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Different language learners have different purposes for learning a new language. Some people learn a second
language in order to learn about the culture of the people who speak that language. They may be interested in the
history and customs of these people, for example, or they may want to study the literature of the language. Other
language learners want to travel to other countries. They need to know the languages of those countries so that
they can talk to people they meet. Many people learn language for professional reasons. These people want to
learn more about their fields by studying in other countries or reading books and writing in different languages.
They often need other languages in their work.

01. What is the topic of the text?
(A) The reasons for language learners to learn new
languages.
(B) The difference of language and culture
(C) People that learn new languages
(D) The relationship between job promotion and
language skill
(E) The way of learning new languages
02. All of the following are mentioned as the purposes
of language learners, EXCEPT ....
(A) they want to study the literature of the language
(B) they want to be able to communicate with
people they meet in other countries
(C) they want to achieve their knowledge by
studying in other countries
(D) they are interested in the history of other
countries
(E) they want to teach people in other languages.

Is it true that animals tell us about bad weather coming? If your dog always comes inside right before it rains,
you may think that animals can predict the weather. You might hear that cats get frisky as kittens when a bad
storm is approaching. It’s probably more accurate to say that animals react to certain environmental signals that
accompany weather changes, not to the weather itsef.
A prevalent opinion is that animals can detect certain events, like earthquakes, as soon as they happen, event
if the originating event is a great distance away. While this ability wouldn’t make much of a difference to the
people at the scene of the disaster, it could conceivably assist those located farther from the epicenter. Some
researchers even believe animals may be able to sense the precursors to these events before they actually strike.
They are saying that animals make greater use of their existing five senses, especially when compared to humans,
however, hard evidence of this is extremely limited. Most of the evidence is anecdotal.
The most critical sense is hearing. There are some sounds people can’t hear. On the low end of the scale are
infrasonic, low-pitched sound vibrations on the hertz frequency scale falling below 20 hertz (Hz). On the other
end are high-pitched sounds, like dog whistles. People typically hear in a range between 20 to 20,000 Hz (middle-
aged adults usually don’t hear beyond 12,000 or 14,000 Hz). Elephants, however, generally hear between 16 to
12,000 Hz. Cattle also start hearing sound at 16 Hz, but can continue to hear all the way to 40,000 Hz. And
earthquake shock waves and ocean waves produce sounds in the infrasonic range.
Some researchers think some animals like elephants get an early earthquake warning because they can sense
shock waves in the ground through their large feet. They don’t hear the sound but they do sense distant, unfamiliar
vibrations rolling in that terrify them into fleeing for safety. How animals, not just elephants, sense these vibrtions
is generally unknown. Researchers are examining different organs, body parts and nerve chains in a variety of
species that may be able to pick up sound vibrations that humans just can’t sense.
This theory could also account for the-just-in-time-reactions of other animals with less acute hearing just
prior to the tsunami. Reserchers note that infrasonic sound produce uneasiness and nausea in people. Animals
may perceive these sound vibrations as dangerous and instinctively seek safety.
03. The most appropriate title for this passage is .... 04. The word “conceivably” in paragraph 2 can
(A) Animal Behaviors most logically be replaced by ….
(B) Climate Weather Warning (A) indescribably
(C) Signs of Storms (B) possibly
(D) Animal’s Ability to Predict Certain Events (C) thoughtlessly
(E) Animals in Bad Weather (D) carelessly
(A) corruptively

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05. The author’s attitude regarding the topic of the text
is .... 07. The passage is most likely found in ....
(A) perverse (A) popular science magazine
(B) partial (B) weather review
(C) concerned (C) natural alarm text
(D) neutral (D) warning sign booklet
(E) confident (E) vet handbook

06. Acoording to the passage, the bad weather

warnings shown by the animals ....
(A) are very helpful to people in the area
(B) help to allocate the center of disaster
(C) don’t exist at all and are only hoaxes
(D) come from all five senses of the animals
(E) may be useful for people in areas far from the
epicenter

The potential of solar energy is great. The total amount of solar energy reaching the earth each year is over 30
times as much as the total energy used. Even a very small satellite in orbit around the eart can be used __8__ twice
as much electricity as the largest __9__ power station. For a long time men __10__ to use solar energy because
sunshine is not something which is constant and thus always available, especially in temperate and cold climates.
The direction of the sun’s rays varies too, however, during the past 200 years significant __11__ have been made
in the use of solar energy __12__ heat and more recently to produce electricity. During the ninetennth century,
__13__ , solar system generators were built. These generators consisted of mirrors that could be moved and could
thus concentrate large amounts of __14__ from the sun on blackened pipes through which water was circulated.
In this way the water was turned to steam, even ice __15__ by a similar method a hundred years ago in Paris.

08. .... 12. ....

(A) product (A) to generate
(B) to produce (B) to reduce
(C) production (C) to combine
(D) productive (D) to intensify
(E) productivity (E) to extract

09. .... 13. ....

(A) Conventional (A) for example
(B) Virtual (B) however
(C) Exceptional (C) therefore
(D) Classic (D) moreover
(E) Powerful (E) nevertheless

10. ..... 14. ....

(A) failed (A) radiate
(B) fail (B) radiation
(C) have failed (C) radiated
(D) had failed (D) radiating
(E) is failing (E) radiator

11. .... 15. ....

(A) steps (A) produced
(B) advances (B) was produced
(C) proposals (C) it produced
(D) opinions (D) to be produced
(E) uses (E) being produced

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