Part ¢ô CLOZE   £Û15 MIN.£Ý
 
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.ª¤
 
The normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours¡¯ sleep alternation with some 16-17 hours¡¯ wakefulness and that the sleep normally coincides(26) ____ the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this(27)____ can be modified.ª¥
 
The question is no mere academic one. The ease with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a(28)____ of growing importance in industry where automation(29)____ round-the-clock working of machines. It normally(30)____ from five days to one week for a person to adapt to aª©(31)____ªª routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. ª©(32)____,ªª it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine(33)____ he has to change to another, (34)____ much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping very(35) ____.ª¥
 
One answer would seem to be(36)____ periods on each shift, a month, or even three months. (37)____, recent research has shown that people on such systems will revert to go back to their(38)____ habits of sleep and wakefulness during the week-end and that this is quite enough to destroy any(39)____ to night work built up during the week. The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to those permanent night workers whose(40)____ may persist through all week-ends and holidays.
 
26.A.in     B.with     C.of     D.overª¤ª¤
 
27.A.cycle   B.period   C.circle   D.roundª¤ª¤ª¤
 
28.A.problem   B.difficulty   C.trouble   D.matterª¤ª¤
 
29.A.asks   B.invites   C.calls for   D.reacts toª¤
 
30.A.takes   B.spends   C.demands   D.asksª¤
 
31.A.former   B.returned   C.reversed   D.regularª¤ª¤
 
32.A.Therefore   B.Unfortunatelyª¤C.In a word   D.In comparisonª¤ª¤
 
33.A.as   B.when   C.then   D.thanª¤
 
34.A.though   B.so that   C.while   D.asª¤
 
35.A.efficiently   B.good   C.easily   D.happilyª¤
 
36.A.shorter   B.better   C.longer   D.nicerª¤ª¤
 
37.A.So   B.In short   C.Similarly   D.Howeverª¤ª¤
 
38.A.new   B.normal   C.temporary   D.favouriteª¤ª¤
 
39.A.change   B.return   C.adaptation   D.tendencyª¤ª¤ª¤
 
40.A.wakefulness   B.sleep   C.preference   D.habit
 
Part ¢õ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY   £Û15 MIN.£Ý
 
ª«  There are twenty-five items in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one that best completes the sentence.ª¤
 
Mark your answers on your answer sheet.ª«ª¤
 
41.That trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn¡¯t bothered by his loudness ____ by his lack of talent.ª¤A. so much as      B. rather than     C. as   D. thanª¤
 
42.____, I¡¯ll marry him all the same.ª¤
A. Was he rich or poor   B. Whethere rich or poorª¤
 
C. Were he rich or poor   D. Be he rich or poorª¤
 
43.The government has promised to do ____ lies in its power to ease the hardships of the victims in the flood-stricken area.ª¤
 
A. however   B. whichever   C. whatever   D. wherever
 
44.____ if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand?ª¤
 
A. Would you be surprised   B. Were you surprisedª¤
 
C. Had you been surprised   D. Would you have been surprisedª¤
 
45.If not ____ with the respect he feels due to him, Jack gets very ill-tempered and grumbles all the time.ª¤
 
A. being treated   B. treatedª¤
 
C. be treated   D. having been treatedª¤
 
46.It is imperative that students ____ their term papers on time.ª¤
 
A. hand in    B. would hand in ª¤
 
C. have to hand in   D. handed inª¤
 
47.The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of a fully-loaded truck, ____ to the truck.ª¤
 
A. the greater stress is   B. greater is the stressª¤
 
C. the stress is greater    D. the greater the stressª¤
 
48.The Minister of Finance is believed ____ of imposing new taxes to raise extra revenue.ª¤
 
A. that he is thinking    B. to be thinkingª¤
 
C. that he is to think   D. to thinkª¤
 
49.Issues of price, place, promotion, and product are ____ conventional concerns in planning marketing strategies.ª¤
 
A. these of the most   B. most of thoseª¤
 
C. among the most   D. among the many ofª¤