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 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.
The European Union’s Commission on Competition ruled Wednesday that the Microsoft Corporation’ has used its powerful market position illegally. The E-U ordered Microsoft to provide information about its Windows operating system to other software companies. The E-U commission also ordered Microsoft to make a version of Windows without one of the company’s own software products. And, it ordered the American software company to pay about six-hundred-million dollars.
Microsoft says it will appeal the decision to the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg.
Microsoft is the world’s biggest software maker. Software is a set of orders for the parts of a computer. An operating system is a complex set of orders that control the computer, its software and other devices.
A. Microsoft did not take it seriously.
B. Microsoft was opposed to the decision.
C. Microsoft decided to do as E. U. required.
D. Microsoft accepted the decision but did not take any measures.
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. They are kept on the shelves in another room.
B. They can be checked out from the library.
C. They can only be read a few hours in the library.
D. They can be accessed to with no aid of the librarian.
Questions are based on the following monologue.
International experts are concerned about a growing humanitarian crisis- world hunger. Last year, the World Food Program fed more than seventy- seven-million people in eighty-two countries. Many of the people who received food aid are refugees and people forced to leave their homes because of conflict. This year, the humanitarian organization estimates an additional twenty-five-million people will need food aid.
Several problems have caused the world hunger crisis. These include severe dry weather and conflicts within and between countries. The World Food Program says starvation is a problem in parts of Asia, Central America and the Middle East. However, the hardest hit area is Africa. Officials estimate about forty-million people on that continent alone are threatened with starvation.
A spokesman for the World Food Program says that people in Ethiopia and Eritrea are facing starvation because of dry weather
A. Zambia.
B. Malawi.
C. Lesotho.
D. Ethiopia.
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