English Entrance Examination
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For Non-English Major Doctoral Candidates -uMSe~
Paper One ?~hHGf\^b6
Part I Listening Comprehension (15 points, 20 minutes) VJickXA
Section A auK?](U
Directions: In this section you will hear several short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Each conversation and question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers marked (A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. q|!-0B@
1. A) To cancel his trip B) To go to bed early. {>DEsO
C) To catch a later flight D) To ask for a wake-up call ;C3US)j
2. A) They have different opinions as to what to do next. O(D~_O.
B) They have to pay for the house by installments. lT&eJO~?5
C) They will fix a telephone in the bathroom. /v-6WSN
D) The man''s attitude is more sensible than the woman''s. }:us:%
3. A) She will save the stamps for the man''s sister. ]yK7PH-{L
B) She will no longer get letters from Canada. eZIhEOF
C) She can''t give the stamps to the man''s sister. NQ(1
D) She has given the stamps to the man''s roommates. @+Si?8\
4. A) Visiting the Brownings B) Writing. El.hu%#n*G
C) Looking for a postcard. D) Filling in a form. ]rWgSID
5. A) The man should work with somebody else WvBc#s-
B) The man should meet his partner''s needs. '98VYCL
C) They should come to a compromise. "B3N*R(["
D) They should find a better lab for the project. mS(
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6. A) She can''t finish her assignment, either. r:f[mk"-"A
B) She can''t afford a computer right now. 9Uj$K>:
C) The man can use her computer. NG "C&v
D) The man should buy a computer right away. 6kpg+{;
7. A) The visiting economist has given several lectures.
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B) The guest lecturer''s opinion is different from Dr.Johnson''s. u%}nw :>
C) Dr. Johnson and the guest speaker were schoolmates. fGUE<l
D) Dr. Johnson invited the economist to visit their college. Cs9.&Y
8. A) She''s never watched a better game. VH9dleZ
B) Football is her favorite pastime. #gz
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C) The game has been canceled [@J/eW
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D) Their team played very badly. $c0h.t
Section B '*5i)^
Directions: In this section, you will hear three short passage. At the end of each passage, there will be two or three questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. Qw-~>d
Passage 1 YB(Q\hT~\;
9. A) He sold fast food. ar__ Pf6r
B) He raised dogs. z\K"Rg~J
C) He was a cook. R=gb'
D) He was a cartoonist. .E`\MtA
10. A) Because the Americans found they were from Germany. T ]t'39
B) Because people thought they contained dog meat. hIy ~B['
C) Because people had to get used to their taste. 63\/ *
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D) Because it was too hot to eat right away. w65K[l;2
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11. A) They give out faint cries. Uwf+
B) They make noises to drive away insects. ]A~WIF
C) They extend their water pipes. O_`VV*
D) They become elastic like rubber bands.
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B) They could keep the plants well watered. NjVYLn<.r
C) They could make the plants grow faster ]<ldWL
D) They could build devices to trap insects. 4 ezEW|S
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13 A) To look for a different lifestyle. B) To enjoy themselves bo2H]PL*
C) For adventure. D) For education B^4&-z2|
14 A) It is a city of contrasts |XQIfW]A
B) It possesses many historical sites. Bmr>n6|
C) It is an important industrial center. .B7,j%1r
D) It has many big and beautiful parks. mWoAO@}Y
15. A) It helps develop our personalities. s^Y"' ` +
B) It enables us to acquire first-hand knowledge. ")SFi^]
C) It makes our life more interesting. %Qmn-uZ
D) It brings about changes in our lifestyle. z>LUH
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Part II Reading Comprehension (30 points, 45 minutes) 6</
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Directions: In this part there are several passages. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked (A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. A
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Every year scientists open more doors that lead to the secrets of YN/|$sMD|
new beneficent drugs. ?M8dP%&r
There is bacitracin, which was discovered by two scientists at "Lzi+1
Columbia University''s College of Physicians and Surgeons. These two p*< 0"0
people, Dr. Frank Meleney and Miss Balbina Johnson, knowing that the ;y,5k?
human body had some kind of action in itself with which it fights `ZU($!(
infections, began to search for the chemical that does this. In the *1uKr9
hospital they examined badly infected wounds of people who had been MV5 _L3M
hurt in accidents and made tests of the blood and the infected tissue. 5&QJ7B,!
Finally, in the wound of a girl who had broken a leg bone, they C_(
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found the useful germs which seemed to be fighting the poisonous $|L
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infection. They took some of these into the laboratory and from them )Q=_0;#;k
developed cultures; that is, larger masses of the germs with which to .8@$\ZRP
experiment. At last, after long and painstaking work, they were able tRs [ YK
to draw from these germs a substance which is a germ destroyer. Dr. aT{_0m$G10
Meleney and Miss Johnson named it bacitracin-baci because the germ is, *F+KqZ.2
in scientific language, a bacillus and tracin for Margaret Tracy, lG9bLiFY
whose broken leg supplied the germ. xqeyD* s
Bacitracin at first was used only locally; later the drug was lNy.g{2f<m
developed into a solution that can be used to fight germ through the ,$@bE
blood stream. VF&(8X\
16.Today, the discovery of a new drug occurs . @D.}\(
A)very seldom. B)once in a generation. 2P
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C)once every ten years. D)frequently. v:f}XK<
17. The scientific term for the action with which the human body u7Y
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fights infection . o\[~.";Z
A)drug. B)biotic. $ZUdT
C)not mentioned. D)both A and B. N,`$M.|?
18. Searching for the fighting chemical, the scientists examined . iNWw;_|1
A)fresh wounds. B)infected wounds. -c_74c50
C)only infected leg bones. D)only a few wounds. ]}Mj)J" m
19. Cultures, as used in this article, are . {}>0e:51
A)masses of germs. NvD7Krqwa
B)blood tests. D|lzGt
C)masses of infected tissue. 5 f@)z"j
D)poisonous germs. ?274uAO'
20. Bacitracin . /1Qr#OJ(]
A)is poisonous. B)destroys germs. BTlk
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C)restores broken bones. D)develops germs. j5QuAU8
21. To say that a drug was used locally is to say that it was . hjU::m,WX
A)distributed through the whole system. }v@dL3{f
B)used only in the area of infection. ySk R>y
C)used only at Columbia QMA%$
D)used only in hospitals. bH-ub2@qO
22. From reading this selection you can infer that 9"@\s$
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A)many scientific discoveries are due to chance. {i1|R"ta
B)every year scientists discover new beneficent drugs. nxY\|@
C)behind medical discovery there may be a dramatic story. *]. 7dec/
D)culture are large masses of germs. Bp*K]3_
Passage 2 Z_PNI#h*
Our echo sounder located the wreck of a French submarine that had _ ?TN;
foundered during the war in seventy-five feet of water outside Dakar qsF<!'m7`
harbor. Dumas and I plunged down and found the vessel lying clean and W$QcDp]#p}
upright, surrounded by such clouds of fish as we had rarely seen-small +ylTGSZ
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silver fingerlings and dark metals. As Dumas swam into the shadow of 'WMh8)
the port propeller, he came face to face with a gigantic fish, grouper E0BMv/r8b
variety, cousin to our familiar Mediterranean meroblast-fish. This )r';lGh2#
specimen was ten times the size of our old acquaintances: he weighed BmBj7
at least four hundred pounds. The wide, flat head and tiny eyes SIe="YG]<
advanced on Dumas; the ugly mouth yawned open, wide enough to admit 68bQ;Dv
him. Dumas knew that sedentary groupers have no teeth to speak of; it h~A/ y!
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seemed, however, that this individual might wish to swallow him #:%&x@@c3P
unmasticated in the fashion of the mero type which swims agape(大张着嘴), jy7\+i
taking in whole octopuses(章鱼). pEw"8U
The cavernous mouth approached within two feet; Dumas sculled <3(LWxw
backward, watchfully keeping a modest interval as the monster h}-3\8 >
unhurriedly followed. The knowledge that the species was harmless gave XoXM^*Vk
Dumas little comfort as he gazed into the fish''s mouth; he and the -_ I_W&
grouper exchanged mutual stares of revulsion for a seemingly KTK <gV9:
interminable period while Dumas was steadily pressed back. Then the %/EVUN9=
beast lost interest, turned aside, and returned to its dim home under |HU@
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the lost submarine. Dumas surfaced in a reflective mood: "Imagine H!vax)%-\
being swallowed by a lousy grouper." liEPCWl&
23. Dumas encountered the jewfish while . d[r#-h>dS
A)trying to locate an old wreck. D@C-5rmq
B)skin fishing in Dakar harbor. fz;iOjr>
C)swimming near a foundered submarine. YgKZ#?*
D)attempting to salvage a submarine. mrTlXXz
24. The gigantic fish was actually . \Fl+\?~D
A)an extraordinarily large pomfret. KgV3
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C)a kind of grouper fish. 2*rH?dz8E
B)a mero. IOTR/anu
D)both B and C. ~0?mBy!-O
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A) dangerous if provoked. B) vicious. KN$}tCU
C) harmless. D) afraid of man. )S`jFQ1
26. Dumas regarded the fish with . ^L0d/,ik
A)tolerant amusement. X7[^s
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B)immediate terror. pa#d L!J
C)complete objectivity. "-_fv5jL
D)increasing suspicion. t
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27. It seemed to Dumas that the fish wished to . N03G>fZ
A)drive him away from its home. 6W@UJx}w5
B)swallow him whole. CQwL|$)]Y
C)protect itself. X_qf"|i
D)force him to surface. qL5{f(U4<
28. Dumas'' comment on surfacing expressed . wg
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A)terror at a near escape. =PUt&`1.a
B)shame at his reaction to the fish. +${D
C)the unreasonableness of the situation. 6}75iIKi
D)revulsion for the fish. *J$=.fF1
29. Implied but not stated: The fish . tS|9fBdCs
A)intended to eat Dumas. ;WgJ<&33
B)acted out of simple curiosity. KQcs3F@t
C)lived under the submarine. *"WDb|PBb
D)had been misidentified by Dumas. 7uT:b!^f[
Passage 3 [v$0[IuY,
Reruns of situation comedies from the fifties and early sixties dramatize the kinds of problems that parents used to have with their children. The Cleavers scold Beaver for not washing his hands before dinner, the Andersons punish Bud for not doing his homework; the Nelsons dock little Ricky’s allowance because he keeps forgetting to clean his room. But times have changed dramatically. Being a parent today is much more difficult than it was a generation ago. cHcmgW\4
Today’s parents must try, first of all, to control all the new distractions that tempt children away from schoolwork. At home, a child may have a room furnished with a stereo and television. Not many young people can resist the urge to listen to an album or watch MTV-especially if it is time to do schoolwork. Outside the home, the distractions are even more alluring, children no longer “hang out” on a neighborhood corner within earshot of Mom or Dad’s reminder to come in and do homework.. Instead,, they congregate in vast shopping malls, buzzing video arcades and gleaming fast-food restaurants. Parents and school assignments have obvious difficulty competing with such enticing alternatives. 7Q7-vx
Besides dealing with these distractions, parents also have to shield their children from a flood of ***ually explicit materials. Today, children can find *** magazines and pornographic paperbacks in the same corner store that once offered only comics and candy. Moreover, the movies young people attend often focus on highly ***ual situations. It is difficult to teach children traditional values when films show teachers seducing students and young people treating *** as a casual sport. An even more difficult matter for parents is the heavily ***ual content of programs on television. 'D6T8B4
Most disturbing to parents today, however, is the increase in life-threatening dangers that face young people. When children are small, parents fear that their youngsters may be victims of violence. Every news program seems to carry a report about a mass murderer who preys on young girls, a deviant who has buried six boys in his cellar, or an organized child pornography ring that molests preschoolers. When children are older, parents begin to worry about their kids’ use of drugs. Peer pressure to experiment with drugs is often stronger than parents’ warnings. This pressure to experiment can be fatal if the drugs have been mixed with dangerous chemicals. `
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Within one generation, the world as a place to raise children has changed dramatically. One wonders how yesterday’s parents would have dealt with today’s problems. Could the Andersons have kept Bud away from MTV? Could the Nelsons have shielded little Ricky from ***ually explicit material? Could the Cleavers have protected Beaver from drugs? Parents must be aware of all these distractions and dangers, yet be willing to give their children the freedom they need to become responsible adults. It is not an easy task.. xBUya4w
30. Parents today must protect their children from all of the following except_______ . /R~1Zj2&
A)Drug abuse ?6(I V]
B)Life-threatening situations Dw=gs{8D
C)Drinking too much beverage 3=
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D)Sexually explicit materials uA,>a>xYI
31. Traditional values become more difficult for younger generation to accept because ________ . AgOp.~*Z~V
A)Teachers set bad examples for students -:Fe7c
B) Bad side effects on children from TV and films outweigh the traditional education u\LiSGePN
C) Parents failed in educating their children TlI<1/fP}
D)The younger generation can not resist the temptation from all sorts of distractions g8Q5m=O*
32. According to the author, what the parents now most fear for about their children is ________. N>Eqj>G
A) Physical dangers B). Violent TV programs /EibEd\
C) Enticing alternatives D). Sex magazines "VkTY|a
33. Which of the following words can best describe the author’s attitude towards being a responsible parent? ]Pry>N3G5
A) Frustrated. B) Pessimistic. Ct2j ZqCDo
C). Wait-and –see. D) Positive UbEb&9}
34. It can be inferred from the passage that parents today ________. t<T[h2Wd
A)Must pay much more attention to their children’s behavior &FH2fMLQ
B)Have to strengthen the education on traditional values 2-=\~<)
C)Have to strike a balance between their need to provide limitations and their children’s need for freedom N2oRJ,:B
D)Must prevent their children from all kinds of seductions of the society $&$w Y/F
35.The author develops her main idea by _________. D\@m6=L
A)Complaining about some social influences on children 0dA7pY9
B)Comparing education of yesterday with that of today : p{+G
C)Explaining parents’ worries today hty0Rb[dH
D)Stating her own points with vivid examples 2<`.#zIds
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Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes ?OE.O/~l
in contact with them. Their values--this can''t be repeated too often--are is1' s[
not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not }j2
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necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to <V7>?U l
time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small Xg=x7\V
worms, and an old person lying alone in bed, taking no notice of the worms. %]g
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But is it interfering with personal freedom to insist that they go to live d~/q"r 1"
with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? t^xTFn
Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger lqowG!3H
of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious %'xb%`t
risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.
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Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, S@}1t4Ls:
it needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older. You can carry this ,bM-I2BR
comparison right through to the provision for spare parts. But never forget kaxvPv1
that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results. And bae\Zk%`^
at what point should you cease to treat the old body? Is it morally right to
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try to push off death by pursuing the development of drugs to excite the K]qM~v<A
forgetful old mind and to activate the old body, knowing that it is designed T;diNfgg
to die? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as OdQT2PA_
they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel bound to give them hY*0aZ|(
a try, on the principle that while there''s life, there''s hope. PN$X N<
When you talk to the old people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun. =\,uy8HX
36. It is implied in Paragraph 1 that ________ . T1`|~Z?g-
A) very old people enjoy living with their relatives K*IxUz(
B) social services have nothing to do with very old people 2>]a)
C) very old people would like to live alone so that they can have more WEa2E?*
personal freedom GyW.2
D) very old people are able to keep their rooms very clean dLvJh#`o
37. Some social workers think that ________ . Uz608u
A) health and safety are more important than personal freedom {/LZcz[
B) personal freedom is more important than health and safety rZojY}dWJ
C) old people should keep their rooms clean ?sBh=Ds
D) one should not take the risk of dealing with old people N7%TYs
38. In the author''s opinion, ________ . rVtw-[p
A) the human body can''t be compared to a car - ZW3
B) the older a person, the more care he needs Uw/l>\
C) too much emphasis has been put on old people''s values Olfn
D) it is easy to provide spare parts for old people W%e_~$H0
39. The word ''it'' in the last paragraph refers to __________ . v)f7};"z
A) the conclusion you have made >r)X:K+I
B) your talk to the old people Fl{WAg
C) whether age is happy or unpleasant -fgC"2H
D) one''s money or one''s health C}?0`!Cc%
40. The author thinks that __________ . ]h!`IX
A) medical decisions for old people should be left to the doctors z[
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B) old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very rich b[@VYa
C) the opinion that we should try every means possible to save old people }wwe}E-e
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D) it is always morally right to treat old people and push off death `@`1pOb
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Let children learn to judge their own work. A child who learns to talk does not learn by being corrected all time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people''s. In the same way, when children learn to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught--to work, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle--compare those performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his own mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. | A:@&|
If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can''t find a way to get the right answer. Let''s end this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know. 6<Hu8$G|
Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one''s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, "But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get in the world? Don''t worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it." yPu4T6Vv
41. What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things? *Q}[ ]g
A)by copying what other people do Gzt
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B)by making mistakes and having them corrected w7-WUvxl
C)by listening to explanations from skilled people ,xths3.K
D)by asking a great many questions N;HIsOT}t
42. What does the author think teachers do which they should not do? !q4x~G0d
A)They give children correct answers. -s__E
B)They point out children''s mistakes to them. ~ eN8|SR
C)They allow children to make their own work. /&Jv,[2kV
D)They encourage children to copy from one another. 4p) e}W*
43. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are _____. uCzii o`S
A)not really important skills. O.k\]'
B)more important than other skills. 0y%L-:/c|
C)basically different from learning adult skills. r$nkU4N'
D)basically the same as learning other skills.
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44. Exams, grades, and marks should be abolished because children''s progress should only be estimated by _____. Fa3gJ[ZAqf
A)educated persons. B)the children themselves. EZ#gp^$
C)teachers. D)parents. H3
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45. The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are _____. }X$l\pm
A)too independent of others. [@{0o+.]'H
B)too critical of themselves. ;R[&pDx
C)unable to think for themselves. }++5_Z_
D)unable to use basic skills. K5 vNhA
Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 15 points, 20 minutes) l+
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Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark your corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. V,QwN&
46.His heart was filled with for the accident. 2eok@1
A)composure B)compassion 02 f9 w V
C)altruism D)discretion D6=HYqdj
47.The mechanisms of government seemed awesome to the visitors. hWGZd~L
A)intricate B)subtle w@N{@tG
C)interesting D)new 4DM L
48.Registration is in order to vote in elections. l]vohLz
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49. your requests, we regret that we are unable to assist you in this matter. G:Hj;&'2
A)By virtue of B)In view of DJ:38_ F
C)On account of D)With respect to _O52ai><b
50.A child''s often changes in the presence of strangers. ZDlu1>Q
A)personality B)behavior ?Y`zg`
C)comprehension D)attitude Rkv
51.The motorist was by the conflicting road signs and was at a loss about which direction to take. ??TdrTS
A)angry B)bewildered 4 ?2g&B\
C)happy D)sorrowful 'oi2Seq
52.The food was divided ______ according to the age and size of the children. 5`UJouHi
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B)proportionately 8dV=1O$/
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