What is the author's attitude toward the accomplishments of Walt Disney?




A.respectful
B.critical
C.ambivalent
D.approving

A.disease
B.instant
C.easy
D.miles

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
In order to ______ others’attention, we can use either verbal or non-verbal form of communication.




A.draw
B.ocus
C.pay
D.give

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Why don’t you make it bigger and more careful to people’s attention?




A.raise
B.attract
C.make
D.keep

The phrase ''coincided with" is closest in meaning to .




A.was influenced by
B.happened at the same time as
C.began to grow rapidly
D.ensured the success of

What is the author's purpose in this passage?




A.To urge biologists to solve the problem of surplus human population.
B.To conduct a survey of the biologist’s role in society.
C.To advise biologists to carry out extensive research into genetic engineering.
D.To emphasize the biologist’s role in solving the world’s problems.

Task 3. 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 16 – 22.
ACADEMICS AREN'T THE PROBLEM
Studies about how students use their time might shed light on whether they face increased academic and financial pressures compared with earlier eras.
Based on data about how students are spending time, academic or financial pressures don’t seem to be greater now than a generation ago. The data show that full-time students in all types of colleges study much less now than they did a generation ago - a full 10 hours a week less. Students are also receiving significantly higher grades. So it appears that academic pressures are, in fact, considerably lower than they used to be.
The time-use data don't suggest that students feel greater financial pressures, either. When the time savings and lower opportunity costs are factored in, college appears less expensive for most students than it was in the 1960s. And though there are now full-time students working to pay while in college, they study less even when paid work choices are held constantly.
In other words, full-time students do not appear to be studying less in order to work more. They appear to be studying less and spending the extra time on leisure activities or fun. It seems hard to imagine that students feeling increased financial pressures would respond by taking more leisure.
Based on how students are spending their time then, it doesn't look as though academic or financial pressures are greater now than a generation ago. The time-use data don’t speak directly to social pressures, and it may well be that these have become more intense lately.
In one recent set of data, students reported spending more than 23 hours per week either socializing with friends or playing on the computer for fun. Social activities, in person or on computer, would seem to have become the major focus of campus life. It is hard to tell what kinds of pressures would be associated with this change.
The word "focus" in the last paragraph can be replaced with .




A.central activity
B.primary theme
C.headline
D.biggest importance

“Bricks” are mentioned in paragraph 3 to indicate how .




A.science is more than a collection of facts
B.scientific experiments have led to improved technology
C.mathematicians approach science
D.building a house is like performing experiments

For Robin Cousins, the key point when rehearsing skating routines is .




A.filling all available space on the ice
B.the movement of the lights
C.keeping in time with the music
D.the skaters’ positions on the ice

The word “blares out” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to .




A.seeps out
B.sounds beautifully
C.resounds loudly
D.rings