SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING

　　Direction: In this section there are eight passages followed by ten questions or unfinished statements. Skim or scan the passages as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.

　　TEXT E First read the following question. 81. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Australias film industry hasnt been brilliant before. B. Originally, the awards held by Australian Film Institute were not important indeed. C. Australians are film fans. D. You can always find the film you want in Australia. Now skim the passage below and answer the question. Australias film industry is booming once again. It hasnt been in such a healthy state since the beginning of this century. Funding has been increased dramatically and film and television students are turning out superb films. Since 1958, the Australian Film Institute has held it awards annually. From a comparatively low key event, the awards have evolved into a major celebration of the films made during the year. Australians generally are great film goers and there are plenty of cinemas to attest to this fact. Each city has many commercial theatres showing the latest releases from local sources and from around the world. There are also cinemas that survive by showing nothing but the classics, movies well never forget. Still others specialize in foreign films. Nothing has been left out. If theres a film you particularly want to see, chances are youll find it on somewhere.

　　81. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

　　A) Australia's film industry hasn't been brilliant before.

　　B) Originally, the awards held by Australian Film Institute were not important indeed.

　　C) Australians are film fans.

　　D) You can always find the film you want in Australia.

　　TEXT F First read the following questions. 82. Which of the following is NOT true about Bill Gates? A. Bill Gates is the richest man in the world. B. Bill Gates has many original ideas. C. Bill Gates is creative. D. Bill Gates founded Microsoft with another man. 83. From the first sentence of the second paragraph, we can infer that ______ A. Bing Crosby was also a technological genius. B. Bing Crosby was good at mixing many kinds of music. C. Bing Crosby was only known to the computer business. D. Bing Crosby was a very successful businessman. Now skim the passage and answer the questions. If we are talking creativity and ideas, Bill Gates is an American unoriginal. He is Microsofts chief and cofounder, he is the worlds richest man, and his career delivers this message: It can be wiser to follow than to lead. Let the innovators hit the beaches and take the losses; if you hold back and follow, you can clean up in peace and quiet. Gates is the Bing Crosby of American technology, borrowing a tune here and a tune there and turning them all into great buffo hits —— by dint of heroic feats of repackaging and sheer Herculean blandness. Granted he is (to put it delicately) an unusually hard-driving and successful businessman, but the Bill Gates of our imagination is absurdly overblown.

　　82. Which of the following is NOT true about Bill Gates?

　　A) Bill Gates is the richest man in the world.

　　B) Bill Gates has many original ideas.

　　C) Bill Gates is creative.

　　D) Bill Gates founded Microsoft with another man.

　　83. From the first sentence of the second paragraph, we can infer that ______

　　A) Bing Crosby was also a technological genius.

　　B) Bing Crosby was good at mixing many kinds of music.

　　C) Bing Crosby was only known to the computer business.

　　D) Bing Crosby was a very successful businessman.