Part II. Reading Comprehension (20 points)
Passage One
As we consider what makes one man better than the other, let’s look at two examples. The first example is a man who has a good job, a healthy body, and a loving family. His success is due to good decisions. He chose the correct subjects to study when he was at the university. Now that he’s out of school, he always schedules his time well so that he can get everything done at the proper time. He exercises and eats well, as he understands the benefits of this. In addition, in order to achieve happiness in the home, he spends time with his family and makes sure they all have when they need. On the other hand, the second man is something less than the successful person the first man is. What’s wrong with him? 
Good sense is the ability to know what is true or right from what is not true or wrong. And some people might think that the second lacks good sense. However, the person who thinks this is mistaken. Actually, since everyone has the same amount of good sense, the first man does not have an advantage over the second in this respect. The second man has
a good mind, and he has the ability to judge things well. 
The second man runs into trouble, because he directs his thought along a different path.  He considers other things, different from the first man. The problem is that he does not apply his mind rightly, as does the first one. Thus, he is not capable of advancing further than he does. 
When you consider what you want out of life, think about the results of your decisions. Apply your mind well so that good things will come about and so that you are not left regretting your actions.
21. During his university years, the first man ________.
A. scheduled his time to get everything done. 
B. learned how to apply his mind rightly. 
C. ate right and did exercise regularly.     
D. chose things that made him successful later.
22. The first man is fully aware of the good things that will result from _______.
  A. making good decisions during one’s university studies. 
B. scheduling his time so that he can get everything done. 
C. taking care of his body with diet and exercise. 
D. being a successful person with a good family life.
23. One’s ability to judge right or wrong is called _______.
  A. beneficial consideration                  B. thought direction 
C. successful thinking                      D. good sense
24. To keep from wishing you made a different choice, you should ________.
  A. get more out of life                      B. develop more good sense 
C. judge things right or wrong              D. put good thought into your actions
25. The main topic of this passage is ________.
  A. people are equal                          B. applying thought well will help 
C. some people are not successful              D. people must judge things well
Passage Two
In 1848, gold was discovered in California; from all over the nation, thousands of young men set out for California. People called “this” the time of the Gold Rush.
A gold miner came into a city looking for a pair of pants. He wanted pants strong enough to stand up to the rough work of mining. He met a young man named Levi, who sold heavy cloth for tents and wagon tops. They asked a tailor to use heavy cloth for their pant
s. Then Levi went into the business of making work pants. He asked his brothers to send him some strong blue cotton cloth called denim (斜纹粗棉布). With this blue denim cloth, Levi started making the kind of pants we call blue jeans today. They were sewed up in the same way as other pants.
In 1860, a miner said that the pockets weren't strong enough to hold the pieces of gold he found. The pockets kept falling off the pants. The cloth was all right. It was the thread that wasn't strong enough. So Levi used rivets (铆钉) to attach the pockets onto the pants.
Cowboys needed tough pants, too. They liked their pants to fit tightly. But the rivets marked the cowboys' saddles. So Levi covered the rivets with cloth. Then everybody was happy.
26.    This article as a whole is about ___________.
    A. how people got blue jeans
    B. the Gold Rush in California
    C. How blue jeans are made
    D. The kind of pants cowboys' wear
27.    While not stated in the article, you can tell that ___________.
    A. everybody who went to California got a lot of gold
    B. Levi found riches in the gold fields
    C. Levi sold more jeans to cowboys than to gold miners
    D. Levi made more money than many gold miners
28.    The word “this” in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to __________.
    A. California
generated    B. the discovery of gold
    C. many people looking for gold
    D. the nation at this time
29.    Levi used strong blue cotton cloth to make pants because __________.

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