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B.
C.
D.
They booked the hotel where they had stayed on their honeymoon.
They booked the hotel where they had stayed there on their honeymoon.
They booked the hotel which they had stayed there on their honeymoon.
They booked the hotel which they had stayed on their honeymoon.
READ THE TEXT THEN CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER TO EACH OF THE
QUESTIONS.
An American TV network has had an international hit with the drama "24. a thriller known
for its suspense and often graphic violence. Over the past year, controversy has surrounded
the series because of its portrayal of Muslim terrorists and its frequent scenes of torture. But
the content of 24 is not the only thing that would have been unthinkable on primetime
television 20 years ago. Its form also represents a major change in modem TV: during each
episodes 44 minutes a realtime hour, minus 16 minutes for commercials the show
connects the lives of 21 different characters, each with their own personalities and specific
relationships with other characters. Nine different story lines (or threads") arc depicted,
each involving events and information revealed in previous episodes.
For years many people have assumed that popular culture is in a state of decline rapidly
degenerating into junk culture" with no worthwhile purpose. But an interesting new book
challenges that assumption. Everything Bad is Good for You: How Todays Popular Culture
Is Actually Making Us Smarter," by Steven Johnson, makes a persuasive argument that
todays complex TV dramas and other pop culture Products gives healthy mental exercise. He
calls the use or complex, interwoven plot lines involving multiple characters
multithreading, and it is a new and growing phenomenon in TV to keep up with shows
like 24", he points out, you must pay attention, make inferences, track shifting social
relationships", and these cognitive challenges are changing our mental development for the
better.
The most obvious change in the last five years of narrative entertainment is the rise of reality
TV, Surely, you might be thinking, watching Survivor" or The Bachelor cannot possibly
raise anyone's IQ Survivor is now in its tenth season, and The Bachelor is in its seventh.
But as Johnson tells us lately even the junk has improved. The new reality shows are like
games: they arc series of competitive tests, each more challenging than the last, and with
rules that must be learned as you play. On Survivor" for instance, the participants and the
audience know the general objective of the game but each episode brings new challenges that
require quick thinking. Success in these games calls for the intellectual labor of finding the
weak spots in the rules and in your opponents. This labor is done not just by the stars of the
shows but the viewers at home as well. This is what makes these shows such fun to watch
the human mind enjoys being challenged. As Johnson writes, Theres real pleasure in
solving puzzles, detecting patterns or understanding a complex narrative system."
38. What is the topic of the passage?
A. The decline of TV today
C. Benefits of TV today
B. TV and culture
D. Why 24 became a hit
39. The word each in paragraph I refers to ____.
A. story lines
B. characters
C. episodes
D. personalities
40. The author begins the passage by discussing 24 in order to ____.
A. prove that TV has become much more violent
B. show how TV has become more complex
C. explain why many TV shows nowadays are controversial
ANSWER KEY
CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT BEST FITS EACH BLANK.
1. Marry generally gets _____ her classmates.
B. along well with B. well along
C. well along with
D. well with along
2. If you talked less and _____ more, wed finish a lot faster.
B. had worked
B. have worked
C. worked
D. would work
3. _____ much of Friday afternoon in the gym, she decided to spend the evening at
home.
B. Having spent
B. She has spent
C. To spent
D. To have spent
4. It is raining heavily with rolls of thunder. We ______ such a terrible thunderstorm.
B. would never see B. had never seen
C. have never seen D. never see
B. ordering
B. making
C. having
D. doing
5. I really cant stand people _____ their garbage on public beaches.
B. to leave
B. that the leave
C. when leaving
D. leaving
6. How was your weekend? I was busy _____ things around the house.
B. by doing
B. doing
C. for doing
D. to do
7. _____ all the shareholders, I would like to express our great thanks to you.
B. In view of
B. On behalf of
C. With respect to
D. In advance of
8. I am afraid that these regulations have to be _____ with.
B. complied
B. provided
C. faced
D. met
9. As the drug took _____, the boy became quieter.
B. force
B. action
C. influence
D. effect
10. Capital punishment was done _____ in Britain nearly half a century ago.
B. off by
B. away with
C. out for
D. over form
11. My best friend has moved to another town, but we still _____.
A. contact
B. keep in touch
C. keep pace with
D. get in touch
12. By _______ the household chores, he can help his mother after going home from
school.
READ THE TEXT THEN CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER TO EACH OF THE
QUESTIONS.
Arthur Dove was an abstract nature painter whose work was radically different and
underappreciated in the American art scene. In fact, Dove was the first American artist to
paint in an entirely abstract manner. He painted a set of six abstract works around 1910, prior
to the European artist Wassily Kandinskys famous abstract compositions. Kandinskys
abstract work, however, complemented the cultural context in Europe, and was therefore
appreciated. Doves work had no similar cultural context in America.
Overall, Dove's abstract paintings did nothing to change American art. His work was not once
but twice orphaned: by the general indifference of the American public, and by his own
reclusive nature. Nevertheless, Dove's abstract paintings remain interesting compositions on
nature.
Dove once wrote, I would like to make something that is real in itself, or to be real without
looking like something else, that does not remind anyone of any other thing, and that does not
have to be explained, like the letter A for instance.
13. What is the main purpose of this passage?
E.
F.
G.
H.
They booked the hotel where they had stayed on their honeymoon.
They booked the hotel where they had stayed there on their honeymoon.
They booked the hotel which they had stayed there on their honeymoon.
They booked the hotel which they had stayed on their honeymoon.
READ THE TEXT THEN CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER TO EACH OF THE
QUESTIONS.
An American TV network has had an international hit with the drama "24. a thriller known
for its suspense and often graphic violence. Over the past year, controversy has surrounded
the series because of its portrayal of Muslim terrorists and its frequent scenes of torture. But
the content of 24 is not the only thing that would have been unthinkable on primetime
television 20 years ago. Its form also represents a major change in modem TV: during each
episodes 44 minutes a realtime hour, minus 16 minutes for commercials the show
connects the lives of 21 different characters, each with their own personalities and specific
relationships with other characters. Nine different story lines (or threads") arc depicted,
each involving events and information revealed in previous episodes.
For years many people have assumed that popular culture is in a state of decline rapidly
degenerating into junk culture" with no worthwhile purpose. But an interesting new book
challenges that assumption. Everything Bad is Good for You: How Todays Popular Culture
Is Actually Making Us Smarter," by Steven Johnson, makes a persuasive argument that
todays complex TV dramas and other pop culture Products gives healthy mental exercise. He
calls the use or complex, interwoven plot lines involving multiple characters
multithreading, and it is a new and growing phenomenon in TV to keep up with shows
like 24", he points out, you must pay attention, make inferences, track shifting social
relationships", and these cognitive challenges are changing our mental development for the
better.
The most obvious change in the last five years of narrative entertainment is the rise of reality
TV, Surely, you might be thinking, watching Survivor" or The Bachelor cannot possibly
raise anyone's IQ Survivor is now in its tenth season, and The Bachelor is in its seventh.
But as Johnson tells us lately even the junk has improved. The new reality shows are like
games: they arc series of competitive tests, each more challenging than the last, and with
rules that must be learned as you play. On Survivor" for instance, the participants and the
audience know the general objective of the game but each episode brings new challenges that
require quick thinking. Success in these games calls for the intellectual labor of finding the
weak spots in the rules and in your opponents. This labor is done not just by the stars of the
shows but the viewers at home as well. This is what makes these shows such fun to watch
the human mind enjoys being challenged. As Johnson writes, Theres real pleasure in
solving puzzles, detecting patterns or understanding a complex narrative system."
38. What is the topic of the passage?
C. The decline of TV today
C. Benefits of TV today
D. TV and culture
D. Why 24 became a hit
39. The word each in paragraph I refers to ____.
B. story lines
B. characters
C. episodes
D. personalities
40. The author begins the passage by discussing 24 in order to ____.
E. prove that TV has become much more violent
F. show how TV has become more complex
G. explain why many TV shows nowadays are controversial