Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 92

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   The "big three" of Art Deco were New York City. Los Angeles (including
 Hollywood), and Miami Beach. New York's contributions were the Chrysler
 Building. Radio City Music Hall, and other towering monuments to
 20th century industrial accomplishment. Hollywood's were the romance
5  and rhinestone glitter in the films of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.
 Miami Beach's was the resort, the tropical escape from Depression
 doldrums. Deco was a dream style.

 On Miami Beach, the crisply modern designs harmonized with the Florida
10 seascape in an economy of construction that offered luxury to the
 middle class. While the rich spent " the season " in their mansions
 and grand hotels like the Roney Plaza, the middle class populated
 three and four-story hotels and apartment houses with friendlier
 names: the Barbara, the Evelyn, the Julie.
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 Lean but progressive, the buildings on Miami Beach inspired delight.
 Racing stripes on facades reflected the speed-obsessed culture. Rounded
 corner made life smooth. Finials, parapets and tall signs lettered
20 with hotel names reached for futuristic fantasies. Buildings shaped
 like ocean liners with porthole windows sailed the viewer away. Flamingos,
 pelicans and herons were etched in glass, stamped in metal screen
 doors, cast in plaster emblems. Organic friezes placed tropical exotica
 at the front door. Cantilevered “eyebrows" over casement windows
25 brought shade while permitting ocean breezes to filter into the small
 rooms.

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) New York' s contribution to Art Deco
(B) Where the rich live on Miami Beach
(C) The Art Deco architecture on Miami Beach
(D) Three famous Art Deco hotels
2. What did the paragraph preceding the passage most probably discuss?
(A) The definition of Art Deco style
(B) The development of Miami Beach
(C) The films of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
(D) The diversity of New York architecture
3. According to the passage, which of the following words best describes the New York Art Deco buildings?
(A) Imposing
(B) Illuminated
(C) Delightful
(D) Rounded
4. Which of the following characteristics of a Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire film best reflects Art Deco style as described in the passage?
(A) The technical accomplishment
(B) The influence of romantic art
(C) The fame of the actors
(D) The splendid sets and costumes
5. The author classifies hotels on Miami Beach according to
(A) their location
(B) the style of their windows
(C) the wealth of their residents
(D) their seasonal occupancy
6. Which of the following would be LEAST likely to be found on the Miami Beach buildings described in the passage
(A) Somber colors
(B) Modernistic shapes
(C) Metallic decorations
(D) Conspicuous lettering
7. The passage support which of the following conclusions about Art Deco
(A) It was one of three principal style in the United States.
(B) It was too luxurious for middle-class tourists.
(C) It appeared balanced and harmonious in all setting.
(D) It reflected the accomplishments and dreams of its era.

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Reading-Comprehension-Lesson 91

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   The availability of food and probably, to a lesser extent, the degree
 of danger from predators are tow basic influences in the relations
 between individuals within a species; and here the rules that operate
 for primates also hold for all other species. The higher primates
5  are special because, by their nature, they have a propensity to be
 social rather than solitary. Differences in environmental conditions
 therefore tend to determine the way in which they are social rather
 than whether they are social. The reason the higher primates tend
 to be social animals is that group living offers the opportunity
10 for prolonged learning during childhood; and learning is a pastime
 in which primates engage far more than any other animal. Learning
 is a pastime with a purpose, however, namely to equip individuals
 in a group with a amore effective knowledge of the environment in
 which they must survive. Greater knowledge implies a greater chance
15 of survival-which is what evolution is all about.

 A period of childhood education implies dependency on an adult, and
 this turns out to mean that, without exception, the basis of all
 primate social group is the bond between mother and infant. That
20 bond constitutes the social unit out of which all higher orders of
 society are constructed.

1. What is the main subject of the passage?
(A) The process of evolution.
(B) Social behavior in primates
(C) The influence of environment on behavior
(D) The social bond between infants and mothers
2. The phrase beginning with "namely" near the end of the first paragraph is used to
(A) criticize the members of a group
(B) provide the name of the animals being discussed
(C) give a specific example
(D) change the subject under consideration
3. According to the passage, the primary goal of learning among the higher primates is
(A) communication
(B) survival
(C) status
(D) comfort
4. The author implies that the most fundamental social unit in human society is the
(A) community
(B) peer group
(C) extended family
(D) mother and child

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