Question 1-12

The symtomps of hay fever include watery and itchy eyes and a runny, congested nose. People
suffering from hay fever may experience occsional wheezing and repeated bouts of sneezing and may even lose
their semse of smell. Some victims of hay fever may develop the symptomps associated with periodic asthma or
a sinus infection. The allergen-antibody theory does not fully explain allergic reactions because the membranes
and glands in eyes and ears are controlled by the independent nervous system, which keeps these organs in
balance. But in the independent nervous system itself is part of the emotional-response center and may cause the
feelings of anger, fear, recentment, and lack of self-confdence in reaction to allergy-causing substances.
The most common cause of hay fever is the pollen of ragweed, which blossoms during the summer and
autumn. When airbone pollen particles, as well as mold, come into contact with the victim’s membranes, they
can cause allergic reactions that release histamine and result in a virtual blockage of air passages. To prevent
hay fever or to decrease the severity of its symptomps, contact with the ragweed pollen should be reduced.
Although some communities have attempted to eliminate the plants that cause the reactions , elimination
programs have not been successful because airbone pollen can travel considerable d istances. Antihistamine can
help with short but severe attacks. Over extended periods of time, however, patiens are prescribed a series of
injections of the substance to which they are sensitive in order to increase immunity and thus be relieved of the
seasonal allergy.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that phrase “hay fever” refers to
A. Fodder for cattle
B. A seasonal discomfort
C. Viral bacteria
D. A lung disease
2. According to the passage, the symptomps of the allergy are predominantly
A. Abdominal
B. Intestinal
C. Respiratory
D. Chronic
3. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
paragraph?
A. Hay fever may cause severe allergic reactions and even death
B. The cause of allergic reactions has not been determined
C. The nervous system balances allergic reactions
D. People should not have an emotional response to allergic reactions
4. According to this passage, patients suffering from hay fever may also experience
A. Hunger pains
B. Mood swings
C. Nervous blockages
D. Sensory perceptions
5. In line 7, the word “resentment” is closest meaning to
A. Reprieve
B. Reprisal
C. Acrimony
D. Grief
6. It can be inferred from the passage that are frequent source of allergy -causing irritants can be
A. Organic matter
B. Larynx infections
C. Human contact
D. Ear membranes
7. According to the passage, the irritants are transported by
A. Wind
B. Food
C. Travelers
D. Air passages
 8. In line 12, the word “blockage” is closest meaning to
A. Obstruction
B. Bleeding
C. Enlargement
D. Dryness
9. According to the passage, to avoid incidents of hay fever, patients need to
A. Avoid interactions with other patients
B. Avoid axposure to pollen
C. Increase their self-confidence
D. Take doses of prescribed medicine
10. Which of the following is not mentioned n the passage as a cause of allergies?
A. Pollen
B. Mold
C. Flowers
D. Injections
11. It can be inferred from the passage that hay fever
A. Has no effective antbodies
B. Has no known cure
C. Is rooted in the human psyche
D. Can be likened to a breakdown
12. A paragraph following this passage would most probably discuss
A. How the nervous system alerts patients
B. How the immune system reacts to allergens
C. What other diseases can be relieved by vaccines
D. What flowers are harmless to hay fever patients
Question 13-24
Because conducting censuses requires detailed planning, the organization conducting a census decide
on and narrows the topics to be addressed and, more specifically, determines how to word the question, tabulate
the responses, and report the findings.
Statistically analyzing the information is a work- intensive process that may sometimes take up to a
year. Censuses examine such issues as population size and density, employment and industrial affiliation,
migration, formal education, income received, housing, marital status, relatoinship of each individual to the hea d
of the family, and age. A detailed series of queries sample the data associated with the quality of housing,
transportation, the level of industrial production, water and electricity consumption, or the fucntioning of the
local goverment. Major censuses taken by the federal goverment are conducted every 10 years, in the years that
end in zero. Surveys of agriculture take place every 5 years and cover the years ending in 4 and 9,
manufacturing cencuses in the years that end in 3 and 8, governmental units in the years ending in 2 and 7, and
drainage and irrigation systems in the years ending in 9.
To ensure that the census information is complete, the organization conducting the census attempts to
contact every individual residing or employed in a particular geographic area. To be consistent, information is
ghathered at approximately the same time. Because it is practically impossible to reach every person to the some
day, censuses question the individual about conditions as they were on a certain date. Following the data
gathering, the information is analyzed to determine the extent of social and economic change and problems, as
well as the resources available to deal with them. During the years between censuses, the census bureau engages
in monthly interviews and gueries from a sample population to update its statistics. The issues of statistical
abstract of the... sumarise all the information that is collected by 50 federal agencies and by private and public
agencies.
13. with what aspect of conducting census is the passage mainly concerned?
a. Content and timing
b. Inquiring and analyzing
c. Tallying and updating
d. Reporting and publicizing
 14. In line 2, the word “ narrows” is closest meaning to?
a. Delimits
b. Delines
c. Defiays
d. Deffects
15. according to the passage, censusses take a great deal of?
a. funding
b. publicity
c. insight
d. time
16. the author mentions the censuses gather data about all of the following EXCEPT?
a. household size
b. agricultural production
c. industrial output
d. social network

17. in line 7, the word “queries” is closest in meaning to?

18. it can be infered from the passage that a census of indust ries took place in?
a. 1990
b.1994
c.1998
d. 1997

19. in line 16, the word “ consistent” is closest in meaning to?

20. to gather complete information, the organization conducting the census contacts all people
who?
a. speak at the same time
b. have asimilar economic status
c. are involved in similar activities
d. are concerned about a specific problem

21. where in the passage does the author describe how census information is colected?
a. lines 1-3
b. lines 7-14
c. lines 15-19
d. lines 21-24

22. it can be inferred from the passage that census d ata are necessary to?
a. rebuild urban infrastructure
b. determine arising needs
c. analyze the electoral outlook
 d. identify sources of criminal activity

23. the author of the passage implies that most cencuses are conducted by?
a. private agencies
b. public organization
c. the central government
d. the statistical bureau

24. in line 21, the word “ statistics” is closest in meaning to?

Question 25-33

The organization of the family system in the united states emphasizes monogamy, neolocal residence,
an extended family linkage, and a retively free choice in the selection of mates. Comparet to those in many other
countries, american families are usually small and isolated. Family and marital roles for mrn and women overlap
considerably, with little differentiation. Marriage and divorce rates are high , and according to demographic
estimates, 95 percent or more of the adult population marry in the course of their lives. The rise in the divorce
and remarriage rates has made definitions of family increasingly complex, although several basic patterns have
remained stable.
The smallest family consists of two persons: a husband and a wife, a parent and a child, or a sister and
a brother. Nuclear familes include two or more persons who are related by marriage, blood, or adoption and who
share a common household. A wide range of appropriate kinship patterns have developed in the pas two
decades, but marriage, an exclusive relationship between two people, is predominant. The only norm that is
universally recognized by the society and by law permits a person to have only one spouse in a monogamous
family. Serial monogamy has become ubiquitous, and it assumes that persons can have more than one spouse in
the course of their lives, as long as there is only one spouse at a ti me.
Social norms pertaining to the choice of marriage partners prescribe appropriate and unacceptable
characteristic. Most societies, including the U.S., grant acceptance to endogamous partners who marry within
their own racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, educational, age, and religious groups. Traditonallu, such norms are
justified by common beliefs that those who share similiar role expectations, values, attitudes, and customs are
less likely to find them selves in conflict. On the other hand, an outcome of endogamous marriages may be the
partners’ similiar socioeconomic levels tend to keep wealth and power within the same religious grouping may
serve to retain the number of its members and, therefore, its political power and influence in the society as a
whole.

25. According to the passage, a typical family unit in the U.S.

26. in line 4, the word “overlap” is closest in meaning to

27. The outhor or the passage implies that a merican family relationships
 C. A measure of job and financial
D. A degree of friendship and family life
48. the word “conglomeration” in line 16 is closest in meaning to
A. Complex
B. Congress
C. Conjunction
D. Connotation
49. which of the following in NOT mentioned as a factor in human motivation?
A. Esteem
B. Participation
C. Accomplishment
D. Conformism
50. which of the following conclusions is supported by the passage?
A. Genuine self-actualizers may attain self-satisfaction.
B. Sincere self-promoters can achieve full contentment
C. Real self-starters can achieve their lives’ desires.
D. True self-actualizers may lead complicated lives.