Lillehammer's opening ceremonies featured a giant Olympic Torch burning biogas produced by rotting vegetation. During construction, builders were threatened with '7 500 fines for felling trees unnecessarily. Rare trees were carefully transplanted from hillsides. Food is being served on potato-based plates that will be fed, in turn, to pigs. smoking has been banned outdoors as well as in, with enforcement by polite requests.
Environmentalists have declared partial victory: though Coca-Cola's plan to decorate the town with banners has been scaled back, there are still too many billboards for strict tastes. Perhaps, but after the Games, athlete housing will be converted into vocation homes or shipped to the northlands for student dormitories. Bullets will be plucked from biathlon targets and recycled to keep the lead from poisoning ground water. And these tricks won't be forgotten. Embarrassed by environmental protest, the I.O.C. claims the green awareness is now entrenched-along with sport and culture-as a permanent dimension of the Olympic Charter.
Indeed, Sydney was successful in becoming host for the 2000 summer Games in part on the strength of its endorsement from Green peace. Aspiring host cities are picking up the code. Salt Lake City. bidding for the 2002 Games, may opt to use the bobsled run that Calgary built for the '88 Games. After that, who could deny that recycling is an Olympic movement?

77. Which of the following countries has not paid enough attention to the "green" issues?
A. Norway.
B. France.
C. America.
D. Australia.
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78. In which area did the environmentalist fail in Lillehammer?
A. Energy.
B. Smoking.
C. Housing.
D. Advertising.
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79. Which of the following describes the I.O.C's attitude towards the environmentalists' protests?
A. Trying to commit themselves.
B. Showing indifference and contempt.
C. Arguing for practical difficulties.
D. Negotiating for gradual changes.
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80. The 2002 Games might be held in ______
A. Oslo.
B. Calgary.
C. Sydney.
D. Salt Lake City.
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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 schoolboy was reported to have had an accident with ______
A. a train.
B. fire.
C. electricity.
D. traffic.
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Now skim TEXT E below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.

SCHOOLBOY JOHN DOYLE suffered a 25 000-volt electric shock and lived. Last night he sat up in a hospital bed and learned how lucky he was to be alive. John, 11, and gone train-spotting for the first time in his life on a footbridge near his home. He fell off the 20ft-high bridge, landed among power cables and ended up on the rails. He was dragged clear by his friends just before an express train roared past. He was burns to one ankle and will need a skin graft. His mother said the accident has put her son off train-spotting for life.

TEXT F

First read the following question.

82. The main purpose of the latter is to ______
A. apply for an advertised job.
B. make further inquires about a job.
C. get information about medical research.
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Now skim TEXT E below and mark your answer on your answer sheet.

38 Morgan Road,
Harbury,
Lincolnshire.
The Administrative Officer,
Swiss Medico Ltd,
PO Box 1263,
Zurich, Switzerland.
17 March 199-
Dear Sir,
I am writing to respond to your advertisement in the "Daily Globe".
I am at present employed as a translator in a medical research organization and also act as interpreter there. I joined this organization two years ago.
I am 31 and single. I read French and German at Howland College, Cambridge and stayed there to take my PhD in the dialects of Northeast France.
I should be interested in working for your company for two reasons: firstly, I should like to live abroad and secondly, the work would involve medical/scientific translation which is my particular field.
I shall look forward to hearing from you.