【正文】 s 29,029foothigh crest like a bright, weling banner. His breathing calmed, he slowly, stiffly struggled forward and up the rough stone steps to the monastery entrance. There he was greeted with a respectful nameste I recognize the divine in you from a tall, slim monk of about 35 years, who hastily set aside a twig broom he had been using to sweep the flagstones of the inner courtyard. While he did so, the visitor noticed that the monk was missing the small finger on his left hand. The stranger spoke a few formal words in Tibetan, and then the two disappeared inside. Early the next morning the emissary lightened of his load appeared at the monastery entrance, acpanied by the same monk and the elderly abbot. After a bow of his head, which was returned much more deeply by the two ocherrobed residents, he took his leave. The two solemn 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 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。 and Everest to the rest of us. And over the great barrier of Nuptse She demurely peaks. It was late in the afternoon when the great shadows cast by the colossal mountains were descending into the deep valley floors before he reached the crest of the spur and shuffled to a stop just past Tengboche39。s eyes sweep 12 miles up the stupendous Dudh Kosi canyon to 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 the highest and mightiest of them all: Chomolongma, the Mother Goddess of the World, to the Tibetans。s picture of relations between man and wife in Wigan Pier (Paragraph Two) describes a relationship which the author of the passage A. thinks is the natural one. B. wishes to see preserved. C. believes is fair. D. is sure must change. 23. Which of the following words is used literally, NOT metaphorically? A. Abrasive (Paragraph Five). B. Engines (Paragraph Four). C. Convention (Paragraph Two). D. Heavily (Paragraph One). 24. The last paragraph stresses that if women are to hold important jobs, then they must A. sometimes make the first advances in love. B. allow men to flirt with many women. C. stop accepting presents of flowers and chocolates. D. avoid making their husbands look like Mary Anns. 25. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the present form of courtship? A. Men are equally serious about courtship. B. Each man makes passes at many women. C. The woman39。. (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. (4) The male initiative in courtship is a pretty indisc