【正文】 hreaded. B. dropping. C. trudged. D. daunting. 27. In the passage the contrast between the Tibetans and the man is indicated in all the following aspects EXCEPT A. clothing. B. height. C. social status D. personal belongings. 28. It can be inferred from the passage that one can get ______ of the region from the monastery. A. a narrow view B. a hazy view C. a distant view D. a panoramic view 29. Which of the following details shows that the man became relaxed after he reached the monastery? A. ...he reached the crest of the spur and shuffled to a stop... B. ...he removed his hand from the bundle... C. His narrowed eyes took in the open sweep of the quiet grounds... D. ...he slowly, stiffly struggled forward and up the rough stone steps... 30. From how it is described in the passage the monastery seems to evoke A. a sense of awe. B. a sense of piety. C. a sense of fear. D. a sense of mystery. PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN) There are ten multiplechoice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet. 31. The Head of State of New Zealand is A. the governorgeneral. B. the Prime Minister. C. the high missioner. D. the monarch of the United Kingdom. 32. The capital of Scotland is A. Glasgow. B. Edinburgh. C. Manchester. D. London. 33. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the . President? A. Thomas Jefferson. B. Gee Washington. C. Thomas Paine. D. John Adams. 34. Which of the following cities is located on the eastern coast of Australia? A. Perth. B. Adelaide. C. Sydney. D. Melbourne. 35. Ode to the West Windwas written by A. William Blake. B. William Wordsworth. C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. D. Percy B. Shelley. 36. Who among the following is a poet of free verse? A. Ralph Waldo Emerson. B. Walt Whitman. C. Herman Melville D. Theodore Dreiser. 37. The novel Sons and Lovers was written by A. Thomas Hardy. B. John Galsworthy. C. . Lawrence. D. James Joyce. 38. The study of the mental processes of language prehension and production is A. corpus linguistics. B. sociolinguistics. C. theoretical linguistics. D. psycholinguistics. 39. A special language variety that mixes languages and is used by speakers of different languages for purposes of trading is called A. dialect. B. idiolect. C. pidgin. D. register. 40. When a speaker expresses his intention of speaking, such as asking someone to open the window, he is performing A. an illocutionary act. B. a perlocutionary act. C. a locutionary act. D. none of the above. PART IV PROOFREADING amp。. (3) It is over the care of young children that this reallocation of duties bees really significant. For this, unlike the cooking of fish fingers or the making of beds, is an inescapably timeconsuming occupation, and time is what the fully employed wife has no more to spare of than her husband. 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A. there were fewer studies done B. there were fewer policy proposals C. there was less agreement D. there were fewer objectives Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. 8. The cause of the Indian train accident was A. terrorist sabotage. B. yet to be determined. C. lack of munications. D. bad weather. 9. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? A. The accident occurred on a bridge. B. The accident occurred in New Delhi. C. There were about 600 casualties. D. Victims were rescued immediately. Question 10 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the ne