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will make more friends if they use a certain soap—or some other product. They believe that the murders on TV 38 are normal and acceptable. By the time they are out of high school, most young people have watched about 15,000 hours of television, and have seen about 18,000 violent 39 . If they see violent deaths every day, how can they be shocked by murder in real life?Television has certainly changed our lives and our society. 40 its good points, it has brought many problems. We must find a solution to these problems because—whether we like it or not—television is here to stay.31. A. brought B. took C. did D. made32. A. grew up B. are growing up C. have grown up D. grow up33. A. such B. so an C. such an D. so34. A. got B. took C. carried D. brought35. A. of B. on C. to D. for36. A. experiences B. experience C. experiencing D. an experience37. A. integrate B. make C. initiate D. initiate38. A. screens B. faces C. surfaces D. appearances39. A. dead B. deaths C. deads D. death40. A. Come with B. With along C. Upon with D. Along withCars are an important part of life in the United States. 41 most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor 42 he has a car. There are three main reasons the car became so popular in the United States. 43 of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most fortable and 44 form of transportation. With a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money. The second reason cars are popular is the fact 45 the United States never developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public 46 . Longdistance trains have never been as mon in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of airservice 47 by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently. The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is 48 really made cars popular. Americans don’t like to wait for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to have to 49 an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want 50 to have.41. A. Without a car B. Not with a car C. Without no car D. With not a car42. A. although B. when C. whether D. but 43. A. First B. Firstly C. At first D. The first44. A. cheap B. most cheap C. cheapest D. cheaper45. A. which B. that C. where D. what46. A. movement B. carriage C. shipping D. transportation47. A. providing B. to provide C. provided D. provides48. A. that B. what C. how D. which49. A. follow B. further C. chase D. run50. A. best B. most C. worst D. least III. Reading Comprehension (30%)Section A: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some truefalse questions. Decide whether each of them is true (T) or false (F).Passage 1 In the old days, divers used to go down into the sea looking for ships that had sunk, because they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still search for valuable things in sunken ships, but they also try to bring to the surface the ships themselves, or parts of them. The value of different kinds of metals has increased greatly over the last twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under the sea for many years, it may be worth a great deal. One famous sunken ship is the Lusitania, which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915 with a loss of nearly 1500 lives. It has four huge propellers made of an expensive metal. Today each of those propellers is worth $300,000 or more. The ship, lying on the seabed has been bought by a man called John Light. He paid abou