PartIV Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)(25 minutes)

SectionA

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47．The study made by the research team at the University of Nebraska．Lincoln infers that homework doesn’t deprive students oftheir________．
48．In Kiewra's paper he points out that the data on the homeworkquestion are not as ________ as people expected
49．According to Kenneth Kiewra，most of the mass-media often give people a false image that kidsalways feel pressure on their homework and have to give up _________．
50．The statistic shown in Kiewra's study indicates that many parentsdon’t worry too much about ________.
51．What could be the limitation of Kiewra'sstudy?
Section B
Passage one

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52．What do we know about the 15 charter schools in Detroit?
A)They were to be built for charitablepurposes．
B)They were creating a successful model inDetroit．
C)The local teachers’ union   refused to havethem built．
D) The Detroit union   In thought they wouldnot be Successful．
53．New York State didn’t get the$700 million funding because_________．
A)the state legislature refused to give thegrant
B)the application was interfered with bythe UFT
C) the UFT didn’t file an application forthe grant
D)the state wasn’t competitive enough towin the grant
54．According to the second paragraph，the UFT set up rules in order to_________．
A) serve the interests of the membersB)monitor the teachers’ performance
C)be recognized by the public D)gainprofits from the public
55．By mentioning the auto industry，Shanker realized that_________．
A)the UFT is just like an auto union  B)privatization should be carried out
C) public education deserves to be endedD)teachers should be more conscientious
56．Which of the following best describes the feature of charterschools?
A)They are subject to the rules of teachers’union  s．wWw.KAo8.Cc
B)They are financed by the federal government．
C)They are funded by individual entrepreneurs．
D)They are managed by individual entrepreneurs．
PassageTwo

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57. What happened when Earth's last ice agewas getting started?
A) Water began to be trapped in glaciers.
B) Glaciers began to melt into water.
C) Sea levels suddenly rose.
D) Sea levels suddenly dropped.
58. It's believed that for the past severalhundred thousand years, each ice age would last an average of_______ years.
A) 100,000
B) 90,000
C) 70,000
D) 11,000
59. What does "the puzzle" (Line1, Para. 4) refer to?
A) The cause of the ice-age cycle.
B) The duration of an ice-age cycle.
C) Whether the ice-age cycle is related tothe changes in Earth's orbit.
D) How fast the seas rose when the ice-agecycle was about to start.
60. What happened when the glaciers weremelting at a tremendous rate?
A) The mid-latitudes were flooded first.
B) The climate lost its regular balance.
C) The ice age almost came to an end.
D) The sea level rose rather quickly.
61. According to Daniel Muhs, data takenfrom Barbados and New Guinea suggested that the sea level _______.
A) remained unchanged
B) didn't rise much
C) rose remarkably fast
D) rose mysteriously