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Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence or as directed.

1. A clean environment can help the city bid for the Olympics, which ____ will
promote its economic development.
A. in nature

B. in return

C. in turn

D. in fact

2. After he retired from office, Roger ____ painting for a while, but soon lost
interest.
A. took up

B. saved up

C. kept up

D. drew up

3. - The boss said we had only three days to finish the work.
- Dont worry. We have already ____ two thirds of it.
A. sat down

B. got through

C. given in

D. given away

4. She ____ Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.
A. picked out

B. made out

C. made up

D. picked up

5. With no one to ____ in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.
A. turn to

B. turn off

C. turn on

D. turn over

6. - How are you managing to do your work without an assistant?

- Well. I ____ somehow.
A. get along

B. come on

C. watch out

D. set off

7. The building around the corner caught fire last night. The police are now _____
the matter.
A. getting through

B. working out

C. looking into

D. watching over

8. I was still sleeping when the fire ____, and then it spread quickly.
A. broke out

B. put out

C. came out

D. got out

9. Although the wind has _____, the rain remains steady, so you still need a
raincoat.
A. turned up

B. gone back

C. died down

D. blown out

10. - Four dollars a pair? I think it's a bit too much.

- If you buy three pairs, the price for each will ____ to three fifty.
A. come down

B. take down

C. turn over

D. go over

11. The computer system ____ suddenly while he was searching for information on
the Internet.
A. broke down

B. broke out

C. broke up

D. broke in

12. - I am sorry to have ____ too much of your time.

- That's OK, and I am glad to help you.
A. taken up

B. taken on

C. taken off

D. taken in

13. My son John asked me to ____ him off at school on my way to work because it
was raining.
A. take

B. drop

C. put

D. cut

14. In our school the women teachers ____ 56 percent of the staff.
A. turn up

B. stand for

C. make up

D. send up

15. The mail was ____ for two days because of the heavy snows.
A. held out

B. held up

C. held back

D. held off

16. - How did you find your sister in such a big and strange city?
- I ______ her in the railway station when I was just going back home.
A. came about

B. came out

C. came up

D. came cross

17. He tried to join the Army but was ____ because of poor health.
A. turned down

B. turned back

C. turned over

D. turned against

18. - If we take a plane, well of course have arrived in London by the next
weekend.
- Dont be too sure. We should ____ the weather factor. What shall we do if it is
foggy?
A. look for

B. allow for

C. prepare for

D. use for

19. The waistband is too big; it must be ______ about an inch.

A. taken off

B. taken over

C. taken in

D. taken out

20. Designs for the new sports hall are ______ in the library.
A. on return

B. on sale

C. on display

D. on offer

Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.

Hurricane Katrina
A hurricane is a fiercely powerful, rotating form of tropical storm that can be 124 to
l, 240 miles in diameter. The term hurricane is derived from Hurican, the name of a
native American storm god. Hurricanes are typical of a calm central region of low
pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter, known as the eye. They occur in
tropical regions. Over its lifetime, one of these storms can release as much energy as
10, 000 nuclear bombs.
The seed for hurricane formation is a cluster of thunderstorms over warm tropical
waters. Hurricanes can only form and be fed when the sea-surface temperature
exceeds 27 and the surrounding atmosphere is calm. These requirements are met
between June and November in the northern hemisphere.
Under these conditions, large quantities of water evaporate and condense into
clouds and rain - releasing heat in the process. It is this heat energy, combined with
the rotation of the Earth that drives a hurricane.
When the warm column of air from the sea surface first begins to rise, it causes an
area of low pressure. This in turn creates wind as air is drawn into the area. This
spinning wind drags up more moisture-laden air from the sea surface in a process
that swells the storm. Cold air falls back to the ocean surface through the eye and on
the outside of the storm.
Initially, when wind speeds reach 23 miles per hour, these mild, wet and grey
weather systems are known as depressions. Hurricane Katrina formed in this way
over the south - eastern Bahamas on 23 August 2005. Katrina has had a devastating
impact on the Gulf Coast of the US, leaving a disaster zone of 90, 000 square miles
in its wake-almost the size of the UK. Thousands have been killed or injured and
more than half a million people have been displaced in a humanitarian crisis of a
scale not seen in the US since the great depression. The cost of the damage may top
$100 billion.
21. What is the eye of a hurricane?
A. A native American storm god.
B. A rotating form of tropical storm that can be 124 to 1, 240 miles in diameter.
C. A calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter.
D. A storm that can release as much energy as 10, 000 nuclear bombs.
22. Which of the following is NOT the requirements mentioned in the second
paragraph?

A. The tropical waters are warm and calm.

B. The sea-surface temperature exceeds 27.
C. There are thunderstorms over warm tropical waters.
D The atmosphere surrounding the sea is calm.
23. Which of the following is the best explanation of the word drive in the third
paragraph?
A. To guide, control or direct.
B. To force to go through or push in.
C. To supply the motive force or power and cause to function.
D. To force to move in a particular direction.
24. What does the warm air mentioned in the fourth paragraph produce when it is
rising from the sea-surface?
A. High pressure

B. Low pressure

C. Wind

D. Cold air

25. What is NOT true of Hurricane Katrina according to the last paragraph?
A. The area affected is almost the size of the UK.
B. It 1eft a disaster zone of 90, 000 square miles.
C. Half a million people are forced to leave the area.
D. The humanitarian crisis is as serious as that of the great depression.
Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
Today petroleum provides around 40% of the worlds energy needs, mostly fuelling
automobiles. Coal is still used, mostly in pover stations, to cover one-quarter of our
energy needs, but it is the least efficient, unhealthiest and most environmentally
damaging fossil fuel. Natural gas reserves could plug some of the gap from oil, but
reserves of that will not last into the 22nd century either. Most experts predict we
will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years. We could fast reach an
energy crisis. We need to rapidly develop sustainable solutions to fuel our future.
Less-polluting renewable energy sources offer a more practical long-term energy
solution. They may benefit the worlds poor too. Renewable refers to the fact that
these resources are not used faster than they can be replaced.
Hydroelectric power is now the most common form of renewable energy, supplying
around 20% of world electricity. Chinas three gorges Dam, which has just been
completed, is the largest ever. At five times the size of the USs Hoover Dam, its 26

turbines will generate the equivalent energy of 18 coal-fired power stations. It will
satisfy 3% of Chinas entire electricity demand.
In 2003, the first commercial power station to harness tidal currents in the open sea
opened in Norway. It is designed like windmill, but others take the form of turbines.
As prices fall, wind power has become the fastest growing type of electricity
generation - quadrupling worldwide between 1999 and 2005. Modern wind farms
consist of turbines that generate electricity. Though it will be more expensive, there
is more than enough wind to provide the worlds entire energy needs. Wind farms
come in onshore and offshore forms. They can often end up at spots of natural
beauty, and are often unpopular with residents. And turbines are not totally benign they can interfere with radar and leave a significant ecological footprint, altering
climate and lilling sea birds. Migrating birds may have more luck avoiding them.
Scotland is building europes largest wind farm, which wil power 200,000 homes.
The UKs goal is to generate onefifth of power from renewable sources, mainly
wind, by 2020. But this may cause problems, because wind is unreliable.
26. According to the passage, which of the following is the most polluting energy
resource?
A. Petroleum

B. Coal

C. Natural gas

D. Water

27. Chinas Three Gorges Dam _______.

A. is the first hydroelectric dam in the world.
B. is of the same size as the USs Hoover Dam.
C. can generate around 3% of world electricity.
D. is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world.
28. Which country took the lead in making use of tidal currents to produce power in
2003?
A. The UK

B. China

C. Norway

D. The US

29. One of the problems with wind farms is that ______.

A. there is not enough wind

B. wind is not reliable

C. they can only be built on the sea

D. they might influence the world

economy

30. According to the passage, resources like wind are ______.

A. renewable

B. recyclable

C. damaging

D. scarce

Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.

Land Art, sometimes referred to as Earth Art or Earthworks, is a form of art which
involves using physical landscapes to create art, taking art out of the museum and
into the outside world. Modern Land Art movement really got going in the 1960s,
when American artists began creating Land Art on a large scale. Today, works of
modern Land Art can be seen all over the world, sometimes right alongside much
older pieces of Land Art created by people who lived thousands of years ago.
Land Art, which is not necessarily unchangeable, can take a number of forms. For
example, in 1970 Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty, made of a collection of
stones and mud, in the Great Salt Lake. The American artist made a large jetty in a
spiral shape which sticks out into the waters of the lake.
Reshaping the landscape is a common characteristic of Land Art, which can be
created by moving parts around. People can also add things to the environment to
create Land Art, like salt, which is added to the Spiral Jetty. It is possible to use
plants. In all cases, Land Art is immovable.
Land Art is designed to gradually form, change, and eventually decay. Thats one of
the biggest differences between Land Art and most of the art one sees in the
museums. Some works of art can exist only for a few hours or days. Others are
exposed to rain and wind so that they develop and decay over time, which is part of
the attractiveness in the eyes of the artists.
31. What can be learned from the first paragraph?
A. Land Art was the most popular art in the 1960s.
B. Land Art aims to get people interested in nature.
C. American artists were the first to create Land Art.
D. People have been creating Land Art for thousands of years.
32. What do we know about Robert Smithson?
A. He is a great creative artist.
B. He lives near the Great Salt Lake.
C. He made the most famous Land Art.
D. He was a pioneer in creating Land Art.
33. One of the unique characteristics of Land Art lies in ________.
A. it shows the extreme beauty of nature
B. it develops and decays gradually over time
C. it combines the landscapes around completely

D. it offers the artists a chance to get close to nature

34. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Works of Land Art.
B. History of Land Art.
C. Changes of Land Art.
D. Introduction of Land Art.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions
35. . A. knowledge
36. A. laughed

B. towards
B. ploughed

C. forward
C. cough

D. award
D. disliked

Choose one word whose main stress pattern is different from the others'.
37. A. application

B. advisable

C. denial

D. adventure

38. A. volunteer

B. competition

C. advantage

D. capability

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)

CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
39. Most of the school-leavers are sanguine about the idea of going to work and
earning money.
A. fearsome

B. expected

C. excited

D. optimistic

40. The situation seems to be changing minute by minute.

A. from time to timeB. time after time

C. again and again D. very rapidly

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)

OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
41. The government is not prepared to tolerate this situation any longer.
A.look down on
D. give on to

B. put up with

C. take away from

42. I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.

A.unplanned
D. unintentional

B. deliberate

C. accidental

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the
following questions
No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication
than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population
distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke's World Atlas, has been
widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs,
which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales.
In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram
that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to
population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows
the world's population density, each country's birth and death rates, population
increase or decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in term
of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give
readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view,
additional projections depict the world's patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein
consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life
expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as
political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad
array of scales.
43. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The educational benefits of atlases
B. Physical maps in an atlas
C. The ideal in the making of atlases
D. Partial maps and their uses
44. According to the passage, the first map in Pennycooke's World Atlas
shows____.
A. the population policy in each country
B. the hypothetical sizes of each country
C. geographical proportions of each country
D. national boundaries relative to population
45. The word cleverly in the passage is closest in meaning to____.
A. clearly

B. immaculately

C. intelligently

D. accurately

46. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Calorie consumption
B. Currency exchange rates C. A level of educations
D. Population decline
47. The word layout in the passage refers to____.
A. the cartogram

B. the geographical size

C. population D. each country

48. The phrase in term of used in the passage is closest in meaning to____.
A. for considering aspects B. in spite of

C. with a view to

D. in regard to

49. It can be inferred from the passage that maps can be used to____.
A. pinpoint ethnic strife in each country
B. identify a shortage of qualified labour
C. give readers a new perspective in their own country
D. show readers photographs in a new form
50. The word convey in the passage is closest meaning to____.
A. devise

B. conjure up

C. demonstrate

D. indicate

P N
Circle A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence or as directed.
1. A clean environment can help the city bid for the Olympics, which ____ will
promote its economic development.
A. in nature

B. in return

C. in turn

D. in fact

2. After he retired from office, Roger ____ painting for a while, but soon lost
interest.

A. took up

B. saved up

C. kept up

D. drew up

3. - The boss said we had only three days to finish the work.
- Dont worry. We have already ____ two thirds of it.
A. sat down

B. got through

C. given in

D. given away

4. She ____ Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.
A. picked out

B. made out

C. made up

D. picked up

5. With no one to ____ in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless.
A. turn to

B. turn off

C. turn on

D. turn over

6. - How are you managing to do your work without an assistant?

- Well. I ____ somehow.
A. get along

B. come on

C. watch out

D. set off

7. The building around the corner caught fire last night. The police are now _____
the matter.
A. getting through

B. working out

C. looking into

D. watching over

8. I was still sleeping when the fire ____, and then it spread quickly.
A. broke out

B. put out

C. came out

D. got out

9. Although the wind has _____, the rain remains steady, so you still need a
raincoat.
A. turned up

B. gone back

C. died down

D. blown out

10. - Four dollars a pair? I think it's a bit too much.

- If you buy three pairs, the price for each will ____ to three fifty.
A. come down

B. take down

C. turn over

D. go over

11. The computer system ____ suddenly while he was searching for information on
the Internet.
A. broke down

B. broke out

C. broke up

D. broke in

12. - I am sorry to have ____ too much of your time.

- That's OK, and I am glad to help you.
A. taken up

B. taken on

C. taken off

D. taken in

13. My son John asked me to ____ him off at school on my way to work because it
was raining.
A. take

B. drop

C. put

D. cut

14. In our school the women teachers ____ 56 percent of the staff.
A. turn up

B. stand for

C. make up

D. send up

15. The mail was ____ for two days because of the heavy snows.
A. held out

B. held up

C. held back

D. held off

16. - How did you find your sister in such a big and strange city?
- I ______ her in the railway station when I was just going back home.
A. came about

B. came out

C. came up

D. came cross

17. He tried to join the Army but was ____ because of poor health.
A. turned down

B. turned back

C. turned over

D. turned against

18. - If we take a plane, well of course have arrived in London by the next
weekend.
- Dont be too sure. We should ____ the weather factor. What shall we do if it is
foggy?
A. look for

B. allow for

C. prepare for

D. use for

19. The waistband is too big; it must be ______ about an inch.

A. taken off

B. taken over

C. taken in

D. taken out

20. Designs for the new sports hall are ______ in the library.
A. on return

B. on sale

C. on display

D. on offer

Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.

Hurricane Katrina
A hurricane is a fiercely powerful, rotating form of tropical storm that can be 124 to
l, 240 miles in diameter. The term hurricane is derived from Hurican, the name of a
native American storm god. Hurricanes are typical of a calm central region of low
pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter, known as the eye. They occur in
tropical regions. Over its lifetime, one of these storms can release as much energy as
10, 000 nuclear bombs.
The seed for hurricane formation is a cluster of thunderstorms over warm tropical
waters. Hurricanes can only form and be fed when the sea-surface temperature
exceeds 27 and the surrounding atmosphere is calm. These requirements are met
between June and November in the northern hemisphere.

Under these conditions, large quantities of water evaporate and condense into
clouds and rain - releasing heat in the process. It is this heat energy, combined with
the rotation of the Earth that drives a hurricane.
When the warm column of air from the sea surface first begins to rise, it causes an
area of low pressure. This in turn creates wind as air is drawn into the area. This
spinning wind drags up more moisture-laden air from the sea surface in a process
that swells the storm. Cold air falls back to the ocean surface through the eye and on
the outside of the storm.
Initially, when wind speeds reach 23 miles per hour, these mild, wet and grey
weather systems are known as depressions. Hurricane Katrina formed in this way
over the south - eastern Bahamas on 23 August 2005. Katrina has had a devastating
impact on the Gulf Coast of the US, leaving a disaster zone of 90, 000 square miles
in its wake-almost the size of the UK. Thousands have been killed or injured and
more than half a million people have been displaced in a humanitarian crisis of a
scale not seen in the US since the great depression. The cost of the damage may top
$100 billion.
21. What is the eye of a hurricane?
A. A native American storm god.
B. A rotating form of tropical storm that can be 124 to 1, 240 miles in diameter.
C. A calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter.
D. A storm that can release as much energy as 10, 000 nuclear bombs.
22. Which of the following is NOT the requirements mentioned in the second
paragraph?
A. The tropical waters are warm and calm.
B. The sea-surface temperature exceeds 27.
C. There are thunderstorms over warm tropical waters.
D The atmosphere surrounding the sea is calm.
23. Which of the following is the best explanation of the word drive in the third
paragraph?
A. To guide, control or direct.
B. To force to go through or push in.
C. To supply the motive force or power and cause to function.
D. To force to move in a particular direction.

24. What does the warm air mentioned in the fourth paragraph produce when it is
rising from the sea-surface?
A. High pressure

B. Low pressure

C. Wind

D. Cold air

25. What is NOT true of Hurricane Katrina according to the last paragraph?
A. The area affected is almost the size of the UK.
B. It 1eft a disaster zone of 90, 000 square miles.
C. Half a million people are forced to leave the area.
D. The humanitarian crisis is as serious as that of the great depression.
Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.
Today petroleum provides around 40% of the worlds energy needs, mostly fuelling
automobiles. Coal is still used, mostly in pover stations, to cover one-quarter of our
energy needs, but it is the least efficient, unhealthiest and most environmentally
damaging fossil fuel. Natural gas reserves could plug some of the gap from oil, but
reserves of that will not last into the 22nd century either. Most experts predict we
will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years. We could fast reach an
energy crisis. We need to rapidly develop sustainable solutions to fuel our future.
Less-polluting renewable energy sources offer a more practical long-term energy
solution. They may benefit the worlds poor too. Renewable refers to the fact that
these resources are not used faster than they can be replaced.
Hydroelectric power is now the most common form of renewable energy, supplying
around 20% of world electricity. Chinas three gorges Dam, which has just been
completed, is the largest ever. At five times the size of the USs Hoover Dam, its 26
turbines will generate the equivalent energy of 18 coal-fired power stations. It will
satisfy 3% of Chinas entire electricity demand.
In 2003, the first commercial power station to harness tidal currents in the open sea
opened in Norway. It is designed like windmill, but others take the form of turbines.
As prices fall, wind power has become the fastest growing type of electricity
generation - quadrupling worldwide between 1999 and 2005. Modern wind farms
consist of turbines that generate electricity. Though it will be more expensive, there
is more than enough wind to provide the worlds entire energy needs. Wind farms
come in onshore and offshore forms. They can often end up at spots of natural
beauty, and are often unpopular with residents. And turbines are not totally benign they can interfere with radar and leave a significant ecological footprint, altering
climate and lilling sea birds. Migrating birds may have more luck avoiding them.

Scotland is building europes largest wind farm, which wil power 200,000 homes.
The UKs goal is to generate onefifth of power from renewable sources, mainly
wind, by 2020. But this may cause problems, because wind is unreliable.
26. According to the passage, which of the following is the most polluting energy
resource?
A. Petroleum

B. Coal

C. Natural gas

D. Water

27. Chinas Three Gorges Dam _______.

A. is the first hydroelectric dam in the world.
B. is of the same size as the USs Hoover Dam.
C. can generate around 3% of world electricity.
D. is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world.
28. Which country took the lead in making use of tidal currents to produce power in
2003?
A. The UK

B. China

C. Norway

D. The US

29. One of the problems with wind farms is that ______.

A. there is not enough wind

B. wind is not reliable

C. they can only be built on the sea

D. they might influence the world

economy

30. According to the passage, resources like wind are ______.

A. renewable

B. recyclable

C. damaging

D. scarce

Read the passage and then choose the best option A, B, C, or D.

Land Art, sometimes referred to as Earth Art or Earthworks, is a form of art which
involves using physical landscapes to create art, taking art out of the museum and
into the outside world. Modern Land Art movement really got going in the 1960s,
when American artists began creating Land Art on a large scale. Today, works of
modern Land Art can be seen all over the world, sometimes right alongside much
older pieces of Land Art created by people who lived thousands of years ago.
Land Art, which is not necessarily unchangeable, can take a number of forms. For
example, in 1970 Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty, made of a collection of
stones and mud, in the Great Salt Lake. The American artist made a large jetty in a
spiral shape which sticks out into the waters of the lake.

Reshaping the landscape is a common characteristic of Land Art, which can be

created by moving parts around. People can also add things to the environment to
create Land Art, like salt, which is added to the Spiral Jetty. It is possible to use
plants. In all cases, Land Art is immovable.
Land Art is designed to gradually form, change, and eventually decay. Thats one of
the biggest differences between Land Art and most of the art one sees in the
museums. Some works of art can exist only for a few hours or days. Others are
exposed to rain and wind so that they develop and decay over time, which is part of
the attractiveness in the eyes of the artists.
31. What can be learned from the first paragraph?
A. Land Art was the most popular art in the 1960s.
B. Land Art aims to get people interested in nature.
C. American artists were the first to create Land Art.
D. People have been creating Land Art for thousands of years.
32. What do we know about Robert Smithson?
A. He is a great creative artist.
B. He lives near the Great Salt Lake.
C. He made the most famous Land Art.
D. He was a pioneer in creating Land Art.
33. One of the unique characteristics of Land Art lies in ________.
A. it shows the extreme beauty of nature
B. it develops and decays gradually over time
C. it combines the landscapes around completely
D. it offers the artists a chance to get close to nature
34. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Works of Land Art.
B. History of Land Art.
C. Changes of Land Art.
D. Introduction of Land Art.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions
35. . A. knowledge
36. A. laughed

B. towards
B. ploughed

C. forward
C. cough

D. award
D. disliked

Choose one word whose main stress pattern is different from the others'.
37. A. application

B. advisable

C. denial

D. adventure

38. A. volunteer

B. competition

C. advantage

D. capability

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)

CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
39. Most of the school-leavers are sanguine about the idea of going to work and
earning money.
A. fearsome

B. expected

C. excited

D. optimistic

40. The situation seems to be changing minute by minute.

A. from time to timeB. time after time
rapidly

C. again and again D.

very

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)

OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
41. The government is not prepared to tolerate this situation any longer.
A.look down on
D. give on to

B. put up with

C. take away from

42. I clearly remember talking to him in a chance meeting last summer.

A.unplanned
D. unintentional

B. deliberate

C. accidental

Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each of the following
questions
No educational medium better serves as a means of spatial communication
than the atlas. Atlases deal with such invaluable information as population
distribution and density. One of the best, Pennycooke's World Atlas, has been
widely accepted as a standard owing to the quality of its maps and photographs,

which not only show various settlements but also portray them in a variety of scales.
In fact, the very first map in the atlas is a cleverly designed population cartogram
that projects the size of each country if geographical size were proportional to
population. Following the proportional layout, a sequence of smaller maps shows
the world's population density, each country's birth and death rates, population
increase or decrease, industrialization, urbanization, gross national product in term
of per capita income, the quality of medical care, literacy, and language. To give
readers a perspective on how their own country fits in with the global view,
additional projections depict the world's patterns in nutrition, calorie and protein
consumption, health care, number of physicians per unit of population, and life
expectancy by region. Population density maps on a subcontinental scale, as well as
political maps, convey the diverse demographic phenomena of the world in a broad
array of scales.
43. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The educational benefits of atlases
B. Physical maps in an atlas
C. The ideal in the making of atlases
D. Partial maps and their uses
44. According to the passage, the first map in Pennycooke's World Atlas
shows____.
A. the population policy in each country
B. the hypothetical sizes of each country
C. geographical proportions of each country
D. national boundaries relative to population
45. The word cleverly in the passage is closest in meaning to____.
A. clearly

B. immaculately

C. intelligently

D. accurately

46. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Calorie consumption
B. Currency exchange rates C. A level of educations
D. Population decline
47. The word layout in the passage refers to____.
A. the cartogram

B. the geographical size

C. populationD. each country

48. The phrase in term of used in the passage is closest in meaning to____.
A. for considering aspects B. in spite of

C. with a view to

D. in regard to

49. It can be inferred from the passage that maps can be used to____.
A. pinpoint ethnic strife in each country
B. identify a shortage of qualified labour
C. give readers a new perspective in their own country
D. show readers photographs in a new form
50. The word convey in the passage is closest meaning to____.
A. devise

B. conjure up

C. demonstrate

D. indicate