3.第4部分：閱讀理解
Human Wants
Human wants seem endless. When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when an executive gets a new sports car, visions of country clubs and pleasure beats dance into view.
The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears. The first and most basic level of wants involves food. Once this want is satisfied, a second level of wants appears clothing and some sort of shelter. By the end of World War II these wants were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as automobiles and new houses.
By 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. Then in the late 1950s a fourth level of wants appeared: the "life-enriching" level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction－the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation of the human body－this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement, and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called "luxury" items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical and dental① care, and entertainment. Also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing.
On the fourth level, a greater percentage of consumer spending goes to services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?
A fifth level probably would involve wants that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime and prejudice. After filling our stomachs, our clothes closets, our garages②, our teeth, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.
Notes：
①dental a. 牙齒的，牙科的
②garage n. 汽車間，修車廠；車庫
31. According to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when _______.
A. he has saved up enough money
B. he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelter
C. he has satisfied his hunger
D. he has learned to build houses
32. It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World War II most Americans _______.
A. were very rich
B. lived in poverty
C. had the good things on the first three levels
D. did not own automobiles
33. Which of the following is NOT related to "physical satisfaction"? _______.
A. A successful career.
B. A cozy home.
C. A good service.
D. A family car.
34. What is the main concern of man on the fourth level? _______.
A. The more goods the better.
B. The more mental satisfaction the better.
C. The more "luxury" items the better.
D. The more earnings the better.
35. The author is inclined to think that a fifth level _______.
A. would be little better than the fourth level
B. may be a lot more desirable than the first four
C. can be the last and most satisfying level
D. will become attainable provided the government takes actions
4.第4部分：閱讀理解 第二篇
Merge
Representatives of Callahan Media Associates （CMA） announced today that the news agency would attempt to buy the National Broadcasting System （NBS）, the second largest television and radio network in the United States. Ronald Callahan, son of Jessica Callahan, who started CMA, told reporters that he expected his company's of offering price to be high enough to win out over other offers. He indicated that NBS executives had already discussed reorganization plans that might result from a CMA takeover.
A native of the United Kingdom, Jessica Callahan began to buy newspapers, magazines, and radio stations in the United States eight years ago, and CMA now owns or controls more than fifteen news organizations here. Before she became a leader in media in this country, she had established her family-owned company as one of the most important forces in British TV and newspapers. Callahan started her news career more than twenty-five years ago, and she had worked as a reporter on three different papers when she took the job of editor of England's Birmingham Herald （伯明翰先驅(qū)報）, a newspaper that had been experiencing financial difficulties for several years. Her success in raising the news reporting standards as well as making the Herald into a profitable business gained Callahan the attention and respect of the British news establishment. By the time she was 35, she had become a publisher and started CMA, which is now one of the Miami Journal almost eight years ago, but she had been reading the newspaper for several years, and she said that she liked the paper's style. After she had owned the Journal for just over a year, she bought a small radio station in Georgia, and in the next five years she went on to acquire news organizations in several different parts of the country.
If CMA becomes the owner of NBS, for the first time it will have controlled over a nationwide TV network. In all interview last week, Philip Rosen, the president of NBS, said that he was not very happy about the purchase. He agreed that Callahan and CMA had done a lot to help American newspapers become more financially secure, but he expressed fears that the new management was going to make news coverage on NBS irresponsible. He stated that he hoped he could remain with NBS but said that this might not be possible.
36. The writer thinks that CMA's offer to buy the National Broadcasting System is probably ________.
A. the only one
B. a good one
C. unacceptably low
D. of great competition
37. Jessica Callahan captured the confidence of the press after she became the editor of Birmingham Herald because ______.
A. she was experienced
B. she had strong financial background
C. since then it started to make money
D. she enjoyed good popularity
38. Jessica Callahan has never ________.
A. visited the United States
B. owned a national TV network
C. worked as an editor
D. read the Miami Journal
39. The attitude of NBS top executive to the CMA takeover was that ________.
A. he was opposed to the purchase
B. he hoped the takeover would not affect the system's fame
C. he was afraid NBS would suffer serious financial loss
D. he could not leave his present position
40. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage? ________.
A. Jessica Callahan－a Successful Woman
B. CMA－from British to USA
C. CMA Buying NBS?
D. CMA's Attractive offer to NBS
Human Wants
Human wants seem endless. When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when an executive gets a new sports car, visions of country clubs and pleasure beats dance into view.
The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears. The first and most basic level of wants involves food. Once this want is satisfied, a second level of wants appears clothing and some sort of shelter. By the end of World War II these wants were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as automobiles and new houses.
By 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. Then in the late 1950s a fourth level of wants appeared: the "life-enriching" level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction－the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation of the human body－this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement, and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called "luxury" items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical and dental① care, and entertainment. Also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing.
On the fourth level, a greater percentage of consumer spending goes to services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?
A fifth level probably would involve wants that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime and prejudice. After filling our stomachs, our clothes closets, our garages②, our teeth, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.
Notes：
①dental a. 牙齒的，牙科的
②garage n. 汽車間，修車廠；車庫
31. According to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when _______.
A. he has saved up enough money
B. he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelter
C. he has satisfied his hunger
D. he has learned to build houses
32. It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World War II most Americans _______.
A. were very rich
B. lived in poverty
C. had the good things on the first three levels
D. did not own automobiles
33. Which of the following is NOT related to "physical satisfaction"? _______.
A. A successful career.
B. A cozy home.
C. A good service.
D. A family car.
34. What is the main concern of man on the fourth level? _______.
A. The more goods the better.
B. The more mental satisfaction the better.
C. The more "luxury" items the better.
D. The more earnings the better.
35. The author is inclined to think that a fifth level _______.
A. would be little better than the fourth level
B. may be a lot more desirable than the first four
C. can be the last and most satisfying level
D. will become attainable provided the government takes actions
4.第4部分：閱讀理解 第二篇
Merge
Representatives of Callahan Media Associates （CMA） announced today that the news agency would attempt to buy the National Broadcasting System （NBS）, the second largest television and radio network in the United States. Ronald Callahan, son of Jessica Callahan, who started CMA, told reporters that he expected his company's of offering price to be high enough to win out over other offers. He indicated that NBS executives had already discussed reorganization plans that might result from a CMA takeover.
A native of the United Kingdom, Jessica Callahan began to buy newspapers, magazines, and radio stations in the United States eight years ago, and CMA now owns or controls more than fifteen news organizations here. Before she became a leader in media in this country, she had established her family-owned company as one of the most important forces in British TV and newspapers. Callahan started her news career more than twenty-five years ago, and she had worked as a reporter on three different papers when she took the job of editor of England's Birmingham Herald （伯明翰先驅(qū)報）, a newspaper that had been experiencing financial difficulties for several years. Her success in raising the news reporting standards as well as making the Herald into a profitable business gained Callahan the attention and respect of the British news establishment. By the time she was 35, she had become a publisher and started CMA, which is now one of the Miami Journal almost eight years ago, but she had been reading the newspaper for several years, and she said that she liked the paper's style. After she had owned the Journal for just over a year, she bought a small radio station in Georgia, and in the next five years she went on to acquire news organizations in several different parts of the country.
If CMA becomes the owner of NBS, for the first time it will have controlled over a nationwide TV network. In all interview last week, Philip Rosen, the president of NBS, said that he was not very happy about the purchase. He agreed that Callahan and CMA had done a lot to help American newspapers become more financially secure, but he expressed fears that the new management was going to make news coverage on NBS irresponsible. He stated that he hoped he could remain with NBS but said that this might not be possible.
36. The writer thinks that CMA's offer to buy the National Broadcasting System is probably ________.
A. the only one
B. a good one
C. unacceptably low
D. of great competition
37. Jessica Callahan captured the confidence of the press after she became the editor of Birmingham Herald because ______.
A. she was experienced
B. she had strong financial background
C. since then it started to make money
D. she enjoyed good popularity
38. Jessica Callahan has never ________.
A. visited the United States
B. owned a national TV network
C. worked as an editor
D. read the Miami Journal
39. The attitude of NBS top executive to the CMA takeover was that ________.
A. he was opposed to the purchase
B. he hoped the takeover would not affect the system's fame
C. he was afraid NBS would suffer serious financial loss
D. he could not leave his present position
40. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage? ________.
A. Jessica Callahan－a Successful Woman
B. CMA－from British to USA
C. CMA Buying NBS?
D. CMA's Attractive offer to NBS