SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING［5 MIN.］
In this section there are four passages with a total of ten multiplechoice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
TEXT E
First read the following questions.
81. India’s expanding population is not alarming to____.
A.Europeans B.Americans
C.Japanese D.Africa
82. We can infer from the article that India’s birth control is a___.
A. failure B. disaster
C. fashion D. success
83. Education plays an important role in ____.
A.population growth
B.health care
C.birth control
D.both A and C
Now skim the passage below and mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
India’s population is 844m and expanding by almost 18m a year. This is alarming, except by African standards: India’s growth rate of 2.22% a year is far exceeded by Africa’s 3.2%.
India spends $400m a year on birth control, much of which is wasted. Sterilization is undergone mainly by older people who have had families. Those who have the operation get a $5 reward.
Small families are commonest in the cities. There health care is available and people can generally find some cash. Moreover, city Indians do not feel they need lots of children to look after them when they are old. Literacy seems to be a factor in keeping the family to a manageable size. In India as a whole literacy is 52%. But in the southern state of Kerala, where literacy exceeds 90%, the population growth is only 1.2% a year.
TEXT F
First read the following questions.
84. Who will give the lecture on Producing the Thesis?
A.Dr. M. Large. B.Dr. M. Dunlin.
C.Dr. L. Moffat. D.Both B and C.
85. What is Pro. S. Ball’s topic?
A.The Early Stages of Thesis Writing
B.Supervision of the Thesis
C.Producing the Thesis
D.Evaluating the Thesis
Now skim the table below and mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
PROGRAMMETOPIC:The Early Stages of Thesis Writing
DATES:17 and 24 September
SPEAKERS:17 September --- Pro. E. Sharp, Religious Studies
24 September --- Dr. M. Large, Physics
TOPIC:Supervision of the Thesis
DATES:18 and 25 September
SPEAKERS:18 September --- Assoc. Pro. M. Harris,English
25 September --- Dr. A. Underwood, Biology
TOPIC:Producing the Thesis
DATES:19 and 26 September
SPEAKERS:19 September --- Dr. M. Dunlin, Center forTeaching & Embryology
26 September --- Dr. L. Moffat, History & Embryology
TOPIC:Evaluating the Thesis
DATES:20 and 27 September
SPEAKERS:20 September --- Pro. S. Ball, Education
27 September --- Pro. S. Sternhell, Chemistry
