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 the other in New York. 
 A B C D 
Question 39: Women in many parts of the world have had lower status than men, which the extent 
 A B 
of the gap between genders varies across cultures and times. 
 C D 
Question 40: As seeing from the mountain top, the area looks like a picturesque harbour town. 
 A B C D 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the 
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 41 to 50. 
Postsecondary institutions and private schools are corporations under U.S. law. They are approved to 
operate as non-profit, for-profit, or public corporations (41)______ education and training. Increasingly, state 
authorities are requiring approved educational providers to apply (42)______ and receive accreditation as a 
condition of final and continued approval. 
As corporate entities, U.S. institutions are internally self-governing and are (43)______ to make property, 
facilities, equipment, and utilities transactions; make their own personnel decisions; decide whom to admit to 
study and to graduate; (44)______ their own funds from outside sources; enter into contracts and compete for 
grants; and do most of the other things that corporations do. Institutions compete (45)______ one another for 
students, research funding, faculty, and other benefits. Public institutions may compete within the same state 
or territory for budget appropriations. It is the corporate nature of institutions and the competition within the 
system that (46)_____ Americans to refer to the concept of the educational or academic marketplace - an 
important distinctive element of the way U.S. education is organized. 
Some institutions are governed (47)______ under multi-campus arrangements. These include most local 
public schools (governed by school districts) and many state community college and university systems. 
Whether single- or multi-campus, institutional corporations (48)______ by boards of citizens, both alumni and 
non-alumni, who are ultimately responsible for all operations. They appoint senior (49)______, such as 
principals, headmasters, presidents, and deans; and approve the actions taken (50)______ their name. 
From A Diverse Educational System: Structure, standards, and challenges. InfoUSA (CD version) 
Question 41: A. provided B. provision C. provide D. providing 
Question 42: A. with B. to C. for D. on 
Question 43: A. capable B. able C. probable D. possible 
Question 44: A. rise B. raise C. call D. lend 
Question 45: A. with B. to C. for D. at 
Question 46: A. lets B. causes C. prevents D. makes 
Question 47: A. collection B. collective C. collect D. collectively 
Question 48: A. controlled B. are controlling C. are controlled D. being controlled 
Question 49: A. trainees B. judges C. assistants D. leaders 
Question 50: A. on B. in C. above D. at 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in 
meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions. 
Question 51: “Believe me. It’s no use reading that book,” Janet told her boyfriend. 
A. Janet tried to convince her boyfriend that the book was not worth reading. 
B. Janet opposed her boyfriend’s idea that reading the book was not useful. 
C. Janet managed to persuade her boyfriend that reading the book was worthwhile. 
D. Janet suggested to her boyfriend that reading the book was useful. 
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Question 52: The president placed his car at my disposal as a bonus for my good work. 
A. In order to praise me as a good worker, the president took me home in his own car. 
B. To get rid of the car, the president decided to sell it to me, his good worker, at a bonus price. 
C. I was willing to drive the president’s car as a compliment for my good performance at work. 
D. To show his appreciation for my good work, the president allowed me to use his car whenever I liked. 
Question 53: “Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. 
A. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. 
B. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. 
C. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. 
D. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. 
Question 54: The early failure of the Spanish squad in the 2014 World Cup deeply disappointed their fans. 
A. That their squad left the 2014 World Cup so early was very disappointing for the Spanish sportsmen. 
B. To the disappointment of their fans, the Spanish squad had to leave the 2014 World Cup too early. 
C. Living up to their fans’ expectation, the Spanish squad left the 2014 World Cup so early. 
D. The Spanish squad was terribly disappointed that their fans had to leave the 2014 World Cup so early. 
Question 55: “Why don't you join us for our next class reunion?” Mary said to me. 
A. Mary insisted on my joining them for the next class reunion. 
B. Mary cordially invited me to join them for the next class reunion. 
C. Mary strongly urged me to join them for the next class reunion. 
D. Mary advised me not to join them for the next class reunion. 
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 56 to 65. 
Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helped to preserve it, and that the easiest 
way to do this was to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American Indians produced 
pemmican (dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians made stockfish and the 
Arabs dried dates and apricots. 
All foods contain water - cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and 
other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending on how fatty it is. If 
this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is checked. 
Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, 
South Africa and Australia. The methods used vary, but in general the fruit is spread out on trays in drying 
yards in the hot sun. In order to prevent darkening, pears, peaches and apricots are exposed to the fumes of 
burning sulphur before drying. Plums for making prunes, and certain varieties of grapes for making raisins and 
currants, are dipped in an alkaline solution in order to crack the skins of the fruit slightly and remove their wax 
coating, so increasing the rate of drying. 
Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically; the conventional method of such dehydration is to put food in 
chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 110°C at entry to about 45°C at exit. This is 
the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish. 
Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated horizontal 
steel cylinder or by spraying them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes. In the first case, 
the dried material is scraped off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively 
coarse flakes. In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as a fine powder. Where recognizable 
pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the ingredients are dried separately and then mixed. 
Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not 
need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to climbers, explorers and soldiers 
in battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to 
cook them. 
From Practical Faster Reading by Gerald Mosback and Vivien Mosback. CUP 
Question 56: What is the main idea of the passage? 
A. Advantages of dried foods. B. Water: the main component of food. 
C. Mechanization of drying foods. D. Different methods of drying foods. 
Question 57: The phrase “do this” in the first paragraph mostly means ______. 
A. expose foods to sun and wind B. remove moisture from foods 
C. produce pemmican D. moisten foods 
Question 58: The word “checked” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. reduced considerably B. put a tick C. examined carefully D. motivated to develop 
Question 59: In the process of drying certain kinds of fruits, sulphur fumes help ______. 
A. remove their wax coating B. kill off bacteria 
C. maintain their color D. crack their skin 
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Question 60: Nowadays the common method for drying vegetables and minced meat is ______. 
A. spreading them out on trays in drying yards 
B. dipping them in an alkaline solution 
C. putting them in chambers and blowing hot air through 
D. pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder 
Question 61: What does the word “which” in the fourth paragraph refer to? 
A. Vegetables B. Foods C. Things D. Chambers 
Question 62: The final product of the process of drying liquids that uses the first method will be ______. 
A. small flakes B. fine powder C. dried soup D. recognizable pieces 
Question 63: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? 
A. Liquids are not dried in the same way as fruits and vegetables. 
B. Dried foods have several advantages over canned or frozen foods. 
C. Fruit is usually dried by being laid out on trays in the sun. 
D. People in India began to use drying methods centuries ago. 
Question 64: According to the passage, dried foods are most useful for ______. 
A. explorers who are underweight B. soldiers who are not in battle 
C. people who are on the move D. housewives who have little storage space 
Question 65: This passage is mainly ______. 
A. argumentative B. anal