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Octopuses are mollusks, a kind of animal with soft body.

Unlike other mollusks,


such as clams and oysters, octopuses and squid have no hard (1) to protect
them. An octopus is an animal without any bones. Surrounding the main portion
of its body is a fleshy covering, called a mantle. Most of the internal organs of an
octopus are inside the mantle. An octopus has two big (2), so it has very good
vision. Seals, eels, and other sea animals prey on octopuses. An octopus main
method of defense is to shoot s cloud of dark ink into the water. The ink cloud
confuses the attacker, and the octopus jets away. Octopuses can also (3) color
rapidly when they are in danger. They change color to fit in with their
surroundings. This helps them to hide from prey.

1. A. skin
B. scales
C. seals
D. shells
E. skull

2. A. eyes
B. bones
C. fingers
D. thumbs
E. shoulders

3. A. complain
B. wonder
C. deliver
D. change
E. breathe

Now she came to me and was reluctant to help me when I got in trouble.
She would always calm me when I was angry; she would always come back
helping me; she would always get me a glass of water (4) in nightmares; she
would always cheer me up when I cried helplessly; she would never let me
carry (5) than I could hold. But why? Why did she do that? She would
always comfort me when my parents fought.
Honey, do you want a glass of water? Anna asked me, pulling my bed-
sheet (6) to my neck, with a glass of water in her right hand. I got up and
saw her white face in the dim moonlight.

4. A. lifted up
B. picked up
C. brought up
D. woke up
E. stood up

5. A. opportunities
B. burden
C. chances
D. prospect
E. responsibility

6. A. close
B. deep
C. beyond
D. narrow
E. huge

In Australia most children attend primary school from the age of five.
Only two percent of children of primary school are educated at home. Some
children who go to school also take up extra activities such as learning to
play a music instrument or dancing, and they go to play a musical
instrument or dancing, and they go to private classes for these and for
school. (7) they find difficult or particularly interesting, such as languages,
mathematics, or computing. Ninety five percent of the population goes on
to secondary school, (8). A much smaller percentage pass the final year of
secondary school examinations and complete a university (9). At the
moment, university student and graduates make up less than a third of total
population. Australian university are modern and equipped. Most teaching
is by a combination of tutorial and (10) classes. The (11) courses like
history and philosophy, usually involved a lot of reading in the library. To
become a primary or secondary school teacher, it is usually necessary to
study at university for three years or more.

7. A. matters
B. courses
C. subjects
D. problem
E. lecturers

8. A. and
B. as well as
C. or
D. but
E. then

9. A. college
B. award
C. scholarship
D. degree
E. faculty

10. A. practiced
B. practicing
C. partitioner
D. practice
E. practical

11. A. human
B. humanitarian
C. humanism
D. humanist
E. humanities

A great deal of todays office activity involves the use of computers for
communicating the written word in networks or with data banks or with other
computer outside the business organization originating the communicating.
Until recently this communication has been limited to the typed word.
However todays computer may be activated by the human voices (called
voice input) and material (12) into the computer with oral comments. The
voice input is able to tell the computer what to do and how to do it. (13) the
voice input can provide the information that is to be transcribed into a written
(14) a letter, or memorandum, a report, or some form of telecommunication.
In other words, with voice (15) computer software you will be able to decate
a letter is to be sent. It may even do the (16) transmitting. As voice activation
for computer is (17) developed, effective oral communication will become
more and more important.

12.A. inserted
B. inserting
C. to be inserted
D. to be inserting
E. it is inserting

13.A. nevertheless
B. therefore
C. furthermore
D. however
E. in conclusion

14.A. receipt
B. bill
C. document
D. sertificate
E. order

15.A. activation
B. activated
C. activate
D. active
E. order

16.A. actually
B. actuality
C. actual
D. actualie
E. actualization

17.A. farther
B. deeper
C. faster
D. higher
E. further

One of changing aspects of American society is the increasing trend of


home education. A government survey (12) in 1990-1991 shows that
between 250,000 and 300,000 children were taught at home. Another
study made by a private foundation indicates that the parent (13) may be
as high as one million. The number of parent-taught children is increasing at
15-20% annually, (14) it will continue to increase as more parents at
home dissatisfied with public school and choose to teach their children at
home. In some cases, parents need only to (15) the city school board of
their (16) to teach their children at home.

12. A. evaluated
B. conducted
C. estimated
D. encountered
E. proposed
13. A. figure
B. sum
C. create
D. account
E. numbers

14. A. however
B. but
C. otherwise
D. and
E. therefore

15. A. inform
B. information
C. informing
D. informative
E. informat
16. A. dislike
B. intention
C. manner
D. attitude
E. expectation

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