(D) Offering cash for political favors. 8. (A) The nation has raised alert status to the highest level and thousands of people have moved to safety. (B) The eruption of Mount Merapi has been the worst
(D) Offering cash for political favors.
8. (A) The nation has raised alert status to the highest level and thousands of people have moved to safety.
(B) The eruption of Mount Merapi has been the worst in Indonesia over the past two decades.
(C) All residents in the region ten kilometers from the base of the mountain have evacuated.
(D) The eruption process was a sudden burst and has caused extensive damage and heavy casualty.
9. (A) 6 to 7.
(B) 8 to 10.
(C) 11 to 16.
(D) 17 to 25.
10. (A) Curbing high-level corruption.
(B) Fighting organized crime.
(C) Investigating convictions of criminals.
(D) Surveying the threats to national security.
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview.
11. (A) A wine taster.
(B) A master water taster.
(C) The host of the show.
(D) The engineer who works on the water treatment plant.
12. (A) Berkeley Springs.
(B) Santa Barbara.
(C) Atlantic City.
(D) Sacramento.
13. (A) Being saucy and piquant.
(B) Tasting sweet.
(C) A certain amount of minerals.
(D) An absence of taste.
14. (A) Looking-smelling-tasting.
(B) Tasting-smelling-looking.
(C) Smelling-looking-tasting.
(D) Tasting-looking-smelling.
15. (A) Bathing.
(B) Boiling pasta in.
(C) Swimming.
(D) Making tea.
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.
16. (A) Enhance reading and math skills.
(B) Increase the students' appreciation of nature.
(C) Improve math, but not reading skills.
(D) Develop reading, but not math skills.
17. (A) To help the students appreciate the arts.
(B) To make the students' education more well-rounded.
(C) To investigate the impact of arts training.
(D) To enhance the students' math skills.
18. (A) Once weekly.
(B) Twice weekly.
(C) Once a month.
(D) Twice a month.
19. (A) Six months.
(B) Seven months.
(C) Eight months.
(D) Nine months.
20. (A) The children's attitude.
(B) The children's test scores.
(C) Both the children's attitude and test scores.
(D) Both the teachers' and the children's attitude.
SECTION 2: READING TEST (30 minutes)
Directions: In this section you will read several passages. Each one is followed by several questions about it. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Questions 1-5
Anyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk or a headstrong toddler starting to talk. No matter how many times the little ones stumble in their initial efforts, most keep on trying, determined to master thei
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