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SectionⅡ Use of English
Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Teachers need to be aware of the emotional, intellectual, and physical changes that young adults experience. And they also need to give serious 21 to how they can best 22 such changes. Growing bodies need movement and 23, but not just in ways that emphasize competition. 24 they are adjusting to their new bodies and a whole host of new intellectual and emotional challenges; teenagers are especially self-conscious and need the 25 that come from achieving success and knowing that their accomplishments are 26 by others. However, the typical teenage lifestyle is already filled with so much competition that it would be 27 to plan activities in which there are more winners than losers, 28 , publishing newsletters with many student-written book reviews, 29 student artwork, and sponsoring book discussion clubs. A variety of small clubs can provide 30 opportunities for leadership, as well as for practice in successful 31 dynamics. Making friends is extremely important to teenagers, and many shy students need the 32 of some kind of organization with a supportive adult 33 visible in the background.
In these activities, it is important to remember that the young teens have 34 attention spans. A variety of activities should be organized 35 participants can remain active as long as they want and then go on to 36 else without feeling guilty and without letting the other participants 37. This does not mean that adults must accept irresponsibility.38 they can help students acquire a sense of commitment by 39 for roles that are within their 40 and their attention spans and by having clearly stated rules.
21.[A]thought[B]idea[C]opinion[D]advice
22.[A]strengthen[B]accommodate[C]stimulate[D]enhance
23.[A]care[B]nutrition[C]exercise[D]leisure
24.[A]If[B]Although[C]Whereas[D]Because
25.[A]assistance[B]guidance[C]confidence[D]tolerance
26.[A]claimed[B]admired[C]ignored[D]surpassed
27.[A]improper[B]risky[C]fair[D]wise
28.[A]in effect[B]as a result[C]for example[D]in a sense
29.[A]displaying[B]describing[C]creating[D]exchanging
30.[A]durable[B]excessive[C]surplus[D]multiple
31.[A]group[B]individual[C]personnel[D]corporation
32.[A]consent[B]insurance[C]admission[D]security
33.[A]particularly[B]barely[C]definitely[D]rarely
34.[A]similar[B]long[C]different[D]short
35.[A]if only[B]now that[C]so that[D]even if
36.[A]everything[B]anything[C]nothing[D]something
37.[A]off[B]down[C]out[D]alone
38.[A]on the contrary[B]on the average [C]on the whole[D]on the other hand
39.[A]making[B]standing[C]planning[D]taking
40.[A]capabilities[B]responsibilities[C]proficiency [D]efficiency
Reading comprehension
Some of the world’s most accommodating businessmen specialize in getting you what you what you want at a fair market price. But they are businessmen with a difference-they are strugglers who deal only in what is illegal.
A smuggling operation is complex, so it has to be business like. It has managers who plan trips, make deals, and arrange for purchases and pickups. It has travelers who deliver the goods, and specialists who recruit and train them. In fact, smugglers frequently have legitimate businesses on the side. A travel agency is helpful because the modern smuggler is a world traveler. When a gold smuggler was arrested recently, he had airline tickets from Geneva to Bangkok by way of Frankfurt, Istanbul, Beirut, Vancouver, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Manila, and Jakarta.
The best places for smuggling operations are border cities and seaports. In one such city, annual sales at local stores amounted to $6,900 for every person in town. But the average person only made $3,575 per year. A tiny seaport is the world’s third largest importer of Swiss watchers-every year, it buys 50 watches to every person in the city. obviously, the people in these cities are not buying all this merchandises-it is being bought by smugglers.
As one exporter wrote,” the ingenuity of the smuggler’s mind is virtually limitless.” In addition to carrying goods, there are other types of smuggling equipment. A diplomat was arrested in London with 298 watched sewn into his coat lining. British officials discovered a car with a special gas tank containing 2,581 illegal watched. But some smugglers don’t need special equipment. A good diamond smuggler can hide two to three small diamonds in his mouth and still carry on a normal conversation.
What makes people smuggle? profit is definitely a motive. over $1.5 billion in illegal gold alone is smuggled every year, not to mention a multimillion dollar art smuggling trade and a thriving business in illegal diamonds. But many smugglers love excitement as much as profit. As one said,” you don’t feel happy unless you have a line open and somebody making a run for you.”
1.
Smugglers are called businessmen because___.
A. they specialize in illegal business
B. they follow a certain operation and management system
C. they receive training in business management
D. they do some legitimate business
A. Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers.
2.
A smuggling operation is likely to succeed if____.
A. it is carried out in small cities
B. it is helped by people doing legitimate business
C. the smuggled goods are carried to faraway places
D. the smuggled goods are hidden in the smuggler’s clothes
3.
According to one expert, smugglers____.
A. would always like to use some kind of equipment
B. can provide you with anything you want
C. are often government officials
D. always invent new ways of doing things
4.
We can learn from the paragraph that____.
A. the most important thing for smugglers is to make money
B. some smugglers only seek excitement
C. gold, art works and diamonds are the most often smuggled goods
D. smugglers always ask other people to do illegal businesses for them
5.
The best title for the passage would be____.
A. A twisted international business
B. A efficient international business
C. A complex international business
D. A modern international business
Certain animals have an intuitive awareness of quantities. They know without analysis the difference between a number of objects ands a smaller number. In his book The Natural History of Selbourne (1786), the naturalist Gilbert White tells how he surreptitiously removed one egg a day to make up plover’s nest, and how the mother laid another egg each day to make up for the missing one. He noted that other species of birds ignore the absence of a single egg but abandon their nest if more than one egg has been removed. It has also been noted by naturalist that a certain type of wasp always provides five-never four, never six-caterpillars for each of their eggs so that their young have something to eat when the eggs hatch. Research has also shown that both mice and pigeons can be taught to distinguish between odd and even numbers of food pieces.
These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other than human can actually count. They also point to dogs that have been taught to respond to numerical questions with the correct number of barks, or to horses that seem to solve arithmetic problem by stomping their hooves number of times.
Animals respond to quantities only when they are connected to survive as a species-as in the case of the eggs-or survive as individuals -as in the case of food. There is on transfer to other situations or from concrete reality to the abstract notion of numbers. Animals can “count” only when the objects are present and only when the numbers involved are small-no more than seven or eight. In lab experiments, animals trained to count one kind of object were unable to count any other type. The objects, not the numbers, are what interest them. Animal’s admittedly remarkable achievements simply do not amount to evidence of counting, nor do they reveal more than innate instinct, refined by the genes of successive generations, or the results of clever, careful conditioning by trainers.
6.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers
B. Animas cannot count more than one kind of object
C. of all animals, dogs and horses can count best
D. Although some animals may be aware of quantities, they cannot actually count
7.
The author refers to Gilbert’s book in paragraph 1 in order to___.
A. show how attitudes have changed since 1786
B. Contradict the idea that animals can count.
C. provide evidence that some birds are aware of quantities.
D. Indicate that more research is needed in this field.
8.
The word “surreptitiously” in line 4 is closest in meaning to ___.
A. quickly
B. secretly
C. occasionally
D. stubbornly
9.
The author mentions that all of the following are aware of quantities in some way EXCEpT___.
A. plovers
B. mice
C. caterpillars
D. wasps
10.
According to the information in the passage, which of the following is LEAST likely to occur as a result of animal’s intuitive awareness of quantities?
A. A pigeon is more attracted by a box containing two pieces of food than by a box containing one piece.
B. When asked by its trainer how old it is, a monkey holds up five fingers.
C. When one of its four kittens crawls away, a mother cat misses it and searches for the missing kitten.
D. A lion follows one antelope instead of a herd of antelopes because it is easier to hunt a single prey.