B) Not having breakfast improve one’s performance.
C) Having breakfast improve one’s performance.
D) Performance is not related to whether having breakfast or not.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) How Ray Kroc made money for the brothers.
B) How to start our own restaurant.
C) A restaurant in California in 1948.
D) How the McDonald’s business started and grew.
33. A) They wanted customers to pay less.
B) Customers would get their meals quickly.
C) They could use plastic plates.
D) They didn’t need waiters and waitresses.
34. A) The food was delicious and healthful.
B) It was quick and cheap.
C) It was famous in the city.
D) It was different and new.
35. A) They could make a lot of friends there.
B) They liked the brothers.
C) They enjoyed the food, the toys and the games there.
D) Their parents asked them to go there.
Section C:
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Britain is changing more rapidly than ever before in her long history. In some respects the new British society (36) ____________ general world trends. In other respects it has kept its own (37) _________ flavor. British society is evolving, that is to say, developing and suiting itself to rapidly changing conditions. Evolution rather than revolution or violent change is a special (38) _________of the British way of life.
This is shown in one way by how the British people vote at (39) ___________. The Conservative and Labor Parties have controlled the (40) __________ scene for the last fifty years, but today neither party can any longer be sure from which class or income group its (41) _________ will come. Not long ago you would have expected the working classes always to vote for the Labor Party. The word “labor” means “hard work” – (42) ___________hard work with the hands. The Labor Party is the party which is supposed to (43) __________ the “working man”. You would also have expected the upper and middle classes to vote for the Conservative Party. The word conservative means “keeping things as they are”. The Conservative Party (44) _______________________________________________________________________________. In some respects traditional British “class distinctions” are becoming less clear, and you can be less sure how people will vote. Many members of the middle class support social reform. Many ordinary working people (45)_______________________________________________________ __________________________________. But the old divisions between the classes remain. Many Conservatives fear that the sovereignty of Parliament is being threatened by the Trade Unions. Many workers are afraid that the Conservative bosses are trying to keep their wages down. But class feelings have not reached a personal level yet. (46) ____________________ _________________________________________________________________.
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet 1.
For questions 1-7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
New Proposals on Youth Employment
The unemployment rate in Japan continues to hover at around the 5% level, but the number of unemployed youths is exceptionally high compared to other age groups. The fluid situation is gradually taking root in society, with an increasing number of youths making a living as “freeters” (as young job-hoppers are called in Japan) or leaving and changing jobs even after they find employment. This youth employment problem is essentially a product of many companies’ guarded stance (姿态) on employment and the narrowing of employment opportunities for those seeking to work as regular employees.
To deal with the youth employment problem, the government and relevant institutions have already presented various proposals for specific policies, such as to strengthen policies that can turn economic recovery into a vigorous increase of labor demand; while expanding job openings for regular employees, also to promote equal treatment of non-regular employees and secure opportunities for them to become regular employees so that the working styles of non-regular employees are not disadvantaged; from the earliest stage as possible, systematically to provide job preparatory education with a long-range outlook on career development. Some of these policies are actually being implemented, but they are not necessarily producing adequate results. For this reason, the following three new measures should be considered in addition to other measures being deliberated.
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