W: Yeah, in a way, although the curse itself isn’t really that bad, a lot of it is pretty
good, in fact, and the lecturer is fine, as to me, I suppose, you see, I want to do
philosophy rather than English, but my parents took me out of it.
M: So the courses are OK as such, it’s just that had if been left to you, you would
choose a different one.
W: Oh, they had my best interest and heart of course, my parents, they always do,
don’t they? They believe that my job prospect would be pretty limited with the
degree of philosophy. Plus, they give me a really generous allowance, but I am
beginning to feel that I’m wasting my time and their money. They would be so
disappointed though if I told them I was quitting.
22. Why can’t Karen concentrate on the book?
23. Why is Karen starting to like the course less and less?
24. Who thinks Philosophy graduates have limited job opportunities?
25. What is Karen thinking of doing?
Section B
Passage One
In Greece, only rich people will rest in peace for ever when they die. Most of the
population, however, will be undisturbed for only three years, then they will be dug up,
washed, compressed into a small tin box, and placed in a bone room. If the body has only
partially decayed, it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave, but not for long, the body will
be dug up again some time later when it has fully decayed. Buying a piece of land for a
grave is the only way to avoid this process. The cost of the grave is so great that most
p0eople choose to rent the grave for three years and even after it has been dug up, lasting
peace is still not guaranteed. If no one pays for renting space in the bone room, the
skeleton is removed and stored in a building in a poor part of the town. Lack of space in
Athens is the main reason why the dead are dug up after the three years. The city is so
overcrowded that sometimes dead bodies are kept in the hospitals for over a week until a
grave is found. Athens’ city council wants to introduce cremation, that is burning dead
bodies as a means of dealing with the problems. But the Greek church resists this practice,
they believe the only place where people burn is hell, so burning dead bodies is against
the Greek concept of life after death. To save space, the church suggested burying the
bodies standing up instead of lying down. Some people proposed building multi-storey
underground grave yards.
26. What must Greeks do to keep the dead resting in ever-lasting peace?
27. Why are most dead bodies in Athens dug up after three years?
28. What suggestions does the church give about the burying of dead bodies?
29. What practice does the Greek church object to?
Passage Two
If you visit a big city anywhere in the world, you will probably find a restaurant
would serve the food of your own native country. Most large cities in the United States
offer international sample of foods. Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations.
This is probably one reason why there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the
United States. A second reason is that many Americans come from other part of the
world. They enjoy tasting the foods of their native lands. In the city of Detroit, for
example, there are many people from western Europe, Greece, Latin America, and the Far
East. There are many restaurants in Detroit which serve the foods of these areas. There
are many other international restaurants too. Americans enjoy the foods in these
restaurants as well as the opportunity to better understand the people and their way of
life. One of the most common international restaurants to be found in the United States is
the Italian restaurant. The restaurant may be a small business run by a single family. The
mother of the family cooks all of the dishes, and the father and children serve the people
who come to eat there. Or it may be a large restaurant owned by several different people
who worked together in the business. Many Italian dishes that Americans enjoy are made
with meats, tomatoes and cheese, they are very delicious and tasty.
30. Why are there so many international restaurants in the United States?
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