TEXT D Please Recycle That Bobsled Run For the 1992 Winter Games French organizers constructed a new motorway, parking lots and runs for skiing in the Alps. Environmentalists screamed "Disaster!". Thus warned, the Norwegians have adopted "green" advice and avoided great blots on the landscape. The speed-skating rink was built to look like an overturned ship, and placed so as not to disturb a bird sanctuary. Dug into a mountainside, the hockey arena is well concealed and efficient. The bobsled run is built out of wood not metal and hidden among trees. No wonder the president of the International Olympic Committee has called these the first "Green Games." Lillehammers opening ceremonies featured a giant Olympic Torch burning biogas produced by rotting vegetation. During construction, builders were threatened with 7 500 fines for felling trees unnecessarily. Rare trees were carefully transplanted from hillsides. Food is being served on potato-based plates that will be fed, in turn, to pigs. smoking has been banned outdoors as well as in, with enforcement by polite requests. Environmentalists have declared partial victory: though Coca-Colas plan to decorate the town with banners has been scaled back, there are still too many billboards for strict tastes. Perhaps, but after the Games, athlete housing will be converted into vocation homes or shipped to the northlands for student dormitories. Bullets will be plucked from biathlon targets and recycled to keep the lead from poisoning ground water. And these tricks wont be forgotten. Embarrassed by environmental protest, the I.O.C. claims the green awareness is now entrenched-along with sport and culture-as a permanent dimension of the Olympic Charter. Indeed, Sydney was successful in becoming host for the 2000 summer Games in part on the strength of its endorsement from Green peace. Aspiring host cities are picking up the code. Salt Lake City. bidding for the 2002 Games, may opt to use the bobsled run that Calgary built for the 88 Games. After that, who could deny that recycling is an Olympic movement?
　　
77. Which of the following countries has not paid enough attention to the "green" issues?
A) Norway.
B) France.
C) America.
D) Australia.
　　
78. In which area did the environmentalist fail in Lillehammer?
A) Energy.
B) Smoking.
C) Housing.
D) Advertising.
　　
79. Which of the following describes the I.O.C's attitude towards the environmentalists' protests?
A) Trying to commit themselves.
B) Showing indifference and contempt.
C) Arguing for practical difficulties.
D) Negotiating for gradual changes.
　　
80. The 2002 Games might be held in ______
A) Oslo.
B) Calgary.
C) Sydney.
D) Salt Lake City.
　　
SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING
　　
In this section there are seven passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answer on your answer sheet.
　　
TEXT E First read the following question.
　　
81. The schoolboy was reported to have had an accident with ______ A. a train. B. fire. C. electricity. D. traffic.

Now skim TEXT E below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.

SCHOOLBOY JOHN DOYLE suffered a 25 000-volt electric shock and lived. Last night he sat up in a hospital bed and learned how lucky he was to be alive. John, 11, and gone train-spotting for the first time in his life on a footbridge near his home. He fell off the 20ft-high bridge, landed among power cables and ended up on the rails. He was dragged clear by his friends just before an express train roared past. He was burns to one ankle and will need a skin graft. His mother said the accident has put her son off train-spotting for life.
　　
81. The schoolboy was reported to have had an accident with ______
A) a train.
B) fire.
C) electricity.
D) traffic.
　　
TEXT F First read the following question.
82. The main purpose of the latter is to ______ A. apply for an advertised job. B. make further inquires about a job. C. get information about medical research.
　　
Now skim TEXT E below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.
38 Morgan Road, Harbury, Lincolnshire. The Administrative Officer, Swiss Medico Ltd, PO Box 1263, Zurich, Switzerland. 17 March 199- Dear Sir, I am writing to respond to your advertisement in the "Daily Globe". I am at present employed as a translator in a medical research organization and also act as interpreter there. I joined this organization two years ago. I am 31 and single. I read French and German at Howland College, Cambridge and stayed there to take my PhD in the dialects of Northeast France. I should be interested in working for your company for two reasons: firstly, I should like to live abroad and secondly, the work would involve medical/scientific translation which is my particular field. I shall look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Rupert Johnson
　　
82. The main purpose of the latter is to ______
A) apply for an advertised job.
B) make further inquires about a job.
C) get information about medical research.
　
TEXT G First read the following question.
83. The main message of the pamphlet is to ______ A. provide car owners with car theft statistics. B. give details about costs in crime prevention. C. portray the profile of certain car thieves. D. raise car owners awareness against car theft.
　　
Now skim TEXT G below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.
Car thefts account for a quarter of all recorded crime. Together they impose costs on everyone-the costs of the police time taken up in dealing with the offenses, the cost of taking offenders through the criminal justice system, and the cost to motorists of increased insurance premiums. Over 460 000 cars are reported missing in this country each year and many of these are never recovered. Many of these which are found have been damaged by the thieves. A stolen car is also far more likely to be involved in an accident than the same car driven by its owner; car thieves are often young and sometimes drunk. Yet car crime can be cut drastically if motorists follow a few simple rules to keep thieves out of their in the first place. Most car thieves are opportunist unskilled petty criminals; many are under 20. So ,make your own car a less inviting target, to discourage thieves from trying.
　　
83. The main message of the pamphlet is to ______
A) provide car owners with car theft statistics.
B) give details about costs in crime prevention.
C) portray the profile of certain car thieves.
D) raise car owners' awareness against car theft.
　　
TEXT H First read the following question.
84. What is the writers main passage in the passage? A. Unemployment brings downward changes in peoples lives. B. One should try to make the best of unemployment. C. Unemployment results in negative psychological effects. D. Many people have no problems with unemployment.
　　
Now skim TEXT H below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.
As more and more people lose their jobs, now is perhaps the time to consider the experience of unemployment. What are the first feelings? well, losing a job, or not being able to find one, almost always brings unwelcome changes. If youve lost a job, the first feeling is often one of shock. As well as the loss of income, many people find the whole routine of their life is shattered, their contact with other people reduced, their ambitions halted and their identity as a worker removed. At first there may be good feeling too- a new and better job is just around corner-its nice to be able to lie in the morning or spend more time with the children; have more time to think. But, unless a better job does turn up, the chances are the days start longer and time becomes harder to fill. Many people pass through periods of difficulty in sleeping and eating. They feel irritable and depressed, often isolated and lonely. Despite all these problems though, unemployment can be a chances for a fresh start. You can discover that it provides an opportunity to sort out or rethink what you want from life and how best you can get it. You can use the time to plan how to find a new job, learn a new skill, develop your hobbies or see if you can run own business.
　　
84. What is the writer's main passage in the passage?
A) Unemployment brings downward changes in people's lives.
B) One should try to make the best of unemployment.
C) Unemployment results in negative psychological effects.
D) Many people have no problems with unemployment.
　　
TEXT I First read the following question.
85. The Savor return ticket is NOT valid for ______ A. Saturdays. B. Sundays. C. any public holidays. D. certain peak trains. 86. You must book your Savor return ticket _____ days in advance. A. 8 B. 7 C. 31 D. 50 Now skim TEXT I below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.
　　
Savor The Savor return is our most flexible leisure ticket. It can be used on all trains on all trains on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. On Mondays and Fridays it can be used on most trains except some peak trains. Conditions of travel - You must book your ticket at least seven full days before you start your journey. - You must return within thirty-one days. - Break of journey is not allowed. - There are no reductions on Savor return tickets for children under the age of sixteen. - Savor return tickets are only available for journeys over fifty miles.
　
85. The Savor return ticket is NOT valid for ______
A) Saturdays.
B) Sundays.
C) any public holidays.
D) certain peak trains.
　
86. You must book your Savor return ticket _____ days in advance.
A) 8
B) 7
C) 31
D) 50