SECTION B     SKIMMING & SCANNING     [10 min.]

Directions: In this section there are seven passages followed by ten multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.

TEXT F
First read the following question.
51. The painting discussed in the passage can be found in ________.
A. Paris, France
B. Washington
C. New York
D. Moscow, Russia
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Now, go though TEXT E quickly in order to answer question 31.

Russian-born Max Weber grew up in New York, studied art there, and then went back to Europe to familiarize himself with contemporary artistic developments. On returning to the United States, Weber worked in the new styles he had discovered in Paris and soon become recognized as a pioneer of American abstract painting. An example of his work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. is a 1915 painting entitled "Rush Hour, New York." Using abstract, geometrical forms, Weber has expressed the movement, noise, and vibrancy of the great metropolis. The picture blends elements of two European styles: cubism, which shows objects from a number of different angles of vision at the same time, and futurism, which portrays speed and objects in motion. Forceful lines and spiky forms throughout the composition convey the energy and vitality to the city. Weber expresses the city's diversity by juxtaposing forms with rounded and angular shapes to suggest specific elements of the urban landscape: skyscrapers, flashing lights, and hurrying people.

TEXT G

First read the following questions.

52. According to the first advertisement, anyone who ________ would receive ten shillings.
A. found the umbrella
B. gave a    message
C. left the umbrella at No. 10 Broad Street
D. left the umbrella in the City Church
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53. This is a story about ________.
A. a useless advertisement
B. how to make an effective advertisement
C. how the man lost and found his umbrella owner
D. what the merchant did for the umbrella owner
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