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s who visit Japan are famous athletes
　[C] people in Japan are strongly opposed to racial prejudice
　[D] Japanese people like sports and many are sports fans
35. It can be most safely concluded from the last paragraph that ______
　[A] the author did not actually tell anyone her ideas about being black
　[B] Japanese people were quite ignorant of American history
　[C] there was a lack of cultural exchange between America and Japan
　[D] people in the two countries have some misunderstanding about each other
Passage 4
Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language; but few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there are many reasons for this, some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, and consequently pronouncing a foreign language is a skill---one that needs careful training of a special kind, and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of itself. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concerned with speaking the language. So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject should get the student to feel that here is a matter worthy of receiving his close attention. So, there should be occasions, when other aspects of English, such as grammar or spelling, are allowed for the moment to take second place. Apart from this question of the time given to pronunciation, there are two other requirements for the teacher: the first, knowledge; the second, technique. It is important that the teacher should be in possession of the necessary information. This can generally be obtained from books. It is possible to get from books some idea of the mechanics of speech, and of what we call general phonetic theory. It is also possible in this way to get a clear mental picture of the relationship between the sounds of different languages, between the speech habits of English people and those, say, of your students. Unless the teacher has such a picture, any comments he may make on his students' pronunciation are unlikely to be of much use, and lesson time spent on pronunciation may well be time wasted. But it does not follow that you can teach pronunciation successfully as soon as you have read the necessary books. It depends after that what use you make of your knowledge; and this is a matter of technique.
36. What does the writer actually say about pronouncing foreign languages?
　[A] Only a few people are really proficient.
　[B] No one is really an expert in the skill.
　[C] There aren't many people who are even fairly good.
　[D] There are even some people who are moderately proficient.
37. The best way of learning to speak a foreign language, he suggests, is by ______
　[A] picking it up naturally as a child
　[B] learning from a native speaker
　[C] not concentrating on pronunciation as such
　[D] undertaking systematic work

38. What is it that teachers are said to be inclined to forget?
　[A] The practical teaching of languages.
　[B] The importance of a good accent.
　[C] The principles of phonetic theory.
　[D] The teaching of pronunciation in the classroom.

39. The value the student puts on correct speech habits depends upon ______
　[A] how closely he attends to the matter
　[B] whether it is English that is being taught
　[C] his teacher's approach to pronunciation
　[D] the importance normally given to grammar and spelling

40. How might the teacher find himself wasting lesson time?
　[A] By spending lesson time on pronunciation.
　[B] By making ill-informed comments upon pronunciation.
　[C] By not using books on phonetics in the classroom.
　[D] By not giving students a clear mental picture of the difference between sounds.

III. SKIMMING AND SCANNING
In this part there are 3 reading passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Skim or scan the passages, then decide on the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points, 1 point each)
Passage 1
Page PREFACE 1 INTRODUCTION 5 The Search for American Character
 by Luther S. Luedtke PART ONE 35 Building a Nation 1. America's Natural Landscapes 43 by Peirce Lewis 2, From Immigration to Acculturation 68 by Arthur Mann 3. The Frontier Family: Dislocation and the American Experience 81 by Lillian Schlissel 4. A Consonance of Towns 91 by Richard Lingeman 5. Urban America 105 by Sam Bass Warner, Jr. 6. Cultural Regions of America 121 by Raymond D. Gastil PART TWO 135 Expressions of American Culture 1. American Manners 140 by Neil Harris 2. The Artlessness of American Culture 153 by Dickran Tashjian 3. A New Architecture, Yet Old 165 by Leland M. Roth 4. Literature and Values: The American Crusoe and the Idea of the West 177 by Richard Lehan 5. Entertainment and the Mass Media 190 by Norman Corwin 6. Sports and American Culture 207 by Richard G. Powers
41. The author of the introduction is ______
　[A] Nell Harris       [B] Luther S. Luedtke
　[C] Raymond D. Gastil [D] Richard G. Powers
42. If you are interested in the relationship between sports and the American culture, you should refer to pages ______
　[A] 207-220 [B] 53-164
　[C] 35-152 [D] 165-176
43. In the essay written by Norman Corwin, you probably will find information about American ______
　[A] literature [B] geography
　[C] newspapers [D] landscapes
Passage 2

The effort to develop gene (基因) transplants as a treatment for hereditary (遗传的) diseases has taken another step forward. An American team has developed a highly efficient technique to carry out gene transplants in mice. Eventually, scientists hope to be able to use the technique in man to replace the defective genes responsible for diseases such as hemophilia and cystic fibrosis. The latest feat in the drive towards performing a gene transplant on man was reported by doctors Suzanne Mansour, Kirk Thomas and Marlo Capecchi of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Salt Lake City. "It is a breakthrough, producing a new approach to doing gene therapy," said Dr Capecchi. Previous attempts at inserting new genes into the chromosome, the baby's genetic blueprint, have had only limited success. A British team has found a way to persuade a transplanted gene to work by the discovery of special genetic material that "switches on" the gene, wherever it is inserted in a cell's genetic mater