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IV. Reading Comprehension (60 points)

Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on ANSER SHEET I.

Passage One

As you are students of English, it’s very possible that you’ll be interested in England.

That’s where the language was first spoken. But England is often called by other names.

This often confuses people and I wonder if you know what these names mean. So, now I

would like to tell you about this matter of names. I believe that you have heard people use

the names—England, Britain or Great Britain. Let’s see what each of these names means.

If you look at a map of Europe, you’ll see a group of islands—one larger island off the

northwest coast, one smaller and many tiny ones. These make up what is called the British

Isles (不列颠群岛). The largest island of the British Isles is Britain. It is also called Great

Britain. The smaller island is Ireland (爱尔兰).

Britain is divided into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England. But sometimes the

Word “England” is used instead of “Britain”. Why so?

In ancient times, what is Britain now used to be three different countries. People in

These different countries spoke different language. Over many years the three countries

became one. England is the largest and richest of the three and it has the most people. So

the English people take it for granted that their own name stands for the whole island.

There’s another thing that confuses people: sometimes you may hear people say “the

Untied Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. That is official name of the

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