Questions 22 - 25 are based on the following conversation. You now have 20 seconds to read the questions 22 -25.

22. What does the International Center send out to students?

[A]A diagram of their facilities.

[ B] A timetable of events.

[ C] Maps of the city.

[ D ] Samples of coffee from other countries.

23. How does the man feel about the local customs?

[A] Fearful. [B] Angry.

[C] Disinterested. [D] Confused.

24. What does the woman say about her family?

[A] They live far away.

[B] They frequently invite students to their home.

[C] They come from another country.

[D] They visit her every weekend.

25. When does the International Center close on week nights?

[A] 11:30. [B] 10:30.

[C] 8:00. [D] 8:30.

You now have 40 seconds to check your answers to questions 22 - 25.

Now you have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet to the ANSWER SHEET 1.

That is the end of the listening comprehension section.

Section Ⅱ Use of English

(15 minutes)

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or Don your ANSWER SHEET 1.

Text

What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation? In one 26 there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. 27 two speakers speak in exactly the same 28 We can always hear differences 29 them, and the pronunciation of English 30 a great deal in different geographical 31 . How do we decide what sort of English to use as a 32 ? This is not a question that can be 33 in the same way for all foreign learners of English. 34 you live in a part of the world 35 India or West Africa, where there is a long 36 of speaking English for general communication purposes, you should 37 to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be a 38 in these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or 39 of the sort. On the other hand, if you live in a country 40 there is no traditional use of English, you must take 41 your model some form of 42 English pronunciation. It does not 43 very much which form you choose. The most 44 way is to take as your model the sort of English you can 45 most often.

26. [A] meaning [B] sense [C] case [D] situation

27. [A] Not [B] No [C] None [D] Nor

28. [A] type [B] form [C] sort [DJ way

29.[A} between [B] among [C] of [D] from

30. [A] changes [B] varies [C] shifts [D] alters

31. [A] areas [ B ] parts [ C ] countries [ D ] spaces

32. [A] direction [B] guide [C] symbol [D] model

33. [A] given [B] responded [C] satisfied [D] answered

34. [A] Because [B]When [C]lf [D] Whether

35. [A] as [B]in [C]like [D] near

36. [A] custom [B] use [C] tradition [D] habit

37. [A] aim [B) propose [C] select [D] tend

38. [A] fashion [B] mistake [C] nonsense [D] possibility

39. [A] everything [B] nothing [C] anything [D] things

40. [A] where [B] that [C] which [D] wherever

41. [A] to [B] with [C] on [D] as

42. [A] practical [B] domestic [C] native [D] new

43. [A] care [B] affect [C] trouble [D] matter

44. [A] effective [B] sensitive [C] ordinary [D] careful

45. [A] listen [B] hear [C] notice [D] find

Section 11 Reading Comprehension

(40 minutes)

Part A

Directions:

Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing a thick line across the corresponding letter in the brackets.

Text I

If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise-and as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon.

Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.

With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.

Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能 ) and emotion, and deter-mine the human character. ( The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties (功能).

Contraction of front and side parts-as cells die off-was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty-and-seventy-year-olds.

Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age-using the head.

The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.

Matsuzawa's findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. "The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain, " he says. "Think hard and engage in conversation. Don ' t rely on pocket calculators. "