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RD1100bⅡ lion Ιˇade surpIus is secoⅡ d1Ι ighest Ever

Kua1a Lumpw∶ Ⅳh1aysia chaked up its10曲 c。 nsecutiⅤ e year of订 ade sWp1us and
伍e amount ofRWII00.53biⅡ ion was the second highest ever on recOrd。

The Intemational Trade and Industry Minister repo⒒ ed that export growth in
2007emanated fron.b。 thtraditiona1andemergingrnarkets such as China,AustraⅡ a,
United Arab EⅡ 1irates and Indonesia. Co11ectively,these lmarkets accounted for
RNI101.28bⅢon or16.7%of Malaysh℃ total exports.The1件 .5%declhe in
Malaysia’ s exports to the Us in2007、 vas ofse1 in part,by strong growth in
aggregate expo⒒ s tO emerging markets.

This deⅤ e1opment is attributed to intensive promotional activities undc⒒ aken


in new and emerging rnarkets as part ofbΙ a1aysia’ s Fnarket diversiIlcatiOn initiative, 10
This ini住 a住 ve caused double-digit gro讷 吃h in Malaysia’ s exports to markets such as
Poland,wⅡ ch grew by73,3%,Qatar by47.3%and Iran by31.4%,
FroⅡ 1a regional perspectiⅤ e,North-East Asia was1ˇ Ⅰ
alaysia’ s largest regiona1
export marke1 accounjng for 29.1% of total exports. That vas fo11owed by

ASEAN with a25,7%share,Nor伍 AmeⅡ ca with16.2%and European Union with 15
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alaysia’ s Total Trade by lRegiom

North East Asia AsEAN


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1 Ma1aysia has recorded a trade surplus for the1ast ten years。

A Tme
B False
C Notstated

2 For the year2007,Malaysia’ s total expo⒒ s were Valued at RM100.53bⅡ Ⅱon。

A Tme
B False
C NOtstated

3 In2007,Malaysia showed an iⅡ crease in exports to a11thc four regions.

A Tme
B False
C Notstated

4 Bo伍 Ch血1andAusialia are Malaysia’ s蚀 妞Ⅱoml markets,

A Tme
B False
C Notstated

5 There had been a gradual dec1ine h exports to North丿 血 耐 ca since⒛ 03。

A Tme
B False
C Notstated

In⒛ 臼 ,N帅 EastA。 ia was Malaysia’ stop expo⒒ market。

A Tme
B False
C Notstated

Ma1aysia ean1ed more thaⅡ twice△ om exports to Poland刂 han exports to Iran。

A Tme
B False ・

C Notstated

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A team ofloca1scientists has come up with a miniamre1aboratoΓ y which can snifF


out bird flu in even the Fnost far-丑 ung1ocauons, The pa11n-size device can te11if a
person Or anhnal has contracted the II5NI foIIII of曲 ev山 Ⅱ in1ess than30rninutes。
And it can do so even at the earliest stages ofthe disease,when a Ⅴicthn has yetto
show any symptoms. 5
According to 伍 e Inst"vte of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology research
scienjs1Juergen Pipper,who led the efFort∶ ‘

The answers you wⅡ l get are∶ AmI
infected? Ifyes,how severe is it?”

Wh扯 sets⒒ apart iom others which are a1ready available coⅡ mercia11y is that
it is a self-contained laboratory on a chip。 It can be used by rnedical or aid workers 10
to detect the H5NI virus d加 ∞tly from throat swab samples.Chicken dropping
samp1es can also be tested for伍 e Ⅴhvs。 The device uses the goldˉ standard of
tests-ˉ Polymerase Chain Reaction (PC⑷ -ˉ to make photocopies of geneuc
mateoa1so that even minute amounts can be detected.

Tests have shown that it is around 10ti【 nes faster than avaⅡ ab1e tests, yet 15
40to100dmes cheape△ 曲e researchers s缸 d,because each sample droplet^so
minuscu1e that the cost for reagents drops. The research is ti1nely,given that bird
nu。 ften s缸 伙es in mral areas such as backyard fams.S缸 d research scientist Lisa
Ng ofthe Genome Institutc of Singapore,another teana rnember∶ “The device can
be easⅡ y taken to the field,where it wⅡ l be able to detect the vims the moment a 20
person is infected,ra山 er than having to wah for10days or so for symptoms to
appea⒈ This wⅡ l aⅡ ow the au伍 oⅡ ties to act faster,” said D⒈ Ng。

B△ d iiu is entrenched in the region,Ⅵ o曲 coun“ es such as Indonesia s饣 uggⅡ ng


to curb it. At least85Indonesians have died frorll the disease,the highest in the
wodd. The Wodd Health Orgaisation,which is coordinating the g1obal response 25
to human cases,has s缸 d that the next influenza panden1ic、 ⅣOuld1ike1y be ofan
avian varle、、and it could afect some I.5bⅡ Ⅱon people.

Instimte ofMolecular and Cell Bology princil【 ,al coordinato毛 Masa】:1ImiInoue,


one ofthe coˉ authors and the leading inventor ofthe H5NI detection kit currently
being used in hospita1s,said that work o ongoing to allow伍 e device to test multlple 30
pa伍 ogens at a血 ne,such as sARS and other respiratory v加 烬es.

勹 1ic may not come mere1y flom H5NI,as such vhuses are
notoⅡ`potential pandeⅡand gene reasso血 nent。 So,it Ⅵ注Ⅱ be cHtical to castthe net
ous for mutating
wIder,” he sa1d.

Commenting on山 e efFort,D⒈ Ⅱmothy Barkham,seⅡ or consultant,patho1ogy 35


and laboratory rnedicine at Tan Tock Seng lΙ osp⒒ a1,said.thatit was exciting work。
‘‘
I wOu1d be very Ⅱ1terested to1Fy it0酞,’ he said,

(Adapted from r饧 纟srrc莎 rs r” 御贺,september24,200D

8 The phrase″″ヵ庇7彻冫召 助 3o石四ro〃 (lhe1)descrbes the se1f-cont缸 ned nature ofthe urd nu
detecto⒈

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BC唰

Fa1se

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9 The urd flu detector can deteI… iⅡ e the seveⅡ ty ofthe infecuon。

A Tme
B False
C Notstated

10 0ne advantage of the bird flu detector is that it idenufies the symptoms of a person infected
with H5NI vims.

A Tme
B False
C Notstated

11 Which ofthe fo11oⅥ 注ng statements descⅡ bes tbe bkdflu detector?

A It can detectthe disease on。 e sympto1ms have appeared。

B It produces resdts almostiⅡ m⒛ ljiately but costs more.


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C Itcan detect b△ d Ⅱu in man and ani1na1s,

12The following are advantages ofthe recently invented urd nu detect。 r eXcept.

A ⒒o small and easily taken to the neld

B itcan记 enti灯 not only the HsNI v山 s vanous s饣 ahs


"but also⒒
C it can detectthe说 ms directly iom throat swab sampks and chicken droppings

13The te..Ⅱ 臼刀j勋 D扫 co〃 彬crc沏 JJy(1ine9)means that some伍 iⅡ g

A iζ so1d cheaply

B can be plIrchased

C can make apront

14 .¨ jJ l//j〃 3召 C彳万c曰 Jro cJsr仂 纟刀c∫ vj抛r,¨ αines33and34)Th“ 沁 because


A thespread ofsARS and o伍 er respiratory viIuses Ⅵ汀11be a globa1problem
B the nextiⅡ auenza pandeⅡ 1ic wⅡ l afect about1.5bⅡ Ⅱon peρ p1e

C diseases wⅡ 1be caused by path° gens other than the lΙ 5NI vLus

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The simpIe Choice

We are enteⅡ ng an era ofunprecedented choice. Butis that a good thing?AmazOn,


iTunes,eBay ofFer vanety on a scale uni1naginable even a decade agO. AmazOn
sells rnore than150000videos,600000CDs and near1y three FnⅡ lion books,to say
nothing ofa few million toys,household goods and o伍 er“ ems.Yet,猫 the variety
expands,so does伍 e gmmbling aboutit,especially iom伍 ose who worry aboutthe
effect ofruna、 vay consumerisn1on societv and culture.

The Fnost influential of these sceptics is Barry Schwartz,who argues in‘ The

Paradox of Choice’ @004)that toO much choice o oppressiⅤ e。 He c⒒ ed a now
famous s缸 dy of consumer behavow血 a supe1I..狩 k⒍ .Researchers set up one
table with s仅 choces ofjam,and another wi仇 24ch⒍ ces,The more choces 10
they ofered,the less customers boug酞,and the less satis£ ed they were with thcir
purchase,The extra options had put伍 em outsⅡ e thor jam-selection comfOrt
zone— strawberry,b1ueberry。 raspberry and into the exotic terl△ toγ oflemon
cwd and organic boysenbeⅡ y. Indecision and buyer’ s remorse began to cloud the
picture. 15

Now con蛀 der AmazOⅡ .It,too,se11s jam,as it happens,Not si〉 【 inds,or l【

24kinds,but Fnore than12001onds。 Sure1y its visionary Chief Executive Omcer


(CEO),JefBezOs,心 familiar with the1essons of伍ejam expeⅡ ment,Yet he drcw
h
the oppos汛 e conclusion about choice. l诳 ore is better,he decided。 And ifthe gro哂 吨
ofArnazOn is any guide,he was Ⅱght。 20
What Bezos understands is the diference be“ Ⅳeen the physical and onⅡ ne
wOrlds. In a store, the only conslImer guide is the marketing materia1on the
package and9possib玩 the advice ofa sales clerk.On1ine,伍 ere are nearly h£ nite
ways to tap Inarket info1Ⅱ lation. You can sOrt by pⅡ ce,ratings,date,best se11ers
or custOmer reviews, You can compare poces across products,and you can goog1e 25
endless reading on the product。

So AmazOn has brought Order to choice,The problem with the supe.IIIarket


心 dsorde⒈ a11the goods are shown⒍ multaneOus玩 and alI you have to so⒒ 曲em
Ⅵ泛d1is whatever brand info.Ⅱ Iation has been lodged in yow brain by expeoencc Or
advcrtising,and the marketing1nessages ofthe packaging and she1fplacement. 30
ⅣΙost ofthe info.Ⅱ Iation on AmazOn-popu1ano尼 prices,etc.-ˉ ˉ is avaⅡ ab1e to
supe1… arkets,too。 But they typ妃 ally don’ t share it with the customer because
there’ s no good way to do it shortofrnini-screens on each she1£ WhⅡ e that’ s easy

in an onⅡ ne store,⒒ s impossible in the physical wor1d.

The curse of atOms is thatthey can be in only one p1ace at a t虹 ne. Bits,on the 35
other hand,can be copied and presented in new ways without ⅡⅡ1it. In the bⅡ cks-
and△ nortar wodd,aⅡ custOmers expeⅡ ence the same store, Inthe onⅡ ne wor1d,it’ s
pOss山 le for each customer to exper忆 nce a diferent storc,u"quely customised to
his or her profile and preferences.

And therein lies the ans、 ver to the paradox of choice, If you make it easy for 40
people to ohoose,伍 ey△ 1always p忆 k more v洫〃 over less.But if rs hard to
choose,they settle for the simpⅡ city of1i1n"ed ⅤaHeo” The paradox of choice is
蛀mply an artifact of the Ⅱmitaton of伍 e phys忆 al World,where曲 e infomaton
necessary to Fnake an info1Ⅱ Ied choice is lost.

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The conventional wisdom was oght∶ more choice rea11y“ be倪 e⒈ Butnow we 45
know伍at variety alone o not enou理 丸 we also need iⅡ fo.… 洒 on about伍 at v盯忆ty
and what other consumers before have done with伍 e same choices. The ose of
Google,wi伍 ⒒s seemingly om“ sc忆 “ a"Ⅱ ty to order the inft“ te chaos ofthe Web
so that what we want comes out on top,showsthe way. Orderit wrong and choice
is oppressive;order it right and it’ s liberating. 50

(Adapted iom N⑾ sl/ygε 仡 Special Edition,Dece血 ber2005-February2006)

15 The rnain idea ofparagraph1is


A today’ s Web⒍ tes offer a wide var忆 ty ofproducts
B abundant choices encourage consl】 meⅡ sm

C a lot ofchoices can be a good or bad thing

16 In paragraph2,伍 ejam experiη ent proved that


A having a wide range ofproducts was not a good thing
B customers prefered the more exot忆 types o句 am
C with rnore ChoiCes customers、 vould buy more

17 JefBezos suCCeeded mainly because


A he beⅡ eved thatthe rnore choicesthe be倪 er

B he learntabout marketing from thejam expmment


C he knew the diference be“ 〃een selⅡng in a store and se1Ⅱ ng on1ine

18 Which ofthe£ o11oⅥ注ng is not an advantage ofshopping onⅡ ne?


A Productinfo.Ⅱ Iation can be custo¤ 1ised.

B The pⅡ ces ofproducts ofered are cheape⒈


C There is rnore info...^ation about伍 e products,

19 .¨ jr奋 ヵm`o雨 3助 切 砀召 αine34)What。 impossible is


`hysjc曰 `l/,@rJd
A to prov⒈ 虫已product infoIⅡ Iation according to customers’ requests
B tO GOmpare伍 e poces ofsilnilar products in伍 e1market
C to putrnore Fnini-screens on each shelf

20 The wⅡ ter o ofthe o∮ 血oη that

A Bary Schwanz、 v忆 w饴 。ght ・

B the critics oftoo rnany choices are wrong

C the paradox ofchoce o uncritically accepted

21 The wrlter is online shopping.

A sceptical of

B suppo⒒ iⅤ e of

C neutraltowards
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1 As befits an industrh1oed com饣 觅 Brit缸 n、 pub1忆 -health problems are those of


weal伍 ratherthanpover铋 Butbeneathhead1ines about fat,ogarettes and anational
epidemic ofdrunkenness,钿 o diseases that were be1ieved vanquished decades ago
are re-emerging.Both are lihked to iⅡ ⅡnLgation.

2 On December29th,the Department ofHea1d△ confi1.Ⅱ ed what doctors have long 5


suspected∶ ri0kets seems to be on曲 e Ⅱse。 The disease-ˉ thought to have been
eradicⅡ d in the1950’ s-stunt grOMh and defomsthe ske1eton,characteristic破 ly
causing bowed legs and worse.

3 The other disease is tuberculosis,d娅 n1y remembered as an amicti。 n。 f sluⅡ 1-


dwe11ers and glamorous `Ⅱ ctoⅡ an poets。 Antibiotics and a national-screening 10
progra-e had a11but咖 ed out曲 e"sease.Yet cases have been increasing since
the mⅡ -1980s,h2000,6323were reported in Britain Oxcludng scotlanΦ ,or
11,7fOr each100000people;by2006that had risen to8112,or14.6per100000,
andthetme nvmber o伍 oughtto be hghe⒈
4 M珏ration is involved in the resurgence ofboth conditions,though in difFerent 15
ways,Ⅱ cke“ o usually caused by a1ack Of"tamin D,which必 needed to absorb
calcium to buⅡ d bones. l¢Ι
ost Ⅴitan1in D isrnade when skin is exposed to sunⅡ ght.
NotFnuch sunshine is needed-— around151ninutes a day in su11mer-ˉ but obtaining
itin B血ain,Ⅵ o伍 its grey cⅡ mate,house-bound chⅡ dren and omcia1warnings about
skin cancer,can be缸 c盱 skin∞ lolIr matters too∶ dark-skimed peOp1e require ⒛
more sun. What scant data there are suggest that up to1in100children】 1on△ ethnic
ⅡlinoⅡ ties may sufer from rickets,

5 Whereas Ⅱ1igrants fron△ sunny countries1nay deve1op rickets after amving in


BⅡ tt1rin,tuberculo⒍ s is a disease that often cO1nes v"th them. Rates of infecjon
are1owest among natives and highest among i11migrants iom AnHca,where the 25
disease is coz1mon in part because of the spread of AIDs, whose suferers are
particu1arly suscepjb1e to infection. Tuberculosis is most cO11nnon in the poorer
areas of BⅡ tain、 cit忆 s,wⅡ ch tend tO have high h旺 匝grant populatons and
where pov∝饣 and depnⅤaton erode re“ stance to the(i1isease.Newham,a poor
east London borough伍 at h home to many immigrant fami1ies,has aro1md100 30
infections per100000people,伍 e Ⅱghest rate in伍 e country and comparable to
China、 figure.

6 In theory,1Ⅱ ckets is easy to cure∶ ofncial advice is to get rnore sunshine and,for
pregnant women and young chldren,to take vitamh D supplements(伍 ough only
around a fiIth ofmothers heed“ ).Tuberculosk o harderto stamp out。 Vaconatons 35
which used to be universal, have been re-introduced for chⅡ dren in high-Ⅱ sk
areas.IⅡ migrants from coun⒒ es with伍 e dsease are ofered screenhg when they
田ive,al曲 ough Ch吣 GⅡ m伍 s,a tubercu1osis expe⒒ at Queen Mary,University of
London,reckons山 e system抬 too leaky to catch all σfthem.Often山 ose most at
Ⅱsk are hardestto reach, One drug-resistant strain has been circu1adng in Camden 40
and IsⅡ ngton for nve years,especia11y among homeless people and ex-pⅡ soners。
This has prompted suggestions that sufFerers be detained in seclIre hosⅡ als— a
ctorian response to a`Ⅱ ctoⅡ an disease.
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22The word v曰 刀
g钌 沁乃c'che3)has the same meaning asthe fo11owing ekcept
A confl...1ed(Ⅱ ne5)
B eradicated fline7)

C w0ed out αine1t)

23A cⅡ ld suIFeⅡ ng from Ⅱckets o Ⅱkely to

A have shortlegs
B be fairiⅡ comp1exion

C grow ataFnuCh s1ower rate

24 Which ofthe fo11oⅥ 汀ng questions is answered by paragraph4?

A How can蚰 皿 igrants avoⅡ g眈 i鸭 ricket四

B Whydoi111migrants develop Ⅱckets h BⅡ tain?

C WhatisthelhⅡ 【be小 〃een dark-skinned irn△ n丘 grants and rickets?

25 Which ofthe fo11oⅥ 沁ng ideas is Ⅱ①t found in paragraph5?

A Tuberculo“ s o re1ated to pove姆


B There^a Ⅱnk be钿 een mberculo⒍ sandAIDs.
C The rate ofinfection oftubercu1osis in London is the same as thatin China,

266叻 召‘扛叨爹rcs沁 勿刀莎srrn切 肋甜 D召 纟刀cjrc叨 助莎j殛歹…/o‘扑 e'曰 rs,¨ (1ines40and41)The wⅡ ter


cites this examp1e to supportthe idea that

A itis dimcultt。 con“ 菹n tuberculosis

B 缸berculosis is rnore rampant among the homeless

C tuberculosis suferers need to be confined in hosp“ als

27 Whatis仅 ue about Ⅱckets and tubercu1osis?


A They can be easily cwed。

B They are migrant-related dseases,

C They were eradicated in the1950s。

28 The gist ofthe passage is

A the spread ofdiseases aInong iⅡ Ⅱnl臣ants



B 伍e increase in cases ofⅡ ckets and缸berCulosis

C there-emergence ofdiseases that were beⅡ eved to have been stamped out

29The ideas h the passage are developed mainly曲 rough

A cause and efect


B problem and solution
C compare and contrast

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1 0n a cⅡ sp aummn moming,the dewjust rising from the nelds,dozens ofchildren
streamed into the小Ⅳ o-room schoolin this sma11poorvi11age,theirhair freshly oⅡ ed,
used Ⅱce sacks tuCked under their arlns for1ack of chairs to s⒒ on. One teacher
showed up90Fninutes late. A secOnd was a no show. The senior-most teacher,the
Only one w⒒ h a teaching degree,was beⅡ eⅤ ed to be on of【 :1cial goverlment dut”
“ ’
When they get older,they’ ll cl】 rse their teachers,’ said Amab Ghosh,26,a socia1
worker trying to help the govemment improve its schools,as he stared at clusters
‘‘
ofchⅡ dren sitting on the grass, They’ ll say.‘ We oame every day,and we learned
noJ1ing.”

2 Sixty years after independence,w⒒ h40pcr cent of its populauon under18, 10


India is confronting the perⅡ s ofits faⅡ re to educate its citizens,notably thc poo⒈
t】

MOre Indian chⅡ dren are ih schoo1than eⅤ erbefOre,butthe quaⅡ ty ofpubⅡ c schools
has sunk to spectacularly low1eⅤ e1s,as goverlment schOols have become reserves
ofchildren at伍 e verv bottom Ofthe Indian socia11adde⒈

3 India has long had a legacy of、 Ⅳeak schoohng for the masses of its young, 15
eⅤ en
as it has promoted high quaⅡ ty govcr11ment-nnanced universities。 ]But if in
伍e past,a largely poor and agr舶 an naton could aford to leave mⅢ ons ofits
peoplc iⅡ terate,that o no longerthe case.Not oⅡ ly has the rOaring economy hit a
sho⒒ age ofsh11ed1abour,but the nation’ s rnany new roads,phones and television
sets have扯 1ed new・ambitions for econoⅡ 1ic advancement among its people-and 20
new expectations】 or schools to help them achieⅤ e it.

4 Thatthey rem缸 n Ⅱl-eq碰 pped to do so is clearly Ⅱhstratcd by an amual suⅣ ey,


conducted by Pratham,the organization£ or which Ghosh、 Ⅴ orks, Tllc latest survey,
canHed out across 16000vⅡ lages in2007fOund that、 〃hⅡ e many more chⅡ dren
were sitting in class than before,vast numbers of them cou1d not read,wⅡ tc Or 25
perfo1Ⅱ .basic anthmetic,to say nothing ofthosc who were notin schoo1at a11.

5 Education experts and on⒍ cia1s debate the reasons for the faⅡ lIre. On the one
hand,some argue,the chi1dren ofilliterate parents are1ess1ikely to get help at home,
more1ike1y to be malnouΠ shed or in poor health,and therefore have a harder ti1ne
leaming。 Others b1ame longstanding neg1ect and insumcient pubⅡ c inⅤ estment in 30
education,along with a lack ofrnotivation among teachers to pay special attention
to poor,outcaste chⅡ dren,

6 Arguments aside,India is engaged in an epic expeⅡ rnent tO upⅡ ft its schoo1s.


Along the、 犭 lages like this one,
`ay1ic1nany hurd1cs,and Ghosh,on his visits to vⅡ
encounters them aⅡ . E⒈ her the aides who haⅤ e been h△ cd tO draw more ⅤⅡlage 35
chⅡ dren into school comp1ain thatthey haⅤ e not reCeiⅤ ed rnoney to buy educational
materials,or the schoo1has stopped seⅣ ing1unch even though sacks of rice are
pⅡ ed in the classroon△ or a parent agrees to e11rol his s♀
n in school,but knows that
he wⅡ 1soOn send the chⅡ d away tO wOrk.

7 Or wOrst of al廴 frorn Ghosh’ s perspectiⅤ e, a11these sdck~thin, bright-eyed 40



chⅡ dren trickle intO school eⅤ ery mon1ing and take back so li悦 le, They’ re conⅡ ng
vith some hope of getting something,’ ’Ghosh muttered。
、 ‘
叮 s our fault we can’
t’ t

give them anything,”

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8 Even here, 山e kind of p1ace fron△ which Ⅱ1i11ions of uneducated men and
women have仃 aditiona11y migrated to oties for work,an appetite for education has 45
begun to set in, An educated person would not only be1nore lkely to find a good
job,parents here reasoned,but also less likely to be cheated in a bad one。
‘△want
my children to do something,to advance themselves'’ is how l、 [ohall△ ned Alam

Ans舶 put it,‘ 叮o do山 atthey must st∝ 驭”


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9 Education in the new India has become a crucial marker ofinequality,Among 50


the poorest20per cent ofthe population,ha1fare i1Ⅱ terate and barely小 Ⅳo per cent
graduate from high schoo1accordiⅡ g to govenⅡ nent data。 l3y contrast among the
ochest20per cent of曲 e populatioⅡ ,nearly ha1fare high school graduates and only
枷 o per cent are ilⅡ terate.
‘‘
10 The link bebⅣ een ge枕 ing your chⅡ dren prepared and being part of this big 55
changing Inma o certain1y there h everyone’ s minds,” said Ruhini Bane犭 i,the


research director of Pratham. The question is∶ what’ s the best way to get there,

how muchto do,whatto do?Asa∞ untry Ithink we are trying to ngwe伍 is out.’
Ⅱ “rwew缸 t盯 1o伍 er5or10years,” she added,‘ ou are gohg to lose mⅡ ons
γ
ofchildren.” 60
(Adapted from ffcⅡ 曰山丿Tr氵 3〃 刀c,January17,20OS,

30 Paragraph1draws a枕 enuon t。 the

A poveny ofthe vi11agers

B ove⒈ crowded classroom


C lack ofnx茳 Ⅱties in the school
D eagemess ofthe chⅡ dren to attend schoo1

31 In paragraph3,the wr汛 er deⅤ elops his ideas through

A cause and efect


B problem and sohtion
C coη pare amd contrast

D exampleand⒒ lus饣 auon

32 .¨ 砀 σ矽沁 刀o Jo四 g纟 r砀 召 c邵 ε。(line18)This impⅡ es that

A the young today need to be educated

B weak schooⅡ ng should no1onger be an Indian legacy


C in an agΠ culmral society the young wi11remain illiterate

D the poor still cannot afFord to send their children to school

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33W‰ ch of伍 e fo11owing are reasons for刀 召v曰 〃3j莎 fo附 /or cc。 刀@啊 记 α凼 α″“聊 c刀 J(line2o)?
I The gToⅥ泛ng economy

II SchooⅡ ηg of山 e1nasses

III A shortage ofskⅡ 1ed labow

IⅤ H螅 h quality tertiary educaton

A IandII
B IandⅡ I
C Ⅱ andIV

D ⅡIandIV

34 In paragraph5,the wr“ er1nenuons reasons for the chⅡ dreⅡ ’


s faⅡ uFe to leanl。 Which ofthe
fo11oⅥ 注ng is not rnenJoned as a reason?

A The healu1。 fthe chⅡ dren is poo⒈

B Thechi1dren need to help out at home.

C Teachers neg1ect chⅡ &en who are poo⒈

DI11iterate parents are mab1e to help伍 eir cⅡ 1dren.

35 According to the ηt⒒ e△ which ofthe foⅡ oⅥ 注ng is the greatest obstacle to educating thc youⅡ g?

A CⅡ ldlabow
B schoo11unches Ⅱot provided
C A lack ofeducational mateⅡ als

D ChⅡ dren notleaming much in schoo1

36E幽 叹刀r汩 刀扔 仂召刀御 姒d泅 尼邵 D召 c0彬 召曰C膨 r勿 曰⒎切 ro/切 印 勿劢 狃 Cine5o)TⅡ s means
伍atin Inda today `啊

A education d卜 Ⅱesthe Ⅱch iom伍 e poor


B there is an awareness ofthe importance ofeducation

C 伍e1ack ofeducaton has prevented the poor from seclIrlng goodjobs

D whⅡ e20per cent ofthe poor are i11iterate,on1y“ 〃o per cent ofthe Ⅱch are iⅡ iterate

37 The purpose of山 ea“icle is to

A cⅡ t忆
^e
B ente⒒ 缸Ⅱ
C mot卜 ate action

D provide soluuons

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X乙 yokosan camein Septembe⒈ I was surprised tO see sO very nearly a wOman;
short,robus1buxon⒈ the feFnale counterpart of her fatheL ⅣΙ ⒒ Oka brought her
proudly to us.

t冫 i优 1eˇ Ι
asako hOre`’ for the first thne to my recoI1ection,he touched1me;he

put h跽 rough fat hand on thetop ofmy head,‘ is Ⅴery smartin schoo1.She wⅢ help
you with your schoo1work,XΙ yoko'’ he s缸 d, 10

I have so1ooked fonvard to Kiyoko-san’ s She wOu1d be mysou1rnate;


aH△ va1。
h my mindI had∞ 咖 lred a匪 r1ofmy ow11proportion∶ thin and tall,but with曲 e
re£ nement and beauty I ddn△ yet possess that would sl】 re1y sOmeday come to伍 e
fore, ⒈汪y disappoi11扭 nent Was keen and apparent. X乙 yoko-san stepped fon〃 ard
s蚋 、then retrcated wi伍 a short bow and sma11纽 ggle,her nnger pressed to her 15
mouth。

⒈丌y mother took her a、 vay. They ta1ked for a1ong t虹 ne-about Japan,about
eⅢ Ol1nentin an American schoo1the clothes Kiyoko-san wOuld need,and where
to1ook for the best va1ues。 As I watched them,it occuⅡ ed to me that I had becn
deceived∶ this was not a chⅡ d,this was a woman. The sⅡ 1i1e pressed behind her 20
且ngers,the way of her nod,so br忆 £1ike my mother when father scolded he⒈
the face was inscmtable,butsome曲 ing— maybe her咖 rit-— shrank vis此 玩 1kea
p忆 ce of蛀 k h wate⒈ I was山 sapponte吨 K灯 oko-san、 sou1was b盯 ⒒caded in her
unenchanting appearance and the sⅡ 1i1e she fenced behind her∫ 讠
ngers。

She started school fron△ d1ird grade;one below1△ e,and as it tumed ou1she 25
qu忆 kly passed me by.There w孙 n’ t much I could help her wi伍 except to dⅡ 11
‘ ‘
her on pronunciation-ˉ ˉ
the‘ L” and‘ R” sounds, EⅤery Fnoming walking to our
rLlra1schoo⒈ 屁刀饣泷 屁1如 ″3石曰-'Jo曰 刀,扔 订 every aRemoon retl】 rning home∶ 石曰刀 ,

阳 DDj伤 r砌 ,刀 ″s色 阳〃。 That was the extent Of our∞ mmunication;Ⅲ endly but
uninteresting. 30
One particu1arly cold Novembcr night-— the Ⅵ泛nd outside was icy; I was
sitting on my bed,rny brother’ s and Ⅱ1ine,oⅡ ing the cracks in my chapped hands
by lamplightˉ ˉˉsomeone rapped urgently at otlr doo⒈
It was KiyokO-san;she was
hyster忆 al,she wOre nO wrap,her teeth were chattering,and except for伍 e thin
straw zor九 her feet were bare. ⒈冱y mother led her to the kitchen,started a pot of 35
tea,and gesmred to my bro仇 er and me to retire. I lay very sti11but because ofrny
brother’ s resuess t。 s⒍ ng and my father’ s snoⅡ ng,was unab1e to hear much. I was
aware,though,that dmnken and savage brawling had brought KiyOko-san to us。
Presendy they came to伍 e bedroom.I feigned sleep。 My mother spoke fiIⅡ Ily∶

TomoⅡ ow you wⅡ lremm totheⅡ 、you Fnust not1eave then1again. They are your 40
people.” I could a11nost fee1XⅡ yoko-san’ s short nod,

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A11n皂扯 long I lay cramped and stm,a△ 缸dt。 h铷 de into her hu1Ⅱ ng back.
Two or three umes her允 y feet jabbed into miⅡ e and quickly retreated.h伍 e
moming I found my mother’ s gow【 l neady fo1ded on the spare pⅡ 1ow。 XⅡ yoko-
san’ s placein bed was co1d。 45
she never came to weep at olIr hOuse again butI know she cⅡ ed∶ her eyes were
oRen swollen and red.She stopped much of her gi£ :g1ing and routinely pressed
her fingers to her mouth. Our daⅡ y pronunciajon gⅡ 11petered oσ fron△ 1ack of
interest, She walked sⅡ ently w“h her shoulders hunched,grasping her books Ⅵ注th
both anms,and when I spoke to herin my ha1ting Japanese,she absently coⅡ ected 50
my prepos⒒ ions。

10 SpⅡng comes ear1y in the Va11ey;in Febmary the skies are clear though the air
sti11cold.By1诳 arch,Winds are vigorous and warm and wi1d Ⅱowers dotthe desert
floor, cockleblIrs are green and not yet tenacious,the sand is cmsty underfoo1
eve唧 ere there“ a sme11ofthings growing and伍 e nrst t。 matoes are showhg 55
green and bald.

As the weather changed,Kiyoko-san became no饪 ceably more cheeral。 № .

Oka who hated so to driⅤ e cou1d often be seen steenng his dusty o1d Ford over
the road that passes ow house,and XΙ yoko-san sitting in iont would someti1nes
wave gaily to us.Mrs.Oka was never wi伍 them.I thought of these“ ps as the ω
westemizing of图 yoko-san∶ with a pe.I.Ianent wave,her straight black hair became
tang1es of tiny JBrantic cwls;be“ 〃een her textbooks she carrled copies of Jzbo匕 m
sc・ 昭召″曰
″歹P助 oropJ° 1her clothes were gaywithpont andpⅡ ing,and she bought a
pair ofbrown suede shoes with a11igator tnm.
(Adapted iom Judi伍 A.Standford1996.RcΨ o刀 历 殛〃 o Lj招 阳 彻昭 。
MOuntain Ⅵ ew,Califomh Ma】 ,厂
J:1eld PublisⅡ ng Company,)

38 The wrlter was disappointed with Kiyoko because she

A 1ooked1Ⅱ 冫her <【 father

B behaved like herrnother


C was nottoo CO1mmun忆 ative
D was more mature than she expected

39f旬 -s曰 刀岔so耐 w邵 D曰 〃 jc曰 栳 歹 扔 屁cr勿 刀ε刀c肋 曰〃J刀 g铆 V幽 阳 刀c召 硼 歹砀召s〃 j助


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歹屁cr彡 ″gcrs.α hes23and24)Wh忆 h ofthe follOwing words fits K圩oko’ s descⅡ pton?
乃e助 力饣

A L11reⅤ eaⅡ ng
B UnattracjⅤ e
C Resourceful
D spir⒒ ed

40 s助 cw$匆s勿 r汜 曰J αines33and34)because of
A herin曲 i1ity to a内 ustto life in the Us

B the quarelin her family

C herlack ofrnoney ・

D theco1d winter

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4I In paragraph2,⒈ 汪
⒈okas缸 d that Masako rthe wⅡ terJ was very smart。 h which paragraph dd
the wⅡ ter say that Kiyoko was in fact sluarte`

A Paragraph4
B Paragraph5
C Paragraph6
D Paragraph7

42 The fonction ofparagraph10is to

A descr1be the pass1ng ofume


B emphasise how hard Ⅱfe wasin winter
C signal a change to Kiyoko’ s behaviow

D show that Ⅱfe was becoming be钆 er forthe famers

43 The descnption ofXⅡ yoko in paragraph11implies that she

A wastradtonaI
B had confo1I..ed

C became inhibited
D became defens1ve

44Wi伍 reference to Kiyoko,which ofthe fo11owing ls not a characteⅡ stic ofbe1ng westemise四

A Reading丿呖 施 彻 肋 昭幽 御 歹J%oroprcy
B We耐 ng brown suede shoes
C Dressing m bⅡ ght dothes
D Havings廿 蛀ght black hak

45 The wHter’ s intention rnay be descⅡ bed as

A narating changes in the Ⅱ


vral Ⅱfe ofⅡ1igTant famⅡ ies

B contrasting1raditiona1values among rnigrant Japanese famiⅡ es

C tracing the a哟 ustments made by Japanese families in the United States

D Ⅱghl瑭“ing the dference between her Ⅱfe and o伍 er Japanese immigrants

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