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Passage1
“
Asoci et
yinwhi chsomepeopl ear eidoli
zedforbeingfabul
ouslyr i
chsetsa
standardofsuccessthatisunattai
nabl
eandl eadsustot r
yt oappr
oachi tbyworking
mor eand spending more,”Tatzelsai
d.“Cooling t
heconsumpt i
on-dr
iven economy,
workingless,
andconsumi nglessarebet
terfortheenvi
ronmentandbetterforhumans,
too.”
1.I
deasinthet hirdparagraphmaybestsummar i
zedas…
A.Thelev elofconsumer i
sm maypositi
vel
yornegat i
vel
yinfluencet
heflor
aand
thefauna
B.Materiali
sticpersonar eunhappyandt endt oharm environmentsmerelyto
meett heirneeds
C.Humanbecomeunhappyduet otheexi st
inggapbet weent hei
rneedsand
thei
rneedf ulf
il
lment
D.Themor ewef eeltheneeds,theharderwet rytoful
fi
llt
hem,andt hewor se
weimpactonnat ure
E.Happypeopl ear ethosewhocanf ulf
il
ltheirneedssot hattheydonotput
morebur denonnat ure
2.I
nthelastparagr
aph7, Tatzelhol
dsthebelieft
hat….
A.Human act ivi
ti
es based on t he economic desir
e wi l
ltend t o damage
envir
onment
B.We t end to destr
uctnat ur
e and ourselv
es due to economi cal
ly-
ori
ented
desir
es
C.Successi ntermsofeconomi cbasesf or
ceshumanst odest roypersonal
val
ues
D.Thef act
orscausingthedamageofenv i
ronmentsli
eont heeconomi cdesir
es
E.Iti
spossibletosav eenvi
ronmentsifeconomicstandar
dsar eincreased
3.I
norganizi ngtheideasinthepassage, t
heaut horst ar
tsby….
A.Offeringaf actoft heimpactl ifesty
leonenv i
ronment,foll
owedwi t
hot her
evidenceofnon- destr
uctingconduct s
B.Arguing f ort he impor t
ance ofhav i
ng appr opriat
el i
festyl
es,descri
bing
resear chprocedures,andt henpr esentingr esult
s
C.Showi ng human l i
festy
lesi n search ofhappi nessasconduct sseri
ously
causinghar mtoenv ir
onment s,exempl if
iedwi t
hev i
dence
D.Descr ibing i
mpact s ofbei ng eco- f
riendlyr esult
ing f
rom keeping proper
l
ifestylesandt hendescr i
ptionsofway st ogethappi ness
E.Showi ngt hel i
nkbet weenconsumer ism andenv ir
onment ,andthenarguing
fortruehappi nessgoodf orhumansandenv ir
onment
4.Thepar
agraphfol
lowingthepassagemostl
i
kel
ydeal
swi
th…
A.Conclusi
onoftheresearchresul
ts
B.Impl
icati
onsofresear
chf i
nding
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C.Recommendat i
onsforf
utur
ef ol
low-
up
D.Furt
herdi
scussionsonthef
indings
E.Li
mitat
ionoftheresear
chstudy
5.Whati
sauthor
s’at
ti
tudeont
het
opi
crel
atedwi
thTat
zel
’
sideasi
nthepassage…
A.Seri
ous
B.Neutral
C.Cri
ti
cal
D.Formal
E.Anxious
Theenv i
ronment ali mpactofgeot her malener gymaynotbeasext ensi veast he
othersour cesofener gy . Whengeot her malener gyi sdev elopedatapar ticularsi te,
env i
ronment alpr obl emsi ncl udeon- sitenoi se, emissi onsofgas, anddi st urbanceoft he
l
and at dr ill
i
ng si tes,di sposalsi tes,r oads,and pi pel i
nes,and power pl ant s.
Dev elopmentofgeot her malener gydoesnotr equir
el arge-scal et ranspor tationofr aw
mat erialorr ef i
ningofchemi cals,asdev elopmentoff ossilf uelsdoes.Fur thermor e,
geot her malener gydoes notpr oduce t he at mospher i
c pol l
utant s associ ated wi th
burningf ossi lfuel sort her adioact iv enucl earwast eassoci atedwi thnucl earener gy .
Howev er,geot her maldev elopmentof tendoespr oduceconsi derabl et her malpol lution
from hotwast ewat ers, whi chmaybesal i
neorhi ghlycorrosi ve.
Geot hermalpoweri snotal way spopul ar.Fori nstance,geot her malener gyhas
beenpr oducedf ory ear sont hei slandofHawai i
,wher eact i
vev olcani cpr ocesses
prov i
de abundantnear -sur face heat . Ther ei s cont r
ov ersy ,howev er,ov erf urther
explor ation and dev elopment . Nat i
veHawai i
ansand ot her shav ear gued t hatt he
explor ation and dev elopmentofgeot her malener gydegr adet het ropi calf orestas
dev eloper sconst r
uctr oads,bui ldf acili
ties,anddr illwells.I naddi ti
on,r eli
giousand
culturali ssuesi nHawai ir elatet ot heuseofgeot hermalener gy .Forexampl e,some
peopl ear eof fendedbyusi ngt he" Br eat heandWat erofPel e"( thev olcanogoddess)t o
makeel ect r
icity.Thi si ssuepoi ntsoutt hei mpor t
anceofbei ngsensi ti
v et ot hev al
ues
andcul tureofpeopl ewher edev elopmenti spl anned.
Atpr esent ,theUni tedSt at espr oducesonl y2800MN ofgeot hermalener gy .
Howev er,ifdev eloped, knowngeot her malr esour cesi ntheUni tedSt atescoul dpr oduce
about20, 000MW whi chi sabout10%oft heel ectri
cityneededf ort hewest ernst ates.
Geohy drother malr esour cesnoty etdi scov eredcoul dconser vativelypr ov idef ourt imes
thatamount( appr oxi mat ely10%oft otalU. S.el ectri
ccapaci ty),aboutequi valentt ot he
electricitypr oducedf rom wat erpowert oday .
6.I npar agraph1, theaut horintr oducest heconceptofgeot her mal ener gyby….
A.Expl ainingt hehi st oryoft hi sener gysour cewor ldwi de
B.Pr ovidingi nf or mat ionaboutt hel ar geuseoft hi
sener gy
C.Ar guingt hatt hisener gysour cehasbeent riedunsuccessf ully
D.Compar ingt hepr oduct i
onwi ththatofot herener gysour ces
E.Descr i
bingt heal ternativesf orgener at i
ngel ectr
icpower
7.Whati st r
ueaboutgeot her
mal ener
gypr oduct
ionwor l
dwide?
A.Onl ycountri
esintheSout her
nHemi sphereareusinggeothermalener
gyona
l
ar gescale
B.Asi tisanewi dea,veryfewcountri
esar edevelopi
nggeothermalener
gy
sour ces
C.Geot hermalenergyi
snowusedi nal argescaleinagloball
evel
D.Geot hermalenergyi
sal r
eadybeingusedi nanumberofnat i
ons,buti
tisnot
yetamaj orsour
ceofpower
E.Unt i
l t
hecostofgeot her
mal ener
gybecomescompet i
ti
ve,i
twil
lnotbeused
globally
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8.I
nparagraph2, t
heauthorstat
est hatgeothermal energyisconsi
dereda
nonr
enewableresourcebecause….
A.Theproducti
onofgeothermal energyisnaturalprocess
B.Geot
hermal energycomesfrom theear t
h
C.Wear enotusingverymuchgeot hermal energynow
D.Wecoul dusemor egeother
mal energythani snatural
lyrepl
aced
E.Therateofgeothermalenergycouldreplenishment
10.
Theword‘consi
der
abl
e’i
npar
agr
aph5oft
hepassagemean…
A.Large
B.Dangerous
C.Steady
D.Unexpected
E.Substanti
al
Unlikebel ov edchi l
drenst ories, nat ur
ei sacr uel,
hardwor ldt hatispaintednot
i
nwat ercolorsbuti nbl ood.Ast udyf oundt hatchemi calsrel
easedbypl antsast heyar e
eatencanhel ppushcat erpil
larst ocanni balism.Manypl ant sr eleaset hechemi cal
met hyljasmonat ewhenst r
essedordamaged.Get tinggnawedonbyacat erpill
ari s
stressful,sowhent hecat erpil
larsstar tbi t
ing,t hechemi calfl
aregoesup.Ot hernear by
plantssenset hef lar eandst artpr oduci ngt hei
rownmet hylj asmonat e,buildinga
chemi calcamouf lagear oundt heirleav esandst ems.Onceal lthef oodsour cest aste
terri
ble,caterpil
larst urnt othenextav ail
abl emeal :eachot her.Pl antswi ththet imet o
buildupast rongdef ensecanmaket heirleav essounappet i
zingt hatcat er
pil
larswi l
l
starteatingeachot hert ogett heirfil
l,leav i
ngt hepl antalone.
Resear cher snow pl ant oal sol ooki ntohow i nsectv irusesar etransf erred
duringt heirmor ecar nivorousper iod.I fvirusest hathar m caterpi l
larsar etransf erred
mor eeasi lybycanni bali
sm, thatcoul dbeagai nfort heplants.Notonl yar ethei
rl eav es
protected f r
om pest s,butnow t hose pr edators ar e spreading di sease amongst
themsel ves,reducingt heher bi
v or
epopul ationf urt
her .
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I
nteresti
nglyenough,canni
balism canservesomeimportantfuncti
onsamong
theseherbi
vores.Eatingeachotherli
terall
ytakest
hecompet i
ti
onoutoft hefoodchai
n,
and keepst hesur vi
v i
ng popul
ati
onst r
ong inat i
mewhenf ood mi ghtbescarce.
Theref
ore,weshoul dnotbequi cktojudget hesef
uzzyti
tt
lecanni
bali
sm.I ti
sabugeat
bugwor l
doutt here.
11.
Whichoft hefol
lowi ngst at
ement sisnott rueaccordi
ngtothetext…
A.Tressmaysav epl antsfrom beingconsumed
B.Plant
scanmani pul at
et hei
rownper ceptionoftast
e
C.Underconst r
aints, pl
antscanal tert
heirpr edat
or’
sappet
ite
D.Cannibali
sm helpsmai ntai
nf oodsuppl yintimesofneed
E.Thechemi calmet hylj
asmonat edr i
vescat erpi
l
lar
sawayfrom thei
rnat
ural
food
12.
Whatisthet opicofthi
spassagei s…
A.Cater
pill
ars’consumptionbehav i
or
B.Canni
balism anditseffectoncat erpil
lars
C.Theeffectofmet hylj
asmonat eoni nsects
D.Pl
ant’
sdef ensemechani sm againstherbivor
es
E.Thecausesofcanni balism amongcat erpi
ll
ars
13.
From t
hepassage,itcanbei nfer
redthat…
A.Cannibal
ism maybalancet hesupplyanddemandf orfood
B.Vir
usesar eeasi
l
ytransferredbymeansofcanni bali
sm
C.Thechemi cal
sdecreaset hecater
pil
lar
’shungerforfood
D.Cannibal
ism i
sanat uralphenomenonamongher bi
vores
E.Otherbugscanalsot urncannibal
i
stictowardseachother
14.
Thepurposeoft hi
spassagei sto….
A.Convincereadersthatnatureisharshinreali
ty
B.Educatereadersnott ojudgeherbivor
eshastil
y
C.Describetheeff
ectofcanni bali
sm amongpl ant-eatingani
mals
D.Expl
ainhowcat erpil
larscanbehav euncharacteristi
call
y
E.I
nformt hereadersthatcannibali
sm amongher bivoresisnor
mal
Passage3
(11)Themosti nfl
uentialt heor
yofemot i
onswaspr oposedi n1884byWi lli
am
James, theAmeri
canpsy chologistandphilosopher.(
2)Scientist
shav efacedproblems
i
nat temptingt
of or
mul at
eapr ecisedef
init
ionofemot ion.(3)ADani shphysiologist
,
CarlLange,wit
houtpriorknowl edgeofJames’wr iti
ngs,publi
shedt hesameconcepti n
1887.(4)Theproposit
ioncamet obeknownast heJames- Langet heor
y.(5)Pr
iortot he
for
mul ati
onofthi
st heory,i
thadbeenassumedt hatemot i
onswer earousedbyi deas
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thatt heprovoki
ngsi tuati
onar ousedintheindi
vi
dual’
smind.( 6)Touseasi mpl e
exampl e:manseesbear ;manf eelsafr
aid;manrunsaway .(7)JamesandLange
reversedthesequence:manseesbear ;manrunsaway;manfeel
saf rai
d.(8)According
tot hisview,thephy siol
ogicalreacti
onsaretheimmediat
er eflexresponset ot he
provokingstimul
us.(9)Theemot ionsappearonl
ywhent hei ndiv
idualsensest hat
bodilychangesareoccur r
ing.
15.
Whichofthef
oll
owi
ngsent
encesf
rom t
hepar
agr
aphi
sir
rel
evant
?
A.Sent
ence1
B.Sent
ence2
C.Sent
ence4
D.Sent
ence6
E.Sent
ence7
16.
Theprecedingparagraphmostl ikel
ydiscusses…
A.Othertheori
esofemot ions
B.Reasonsf orpeopl
et obeafraid
C.Studi
esconduct edbyCar l
Lange
D.Theimpact sofemot i
onstot hebrai
n
E.Physicalchangescausedbyemot i
ons
17.
Theparagraphfol
lowingthepassagewil
lli
kel
ytal
kabout…
A.Timetochangedi etsundef
ined
B.I
mpact sofdi
etarychangesundefi
ned
C.Howt ostopsugarconsumpt i
onundefi
ned
D.Furt
herstudi
esondi etar
ychangesundefi
ned
E.Examplesofdietstocopewi t
hstr
ess
18.
Whatisauthorat
ti
tudet
owar
dthet
opi
coft
hepassage…
A.Asserti
ve
B.Thoughtful
C.Suggesti
v e
D.Considerat
e
E.Posit
ive
19.
Thepassagecanbesummar izedasf ollows…
A.Sugarconsumpt ionmaydecr easet hequal i
tyoflif
eandi ncreaserisksof
physi
calil
l
ness
B.Diet
arychangesar et
healternati
vetost ayawayf r
om high-
sugarfood
C.Thereiscorrel
ati
onbetweensugari ntakeandment alhealt
h
D.Thenegativeimpactofsugaronhumanheal t
hhasbeenshownempi ri
call
y
E.I
mpactofsugaronheal t
hr eceivedlessattenti
onthandessertandprocessed
foods
20.
Basedont hepassage,anxiet
ysympt omswill
getworseif…
A.Fatdomi nat
esthediet
B.Adietsisful
lofsweetfoods
C.Foodconsumedcont ai
nslotsoffatandsugar
D.Diet
arychangesfailt
or epl
acefoodscontai
ningsugar
E.Processedfoodisthemai ndail
ymeal