【正文】 s on earth. There was situated Tengboche, the mostfamous Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas, its setting unsurpassed for magnificenceanywhere on the planet. From the top of the spur, one39。s eyes sweep 12 miles up the stupendous Dudh Kosi canyonto the sixmilelong granite wall of cliff of Nuptse at its head. If Ama Dablum is the Gatekeeper,then the sheer cliff of Nuptse, never less than four miles high, is the Final Protector of thehighest and mightiest of them all: Chomolongma, the Mother Goddess of the World, to theTibetans。 Sagarmatha, the Head of the Seas, to the Nepalese。 and Everest to the rest of us. Andover the great barrier of Nuptse She demurely peaks. It was late in the afternoon when the great shadows cast by the colossal mountains weredescending into the deep valley floors before he reached the crest of the spur and shuffled to astop just past Tengboche39。s entrance gompa. His chest heaving in the rarefied air, he removed hishand from the bundlethe first time he had done so and wiped grimy rivulets of sweat fromaround his eyes with the fingers of his mitted hand. His narrowed eyes took in the open sweep of the quiet grounds, the pagodalike monasteryitself, and the stone buildings that tumbled down around it like a protective skirt. In the distancethe magic light of the magic hour lit up the plume flying off Chomolongma39。s 29,029foothighcrest like a bright, weling banner. His breathing calmed, he slowly, stiffly struggled forward and up the rough stone steps tothe monastery entrance. There he was greeted with a respectful nameste I recognize the divinein you from a tall, slim monk of about 35 years, who hastily set aside a twig broom he hadbeen using to sweep the flagstones of the inner courtyard. While he did so, the visitor noticedthat the monk was missing the small finger on his left hand. The stranger spoke a few formalwords in Tibetan, and then the two disappeared inside. Early the next morning the emissary lightened of his load appeared at the monasteryentrance, acpanied by the same monk and the elderly abbot. After a bow of his head, whichwas returned much more deeply by the two ocherrobed residents, he took his leave. The twosolemn monks watched, motionless, until he dipped over the ridge on which the monastery sat,and out of sight. Then, without a word, they turned and went back inside the monastery.26. Which of the following words in Paragraph One implies difficulty in walking? A. threaded. 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 view29. 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. George 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 andLovers 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。 ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.When ∧ art museum wants a new exhibit, (1)_______it never buys things in finished form and hangs (2)_______them on the wall. When a natural history museumwants an exhibition, it must often build i. (3)_______The previous section has shown how quickly a rhyme passesfrom one schoolchild to t