SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING                                    [5 min. ]
Directions: In this section there are eight passages followed by ten questions or unfinished statements. Skim or scan the passages as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.

TEXT E

First read the following question. 

81. The best title for this passage is ______
A. reading more can help. 
B. bad news on illiteracy. 
C. stop reading and begin exercising. 
D. 65, a dangerous age. 
正确答案是

Now skim the passage below and answer the question. 

Not reading well, it turns out, can be hazardous to your health. A new study shows that    people who have difficulty reading or understanding health-related materials are more than twice as likely to end up in a hospital as those who don’t. This has especially dire implications for many Americans over age 65, nearly half of whom are classified as functionally illiterate. 

TEXT F

First read the following question. 

82. According to the passage, Harley-Davidson is ______
A. a motorcycle. 
B. a computer. 
C. a mechanic mouse. 
D. a watch. 
正确答案是

Now skim the passage and answer the question

Harley-Davidson fans who are moving their hands away from the throttle and onto the mouse worry M. Z. Berger Co. , maker of Harley watches. So the company plans to lure the riders away from computers and back to bikes. Those who send in their computer mouse will be rewarded with watches and other Harley apparel. No word yet on free tattoos. 

TEXT G 

First read the following questions. 

83. Hashmatullab Khan asks, "Who would kill the goose that lays the golden egg?" What does he suggest? 
A. He has a goose that lays golden eggs. 
B. He has an antelope that lays golden eggs. 
C. He will kill the antelope. 
D. He won’t kill the antelope.
正确答案是

84. What proof do the conservationists hold against the words of the weavers? 
A. Tibetan antelopes only eat bushes and shrubs. 
B. There are few bushes for antelopes to feed on.                    
C. Tibetan antelopes don’t brush up against bushes. 
D. There are no shrubs for antelope to brush up against. 
正确答案是

Now skim the passage and answer the questions. 

In Jammu and Kashmir, India’s northernmost state and the only place a worldwide ban on trade in Tibetan antelope doesn’t apply, workers in the industry deny the creatures are killed at all. Asks Hashmatullah Khan of the Kashmir Handicraft Traders Welfare Association: "Who would kill the goose that lays the golden egg?" Khan insists that weavers use only hair the animals leave behind after brushing against bushes and shrubs. Conservationists say that’s a myth perpetuated by a misinformed retail industry. Urging an end to the shahtoosh trade, they point out that there aren’t any bushes and shrubs on the plateau to brush up against. 

TEXT H 

First read the following questions. 

85. The Pollumetre Air is a pollution reader not aimed to help ______
A. pregnant women and patients. 
B. people know how bad the air is just around you. 
C. people forecast the weather. 
D. people protectthemselves. 
正确答案是

Now scan the passage and answer the questions. 

In most big cities, pollution alerts are as much a part of TV newscasts as the weather report. But that doesn’t help you know how bad the air is right outside your door. Now a French firm, Pollucorp, has produced Pollumetre Air, a pager-size pollution reader. On sale in Hong Kong and Europe for ’90, the device aims to help pregnant women, children, patients with respiratory ills and other especially vulnerable people by detecting too-high levels of carbon monoxide. Of course, there’s a cheaper way to protect yourself: avoid places jammed with cars and motorbikes.