example, all tenants are not excluded from such a rent increase.
Landlords receive tax exemptions as reimbursement (赔偿) for the money they lose in not increasing rent for the elderly. In New York City the cost of these tax reductions is $ 41 million a year, a tremendous figure, but likely to be higher if more of the elderly poor learn they may apply for exemptions. The city is so slow in processing applications that some tenants have paid the full rent. They ought to have done so. They are fully protected by the law and once they have applied for exemption, they do not have to pay rent increases.
I appeal to you to clarify this issue so that the poor elderly of our city may become aware of the housing benefits for which they qualify.
Clara Torres
Office of Housing for the Elderly
26. Would an unemployed woman, 65 years old, with an income of $ 6,000 in Social Security and $ 3,000 in aid from her children qualify for exemption from rent increases?
A. Possibly, but more information is needed. B. Definitely.
C. Maybe next year she would qualify, but not this year.
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D. Never.
27. When a landlord air-conditions an apartment building ____________. A. he can then raise the tenants' rent
B. he has improved his property and must bear the expense himself C. he can take the cost off his income tax D. his tenants are poor and elderly
28. Which of the following does New York City provide to the landlords who do not increase rent for the elderly? A. A list of restrictions.
B. $ 41 million a year in cash refunds.
C. An amount equal to the rent increases in tax exemptions. D. Higher prices for improving their buildings.
29. Elderly tenants who qualify for exemptions from rent increases have nevertheless paid rent increases because ____________. A. they have the necessary income B. they are old and ignorant
C. their applications are not processed quickly D. the law does not protect them
30. The word \larify\. A. classic B. clash C. classify D. clear
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