SLEP考试样题(Section2-PartC).

　　Part C

　　This part of Section 2 contains two types of questions. In one, the student must complete passages by selecting the appropriate words or phrases from a set of four choices printed at intervals in the passage.

　　Sample Passage and Questions

　　1. Most animals 　in the desert do not take in water from open sources like lakes or rivers. Some of these animals may never even come upon any type of open

　　(A) live　 (B) they live 　(C) are living　　(D) that live

　　2. water, they have adopted other ways to obtain it. Some desert-dwelling

　　(A) so 　(B) despite (C) which 　(D) why

　　3. toads, for example, can take in from dew-soaked soil directly through

　　(A) sand 　(B) water 　(C) heat 　(D) food

　　4. skin. Another way some desert animals deal with a lack of water is to

　　(A) its (B) their 　(C) his 　(D) one’s

　　5. drink possible when they find water in large quantities. For

　　(A) as much as　　(B) as many as　　(C) too much　　(D) so much that

　　6. instance, after drinking all they can hold, some camels can for more than two weeks in the desert without any more water.

　　(A) to survive　　(B) have survived　　(C) surviving　　(D) survive

　　In the second type of question, students must answer questions about the passage above for which they supplied the

　　missing words or phrases.

　　Sample Questions

　　7. What is the main topic of the passage?

　　(A) Plants that live in the desert

　　(B) Types of desert camels

　　(C) How to make freshwater

　　(D) Surviving with little water

　　8. The word “adopted” in line 2 is closest in meaning to

　　(A) attracted

　　(B) developed

　　(C) lost

　　(D) asked about

　　9. What helps camels survive in the desert?

　　(A) They drink a lot of water at one time when they find it.

　　(B) They rest for two weeks bore trips in the desert.

　　(C) They travel early in the morning, when they can soak up water from dew.

　　(D) The people who travel with camels pack large amounts of water.