Reading (No. 66-80)
Directions: In this part you will read a selection or texts. Each text is followed by several questions.
Questions 66 - 68 refer to the following letter.
TO: syamoto@hyndi.com
FROM: klee@globalmail.com
SUBJECT: AE123-QR/20__
Dear Ms. Yamoto
I am pleased to have the opportunity extended to me to work for your department. This position interests me greatly. However, I feel that the remuneration package you offer is not commensurate with my education and experience.
Please consider that after eight years of experience in the field, I will be able to be effective immediately. I am eager to get started in the new job as soon as possible, and am confident that we can reach agreement on remuneration.
I would like to meet with you again to discuss this, and will call to arrange an appointment.
Best regards,
Katie Lee
66.What is the main purpose of this email?
A. To accept a position
B. To request an appointment
C. To negotiate the starting date
D. To decline an offer
67.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Ms. Lee is satisfied with an offer.
B. Ms. Yamoto worked in the same company for eight years.
C. Ms. Yamoto interviewed Ms. Lee.
D. Ms. Lee is in charge of accounts.
68.In the first paragraph, line 3 the word “commensurate” is closest in meaning to
(A) costly
(B) indicative
(C) matched
(D) reasonable
Questions 69 - 73 refer to the following passage.
In 742 China's population was still approximately 50 million, very close to what it had been in A.D.2. Over the next three centuries, with the expansion of rice cultivation in central and south China, the country's food supply steadily increased, and so did its population, which reached 100 million by 1100.
Agricultural prosperity and denser settlement patterns both aided commercialization. Peasants in more densely populated regions were drawn into commercial networks, selling their surpluses and buying charcoal, tea, oil, and wine. The need to transport the products of interregional trade stimulated the inland and coastal shipping industries, providing employment for shipbuilders and sailors and business opportunities for enterprising families with enough capital to purchase a boat. Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant who wrote of his visit to China in the late thirteenth century, was astounded at the boat traffic on the Yangzi River. He claimed to have seen no less than fifteen thousand vessels at one city on the river.
As marketing increased, demand for money grew enormously, leading eventually to the creation of paper money. The late Tang government abandoned the use of silk as currency, which increased the demand for coins. By 1805, the output of coins had increased tenfold to more than 6 billion coins a year. To avoid the weight and bulk of coins for large transactions, local merchants in late Tang times started trading receipts from deposit shops where they left money or goods. The early Song authorities awarded a small set of shops a monopoly on the issuing of these certificates of deposit, and in the 1120s the government tool over the system, producing the world's first government-issued paper money.
-McKay et al, A History of World Societies, Vol.1, Fifth edition,pp.312-313
69. What is this passage mostly about ?
A. Marco Polo's trip to China
B. early agriculture in China
C. growth in population and prosperity in China
D. development of money in China
70. In this passage, the family that is enterprising is one that wants to...
A. make money
B. travel
C. buy oil and wine
D. plant rice
71. In this passage, transactions are...
A. goods
B. exchanges
C. travels
D. merchants
72. According to the passage, what was an early form of currency ?
A. boats
B. rice
C. oil and wine
D. bolts of silk
73. What is the main purpose of this passage ?
A. to give information about the world history
B. to convince by telling an interesting story
C. to appeal to the senses
D. to persuade to use paper money
Questions 74 - 80 refer to the following passage.
-1 Many people like to eat pizza, but not everyone knows how to make it. Making the perfect pizza can be complicated, but there are lots of ways for you to make a more basic version at home.
-2 When you make pizza, you must begin with the crust. The crust can be hard to make. If you want to make the crust yourself, you will have to make dough using flour, water, and yeast. You will have to knead the dough with your hands. If you do not have enough time to do this, you can use a prepared crust that you buy from the store.
3- After you have chosen your crust, you must then add the sauce. Making your own sauce from scratch can take a long time. You have to buy tomatoes, peel them, and then cook them with spices. If this sounds like too much work, you can also purchase jarred sauce from the store. Many jarred sauces taste almost as good as the kind you make at home.
4- Now that you have your crust and your sauce, you need to add the cheese. Cheese comes from milk, which comes from cows. Do you have a cow in your backyard? Do you know how to milk the cow? Do you know how to turn that milk into cheese? If not, you might want to buy cheese from the grocery store instead of making it yourself.
5- When you have the crust, sauce, and cheese ready, you can add other toppings. Some people like to put meat on their pizza, while other people like to add vegetables. Some people even like to add pineapple! The best part of making a pizza at home is that you can customize it by adding your own favorite ingredients.
74.The author's main purpose in writing this passage is to
A. describe the history of pizza
B. teach a healthier way to make pizza
C. outline steps to make a basic pizza at home
D. provide tips about how to make your pizza especially delicious
75. As used in paragraph 1, which word means the opposite of complicated?
A. difficult
B. simple
C. easy
D. manageable
76. In paragraph 3, the author writes, "Many jarred sauces taste almost as good as the kind you make at home." The purpose of this statement is to
A. clarify a later statement
B. provide an example
C. clarify an earlier statement
D. explain the previous paragraph
77. In paragraph 4, the author asks a series of questions in order to
A. support the idea that most people cannot make homemade cheese
B. reinforce the idea that most people probably live on farms
C. prove that store-bought cheese tastes better than homemade cheese
D. emphasize the superiority of homemade cheese over store bought cheese
78. As used in paragraph 5, which is the best definition for customize?
A. to make personal
B. to prepare for more than one
C. to eat while hot
D. to desire
79. Which of the following words best describes how the author feels about making a pizza from scratch?
A. helpful
B. understanding
C. enthusiastic
D. negative
80. Which of the following conclusions would work best at the end of this passage.
A. Although the crust, sauce, and toppings are all important ingredients in pizza, it is clear that the cheese is most important. Therefore, be sure your cheese is homemade.
B. It can be understood that making your pizza from scratch should be avoided at all costs. Use store bought ingredients and save yourself a heap of trouble.
C. As you can see, cooking a pizza can be fun, but it can also be very expensive. But, as you can see, the best things are worth paying for.
D.Once you have prepared the crust, sauce, cheese, and toppings, you are ready to bake your pizza. I think you will see that making pizza at home can be a good alternative to purchasing it from the store.