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Questions 14~17 are based on the following dialogue between a professor and a student. What is the professor’s first reply to the woman’s request

A. He does not intend to offer the course.
B. He does not think the course will interest her.
C. He never accepts undergraduates in his course.
D. He thinks the course will be too difficult for her.

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What does the woman mean in this conversation

A. The sale figures will go up definitely.
B. They can rely on the National Bank to help them out.
C. They’ll set up a new company soon.
D. She will apply for a job in the bank.

Text The conception of poverty and what to (26) about it have changed over the decades. Under Social Darwinism the lazy and the (27) were supposed to be at the bottom of the economic ladder as a result of the "law of (28) of the fittest". Society was (29) as a network of self-sufficient families which provided for their own. (30) persons outside a household (orphans, the (31) elderly,and the crippled) were provided outdoor relief grudgingly and as a temporary expedient. Although it was (32) that "the poor will always be with us", the individual was expected to improve himself (33) acts of his own will. Charity was thought to be the (34) of idleness. By keeping wages low, labourers would be (35) to work harder. At about the turn of the century, the beginning of concern about natural (36) brought uneasiness about the possible spread of beggary. There was a potentially dangerous class in (37) of disease and disorder. The "poor" were (38) as different from "paupers". Paupers were individuals well (39) to being on the low end of the socioeconomic (40) . Without shame or bitterness, they would not seek independence and a " (41) " life. For the mountaineers, the subsistence dwellers, and some slum dwellers, the lack of wealth, (42) has been argued,reflects a preference not to pay the psychological costs of the struggle for the riches or of adopting the middle-class work ethic of surviving. In (43) ,the worthy poor struggled to (44) their lot against circumstances beyond their control: low wages, sickness, industrial (45) , widowhood and so on.

A. poor
B. better
C. humble
D. miserable

"Family" is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family-hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one’s parents and starting one’s own life. The man’s first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife’s to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife’s parents nor the husband’s, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them-they are their own masters. Readers of novels like Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families was arranged by the girl’s parents, that is, it was the parents’ duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents’ home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry (嫁妆). It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results: a girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry. What does the author mean by" ’ Family’ is of course an elastic word"

A. Different families have different ways of life.
B. Different definitions could be given to the word.
C. Different nations have different families.
Different times produce different families.

Questions 22~25 are based on the following monologue newspaper report. What happened to Ms White after she was taken back to the store

A. She was questioned by the police
B. She was shut in a small room for 20 minutes.
C. She was insulted by the shoppers around her.
D. She was body-searched by the store manager.

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