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1. 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 24 to 30.

GREEN CARS

Many of the world’s cities lie under a permanent blanket of smog. People are concerned about global warming, and fuel prices just keep going up and up. It’s no surprise therefore, that in recent years, car manufacturers have been put under pressure to invent a vehicle that is both cheaper to run and better for the environment. Finally, after much trial and error, it seems  as  though  they  might  be  making  progress,  and  the  future  of  the  car  industry  is beginning to look a little “greener”.

One of the first ideas which car manufacturers tried was to replace engines which run on fossil fuels with electric motors. Unfortunately, these vehicles had several drawbacks and they didn’t sell very well. The problems were that the batteries of these electric cars ran out very quickly and took a long time to recharge. Also, the replacement energy parts were veryexpensive.

However,  the  idea  of  electric  cars  has  not  been  scrapped  altogether.  Car  manufacturers have improved the concept so that environmentally friendly cars can now be efficient and economical  as  well.  This  is  where  the  hybrid  car,  which  has  both  an  electric  motor  and  a traditional petrol engine, comes in. The electric motor never needs to be recharged and it is much better for the planet than a traditional car.

In a hybrid car, the engine is controlled by a computer which determines whether the car runs on petrol, electricity, or both. When the car needs maximum power, for example, if it is accelerating or climbing a steep hill, it uses all of its resources, whereas at steady speeds it runs only on petrol. When slowing down or braking, the electric motor recharges its batteries.

Hybrid  cars  are  better  for  the  environment  because  the  electric  motor  can  help  out whenever  it  is  needed  and  they  have  a  much  smaller  engine  than  a  traditional  car.  Also, hybrid  cars  on  the  market  are  made  using  materials  such  as  aluminiumand  carbon  fibre, which makes them extremely light. Both of these factors mean that they use far less petrol than normal cars, so they produce lesspollution.

Of course, hybrid cars aren’t perfect; they still run on fossil fuel and so pollute the environment to some extent. However, they may be the first step along the road to cleaner, “greener” cars. Car manufacturers are already working on vehicles which run on hydrogen. The only emission from these cars is harmless water vapor. These are still some way in the future, though, as designers need to think of cheap and safe ways of producing, transporting and storing hydrogen, but at last, it looks like we might be heading in the right direction.

Question 24. Car manufacturers are trying to invent a new vehicle because_____.

A. today’s cars use too muchfuel

B. today’s cars produce too much poisonousgas

C.the car industry is introuble

D.it is difficult to drive incities

Question 25. The word “drawbacks” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “______”.

A .benefits          B. imperfections                       C.withdrawings                 D.virtue

Question 26. Vehicles which ran on electric motors_______.

A. were not very popular

B. were made of pieces of scrap

C. moved very fast

D. had to have their engines replaced.

Question 27. The electric motor inhybridcars______.

A. needs replacementenergypacks

B. has its own petrolengine

C. takes a long time toberecharged

D. doesn’t need to recharge its batteries

Question 28. The phrase “comes in” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “______”.

A. moves towardstheland

B. becomes available at a particular time

C. joins the inventors in a project

D. finishes a race in particulartime

Question 29. The computer in a hybridcar_______.

A. helps the car to go up hills

B. keeps the car running at a steady speed

C.powers the engine

D.decides how the car should be powered at any given time

Question 30. Hybrid cars are better for the planet because_______.

A. they produce less harmful gases

B. they are made of special materials

C.they use different fuel to normalcars

D.the electric motor is smaller than a normal engine

2. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best jits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

It seems entirely natural to us that there are teams of scientists in universities and (31) _____ institutions around the world, attempting to discover the way the world works. (32) ______, it hasn’t always been that way. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could (33) ______the causes of natural events just bythe power of thought.

During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test their scientific ideas by designing a relevant experiment and seeing what happened. A lot of (34) ______was made in this way by individual scientists.  These men and women often worked alone, carrying out research into many different areas of science, and they often received very little (35)______for  their hard work. At the start of the 20th century, thought, it became clearthat science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. This individual scientist disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts. Modem science was born.

Question 31. A. another                B. every                  C. other                D. whole

Question 32. A. However              B. Besides           C. Thus                 D. Accordingly

Question 33. A. come out             B. work out         C. give out           D. solve out

Question 34. A. development     B.evolution         C. movement    D. progress

Question 35.       A.present            B.gift                     C.reward             D.prize

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 from 36 to 50.

  In young language learners, there is a critical period of time beyond which it becomes increasingly difficult to acquire a language. Children generally attain proficiency in their first language by the age of five and continue in a state of relative linguistic plasticity until puberty. [A] Neurolinguistic research has singled out the lateralization of the brain as the reason for this dramatic change from fluidity to rigidity in language function. Lateralization is the process by which the brain hemispheres become dominant for different tasks. The right hemisphere of the brain controls emotions and social functions, whereas the left hemisphere regulates the control of analytical functions, intelligence, and logic. [B] For the majority of adults, language functions are dominant on the left side of the brain. [C] Numerous studies have demonstrated that it is nearly impossible to attain a nativelike accent in a second language, though some adults have overcome the odds, after lateralization is complete. [D]

  Cognitive development also affects language acquisition, but in this case adult learners may have some advantages over child learners. Small children tend to have a very concrete, here- and-now view of the world around them, but at puberty, about the time that lateralization is complete, people become capable of abstract thinking, which is particularly useful for language. Generally speaking, adults can profit from grammatical explanations, whereas children cannot. This is evidenced by the fact that children are rather unreceptive to correction of grammatical features and instead tend to focus on the meaning of an utterance rather than its form. However, language learning theory suggests that for both adults and children, optimal language acquisition occurs in a meaning centered context. Though children have the edge over adult language learners with respect to attaining a nativelike pronunciation, adults clearly have an intellectual advantage which greatly facilitates language learning.

Question 36: Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. The Role of Language in the Psychological Development of Children.

B. The Function of Lateralization in Mediating Language Acquisition.

C. Factors in Adult and Child Language Acquisition.

D.The Superiority of Adults to Children in the Task of Language Acquisition.

Question 37: The word “critical” could best be replaced by______.

A.judgmental                    B.particular                         C.crucial                               D.negative

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