SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING [5 min.]
In this section there are six passages with a total of 10 multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answer. 
　
Text E
　
First read the question.
　
81. The passage is mainly concerned with _____.
A. fruit growing.
B. outdoor gardening.
C. leafy vegetables.
D. indoor gardening.
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82. The author’s attitude towards the topic in the passage is _____.
A. neutral.
B. positive.
C. contradictory.
D. indifferent.
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Now go through the text quickly and answer the questions.
　
Maybe you’d like to have a vegetable garden, but you live in a room, an apartment, a townhouse or a mobile home, and you think there is no place at all for such activity. But if you have a doorstep, a balcony or even just a windowsill, you can have your own mini-garden.

Mini-garden with vegetables, fruit trees and herbs can be fascinating fun, and you can mix or match all vegetables or vegetables and flowers. You can grow them in greenhouses, under fluorescent lights, or in a sunny window.

Perhaps now, with the prices of fresh vegetables competing with those of meats and dairy products, this is more than ever an important aspect of indoor gardening. But entirely aside from the economic dividends, there is the pleasure of enjoying a truly fresh product, one you grew yourself from plant to plate.

Vegetables plants grow better in full sunlight than in the shade. Some vegetables need more light than others. Leafy vegetables (lettuce) can stand more shade than root vegetables (beets). Root vegetables can stand more shade than vegetable fruit plants (cucumbers) which do very poorly in the shade. Plant your vegetable fruit plants where they will get the most sun, and your leafy vegetables and root vegetables in the shadier areas.
　
Text F
　
First read the question.
　
83. This letter is written by a(n) _____.
A. prospective salesperson.
B. high school student.
C. book publisher.
D. office manager.
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