(B) read without thinking hard (D) concentrate on the meaning of words only
33. A "process" conversation has to do with ______.
(A) the application of reading strategies
(B) matching our expectations with the meaning of a text
(C) the development of our ability to check the details
(D) determining the main idea of a text
34. According to the passage, it is of great importance for readers at a higher level to maintain a balance between ______.
(A) conscious and unconscious levels of comprehension
(B) the reader’s expectations and the meaning of a text
(C) lower and higher levels of comprehension
(D) interpreting and criticizing a text
35. If we want to develop our reading ability at an advanced level, we should ______.
(A) learn to use different approaches in reading different texts
(B) make our reading process more conscious
(C) pay more attention to the content of a text
(D) take a critical attitude towards the author’s idea
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Although April did not bring us the rains we all hoped for, and although the Central Valley doesn’t generally experience the atmospheric sound and lightning that can accompany those rains, it’s still important for parents to be able to answer the youthful questions about thunder and lightning.
The reason these two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, did you know that the lightning we see flashing down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth? Our eyes trick us into thinking we see a downward motion when it’s actually the other way around. But then, if we believed only what we think we see, we’d still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.
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