LISTENING COMPREHENSION

1. (C) Someone painted it.

2. (B) Go to his car.
3. (B) He doesn't have to read alI the books.
4. (A) She enjoyed it very much.
5. (A) Either a pen or pencil can be used.
6.(C) Using the software is simple.
7. (B) It isn't working.
8. (D) When to meet his brother.
9. (B) His letter arrived unexpectedly.
10. (C) It's too small.
11. (C) He rarely changes his grades.
12. (D) She put a list of grades on the door.
13. (A) He should get something for his friends to eat.
14. (B) He shouldn't drop the class.
15. (A) Sitting in other seats.
16. (D) He doesn't take responsibility for errors.
17. (C) There isn't any film in the camera.
18. (A) He got on the wrong bus.
19. (D) The board will not choose a dean this month.
20. (B) He's getting ready for the game.
21. (A) They wish they hadn't paid attention to Harvey.
22. (D) A few people didn't like the performance.
23. (A) A hotel room.
24. (D) Some students are not on his list.
25. (D) The antiques in those stores are a little expensive.
26. (A) He's gone to San Diego many times.
27. (C) He drives quite fast.
28. (B) This soup is no worse than the other brands.
29. (C) The match wouldn't be played.
30. (B) The tools have been misplaced.
31. (C) In three years.
32. (C) Take elective courses in art history.
33. (A) She couldn't get airline reservations.
34. (D) Regions of the United States.
35. (B) Help with expenses and driving.
36. (D) On the second floor of the Student Union building.
37. (D) A flying saucer.
38. (D) To change drivers.
39. (A) From the news on the radio.
40. (D) It broke into pieces before striking the ground.
41. (C) Fortunate.
42. (A) On board a bus.
43. (B) Thirty-six years.
44. (B) Take the elevator to the top.
45. (A) They jumped over it.
46. (A) Music appreciation.
47. (A) They were an important part of the
48. (A) daily lives of the people of the frontier.
49. (C) They were livelier.
50. (D) Listen to a recording.
STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
1. __________ the Civil War, national trade unions were common in the United States.
A. Before they were
B. By the time of
C. It was
D. Because
 
2.  Never before _____________ as accelerated as it is now, during the technological age.
A. historical change has been 
B. has been historical change
C. has historical change been
D. historical has change been
 
3. Inventor and entrepreneur ______________ for radar in 1935.
A. was the patent granted to Watson Watt
B. Watson Watt was granted a patent
C. the patent that Watson Watt was granted
D. the patent granted to Watson Watt was
 
4. The cheetah which is _____________ land animal, has been hunted almost to extinction.
A. fastest in the world
B. the world's fastest
C. the faster world
D. and the world fastest
 
5. Although findings are inconclusive, _____________ that new solar systems are currently
evolving around a number of stars in the universe.
A. it is evidence
B. the evidence
C. there are evidently
D. there is evidence
 
6. It has not yet been determined ______________ foster atherosclerosis.
A. why may diets low in magnesium
B. why low in magnesium may diets
C. why diets low in magnesium may
D. diets low in magnesium, why may
 
7. With his first book, Typee, which was the story of his captivity by a Polinesian tribe,
Herman Melville _______________ to establish himself as a popular young nineteenth
century author.
A. could
B. was able
C. with ability
D. can
 
8. ____________ is depicted in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
A. The society corrupted the rapidly decaying Puritan
B. Corrupted the rapidly decaying Puritan society
C. The Puritan society corrupted rapidly decaying
D. The rapidly decaying corrupted Puritan society
 
9. Research now indicates that lead may have more influence on blood preassure levels
than ___________ 
A. dietary salt
B. when people eat salt
C. to eat salt
D. diets have salt
 
10. ____________ in a home where two languages are spoken are often not only bilingual
but also bicultural.
A. Children raised
B. To raise children
C. Raising children
D. Raising of children
 
11. Changings in body organs during the first year of life affect a baby's readiness
__________ solid foods.
A. accepting
B. who accept
C. accepted
D. to accept
 
12. The home of the kingfisher ___________ in the bank of a stream.
A. humble, is a hole
B. is a humble hole
C. a humble hole is
D. hole is humble
 
13. ________________ Edgar Allan Poe's works, his own artistic talents would probably
have developed quite differently than they did.
A. Had not Vladimir Nabokov read
B. Had Vladimir Nabokov not read
C. Vladimir Nabokov had not read
D. Had read Vladimir Nabokov not
 
14. Moderate exercise is not the only behavioral adaptation necessary to promote physical
fitness, _____________ it is a contributing factor.
A. however
B. though
C. despite
D. nevertheless
 
15. After American athletes have particiáted in Olympic events as amateurs,
_____________ professional athletes.
A. and often become.
B. often then become
C. they often become
D. often become

16. Gone With the Wind, the epic novel about life in South during the Civil War period, took
ten years write.
17. None two butterflies have exactly the same design on their wings.
18. To save the California condor from extinction, a group of federal, local, dan privately
organizations initiated a rescue program.
19. A coral reef, a intricate aquatic community of plants and animals, is found only in warm,
shallow, sunlit seas.
20. Carneige Hall was the first building in New York designed special for orchestral music.
21. Since it lives in the desert, the collared lizard depends from insects for water as well as
for food.
22. The Texas Panhandle region, in the northwestern part of the state, produces more
wheat, cotton, and grain sorghum than any of other area of Texas.
23. Light rays what enter the eye must be focused onto a point on the retina In order for a
clear visual image to form.
24. The orangutan’s hands and feet are designed for holding and grasping branches, and its
powerful immensely arms enable it to climb and swing in trees without difficulty.
25. The extraordinary beautiful of orchids makes them the basis of a multimillion dollar
floral industry.
26. The Vermont Elementary Science Project, according to its founders, are designed to
challenge some of the most widely held beliefs about teaching.
27. The number 81/2 is an example of a “mixed number” because it is composing of an
integer and a fraction.
28. If it is kept dry, a seed can still sprout up to forty years after their formation.
29. In The Sociology of Science, now cinsidered a classic, Robert Merton discusses
cultural, economy, and social forces that contributed to the development of modern
science.
30. Bacteria lived in the soil play a vital role in recycling the carbon and nitrogen needed by
plants.
31. Some snakes have teeth are called fangs that they use to poison their victims.
32. Stars derive their energy from thermonuclear reactions that take place in their heat
interiors.
33. Carrie Chapman Catt organized the League of Women Voters after successfully
campaign for the constitutional amandement that gave women the right to vote.
34. Any group the conducting its meetings using parliamentary rules will encounter
situations where prescribed procedures cannot be applied.
35. The strongly patriotic character of Charles Sangster’s poetry is credited about greatly
fathuring the cause of confederation in Canada.
36. Jessamyn West’s first and most famous novel, The Friendly Persuasion, describes the
life of a Quacker farmed family in the mid-1800’s.
37. One inventor that Thomas Edison can take credit for is the light bulb.
38. Electric motors range in size from the tiny mechanisms that operate sewing machine to
the great engines in heavy locomotives.
39. The nitrogen makes up over 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, the gaseous mass
surrounding the planet.
40. The Mississippi, the longest river in the United States, begins as small clear stream in
northwestern Minnesota.
41. Something that produces a very low temperature when added to gas are borax.
42. A complex system of levers in a piano is accessed as each keys are struck.
43. The Earth's crust is very thin under the oceans, but its thicker under the continents.

READING
“CROWS”
(1) Crows are probably the most frequently met and easily identifiable members of the native
fauna of the United States. The great number of tales, legends, and myths about these birds
indicates that people have been exceptionally interested in them for a long Line time. On the
other hand, when it comes to substantive -- particularly behavioral –
(5) information, crows are less well known than many comparably common species and, for
that matter, not a few quite uncommon ones: the endangered California condor, to cite one
obvious example. There are practical reasons for this. Crows are notoriously poor and
aggravating subjects for field research. Keen observers and quick learners, they are astute
about the intentions of other creatures, including researchers, and adept at avoiding them.
Because they are so numerous,
(11) active, and monochromatic, it is difficult to distinguish one crow from another. Bands,
radio transmitters, or other identifying devices can be attached to them, but this of course
requires catching live crows, who are among the wariest and most untrappable of birds
(15) Technical difficulties aside, crow research is daunting because the ways of these birds
are so complex and various. As preeminent is generalists, members of this species
ingeniously exploit a great range of habitats and resources, and they can quickly adjust to
changes in their circumstances. Being so educable, individual birds have markedly different
interests and inclinations, strategies and scams. For example, one pet crow
(20) learned how to let a dog out of its kennel by pulling the pin on the door. When the dog
escaped, the bird went into the kennel and ate its food.

1. What is the main topic of the passage?

(A) The ways in which crows differ from other common birds
(B) The myths and legends about crows
(C) The characteristics that make crows difficult to study
(D) The existing methods for investigating crow behavior

2. According to the first paragraph, what evidence is there that crows have interested people
for a long time?
(A) The large number of stories about crows.
(B) The frequency with which crows are sighted
(C) The amount of research that has been conducted on crows
(D) The ease with which crows are identified

3. The word "comparable" in line 5 is closest in meaning to

(A) interestingly
(B) similar
(C) otherwise
(D) sometimes

4. In line 6, the author mention the endangered California condor as an example of a species
that is
(A) smaller than the crow
(B) easily identifiable
(C) featured in legends
(D) very rare

5. The word "them" in line 10 refers to

(A) crows
(B) subjects
(C) intentions
(D) researchers

6. According to the second paragraph, crows are poor subjects for field research for all of the
following reasons EXCEPT
(A) They can successfully avoid observers.
(B) They are hard to distinguish from one another
(C) They can be quite aggressive.
(D) They are difficult to catch.

7. In the second paragraph, the author implies that using radio transmitters would allow a
researcher who studies crow to
(A) identify individual crows
(B) follow flocks of crows over long distances
(C) record the times when crows are most active
(D) help crows that become sick or injured

8. According to the third paragraph, which of the following is true about crows?
(A) They seldom live in any one place for very long.
(B) They thrive in a wide variety of environments.
(C) They have marked preferences for certain kinds of foods.
(D) They use up the resources in one area before moving to another.

9. In line 19,the word "inclinations" is closest in meaning to

(A) tricks
(B) opportunities
(C) preferences
(D) experiences

10. In lines 19-21, the author mentions a pet crow to illustrate which of the following?
(A) The clever ways that crows solve problems
(B) The differences between pet crows and wild crows
(C) The ease with which crows can be tamed
(D) The affection that crows show to other creatures

11. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?

(A) Crows have relatively long lives.
(B) Crows have keen vision
(C) Crows are usually solitary
(D) Crows are very intelligent.

“CROSS-POLLINATION”
(1) Although most grain crops have light dry pollen and are wind-pollinated, the pollen of
other plants including legumes, fruits, and many flowers and vegetables is moist and sticky.
It cannot travel on air currents and must be transferred from anther to stigma by external
agents. This process is known as cross-pollination.
(5) Cross-pollination allows plants to evolve and to adapt to changing environments. Cross-
pollination is accomplished mainly by insects and, among pollinators, the honeybee reigns
supreme. Bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers to use And food and unwittingly
transfer pollen from flower to flower as they go about their work.
(10) A bee’s body is ideally adapted to carry pollen. Its body and legs are covered with stiff,
branched hairs, with catch and hold pollen grains. The hind legs are equipped with pollen
baskets that are concave areas of the hind leg edged with long curving hairs. In these
baskets, the worker bee deposits pollen and carries it back to the hive where it serves as a
major food source for the young brood.
(15) As bees are busy gathering pollen, their bodies become almost entirely covered with
sticky pollen grains. Field bees inadvertently transfer pollen from one flower to another as
they make their rounds. For many plants, cross-pollination is essential. Some fruits,
vegetables, and nut trees would be unable to set fruit or would have extremely poor yields
without
(20) the aid of bees or other pollinators. Experiments have proved that plants exposed to
bees produce far greater yields than those which are not visited by colonies of bees. Apple
orchards are a good example. Most apple growers rent bee colonies in early May to
guarantee cross-pollination.

12. What is the topic of this passage?

(A) A description of bees
(B) Types of pollen
(C) Cross-pollination by bees
(D) Sources of pollen
13. The word “It” in line 3 refers to
(A) light, dry pollen
(B) a kind of flower
(C) moist, sticky pollen
(D) an external agent

14. The phrase “This process” in line 4 refers to

(A) the transfer of pollen by external agents
(B) the transfer of pollen by wind
(C) the contrast of two types of pollen
(D) the production of moist, sticky pollen

15. According to the passage, cross-pollination may occur in a of the following plants
EXCEPT
(A) legumes
(B) grain crops
(C) fruits
(D) flowers

16. The phrase “reigns supreme” in line 7 is closest in meaning to

(A) lives the longest
(B) in the largest
(C) does the best job
(D) is the most numerous pollinating insect

17. According to the passage, why do bees collect pollen?

(A) For use as food
(B) As a complement to nectar
(C) To help plants evolve and change
(D) To cover their bodies

18. We can infer from the passage that bees are well suited to collecting pollen because of
(A) their attraction to flowers
(B) their ability to fly
(C) the structure of their bodies
(D) their ability to work hard

19. The word “edged” in line 12 is closest in meaning to

(A) hidden
(B) bordered
(C) decorated
(D) protected

20. the passage supports all of the following statements EXCEPT

(A) pollen is a source of food for bees
(B) cross-pollination will occcur if bees are in an area
(C) cross-pollination is necessary for some plants to producw fruit
(D) bees intentionally cross-pollinate plants

21. the word ÿields”i line 19 and line 22 is closest in meaning to

(A) blossoms
(B) production
(C) growth
(D) flavor
22. why does the author menton apple orchads in paragraph six?
(A) to support the vaue of bees cross-polination
(B) to contrast bees’ work with fruit trees and flower gardens
(C) to describe a commercial use of bees
(D) to show that bees work hard

“ATHEROSCHLEROSIS”
In recent years evidence has ACCUMULATED that polyunsaturated fatty acids function in
protecting humans and some laboratory animals from diseases of the arteries and heart
such as atheroschlerosis. In this disease, small patches of fatty material, composed mostly
of cholesterol, form on the inside lining of the arteries. As the DEPOSITS increase in
thickness, they may cut down on the blood flow to the organs supplied by the arteries until
the structure are severely damaged. If THIS occurs in a branch of coronary artery supplying
the heart muscle, that portion of the muscle dies, and the person experiences a painful and
sometimes fatal heart attack. Another danger of atheroschlerosis is that pieces of the fatty
deposits may break free and travel in the bloodstream until they LODGE in small vessels
and block the flow of blood. This blockage may also cause heart damage , or, if IT occurs in
the brain , may damage brain cells and lead to a stroke.

23. What does this passage mainly discuss?

a. Atheroschlerosis
b. Fats
c. Cholesterol
d. Heart damage

24. The word “ accumulated” (underlined) in the text above is closest meaning to?
a. Accelerated
b. Accrued
c. Circulated
d. Dismissed

25. The author of the passage describes Atheroschlerosis as

a. a reaction to polyunsaturated fatty acids
b. a disease causing heart damage
c. a blood disease
d. a heart attack

26. The word “ deposits” in the text above refers to

a. Inside lining of the arteries
b. Organs suplpied by the arteries
c. Small patches of fatty materials
d. polyunsaturated fatty acids

27. According to the passage. The parts of the body most directly affected by cholesterol
build up are
a. The brain cells
b. The major organs
c. The arteries
d. The muscles

28. the word ”this” in line 7 refers to all of the followinf EXCEPT
a. the size of the deposits increase
b. blood flow to the organs is restricted
c. fatty material dissolves
d. organs supplied by the arteries are badly demaged

29. According to the passage, Atheroschlerosis may cause all of the following EXCEPT
a. A stroke
b. A heart attack
c. Blockage of the arteries
d. Cholesterol breakdown

30. The pronoun “ it” in the text Refers to

a. Heart damage
b. The flow of blood
c. A blockage
d. A stroke

31. The word “lodge” in the text above is closest in meaning to

a. Stick
b. Return
c. Penetrate
d. Dissolve

“JACK KEROUAC”
San Francisco, America's romantic city by the bay, has always been a haven for artists. One
of the great American romantics who wrote in San Francisco was Jack Kerouac. His
autobiographical novels and wayward travels made him the most celebrated member of the
Beat Generation. The Beats, or beatniks, were a group of writers and poets from cities
across the U.S., who shared a love of jazz, experimentation, and adventure.
Born on March 12, 1922, in Lowell, Massachusetts, Kerouac came from a working-class
family. Like many families of that era, his family struggled financially during the Great
Depression of the 1930s. Fortunately, Kerouac attended Columbia University in New York
on a football scholarship, but a leg injury kept him off the field. Intellectually gifted but
undisciplined, Kerouac eventually dropped out of Columbia twice but continued to pursue a
career in writing. Writing in the bars of New York's Lower East and Lower West sides,
Kerouac met and worked with William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, before they all
traveled west and started a literary and cultural revolution.
Kerouac first landed in San Francisco in 1947. There he joined his soul brother, Neal
Cassady, whose frenetic letters and cross-country travels spurred Jack to write On the
Road, perhaps his preeminent work, during the month of April 1951. Since the book was
written as a simple personal testament "in search of his writing soul," Kerouac had no idea
that it would, a decade later, encourage a generation onto the highways and into the social
activism of the Vietnam era.
Almost overnight Kerouac became a national-even mythical-figure. But in the end he could
not live with the myth he had created. His later years were spent drinking and living with his
mother-an ironic turn on the life of freedom he had written about. When he died in 1969 from
complications related to alcoholism, Kerouac had little money, but his estate is now valued at
over $20 million.

32. Jack Kerouac relocated to San Francisco in

(A) 1922
(B) 1951
(C) 1947
(D) the midst of the Vietnam War

33. Kerouac met Neal Cassady in

(A) French-Canadian Massachusetts
(B) San Francisco
(C) New York
(D) Vietnam

34. On the Road was

(A) not important to the youth of America
(B) one long paragraph
(C) Alan Ginsberg's poem
(D) Kerouac's autobiography

35. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about Kerouac's life?

(A) his support for the U.S. war effort in Vietnam
(B) his French-Canadian upbringing
(C) his leading role in the beat genera- tion
(D) his unsuccessful marriage

36. The best title for this passage would be

(A) Postwar Literature and a New Beginning
(B) Kerouac: King of the Beats Opens a New Road
(C) San Francisco Writers
(D) Victnam Protests: The Early Years