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She’s been complaining that I am out all the time. W: Hey, no problem. The more people, the happier. Q: What does the woman mean? Section B
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
When I was 15, I announced to my class that I was going to write my own books. Half the classmates ignored me and the rest nearly fell out of their chair laughing. I was so hurt that I burst into tears. That night I wrote a short, sad poem about broken dreams and mailed it to a local newspaper. Surprisingly, they published it and sent me two dollars. I was a published and paid writer. I showed my fellow students the paper. They laughed and said “Just luck”. But I have tasted the success and I have sold the first thing I’ve ever written. That was more than the laugh had done to me. During the next two years, I sold dozens of poems, letters, jokes and recipes. By the time I graduated from high school, I had owned a book filled with my published works. And now I am a professional writer and my novels are popular with readers. But I still keep the habit of reviewing that first published poem when I am in low or meet unfair book reviews. It will always remind me how I started in the first place. Questions:
11. What’s the classmates’ reaction when the author announced his dream? 12. What made the author start to work on his dream? 13. Why does the author often review the first poem?
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
One of the great joys of gardening is to share a garden with birds. And it has become more and more popular in Britain. A few methods can help to a attract birds to a garden. All birds depend on plants for shelter and food. So as a general rule, the more plants in the yard, the more birds will come. They can turn to these plants when they need sleep and they can play between plants. And remember that different birds need different plants. Therefore, we should try to plant a variety of plants in our
garden in order to invite birds. Birds eat seed, fruit or insects. So the garden with such food is welcomed by the birds. Besides, another sure way to attract birds to a garden, is to provide water. The best way is to put water on the ground in the open. Most birds love to bathe and drink at this level. However, always remember they are very nervous all the time. Therefore, when they are drinking the water on the ground, you should keep a distance from them, or they will never come and visit again. Questions:
14. What is the main idea of the passage?
15. What are the three general ways to attract birds?
16. What are people encouraged to do when birds are drinking water in the yard? Section C
Narrator: Listen to a conversation between a student and a clerk in the bookstore. Student: Hi. Can you tell me where to find New Kind of Science? By, uh, by Stephen Wolfram. Clerk: OK!
Student: …uh, I couldn’t find it.
Clerk: OK. Let me look it up on the computer for you. Who would you say the author was?
Student: It’s a Stephen Wolfram.
Clerk: OK. Lee’s see... Hmm... no, it’ s not coming up. Hmm… I am not seeing it. Student: Um... hmm.
Clerk: This is for a course here at the university, right? Student: Yeah, it’s assigned reading for a class I am taking.
Clerk: It’s for the semester, right? You are not buying it in advance for next year or anything.
Student: No, no. It’ s for a class I am taking now. Clerk: Hmm…
Student: Oh, oh, you know what? Urn, it’s for a graduate class. Would that maybe
make a difference? I mean, I am an undergrad, but I am just taking this one
class in the graduate department, so...
Clerk: No, no. I don’t think that’s it. That shouldn’t make any difference. But, hmm...
let me see... maybe it’s just... it could be that whoever that entered it misspelled the title or the author’s name, so I can’t find it on the computer and I can’t tell if it’s sold out. But if it’s sold out, we would probably be getting a new shipment within about a week or so.
Student: Well, uh, I was hoping to get it sooner because like we already have
assignments and you know, I mean, I guess I can get it from the library.
Clerk: Right, of course. But I am trying to check. If we’ve ordered more, then that
back orders information should be in the computer too. Let’s see... back order... Wolfram, Stephen… no, no. I am not seeing it. I am sorry. We just don’t seem to carry it.
Student: Uh-huh.
Clerk: This is odd though. What is... what’s your professor’s name? I could try
searching for his or her classes in the database. That might help. Student: Um... OK. It’s professor Kayne. Clerk: K-A-N-E?
Student: No. It’s professor Kayne, K-A-Y-N-E. He’s in the computer science department.
Clerk: Oh. It’s for a computer science course, is it? Student: Yeah.
Clerk: Well, that must be it. Computer science books are sold across the street in the
computer bookstore.
Student: Are there signs up anywhere? Clerk: I don’t know.
Student: Maybe they should put some up. It could have save us both some time. Clerk: Yeah. Well, anyway, I’ll bet that’s the problem. Check across the street. I’ll bet
they have it. But if not, come back, and I’ll help you find it somewhere else. I can call around to see if other bookstores might have it. OK? Student: OK. Thanks a lot. Bye!
Clerk: Bye!