According to the passage, the word culture ______.




A.is related to the preparation and use of land for farming
B.comes from a source that has not been identified
C.develops from Greek and Roman literature and history
D.derives from the same root as civilization does

Choose the best answer.
Everybody seems to feel tired of watching the same commercials on TV every night, _____?




A.doesn’t he
B.don’t they
C.does she
D.do they

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Choosing clothes can be difficult. Some people want to be fashionable, but they don’t want to look exactly (54) ……… everybody else. Not all clothes are (55) ……. for work or school, perhaps because they are not (56) ……… enough, or simply not comfortable. It is easy to buy the (57) ……… size, and find that your trousers are too tight, especially if you are a little bit (58) ………. Very (59) ……. clothes make you feel slim, but when they have (60) ………. in the washing machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light cotton clothes, then they might not be (61) …………… enough for winter. If your shoes are not (62) ………, and if you aren’t (63) ………. for the cold, you might look good, but feel terrible!
(63)




A.worn
B.clothed
C.dressed
D.fitted

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Choosing clothes can be difficult. Some people want to be fashionable, but they don’t want to look exactly (54) ……… everybody else. Not all clothes are (55) ……. for work or school, perhaps because they are not (56) ……… enough, or simply not comfortable. It is easy to buy the (57) ……… size, and find that your trousers are too tight, especially if you are a little bit (58) ………. Very (59) ……. clothes make you feel slim, but when they have (60) ………. in the washing machine, then you have the same problem! If you buy light cotton clothes, then they might not be (61) …………… enough for winter. If your shoes are not (62) ………, and if you aren’t (63) ………. for the cold, you might look good, but feel terrible!
(58)




A.slim
B.overweight
C.thin
D.enormous

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.

PASSAGE 2
Recreational diving or sport diving is a type of diving that uses scuba equipment for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment. In some diving circles, the term "recreational diving" is used in contradistinction to "technical diving", a more demanding aspect of the sport which requires greater levels of training, experience and equipment.
Recreational scuba diving grew out of related activities such as snorkeling and underwater hunting. For a long time, recreational underwater excursions were limited by the amount of breath that could be held. However, the invention of the aqualung in 1943 by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and its development over subsequent years led to a revolution in recreational diving. However, for much of the 1950s and early1960s, recreational scuba diving was a sport limited to those who were able to afford or make their own kit, and prepared to undergo intensive training to use it. As the sport became more popular, manufacturers became aware of the potential market, and equipment began to appear that was easy to use, affordable and reliable. Continued advances in SCUBA technology, such as buoyancy compensators, modern diving regulators, wet or dry suits, and dive computers, increased the safety, comfort and convenience of the gear encouraging more people to train and use it.
Until the early 1950s, navies and other organizations performing professional diving were the only providers of diver training, but only for their own personnel and only using their own types of equipment. There were no training courses available to civilians who bought the first scuba equipment. Professional instruction started in 1959 when the non-profit National Association of Underwater Instructors was formed.
Further developments in technology have reduced the cost of training and diving. Scuba-diving has become a popular leisure activity, and many diving locations have some form of dive shop presence that can offer air fills, equipment and training. In tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world, there is a large market in holiday divers, who train and dive while on holiday, but rarely dive close to home. Generally, recreational diving depths are limited to a maximum of between 30 and 40 meters (100 and 130 feet), beyond which a variety of safety issues make it unsafe to dive using recreation diving equipment and practices, and specialized training and equipment for technical diving are needed.
According to the passage_________.




A.Professional instruction had started before the non-profit National Association of Underwater Instructors was formed
B.Professional instruction started in 1959 when the non-profit National Association of Underwater Instructors was formed.
C.Professional instruction started after the non-profit National Association of Underwater Instructors had been formed.
D.Professional instruction and the non-profit National Association of Underwater Instructors were formed at the same time.

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.

PASSAGE 2
Recreational diving or sport diving is a type of diving that uses scuba equipment for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment. In some diving circles, the term "recreational diving" is used in contradistinction to "technical diving", a more demanding aspect of the sport which requires greater levels of training, experience and equipment.
Recreational scuba diving grew out of related activities such as snorkeling and underwater hunting. For a long time, recreational underwater excursions were limited by the amount of breath that could be held. However, the invention of the aqualung in 1943 by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and its development over subsequent years led to a revolution in recreational diving. However, for much of the 1950s and early1960s, recreational scuba diving was a sport limited to those who were able to afford or make their own kit, and prepared to undergo intensive training to use it. As the sport became more popular, manufacturers became aware of the potential market, and equipment began to appear that was easy to use, affordable and reliable. Continued advances in SCUBA technology, such as buoyancy compensators, modern diving regulators, wet or dry suits, and dive computers, increased the safety, comfort and convenience of the gear encouraging more people to train and use it.
Until the early 1950s, navies and other organizations performing professional diving were the only providers of diver training, but only for their own personnel and only using their own types of equipment. There were no training courses available to civilians who bought the first scuba equipment. Professional instruction started in 1959 when the non-profit National Association of Underwater Instructors was formed.
Further developments in technology have reduced the cost of training and diving. Scuba-diving has become a popular leisure activity, and many diving locations have some form of dive shop presence that can offer air fills, equipment and training. In tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world, there is a large market in holiday divers, who train and dive while on holiday, but rarely dive close to home. Generally, recreational diving depths are limited to a maximum of between 30 and 40 meters (100 and 130 feet), beyond which a variety of safety issues make it unsafe to dive using recreation diving equipment and practices, and specialized training and equipment for technical diving are needed.
The word “it” refers to________.




A.SCUBA technology
B.buoyancy compensators
C.comfort and convenience of the gear
D.dive computers

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.
PASSAGE 1
Reading, as you know, is a continuous and never ending process. If you do very little reading, or if you read only material that offers no challenge to your comprehension, your reading will be of very little use. Once we reach a certain age, or once our formal schooling is completed, many of us become so restricted in our choice of reading that we rarely read any new type of reading experience. We tend to read only books in our professional or business field, or only inspirational books, or only our favorite newspapers every morning, or only one magazine for which we have developed a preference. And the trouble starts here. You should neither read only for entertainment nor only for information but you should also read for intellectual growth, for mental stimulation, for enriching your background of knowledge, for wisdom, and for broader outlook and mature understanding. What kind of books should you read to continue your intellectual growth, to gain a background for opinion and for judgment? The answer is simple one: Read books in fields you have little or no acquaintance with, books that will open for you new horizons of learning, books that will help you explore new areas of knowledge and experience, books that will make the world and people more understandable to you.
Sadly, more and more people today are giving up the printed word in favor of being entertained and informed by watching TV, a popular entertainment, device present at almost homes. More and more children are being subjected to TV programming, perhaps as a babysitter. More than two hours of TV time per day are now a part of children development, generating physiological and mental problems that are of growing concern among experts.
The word “preference” in line 6 is closet in meaning to_______.




A.ignorance
B.greater interest
C.a kind of book
D.knowledge

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.
PASSAGE 1
Reading, as you know, is a continuous and never ending process. If you do very little reading, or if you read only material that offers no challenge to your comprehension, your reading will be of very little use. Once we reach a certain age, or once our formal schooling is completed, many of us become so restricted in our choice of reading that we rarely read any new type of reading experience. We tend to read only books in our professional or business field, or only inspirational books, or only our favorite newspapers every morning, or only one magazine for which we have developed a preference. And the trouble starts here. You should neither read only for entertainment nor only for information but you should also read for intellectual growth, for mental stimulation, for enriching your background of knowledge, for wisdom, and for broader outlook and mature understanding. What kind of books should you read to continue your intellectual growth, to gain a background for opinion and for judgment? The answer is simple one: Read books in fields you have little or no acquaintance with, books that will open for you new horizons of learning, books that will help you explore new areas of knowledge and experience, books that will make the world and people more understandable to you.
Sadly, more and more people today are giving up the printed word in favor of being entertained and informed by watching TV, a popular entertainment, device present at almost homes. More and more children are being subjected to TV programming, perhaps as a babysitter. More than two hours of TV time per day are now a part of children development, generating physiological and mental problems that are of growing concern among experts.
The word “acquaintance” in line 11 refers to________.




A.a close friend
B.close friendship
C.knowledge of something
D.fact

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Our boss would rather ______ during the working hours.




A.we didn’t chat
B.we don’t chat
C.us not chat
D.us not chatting

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or the phrase that is CLOSET in meaning to the underlined in each of the following questions.
His performance on the stage was not very good but ordinary.




A.medium
B.mediocre
C.moderate
D.meditate