SECTION B    SKIMMING AND SCANNING [5 MIN.]
In this section there are seven passages with a total of ten multiple-choice questions.    Skim or scan them as required and then select your answers to the questions.

TEXT E
First read the following question.
81. This is a letter of _____.
A. inquiry
B. complaint
C. explanation
D. introduction　
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Dear Sir,
I am writing to you concerning the Bernster Special 150 SL that I bought from you two weeks ago.    The car has now developed the following faults:
1. The steering wheel is loose.
2. The hand brake does not work.
3. Oil is leaking from the engine.
4. The driver's door does not close properly.
Will you please telephone me and we can arrange for you to collect the car.    Unless you can put the car in perfect working order, I am afraid I shall report your company to the Consumers' Association.
Yours faithfully,
Tony Lockwood

TEXT F
First read the following question.
82. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. Christmas sales
B. retailing business
C. Internet population
D. online shopping
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Online shopping has become a major force in retailing this year with more than US '1 billion in Christmas season sales, industry analysts say.
The figure for the holiday tops the total for Internet shopping in all of 1996.
Online shopping for the holiday season remained just a drop in the ocean of the estimated US '450 billion spent by US consumers.    But the figure is growing rapidly.
International Data Corporation, a market research group, predicts the World Wide Web population will reach almost 100 million by 1998 and that online commerce will grow to more than US '20 billion.

TEXT G
First read the following question.
83. The passage discusses the aim of _____.
A. the organization
B. blood centers in the USA
C. FDA new rules
D. AIDS prevention
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking steps to protect the country's blood supply.    People give blood to the centers, where it is kept until it is needed for medical purposes.
The FDA has provided new rules for the blood centers.    The government agency says new rules are designed to improve the blood supply system.
The new rules call for blood centers to develop more ways to make sure their work is done correctly.
These rules are another way to help keep the blood supply pure.    A leading concern is that someone with AIDS virus might give blood to a blood center.    For this reason, there are tests to find out if blood contains viruses that cause AIDS and other diseases.　

TEXT H
First read the following question.
84. The passage advertises overseas _____.
A. jobs
B. studies
C. travels
D. aid
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