Part I Reading Comprehension (40%)
Directions: There are 4 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. You should decide on the best choice and then mark your choice by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
What kind of environment do you want in the future? What can you do to help make it happen? What can other people do? Education is one way to help the environment. You can learn about the environment in school. Radio and TV can give you learn. Laws can also help the environment. There are laws against littering and against making the air and water dirty. Other laws help people to save resources. The law lowering the speed limit for cars helps to save fuel.
But people don’t have to wait for laws to be passed. They can do things on their own. They can protest against products that hurt the environment.
Another way to help the environment is to plan for the future. We may have to find new resources. In the future, people may heat their homes with atomic power. Maybe they will use energy from the sun. Without planning, some kinds of environment may not happen. People can act now to help make the future.
1. How many ways are there that can help the environment? What are they?
A. Two. Radio and TV.
B. Four. Newspaper, magazine, books and radio.
C. Three. Education, laws and planning for the future.
D. One. Making the air and water dirty.
2. Education helps the environment .
A. through schools
B. through radio, TV and newspaper
C. through magazine and books
D. all of the above
3. What kind of law helps to save fuel?
A. The law lowering the speed limit for cars.
B. Laws against littering.
C. Laws against making the air and water dirty.
D. Laws helping people to save resources.
4. What can people do on their own to help the environment ?
A. Plant trees.
B. Clean the streets.
C. Make water clean
D. Protest against hurtful products.
5. What kinds of new resources can we find in the future ?
A. Atomic power and solar energy.
B. Chemical energy.
C. Light energy from the sun.
D. Electric energy produced by coal.
Passage 2.
Dosage: Adults sixteen years old and over take three tablets as needed, not to exceed twelve tablets per day. Children seven years old to sixteen years old take half the adult dosage, not to exceed six tablets per day.
Warning: Do not take more than the recommended dosage unless directed by a physician. Do not give to children under seven years old, or to inpiduals with stomach disorder, heart disease or high blood pressure. This preparation may cause headaches and drowsiness. Do not operate machinery while taking this medication. If relief does not occur within five days, discontinue use and consult your physician, for chronic cough can be dangerous.
6. According to the direction, some of the side effects of this medicine may be ________ .
A. stomach disorder, heart disease and high blood pressure
B. chronic cough
C. headaches and drowsiness
D. very dangerous
7. A ten-year-old child should take ___________.
A. three tablets each time
B. twelve tablets per day
C. one tablet and a half each time
D. not even one single tablet
8. If this preparation does not help within five days, an adult patient should _________ .
A. stop taking it and see a doctor
B. take twelve tablets each time
C. double the usual dosage
D. take half the usual dosage
9. According to the direction for this medicine, an adult person is ___________ .
A. sixteen years old or over
B. nineteen years old or more
C. twenty years old at least
D. at least eighteen
10. Which of the following people should not take this preparation?
A. Someone who has a cough.
B. Someone with a bad cold.
C. Someone under seven years of age.
D. Someone who is under 16.
Passage 3
Inside a can the food is protected from the things that would make it spoil. These are bacteria, the tiny little living plants that are everywhere around us. Bacteria, sometimes called germs, are so tiny that we can see them only under a microscope. But they are so powerful.
Like all living things, bacteria need food to grow. When they grow they multiply. A few bacteria become many in a matter of minutes. When bacteria settle on food, they make changes in it. These changes are what we call spoiling.
To keep food from spoiling, we must first kill any bacteria that may already be in it. Heat and cooking do this. Next we must keep any bacteria in the air away from the food. So we pack it into cans as airless as we can make them. We seal the cans tight. With no bacteria in the food and no air with bacteria able to reach it, fruits, fish, meat and vegetables will stay unspoiled in a can for years.
11. Bacteria can only be seen under a microscope because __________ .
A. they are so powerful
B. they are so tiny
C. they move so fast
D. they grow so quickly
12. The heating and cooking is done __________ .
A. to fit food into the can
B. to keep food longer
C. to keep bacteria from getting into the cans
D. to kill the bacteria already in the food
13. How do bacteria multiply ?
A. Very rapidly
B. Inside the sealed can
C. Very slowly
D. In a matter of years
14. What are the changes which the bacteria make in food called ?
A. Cooking
B. Heating
C. Sealing
D. Spoiling
15. Food is canned ___________ .
A. to improve it
B. to cook it
C. to preserve it for a period of years
D. to make sure the bacteria will multiply
Passage 4
The word “sport” first meant something that people did in their free time. Later it often meant hunting wild animals and birds. About a hundred years ago the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of their time playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they want to. A few people are paid for the sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen. They may be sportsmen for only a few years, but during their time the best ones can earn a lot of money.
For example, a professional footballer in England earns more than 30,000 pounds a year. The stars earn a lot more. International golf and tennis champions can make more than50, 000 in a year. Of course, only few sportsmen can earn as much money as that. It is only possible in sports for inpiduals, like golf, tennis and motor-racing. Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is this: the stars can earn more money from advertising than from sport. An advertisement for sports equipment does not simply say “Buy our things”. It says: “Buy the same shirt and shoes as …” Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies to use their names or a photograph of them and they are paid for this. Sport is no longer just something for people’s spare time.
16. What is the meaning of the word “sport” today according to the passage?
A. Anything that people do in their free time.
B. Hunting wild animals and birds.
C. Organized games.
D. Advertising.
17. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. People play sports whenever they want to.
B. People play sports only when they are paid.
C. People’s only purpose of playing sports is to become champions.
D. Any sportsmen can earn a surprisingly large sum of money.
18. What kinds of people are called professional sportsmen?
A. Those who play sports for only a few years.
B. Those who are paid for the sport they play.
C. Those who advertise goods.
D. Those who play football, basketball, and tennis.
19. When it comes to how much a professional footballer in England can earn, which of the following is true?
A. International golf and tennis champions earn about 30,000 pounds a year.
B. Most professional sportsmen can earn 50,000 pounds a year.
C. Professional sportsmen earn money only from advertising.
D. The stars earn a lot more than common professional footballers do.
20. What does the passage tell us?
A. Even in the ancient time, sports depended on advertising.
B. Sportsmen advertise goods for nothing.
C. As time goes on, sport is no longer just something for people’s spare time.
D. The meaning of the word “sport” has never changed.
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20%)
