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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.
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alaysia’ s Total Trade by lRegiom
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B False
C Notstated
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B False
C NOtstated
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B False
C Notstated
A Tme
B False
C Notstated
A Tme
B False
C Notstated
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B False
C Notstated
Ma1aysia ean1ed more thaⅡ twice△ om exports to Poland刂 han exports to Iran。
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B False ・
C Notstated
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。
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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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?
12The following are advantages ofthe recently invented urd nu detect。 r eXcept.
A iζ so1d cheaply
B can be plIrchased
C diseases wⅡ 1be caused by path° gens other than the lΙ 5NI vLus
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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
A sceptical of
B suppo⒒ iⅤ e of
C neutraltowards
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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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(Adapted from r助 纟Ec。 刀。〃沁钅January5,200o
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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)
A have shortlegs
B be fairiⅡ comp1exion
C there-emergence ofdiseases that were beⅡ eved to have been stamped out
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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”
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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
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ofchⅡ dren sitting on the grass, They’ ll say.‘ We oame every day,and we learned
noJ1ing.”
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
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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.
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,
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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
0彡
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
A IandII
B IandⅡ I
C Ⅱ andIV
D ⅡIandIV
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
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
D whⅡ e20per cent ofthe poor are i11iterate,on1y“ 〃o per cent ofthe Ⅱch are iⅡ iterate
A cⅡ t忆
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B ente⒒ 缸Ⅱ
C mot卜 ate action
D provide soluuons
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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
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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,
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.
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 。
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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
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
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
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