Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks.
          It’s nature of athletic records that they are broken and their place is taken by others. Yet in many sports (26)________there is a mark which isn’t (27)________in itself, but which becomes as legend as athletes try to break it. The most famous of these is the attempt to run the mile in less than four minutes.
          In 1945, the mile record was (28)_______to 4 minutes, 1.5 seconds. And there, for nine years, it stuck. Then, in 1954, a medical student (29)_______Roger Bannister decided to try and break the record. He had been (30)________for this day since running the mile in 4 minutes, 2 seconds the previous year.
          Two other runners set the pace for him and (31)________250 yards to go he burst ahead for the finish. He wrote afterwards: “my body had exhausted all its energy, but it (32)________on running just the same….. Those (33)________few second seemed never-ending. I could see the line of the finishing tape…I jumped like a man making a desperate attempt to save him from danger…” Bannister’s time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. (34)________this record had been broken on many (35)________since, Bannister’s achievement will never be forgotten.
(31)________
A.on
B.in
C.with  
D.by

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks.
          It’s nature of athletic records that they are broken and their place is taken by others. Yet in many sports (26)________there is a mark which isn’t (27)________in itself, but which becomes as legend as athletes try to break it. The most famous of these is the attempt to run the mile in less than four minutes.
          In 1945, the mile record was (28)_______to 4 minutes, 1.5 seconds. And there, for nine years, it stuck. Then, in 1954, a medical student (29)_______Roger Bannister decided to try and break the record. He had been (30)________for this day since running the mile in 4 minutes, 2 seconds the previous year.
          Two other runners set the pace for him and (31)________250 yards to go he burst ahead for the finish. He wrote afterwards: “my body had exhausted all its energy, but it (32)________on running just the same….. Those (33)________few second seemed never-ending. I could see the line of the finishing tape…I jumped like a man making a desperate attempt to save him from danger…” Bannister’s time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. (34)________this record had been broken on many (35)________since, Bannister’s achievement will never be forgotten.
(30)________
A.trying
B.studying
C.running
D.training

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks.
          It’s nature of athletic records that they are broken and their place is taken by others. Yet in many sports (26)________there is a mark which isn’t (27)________in itself, but which becomes as legend as athletes try to break it. The most famous of these is the attempt to run the mile in less than four minutes.
          In 1945, the mile record was (28)_______to 4 minutes, 1.5 seconds. And there, for nine years, it stuck. Then, in 1954, a medical student (29)_______Roger Bannister decided to try and break the record. He had been (30)________for this day since running the mile in 4 minutes, 2 seconds the previous year.
          Two other runners set the pace for him and (31)________250 yards to go he burst ahead for the finish. He wrote afterwards: “my body had exhausted all its energy, but it (32)________on running just the same….. Those (33)________few second seemed never-ending. I could see the line of the finishing tape…I jumped like a man making a desperate attempt to save him from danger…” Bannister’s time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. (34)________this record had been broken on many (35)________since, Bannister’s achievement will never be forgotten.
(29)________
A.entitled
B.called
C.nicknamed
D.known

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks.
          It’s nature of athletic records that they are broken and their place is taken by others. Yet in many sports (26)________there is a mark which isn’t (27)________in itself, but which becomes as legend as athletes try to break it. The most famous of these is the attempt to run the mile in less than four minutes.
          In 1945, the mile record was (28)_______to 4 minutes, 1.5 seconds. And there, for nine years, it stuck. Then, in 1954, a medical student (29)_______Roger Bannister decided to try and break the record. He had been (30)________for this day since running the mile in 4 minutes, 2 seconds the previous year.
          Two other runners set the pace for him and (31)________250 yards to go he burst ahead for the finish. He wrote afterwards: “my body had exhausted all its energy, but it (32)________on running just the same….. Those (33)________few second seemed never-ending. I could see the line of the finishing tape…I jumped like a man making a desperate attempt to save him from danger…” Bannister’s time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. (34)________this record had been broken on many (35)________since, Bannister’s achievement will never be forgotten.
(28)________
A.broken down      
B.lessened
C.ecreased
D.brought down

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each question from 36 to 45.
Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration has noted. “The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur.”
          What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporateworld, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted. “In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they have found out that isn’t going to happen, so they go out on their own.”-
          In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in “women’s” fields – cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer System, a $22 million a year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers – and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company’s cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, an old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small.
          But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzig in the years ahead.
Charlotte Taylor believes that women in the 1970s____________
A.were unable to work hard enough to succeed in business.
B.had fewer obstacles in business than they do today.
C.were still more interested in education than business opportunities.
D.were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each question from 36 to 45.
Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration has noted. “The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur.”
          What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporateworld, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted. “In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they have found out that isn’t going to happen, so they go out on their own.”-
          In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in “women’s” fields – cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer System, a $22 million a year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers – and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company’s cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, an old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small.
          But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzig in the years ahead.
The author mentions the “shoebox under the bed” in order to____________
A.suggest that the company needed to expand.
B.show the frugality of women in business.
C.show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig.
D.point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig’s business were limited.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Mirrors done (A) of shiny metal were used (B) by the Egyptians in (C) ancient times (D).
A.done
B.were used
C.in
D.times

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
One and (A) more sentences related to (B) the same (C) topic form (D) a paragraph.
A.and
B.related to
C.same
D.form

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each question from 36 to 45.
Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration has noted. “The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur.”
          What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporateworld, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted. “In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they have found out that isn’t going to happen, so they go out on their own.”-
          In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in “women’s” fields – cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer System, a $22 million a year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers – and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company’s cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, an old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small.
          But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzig in the years ahead.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that businesses operated by women are small because______________
A.women can’t deal with money
B.many women fail at large businesses
C.women prefer a small intimate setting       
D.women are not able to borrow money easily

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each question from 36 to 45.
Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration has noted. “The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur.”
          What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporateworld, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted. “In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they have found out that isn’t going to happen, so they go out on their own.”-
          In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in “women’s” fields – cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer System, a $22 million a year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers – and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company’s cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, an old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small.
          But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzig in the years ahead.
The word “that” in the passage refers to______________
A.women working hard
B.women achieving advanced degrees
C.a woman becomes chairman of the board  
D.women believing that business is a place for them