| Directions : There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
It was Tom's first visit to England , and he was looking forward to his first journey on London 's Underground Railway. Against the advice of his friends he was determined to travel alone.
He entered the station shortly after five o'clock in the afternoon. This is a bad time to travel in London , because crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He had to join a long queue of people who were waiting for tickets. When at last his turn came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the man selling tickets. However, he got the right ticket in the end and, by asking people the way, he also found the eight platform. This was packed tight with people, He did not manage to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer the edge of the platform so as to be in a better position to get on the next one. When this train came in, Tom was swept forward on to the train by the rush of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the names of the stations where the train stopped, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth stop along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling glad that his journey had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never heard of! He explained his difficulty to a man who was standing on the platform. With a smile on his face, the man told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.
1)
“Against the advice of his friends” most probably means________
(A)
to accept their advice
(B)
to act on their advice
(C)
to like their advice
(D)
to act contrary to their advice
2)
Five o'clock in the afternoon in London is a bad time to travel because_____.
(A)
there are too many people walking on the streets
(B)
traffic jam happens here and there
(C)
you have to wait long to get your tube ticket since crowds of people are off work
(D)
the traffic is always in disorder.
3)
From the passage we may infer that ______
(A)
Tom speaks exactly the same language as the people do in London .
(B)
Tom's language is a little different from the one spoken in London .
(C)
There is occasion when people do understand Tom.
(D)
Both B and C.
4)
Tom did not get on the first train because _______
(A)
it is too crowded
(B)
the door of the train didn't open
(C) it would take Tom to the wrong place
(D)
it did not pick up passengers
5)
From the passage we know that ____
_
(A)
London's traffic is perfect
(B)
London's traffic leaves much to be desired
(C)
People can always travel comfortably in London
(D)
London 's traffic is terrible
Passage 2
The Great Lakes are very important to both Canada and the United States because they are in the center of many large industries, which bring a great deal of money into their two countries.
To allow ships to sail up the St. Lawrence River all the way, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes--- a distance of nearly 2,400 miles—engineers had to build a great Seaway, The five Great Lakes were connected to one another by small rivers and canals deep enough for large sea-going ships to navigate. One difficulty to be overcome was the differences in sea level and the dangers of the waterfalls. Ships had to climb up the river from Montreal in much the same way as people must either climb stairs, or else travel in a lift, to reach the upper floors of a building. Engineers dealt with this problem by cutting canals round the waterfalls and building locks to connect up the different levels of the river. A lock is a kind of lift for pulling boats to a higher or lower level in a waterway. A boat sailing up a river enters the lock through the doors at lower end. These doors are then opened, and water is let into the lock from the upper level to raise the boat up to that height. When the lock is full, the upper doors are opened and the boat leaves and sails on to the next lock. There, she is lifted many more feet to the next river level. The boat may pass through several locks, and in this way she climbs to the top of the river, And, of course, when a boat sails down the river, the opposite happens; the water is let out of each lock, and the boat is lowered.
Canals with locks are very like the stairs of a house. The engineers built their first canal along the St. Lawrence River in about 1700, a few miles west of Montreal . During the next 200 years, they cut canals round all the dangerous waterfalls; and at regular distances along these canals they built locks to raise and lower the boats.
6)
The Great Lakes are most probably situated_____
(A)
in central North America
(B)
between Canada and the USA
(C)
near the Pacific
(D)
both A and B
7)
Between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean_______
(A)
there is a man-made canal
(B)
there is a river
(C)
there is no waterway at all
(D)
a waterway is under construction
8)
Ships can't sail up to the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean because ______.
(A)
the waterway is narrow
(B)
the waterway is not deep enough
(C)
the differences in sea level and waterfalls.
(D)
there is no waterway at all
9)
Ships are pulled to higher levels ____.
_
(A)
all the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
(B)
from west of Montreal to the Great Lakes
(C)
all the way from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
(D)
from the Great Lakes to Montreal
10)
A sea-going ship is _______.
_
(A)
a ship that goes from inland waterways to the sea.
(B)
a ship that goes from sea up to inland waterways
(C)
a ship that crosses the sea
(D)
a ship for coastal voyages only
Passage 3
As a result of the recent oil crisis, 9.9 million of California 's 15 million motorists were subjected to an odd-even plan of gas rationing. The governor signed a bill forcing motorists with license plates ending in odd numbers to buy gas only on odd-numbered days, and those ending in even numbers on even-numbered days. Those whose plates were all letters or specially printed had to follow the odd-numbered plan.
Exceptions were made only for emergencies and out-of –skate drivers. Those who could not get gas were forced to walk, bike, or skate to work.
This plan was expected to eliminate the long lines at many service stations. Those who tried to purchase more than twenty gallons of gas or tried to fill a more than half filled tank would be fined and possibly imprisoned.
11)
All of the following are true EXCEPT ______.
(A)
officials hoped that this plan would get rid of long gas lines.
(B)
A gas limit was enforced
(C)
California has 9.9 million drivers
(D)
The governor signed the bill concerning gads rationing
12)
The gas rationing plan was not binding on________
(A)
even-numbered license plates
(B)
odd-numbered license plates
(C)
all-lettered license plates
(D)
out-of-state license plates
13)
Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the gas rationing plan?
(A)
Drivers from other states might buy gas any day.
(B)
Every driver in the state was allowed to buy gas only once every two days.
(C)
It was unlawful for a driver to fill his car tank more than half full
(D)
A cart with its license plate ending in 9 might fill its tank on July 9
.
14)
Those who violated the rationing program_____.
(A)
were forced to walk, bike, or skate to work.
(B)
would be fined and possibly arrested
(C)
had to wait in long lines
(D)
were forced to buy gas on odd-numbered days.
15)
California was forced to adopt this plan because_____________.
(A)
a recent oil crisis necessitated it
(B)
too many drivers were filling their tanks with more than twenty gallons
(C)
people were not getting enough exercise and needed to walk, bike, or skate.
(D)
too many motorists had odd-numbered plates.
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