16. Talk to anyone in the drug industry, you’ll soon discover that the science of genetics is the biggest thing to hit drug research since penicillin was discovered.

　　[A] or

　　[B] so

　　[C] for

　　[D] and

　　17. Had Paul received six more votes in the last election, he ________ our chairman now.

　　[A] must have been

　　[B] would have been

　　[C] were

　　[D] would be

　　18. Stressful environments lead to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which ________ increase the risk of heart disease.

　　[A] in turn

　　[B] in return

　　[C] by chance

　　[D] by turns

　　19. The tourist is prevented from entering a country if he does not have ________ passport.

　　[A] an operative

　　[B] a valid

　　[C] an efficient

　　[D] an effective

　　20. The project requires more labor than ________.

　　[A] has been put in

　　[B] have been put in

　　[C] being put in

　　[D] to be put in

　　Section II Use of English

　　Directions:

　　Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and put your choice in the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)

　　Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and 21 worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term “reading” 22 meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace. ­One should be wary, however, of 23 that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is a(n) 24 to others. Examination of factors related to the 25 development of silent reading reveals that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in 26 .

　　The last century saw a steady gradual increase in 27 , and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, the number of potential listeners 28 , and thus there was some 29 in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a 30 activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices, where reading aloud would 31 distraction to other readers.

　　Towards the end of the century there was still 32 argument over whether books should be used for information or treated 33 , and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way 34 weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. 35 , its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was 36 by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and periodicals for a 37 readership on the other.

　　By the end of the century students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use skills in reading them which were inappropriate, 38 not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological changes in the century had greatly 39 what the term “reading” 40 .

　　21.

　　[A]contemporary

　　[B]modern

　　[C]medieval

　　[D]western

　　22.

　　[A]undoubtedly

　　[B]really

　　[C]absolutely

　　[D]accordingly

　　23.

　　[A]imagining

　　[B]consuming

　　[C]resuming

　　[D]assuming

　　24.

　　[A]interruption

　　[B]distraction

　　[C]bother

　　[D]pressure

　　25.

　　[A]historical

　　[B]historic

　　[C]history

　　[D]historian

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