Section I Use of English
(15 minutes)
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered
blank and mark A, B,C, or D on your ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text
Many teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie with the
students. 26 a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to
be familiar with the 27 in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class
or take an examination. The 28 student is considered to be 29 who is
motivated ( 散发) to learn for the sake of 30 , not the one interested only in
getting high grades. Sometimes homework is returned 31 brief written comments
but without a grade. Even if n. grade is not given, the student is 32 for
learning the material assigned. When research is 33 , the professor expects the
students to take it actively and complete it with 34 guidance. It is the 35
responsibility to find books, magazines, and articles in the library. Professors
do not have the time to explain 36 a university library works; they expect
students, 37 graduate students, to be able to exhaust the reference’ 38 in
the library. Professors will help students who need it, but 39 that their
students should not be 40 dependent on them. In the United States professors
have many other duties 41 teaching, such as administrative or research work.
42 , the time that a professor can spend with a student outside of class is
43 .If a student has problems with classroom work, the student should either
44 a professor during office hours 45 make an appointment.
26. [A] If [B] Although [C] Because [D] Since
27. [A] suggestion [B] context [c] abstract [D] information
28. [AJ poor [B] ideal [C] average [D] disappointed
29. [A] such [B] one [C] any [D] some
30. [A] fun [B] work [C] learning [D] prize
31. [A] by [B]in [C] for [D] with
32. [A] criticized [B] innocent [C] responsible [D] dismissed
33. [A] collected [B] distributed [C] assigned [D] finished
34. [A] maximum [B] minimum [C] possible [D] practical
35. [A] student’s [B] professor’s [G] assistant’s [D] librarian’s
36. [A] when [B] what [C] why [D] how
37. [A] particularly [B] essentially [C] obviously [D] rarely
38. [A] selections [B] collections [C] sources [D] origins
39. [A] hate [B] dislike [C] like [D] prefer
40. [A] too [B] such [C] much [D] more
41. [A] but [B] except’ [C] with [D] besides
42 .[A] However [B] Therefore [C] Furthermore [D] Nevertheless
43. [A] plentiful [B] limited [C] irregular [D] flexible
44. [A] greet [B] annoy [C] approach [D] attach
45. [A] or [B] and [C] to [D] but
Section II Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Part A
Directions:
Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing
A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing a thick line across
the corresponding letter in the brackets.
Text I
Usually when we hear the word " artist" we think of a person who paints
pictures, but the word has a much wider meaning than that, for anyone who adds
beauty to a thing has shown that he is an artist. In the publishing world, there
are many artists besides the illustrators, as you can find if you trace the steps
introducing a book.
After the author ( who is an artist in the choice of ideas and words ) has
sold a manuscript to the publisher, an editor goes over it. The work of editing
involves artistic skill too, for the editor may know how to improve the author’s
work by cutting and revising the manuscript. Then the editor looks over the
manuscript and decides how it may be best illustrated. The editor and a designer
discuss how all the parts of the book-the illustrations, words, paper, and binding
-shall be put together so that the book best communicate the subject and the
spirit which was intended by the author.
Illustrations are drawn which will not only emphasize without words things said
in the story, but which will add information or ideas that cannot be put into
words. When the illustrations and text are completely prepared they are sent to the
printer who carefully, and often artistically, sets the type and prints the book.
Once the material has been printed, it is sent to the binder who makes the
book into a unit for selling and reading. The binder, too, is an artist, for he
makes use of special techniques to make the outside of the book attractive, as well
as appropriate to the contents. Meanwhile, a sales staff is at work preparing
advertisements to help sell the book.
46. How many steps in producing A book are mentioned in the passage?
[A] 4. [B] 6.
[C] 5. [D] 7.
47. Which of the following is NOT involved in the work of editing?
[A] Deciding which parts are to be illustrated.
[B] Accepting or rejecting a manuscript.
[C] Considering the beauty of a book as a whole.
[D] Rewriting or rearranging long paragraphs.
48. Illustrations must _________.
[A] make all text fit to print and read
[B] add the ideas overlooked by the author
[C] closely touch what is said in the story
[D] have much to do with what is not emphasized
49. Designing the advertisements for a book is started when _________.
[A] the book is being bound [B] the book is made into a unit
[C] the illustrations and text are prepared [D] all the steps are finished
50. The best title for this passage would be _________.
[A] The Beauty of a Book [B] Art and the Printed World
[C] Who Deserves the Name of Artist [D] The Steps in Producing A Book
Text 2
In November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure. The
authorities promised that it would not happen again. Pessimists were certain that
it would occur again within five years at the latest. In July 1977, there was a
repeat performance which produced varying degrees of chaos throughout the city of
eight million people. In 1965, the failure occurred in the cool autumn and at a
time of comparative prosperity. In 1997, the disaster was much more serious because
it came when unemployment was high and the city was suffering from one of its
worst heat waves.
In 1965, there was little crime or looting during the darkness, and fewer than a
hundred people were arrested. In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and
looted. Looters smashed shop windows and helped themselves to jewelry, clothes or
television sets. Nearly 4, 000 people were arrested but far more disappeared into
the darkness of the night. The number of policemen available was quite inadequate
and they wisely refrained from using their guns against mobs which far outnumbered
them and included armed men.
Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows.
Banks and most businesses remained closed the next day. The black-out started at
9:30 p.m., when lightning hit and knocked out vital cables. Many stores were thus
caught by surprise.
The vast majority of New Yorkers, however, were not involved in looting. They
helped strangers , distributed candles and batteries, and tried to survive in a
nightmare world without traffic lights , refrigerators, elevators, water and
electrical power. For twenty-four hours, New York realized how helpless it was
without electricity.
51. Look at the first paragraph, who were right? The authorities or the pessimists?
[A] The authorities. [B] The pessimists.
[C] Both. [D] Neither.
52. In what way was the blackout of 1977 not really a repeat performance?
[A] There was much more disorder. [B] This time the electricity supply failed.
[C] It was quite unexpected. [D] It did not occur within five years of 1965.
53. As far as maintaining the peace was concerned, conditions in 1977 were
comparatively _________.
[A] more favourable [B] less favourable
[C] unchanged [D] improved
54. What caused the blackout in July 1977?
[A] Excessive heat probably made people switch on too many electrical
appliances.
[B ] Because of unemployment, some machines were not in proper working order.
[C] During a storm, lightning damaged supply cables,
[D] The passage does not mention the cause.
55. Why did many looters manage to escape?
[A] The police could not see them in the dark.
[B] Many of the looters were armed with guns.
[C] There were not enough policemen to catch them all.
[D] They were hidden inside big buildings.
Text 3
" Culture consists of all shared products of human society" ( Robertson,
1981). This means not only such material things as cities, organizations and
schools, but also non-material things such as ideas, customs, family patterns,
languages. Putting it simply, culture refers to the entire way of life of a
society, "the ways of a people".
Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some
social scientists consider it the keystone of culture. Without language, the
maintaining of culture would not be possible. On the other hand, language is
influenced and shaped by culture, it reflects culture. In the broadest sense,
language is the symbolic representation of a people, and it comprises their
historical and cultural backgrounds, as well as their approach to life and their
ways of living and thinking.
We should not go further into the relationship between language and culture. What
needs to be stressed here is that the two interact, and that understanding of one
requires understanding of the other.
Social scientists tell us that cultures differ from one another, that each culture
is unique. As
cultures are diverse, so languages are diverse. It is only natural then that with
differences in cultures and differences in languages, difficulties often arise in
communicating between cultures and across cultures. Understanding is not always
easy.
Learning a foreign language well means more than merely mastering the
pronunciation, grammar, words and idioms. It means learning also to see the world
as native speakers of that language see it, learning the ways in which their
language reflects the ideas, customs, and behaviors of their society, learning to
understand their "language of the mind". Learning a language, in fact, is
inseparable from learning its culture.
56. According to the first paragraph, the term "culture" refers to_________.
[A] things like cities, organizations and schools
[B] ideas, customs, family patterns, and languages
[C] all things produced by human race
[D] the total that constitute a society
57. The second paragraph tells about_________.
[A] the role language plays in culture
[B] the relationship between language and culture
[C] the influence culture has on language
[D] the representation of culture
58. There will be no difficulty in communication if_________.
[A] people from different countries can speak each other ’s languages
[B] people from different countries can know each other ’ s cultures
[C] people from different countries can know each other"s languages and cultures
[D] there were no difference between the two cultures
59. Learning a foreign language means_________.
[A] learning to express oneself in the way native speakers do
[B] getting to know the way native speakers think
[C] getting to know the way native speakers behave
[D] mastering the language and learning its culture
60. This passage is probably taken from a book _________.
[A] on culture
[B] on language learning
[C] on learning a language through its culture
[D] on learning a culture through its language
Part B
Directions:
Read the following article in which four people talk about their work and
life. For questions 61 to 64, match name of each speaker to one of the statements
(A to F) given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Joyce Swenson
Joyce is 36 years old and has worked for a publishing company in New York City
for II years. Presently, she is working as a Senior Editor in charge of
developmental programs. An opening for a vice-presidential position has just
opened. Joyce is one of four people applying for the position. The other three
applicants are men who have been at the company approximately as long as she has.
The requirements for the job include a Master ’ s degree and a minimum of ten
years experience working as a manager in a publishing company. Historically, the
company has hired from within. Joyce has applied for promotions before but she has
been passed over each time by a male candidate. When Joyce joined the company, she
was single. Now she is married and has two school-age children and one preshooler.
Joyce feels she has been discriminated against because of her sex. She feels
motherhood is viewed by the company as a negative factor in job promotion.
Ardith Trachsel
Ardith is 39 years old. She is a single mother of three children. She works
full time as a
marketing manager for a fast-food chain. Ardith works 50 hours a week and carpools
her 12-year-old daughter to gymnastics after work three days a week. She also
makes sure that she is in the stands to watch her 16-year-old son wrestle or watch
her 15-year-old daughter play soccer. Ardith finds herself staying up late nightly
in order to catch up on the wash or housecleaning. She also spends many evenings
catching up on reports that couldn ’ t be finished at work.
Ardith takes her role as mother and employee very seriously. She feels that
her children
shouldn ’ t have to help out around the house because they are too busy with
academics and sports activities. This same attitude carries over to the workplace.
She hates to burden her secretary with extra work, so instead, she does a lot of it
herself. She feels that she must be everything to everybody she comes in contact
with.
It is important to note that Ardith grew up in the 1950s. Her mother was
always there for her. There was never a day that Ardith did not come home and find
her mother waiting for her( sometimes with milk and cookies). Her mother was
involved with the parents’ organization at school and was her Girl Scout leader.
Although the family was not well-off financially, Ardith always dressed well. Her
mother was an excellent dressmaker.
Mary Healy
Ardith ’ s friend Mary is 37 years old. She also is a single mother with
three as she possibiv can. She has limited her volunteering on committees. The one
activity that she does get involved in is !he annual Book Sale at school. Her
children are responsible for many of the household chores. She has created a
rotation system so that they all learn how to wash, iron, clean and cook.
Caria
Caria received her nursing degree while working part time as a clerk or
typist, ")he also ia raising her sons Jeff and Jason. Caria married when she was
about 25 years old. Caria met her husband Paul at a friend’ s party. It was sort
of a fix up. Paul was much older than her; about 40 years old. Caria was anxious to
get married. She had been dating on and off but never seriously. Her parents felt
time was running out especially if Caria was to begin a family. Paul and Caria
never really fought but a silence ran through their marriage. The children were
what made Caria come to life. Paul was content to sit at home, watch TV, or work
on his hobby carving wooden figures. The marriage seemed to just extinguish itself.
Caria ran the house, worked, went to school, and raised her two sons. The
household, though hectic, was usually lively and happy.
Now match each of the persons to the appropriate statement.
Note’, there are two extra statements.
Statements
61. Joyce Swenson [A] She likes to do everything by herself.
62. Ardith Trachsel [B] She had an outstanding mother.
63. Mary Healy [C] She believes the children should help out with the
house chores.
64. Caria [D] She feels that she is a victim of the sex
discrimination.
[E] It’s never too old to learn for her.
[F] Her marriage life is not satisfying.
Section IV Writing
(40 minutes)
You should write your responses to both parts on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Part A
65. You are to write a composition about How to Keep Healthy. You should write
an essay of
about 150 words making reference to the following points;
1 ) physical exercises;
2 ) food;
3 ) habit.
Part B
66. Below is a graph showing China’s Tourism Ranking in the world. Look at
the graph and write an essay of about 150 words. China ’ s Tourism Ranking in the World
Year Foreign exchange earnings Numbers of visitors
1978 41 51
1991 21 12
1994 10 6
1996 9 6
1997 8 6