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[C] look out [D] work out

32. I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat ________.

[A] disapproval [B] rejection [C] refusal [D] decline

33. From this material we can ________ hundreds of what you may call direct products. [A] derive [B] discern [C] diminish [D] displace

34. She had clearly no ________ of doing any work, although she was very well paid.

[A] tendency [B] ambition [C] intention [D] willingness

35. What seems confusing or fragmented at first might well become ________ a third time.

[A] clean and measurable [B] notable and systematic [C] pure and wholesome [D] clear and organic

36. The public opinion was that the time was not ________ for the election of such a radical candidate as Mr. Jones. [A] reasonable [B] ripe [C] ready [D] practical

37. Hudson said he could not kill a living thing except for the ________ of hunger.

[A] sensation [B] cause [C] purpose [D] motive

38. For the new country to survive, ________ for its people to enjoy prosperity, new economic policies will be required. [A] to name a few [B] let alone [C] not to speak [D] let‘s say

39. markets after 1985 f[A] displacement [B] elimination [C] exclusion [D] exception

40. When a number of people ________ together in a conversational knot, each individual expresses his position in the group by where he stands. [A] pad [B] pack [C] squeeze [D] cluster

Section II: Cloze Test Directions:

For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C], [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (10 points)

Manpower Inc., with 560,000 workers, is the world‘s largest temporary employment agency. Every morning, its people __41__ into the offices and factories of America, seeking a day‘s work for a day‘s pay. One day at a time. __42__ industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to survive __43__ reducing the number of employees, Manpower, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is booming.

__44__ its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part timers and temporary workers. This __45__ work force is the most important __46__ in American business today, and it is __47__ changing the relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive __48__ avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens __49__ by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of __50__ that came from being a loyal employee. 41. [A] swarm [B] stride [C] separate [D] slip

42. [A] For [B] Because [C] As [D] Since

43. [A] from [B] in [C] on [D] by

44. [A] Even though [B] Now that [C] If only

[D] Provided that 45. [A] durable [B] disposable [C] available [D] transferable 46. [A] approach [B] flow [C] fashion [D] trend

47. [A] instantly [B] reversely

[C] fundamentally [D] sufficiently 48. [A] but [B] while [C] and [D] whereas

49. [A] imposed [B] restricted [C] illustrated [D] confined

50. [A] excitement [B] conviction [C] enthusiasm [D] importance

Section III: Reading Comprehension Directions:

Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked [A], B), [C] and [D]. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (40 points) Text 1

It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia‘s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group‘s on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: ―We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn‘t just something that happened in Australia. It‘s world history.‖

The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally III law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right Australia -- where e community attitudes US and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.

Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death -- probably by a deadly injection or pill -- to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors. After a ―cooling off‖ period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally III law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. ―I‘m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I‘d go, because I‘ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,‖ he says.

51. From the second paragraph we learn that ________.

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