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 questions from 25 to 29.
Why are there so many grandmothers and so few grandfathers? In other words, why do men die younger than women? Is this because men are afraid of getting old and helpless and so they prefer to die before that happens? Perhaps they fear to be left alone by their women and so decide to do the leaving first.
Many explanations are given for the fact that men die earlier than women. Men are stronger physically, yet women can hang on longer to life. Both men and women are emotional creatures but women are not afraid or ashamed to cry while men refuse to do so. They are afraid of being thought "soft". Some men, when they are upset, play loud music or dig in the garden to relieve their feelings. Many men like an orderly life so that they bury themselves in their work or want a wife with some children or long to take part in wars where there is a definite chain of command. There is a leader to give orders and a known enemy to fight against and defeat. All these make men feel they live in a rational world.
So the majority of men like a rational world. Rationality is fine but it does not include everything that makes life joyful and fun or even messy and frustrating. When a man refuses to cry he is refusing to accept that his emotions are part of him. Of course some men do not follow this pattern. Bob Hawke is capable of crying in public whereas Margaret Thatcher is probably incapable of crying at any time.
We need to cry because that shows our ability to suffer. If we do not suffer we are not really alive at all. Suffering can be creative or destructive. If we can all learn to cry and laugh and shout and dance openly, we are living creatively and adding something to the human race. We often say men suffer more from stress and therefore they die earlier. Are we not saying in another way that they do not know how to suffer in the right way – with tears and laughter instead of silence – and so they are miserable and just give up? That is just my theory of course. Have you a better one?
What’s the writer’s opinion toward crying?
A.It is a good thing for people to cry.
B.It is all right for women to cry but shameful for men.
C.Tears are not real signs of suffering.
D.To be silent is better than to cry.

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 questions from 25 to 29.
Why are there so many grandmothers and so few grandfathers? In other words, why do men die younger than women? Is this because men are afraid of getting old and helpless and so they prefer to die before that happens? Perhaps they fear to be left alone by their women and so decide to do the leaving first.
Many explanations are given for the fact that men die earlier than women. Men are stronger physically, yet women can hang on longer to life. Both men and women are emotional creatures but women are not afraid or ashamed to cry while men refuse to do so. They are afraid of being thought "soft". Some men, when they are upset, play loud music or dig in the garden to relieve their feelings. Many men like an orderly life so that they bury themselves in their work or want a wife with some children or long to take part in wars where there is a definite chain of command. There is a leader to give orders and a known enemy to fight against and defeat. All these make men feel they live in a rational world.
So the majority of men like a rational world. Rationality is fine but it does not include everything that makes life joyful and fun or even messy and frustrating. When a man refuses to cry he is refusing to accept that his emotions are part of him. Of course some men do not follow this pattern. Bob Hawke is capable of crying in public whereas Margaret Thatcher is probably incapable of crying at any time.
We need to cry because that shows our ability to suffer. If we do not suffer we are not really alive at all. Suffering can be creative or destructive. If we can all learn to cry and laugh and shout and dance openly, we are living creatively and adding something to the human race. We often say men suffer more from stress and therefore they die earlier. Are we not saying in another way that they do not know how to suffer in the right way – with tears and laughter instead of silence – and so they are miserable and just give up? That is just my theory of course. Have you a better one?
What does the word "that" in the passage refer to?
A.The fact that men get old and helpless
B.The fact that they fear to be left alone
C.The fact that men die younger than women
D.The fact that they decide to do the leaving first

The word “to take hold” in paragraph 3 mostly means _______.
A.to take place
B.to make a mess
C.to become very strong
D.to lose control

The pronoun “it” in the last paragraph refers to _______.
A.change
B.history
C.the newspaper industry
D.the WAN

The first news sheet _______.
A.were checked by authorities
B.avoided all controversial topics
C.were distributed internationally
D.discussed foreign issues

In the 20th century, newspapers _______.
A.invented mass-market advertising
B.began to pass to public hands
C.lost many readers to TV
D.used ads to attract investors

In the 19th century, _______.
A.information in newspapers became more technical
B.the newspaper industry invented the telegraph
C.photos signaled the start of the modern newspaper era
D.the role of newspapers became more important

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions from 15 to 16.
They finished one project. They started working on the next.
A.Not until did they start working on the next project then they finished one.
B.Hardly had they finished one project when they started working on the next
C.Only if they had finished one project did they start working on the next.
D.Had they finished one project, they would have started working on the next.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions from 12 to 14.
Physics and mental exercise has been found to be beneficial for our brains, but scientists have now found it could also improve the learning ability of our children.
A.Physics
B.has been
C.it
D.learning ability

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to each of the following exchanges from 10 to 11.
- Nick: “I’m really tired. I’m taking next week off.” - Michael: “_______”
A.Well, you must be telling a lie!
B.Take care, my love. Have a nice weekend!
C.That sounds like a good idea. The break will do you good.
D.Really? I don’t know what you are going to do.