【正文】 will answer in terms of their family life, munity life and work life, rather than just what they are paid. Despite this, it is a notoriously difficult subject for politicians to grasp. One reason is that happiness and wellbeing are generally not well served by statistical analysis. Politicians, obsessed with inputs and outputs, targets and controls, are flummoxed by immeasurable concepts such as the value people place on spending time with their families. Another reason is that electoral cycles lend themselves to a culture of shorttermism, with a need for immediate and quantifiable measurements. One such measurement is GDP. In many ways, increasing this has been the raison d39。re pondering that luxury Swiss vacation, ask yourself: What would Prince Charles do? 11. The sentence But his critics may be onto something. (para. 2) implies that _______. (A) the critics feel it am easy task to criticize Britain39。s not like having leaky home windows you can fix with double glazing, says Leo Murray, a spokesman for the green group Plane Stupid, which led the criticism of Prince Charles. Nor is there any replacement for longhaul air travel itself. I can take a train from Boston to Washington, but until we can figure out how to travel via fireplace, Harry Potterstyle, the only way I39。 in England it39。s belief in human yearning for love and panionship (D) is used as a fierce attack against the changing human relationship Questions 1115 Right now, Prince Charles is probably wishing he had hit the slopes after all. Britain39。t. Above all, it offers this forting reassurance: Cupid lives. 6. The author introduces the story promotions before Valentine39。t e through on Valentine39。s obligations. Another host making a similar appeal urged listeners to take care of your Valentine39。 worth of their salary for an engagement ring, before men and women decided they would settle for nothing less than a soul mate, and before it was necessary to seek advice from an army of selfhelp gurus bearing titles such as relationship and interpersonal munication expert. That was also an era when many hopeful Prince Charmings could show their love with a card or a heartshaped box of drugstore chocolates, and when even a single rose could melt a young woman39。s even a psychic medium who promises to tell radio and television audiences about their current and future relationships. Individually, these story promotions could be taken for what they are: just another day, another client, another dollar in the life of publicity agents. But collectively, they signal more than simply a desire to capitalize on a holiday that has mushroomed into a $17 billion industry. In their varied forms, these promotions reflect the urgency of the quest for love and panionship in a society where onequarter of all households now consist of single people. These pitches also serve as a measure of how much Valentine39。 every move. They also predicted that CCTV (closecircuit television) footage could bee available for public consumption and that terrorists could hijack the biometric chips in passports and rig them up as a trigger for explosives. The report by the Royal Academy of Engineering, Dilemmas of Privacy and SurveillanceChallenges of Technological Change, argues that the scientists developing surveillance technology should also think about measures to protect privacy. Just as security features have been incorporated into car design, privacyprotecting features should be incorporated into the design of products and services that rely on divulging personal information, the report says. There is a choice between a Big Brother world where individual privacy is almost extinct and a world where the data are kept by individual anizations or services and kept secret and secure. The report says that shoppers should be allowed to buy goods and services without revealing their identities to the panies that provide them. It argues that travel and supermarket loyalty cards and mobile phones are mines of personal information that should be closely scrutinized to make sure that data is not abused. Professor Nigel Gilbert, chairman of the report group, said: In most cases, supermarket loyalty cards will have your name on. Why? What is needed in a loyalty card is for the supermarket to know what has been bought so you can get your discounts. Does it need to identify you? No, it just needs authentication that you39。s fastest and easiesttouse web browser. 8. (A) Heavy rain triggered floods which caused heavy casualties and damage. (B) Harsh drought had been going on for several years and killed some people. (C) 23 people were missing after a storm hit a village in the mountainous province. (D) Authorities were searching for the people who had crossed the border from other countries. 9. (A) Two soldiers hijacked a jet plane full of passengers in flight. (B) The hijackers were captured after killing one of the hostages. (C) A military unit arrested the hijackers with no one injured or killed. (D) The hijacked plane landed safely at an airport in a neighboring country. 10. (A) $. (B) $ 900, 000. (C) C$1 million. (D) C$2 million. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following interview. 11. (A) TV programs. (B) Media coverage on crime. (C) The school system. (D) Juvenile crime. 12. (A) The problem has been overdone by the media. (B) The messages the kids get make them like that. (C) The school has not done enough to help the kids. (D) Some kids are essentially violent. 13. (A) Giving the kids a more caring environment. (B) Setting up a responsible school system. (C) Taking harsh actions against violence in the school. (D) Keeping the kids under onetoone surveillance. 14. (A) Do supervised activities. (B) Take instructional programs. (C) Stay in school for supper.