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C. you may lose direction and lack motivation D. you won't have good study habits

14. According to the passage, why are examinations and grades necessary in education?

A. Because they can make the difference between success and failure.

B. Because they can motivate many students to study harder.

C. Because they can check what you have gained from your studies.

D. Because they are small, artificial steps to an ultimate goal.

15. If you want to be an efficient learner, you must____________.

A. have clear study purposes

B. be always motivated from both inside and outside

C. set grades as your ambition

D. have good study habits

Passage 4

Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street corner and tell you what they see. Chances are that you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives something different about it.

Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may say that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception is the mind’s interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.

Many psychologists today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.

16. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Perceiving has nothing to do with seeing. B. Perceiving differs from seeing.

C. Seeing is closely connected to perceiving. D. Seeing has much to do with perceiving.

17. The phrase "with four children in tow" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to "____________".

A. with four children following closely behind her

B. with four children tied to each other with a rope

C. with four children dragging a rope held by her

D. with four children dragged in a small cart

18. According to the passage, perceiving is an action ____________.

A. that tells us information through our eyes B. that gives us senses in the mind

C. that explains what our senses tell us D. that makes our mind different

19. The psychologists are trying to draw their conclusion____________.

A. by asking different people to tell how they perceive the same scene

B. by using a scientific approach in setting up their experiments

C. by determining how a person experiences the world around him

D. by measuring and charting the results of many experiments

20. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Different people may perceive the same scene in a different way.

B. That a policeman gives a motorist a ticket means the motorist is fined.

C. No people share the same perception when they are asked to see the same scene.

D. The psychologists can control all of the factors in their experiments.

Passage 5

To understand how Americans think about things, it is necessary to understand "the point". Americans mention it often："Let's get right to the point", "My point is ...","What's the point of all this?"

The "point" is the idea or piece of information that Americans suppose is, or should be, at the center of people's thinking, writing, and spoken comments. Speakers and writers are supposed to "make their points clear", meaning that they are supposed to write clearly the idea or piece of information they wish to express.

People from many other cultures have different ideas about "the point". Africans traditionally tell

stories that express the thoughts they have in mind, rather than stating "the point" clearly. Japanese traditionally speak indirectly, leaving the listener to figure out what the point is. Thus, while an American might say to a friend, "I don't think that coat goes very well with the rest of your outfit", a Japanese might say, "Maybe this other coat would look even better than the one you have on." Americans value a person who "gets right to the point". Japanese are likely to consider such a person insensitive if not rude.

The Chinese and Japanese languages are characterized by vagueness and ambiguity（模糊）. The precision（精确）and directness Americans associate with "the point" cannot be achieved, at least not with any grace, in Chinese and Japanese. Speakers of those languages thus have to learn a new way of reasoning and expressing their ideas if they are going to communicate satisfactorily with Americans.

21. By “the point”,Americans mean____________.

A. the idea or information in their mind B. the most important idea or information

C. what they think, write and speak D. what they wish to express

22. Compared with people from many other cultures, Americans are____________.

A. direct and honest B. clear and talkative

C. impolite and rude D. traditional and silent

23. A typical American seems to be ______to a typical Japanese.

A. sensitive and rude B. insensitive but not rude

C. sensitive instead of rude D. insensitive and even rude

24. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. You are expected to state your idea clearly when speaking to an American.

B. Telling stories to express their ideas is a traditional way of Africans.

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