I.Reading Comprehension Directions:Each of the passages below is followed by some questions.For each question there are four answers marked A,B,C and D.Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions.Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points) Questions 31~35 are based on the following passage. Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is one of life's essentials.Eating breakfast at the start of the day,we have all been told,and told again,is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip But for many people the thought of food first thing in the morning is by no means a pleasure,so despite all the efforts,they still take no breakfast.Between 1977 and 1983,the latest year for which figures are available,the number of people who didn't have breakfast increased by 33%-from 8.8 million to 11.7 million -according to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of America. For those who feel pain of guilt about not eating breakfast,however,there is some good news.Several studies in the last few years indicate that,for adults especially,there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast."Going without breakfast does not affect performances,"said Arrold E.Bender,former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London,"nor does giving people breakfast improve performance. Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadequate,and most of recent work involves children,not adults."The literature,says one researcher,Dr.Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas,"is poor. 31.The latest year for which figures could be obtained is A.the year the author wrote the article B.1977 C.any year between 1977 and 1983 D.1983 561N. Reading Comprehension Directions: Each of the passages below is foHowed by some questions. For each question there are four answers rnarked A. B. C and D. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points) Questions 31 ~ 35 are based on the f ollowing passage. Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is one of life' s essentials. Eating breakfast at the start of the day , we have a11 been told , and told again , is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip. But for many people the thought of food first thing in the morning is by no means a pleasure , so despite a11 the efforts, they sti11 take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983 , the latest year for which figures are available , the number of people who didn' t have breakfast increased by 33 % - from 8. 8 mi11ion to 11. 7 i1l ion according to the Chicago-based , Market Research Corporation of America. For those who feel pain of guilt about not eating breakfast , however, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years indicate that , for adults especially , there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. "Going without breakfast does not affect performances," said Arrold E. Bender, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London "nor does giving people breakfast improve performance. " Scientific evidence linking break[ast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadeqllate , and most of recent work involves children , not adlllts. "The literatllre ," says one researcheτ ， Dr. Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texa 日， "is poor-" 31. The latest year for which figllres could be obtained is _一一一一一一 A. the year the author wrote the artic1 c B. 1977 , Qd OO n4d a n d -A nHd w e e n zhu vd a r qJ CD 461EA nQd Y8 561