27. A lot of the arable land in the area was and poorly tended. (use) 28. The man's is well known in the neighborhood (eccentric 29.The visit to the ancient temple was the highlight of the trip. ( question) 30. In the early 1950s, computers were expensive and (rely) 31. Uncle William is of traveling to the holiday island next summer.( desire) 32. Mary has been given no as to what to write for the second assignment.(direct) 33. The hilltop monastery attracted large numbers of tour ists in spite of its 34. Parents are complaining about the of education facilities in their community.(adequate) 35. My mother used to give my older brother larger of pudding(help) 36. It is to plant trees too early.(advise) 37. He thought it was impossible, and stared at us in (believe) 38. She ran up the stairs with her light step(grace) 39. The father took the children to the park at the weekends. (occasion) 40. People were surprised to find out that the newly-opened shop was devoted to such ubber fruits, explosive cigars, etc (odd) V READING COMPREHENSION Section A Close Reading Directions: There are 30 passages in this section. Read each passage carefully and then choose the best answer or write a short answer to the question. Text 1 Vagrancy has long been a problem in both Europe and America. Indeed the first mention of the problem in Britain was made in 368 A D. Vagrants----people not living in one fixed place but moving from town to town ---have al ways been severely punished by the law, more severely in many countries than drunks or beggars.“ Everyone”, the law says,“ must have a bedroom.” In Europe, there have never been places where vagrants can collect together in a community. In fact, governments have often tried to solve the problem by returning vagrants to the place where they were born. In this way, they have prevented large communities of vagrants from forming. But in America, such communities have been allowed to collect in almost every city These communities are known as"skid row. Skid row is something found only in the United States. It is the area of an American city in which the homeless live. The expression was originally skid road". It was the name given to the road in Seattle, down which trees were pushed(or skidded)after they had been cut down. The lumberjacks lived along this road. The word"road changed to "row, and now the expression "skid row is used for any vagrant community in The vagrants' main problem is to find a place to sleep. There are different types of accommodation on skid row. The best is in"tourist hotel. These are quite clean and try to give ome protection against fire and theft. Much worse are the"flophouses', public or private house which give the vagrant a floor to sleep on. But the worst accommodation of all is found in the "hobo jungle". This is an area of skid row consisting of a few shackS-----small houses made of10 27. A lot of the arable land in the area was _____ and poorly tended. (use) 28. The man’s _____ is well known in the neighborhood. (eccentric) 29.The visit to the ancient temple was _____ the highlight of the trip. (question) 30. In the early 1950’s, computers were expensive and _____. (rely) 31. Uncle William is ______ of traveling to the holiday island next summer. (desire) 32. Mary has been given no _____ as to what to write for the second assignment. (direct) 33. The hilltop monastery attracted large numbers of tourists in spite of its _______. (access) 34. Parents are complaining about the _____ of education facilities in their community. (adequate) 35. My mother used to give my older brother larger ______ of pudding. (help) 36. It is ____ to plant trees too early. (advise) 37. He thought it was impossible, and stared at us in _____. (believe) 38. She ran up the stairs with her light ____ step. (grace) 39. The father ______ took the children to the park at the weekends. (occasion) 40. People were surprised to find out that the newly-opened shop was devoted to such _____ as rubber fruits, explosive cigars, etc. (odd) V READING COMPREHENSION Section A Close Reading Directions: There are 30 passages in this section. Read each passage carefully and then choose the best answer or write a short answer to the question. Text 1 Vagrancy has long been a problem in both Europe and America. Indeed the first mention of the problem in Britain was made in 368 A.D. Vagrants----people not living in one fixed place but moving from town to town -----have always been severely punished by the law; more severely in many countries than drunks or beggars. “Everyone”, the law says, “must have a bedroom.” In Europe, there have never been places where vagrants can collect together in a community. In fact, governments have often tried to solve the problem by returning vagrants to the place where they were born. In this way, they have prevented large communities of vagrants from forming. But in America, such communities have been allowed to collect in almost every city. These communities are known as “skid row”. Skid row is something found only in the United States. It is the area of an American city in which the homeless live. The expression was originally “skid road”. It was the name given to the road in Seattle, down which trees were pushed (or “skidded”) after they had been cut down. The lumberjacks lived along this road. The word “road” changed to “row”, and now the expression “skid row ”is used for any vagrant community in America. The vagrants’ main problem is to find a place to sleep. There are different types of accommodation on skid row. The best is in “tourist hotel”. These are quite clean and try to give some protection against fire and theft. Much worse are the “flophouses”, public or private houses, which give the vagrant a floor to sleep on. But the worst accommodation of all is found in the “hobo jungle”. This is an area of skid row consisting of a few shacks-----small houses made of