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Read the conversation below.
Jay : "Hi, didn't we meet at Ginny's party last week? Nina, night?"
Nina : "Oh, yeah I remember you. You're the one with the silly blue hat. ________"
Jay : "It's OK. Jay is the name. But the hat managed to catch your attention, right?"
Nina : "Well, the hat was silly but amusing."
Jay : "Can I call you sometimes, maybe?"
The best expression to fill the gap above is …
(A) you are Jay
(B) sorry, but I forget your name
(C) it’s good to see you, but I am late for an appointment
Read the conversation below.
Terry : "Hello Mindy, how is everything?"
Mindy : "Oh hi, Terry! I have been busy. How about you?"
Terry : "I feel great. You know what? We should catch up. There are many things to talk about. It's been years."
Mindy : "Sure. But not today because I have things to do. Here is my number. ________"
Terry : "Cool. I'll be in touch."
The best expression to fill the gap above is …
(A) you can call me
(B) let’s have lunch now
(C) How are you doing?
Read the conversation below.
Greg : “It’s been a long time, Henry. How are you doing?”
Henry : “I have been under the weather.”
What does the underlined sentence mean?
(A) Henry fells good
(B) Henry fells so-so
(C) Henry doesn’t fell well
Read the conversation below.
Tom : “Hey, let’s go for a movie after this.”
Tina : “_________. How about tomorrow?”
Tom : That is perfect. Should we meet at 5?”
All of these may answer the gap, EXCEPT …
(A) I’ll take a rain check
(B) Good
(C) I don’t think so
Read the conversation below.
Christiana : "Where are you? I have been waiting here for an hour."
Christiano : "I am verry sorry, the traffic is very heavy. _________."
Christiana : "No, I can't. I am going home. Don't call anymore.
The most appropriate expression to fill the gap is …
(A) can you just go home?
(B) can you wait just a bit?
(C) can we cancel our plan?
Read the conversation below.
Frank : “I am very happy about my engagement.”
Gregg : “Your fiancee will kill you once she gets your money. _________.”
The most appropriate expression to fill the gap is …
(A) you are jumping for joy
(B) you are living in fool’s paradise
(C) you are on cloud nine
Read the conversation below.
Tito : “And then I told him about my promotion. Can you believe it?”
Mira : “ _________”
The most appropriate expression to show that Mira is interested in the talk is …
(A) No way!
(B) I am sorry
(C) Stop talking
Very little was ever written about the third-class passengers of the Titanic, reporters, the United States Senate investigation, and the British investigation never bothered to interview any of the third-class survivors.
Most of those in third class spoke very little English. But for some, like Titanic survivor Elin Hakkarainen, the memory lingered long enough for her English to catch up ...
We could hardly believe that in two more days we would be landing In America. Originally, my husband and I planned on making the trip on board the Mauretania, but we decided to wait a few months so we could make the crossing aboard the luxury liner Titanic. Married just a few months, Pekko and 1 decided to leave Finland and start a new life in America. Although we were booked as third class, we still enjoyed many "extras" on board and had quite a time in our little group. After a couple of days at sea we settled into a routine: attending church services after breakfast, strolling the decks, and during the evening playing games in the third-class general room.
We would leave the game room very late in the evening, and the night of April 14th was no exception. Just after we returned to our cabin and settled in, Pekko reached to turn out the light when we heard a scraping sound and felt the ship shudder. A few moments later the throb of the engines stopped. Pekko jumped out of bed, slipped into his clothes, and said, "I'm going to see what has happened. "Not thinking too much of WI this, I dozed off. But after an hour or so, the murmuring of other passengers in the hall awakened me. I noticed Pekko was still gone, and when I tried to step out of the bed, the cabin was tilted at an angle.
Soon there was a hard and very fast knock at the door, and one of my friends from Finland dashed in to say the ship had struck something and was sinking. "Where is Pekko?" she asked. "He went to see why the ship had stopped. I don't know where he is now." "How did he get out of the passageway?" she continued. "All the doors are locked!" I was confused, I didn't know what to do next. After a few moments I grabbed my purse and life jacket and ran out to the passageway. The door was locked! All of the doors were locked.
Finally a ship's steward came and gathered a small group of us together and guided us, "Come, there is another way to get to the upper deck." On the upper deck, it was rather quiet—almost eerie. The deck on the ship's bow was already under water, and the loud sound of the steam escaping from the funnels had settled down. The lifeboats were guarded by the ship's officers standing in semicircles around each one. Soon I was motioned aboard a lifeboat, but I still was scanning the listing deck looking for my husband.
We rowed away quickly, watching our ship slide beneath the surface of the water. The screams of those in the water were horrible—I remember calling over and over, "Pekko, Pekko, I am here, come this way." It was cold on the lifeboat, and I wasn't wearing warm clothes. I didn't know if I was falling asleep or freezing to death, but I drifted into unconsciousness.
Soon after, it was daylight, and we could see a ship in the distance—we would be rescued ... and made warm. Once aboard the Carpathia, the passengers and crew did their best to console us. We were given clothes, food, and hot coffee. But with all we were given. I was still lacking. I slowly realized the last words I might ever hear from my husband were, "I'm going to see what has happened." I remember standing at the railing for hours, looking out to the open sea and hoping upon hope that I would discover just one more lifeboat.
What is the topic of the passage?
(A) The Titanic
(B) A Titanic survivor account
(C) The sinking of Titanic
(D) The experience of a husband and a wife
(E) The death of the writer’s husband
The information _______ is NOT TRUE according to the text.
(A) the night of April 14th, the writer and Pekko left the game room in the left evening
(B) on the lifeboat, the writer was unconscious
(C) a ship steward helped the writer to go to the upper deck
(D) Pekko informed the writer that the ship was sinking
(E) the writer had married before boarding the Titanic
The last sentence.
"I remember … hoping upon hope that I would discover just one more lifeboat."
Means …
(A) the writer hopes that her husband is not dead
(B) the writer still hoped that her husband would be alive
(C) the writer had found the last lifeboat
(D) the writer's husband was found aboard the last lifeboat
(E) the writer was alive
August 6, 1945–the sun rose into a clear blue sky over the city of Hiroshima, Japan promising a warm and pleasant day. Nothing in the day's dawning indicated that this day would be any different from its predecessors. But this day would be different very different This day would change the world. On this day a single bomb dropped by a single airplane destroyed the city, leading to the end of World War II and introducing mankind to the Atomic Age.
Dr. Michihiko Hachiya lived through that day and kept a diary of his experience. He served as the Director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital and lived near the hospital approximately a mile from the explosion's epicenter. His diary was published in English in 1955:
Suddenly, a strong flash of light ...
The hour was early, the morning was still warm, and beautiful. Shimmering leaves, reflecting sunlight from a cloudless sky, made a pleasant contrast with shadows in my garden as I gazed absently through wide-flung doors opening to the south.
Clad in drawers and undershirt, I was sprawled on the living room floor exhausted because I had just spent a sleepless night on duty as an air warden in my hospital.
Suddenly, a strong flash of light startled me—and then another. So well does one recall little things that I remember vividly how a stone lantern in the garden became brilliantly lit and I debated whether this light was caused by a magnesium flare or sparks from a passing trolley.
Garden shadows disappeared. The view where a moment before had been so bright and sunny was now dark and hazy. Through swirling dust I could barely discern a wooden column that had supported one corner of my house. It was leaning crazily and the roof sagged dangerously.
Moving instinctively, I fried to escape, but rubble and fallen timbers barred the way. By picking my way cautiously I managed to reach the roka (an outside hallway) and stepped down into my garden. A profound weakness overcame me. so I stopped to regain my strength. To my surprise I discovered that I was completely naked. How odd! Where were my drawers and undershirt?
What had happened?
All over the right side of my body I was cut and bleeding. A large splinter was protruding from a mangled wound in my thigh, and something warm trickled into my mouth. My cheek was torn, I discovered as I felt it gingerly, with the lower lip laid wide open. Embedded in my neck was a sizable fragment of glass which I matter-of-factly dislodged, and with the detachment of it, my hand was bleeding.
Where was my wife?
Suddenly alarmed, I began to yell for her: 'Yaeko-san! Yaeko-san! Where are you?' Blood began to spurt. Had my carotid artery been cut? Would I bleed to death? Frightened and irrational, I called out again 'Its a five-hundred-ton bomb! Yaeko-san, where are you? A five- hundred-ton bomb has fallen!'
Yaeko-san, pale and frightened, her clothes torn and blood-stained, emerged from the ruins of our house holding her elbow. Seeing her, I was reassured. My own panic assuaged, I tired to reassure her.
We'll be all right,' I acclaimed. 'Only let's get out of here as fast as we can.
'She nodded, and I motioned for her to follow me."
It was all a nightmare ...
Dr. Hachiya and his wife made their way to the street. As the homes around them collapsed, they realized they must move on, and began their journey to the hospital a few hundred yards away.
“We started out, but after twenty or thirty steps I had to stop. My breath became short, my heart pounded, and my legs gave way under me. An overpowering thirst seized me and I begged Yaeko-san to find me some water. But there was no water to be found. After a little my strength somewhat returned and we were able to go on.
I was still naked, and although I did not feel the least bit of shame. I was disturbed to realize that modesty had deserted me. On rounding a corner we came upon a soldier standing idly in the street–He had a towel draped across his shoulder, and I asked if he would give it to me to cover my nakedness. The soldier surrendered the towel quite willingly but said not a word. A little later I lost the towel. and Yaeko-san took off her apron and tied it around my loins.
Our progress towards the hospital was interminably slow, until finally, my legs, stiff from drying blood, refused to carry me farther. The strength, even the will, to go on deserted me, so I told my wife, who was almost as badly hurt as I, to go on alone. This she objected to, but there was no choice. She had to go ahead and try to find someone to come back for me.
Yaeko-san looked into my face for a moment, and then, without saying a word, turned away and began running towards the hospital. Once, she looked back and waved and in a moment she was swallowed up in the gloom. It was quite dark now, and with my wife gone. a feeling of dreadful loneliness overcame me.
I must have gone out of my head lying there in the road because the next thing I recall was discovering that the clot on my thigh had been dislodged and blood was again spurting from the wound.
I pressed my hand to the bleeding area and after a while the bleeding stopped and I felt better.
Could I go on?
I tried. It was all a nightmare–my wounds, the darkness, the road ahead. My movements were ever so slow, only my mind was running at top speed.
In time I came to an open space where the houses had been removed to make a fire lane. Through the dim light I could make out ahead of me the hazy outlines of the Communications Bureau's big concrete building, and beyond it the hospital. My spirits rose because I knew that now someone would find me, and if I should die, at least my body would be found. I paused to rest. Gradually things around me came into focus. There were the shadowy forms of people, some of whom looked like walking ghosts. Others moved as though in pain, like scarecrows. their arms held out from their bodies with forearms and hands dangling. These people puzzled me until I suddenly realized that they had been burned and were holding their arms out to prevent the painful friction of raw surfaces rubbing together. A naked.
In time I came to an open space where the houses had been removed to make a tire lane. Through the dim light I could make out ahead of me the hazy outlines of the Communications Bureau's big concrete building, and beyond it the hospital. My spirits rose because I knew that now someone would find me, and if I should die, at least my body would be found. I paused to rest. Gradually things around me came into focus. There were the shadowy forms of people, some of whom looked like walking ghosts. Others moved as though in pain, like scarecrows. their arms held out from their bodies with forearms and hands dangling. These people puzzled me until I suddenly realized that they had been burned and were holding their arms out to prevent the painful friction of raw surfaces rubbing together. A naked woman carrying a naked baby came into view. I averted my gaze. Perhaps they had been in the bath. But then I saw a naked man, and it occurred to me that, like myself, some strange thing had deprived them of their clothes. An old woman lay near me with an expression of suffering on her face, but she made no sound. Indeed, one thing was common to everyone I saw–complete silence.
All who could were moving in the direction of the hospital. I joined in the dismal parade when my strength was somewhat recovered, and at last reached the gates of the Communications Bureau."
The underlined word “predecessors” (paragraph 1) most nearly means …
(A) successors
(B) former days
(C) ancestors
(D) descendants
(E) previous life
What is the best title for the text?
(A) Recounting the Atomic Bombing
(B) Recounting the Bombing of Hiroshima
(C) Recounting the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(D) Recounting an Atomic Bombing Experiment in Japan
(E) Recounting Atomic War
Which one is NOT TRUE according to the text?
(A) after the bomb had been dropped, his house's wooden column tilted
(B) after the bomb had been dropped, he was completely naked
(C) his wife arrived at the hospital before he did
(D) on his way to the hospital, he stopped more than once
(E) he saw walking ghosts on his way to the hospital
Below are what happened to Michihiko Hachiya's body after the bomb had been dropped, EXCEPT …
(A) the right side of his body was wounded
(B) his thigh was wounded
(C) his cheek was torn
(D) his neck was lunged with a fragment of glass
(E) his face was pale
The underlined word “concrete” (paragraph 25) most nearly means …
(A) abstract
(B) real
(C) building material
(D) destroyed
(E) safe
January 6, 2014:
A low-cost and free telephone program is available from the federal government. It is called the Lifeline program.
More than 15 million families are using the program. Cell phones were included in the program in 2005.
Low-income families get discounts on their phone bills. The first 250 minutes and 250 text messages are free. This makes it possible for many to have phone service.
Georgia and other states say there is widespread abuse by some participants in the Lifeline program. State officials charge many homes are getting more than one Lifeline phone. Some poor people are no different than some non-poor. If the system is not regulated, why not get two or three phones?
The program does not do much checking of participants. Georgia wants to impose a $5 a month charge for the basic service. This can cause a problem for poor people. They need phones but may not be able to afford them.
Opponents of the $5 fee say if a family can only afford the free phone, they will be hurt by the $5 monthly charge.
The telephone industry is a strong supporter of the Lifeline program. They think today’s poor people are the working people of tomorrow. They think it a good idea to get them as customers now.
The companies are supposed to decide who is eligible. To be in the program, people must have incomes below 135 percent of the poverty level. Or be eligible for another federal program such as food stamps.
A woman in Oklahoma wanted to see how easy it would be to get a phone. She waited in line at a tent to see if the vendor would give her a free phone even though she does not qualify she did.
“Anybody can get them. They say it’s a Lifeline ... they’re for needy people. I’m not needy and I went up and I got one with no ID no proof of income, nothing,” She said.
Policy makers know that some people will try to take advantage of programs. Their challenge is to discourage abuse. At the same time they do not want to penalize honest people.
The states and federal governments are proposing new ways to collect information on Lifeline telephone use.
Which one is NOT TRUE according to the text?
(A) the Lifeline program is provided by the government
(B) more than 15 million people use the Lifeline program
(C) mobile phones are included in the Lifeline program
(D) Georgia is one of the states that provides the Lifeline program
(E) the Lifeline program is a low-cost and free telephone program
What is the problem of the Lifeline program?
(A) there is widespread abuse by some government officials in the Lifeline program
(B) the Lifeline program does not check its participants
(C) many homes get more than one Lifeline phone
(D) many families refuse to pay $5 a month
(E) the telephone industry pays for the Lifeline program
The underline word “eligible” in paragraph 8 mostly means …
(A) important
(B) poor
(C) single
(D) available
(E) qualified
Why would the author mention the woman in Oklahoma (paragraph 9)?
(A) to exemplify the use of the Lifeline program
(B) to emphasize how people love the Lifeline program
(C) to show that the selection to become a Lifeline recipient has a loophole
(D) to show the readers that Oklahoma has the highest number of customers
(E) to refuse the argument about the widespread abuse of the Lifeline program
According to the text, who is the proponent of Lifeline program?
(A) federal government
(B) honest people
(C) telephone industry
(D) policy makers
(E) the woman in Oklahoma
London, February 23RD 2014
Dear Miss Kathleen Burgundy,
On behalf of Summerfield High School Student Association, I would like to invite you to speak on Video Gaming and Ethical Issues. Our organization would like to host a conference on Different Perspectives. Video Gaming on May 23RD 2014 at 10 GMT, and given your expertise in that subject matter, we hope that you will be able to join us for the event. Our organization would be happy to cover costs associated with your travel to Summerfield High School in the form of a $500 stipend.
We would be honored if you would accept this invitation to join us for this event. Please let me know at your convenience if you will be able to join us for the event, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about the event.
Sincerely,
Cohn Chen
President of Summerfield High School Student Association
Who is the inviter? Who is the invitee? (Respectively) _______.
