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 mark your answer on your answer sheet.

Text E

First read the following 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 passages is _____
A neutral.
B positive.
C contradictory.
D indifferent.
正确答案是

Now skim TEXT E below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.

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-gardening 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.
Vegetable plants grow better in full sunlight than in the shade. Some vegetables need more light than can stand more shade than vegetable fruit plants (cucumbers) which do very poorly in the shade. Plant your vegetable fruit plants where the will get the most sun, and you leafy vegetables and root vegetables in the shadier areas.

Text F

First read the following 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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Now skim TEXT F below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.

28 Beach Road,
Newtown.
The manager.
Royal Publishers,
P.O. Box 446
Newtown
March 11th, 199-
Dear Sir,
I am 18 years old, and I graduated from Newtown High School last October. At high school my main subjects were English , business studies, history, athletics and science.
I would be very interested in working as a salesman. I am very interested in books, and I have always been interested in the publishing business. I enjoy meeting and talking to people.
I enclose two letters of reference, a photograph, and my school academic record. I would be available for an interview at any time. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely
Jack Eastwood