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Listening
2. A. The parents are going to stay up late. 7. A. Buying the bigger container ##
B. The parents have given Hannah her allowance. B. Putting the milk in the cart
C. Lately, the parents have not been so loud C. Taking a carton that is smaller
D. Hannah does not have to go to bed early## D. Getting the milk tomorrow instead
STRUCTURE
1. In the United States ______ approximately four 3. The television, _____ so long been a part of our
million miles of roads, streets, and highways. culture, has an enormous influence.
A. there C. they A. has C. which
B. is D. there are%% B. it has D. which has%%
2. ____ twelve million immigrants entered the United 4. Psychologists have traditionally maintained that
States via Ellis Island. infants cannot formulate long-term memories until
A. More than%% ___ the age of eight or nine months.
B. There were more than A. they C. to reach
C. Of more than B. they reach%% D. reach
D. The report of
5. ____ a cheese shop has since grown into a small 8. ____ definitive study of a western hard-rock mining
conglomerate consisting of a catering business and community cemetery appears to have been done is in
two retail stores. Silver City, Nevada.
A. In the beginning of A. Most C. Where most
B. It began as B. The most D. where the most%%
C. Its beginning which was
D. What began as%% 9. One of the areas of multimedia that is growing
quickly _____ is sound.
6. Primarily a government contractor, ______ A. Yet is easily overlooked%%
preferential treatment from government agencies as B. Is easily overlooked
both a minority-group member and a woman. C. It is easily overlooked
A. Receives Weber D. That is easily overlooked
B. Weber receives%%
C. The reception of Weber 10. ______, early approaches for coping with workplace
D. According to Weber’s reception stress dealt with the problem only after its symptoms
had appeared.
7. Because the project depends on ______ at the A. Although well-attending
federal level, the city and country may have to wait B. Although it is a good intention
until the budget cutting ends. C. Although a good intention
A. It happens D. Although well-intended%%
B. Which happening
C. What happens%%
D. That it happens
READING
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves in front of the Sun and hides at
least some part of the Sun from the earth. In partial eclipse, the Moon covers part of
the Sun; in an annular eclipse, the Moon covers the center of the Sun, leaving a
bright ring of light around the Moon; in a total eclipse, the Sun is completely
5 covered by the Moon.
It seems rather improbable that a celestial body the size of the Moon could
completely block out the tremendously immense Sun, as happens during a total
eclipse, but this is exactly what happens. Although the Moon is considerably smaller
in size than the Sun, the Moon is able to cover the Sun because of their relative
10 distances from Earth. A total eclipse can last up to 7 minutes, during which time the
Moon’s shadow moves across Earth at a rate of about 6 kilometers per second.
1. This passage mainly …. 3. The word “ring” in line 3 could best be replaced by
A. Describes how long an eclipse will last …
B. Gives facts about the Moon A. Piece of gold C. jewel
C. Explains how the Sun is able to obscure the B. Circle @@ D. bell
Moon
D. informs the reader about solar eclipse @@ 4. A “celestial body” in line 5 is most probably one
that is found …
2. In which type of eclipse is the Sun obscured in its A. Within the Moon’s shadow @@@
entirely? B. Somewhere in the sky
A. A partial eclipse C. On the surface of the Sun
B. An annular eclipse D. Inside Earth’s atmosphere
C. A total eclipse @@@
E. A celestial eclipse
5. What is the meaning of “block out” in line 6? 8. The passage states that which of the following
A. Square C. evaporate happens during an eclipse?
B. Cover @@@ D. shrink A. The Moon hides from the Sun
B. The Moon is obscured by the Sun
6. According to the passage, how can the Moon hide C. The Moon begins moving at a speed of 6
the Sun during a total eclipse? kilometers per second
A. The fact that the Moon is closer to Earth than D. The Moon’s shadow crosses Earth @@@
the Sun makes up for the Moon’s smaller size
B. The Moon can only obscure the Sun because 9. The word “rate” in line 9 is closest in meaning to …
of the Moon’s great distance from the A. Form C. distance
Earth. @@@ B. Speed @@@ D. rotation
C. Because the Sun is relatively close to Earth,
the Sun can be eclipsed by the Moon 10. Where in the passage does the author mention the
D. The Moon hides the Sun because of the rate of a total eclipse?
Moon’s considerable size A. Line 1-2 C. line 5-6
B. Line 2-4 D. line 8-9@@
7. The word ‘relative’ in line 8 could best be replaced
by …
A. Familial C. comparative@@@
B. Infinite D. paternal