Oneimportantskillinreading comprehensionistheabilitytoguessthemeaningofawordfromits ________.

A. environment
B. surrounding
C. context
D. content

Task Two: Comprehension CheckDirections: The following statements contain information given in one of the paragraphs in Reading 2. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.

The extremists entered the hospital, ____________ as medical workers.

A. disgusted
B. misguided
C. disguised
D. undercover

He ___________ with her over her frustration at not being elected as the leader of the team.

A. overwhelmed
B. confessed
C. sympathized
D. pitied

The trial has been delayed until November because the lawyer is not ready to ___________.

A. emerge
B. invade
C. proceed
D. confess

Vietnam has _________ as the world’s third-biggest rice exporter.

A. emerged
B. merged
C. occurred
D. happened

When the news reported that the husband had gone missing, his wife was totally ___________.

A. abrupt
B. dozed
C. astonishing
D. stunned

The US dollar continued to _______ and more and more Chinese families decide to send their kids to America now.

A. glide
B. slip
C. split
D. slide

What he said in the meeting __________ everybody present.

A. disgusted
B. dismissed
C. disguised
D. eliminated

He is quite sure that it’s _________ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.

A. absolutely
B. abruptly
C. exclusively
D. roughly