TEXT I First read the following question. 87. American cars were purchased every year by the Japanese before George Bush visited Tokyo. A. 20,000 B. 55,000 C. 35,000 D. 75,000 Now scan the passage and answer the question. General Motors Chairman Robert Stempel boasted of selling the Japanese two Cadillacs during George Bushs Tokyo visit. But the American auto makers who accompanied the president on his quest for "jobs, jobs and jobs" found little to brag about in the "action plan" that he squeezed from his Tokyo hosts. To help shrink Japans 30 billion automotive trade surplus with the United States, the Japanese agreed to buy an additional 20,000 American cars per year by 1995 -- a total of just 55,000 annually. Thats only one months output at one factory, moaned United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber.

87. American cars were purchased every year by the Japanese before George Bush visited Tokyo. 

A) 20,000 

B) 55,000 

C) 35,000 

D) 75,000 

TEXT J First read the following questions. 88. Which of the following statements about System/360 is Not true? A. Its a family of compatible computers. B. It could be used to process every data. C. Customers needed to change their software when their demands increased. D. It got its name because of its flexibility. 89. In 1963, IBMs revenues were about ______ A. 3,500. B. 7.5 billion. C. 3.75 billion. D. 14 billion. Now scan the passage and answer the questions. With IBM clearly on top in the early 60s, Watson took one of the biggest gambles in corporate history. He proposed spending more than 5 billion -- about three times IBMs revenues at the time to develop a new line of computers that would make the companys existing machines obsolete. The goal was to replace specialized units with a family of compatible computers that could fill every data-processing need. Customers could start with small computers and move up as their demands increased, taking their old software along with them. This flexibility inspired the name System/360, after the 360 degrees in a circle. Ultimately, System/360, which revolutionized the industry, proved to be wildly successful as well. IBMs base of installed computers jumped from 11,000 in early 1964 to 35,000 in 1970, and its revenues more than doubled, to 7.5 billion. At the same time, IBMs market value soared from about 14 billion to more than 36 billion.

88. Which of the following statements about System/360 is Not true? 

A) It's a family of compatible computers. 

B) It could be used to process every data. 

C) Customers needed to change their software when their demands increased. 

D) It got its name because of its flexibility. 

89. In 1963, IBM's revenues were about ______ 

A) '3,500. 

B) '7.5 billion. 

C) '3.75 billion. 

D) '14 billion. 

TEXT K First read the following question. 90. Which of the following is true? A. The spaceship stopped as soon as it reached the space outside the earth. B. Gagarin did nothing while strapped to a couch during the flight. C. Prolonged exposure causes no harm to man. D. Man can bear the force which is ten times the normal gravity through special training. Now scan the passage and answer the question. 27-year-old Major Yuri Alexeyevitch Gagarin of the former Soviet Union became the first man to fly in space on April 12, 1961. In a four-and-a-half-ton Vostok spaceship he orbited the earth and returned safely after a flight lasting 108 minutes. During the flight, the "cosmonaut" was strapped to a couch and did little to fly his spacecraft. Instruments and television cameras monitored his responses to the stresses of his flight. He also reported regularly on instrument readings and what he could see. "The sky looks very very dark and the earth bluish" was one of his first comments from space. Gagarins flight has proved that prolonged exposure to weightlessness causes no immediate harm. Gagarin also survived the tremendous acceleration of launch and deceleration of re-entry to the atmosphere, rising to five to ten times the normal force of gravity, without damage.

90. Which of the following is true? 

A) The spaceship stopped as soon as it reached the space outside the earth. 

B) Gagarin did nothing while strapped to a couch during the flight. 

C) Prolonged exposure causes no harm to man. 

D) Man can bear the force which is ten times the normal gravity through special training. 

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