38. What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
(A) to introduce our cognitive mechanism at work when we perform different tasks at the same time.
(B) to present different views raised in research on multitasking skills
(C) to describe the advancement in research on multitasking skills
(D) to discuss various reckless driving behaviors

34. What can we infer from the passage? (A) Efficient attention allocation leads to better multitasking skills. (B) Multitasking skills are directly related to working memory capacity. (C) Multitasking skills provide language learners with a head start in learning a language. (D) Only lexical candidates from the target languages are activated in a multilingual speaker's meaning retrieval process.

35. The word “operation” in line 8 (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to: (A) performance (B) treatment (C) functioning (D) organization

36. What is the exact meaning of the statement—“more research is warranted”？ (A) Answers to the inquiry about the benefit of multilingual minds still require more future research. (B) Existing empirical research has successfully explained everything we need to know about multilingual minds. (C) Questions about multilingual minds do not always come with an answer. (D) Existing research on multilingual minds does not provide valid data/evidence.

37. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? (A) Driving and talking on a cell phone only becomes a threat when they are simultaneously performed without sufficient attention resources. (B) People probably have an easier time to manage multiple tasks (e.g., driving and talking) when taking a familiar route. (C) Our ability to perform two (or more) different tasks is mainly constrained by the limit of our attentional resources. (D) People are still able to perform multiple tasks given sufficient practice.

39. Which of the following statements would be the most appropriate title for this passage? (A) Listening while driving is, what’d you say? (B) Intricate judgments involved in our driving behaviors (C) Memory loss behind the steering wheel (D) Proficient driving skills help with multitasking

40. What does the word “it” in line 23 (paragraph 3) refer to? (A) Counter evidence against Dr. Dell’s finding (B) Bloggers’ response to Dr. Dell’s claim (C) The synopsis of Dr. Dell’s finding (D) Dr. Dell’s view

41. What does the author mean by “Dell’s claim is at best circumstantial” in the third paragraph (line 22-23)? (A) Dell is very circumspect in his statement. (B) Dell’s evidence is merely suggestive but not conclusive. (C) Dell’ view provides the best account for the issue at focus. (D) Dell’s evidence is substantiated with sufficient empirical evidence.

42. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “took the biggest nosedive” in the second paragraph (line 17)? (A) became the first to take action in a particular situation (B) made a huge progress in doing something (C) experienced a dramatic deterioration (D) gave someone a head start

43. Which of the following is mentioned as a negative impact arising from conversing while driving? (A) complete loss of ability to understand or express speech (B) ability to navigate in heavy traffic (C) ability to maintain one’s sanity (D) accurate sense of spatial orientation

44. What does it mean by “To empirically establish the above view” (line 11) in the second paragraph? (A) to validate the truth of this claim (B) to address the view from an empirical perspective (C) to keep people informed about the value of the claim (D) to establish the theoretical underpinnings of the claim