Part I Grammar in Reading Questions 1-10 are based on Part I. Directions:In the following text,the numbers 1-10 in brackets refer to the underlined parts of the text that come after them,and to the questions below.Read the text first,and then answer the questions.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Can you imagine living to the age of 100?(1)Growing this old is a reality,not a dream, on (2)the Japanese island of Okinawa.The island boasts the world's highest ratio of people over 100 years old among its population.There are two reasons (3)why Okinawans keep living (4)much longer than the rest of us. First,(5)they eat healthy food.The traditional Okinawan diet is heavy in rice,fish and vegetables.Okinawans do not eat red meat,eggs and dairy products such as milk and cheese.These are staple foods (6)that many people can't resist including in their diets. Okinawans also eat small portion at each meal and avoid (7)eating snacks between meals. Second,they avoid stress.Okinawans (8)enjoy taking part in life's pleasures,(9)like a relaxing walk on the beach,or a (10)quiet evening among family and friends. 1.Can you replace this by grow'here? 2.Can you leave out the word 'the'here? 3.Can you replace this by 'when'here? 4.Can you leave out the word 'much'here? 5.What does they'refer to in this sentence? 6.Can you replace this by 'which'here? 7.Can you use the phrase 'to eat'here? 8.Can you replace this by 'like'here? 9.Can you use the phrase 'such as'here? 10.Can you replace this by 'quietly'here? Part II Grammar in Reading Questions 11-15 are based on Part II. Directions:In the following text,the numbers 11-15 in brackets refer to the underlined parts of the text that come after them,and to the questions below.Read the text first,and then answer the questions.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (11)Human beings have used computers for much longer than we think.If we take the word 'computer'to mean an object that helps you 'compute'sums,then data technology has been around for several thousand years.Some sources say the Babylonians were the first to use a device similar to the abacus,for arithmetic calculations. 647Part 1 Grammar in Reading Questions 1-10 are based on Part 1. Directions: In the following text , the numbers 1-10 in brackets refer to the underlined parts of the text that come after them , and to the questions below. Read the text first , and then answer the questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. Can you imagine living to the age of 100? (1) Growing this old is a reality , not a dream , on (2) the Japanese island of Okinawa. The island boasts the world's highest ratio of people over 100 years old among its popu1ation. There are two reasons (3) why Okinawans keep living (4) m uch longer than the rest of us. First , (5) they eat hea1thy food. The traditiona1 Okinawan diet is heavy in rice , fish and vegetables. Okinawans do not eat red meat , eggs and dairy products such as milk and cheese. These are staple foods (6) that many people can' t resist including in their diets. Okinawans a1so eat small portion at each meal and avoid (7) eating snacks between mea1s. Second , they avoid stress. Okinawans (8) enjoy taking part in life's pleasures, (9) 1ike a re1axing walk on the beach , or a (10) quiet evening among family and friends. 1. Can you replace this by ‘ grow' here? 2. Can you leave out the word ‘ the' here? 3. Can you replace this by ‘ when' here? 4. Can you 1eave out the word ‘ much' here? 5. What does ‘ they' refer to in this sentence? 6. Can you rep1ace this by ‘ which' here? 7. Can you use the phrase ‘ to eat' here? 8. Can you replace this by ‘ like' here? 9. Can you use the phrase ‘ such as' here? 10. Can you replace this by 'quietly' here? Part n Grammar in Reading Questions 11-15 are based on Part n. Directions: In the following text , the numbers 11-15 in brackets refer to the underlined parts of the text that come after them , and to the questions below. Read the text first , and then answer the questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (11) Human beings have used computers for much longer than we think. If we take the word 'computer' to mean an object that helps you ‘ compute' sums, then data technology has been around for several thousand years. Some sources say the Babylonians were the first to use a device similar to the abacus, for arithmetic calculations. 647