Passage24   BAAAB

     Human are the dominant species on the planet Earth. Their numbers are increasing rapidly. They are no longer restricted by their environment, as they can live in the most hostile of deserts or the bitter cold of Antarctica.

     Human culture is heavily based on the earth’s natural resources---oil, coal and metals; soil water and forest. Industrialized society is using increasing amount of these resources each year. Governments and industrialists strive for economic growth for factories and mines to produce more each year than they did in the previous year. But fuels and metals and, to a lesser extent, the soils are nonrenewable resources. Once used, they are gone for ever. In many cases the lifetime of these resources is coming to an end.

    Factories and machines create wastes. These wastes are poured into the atmosphere, the water and even into soil. The damaging effect of this pollution is, in some cases, permanent.

To reduce pollution creates future problems. Factories may have to be redesigned or even pulled down. This costs money and may mean loss of livelihood for many workers.

Modern technology is creating an additional problem and it is making industry more and more automatic. This means that fewer and fewer people are needed to operate factories and offices. The consequence loss of jobs is a worldwide problem and Western society is still struggling to find the answers.

This introduction gives you some idea of the topics to be discussed in detail in this chapter.

1.This passage is most probably written as                       .   

  A) A self-contained chapter 

  B) the beginning part of a certain chapter

  C) the middle part of a certain chapter

  D) the last part of a certain chapter

2.Which of the following topics is NOT discussed in the passage?

  A) Overpopulation              B) Unemployment

  C) Natural Resources            D) Industrial Pollution

3.According to the passage, some natural resources like fuels and metals                       .

  A) will soon be used up              B) can not be used at present

  C) are no longer new                D) will never be gone

4.According to the passage, more and more people are becoming jobless because

  of         .                        

  A) industrial automation         B) shortage of natural resources

  C) economic growth            D) none of the above

5.What does “the answer” at the end of the fifth paragraph mean? It means                 .

  A) the development of modern technology

  B) the solution to unemployment

  C) the application of automation

  D) the way to reduce pollution

 

Passage25    BDCBB

   “Pop” is short for popular, and popular, in its true sense, means “ of or for the people”.

The Pop Revolution of the 1960s changed the pattern of English life. It gave the young an importance and influence they had never had before. Just how far-reaching that influence is can be judged from a look at advertisements. The young are now regarded as one of the most important markets for consumer goods.

    The Pop Revolution has broken down social barriers among the young. It has also helped to sweep away many of the inhibitions which gave the British their reputation for being cold and reserved. It was in the 1960s that people in British began to talk about the “ permissive society” and the “generation gap”.

   “The teenager girls who screamed hysterically over the Beetles,” said a journalist one day “and the teenagers boys who copied the Beetles and grew their hair long and were no longer ashamed of wearing pretty clothes, were simply breaking through traditional British reserve and fear of showing their feelings. I;\’m sure one of the main reasons why boys and girls are such good companions today is because they’re no longer afraid of showing their feeling towards one another. A lot of older people who criticize them are probably just jealous because they couldn’t or didn’t behave in the same way when they were young!”

6.The Pop Revolution influenced                       .

  A) the old people       B) the young       C) the advertisers        D) the politicians

7.The British people were thought to be very                   .                        

  A) active          B) humorous        C) naughty         D) reserved

8.The teenage girls screamed hysterically over the beetles because                   .

  A) they were frightened       

  B) they were crazy     

  C) they wanted to show their crazy love for the Beetles

  D) they wanted to practice singing

9.It can be inferred from this passage that the Beetles is                  .

  A) a group of insects          B) a party of pop singers

  C) a politicians               D) a group of puppies

10. The best title for this passage is                  .                  

  A) The Beetles               B) The Pop Revolution

  C) Advertisements            D) Generation Gap

 

Passage25   BCDAD

    Washington Irving was America’s first man of letters to be known internationally. His works were received t=enthusiastically both in England and in the United States. He was, in fact, one of the most successful writers of his time in either country, delighting a large general public and at the same time winning the admiration of follow writers like Scott in Britain and Poe and Hawthorne in the United States. The respect in which he was held was partly owing to the man himself , with his warm friendliness, his good sense, his urbanity, his gay spirits, his artistic integrity, his love of both the Old World and the New. Thackeray described Irving as “ gentleman, who, though himself born in no very high sphere, was most finished, polished, witty; socially the equal of the most refined Europeans”. In England he was granted an honorary degree from Oxford --- an unusual honor for a citizen of a young, uncultured nation --- and he received the medal of the royal Society of Literature; America made him ambassador to Spain.

    Irving’s background provides little to explain hid literary achievements. A gifted but delicate child, he had little schooling. He studied law, but without zeal, and never did practice seriously. He was immune to his strict Presbyterian home environment, frequenting both gatherings and the theater.

11.The main point of the first paragraph is that Washington Irving was                    .   

   A) America’s first man of letters

   B) a writer who had great success both in his own country and outside it

   C) a man who was able to move from literature to politics

   D) a man whose personal charm enabled him to do basically inferior work

12.What is implied by the comment about Scott, Poe and Hawthorne?

   A) Irving enjoyed great popular admiration.

   B) Scott, Poe and Hawthorne were primarily responsible for Irving’s success.

   C) Irving’s work was not only popular, but also of high literary quality.

   D) More Americans than Britons admired Irving.

13.Thackeray considered Irving                 .                        

   A) the most refined European of his time

   B) one of the most refined Europeans

   C) refined, like most Europeans

   D) not inferior to Europeans of the highest refinement

14.Why did Thackeray think that Irving’s social grace was unusual?

   A) Irving’s parents were not aristocratic.

   B) Irving exhibited warm friendliness.

   C) Irving had gay spirits.

   D) Irving’s degree was honorary, rather than earned.

15.Which of the following best describes the effect of Irving’s Presbyterian.

   A) It fostered his love for the theater.

   B) It developed his skill in business.

   C) It prompted his interest in law

   D) It had almost no effect on his life.