42.The number of existing mail-order bride services is                    .
(A)four times the original number
(B)one-fourth of the original number
(C)3,400
(D)100 times the original number

Daedalus and his son Icarus were prisoners on the island of Crete. From the little window of their lonely tower they could see the blue ocean and watch the gulls and eagles sweep back and forth over the island. Sometimes a ship sailed out toward other lands. Seeing this, Daedalus and Icarus would long for freedom and wish they might sail away and never see the island of Crete again. Daedalus was famous Greek artist. He had designed the building where they were held prisoners. It was the famous Labyrinth, a winging maze of crisscross passages. Daedalus had designed it at the command of King Minos of Crete. When the Labyrinth was finished, the king was delighted. But he was afraid that someone might learn the secret of the maze; so he imprisoned Daedalus and Icarus in the tower.  38.Deadalus was imprisoned in the Labyrinth because              .(A)his design for the building had not pleased the King (B)he had disobeyed the king’s commands (C)he knew the secret of the maze (D)he would like to stay there

39.The instruction “Look hereunder for letters” was directed to sailors going            . (A)to England (B)to India (C)in either direction (D)overseas

40.You might judge from this passage that postal service in early times must have been            . (A)very punctual (B)very uncertain (C)very common (D)very absurd

41.The mail-order bride                           . (A)traveled by stagecoach (B)is out of business (C)has returned home (D)has returned

43.Why do men choose to use this service? (A)They think marriage is an illusion. (B)They feel American women are not feminine enough. (C)They want a change after four or five years of marriage with American women. (D)They want to go on honeymoon right away.

44.What is not true about American-Asian Worldwide Service? (A)Men can write to many women on its list for about $360. (B)It has arranged about 750 marriages. (C)Men’s privilege in this service corresponds to women’s (D)The idea of this service might come from Louis Florence’s personal experience.

45.What does Louis Florence think of Asian women? (A)They are lovely. (B)They lack femininity. (C)They treat people nicely. (D)They are obedient to their husbands.

46.The author’s primary purpose in the passage is to do which of the following? (A)Merge two differing views of a bodily process. (B)Compare the immune system to the brain. (C)Clarify the workings of the body’s defense system (D)Demonstrate the inadequacy of an analogy.

47.The author provides information to answer which of the following questions? (A)Where do the body’s lymphocytes originate? (B)What is the process by which antigens are produced? (C)What is the mechanism by which cyclosporin suppresses the immune system? (D)How does inoculation with samllpox wear off over a period of years?

48.In describing the immune system, the author does all of the following EXCEPT             . (A)referring to an authority (B)defining a term (C)illustrating through a comparison (D)developing an extended metaphor