【正文】 ectical thinking also has a Western version， which Americans often consider the highest， most sophisticated form of reasoning， said Peng. This type of reasoning allows people to proceed from thesis to antithesis， to synthesis. 45） ［ A］ In Chinese folk wisdom， by parison， people do not attempt to work through the contradictions， following a cultural tradition which holds that reality is “multilayer ， unpredictable and contradictory， ” and is in a constant state of change， Peng said. ［ B］ “It can hardly be right to move to the middle when you have just read e vidence for a less plausible view. Yet that is what the Chinese subjects did， ” said Peng. ［ C］ The Chinese could learn much from Western methods for determining scientific truth， and Americans could profit enormously from the Chinese tolerance for accepting contradictions in social and personal life. ［ D］ Compared to this angry， blaming American stance， the Chinese were paragons of promise， finding fault on both sides and looking for solutions that moved both sides to the middle. ［ E］ The best way is to use both one style for science and another for relationships. Maybe that will be the real benefit of multiculturalism. ［ F］ “They should stop blaming each other ， poor people and immigrants， and talk about what we can do as a society to bee more tolerant， ” said Peng. ［ G］ Now a University of California， Berkeley， Psychologist has discovered deeper polarities between Chinese and American cultures— polarities that go to the heart of how we reason and discover truth. Sample Two Directions： The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41 45，you are required to reanize these paragraphs into a coherent text by choosing from the list A G to fill in each numbered box. The first and the last paragraphs have been placed for you in Boxes. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.（ 10 points） [A] Foremost on every potential buyer39。ll buy it.” No one will take over these panies unless they can restructure. [D] Survival is usually uppermost in the minds of panies with their backs to the wall， even if that entails being reduced to a minority stake. In Thailand， however， most ailing panies seem loathe to admit that their conditions may be fatal. “They aren39。t do this stuff overnight ， ” says a senior official at a large Western bank in Seoul. [F] Still， the number of deals is growing by the day. On February 19， Samsung Heavy Industries simultaneously sold its excavator division to Sweden39。t been helped by the government39。t demonstrate that you can do the work the hiring manager needs done. （ 42） Don39。t want foreign firms to e and buy out our businesses. We want them to e， buy shares， and operate firms and sell them after making profits， ” he told the local media recently. “This will give Thais a chance to buy them back.” Order： D→ 41 42 43 44 45 F Sample Three Direction： You are going to read a text about New Rules for Landing a Job， followed by a list of examples. Choose the best example from the list A F for each numbered subheading （ 41 45）。 Clark Martirial Handling. Earlier， the chemical giant Hanwha group sold two affiliates to its Japanese and German partners. Despite the slow start， no one doubts that the bargains at Korea Inc. are for real. [G] Thai businesses39。 Hong Kong based partner in charge of direct investment in Asia. “Nobody is about to say to them ， you will be gone.” [E] In south Korea， interest from foreigners has focused more on the country39。s currency lost half its value last year， many Korean executives believe— mistakenly— that foreign buyers will find their wares attractive in spite of their debts， analysts says. [B] Despite such aversion to foreign ownership， some deals are going through. Directors of Bank of Asia are believed to have approved the sale of a stake in their midsize bank to Dutch bank ABN Amro. For the Bank of Thailand， the central bank， the ABN Amro deal will send a much needed signal that the country is weling foreign capital. [C] “The attitude of Koreans is that only foreigners will pay the price they are as king， ” says Daniel Harwood of ABN Amro Asia in Seoul. But foreigners are looking at these business and saying “ How can I make a profit， ” not “Oh ， it39。s ment on Taylor is one of ［ A］ flattery［ B］ contempt［ C］ appreciation［ D］ depreciation Part B Sample One Directions： In the following text， some sentences have been removed. For Questions 4145， choose the most suitable one from the list A G to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices， which do not fit in any of the your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.（ 10 points） Americans wear black for mourning. Chinese wear white. Westerners think of dragons as monsters. Chinese honor them as symbols of God. Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities with the West， as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string. 41） His findings go far toward explaining why American cultures seem so contentious and Chinese cultures so passive， when pared to each other. More importantly， the research opens the way for the peoples of the East and the West to learn from each other in fundamental ways. 42） said Kaiping Peng， a former Beijing scholar， who is now a UC Berkeley assistant professor of psychology. “Americans have a terrible need to find out who is right in an argument ， ” said Peng. “The problem is that at the interpersonal level ， you really don39。s life. She is grateful to the friends she has met， places she has traveled to and the opportunity to get a glimpse into the entertainment world of film， television and performing. Nancy recalls the time she met her inspiration. She39。s attitude can best