Part II Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the blank more than once.

　　The owner of a copyright has essentially two ways available to exploit the copyright. First, he or she can transfer the copyright to another party, possibly in 11 for a fixed sum or payment of royalties—this is known as 12 the copyright. The new owner can then 13 the copyright in the same way as the 14 author could have done.

　　15 , the author can grant one or more licenses to copy the work. A license is essentially a written 16 to allow someone to do something which would otherwise be unlawful. Licenses may be either exclusive or non-exclusive. Exclusive licenses mean that only the 17 of the license can carry out certain restricted acts (even the owner is then prevented from carrying out these acts). For example, the author might 18 an exclusive license to distribute a book he or she has written: the author could not then grant a separate license to another publisher to publish the same book. A non-exclusive license does not prevent the copyright owner from granting 19 rights to other people. In principle, copyright assignment and license can become quite 20 since it is impossible to assign or license only part of the right existing in a copyright.

　　A) author B) Alternatively C) permission D) Formally

　　I) recipient J) assigning K) principle L) similar

　　E) complex F) grant G) original H) different

　　M) enabling N) return O) exploit

　　Section B

　　Directions: There are 2 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 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Passage 1

　　Exchange a glance with someone, then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a second longer, and you have made a different statement. Hold it for 3 seconds, and the meaning has changed again. For every social situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person’s gaze without being intimate, rude, or aggressive. If you are on an elevator, what gazetime are you permitted? To answer this question, consider what you typically do. You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up(打量) and to assure them that you mean no threat. Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction, you need to emit a signal telling others you want to be left alone. So you cut off eye contact, what sociologist Erving Goffman (1963) calls “a dimming of the lights”. You look down at the floor, at the indicator lights, anywhere but into another passenger’s eyes. Should you break the rule against staring at a stranger on an elevator, you will make the other person exceedingly uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself.

　　If you hold eye contact for more than 3 seconds, what are you telling another person? Much depends on the person and the situation. For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner. They typically gaze at each other for about 3 seconds at a time, then drop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting their eyes meet again. But if one man gives another man a 3second-plus stare, he signals, “I know you”, “I am interested in you”, or “You look peculiar and I am curious about you”. This type of stare often produces hostile feelings.

　　21. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that               .

　　A) every glance has its significance

　　B) staring at a person is an expression of interest

　　C) a gaze longer than 3 seconds is unacceptable

　　D) a glance conveys more meaning than words

　　22. If you want to be left alone on an elevator, the best thing to do is               .

　　A) to look into another passenger’s eyes

　　B) to avoid eye contact with other passengers

　　C) to signal you are not a threat to anyone

　　D) to keep a distance from other passengers

　　23. By “a dimming of the lights”(Line 11, Para. 1) Erving Goffman means “               ”.

　　A) closing one’s eyes

　　B) turning off the lights

　　C) ceasing to glance at others

　　D) reducing gaze-time to the minimum

　　24. If one is looked at by a stranger for too long, he tends to feel               .

　　A) depressed B) uneasy C) curious D) amused

节选自：《大学英语四级考试强化集训—阅读理解》

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