Part II Reading Comprehension
　　Directions: There are 3 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
　　Passage One
　　Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
　　I came to India a year ago to find a village in which I could live and write but it was many months before I settled down happily in this Himalayan community．
　　I wasted a lot of time looking for the typical village．Yet no such thing exists．Conditions vary too widely．But the villages I stayed in had much in common poverty, ignorance．Often the villagers themselves were puzzled suspicious．Why had I come I had put aside my work as a political journalist because my ideas had
　　changed．I had come to believe that what was happening in the Third World was more important than anything else．But to understand how three quarters of the world’s people live，and how their future might affect ours．I felt that I first had to try and share their way of life．
　　In the end I chose a mountain village because it was a little cooler than those in the plains．I took the bus from town along a bumpy(崎岖不平的)road，then came a rough walk down a steep path to the river．After this I began the climb into the hills. Whenever I stopped to catch my breath，there was a magnificent view．
　　After several hours’ walk the village came into view．
　　31．After the writer had arrived in India
　　A)he spent a year writing about the place he lived in
　　B)he took quite a long time finding a suitable place to live．
　　C)he spent years looking for a certain village．
　　D) he lived in a Himalayan community for many months．
　　32．While looking for a“village”the writer found
　　A) he was searching for the impossible．
　　B) all the village were exactly the same．
　　C) the villagers made him feel confused．
　　D) the village asked him a lot of questions．
　　33．Before coming to India the writer
　　A) had been a successful politician．
　　B) had made a decision to do no more work．
　　C) had been dismissed from his job．
　　D) had written articles for publication．
　　34．The writer decided to change his way of life because
　　A)he no longer found his work interesting．
　　B)he wanted to live a peaceful life in the countryside．
　　C)he wanted to find out more about the Third World．
　　D) he thought living in a small community would be rewarding.
　　35．The village the writer finally chooses to live in
　　A) was situated at the end of a bumpy road．
　　B) had a letter climate than those in the plains．
　　C) was a short walk from the river．
　　D) had a magnificent view of the river．

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