Passage One
Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. [A] To study the problems of local industries.
[B] To find ways to treat human wastes.
[C] To investigate the annual catch of fish in the Biramichi River.
[D] To conduct a study on fishing in the Biramichi River.
12. [A] Lack of oxygen. [B] Overgrowth of water plants.
[C] Low water level. [D] Serious pollution upstream.
13. [A] They’ll be closed down. [B] They’re going to dismiss some of their employees.
[C] They’ll be moved to other places. [D] They have no money to build chemical treatment plants.
14. [A] There were fewer fish in the river.
[B] Over-fishing was prohibited.
[C] The local Chamber of Commerce tried to preserve fishes.
[D] The local fishing cooperative decided to reduce its catch.
Passage Two
Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
15. [A] Oral instructions recorded on a tape. [B] A brief letter sealed in an envelope.
[C] A written document of several pages. [D] A short note to their lawyer.
16. [A] Refrain from going out with men for five years. [B] Stop wearing any kind of fashionable clothes.
[C] Bury the dentist with his favorite car. [D] Visit his grave regularly for five years.
17. [A] He was angry with his selfish relatives. [B] He was just being humorous.
[C] He was not a wealthy man. [D] He wanted to leave his body for medical purposes.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. [A] They thought it quite acceptable. [B] They believed it to be a luxury.
[C] They took it to be a trend. [D] They considered it avoidable.
19. [A] Critical. [B] Serious.
[C] Skeptical. [D] Casual.
20. [A] When people consider marriage an important part of their lives.
[B] When the costs of getting a divorce become unaffordable.
[C] When the current marriage law is modified.
[D] When husband and wife understand each other better.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them 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 centre.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft chairman without a single earned university degree, is by his success raising new doubts about the worth of the business world’s favorite academic title: the MBA (Master of Business Administration).
The MBA, a 20th-century product, always has borne the mark of lowly commerce and greed(贪婪)on the tree-lined campuses ruled by purer disciplines such as philosophy and literature.
But even with the recession apparently cutting into the hiring of business school graduates, about 79,000 people are expected to receive MBAs in 1993. This is nearly 16 times the number of business graduates in 1960, a testimony to the widespread assumption that the MBA is vital for young men and women who want to run companies some day. |
