Questions are based on the following conversation on transportation in 21st century.
M: Talking about the 21st Century, as far as transportation is concerned, I think there’re going to be huge changes in the way people use cars.They’ll probably have made laws about what kind of car you can own and when you can use it.
W: And I bet it’ll be impossible for people to use cars whenever they like. There’ll be just too many of them on the roads.The air will be so seriously polluted that nobody will be able to breathe normally.
M: Exactly. People will have to rely on other modes of transportation — especially trains.
W: Why do you say that
M: Well, we won’t be able to use caps, and airports take too much space.With the supply of land for airports shrinking around the world, there are going to be fewer airports and fewer plane flights.That leaves trains.
W: Huh. So do you thinkthere will be more efficient
A. The land for airports will be used for other purposes.
B. There are too many people travelling by car.
C. Many people have a fear for air travel.
D. There will be faster way" of travelling than travelling by air.
Questions are based on the following dialogue between a student and a librarian.
Librarian: Can I help you
Student: Yes, I am a bit confused. My sociology class is supposed to read a chapter in a book called Sociology and the Modern Age. According to the course plan, the book is in the library, but I haven’t been able to find it.
Librarian: Do you have your course plan with you May I see it
Student: Yes, uh....I put it in the front of my sociology notebook. Oh, here it is.
Librarian: Let me see. Oh yes. Your professor has placed this book on reserve, That means you cannot find it on the shelves in its usual place.You need to go to a special room called the reserve room. It’s down the hall and to the right.
Student: I’m sorry. I still don’t understand what you mean by on reserve.
Librarian: You see, your professor wants every one in the class to read the chapter. If one student removes the book from th
A. It needs to be preserved until reprints come out.
B. It is the only copy of the kind and must be kept intact.
C. It is the professor’s own book put in the library.
D. It needs to be read by every one of the class.
Questions are based on the following monologue.
Today, we discuss one way foreign students earn money while attending graduate school in the United States. They can work as teaching assistants.
Teaching assistants are known as T-A’s for short. They usually work about twenty hours each week. They are paid to help college professors teach large numbers of students in lower level classes. Generally, the professor gives a talk or lecture to all the students in a large class one or two times a week. The teaching assistant leads another, smaller, class each week. The teaching assistant gives tests and reads any homework or reports the students may be required to write. T-A’s also meet with individual students seeking help. They attend teaching meetings. And they help organize laboratory equipment if they are helping to teach a science class.
Most American colleges and universities must honor legal requirements when employing
A. They must agree to work 20 hours a week.
B. They must have no other source of money.
C. They must have good scores in their- specialty.
D. They must speak very good English.
Questions 11 to I3 are based on the following talk on different superstitions and customs. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 to 13.
Molly, an English woman, is talking to Victor, who is Asian and they are discussing different superstitions and customs.
Molly: There’s a black cat. That’s a lucky sign.
Victor: I don’t think that as it just scratched me.
Molly: Black cats are often used as good luck symbols in Europe.
Victor: You have a lot of strange beliefs. I think I was told if you give someone a present with a sharp edge or point, like a knife or a brooch, you also have to give a coin.
Molly: Yes, that’s right, then we say that the friendship will never be cut or broken.
Victor: What about crossed knives
Molly: That’s supposed to be unlucky but we cross our fingers for good luck.
Victor: The old people of my country believe in lots of things like that but I think it&
A. To specially celebrate his birthday.
B. To express some special meaning which you dare not tel1 directly.
C. To wish for a long-lasting friendship.
D. To wish your friend good luck in his life.
| Questions 9 and I0 are
based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10
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