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s advice and installed an eightsided mirror outside his front door to bring him luck. Unfortunately, a storm damaged the mirror and the house was left unprotected from harmful influences. Lee died in mysterious circumstances. Not only is FengShui still used in South East Asia, but it has also spread right across the world. Even in modern New York a successful mercial artist called Milton Glaser has found it useful. He was so desperate as broken into six times that he consulted a geomant. He was told to install a fish tank with six black fish and fix a red clock to the ceiling. Since then he has not been burglarized once. It may seem an incredible story, but no other suitable explanation has been offered. 21. From the passage we can infer that FengShui is NOT used in ______. A) Hong Kong B) the United States C) Japan D) Thailand 22. Geomants believe that ______. A) houses must only be painted red B) houses must face mountains C) nature and life should be in harmony D) green is an unlucky color 23. Geomants think that the reason for Bruce Lee39。t working in the orchard when the apple hit him and he devised the theory of gravity. All of us would like to have some lazy build the car or stove we buy, particularly if that laziness were caused by the worker39。s level of fort in handling such situations, and a child39。s an irresponsible mother camp came: Shame on you for being so careless about his safety, in ments on the Huffington Post. And there was this from a mother of four: How would you have felt if he didn39。s debilitating (使虛弱)for us and for them. Online message boards were soon full of people both applauding and condemning Skenazy39。s no clearcut answer. Child experts discourage a onesizefitsall approach to parenting. What39。 ____________. 10. Nowadays with the help of GPS cell phones, parents can, from a distance, track their children39。s skill depends on the idea of harmony in nature. If there is no imbalance between the opposing forces of Yin and Yang, the building will bring luck to its inhabitants. This means that the house must be built on the right spot as well as facing the right direction, and also be painted an auspicious color. For instance, if there are mountains to the north, this will protect them from evil influences. If the house is painted red, this will bring happiness to the occupants while green symbolizes youth and will bring long life. Other factors, such as the owner39。 advice B) he installed an eightsided mirror C) he misunderstood the geomant39。re tempted to call someone lazy. That person may be thinking, resting, or planning his or her next book. 11. What is the main idea of this passage? 12. According to the first paragraph, some people appear lazy because ___________________ _ . 13. What do you think of laziness according to the second paragraph? 14. According to the author, we cannot call the people lazy who are not at work because _______________________. 15. The word fantasies probably means _______________________. Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One In recent decades, there is a phenomenon which makes us give some attention。t give her kid her cell phone because she thought he39。 it39。t expect to get hit with a wave of criticism from readers. Long story short: My son got home, overjoyed with independence, Skenazy wrote on April 4 in the New York Sun. Long story longer: Half the people I39。s parents were kids, 87 percent of children who lived within a mile of school walked or biked every day. But today, the Centers for Disease Control report that only 13 percent of children bike, walk or otherwise get themselves to school. The extra supervision is both a city and a suburban phenomenon. Parents are worried about crime, and they39。s right 5. According to the author, New York City _______. [A] ranks high in road accidents [B] is much safer than before [C] ranks low in child mortality rates [D] is less dangerous than small cities 6. Parents today are more nervous about their kids39。s controlling over the regional economies D) believes in the effect of the ghostly influence from the west 17. The author of this essay seems to suggest that______. A) the devaluation of Malaysia39?! ?6. Only under special conditions ______________________ (才允許大一學(xué)生參加補考). 47. The new arrival was _______________ (不是別人,正是那位著名的科學(xué)家). 48. It39。s admission to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Mahathir found particularity, irritating. The logical mistakes that underlie such conspiracy theories do not help Malaysia address the serious issues of economic overheating that experts have been warning about for all these difficult periods, which include large deficits and low savings to debt ratios. In fact, the recent