TEXT G

First read the following questions.ª¤

86. The best title for the passage would be ____. ª¤

A.Business Man Gives Half a Million Pounds to Pay for Bright Childrenª¤

B.A Gifted Business Manª¤

C.An Unfortunate Sonª¤

D.A Generous Help to Private Schoolsª¤

87. What is NOT the reason for David¡¯s bankruptcy? ª¤

A. Bad judgment.

B. Bad timing.ª¤

C. A lack of business acumen.

D. A shortage of money.ª¤

Now skim the table below and mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.ª¤

A WEALTHY business man is giving 500,000 pounds to help gifted children go to private school.Multi millionaire Mr. John James, 72, whose father was a miner, is sharing the cash between five Bristol school¡ª¡ª 61 years after he won a scholarship to the city¡¯s Merchant Venturers School.ª¥
The money will provide places for able children whose parents cannot afford the fees.ª¥
Ironically, Mr. James¡¯s son David¡ª¡ªwho received 1,000,000 pounds from his father in 1972¡ª¡ª went bankrupt three weeks ago.David, 35, blamed his failure on bad judgment, bad timing, combined with lack of business acumen. ª¤

TEXT H

First read the following questions.ª¤

88. Galvanized steel is used to make ____.ª¤

A.benzs

B.browns

C.cadillacs

D.rust-resistant carsª¤

89. Recycling galvanized steel is very ____.ª¤

A. easy

B. costly

C. cheap

D. difficultª¤

90. A newly-developed degalvanizing process can help car makers ____.ª¤

A. use more galvanized scrap

B. reduce recycling costsª¤

C. save a lot of oil every year

D. all above ª¤

Now skim the table below and mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.ª¥

The old auto junkyard isn¡¯t what it used to be. Since the early 1980¡¯s, auto makers increasingly used galvanized steel to build rust-resistant cars. But that has created a new problem. Recycling galvanized scrap from autos and trucks costs ahefty $50 per ton, including environmental control systems to capture the steel¡¯s toxic zinc coating.ª¥An American company has developed a degalvanizing process that can slash these costs. Scrap is put into vats of sodium hydroxide. When a electric current is applied, the zinc collects on an electrode, where it can be removed easily. The process should allow the steel-makers to use more galvanized scrap in place of primary ores. That could save the equivalent of 9 million barrels of oil annually.ª¤