Part II Reading Comprehension
Passage 1
  Most people think of a camel as an obedient beast of burden, because it is best known for its ability to carry heavy loads across vast stretches of desert without requiring water. In reality, the camel is considerably more than just the Arabian equivalent of the mule. It also possessed a great amount of intelligence and sensitivity.
  The Arabs assert that camels are so acutely aware of injustice and ill treatment that a camel owner who punishes one of the beasts too harshly finds it difficult to escape the camel’s vengeance. Apparently, the animal will remember an injury and wait for an opportunity to get revenge.glamour
  In order to protect themselves from the vengeful beasts, Arabian camel derivers have learned to trick their camels into believing they have achieved revenge. When an Arab realizes that he has excited a camel’s rage, he places his own garments on the ground in th
e animal’s path, He arranges the clothing so that it appears to cover a man’s body. When the camel recognizes its master’s clothing on the ground, it seizes the pile with its teeth, shakes the garments violently and tramples on them in a rage. Eventually, after its anger has died away, the camel departs, assuming its revenge is complete. Only then does the owner of the garments come out of hiding, safe for the time being, thanks to this clever ruse.
21. Which of the following is mentioned in this passage?
  A. The camel never drinks water
  B. The camel is always violent.
  C. The camel is very sensitive. 
  D. The camel is rarely used anymore.
22. It is implied in the passage that _____________.
  A. the mule is a stupid and insensitive animal
  B. the mule is as intelligent as the camel
  C. the mule is an animal widely used in the desert
  D. the mule is a vengeful animal
23. From this passage we can conclude that _________.
  A. camels are generally vicious towards their owners
  B. camels usually treat their owners well
  C. camels don’t see very well
  D. camels try to punish people who abuse them
24. The writer makes the camel’s vengeful behavior clearer to the reader by presenting _____________.
  A. a well- planned argument    B. a large variety of examples
  C. some eyewitness accounts    D. a typical incident
25. The main idea of the passage is ______________.
  A. camels can be as intelligent as their drivers
  B. camels are sensitive to injustice and will seek revenge on those who harm them
  C. camel drivers are often the targets of camels’ revenge
  D. camels are sensitive creatures that are aware of injustice
Passage 2
Although April did not bring us the rains we all hoped for, and although the Central Valley doesn't generally experience the atmospheric sound and lightning that can accompany those rains, it is still important for parents to be able to answer the youthful questions about thunder and lightning.
  The reason these two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, did you know that the lightning we see flashing down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth? Our eyes trick us into thinking we see a downward motion when it's actually the other way around. But then, if we believed only what we think and we see, we'd still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.
  Most lighting flashes take place inside a cloud, and only a relative few can be seen jumping between two clouds or between earth and a cloud. But, with about 2,000 thunderstorms taking place above the earth every minute of the day and night, there's enough activity to produce about 100 lightning strikes on earth every second.
  Parents can use thunder and lightning to help their children learn more about the world around them. When children understand that the light of the lightning flashing reaches their eyes almost at the same moment, but the sound of the thunder takes about 5 seconds to travel just one mile, they can begin to time the interval between the flash and the crash to learn how close they were to the actual spark.
26. According to the author, in the area of the Central Valley, ___________.
A. rains usually come without thunder and lightning   
B. it is usually dry in April
  C. children pay no attention to natural phenomena
  D. parents are not interested in thunder and lightning
27. We believe that lightning is a downward motion because __________________.
  A. we were taught so by our parents from our childhood
  B. we are deceived by our sense of vision
C. it is a common natural phenomenon   
D. it is a truth proved by science
28. What is TRUE about lightning according to the passage?
A. Only a small number of lighting flashes occur on earth.
B. Lightning travels 5 times faster than thunder.
C. Lightning flashes usually jump from one cloud to another.
D. There are far more lightning strikes occurring on earth we can imagine.
29. The word "activity" (Para.3, Line 3) is most closely related to the word (s)______ .

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