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READING PAPER 4 Time permitted: 60 minutes Number of questions: 40 _

Directions:In this section you will read FOUR different passages Each one is followed

by 10 questions about it For questions 1-40, you are to choose the best answer A, B, C

or D, to each question Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage You have 60 minutes to answer all the questions, including the time to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

PASSAGE 1 – Questions 1-10

Vietnam, a one-party Communist state, has one of south-east Asia's fastest-growing

economies and has set its sights on becoming a developed nation by 2020.It became a

unified country once more in 1975 when the armed forces of the Communist north seized the south

Vietnam is located on the eastern Indochina Peninsula Because of differences in latitude and the marked variety in topographical relief, the climate tends to vary considerably from place to place During the winter or dry season, extending roughly from November to April, the monsoon winds usually blow from the northeast along the Chinese coast and across the Gulf of Tonkin, picking up considerable moisture Consequently, the winter season in most parts of the country is dry only by comparison with the rainy or summer season

In 2014, the population of Vietnam is standing at approximately 90.7 million people The population had grown significantly from the 1979 census, which showed the total population of reunified Vietnam to be 52.7 million In 2012, the country's population was estimated at approximately 90.3 million Currently, the total fertility rate of

Vietnam is 1.8 (births per woman), which is largely due to the government'sfamily

planning policy and the two-child policy

The official national language of Vietnam is Vietnamese a tonal Mon–Khmer language

which is spoken by the majority of the population.Vietnam has an extensive

state-controlled network of schools, colleges and universities, and a growing number of privately run and partially privatized institutions General education in Vietnam is divided into five categories: kindergarten, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and universities A large number of public schools have been constructed across the country to raise the national literacy rate, which stood at 90.3% in 2008

Vietnam has become a major tourist destination since the 1990s, assisted by significant

state and private investment, particularly in coastal regions About 3.77 million international tourists visited Vietnam in 2009 alone.Popular tourist destinations include the former imperial capital of Hue, the World Heritage Sites of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Hoi An and My Son, coastal regions such as Nha Trang, the caves of Ha Long Bay and the Marble Mountains Numerous tourist projects are under construction, such as the Binh Duong tourist complex, which possesses the largest artificial sea in Southeast Asia

1 What does the word “It” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A Asia

B Vietnam

C Communist state

D A unified country

2 Why does the climate of Vietnam tend to change significantly from region to region?

A Because of the monsoon winds

B Because of the winter or dry season

C Because of differences in latitude and the marked variety in topographical relief

D Because of the rainy or summer season

3 How many people were there in Vietnam in 2012?

A 90.7 million

B 52.7 million

C 90.3 million

D 1.8 million

4 Why is the present fertility rate of Vietnam 1.8?

A Because the population had grown significantly from the 1979 census

B Because the government has taken part in family-planning and two-child policy

C Because the total population of reunified Vietnam was 52.7 million ,

D Because the government has carried out family-planning and two-child policy

5 How many levels are there in the education system?

A 3

B 4

C 5

D 6

6 The word “which” in paragraph 3 refers to _

A The country's population was estimated at approximately 90.3 million

B The total fertility rate of Vietnam is 1.8

C The country's population

D The fertility rate

7 Which of the following words does the word “extensive” have closest meaning to?

A Vast

B Restricted

C Comfortable

D Spacious

8 Which of the following words does the word “assisted” have closest meaning to?

A Attended

B Aided

C Altered

D Entertained

9 How does the author illustrate the development of Vietnam tourism?

A By giving the number of visitors who travel to Vietnam and naming the beauty spots in this country

B By giving the statistics about tourisms’ income

C By comparing Vietnam tourism with other countries’

D By travelling to many beauty spots in Vietnam

10 What is the writer’s purpose in writing this text?

A To support the development of Vietnam

B To provide general information about Vietnam

C To advertise the development of Vietnam

D To compare Vietnam with other countries

PASSAGE 2 – Questions 11-20

Every year for many years the people of Milpa Alta, Mexico, have prepared a feast in the week before Christmas Sixty thousand tamales and 15,000 litres of hot chocolate are made in less than a week, not too much and not too little for the thousands of people who

show up for the feast The feast is called La Rejunta and is made for pilgrims preparing for the long walk to the holy cave of El Señor de Chalma on January 3rd The people responsible for organising La Rejunta are called the majordomos It’s an honour to be

chosen and so many people want to do it that the waiting list is full until 2046

The stages in the organisation of La Rejunta are the same every year Tradition is

important to the Milpa Alta people Corn has been grown here for hundreds of years and the name of the region means ‘high cornfield’ Local farmers grow most of the corn, meat, and vegetables needed as ingredients for the meal And a year before the event, the men go to the forest and collect wood that they pile up high near the home of

the majordomo so that it will be properly dried before it’s used for open-air cooking This year’s majordomos are Virginia Meza Torres and her husband Fermín Lara

Jiménez ‘There is an infinity of things to do,’ Virginia Meza Torres says firmly, as if to

indicate there is no time to talk Virginia is heading to the local offices to get the necessary permits and Fermín sets off into the countryside in search of more ingredients They leave their daughter Montserrat Lara Meza in charge She is a 24-year-old graduate student who’s come home to help her parents for the week Volunteers are starting to arrive and Montserrat wanders down the hill to a shed to see how the toasting

of the corn is going Everything is made from the basics – no instant mixes or other culinary shortcuts are allowed

Such traditional approaches are part of everyday life here Eating together is perhaps the most important example ‘In my experience, there is a glue, a bonding, that comes from the time together at the table,’ says Josefina García Jiménez She often cooks for her nieces and nephews and says, ‘It feels like I am passing down a tradition, and when it comes to their turn to be adults, they will remember what I have done Here we have time to cook, time to think just what ingredients are needed, time to show our kids through cooking that we love them.’

When the day of La Rejunta arrives, the volunteers have been up all night, though no

one admits to feeling tired Fermin has made sure there are enough tamales for everyone, and the head cook has been stirring the atole (chocolate drink) all night After

a 14-year wait, and a full year of preparation, it’s almost time for Fermin and Virginia to

hand over responsibility to the next majordomos But first, there are thousands of cups

of atole to serve

11 The article is an account of _

A day-to-day life of farmers in Mexico

B key features of a Mexican community

C what Mexican people eat at Christmas

D what Mexican people drink at Chirstmas

12 La Rejunta is

A a meal where all the guests bring some dishes

B a feast which is organized every 2 years

C just one example of Milpa Alta traditions

D started as a way of using up extra corn in Milpa Alta.

13 La Rejunta feast

A is held once every two years

B lasts a week

C Takes two weeks to get ready

D takes a week to get ready

14 Pilgrims to the holy cave _

A take Rejunta food to eat on their journey

B make their trip after Christmas

C are called majordomos

D make their trip right after having the meal

15 Which statement is true?

A It’s hard to find people who want to organise the feast

B It’s difficult to get selected to organise the feast

C The next feast is in about thirty years’ time

D Not many people want to organize the feast

16 Which statement is NOT true, according to the second paragraph?

A Preparations for the feast start a year in advance

B Everything required for the meal comes from the local area

C Only vegetarian food is served at the meal

D The cooking is done in the open air

17 Virginia and Fermin

A have lots of experience organising these meals

B make all the preparation themselves

C don’t have enough ingredients for the feast

D are too busy to spend much time with the author

18 In Milpa Alta, people pay attention to traditions _

A all the time

B only at certain times of the year

C when they eat

D when Chrismast is coming

19 According to Josefina García Jiménez, _

A cooking for your family is an act of love

B people no longer remember cooking traditions

C traditional cooking takes up too much time

D young people do not like tradditional cooking

20 According to the final paragraph, which statement is true?

A The volunteers eat tamales during the night

B Last-minute preparations take place the night Fermin and Virginia have to choose the next majordomos

C the next majordomos are chose right after the feast

PASSAGE 3 – Questions 21-30

Prehistoric peoples most certainly took note of the recurring patterns of movements in the sky of such celestial bodies as the Sun, the Moon, the planets, and the stars, and they most certainly noted that events in their world, such as seasonal fluctuations in weather, which in turn had an effect on the lives of the plants and animals in their world, were

often correlated with the movements of the celestial bodies Because it was important

for prehistoric people to have knowledge, for example, of when it was important for prehistoric people to have been migrating, early farmers and hunters took a great interest

in the movements of celestial bodies An understanding of the relationship between the movements of celestial bodies and recurring patterns of events on Earth was

paramount in many cultures; thus, many cultures in widely separated areas of the world

developed methods for monitoring astronomical events

The field of archeoastronomy, which combines knowledge and expertise from the fields

of archeology and astronomy, is dedicated to the study of the astronomical knowledge

of prehistoric cultures Archeoatronomers who have been studying prehistoric cultures

in North America have been discovered various devices that made it possible for

prehistoric people to study and record astronomical events An alignment of stones in Wyoming that is known as the Bighorn Medicine Wheel, the remnants of a circular-shaped structure created with wooden posts at Cahoki in Illinois, and specially

designed windows in structures of the Southwest that allowed the rays of the Sun to hit

designated marks on inside walls are all believed to be constructions that serve the

function of monitoring and measuring astronomical events

One particular construction, which is located in the Chaco Canyon area of the state of New Mexico, has been the subject of considerable attention and discussion among archeologists and astronomers This construction, which is at least 700 years old, consists of large slabs of rock located on top of the flat surface of a high butte that seem

to form an observatory of sorts What makes it appear to experts to be an observatory is

that the slabs of rock are positioned so that shafts of sunlight fall between them and hit spiral markings carved into the side of a cliff As the Sun changes positions with the progressions of the seasons, the shafts of light fall in different places on the markings in the cliff wall Using this system, it must have been possible for early inhabitants of the area to predict upcoming seasonal changes and the events based on them

One question that has been the focus of considerable discussion is whether the stones were actually placed in their current location by early inhabitants of the region or whether the stones forces of nature created the arrangement While some scientists argue that the stones could not have fallen in the current arrangement by mere

happenstanceand must have been purposefully positioned, others find it harder to

believe that the huge stones could have been moved and easier to believe that that the marks on the cliff wall were placed to reflect the positions where the slabs had fallen naturally Whether or not the slabs were positioned by the local population, the structure correlating the positions of the slabs and the markings on the cliff wall represents a remarkably sophisticated method of following astronomical events

21 The word “correlated in” paragraph 1 could be replaced by

A in disagreement

B in coordination

C in touch

D in spirit

22 It is not mentioned in paragraph 1 that prehistoric peoples were interested in

A the movements of the stars

B changes in the weather

C migration patterns of certain animals

D the evolution of various plants

23 The word “paramount” in paragraph 1 could be replaced by

A tall

B dependable

C supreme

D computed

24 Which of the following would an archeoastronomer be most likely to study?

A Plans to send a spacecraft to Mars

B Potential remnants of an early civilization’s lunar calendar

C Tools used by a prehistoric tribe to prepare food

D Geographic formations on the Moon

25 The author mentions “An alignment of stones in Wyoming, a circular-shaped structure … at Cahoki, and specially designed windows in structures of the Southwest” in paragraph 2 in order to

A provide proof that archeastronomers have been studying prehistoric cultures

B provide support for the idea that North American cultures built creative structures

C provide evidence that certain astronomical events have not changed over time

D provide examples of ways that prehistoric people monitored occurrences in the sky

26 The word “serve” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by

A fulfill

B provide

C assist

D demonstrate

27 What is stated in paragraph 3 about the construction in Chaco Canyon?

A It was created from a single piece of stone

B It prevents sunlight from entering the area

C It was built before the fourteenth century

D It is located in a canyon

28 The phrase “of sorts” in paragraph 3 is closest meaning to

A of opportunity

B of some kind

C of the past

D of fate

29 The word “them” in paragraph 3 refers to

A experts

B slabs

C shafts

D markings

30 The word “happenstance” in paragraph 4 is closest meaning to

A standing

B event

C order

D chance

PASSAGE 4 – Questions 31-40

According to the theory of plate tectonics, the upper portion of the Earth’s lithosphere, which contains the heavier oceanic and the lighter continental crusts, consists of a series

of rigid plates that are in constant motion This theory provides a cohesive model to

explain the integrated actions of continental drift, seafloor spreading, and mountain formation

The Earth’s plates are estimated to have an average depth of appropriately 60 miles (or

100 kilometers), but they are believed to vary considerably in size Some are estimated

to be continental or even hemispheric in size, while others are believed to be much smaller Though the actual boundaries and sizes and shapes of the plates are not known

for sure, it has been postulated that there are six major plates and somewhere around the

same number of smaller ones Most of the plates consist of both sial (continental) and s