30 Jennifer is computer-literate, which will give her an edge.
(A) Jennifer is skilled in computer and this will make her very nervous.
(B) Jennifer is good at computer, and this gains her an advantage.
(C) Jennifer is well versed in computer, but she keeps it as a secret.
(D) Jennifer is neither a computer expert, nor does she like it at all.

26 In the developed world, no trend in the nutrition revolution has been more marked than the equalization of diet between regions and classes. (A) In the developed world, the nutrition revolution aims to find out the ways people of different regions and classes eat. (B) In the developed world, the nutrition revolution aims to overcome the difficulty in sharing the same kinds of food. (C) In the developed world, the most distinctive feature in the nutrition revolution is the same diet shared by people of different regions and classes. (D) In the developed world, the most distinctive change in the wake of the nutrition revolution is people’s awareness of simple diet.

27 Companies under financial pressure will find it hard to resist disposing of workers in countries with high wages in order to hire replacements in faraway lands with low ones. (A) Companies under financial pressure will have a hard time figuring out how to replace workers with high wages with those with low ones. (B) Companies under financial pressure will want to lay off workers in countries with high wages and hire workers in faraway countries with low ones. (C) Companies under financial pressure have to find a better way to hire workers with low wages to replace those with high ones. (D) Companies under financial pressure will try hard not to lay off workers in countries with high wages and replace them with those with low ones.

28 If I am caught slacking off, I will be fired for sure. (A) I will lose my job if I am caught being unproductive. (B) I will be scolded if I am not working hard. (C) I will lose my job if I am not dressed up. (D) I have to pay attention and work hard, or I will get demoted.

29 For China’s emerging middle class, opportunities have multiplied, but each one brings pressure to take part and every acquisition seems to come ready-wrapped in disappointment. (A) With increasing opportunities, the rising middle class Chinese feel anxious to get involved but are inevitably disappointed. (B) With opportunities increasing, the new middle class Chinese always feel pressured and disappointed in getting involved in any new experience. (C) Every new opportunity brings anxiety to the promising Chinese middle class, and the disappointment is even more unbearable. (D) Since the rising middle class Chinese have few opportunities, their anxiety and subsequent disappointment are inevitable. 代號：50140 60140-60340 60740-60940 頁次：4－4

31 The boundaries between the sane and the mentally ill have become the battleline that divides two opposing schools of thought. (A) The limitations of healthy and mentally ill people result in two types of thoughts. (B) The outlines of sane and insane people resemble those of the two schools of thoughts. (C) The definition of the sane in contrast to mentally ill people has become the center of debate between two schools of thought. (D) The boundaries between sane and mentally ill people have become the main topic to which the two schools of thought are opposed.

32 Communication refers to language in use, as a process which is socially situated. (A) Communication happens when we use language to talk to people around us. (B) Communication is possible only among people living in the same society. (C) Communication is the process by which we produce appropriate language. (D) Communication is controlled by people who have higher social status.

33 According to the passage, why do birds frequently fly for a long distance? (A) They like to fly. (B) They are migrating. (C) They are looking for food. (D) They are looking for companions.

34 Why did the author feel disgusted with himself? (A) He did not know where the swans came from. (B) He realized that the swan was a mysterious animal. (C) He wondered why there were so many birds passing over. (D) He suddenly realized that he failed to recognize a simple fact.

35 Why could the swans be easily seen after the rain? (A) Our eyesight is better after the rain. (B) The number of swans has increased. (C) The number of swans has decreased. (D) The sunshine makes the swans more visible against the dark clouds.

36 What has the author learned from his observation of the swans? (A) The swans are always passing. (B) The swans are not always passing. (C) The swans come from a great distance. (D) The swans possess great powers of flight.