PART II Reading Comprehension (50%)
Section A
Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked a, b, c and d. You should decide on the best choice.
Questions 21 to 24 are based on the following passage:
21. It is the bride’s parents who normally have to
A. Make all the arrangements for the wedding.
B. Provide hospitality for the people attending.
C. Decide who shall be invited.
D. Pay all the expenses involved.
22. According to the passage some guests may be invited because
A. They are likely to be annoyed if they are not.
B. They may give valuable presents.
C. Their presence could provide future benefits.
D. They may help with the expenses of the wedding.
23. Why are the arrangements for a church wedding usually made some time before?
A. To allow the necessary length of time for publicizing the wedding.
B. To provide time for organizing the reception.
C. To make sure that the guests can arrange to be free on day.
D. To ensure a thorough investigation of the couple’s existing marital status.
24. What possible difference is suggested between a church and civil wedding?
A. Civil wedding are less commonly followed by a reception.
B. It is less usual for guests to attend the civil wedding formalities.
C. Guests at civil wedding are less formally dressed.
D. There could be less attention paid at the latter to convention and picturesque effect.
Questions 25 to 28 are based on the following passage:
Hostel buildings vary from cottage to castle. Most have been adapted to hostel use though some have been specially built for the purpose. As it is impossible to put identical facilities into such a wide range of buildings, hostels have been divided into four grades so that members pay an overnight fee roughly corresponding to the facilities provide. Nevertheless, whatever the architectural differences, all hostels offer accommodation with the following facilities.
Sleeping In dormitories normally with 2-tier beds. Mattresses, blankets and pillows are provided but you take your own sheet, sleeping bag or hire a freshly laundered at the hostel.
Washing. Washing facilities are provided, and at hostels where stated there are also baths or showers. You provide your own toilet articles including soap and towel.
Common Room. All hostels have a common room. At some hostels this also serves as a dining-room.
Meals. At most hostels, hot meals can be provided by the warden. (The Hostel Details state where this is not the case.) Meals cannot be guaranteed unless paid for in advance: Lunch packets should also be booked in advance whenever possible: it is easier to provide appetizing fare when the warden knows beforehand how many lunch packets will be required. (Please note that lunch packets do not include any drinks.) Breakfast is usually cereal or porridge and a cooked dish followed by bread and marmalade（果酱） and tea. Evening meal is a 3-course meal usually consisting of soup, a meat course, a sweet or pudding and tea. A number of hostels now have a cafeteria service or provide snack meals.
Members’ Kitchen. At all hostels except some temporary hostels there are facilities for members to cook their own meals, including cooking points, pots and pans. There is no charge for the use of these facilities.
Small Store. Where the Hostel Details state that there is a small store it means there are sufficient foodstuffs on sale to enable self-cookers to prepare a meal. The following list of a typical small store gives you a good idea of what you can buy, though every small store may not necessarily offer you these exact items. If ordered in advance: milk, bread, potatoes, margarine. Without ordering in advance: tins of beans and/or spaghetti, soup (or packets), condensed or evaporated milk, meat or meat pudding, fish, vegetables, fruit, steamed puddings. Small jars of jam and marmalade. Small packets of tea, coffee, sugar and corn-flakes or other cereal. Matches. Chocolate. Packets of crisp bread or oat-cakes and dehydrated potato powder.
