passage, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. For the remaining 3 questions in the same passage, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. Life in a Cave
Would you like to hear a story? Today I'll tell you a story that I heard about a cave in which a religious man was walled up. The cave was at the bottom of a rock wall. It had neither window nor door. Inside there was a stream which came out of a small opening under the wall which closed the cave.
Three years ago this religious man had come here. He had promised to separate himself from the world of people and go forever into the darkness of the cave. On the day he went into the cave, all his friends, who all belonged to the same religious community as he did, came together to say goodbye and walk him to the cave. Silently they moved, step by step through the valley, as if they wanted to lengthen (延长) the last minutes in which this man could still see the sun, light, and colors. He knew he was leaving the world forever. He would never again see the mountains, and he would die in his cave, forgotten by all.
After the entrance of the cave had been walled up, the light disappeared. He was alone and would never hear a human voice again. When he spoke, there would be no one to listen to him, and when he called, nobody would answer. To his friends, who had buried him alive, he was already dead. The only connection between them was their duty to supply him with his daily food. This was pushed through the little opening under the wall. If the food had been eaten, they would know he was alive. If the food was not eaten for six days, the wall had to be broken open. This had already been done, when, three years ago, another man, who had spent twelve years in the cave, died. It was also done fifteen years ago, at the death of another man, who at the age of twenty entered the cave and lived there for forty years.
In this story the man lived in total darkness and under great difficulty, as many religious people do. But not all religious people are like this. In one place, for example, things are quite different. To my surprise, religious people in this other place live together in comfort, living in small rooms that are pleasant and clean. Each
room provides air, water, and sun, and allows for exercise as well as time to think.
These men, though still not a part of the outside world, are allowed to take with them into their room books and objects which are necessary for their daily life. Their time is carefully organized and divided between study and regular exercise.
There is a little kitchen and a few pots and pans for them to heat their normal food. Next to the kitchen is a small bathroom, through which runs a very small stream.
The main room is large, with plenty of space and a wide open window, called a skylight, above. On one side of the room there is a place for sitting and sleeping, and fuel is kept against the other walls. This is very important in that place, where hot tea is used for keeping one's body warm in a cold room. Fuel is not used for heating the room itself, because it is far too precious. These rooms are not at all like caves, though the name for them is Kyi Phug, which means \ 1.
What is said about the cave in the first paragraph? ________________
A. It has an opening under the door.
B. It has a rock bottom.
C. It has no window or door.
D. It has no openings under the wall. 2.
The religious man went into the cave to stay there because ________________. A. he wanted to die
B. he promised to live apart from others
C. he was in a religious community
D. he wanted to be forgotten by all 3.
The man was fully aware ________________.
A. he should be silent in the valley
B. he would not forget his friends
C. he would not ever leave the cave
D. he should belong to a community 4.
How could the man in the cave obtain his food? ________________
A. His friends would bring him food.
B. He would supply himself with food.
C. Another man in the cave would cook.
D. The man would find dead animals. 5.
When would the wall of the cave be broken open by other people? ________________
A. After the man spent 12 years inside.
B. After the man turned twenty.
C. After the man opened the wall.
D. After the man didn't eat for 6 days. 6.
B. some religious people live in small rooms comfortably
C. some religious people live in caves with sunshine and fresh water
D. some religious people could even do exercise in caves 7.
What are allowed to be taken with the religious men into their rooms? ________________
It is said in the passage that ________________. A. all religious people live in total darkness in caves
A. Books and daily necessities.
B. Items for regular exercise.
C. Anything from the outside world.
D. Only things for studying. 8.
In the small kitchen, there are some pots and pans for them to warm their 9.
normal food. There is a skylight in the main room, which, in fact, is a
wide open window. 10. Though these rooms do not look like caves, \
\the happy cave\
Part 7 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)
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Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. Coffee is one of the most popular (流行的) drinks throughout the world today. In fact, according to some estimates, over 30% of all adults in the world drink coffee at least once a day on the average. Coffee contains a kind of drug called caffeine (咖啡因). Caffeine is a chemical that stimulates (刺激) the nerves of the body. Drinking coffee tends to make people a little bit more awake-at least for a short time―because of this stimulating effect on the nervous system (系统). A cup of coffee has, on the average, about 3% caffeine in it.
One story of the discovery of the coffee plant relates to this effect of caffeine. According to the story, coffee was discovered in East Africa. The story says that coffee was first found by a goat farmer named Kaldi. This was about the year 850.
Kaldi was leading his animals through the mountains and the goats
were stopping repeatedly to eat the plants near the path. Suddenly, some of the goats started jumping up and down in a very strange way.
Kaldi figured out that the goats were acting this way because of the plants they were eating. Kaldi himself tried eating some of the green beans (豆荚) that the goats had been eating. He, too, felt the stimulating effect of the beans.
Kaldi wanted to prove what had happened, so he picked some of the beans and took them back to his home village, where he told his story. The green bean got the name \because the beans were discovered in a place called Kaffa in Africa.
Then for years, people used to eat a few of the green Kaffa beans when they were in the mountains and needed extra energy to do their work. It was later found that the coffee beans could be picked and then dried until they turned brown, and then they could be stored. If the beans were dried and stored, they could be used at any time. 1.
B. A kind of plant.
C. A kind of drug.
D. A kind of nut. 2.
B. To become more healthy.
C. To become more happy.
D. To become more clever. 3.
Coffee was first found by a __________. What is the purpose of drinking coffee? A. To become more awake. What is caffeine? A. A kind of seed.