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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. "

46. The team of doctors wanted to find out _________.
[ A ] why certain people age sooner than others
[ B ] how to make people live longer
[ C ] the size of certain people ' s brains
[ D ] which people are most intelligent

47. On what are their research findings based?
[A] A survey of farmers in northern Japan.
[ B ] Tests performed on a thousand old people.
[ C ] The study of brain volumes of different people.
[ D] The latest development of computer technology.

48. The doctor ' s tests show that _________.
[ A ] our brains shrink as we grow older
[B] the front section of the brain does not shrink
[ C ] sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds
[ D ] some people ' s brains have contracted more than other people ' s

49. The word "subjects" in paragraph 5 means_________.
[ A ] something to be considered
[ B ] branches of knowledge studied
[ C ] persons chosen to be studied in an experiment
[ D ] any member of a state except the supreme ruler

50. According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others?
[A] Lawyers.                            [B] Farmers.
[C] Clerks.                              [D] Shop assistants.