Listening
1. Wednesday and Friday evenings is when the advanced Chinese class meets, and the man can't take that class because he works evenings.
2. intermediate. This is the level of the Japanese class that meets Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
3. beginning. This is the level of the Japanese class that meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.
4. mornings. The intermediate French class meets on Friday mornings.
5. $125 is the cost if the student pays one week at a time.
6. $410 is the cost of four weeks of classes.
7. $575 is the cost for a six-week class.
8. $1,050 is the cost of twelve weeks of classes.
9. the school office. "What you'll need to do is to visit the school office today or tomorrow."
10. Mr. Lindsay. "When you arrive, ask for Mr. Lindsay. He is in charge of student registration."
11. (A) The tour begins at the bookstore, marked with a star.
12. (C) The cafe is the next building up from the bookstore.
13. (F) On the corner is the clothing store, and the souvenir store is next to that.
14. (H) The art gallery is one building down from the corner and across the street from the souvenir store.
15. (I) Harbor Park is next to the art gallery.
16. 1876. The speaker says, "Captain Jones designed the park himself, and it was built in 1876."
17. statue. The speaker says, "Exactly in the center of the park a statue of Captain Jones was erected, and it's still standing there today."
18. woods. The speaker says, "you can follow the path that goes through the woods just behind."
19. fountain. The speaker says, "It will lead you to a lovely garden, in the middle of which is a fountain."
20. staircase. The speaker says, "There, you'll find a wooden staircase, which will take you down to the harbor."
21. identification card/ID/university ID card. The librarian says, "All you need to do is show your university identification card .... "
22. (an) annual fee. The librarian says, "City residents pay an annual fee .... "
23. Tuesday; Sunday. The librarian says, "So you can come any day, Tuesday through Sunday .... "
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24. 8:30. The librarian says, we're open from nine thirty in the morning until eight thirty in the evening.
25. (D) The librarian says, "Yes, we store all the photographs in the basement."
26. (A) The librarian says, "Now, if you're interested in seeing documents from the nine
teenth century, those are here on the ground floor."
27. (F) The librarian says, "No, all the newspapers from the earliest ones, in the eighteenth century, up to the current time, are on the second floor."
28. (B) The student mentions the room devoted to maps, and the librarian remarks that the room is on the third floor.
29. (G) The student asks, "What's this on the fourth floor-Ogden's Woolen Mill?"
30. (C) The librarian says, "The personal papers would be on the fifth floor, where we keep all the personal papers of famous residents of our city."
31. pump water. The speaker says, "In ancient China, farmers used a rudimentary sort of windmill to pump water."
32. grind grain. The speaker says, "In Persia, for example, farmers used wind-powered mills to grind their grain."
33. drain lakes/move water. The speaker says, "During the Middle Ages in the Netherlands, people went back to the ancient idea of using the power of the wind to move water.
They used windmills to drain lakes, thereby creating more land for farming."
34. pollution. The speaker says, "Wind power, on the other hand, is clean. It causes no pollution .... "
35. renewable resource. The speaker says, "Another great advantage of wind power is that it's a renewable resource. Oil and coal reserves are limited, but we'll never run out of wind."
36. costs less. The speaker says, "Using the wind to generate electricity costs less, much less, than running other types of generators."
37. strength. The speaker says, "Wind doesn't blow at a constant strength."
38. cities. The speaker says, "Wind turbines usually have to be located in rural areas ....
Their distance from cities, where the most electricity is needed, is another issue."
39. the scenery. The speaker says, "Rural residents often feel that the beautiful local scenery is spoiled by the sight of the wind turbines."
40. noisy. The speaker says, "In fact, one wind turbine can produce as much noise as a car traveling at highway speeds."
Reading PASSAGE I
1. (C) Paragraph I: "Dragonflies and damselflies get their name from the powerful ser
rated jaws they use to tear apart their prey."
2. (B) Paragraph 2: "Dragonflies hold their wings out to the side while damselflies fold their wings back."
3. (B) Paragraph 2: "Damselflies' eyes are smaller, and there is a space between them."
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4. (A) Paragraph 2: "Dragonflies are larger and stronger animals than damselflies and fly longer distances. Thus, they can be found in woods and fields away from the water."
5. (C) Paragraph 3: "The largest odonata living today are the Hawaiian endemic dragon
fly and the Central American damselfly, each of these species having a wingspan of 19 centimeters."
6. (A) Paragraph 3: "The largest dragonfly fossil ever found belongs to the now-extinct meganeura monyi, which lived 300 million years ago and had a wingspan of 75 centi
meters."
7. (E) Paragraph 4: "Dragonflies and damselflies both lay their eggs on or just below the surface of the water in a pond or stream."
8. (F) Paragraph 4: "The babies emerge from the eggs in the form of nymphs."
9. (H) Paragraph 4: "Depending on the species, they live this way for several months or even several years."
10. (B) Paragraph 4: "They have a special lip that they can extend far forward in order to grab their prey when it comes close."
11. (I) Paragraph 4: "The adults do not live for more than four months, and many species live as adults for only a few weeks."
12. (D) Paragraph 5: "They have two sets of wings that can move independently of each other. This gives them great maneuverability in the air .... They can hover, make sharp turns, and fly backward."
13. (A) Paragraph 5: "they catch their prey while flying."
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14. fuel. Paragraph 1: "Watchmen also learned to create firebreaks with long hooked poles and ropes in order to pull down structures that provided fuel for a fire."
15. extinguish. Paragraph 1: "In 1066, in order to reduce the risk of fire in thatched-roof houses, King William the Conqueror made a ruling: Citizens had to extinguish their cooking fires at night."
16. hot and dry. Paragraph 2: "However, the summer of 1666 had been uncharacteristically hot and dry .... "
17. rebuild the city. Paragraph 2: "the mayor grew concerned over the cost it would involve to rebuild the city and ordered that the surrounding structures be left intact."
18. stone and brick. Paragraph 3: "most of London was rebuilt using stone and brick, mate
rials that were far less flammable than wood and straw."
19. fires. Paragraph 3: "Because of the long history of fires in London, those who could afford to build new homes and businesses began to seek insurance for their properties."
20. extinguish fires. Paragraph 3: "As insurance became a profitable business, companies soon realized the monetary benefits of hiring men to extinguish fires."
21. (A) Paragraph 4: "The first fire engines were simple tubs on wheels that were pulled to the location of the fire .... " Choice (B) is incorrect because hand pumps were added
"eventually," that is, later. Choice (C) is incorrect because water was "supplied by a bucket brigade."
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22. (C) Paragraph 5: "In 1865, the government became involved, .... establishing London's Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Choice (A) is mentioned in the same paragraph but not as something that occurred in 1865. Choice (B) is mentioned as something that happened in the eighteenth century or earlier.
23. (B) Paragraph 5: "Though the firemen were well paid, they were constantly on duty and thus obliged to call their fire station home .... " Choice (A) is incorrect because the paragraph mentions that firemen were well paid. Choice (C) is incorrect because the paragraph �entions firemen's families.
24. No. Paragraph 6: "Leather hoses with couplings that joined the lengths together were hand-sewn in the Netherlands .... "
25. Yes. Paragraph 6 explains that steam engine fire trucks were used from about the 1850s until the early 1900s, when the trucks became motorized.
26. Not Given. World War I is mentioned, but its particular effect on London is not.
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27. (B) Paragraph 1: "Weavers' work was moved from individual homes to factories; indi
viduals could not afford to buy the new machines for themselves."
28. (H) Paragraph 1: "The new machines were not difficult to run. They could be operated by unskilled workers .... "
29. (D) Paragraph 2: "If these demands were not met, the group retaliated by smashing the factory machines."
30. (A) Paragraph 4: "Luddite activity spread . . .. The government sent thousands of troops into areas affected by the riots."
31. (E) Paragraph 4: "the Frame-Breaking Act was passed, making the destruction of fac
tory equipment a crime punishable by death." Paragraphs 4 and 5 mention several incidents where rioters were imprisoned or executed.
32. (I) Paragraph 5: "In 1816, a bad harvest and economic downturn led to a small revival of rioting."
33. True. Opening sentence: "The term Luddite is used to refer to a person who is opposed to new technology."
34. True. Paragraph 1: "These weavers made lace and stockings by hand .... In the 1800s, automated power looms and stocking frames were introduced .... "
35. True. Paragraph 4: "In the spring of that year, several factory owners were killed during Luddite riots, and a number of textile workers died as well."
36. Not Given. The article' describes Luddite activity in England but does not mention whether it occurred in other countries.
37. True. Paragraph 3 discusses possible explanations of who Ned Ludd was and implies that none of them is accepted as fact.
38. False. Paragraph 5: "In 1816, a bad harvest and economic downturn· led to a small revival of rioting."
39. False. According to Paragraphs 2 and 5, most Luddite activity occurred in the years 1811 and 1812.
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40. Not Given. Paragraph 6 describes Neo-Luddites as people concerned about technological advances but does not give any specifics about their activities.