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Part II Reading Comprehension
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 the 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. B) her parents kept pressuring her to have a child.
35. C) It is troublesome but rewarding
Passage Four
36. A) Quick economic returns
37. B) obtain funding from the government
38. C) They think they work in an environment hostile to the free pursuit of knowledge.
39. D) they could be influenced by their association with the project concerned.
40. C) People would not believe scientists even when they tell the truth.
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