Passage Three
18. B) Truancy
19. D) Students with good attendance records
20. D) Rewarding schools that have decreased the destruction
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Passage one
21. C) People can fully enjoy individual freedom.
22. D) the more diligent one is, the bigger his returns
23. B) became wealthy after starting life very poor
24. A) Americans wish to succeed in every aspect of life
25. D) What Americans strive after often contradicts their beliefs.
Passage two
26. C) the globalization of economy
27. B) Information technology has removed the restrictions of time and space in business transactions
28. A) it should not overlook the importance of information, services, support, and distribution
29. B) can eliminate an entire business segment
30. D) businesses have to meet individual customers’ specific needs in order to succeed
Passage Three
31.A) To discourage people from insisting on having grandchildren.
32. B) draw attention to the troubles and difficulties grandchildren may cause
33. D) they find it hard to resist the carrot-and-stick approach of their parents
34. D) her parents kept pressuring her to have a child
35. C) It is troublesome but rewarding.