SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING

　　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.

　　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.

　　81. The schoolboy was reported to have had an accident with ______

　　A) a train.

　　B) fire.

　　C) electricity.

　　D) traffic.

　　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.

　　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. Yours sincerely, Rupert Johnson

　　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.