1.

TheAmazonVal
leyisext
remel
yimpor
tantt
otheecol
ogyoft
heear
th.For
typer
centoft
he
worl
d’soxy
gen…there.

A.ar
ebei
ngpr
oduced

B.ar
epr
oduced

C.i
sbei
ngpr
oduced

D.i
spr
oduced

E.Waspr
oduced

2.Whent
hebusbr
okedowni
nthemi
ddl
eoft
hedesser
t,we…t
hatwewoul
dhav
etof
ini
sh

t
hej
our
neyt
oourdest
inat
iononf
oot
.

A.wer
etel
l
ing

B.hav
etol
d

C.wer
etol
d

D.hav
ebeent
old

E.hadt
old

3.“
Yourt
rai
nwasdel
ayed,
wasn’
tit
?”

“
Yes,
ther
efor
e,whenIar
ri
ved,
thedr
iverpi
cki
ngmeup…f
ormor
ethananhour
.”

A.Wai
ted

B.Woul
dwai
t

C.Waswai
ti
ng

D.Woul
dhav
ewai
ted

E.Hadbeenwai
ti
ng

4.ASEANTr
adeMi
nist
ers…t
hepossi
bil
i
tyofdev
elopi
ngeconomi
ccooper
ati
onbef
oret
hey

at
tendedt
hesummi
tmeet
ingl
astmont
h.
A.Di
scuss

B.Di
sscused

C.Haddi
scussed

D.Wer
edi
scussi
ng

E.Woul
ddi
scuss

5.“
Canwepost
ponet
hecl
assmeet
ingunt
ilFr
iday
?”.

“
I’
m af
rai
dnot
.I…basket
bal
lonFr
iday
.”

A.Woul
dpl
ay

C.Hasbeenpl
ayi
ng

D.Al
way
spl
ay

E.Pl
ayed

6.“
Whenar
eyougoi
ngt
otel
lyoursi
stert
hegoodnews?
”

“
Whenshe…f
rom herbusi
nesst
ri
p.“

A.Wi
l
lber
etur
ning

B.I
sgot
ongr
etur
n

C.Ret
urns

D.I
sret
urni
ng

E.Hadr
etur
ned

Readt
hef
oll
owi
ngpassagest
oanswerquest
ion7-
10

PassageA

Forthoseofy ounowey ei
ngyourcel
l-
phonessuspici
ously
,itiswort
hnot hi
ngthatboththe
Nati
onal CancerI
nsti
tute(NCI
)andtheWor l
dHealthOrganizati
on(WHO)sayt hereisno
evi
dencet osupportt
heasserti
onthatcel
l
-phonesareapubl i
chealt
hthreat.Butanumberof
sci
entist
sarewor r
iedthathasbeenadangerousrushtodeclarecel
l-
phonessaf e,usi
ngst
udi
es
theyfeelarei
nadequat eandt oooftenwei ghtedtowar
dsthewir
elessindustr
yinterest
s.An
analysispubl
i
shedbyUni v
ersityofWashi ngtonneurol
ogi
stHenryLaideterminedthatfarmore
i
ndependentst udiesthanindustry
—f undedst udi
eshavef
oundatleastsomet y
peofbi ol
ogi
cal
effectsfr
om cell
-phoneexposur e.

Ast
rongl
i
nkbet
weenmobi
l
esandcancercoul
dhav
emaj
orpubl
i
c-heal
thi
mpl
i
cat
ions.

Ascell
-phonesmakeandt akecal
l
s,theyemi
tlow-
level
-r
adio-
fr
equency(RFradi
ati
on).St
ronger
thanFM radiosi
gnal
s,t
heseRFwav esarest
il
labi
lli
ont
ht hei
ntensi
tyofknowncarci
nogenic
radi
ati
onlikeX-r
ay.(
www.time.
com)

PassageB

Ast
udypubl
i
shedi
nthej
our
nal
Bioel
ect
romagnet
icsr
epor
tedt
hatnost
ati
sti
cal
l
y

si
gnif
icantchangei
nthei
nci
denceofbraincancersi
nmenandwomeni
nEngl
andbet
ween
1998and2007, ati
mewhencell
-phonesuseincr
easeddr
amat
ical
l
y.

Butnow, newwor kpubli

shedthi
sweeki ntheJournaloftheAmericanMedicalAssoci
ati
onsays
thereisanidentif
iableeff
ectofcell
-phonesuseint hebrai
n,buti
tistooearl
ytotellwhat,
if
anythi
ng,thateffectmeanshealth-wise.Therehasbeenal otofcontr
over
syofwhet hercel
l-
phonescoul dincreasethetemperatureofthebrai
n, whi
chinturncouldaf
fectenergy
requir
ement s.

Basedonourstudy,wereal
lycannotinf
erwhethert
hisisabadorcoul
devenhavepotent
ial
l
y
goodappli
cat
ionssothat—ourfi
ndingdoesn’
til
luminat
eorenl
ight
enthatver
yimpor
tant
quest
ionorwhethercel
l
-phoneexposurecoul
dhav edetri
ment
aleff
ect
s.(www.

npr
.or
g)

7.Bot
hpassagesar
esi
mil
ari
ncont
enti
nter
msofaddr
essi
ng…

A.r
elat
ionbet
weenmobi
l
ephonesandheal
th

B.r
ecentr
esear
chev
idenceoncel
l
-phonesuses

C.mobi
l
ephonespot
ent
ial
eff
ect
sofmobi
l
ephoneuseonuser
s’br
ain

D.mobi
l
ephoneusei
ntr
igger
ingt
hebr
aincancer

E.f
indi
ngt
her
esear
chont
heuseofmobi
l
ephones
8.Thet
opi
cdi
scussedi
nbot
hpassagesabov
eis….

A.t
hei
ncr
easei
nthebr
aincanceri
nci
dencesbyt
hemobi
l
ephonesr
adi
ati
ons

B.i
nconcl
usi
veempi
ri
cal
findi
ngsont
hei
mpactoft
heuseofmobi
l
ephones

C.r
ecentr
esear
chf
indi
ngsonr
adi
ati
onbymobi
l
ephonesonbr
aindamage

D.ar
gument
sagai
nstf
requentusesofmobi
l
ephonesf
orheal
thr
easons

E.i
ssuesont
hei
mpactofusi
ngmobi
l
ephonesononest
ate’
sheal
th

9.I
nfor
mat
ioni
nbot
hpassagesmayl
eadt
oahy
pot
hesi
sthat….

A.uncont
rol
l
eduseofmobi
l
ephoneswi
l
lincr
easecar
cinogeni
cst
uffi
nuser
’sbr
ain

B.r
egul
aruseofmobi
l
ecel
l
-phoneswi
l
lincr
easebi
ologi
cal
def
ect
snotj
usti
nthebr
ain

C.t
hei
ncr
easi
nguseofmobi
l
ephoneswi
l
lresul
tindet
ri
ment
alef
fect
soft
hei
ruser
s.

D.car
elessuseofmobi
l
ephoneswi
l
lincr
easel
evel
sofbr
ainsener
gyconsumpt
ions.

E.f
requentuseofmobi
l
ephoneswi
l
lincr
easet
her
adi
ati
onaccumul
ati
oni
nthebr
ain.

10.Whi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngr
efl
ect
sopi
nionsment
ionedi
nthebot
hpassages?

A.Ther
ewasnoi
ncr
easeofbr
aincancerpat
ient
sinmenandwomenbet
ween1998-
2007.

B.St
atement
sbyNCIandWHOonsaf
euseofcel
lphoneshav
eledt
oadanger
ousr
ush.

C.Ther
eissomet
ypeofbi
ologi
cal
eff
ect
sfr
om mobi
l
ephoneexposur
e.

D.Radi
ati
onemi
tt
edbyX-
ray
siscar
cinogeni
c.

E.Mobi
l
ephonesemi
tdeadl
yradi
ati
on.

Readt
hef
oll
owi
ngpassaget
oanswerquest
ion11-
15.

Thev i
ewt hatwomenar ebet t
erparentsthanmenhasshowni t
selftobetruethroughouthi
stor
y.
Thisisnottosayt hatmenar enotofi mport
ancei nchi
ld-
rear
ing;indeed,t
heyaremost
necessaryifchil
drenaretoappreci
at eful
lytherolesofbothsexes.Butwomenhav eproven
themselvessuperiorparentsasaresultoftheircondi
ti
oning,t
heirlessaggressi
venatureand
general
lybettercommuni cati
onski
lls.
From thetimet heyarelit
tl
e, femaleslear
naboutnur t
uring.Fir
stwithdol
lsandl aterperhaps
withyoungerbr othersandsi sters,
girl
saregiv
enther oleofcareer.Gi
rl
sseet heirmot hersi
nthe
samer olessoi ti
snat ur
althatt heyident
if
ythisasfemal eacti
vit
y.Boys,i
ncont rast,
learn
compet i
tiverol
esf arremov edf r
om whatitmeanstonur t
ure.Whileboysmaydr eam of
adventures,gir
lsconditi
oningmeanst heytendtoseet hefutureinter
msofr aisi
ngf ami l
i
es.

Gir
lsalsoappeart obelessaggressi
vethanboy s.Inadul
thood,i
tismennotwomen, whoprove
tobet heaggressorsi
ncr i
meandi nwar.Obviously,i
nrai
singchi
ldren,amorepati
ent,gent
le
manneri sprefer
abletoamor eaggressi
veone.Al t
hough,ther
ecertainl
yexi
stgentl
emenand
aggressivewomen, byandlarge,f
emalearelesslikel
ytoresortt
ov iol
encei
nattemptingto
sol
vepr oblems.

Fi
nall
y,woment endtobebet t
ercommuni catorthanmen.Thi si
sshowni ni
ntel
li
gencetest,
wherefemales,onaverage,
dobetteri
nv erbalcommuni cati
onthanmales.Ofcourse,
communi cat
ionisofutmostimport
antinrear i
ngchil
dren,aschil
drent
endtolearnfrom and
adoptthecommuni cat
ionstyl
esofthei
rpar ents.

Thus,
iti
sal
lverywell
tosuggestagr
eaterr
oleformeninrai
singchi
l
dren,
letusnotf
orgett
hat
womenaregeneral
l
ybett
ersuit
edtotheparent
ingr
oles.

11.Accor
dingt
othet
ext
,whi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngst
atementi
sTRUEaboutpar
ent
singener
al?

A.Chi
l
drenl
ovet
hei
rmot
her
smor
ethant
heyl
ovet
hei
rfat
her
s.

B.Al
lfat
her
stendt
obeaggr
essi
veandv
iol
entt
owar
dst
hei
rchi
l
dren.

C.Mot
her
spl
ayagr
eat
err
olei
ntheeducat
ionoft
hei
rchi
l
dren.

D.Ev
engent
lef
ather
sar
eunabl
etocommuni
cat
ewi
thchi
l
dren.

E.Ther
eisnocommuni
cat
ionbet
weenf
ather
sandt
hei
rchi
l
dren.

12.Thef
oll
owi
ngar
ethegener
alchar
act
eri
sti
csofmen,
EXCEPT….

A.aggr
essi
ve

B.adv
ent
ures

C.i
mpat
ient

D.i
rr
esponsi
ble

E.compet
it
ive
13.Mostwomenar
egoodmot
her
sbecauset
hey….

A.hav
ebr
other
sandsi
ster
swi
thwhom t
heypl
ay

B.hadt
olear
naboutnur
tur
ingwhent
heywer
echi
l
dren

C.hav
enev
erdr
eamsofadv
ent
urel
i
keboy
s

D.ar
enott
olear
naboutcompet
it
iver
oles

E.hav
eknownt
her
oleofcar
eersi
ncechi
l
dhood

14.Aspar
ent
s,womeni
ngener
alpl
ayamor
eimpor
tantr
olet
hanmenbecauset
heyar
e….

A.notaggr
essi
veatal
l

B.goodcommuni
cat
ors

C.super
iorhumanbei
ngs

D.exper
iencedi
nrai
singchi
l
dren

E.capabl
eofsol
vi
ngpr
obl
ems

15.Themai
ninf
ormat
ionoft
het
exti
sabout….

A.t
hei
mpor
tanceofmenandwomeni
nchi
l
drear
ing

B.t
her
eluct
anceofment
opl
ayt
her
oleofpar
ent
s

C.t
her
easonswhywomenar
ebet
terpar
ent
sthanmen

D.t
hesuper
iorofwomeni
nfami
l
y

E.t
hedi
ff
erentat
ti
tudesofmenandwomenaspar
ent
s

Readt
hist
oanswernumber16-
20

Whal
esar
et helar
gestani
malsonear
th.Bi
ggert
hanel
ephants,
theymaygrow95feetl
ong,
and
wei
gh150tons.Ababybluewhal
e,j
ustbor
n,canbe23feetl
ongandweigh3tons.
Althoughwhal esl i
veintheoceansandswi msl i
keafish,theyarenotf
ish.Theyaremammal s,
l
ikecowsandel ephants.Unli
kef i
shtheybearyoungali
ve,notaseggs.Thei
rbabiesl
iveonthei
r
mot her’
smilk.Theybr eathethroughtheirl
ungsandholdt hei
rbreat
hwhent heygounderwater
.
I
ft heycannotcomet ot hesurfacetobreat
hefreshair
,theywill
drown.Theyarewarm-bl
ooded.
Fish,however,layeggs, breat
heoxy geninthewater
,andar ecol
d-bl
ooded.

Whalesli
vei nal l
theoceans.I nthewi nter,someoft hem got othewar m watertobreedandi n
thesummer ,mostoft hem got othecol dwat ertof eed.Therearet wokindsofwhal es,
whal es
withteet
h( toothedwhal es)andwhal eswi thoutteet h(baleenwhales).Thetoothedwhaleseat
fi
shandsqui d,whichtheycancat chwi ththeirteeth,althoughtheyswal l
owtheirfoodswi t
hout
chewingit.Thebal eenwhal eseatplankt on(smal lanimal sandplants).Whentheyfindplankton,
theyopent heirmout hsandswi mi nt
ot hepl ankton.Whent heyclosetheirmouththeysqueeze
outthewat erandswal lowt heplankt
on.

Whal
eshavefewenemies.Onl
yhumanbei
ngsandt heki
ll
erwhalesthatatt
ackwhales.And
whal
esdonotseem t
ofightamongt
hemsel
ves.Theyusuall
yli
vefrom 20−30year
s.

16.Fr
om t
het
extwemayconcl
udet
hat….

A.awhal
ecanbot
heatsqui
dandpl
ankt
on

B.t
oot
hedwhal
eschewt
hei
rfoodsbef
oreswal
l
owi
ngi
t

C.t
het
wot
ypesofwhal
esl
i
vei
nthedi
ffer
entwat
ers

D.bal
eenwhal
esswal
l
owt
hewat
ercont
aini
ngt
hepl
ankt
on

E.eacht
ypeofwhal
eeat
saspeci
fi
cki
ndoff
oods

17.Whal
esoccasi
onal
l
yli
vei
nthewar
m wat
er….

A.t
ogetmor
efoods

B.f
orr
epr
oduct
ion

C.t
oav
oidwi
nter

D.t
ogetf
reshai
r

E.t
ofeedt
hei
rbabi
es

18.Whi
choft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
sTRUEaboutt
hewhal
es?
A.Whal
esar
egener
all
y95f
eetl
ongandwei
gh150t
ons.

B.Bi
gani
mal
sli
vi
ngi
ntheoceant
endt
obet
hei
renemi
es.

C.Li
kef
ish,
whal
escanl
i
vei
nal
lki
ndsofwat
er.

D.Thei
rli
fe-
spani
susual
l
ylongert
hanhumanbei
ngs.

E.Anew-
bor
nbabywhal
emaywei
ghtone-
fi
ft
iet
hofi
tsmot
her
.

19.Asui
tabl
eti
tl
efort
het
exti
s..
..

A.Lar
geAni
mal
sonEar
th

B.Di
ff
erenceBet
weenWhal
esandEl
ephant
s

C.Whal
es,
theBi
ggestAni
mal
sonEar
th

D.Si
mil
ari
tyBet
weenFi
shandWhal
es

E.TheLi
feofWhal
esi
ntheOceans

20.Thedi
ff
erencebet
weenwhal
esandf
ishi
sthatwhal
es….

A.donothav
etocomet
othesur
facet
ogetf
reshai
r

B.del
i
vert
hei
ryoungl
i
keel
ephant
sdo

C.wi
l
ldi
eift
heycannotgetoxy
geni
nthewat
er

D.ar
emammal
sthatar
ecol
d-bl
ooded

E.caneasi
l
ybr
eat
hewhent
heyar
eunderwat
er