The underlined word “plasticity” in Paragraph 2 refers to _____ .

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• 1The author of the passage _____ .

  A.misunderstands oral culture

  B.doubts the results of the survey

  C.encourages the Americans to read more

  D.agrees to the solution to the present problem in reading

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• 2The underlined phrase “cultural change” in Paragraph 2 refers to the change_____ .

  A.from oral culture to electronic media

  B.from print culture to electronic media

  C.from electronic media to oral culture

  D.from electronic media to print culture

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• 3According to the passage, reading _____ .

  A.requires less attention and devotion

  B.demands no more than passive participation

  C.limits various communications and views

  D.means active participation in public and cultural life

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• 4The main purpose of the survey is to _____.

  A.focus on the role of electronic media and reading

  B.show that American young people read less and less

  C.give a report of the national fashion of literary reading

  D.review that less than half of the population now reads literature

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• 5From this passage, we can learn_____ .

  A.people settled in the Americas a little earlier than 1492

  B.North Americans were the tallest in the 18th century in the world

  C.Mesoamerican farmers knew genetic engineering 5,000 years ago

  D.the population in the Americas was smaller than that in Europe in 1492

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• 6The aim of the passage is to _____.

  A.tell people how to fight against coyotes

  B.tell us why the coyote is the most hunted animal

  C.supply the reason why the coyote is a kind of notorious pest

  D.explain how the coyote has spread to and survived in cities

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• 7According to the passage, coyotes _____.

  A.originally lived in the west of the continent

  B.sleep during the day but look for food at night

  C.are teaching survival skills to their younger generations

  D.suffered a population decrease because people killed wolves

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• 8According to the passage, to cut down on the coyote population, people are advised to _____.

  A.leave pet food secured

  B.keep coyotes in small regions

  C.force coyotes to live alone

  D.avoid using trapping programs

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• 9According to the passage, “Flores Human” _____.

  A.lived a partly human life

  B.was a branch of Homo sapiens

  C.used tools before Homo sapiens arrived

  D.had a brain as large as a common chimp’s

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• 10The underlined part “this tiny human” in Paragraph 2 refers to _____.

  A.a chimp

  B.Flores Human

  C.Homo sapiens

  D.Homo erectus

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