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Family life in the United States is changing. Thirty or forty years ago, the wife was called a "housewife". She cleaned, cooked, and cared for the children. The husband earned the money for the family. He was usually out working all day. He came home tired in the evening, so he did not do much housework. And he did not see the children very much, except on weekends. These days, however, more and more women work outside the home. They cannot stay with the children all day. They, too, come home tired in the evening. They do not want to spend the evening cooking dinner and cleaning up. They do not have time to clean the house and do the laundry. So who is going to do the housework now? Who is going to take care of the children? Many families solve the problem of housework by sharing it. In these families, the husband and wife agree to do different jobs around the house, or they take turns doing each job. For example, the husband always cooks dinner and the wife always does the laundry. Or the wife cooks dinner on some nights and the husband cooks dinner on other nights. Then there is a question of the children. In the past, many families got help with child care from grandparents. Now families usually do not live near their relatives. The grandparents often are too far away to help in a regular way. More often, parents have to pay for child care help. The help may be a babysister or a day-care center. The problem with this kind of help is the high cost. It is possible only for couples with jobs that pay well. Parents may get another kind of help from the companies they work for. Many companies now let people with children work part-time. That way, parents can spend more time with their children. Some husbands may even stop working for a while to stay with the children. For these men there is a new word: They are called "househusband". In the United States more ans more men are becoming househusband every year. These changes in the home mean changes in the family. Fathers can learn to understand their children better, and the children can get to know their fathers better. Husbands and wives may also find changes in their marriage. They, too, may have a better understanding of each other.The word “laundry” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ___________.
washing and ironing.
tidying up.
cooking and washing up.
shopping.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questionsMartin Luther King, Jf., is well- known for his work in civil rights and for his many famous speeches, among which is his moving “I have a dream” speech. But fewer people know much about King’s childhood. M.L, as he was called, was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the home of his maternal grandfather. M.L.’s grandfather purchased their home on Auburn Avenue in 1909, twenty years before M.L was born. His grandfather allowed the house to be used as a meeting place for a number of organizations dedicated to the education and social advancement of blacks. M.L. grew up in the atmosphere, with his home being used as a community gathering place, and was no doubt influenced by it. M.L.’s childhood was not especially eventfully. His father was a minister and his mother was a musician. He was the second of three children, and he attended all black schools in a black neighborhood. The neighborhood was not poor, however. Auburn Avenue was an area of banks, insurance companies, builders, jewelers, tailors, doctors, lawyers, and other businesses and services. Even in the face of Atlanta’s segregation, the district thrived. Dr. King never forgot the community spirit he had known as a child, nor did he forget the racial prejudice that was a huge barrier keeping black Atlantans from mingling with whites.What is the passage mainly about?
The prejudice that existed in Atlanta.
M.L.’s grandfather
Martin Luther King’s childhood.
The neighborhood King grew up in.
When was M.L. born?
in 1909
in 1929
in 1949
20 years after his parents had met.
What is Martin Luthur King well- known for?
His publications.
His neighborhood.
His childhood.
His work in civil rights
According to the author, M.L. _______.
had a difficult childhood.
was a good musician as a child.
loved to listen to his grandfather speak.
grew up in a relatively rich area of Atlanta.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Auburn was a commercial areas.
M.L.’s grandfather built their home on Auburn Avenue in 1909.
M. L. grew up in a rich, black neighborhood.
M.L.’s childhood was uneventful.
According to the author, blacks in King's neighborhood were involved in all the following businesses and services EXCEPT .......
dentistry
medicine
law
banking
M.L. was _______ by the atmosphere in which he grew up.
not affected at all
doubted
certainly influenced
prejudiced
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questionsFor centuries, time was measured by the position of the sun with the use of sundials. Noon was recognized when the sun was the highest in the sky, and cities would set their clock by this apparent solar time, even though some cities would often be on a slightly different time. Daylight Saving Time (DST), sometimes called summer time, was instituted to make better use of daylight. Thus, clocks are set forward one hour in the spring to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening and then set back one hour in the fall to return to normal daylight. Benjamin Franklin first conceived the idea of daylight saving during his tenure as an American delegate in Paris in 1984 and wrote about it extensively in his essay, "An Economical Project." It is said that Franklin awoke early one morning and was surprised to see the sunlight at such an hour. Always the economist, Franklin believed the practice of moving the time could save on the use of candlelight, as candles were expensive at the time. In England, builder William Willett (1857–1915) became a strong supporter for Daylight Saving Time upon noticing blinds of many houses were closed on an early sunny morning. Willet believed everyone, including himself, would appreciate longer hours of light in the evenings. In 1909, Sir Robert Pearce introduced a bill in the House of Commons to make it obligatory to adjust the clocks. A bill was drafted and introduced into Parliament several times but met with great opposition, mostly from farmers. Eventually, in 1925, it was decided that summer time should begin on the day following the third Saturday in April and close after the first Saturday in October. The U.S. Congress passed the Standard Time Act of 1918 to establish standard time and preserve and set Daylight Saving Time across the continent. This act also devised five time zones throughout the United States: Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, and Alaska. The first time zone was set on "the mean astronomical time of the seventy- fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwich" (England). In 1919, this act was repealed. President Roosevelt established year-round Daylight Saving Time (also called War Time) from 1942–1945. However, after this period, each state adopted its own DST, which proved to be disconcerting to television and radio broadcasting and transportation. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson created the Department of Transportation and signed the Uniform Time Act. As a result, the Department of Transportation was given the responsibility for the time laws. During the oil embargo and energy crisis of the 1970s, President Richard Nixon extended DST through the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act of 1973 to conserve energy further. This law was modified in 1986, and Daylight Saving Time was reset to begin on the first Sunday in April (to spring ahead) and end on the last Sunday in October (to fall back). The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ............
Franklin’s idea of daylight saving
Franklin's first conception
Franklin’s first official tenure
Franklin’s delegation
The word “obligatory” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to .........
imperative
approved
deficient
peculiar
Who opposed the bill that was introduced in the House of Commons in the early 1900s?
Sir Robert Pearce
television and radio broadcasting companies
farmers
the U.S. Congress
The word “devised” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ........
divided
invented
ordered
adapted
Which of the following statements is true of the U.S. Department of Transportation?
It was created by President Richard Nixon.
It set standards for DST throughout the world.
It constructed the Uniform Time Act.
It oversees all time laws in the United States.
The Daylight Saving Time Energy Act of 1973 was responsible for ..
extending Daylight Saving Time in the interest of energy conservation
preserving and setting Daylight Saving Time across the continent
instituting five time zones in the United States
conserving energy by giving the Department of Transportation authority over time laws
Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
Lyndon Johnson and the Uniform Time Act
The History and Rationale of Daylight Saving Time
The U.S. Department of Transportation and Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time in the United States
The word “they” in the second paragraph refers to ______.
formulas
objects
numbers
database
According to the passage, the frame buffers mentioned in the third paragraph are used to ........
add color to the images
expose several frames at the same time
store individual images
create new frames
According to the passage, the positions and colors of the figures in high-tech animation are determined by ..........
drawing several versions
enlarging one frame at a lime
analyzing the sequence from different angles
using computer calculations
The word “captures” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
separates
registers
describes
numbers
The word “Once” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to ______
before
since
after
while
According to the passage, how do computer-animation companies often test motion?
They experiment with computer-generated line drawings.
They hand-draw successive frames.
They calculate high-resolutions images.
They develop extensive mathematical formulas.
The word “task” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to ...........
possibility
position
time
job
According to the writer, many people from Jamaica at that time ________.
wanted to be free from responsibility
wanted to improve their standard of living
had ambitions that were unrealistic
dislike the country they came from
What does "this" in the third paragraph refer to .............
being told what to do by his sisters
having to sweep the yard before school
having to do duties he found difficult
being given orders by his grandmother
What happened when the writer's father came?
His father didn't tell him why he had come
He didn't know how to react to his father
His father told him things that were untrue
He felt eager about what his father told him
When the writer first went to London, he was disappointed because ________.
it was smaller than he expected
he had been given a false impression of it
he had to spend a lot of time on his own
his new surroundings frightened him
The word "excruciating" in the last paragraph means ________.
painful
rather painful
extremely painful
painless
Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
From Sun to Snow
A strange childhood
Hard times
Too many changes
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questionsWe get great pleasure from reading. The more advanced a man is, the greater delight he will find in reading. The ordinary man may think that subjects like philosophy or science are very difficult and that if philosophers and scientists read these subjects, it is not for pleasure. But this is not true. The mathematician finds the same pleasure in his mathematics as the school boy in an adventure story. For both, it is a play of the imagination, a mental recreation and exercise. The pleasure derived from this activity is common to all kinds of reading. But different types of books give us different types of pleasure. First in order of popularity is novel-reading. Novels contain pictures of imaginary people in imaginary situations, and give us an opportunity of escaping into a new world very much like our world and yet different from it. Here we seem to live a new life, and the experience of this new life gives us a thrill of pleasure. Next in order of popularity are travel books, biographies and memoirs. These tell us tales of places we have not seen and of great men in whom we are interested. Some of these books are as wonderful as novels, and they have an added value that they are true. Such books give us knowledge, and we also find immense pleasure in knowing details of lands we have not seen and of great men we have only heard of. Reading is one of the greatest enjoyments of life. To book-lovers, nothing is more fascinating than a favorite book. And, the ordinary educated man who is interested and absorbed in his daily occupation wants to occasionally escape from his drudgery into the wonderland of books for recreation and refreshment. What does the passage mainly discuss?
Different types of books
Different kinds of reading
Reading as an exercise for the brain
Reading as a pleasurable activity
According to paragraph 1, which of the following is NOT true?
Ordinary people may think that philosophy and science are difficult.
Reading about mathematics is mentally entertaining for a mathematician.
Philosophers and scientists do not read for pleasure.
A more advanced person takes greater pleasure in reading
The word “derived” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______
differed
established
bought
obtaine
The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.
a new life
our world
an opportunity
a thrill of pleasure
The word “immense” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
great
limited
personal
controlled
According to the passage, travel books, biographies and memoirs ______.
are wonderful novels
tell stories of well-known places
are less popular than novels
are more valuable than novels
According to paragraph 4, which of the following is the most fascinating to booklovers?
A daily occupation
An ordinary educated man
The wonderland
A favorite book
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questionsThe system of higher education had its origin in Europe in the Middle Ages, when the first universities were established. In modern times, the nature of higher education around the world, to some extent, has been determined by the models of influential countries such as France and Germany. Both France and Germany have systems of higher education that are basically administered by state agencies. Entrance requirements for students are also similar in both countries. In France, an examination called the baccalauréat is given at the end of secondary education. Higher education in France is free and open to all students who have passed this baccalauréat. Success in this examination allows students to continue their higher education for another three or four years until they have attained the first university degree called a licence in France. Basic differences, however, distinguish these two countries’ systems. French educational districts, called académies, are under the direction of a rector, an appointee of the national government who is also in charge of universities in each district. The uniformity in curriculum throughout the country leaves each university with little to distinguish itself. Hence, many students prefer to go to Paris, where there are better accommodations and more cultural amenities for them. Another difference is the existence in France of prestigious higher educational institutions known as grandes écoles, which provide advanced professional and technical training. Most of these schools are not affiliated with the universities, although they too recruit their students by giving competitive examinations to candidates. The grandes écoles provide rigorous training in all branches of applied science and technology, and their diplomas have a somewhat higher standing than the ordinary licence. In Germany, the regional universities have autonomy in determining their curriculum under the direction of rectors elected from within. Students in Germany change universities according to their interests and the strengths of each university. In fact, it is a custom for students to attend two, three, or even four different universities in the course of their undergraduate studies, and the majority of professors at a particular university may have taught in four or five others. This high degree of mobility means that schemes of study and examination are marked by a freedom and individuality unknown in France. France and Germany have greatly influenced higher education systems around the world. The French, either through colonial influence or the work of missionaries, introduced many aspects of their system in other countries. The German were the first to stress the importance of universities as research facilities, and they also created a sense of them as emblems of a national mind. What does the passage mainly discuss?
The nature of education around the world in modern times.
Systems of higher education in France and Germany.
The origin of higher education system in Europe
The influence of France and Germany on educational systems of other countries
The word “uniformity” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
proximity
discrepancy
similarity
uniqueness
The word “their” in paragraph 3 refers to ______.
schools
universities
examinations
branches
Which of the following about grandes écoles in France is NOT stated in paragraph 3?
Most of them have no connection with universities.
They have a reputation for advanced professional and technical training.
Their degrees are better recognized than those provided by universities.
They offer better accommodations and facilities than universities.
According to the passage, a regional university rector in Germany is elected by _____.
the staff of the university
the national government officials
the regional government officials
the staff of other universities
According to paragraph 4, what makes it possible for students in Germany to attend different universities during their undergraduate studies?
The university staff have become far more mobile and occupied.
The university’s training programs offer greater flexibility and freedom of choice.
University tuition fees are kept at an affordable level for all students.
Entry requirements to universities in Germany are made less demanding.
The word “emblems” in the final paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
representatives
directions
structures
delegates
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
Studying in France and Germany is a good choice for people of all ages and nationalities.
It normally takes longer to complete a university course in France than in Germany.
Universities in Germany can govern themselves more effectively than those in France.
The level of decentralization of higher education is greater in Germany than in France.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questionsDifferent cultures follow their own special customs when a child's baby teeth fall out. In Korea, for example, they have the custom of throwing lost teeth up on the roof of a house. According to tradition, a magpie will come and take the tooth. Later, the magpie will return with a new tooth for the child. In other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam, children follow a similar tradition of throwing their lost teeth onto the roofs of houses. Birds aren't the only animals thought to take lost teeth. In Mexico and Spain, tradition says a mouse takes a lost tooth and leaves some money. However, in Mongolia, dogs are responsible for taking teeth away. Dogs are highly respected in Mongolian culture and are considered guardian angels of the people. Tradition says that the new tooth will grow good and strong if the baby tooth is fed to a guardian angel. Accordingly, parents in Mongolia will put their child's lost tooth in a piece of meat and feed it to a dog. The idea of giving lost teeth to an angel or fairy is also a tradition in the West. Many children in Western countries count on the Tooth Fairy to leave money or presents in exchange for a tooth. The exact origins of the Tooth Fairy are a mystery, although the story probably began in England or Ireland centuries ago. According to tradition, a child puts a lost tooth under his or her pillow before going to bed. In the wee hours, while the child is sleeping, the Tooth Fairy takes the tooth and leaves something else under the pillow. In France, the Tooth Fairy leaves a small gift. In the United States, however, the Tooth Fairy usually leaves money. These days, the rate is $1 to $5 per tooth, adding up to a lot of money from the Tooth Fairy! What is the passage mainly about?
Presents for young children's lost teeth
Animals eating children's lost teeth
Customs concerning children's new teeth
Traditions concerning children's lost teeth
The word "their" in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
houses'
children's
roofs'
countries
According to the passage, where is a child's lost tooth thought to be taken away by a mouse?
In Mongolia
In Mexico and Spain
In Japan and Vietnam
In Korea
According to paragraph 2, parents in Mongolia feed their child's lost tooth to a dog because ______.
they believe that this will make their child's new tooth good and strong
they hope that their child will get some gifts for his or her tooth
they know that dogs are very responsible animals
they think dogs like eating children's teeth
The word "origins" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
countries
stories
beginnings
families
