Part I Reading Comprehension Directions: There are several 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. Passage One Questions 2 to 6 are based on the following passage. Reading is not the only way to acquire knowledge of preceding work. There is another large reservoir which may be called experience, and the college student will find that every craftsman has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them with ill-concealed disdain. The information from these quarters differs from that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical part - the explanations of why things happen — is frequently quite fantastic. But the demonstration and report of what happens, and how it happens, are sound even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms. Presently the college student will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject. One important thing for a college student to remember is that if Aristotle could talk to the fisherman, so can he. Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional practices handed down from father to son, or mother to daughter, of old country customs, of folklore. All this is very difficult for a college student to explore, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separate good plants from wild weeds. The college student should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wide, confused wilderness and how often scientific discoveries turned out to be rediscoveries of what had existed in this wilderness long ago. 2. The phrase "this wide, confused wilderness" in paragraph 3 refers to\par ______. A) personal experience B) wild weeds among good plants C) the information from the parents D) the vast store of traditional practices 3. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage? A) The college students have trouble separating good plants from wild weeds. B) Craftsman's experience is usually unscientific. C) The contemptuous college students will receive no instructions from craftsmen. D) Traditional practices are as important as experience for the college students. 4. From this passage we can infer that ______. A) we'll invite the craftsman to teach in the college B) schools and books are not the only access to knowledge C) scientific discoveries are based on personal experience D) discoveries and rediscoveries are the most important source of knowledge for the college student 5. The author advises the college student to ______. A) be ill-concealed toward the craftsman B) be patient in helping the craftsman with scientific terms C) learn the craftsman's experience with a critical eye D) obtain the craftsman's experience without rejection 6. The main idea of this passage is about ______. A) what to learn from the parents B) how to acquire knowledge C) why to learn from the craftsman D) how to deal with experience