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s What Schwartlä nder called "a quantum leap forward on tobacco control" is in
the works. Last week, the Legislative Affairs Office of China’s State Council published
a draft national tobacco control law that would make all indoor and some outdoor
3 public places smoke-free; ban tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship; and
require graphic health warnings on cigarette packages. Observers expect that the
nationwide law will be adopted next year.
The bans will face resistance from inveterate smokers, and enforcement remains
an open question. In the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the city forbade
smoking in taxis, sports arenas, museums, government buildings, parks, and
9 restaurants. Shanghai followed suit with antismoking regulations centered on the
2010 World Expo. But enforcement has been half-hearted. The politically powerful
China National Tobacco Corporation which is a state-owned firm with a virtual
monopoly. It has resisted controls, and taxes on tobacco sales help fill government
coffers. Authorities have been torn between promoting public health and minding
the public purse.
This time could be different. Previous laws were weak, "and it is difficult to
13 enforce a weak law," says Angela Pratt, who leads WHO’s Tobacco Free Initiative in
China. The new Beijing law has teeth, including stringent fines for business managers
who don't comply, she says. Moreover, she says, the Beijing government has “strong
determination … to tackle a problem which right now is very negatively impacting
the health of its citizens."

1. What is the author’s main purpose in the 4. The word “It” in line 11 refers to __
passage? A. national tobacco corporation
A. promote the resistance to smokers in B. Beijing olympics
taxis C. a virtual monopoly
B. make tobacco law is week against the D. Beijing law
smoker 5. It can be inferred from the passage that ban
C. publish a draft to ban smoking in the to tobacco ____
public area A. gets a huge support of china
D. explain how difficult to ban smoking government through its state-owned
because of the weak law firm
2. The word “ban” in line 4 could be best B. resisted the offer of who leader, Angela
replaced by ___ Pratt to control the law
A. promote C. helps the government to gain enough
B. require profit from the health of the citizen
C. forbid D. is only a half-hearted enforcement
D. leap forward supported by china’s government
3. According to the passage, due to the 2008 6. Where in the passage does the author
Beijing Olympics the city ____ explain the less support to the ban of
A. resists the smoker to quit smoking near tobacco?
the taxis A. Lines 1 – 2
B. bans people to smoke in the pubic area B. Lines 3 – 6
C. regulates new power against tobacco C. Lines 7 – 9
corporation D. Lines 10 - 12
D. initiates to hold the tobacco free in
china
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s Sharks have gained an unfair reputation for being fierce predators of large sea animals.
Humanity's unfounded fear and hatred of these ancient creatures is leading to a worldwide
slaughter that may result in the extinction of many coastal shark species. The shark is the
victim of a warped attitude of wildlife protection; we strive only to protect the beautiful, non-
4 threatening parts of our environment. And, in our efforts to restore only non-threatening parts
of our earth, we ignore other important parts.
A perfect illustration of this attitude is the contrasting attitude toward another large
sea animal, the dolphin. During the 1980s, environmentalists in the United States protested the
8 use of driftnets for tuna fishing in the Pacific Ocean since these nets also caught dolphins. The
environmentalists generated enough political and economic pressure to prevent tuna
companies from buying tuna that had been caught in driftnets. In contrast to this effort on
behalf of the dolphins, these same environmentalists have done very little to help save the
12 Pacific Ocean sharks whose population has decreased nearly to the point of extinction. Sharks
are among the oldest creatures on earth, having survived in the seas for more than 350 million
years. They are extremely efficient animals, feeding on wounded or dying animals, thus
performing an important role in nature of weeding out the weaker animals in a species. Just
16 the fact that species such as the Great White Shark have managed to live in the oceans for so
many millions of years is enough proof of their efficiency and adaptability to changing
environments. It is time for us humans, who may not survive another 1,000 years at the rate
we are damaging the planet, to cast away our fears and begin considering the protection of
20 sharks as an important part of a program for protection of all our natural environment

7. What does the passage mainly discuss? B. they prevented fishermen from selling
A. the campaign to save dolphins was not them for meat. 
extended to save sharks.  C. they pressured fishermen into protecting
B. sharks illustrate a problem in wildlife dolphins by law. 
protection.  D. they created sanctuaries where dolphin
C. sharks are efficient creatures with bad fishing was not allowed. 
reputations.  11. About how long have sharks lived on the
D. sharks are some of the oldest creatures on planet?
earth.  A. 25 million years 
8. It can be inferred from the passage that shark B. 150 million years 
may be extinct because …. C. 350 million years 
A. the political interest to prevent companies D. 500 million years 
from buying tuna 12. Where in the passage does the author explains
B. only shark which is the ancient creatures in how difficult Sharks to survive in the ocean?
the sea A. Lines 1 – 2
C. the hart and fear of human that leads to B. Lines 6 - 8
slaughter them all over the world C. Lines 11 - 12
D. The environmentalist didn’t have enough D. Lines 16 - 18
political will to protect it 13. The word "proof" in line 17 could be best
9. The word "protested” In line 8 is closest in replaced by which of the following?
meaning to A. praise 
A. prescribed  B. characteristic 
B. objected to  C. evidence 
C. protected  D. customary 
D. reflected on  14. The word “they” in line 14 refers to
10. How did environmentalists manage to protect A. sharks
dolphins? B. creatures
A. they brought political pressure against tuna C. years
companies.  D. the seas
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A pilot cannot fly a plane by sight alone. In many conditions, such as flying at night and
landing in dense fog, a pilot must use radar, an alternative way of navigating. Since human
3 eyes are not very good at determining speeds of approaching objects, radar can show a pilot
how fast nearby planes are moving.
The basic principle of radar is exemplified by what happens when one shouts in a cave.
6 The echo of the sounds against the walls helps a person determine the size of the cave. With
radar, however, the waves are radio waves instead of sound waves. Radio waves travel at the
speed of light, about 300,000 kilometers in one second.
9 A radar set sends out a short burst of radiation waves. Then it receives the echoes
produced when the waves bounce off objects. By determining the time it takes for the echoes
11 to return to the radar set, a trained technician can determine the distance between the radar
set and other objects. The word "radar," in fact, gets its name from the term "radio detection
and ranging." "Ranging" is the term for detection of the distance between an object and the
14 radar set. Besides being of critical importance to pilots, radar is essential for air traffic
control, tracking ships at sea, and for tracking weather systems and storms.

15. What is the main point that the author is C. essential ship for tracking the weather
making in this passage? system
A. the description of radar in navigation D. detection distance between the object
B. types of ranging radar and the radar set
C. alternatives to radar to pilot 20. Which of the following is not mentioned in
D. the history of radar   line 4-5 by the author?
16. Which of the following could best replace A. the dangerous thick fog for pilot when
the word “alternative” in line 2? flying
A. repressive B. the inability of human eyes to determine
B. receive the speed of objects
C. optional C. the sounds reflecting against the wall in
D. kinds determining the size of the cave
17. The word "it" in line 7 refers to which of the D. radio detection and ranging
following? 21. Which of the following is correct about the
A. a radar set  function of radar in the passage above?
B. a short burst  a. able to help pilot look at tiny thing
C. a radiation wave  b. trained the technician to measure the
D. light  distance
18. The word "bounce" in line 8, is closest in c. control the traffic between tracking ship
meaning to __ and the aircraft
a. extend  d. determine the distance of the objects
b. rebound  and radar set
c. take over 22. it can be inferred from the passage that _____
d. lean  A. radar takes the place of a radio. 
19. according to the passage, the word B. radar gave birth to the invention of the
“ranging” could best be inferred to ___ airplane. 
A. the travel of object to the speed of light C. radar developed from a study of sound
B. the speed object determining location waves. 
D. radar has improved navigational safety
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s The first English attempts to colonize North America were controlled by
individuals rather than companies. Sir Humphrey Gilbert was the first Englishman to
2 send colonists to the New World. His initial expedition, which sailed in 1578 with a
patent granted by Queen Elizabeth was defeated by the Spanish. A second attempt
ended in disaster in 1583, when Gilbert and his ship were lost in a storm. In the
5 following year, Gilbert's half brother, Sir Water Raleigh, having obtained a renewal of
the patent, sponsored an expedition that explored the coast of the region that he
named "Virginia." Under Raleigh's direction efforts were then made to establish a
colony on Roanoke island in 1585 an6 1587. The survivors of the first settlement on
9 Roanoke returned to England in 1586, but the second group of colonists disappeared
without leaving a trace. The failure of the Gilbert and Raleigh ventures made it clear
that the tasks they had undertaken were too big for any one colonizer. Within a short
time the trading company had supplanted the individual promoter of colonization
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23. What is the subject of the passage? D. the victims who lost in the storm
A. Early attempts at colonizing North
America
B. The history of Sir Humphrey Gilbert
C. The loses of expeditions granted by
queen Elizabeth
D. The failure of Gilbert and Raleigh
collaboration
24. In his attempts to colonize North America ,
what is true about Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s
expedition. EXCEPT
A. lost in storm
B. being defeated by Spanish
C. disappearing without any trace
D. North America is easy to colonize
25. Which of the following statements describe
the truth of Sir Water Raleigh?
A. a half brother of roanoke
B. sponsoring an expedition to the coast of
virginia
C. a trader to north america