Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time. You should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 11 to 18 with the exact words you hare just heard. For blanks numbered 19 to 20 you are required to fill in missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
We know that, for the most part, the bigger a mans muscles are, the stronger he is. Can it be 11), then, that the larger a mans brain is, the 12) he is? The answer is no. There are only two 13) that have larger brains than man, the whale and the elephant. Yet, according to his 14), mans brains larger. Mans brain usually 15) about three pounds or a little more, and this is about 16) of the weight of his whole body. The whales body, on the other hand, is a 17) times heavier than its brain, while the elephants body is about five 18) times as heavy. 19). We know that geniuses have existed who have had very large brains, but there have been others whose brains were rather small. Idiots have been found to have very large brains. 20).
Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D).
Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: Cigarette smoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be an important factor in the development of cancer of the lungs and the throat and is believed to be related to cancer of the bladder and the oral cavity. Male cigarette smokers have a higher death rate from heart disease than non-smoking males. Female smokers are thought to be less affected because they do not breathe in the smoke so deeply. The majority of physicians and researchers consider these relationships proved to their satisfaction and say. "Give up smoking. If you dont smoke, dont start". Some competent physicians and research workers -- though their small number is dwindling even further -- are less sure of the effect of cigarette smoking on health. They consider the increase in respiratory diseases and various forms of cancer may possibly be explained by other factors in the complex human environment -- atmospheric pollution, increased nervous stress, chemical substances in processed food, or Chemical pesticides that are now being used by farmers in vast Quantities to destroy insects and small animals. Smokers who develop cancer or lung diseases, they say, may also, by coincidence, live in industrial areas, or eat more canned food. Gradually, however, research is isolating all other possible factors and proving them to be statistically irrelevant. While all tobacco smoking affects life expectancy and health, cigarette smoking appears to have a much greater effect than cigar or pipe smoking. However, nicotine consumption is not diminished by the latter forms, and current research Indicates relationship between all forms of smoking and cancer of the mouth and throat. Filters and low tar tobacco are claimed to made smoking to some extent safer, but they can only marginally reduce, not eliminate, the hazards.
21. Male smoking are more affected by smoking than female ones because _____.
22. According to the passage, cigarette can do harm to all the following EXCEPT _____.
23. The author's attitude towards smoking is _____.
24. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
25. The authors purpose of writing the passage is to _____.
Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body. Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health. The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities, others lose heart at the first sign of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between "flight or fight" and in more primitive days the choices made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Since we cant remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.
26. People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because _____.
27. According to the author, the most important character for a good manager is his _____.
28. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?
29. In the last sentence of the passage, "do so" refers to _____.
30. According to the author, the right attitude toward stress is _____.
Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks has been praised for deepening the significance of personal and social experiences so that these experiences become universal in their implication. She has also been praised for her "sense of form, which is basic and remarkable." Many of her poems are concerned with a Black community named Bronzeville, on the south side of Chicago. Her literary skill makes Bronzeville more than just a place on a map. This community, like all important literary places (Robinsons Tibury Town and Masters Spoon River, for example), becomes a testing ground of personality, a place where the raw material of experience is shaped by imagination and where the joys and trials of being human are both sung and judged. The qualities for which Brookss poetry is led are (as one critic has pointed out) "boldness, invention, a daring to experiment, and a naturalness that does not scorn literature but absorbs it." Her love for poetry began early. At the age of seven. she "began to put rhymes together," and when she was thirteen, one of her poems was published in a childrens magazine. During her teens she contributed more than seventy-five poems to a Chicago newspaper. In 1941 she began to attend a class in writing poetry at the South Side Community Art Center, and several years later, her poems began to appear in Poetry and other magazines. He first collection of poems, A Street in Bronzeville, was published in 1945. Four years later, Annie Allen, her second collection of poems, appeared. In 1950 Annie Allen was awarded a Pulitzer prize for poetry. A novel, Maud Martha, about a young black girl growing up in Chicago, published in 1953, was praised for its warmth and insights. In 1963 her selected Poems appeared.
31. The main subject of the passage is Gwendolyn Brooks' _____.
32. Why does the author mention Tibury Town and Spoon River?
33. The author uses quotations in the first paragraph primarily to _____.
34. According to the passage, Brooks's poetry was first published when she was _____.
35. Her novel was praised because _____.
Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: The significance of trust is that it allows the parties involved in the relationship to indicate how they feel, what they behave, and where they disagree without fear of contradiction or reprisal. Trusting relationship encourage people to disclose their plans and perceptions without hurting them selves or others. Hurt, whether real or imagined, is one of the most harmful consequences of personal relationships with other human beings. In situations which you feel that the other person has the power and intent to hurt you, trust diminishes quickly. Thus a climate of distrust appears in your relations with others. Conversely, if I can say whatever comes to my mind without getting hurt, a climate of trust pervades the relationship. Trust is a perceptual phenomenon that evolves from our experiences with others. If trusting were so easy, we would not need to make such a point of its importance in human relationships. To say that a person should trust others is to diminish the difficulty of producing trust. In mutual relationships, both parties must behave toward one another in trusting ways. Even though it hurts in the pit of the stomach, you must trust the other person and encourage him or her to say those things that demand a trusting response. No one likes to get hurt and few like to hurt others, especially not those others who are close to us in person-to-person relationships. We avoid expressing our true feelings lest we become the target of a revenging attack from the other person. If I indicate that I do not appreciate having you smoke in my car, I may love you as a friend or I may become the subject of ridicule for allowing little things like that to bother me. If that happens, I will be less open and less trusting of you the next time.
36. The significance of trust lies in the fact that _____.
37. What will not happen if a person feeds he will be hurt by the other?
38. Trust is a phenomenon that _____.
39. People avoid expressing their true feelings because _____.
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.
41. The teacher doesn't permit _____ in class.
42. Anne couldn't concentrate _____ what she was doing while her family were watching TV.
43. Mr. Smith advised us to withdraw _____.
44. I decided to go to the library as soon as I _____.
45. Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was busy _____ for her examination.
46. It _____ around nine o'clock when I drove back home because it was already dark.
47. There were some _____ flowers on the table.
48. He said he would go _____ the rain.
49. The rain was heavy and _____ the land was flooded.
50. There's little chance that mankind would _____ a nuclear war.
51. Throughout his life, Henry Moore _____ an interest in encouraging art in the city of Leeds.
52. Many difficulties have _____ as a result of the change over to a new type of fuel.
53. Though the long-term _____ cannot be predicted, the project has been proved by the committee.
54. She _____ a musician than her brother.
55. Many Europeans _____ the continent of Africa in the 19th century.
56. In those days Jerry _____ her mother in the hospital every day.
57. There _____ beautiful clothes displayed in the shop window.
58. He _____ eggs and toast for breakfast tomorrow morning.
59. I think Red Team will win the final game; it's very likely that _____.
60. The car won't start because the battery _____.
61. Ever since Picasso's paintings went on exhibit, there _____ large crowds at the museum every day.
62. Mrs. Brown is supposed _____ for Italy last week.
63. We _____ our breakfast when an old man came to the door.
64. He asked not be re-elected for he _____ chairman for seven years.
65. She was glad that her success _____ things easier for the women who would follow.
66. My wife said her letter that she _____ hearing from you sometime.
67. Pick me up at 8 o'clock. I _____ my bath by then.
68. By the end of April, Peter _____ here for three months.
69. By the end of this month, we surely _____ a satisfactory solution to the problem.
70. The police _____ the records of all those involved in the crime.
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.
Henrys job was to examine cars which crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country. Every morning, except at weekends, he 71) _____ see a factory worker coming up the hill towards the frontier, 72) _____ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle 73) ____ the frontier, Henry used to stop the man and 74) _____ him to take the straw off and 75) _____ it. Then he would examine the straw very carefully to see 76) _____ he could find anything, after which he would look in all the mans pockets 77) _____ he let him tie the straw up again. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always 78) _____ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things 79) _____ in the straw, he never found 80) _____, even though he examined it very carefully. He was sure that the man was 81) _____ something, but he was not 82) _____ to imagine what it could be. Then one evening, after he had looked 83) _____ the straw and emptied the factory workers pockets 84) _____ usual, he 85) _____ to him, "Listen. I know that you are smuggling things 86) _____ this frontier. Wont you tell me what it is that youre bringing into the country so successfully? Im an old man, and todays my last day on the 87) _____. Tomorrow Im going to 88) _____. I promise that I shall not tell 89) _____ if you tell me what youve been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything for 90) _____. Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly: "Bicycles."
