Passage Two
[29]Indians are the world's biggest bookworms, reading on average 10.7 hours a week, twice as long as Americans, according to a new survey. The NOP World Culture Score index surveyed 30,000 people in 30 countries from December 2004 to February 2005. Analysts said the spirit of self-help could explain India's high figures. Time spent on reading meant fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio-India came fourth last in both. [30]The NOP survey of 30,000 consumers aged over 13 saw China and the Philippines take second and third place respectively in average hours a week spent reading books, newspapers and magazines. Britons and Americans scored about half the Indians' hours and Japanese and Koreans were even lower-at 4.1 and 3.1 hours respectively. R. Sriram, chief executive officer of Crosswords Bookstores, a chain of 26 bookshops around India, says "For Indians, reading is a fundamental part of their being." "They place a great deal of emphasis on reading. That's the reason why they do well in education and universities abroad," he said. "People educate themselves and deal with change throughout their lives. And the way to do that is to update themselves with books." Mr. Sriram says social changes have also made a difference: [31]"Earlier people often turned to their parents and grandparents for advice. Now they turn to books."

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. How many hours on average do Americans read a week according the survey?
正確答案：D
解析：短文第1句話就說：印度人是世界上最愛讀書的人了，他們平均每周讀書10.7小時(shí)，是美國人的兩倍。因此美國人每周讀書5.35小時(shí)，即D。數(shù)字題。選項(xiàng)所指的含義需要做記號(hào)，A指印度，B指日本，C指韓國，D指美國。據(jù)此，一聽到問題，答案就信手拈來了。
30. Which country takes the second place in average hours a week spent reading books?
正確答案：A
解析：短文稱：NOP調(diào)查了3萬名年滿13歲的消費(fèi)者，發(fā)現(xiàn)按每周花在閱讀收報(bào)雜志的時(shí)間來排名，中國和菲律賓分別名列第2和第3。本題問排名第2的國家，故A正確。語義強(qiáng)調(diào)之處出題：本文比較不同國家的人們的閱讀習(xí)慣，有比較的內(nèi)容應(yīng)特別留意。
31. Who did Indians often turn to for advice in the past?
正確答案：D
解析：短文最后說：“過去人們從父母和爺爺奶奶那里尋找建議和忠告。”故選D。本題各個(gè)選項(xiàng)為并列名詞，問細(xì)節(jié)。這種題目最容易解答，符合短文聽力“聽到什么選什么”的解題原則。此外，短文結(jié)尾處常設(shè)考點(diǎn)。