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A) he had neglected the importance of using the timer
B) the machine had far more technical features than necessary C) he had set about using it without proper training
D) its operation was far more difficult than the designer intended it to be 37. According to the author, manufacturers ________. A should add more useful features to their machines B) often fail to make their products easy to use
C) should make their appliances as attractive as possible
D) often fail provide proper training in the use of their products
38. It seems that manufacturers will remain reluctant to make improvements unless ________. A) they can do so as a very low cost
B) they find their machines hard to operate C) they have difficulty selling their products
D) they receive a lot of complaints about their machines
39. According to the passage before a VCR is cold on the market, its original model should be tried out ________.
A) among ordinary consumers who are not technically minded B) among people who are technically minded
C) among experienced technicians and potential users D) among people who are in charge of public relations
40. One of the reasons why VCRs are so difficult to use is that ________.
A) the designers are often insensitive to the operational complexities of their machines B) the range of features provided is unlimited C) there is no ideal way of controlling quality
D) their designers often ignore the complaints of their uses 21. C 26. C 31. A 36. B 22. B 27. D 32. B 37. B 23. A 28. B 33. C 38. C 24. C 29. D 34. B 39. A 25. D 30. A 35. D 40. A
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Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Three English dictionaries published recently all lay claim to possessing a “new” feature. The BBC English Dictionary contains background information on 1,000 people and places prominent in the news since 1988; the Oxford Advanced Learner?s Dictionary: Encyclopedic Edition is the OALD plus encyclopedic entries; the Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture is the LME plus cultural information.
The key fact is that all three dictionaries can be seen to have a distinctly “cultural” as well as
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language learning content. That being said, the way in which they approach the cultural element is not identical, making direct comparisons between the three difficult.
While there is some common ground between the encyclopedic/cultural entries for the Oxford and Longman dictionaries, there is a clear difference. Oxford lays claim to being encyclopedic on content whereas Longman distinctly concentrates on the language and culture of the English-speaking world. The Oxford dictionary can therefore stand more vigorous scrutiny for cultural bias than the Longman publication because the latter does not hesitate about viewing the rest of the world from the cultural perspectives of the English-speaking world. The cultural objectives of the BBC dictionary are in turn more distinct still. Based on an analysis of over 70 million words recorded from the BBC World Service and National Public Radio of Washington over a period of four years, their 1,000 brief encyclopedic entries are based on people and places that have featured in the news recently. The intended user they have in mind is a regular listener to the World Service who will have a reasonable standard of English and a developed skill in listening comprehension.
In reality, though, the BBC dictionary will be purchased by a far wider range of language learners, as will the other two dictionaries. We will be faced with a situation where many of the users of these dictionaries will at the very least have distinct socio-cultural perspectives and may have world views which are totally opposed and even hostile to those of the West. Advanced learners from this kind of background will not only evaluate a dictionary on how user-friendly it is but will also have definite views about the scope and appropriateness of the various socio-cultural entries.
21. What feature sets apart the three dictionaries discussed in the passage from traditional ones?
A) The combination of two dictionaries into one B) The new approach to defining words C) The inclusion of cultural content D) The increase in the number of entries
22. The Longman dictionary is more likely to be criticized for cultural prejudice ________. A) its scope of cultural entries the beyond the culture of the English-speaking world B) it pays little attention to the cultural content of the non-English-speaking countries C) it views the world purely from the standpoint of the English-speaking world D) it fails to distinguish language from culture in its encyclopedic entries 23. The BBC dictionary differs from Oxford and Longman in that ________. A) it has a wider selection Of encyclopedic entries
B) it is mainly design to meet the needs of radio listeners C) it lays more emphasis co language then on culture
D) it is intended to help listeners develop their listening comprehension skills
24. It is implied in the last paragraph that, in approaching socio-cultural content in a dictionary, special thought be given to ________. A) the language levels of its users
B) the number of its prospective purchasers C) the different tastes of its users
D) the various cultural backgrounds of its users
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25. What is the passage mainly about?
A) Different ways of treating socio-cultural elements in the three new English dictionaries. B) A comparison of people?s opinions on the cultural content in the three new English dictionaries.
C) The advantages of the BBC dictionary over Oxford and Longman. D) The user-friendliness of the three new English dictionaries.
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Real policemen hardly recognize any resemblance between their lives and what they see on TV.
The first difference is that a policeman?s real life revolves round criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down a street after someone he wants to talk to.
Little of his time is spent in chatting. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty of stupid, petty crimes.
Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as he?s arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks little effort is spent on searching.
Having made an arrest, a detective really start to work. He has to prove his case in court and to do that he often has to gather a lot of different evidence.
At third big difference between the drama detective and the real one is the unpleasant pressures: first, as members of a police force they always have to behave absolutely in accordance with the law. Secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results. They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break the rules in small ways.
If the detective has to detective the world, the world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened by the simples mindedness as he sees it-of citizens, social workers, doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of eliminating crime punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-tenths of their work is re-catching people who should have stared behind bars. This makes them rather cynical. 26. A policeman has to be trained in criminal law because ________. A) he must work hard to help reform criminals B) he must believe as professional lawyers do
C) he must be able to tell when and where a crime is committed D) he must justify the arrests he makes of criminals
27. What is the most suitable word that describes the work of a policeman according to the passage?
A) Dangerous B) Demanding C) Distressing D) Dramatic
28. According to the passage, policemen spend most of their time an efforts ________.
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A) patrolling the street, rain or shine B) tracking and arresting criminals C) collecting and providing evidence D) consulting the rules of law
29. What?s the policeman?s biggest headache?
A) He has to get the most desirable results without breaking the law in any way.
B) He has to justify his arrests while unable to provide sufficient evidence in most cases.
C) He can hardly find enough time to learn criminal law while burdened with numerous criminal cases.
D) He has to provide the best possible public service at the least possible expense. 30. Why do policemen feel separated from the rest of the world? A) Because they do not receive due support from society. B) Because they find people insincere with them.
C) Because they feel superior to simple-minded people around them. D) Because they are suspicious of the people around them.
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf?s assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.
Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it docs not exist naturally. A spear or a robot is as much a cultural as a physical object. Until humans use a spear to hunt game or a robot to produce machine parts, neither is much more than a solid mass of matter. For a bird looking for an object on which to rest, a spear or robot serves the purpose equally well. The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle and the Russian nuclear accident at Chernobyl drive home the human quality of technology; they provide cases in which well-planned systems suddenly went haywire and there was no ready hand to set them right. Since technology is a human creation, we are responsible for what is done with it. Pessimists worry that we will use out technology eventually to blow our world and ourselves to pieces. But they have been saying this for decades, and so far we have managed to survive and even flourish. Whether we will continue to do so in the years ahead remains uncertain. Clearly, the impact of technology on our lives deserves a closer examination.
Few technological developments have had a greater impact on our lives than the computer revolution. Scientists and engineers have designed specialized machines that can do the tasks that once only people could do. There are those who assert that the switch to an information-based economy is in the same camp as other great historical milestones, particularly the industrial Revolution. Yet when we ask why the industrial Revolution was a revolution, we find that it was not the machines. The primary reason why it was revolutionary is that it led to great social change. It gave rise to mass production and, through mass production, to a society in which wealth was not confined to the few.
In somewhat similar fashion, computers promise to revolutionize the structure of American life, particularly as they free the human mind and open new possibilities in knowledge and communication. The industrial Revolution supplemented and replaced the muscles of humans and
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animals by mechanical methods. The computer extends this development to supplement and replace some aspects of the mind of human beings by electronic methods. It is the capacity of the computer for solving problems and making decisions that represents its greatest potential and that pees the greatest difficulties in predicting the impact on society.
31. A spear or a robot has the quality of technology only when it ________. A) is used both as a cultural and a physical object B) serves different purposes equally well C) is utilized by man
D) can be of use to both man and animal
32. The examples of the Challenger and Chernobyl cited by the author serve to show that ________.
A) if not given close examination, technology could be used to destroy our world B) technology is a human creation, so we are responsible for it C) technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by man D) being a human creation, technology is liable to error
33. According to the author, the introduction of the computer is a revolution mainly because ________.
A) the computer has revolutionized the workings of the human mind
B) the computer can do the tasks that could only be done by people before C) it has helped to switch to an information technology D) it has a great potential impact on society
34. By using the phrase “the human quality of technology”, the author refers to, the fact that technology ________.
A) has a great impact on human life
B) has some characteristics of human nature C) can replace some aspects of the human mind D) does not exist in the natural world
35. The passage is based on the author?s ________. A) keen insight into the nature of technology
B) prejudiced criticism of the role of the industrial Revolution
C) cautious analysis of the replacement of the human mind by computers D) exaggerated description of the negative consequences of technology
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Now custom has not been commonly regarded as a subject of any great importance. The inner workings of our own brains we feel to be uniquely worthy of investigation, but custom, we have a way of thinking, is behavior at its most commonplace. As a matter of fact, it is the other way around. Traditional custom, taken the world over, is a mass of detailed behavior more astonishing than what any one person can ever evolve in individual actions. Yet that is a rather trivial aspect of the matter. The fact of first-rate importance is the predominant role that custom plays in experience and in belief and the very great varieties it may manifest.
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. Even in his philosophical probing he cannot go
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