Passage 1

A.Decorating Trends in the Theater

B.Theater Designs of the Future

C.Architectural Features of the Broadway Theater

D.Famous Architects of the Modern Theater

A.Large entrance, lobby and auditorium

B.Two buildings separated by an arch

C.Attractive interior decorations

D.Separate stages for each act

A.Wood

B.Concrete

C.Metal

D.Marble

A.The curtain became a necessity, as production grew longer

B.The auditorium had to accommodate more spectators

C.Modern plays required larger stage areas

D.There were too many theater fires

A.Lines5-7

B.Lines 10-11

C.Lines 13-15

D.Lines 21-23

A.attraction

B.theater

C.audience

D.entertainment

Passage 2

It was not“the comet of the century" experts predicted it might be. Nevertheless, Kohoutek has provided a bonanza of scientific information. It was first spotted 370 million miles from the earth, by an astronomer who was searching sky for asteroids, and after whom the comet was nameD.Scientists who traced Kohoutek ten month before it passed the earth predicted the comet would be a brilliant spectacle. But Kohoutek fell short of this prediction, disappointing millions of amateur sky watchers, when it proved too pale to be seen with the unaided eye. Researchers were delighted nonetheless with the new information they were able to glean from their investigation of the comet. Perhaps the most significant discovery was the identification of two important chemical compounds-methyl cyanide and hydrogen cyanide-never seen in comets before, but found in the far reaches of interstellar space. This discovery revealed new clues about

the origin of comets. Most astronomers agree that comets are primordial remnant from the formation of the solar system, but whether they were born between Jupiter and Neptune or much farther out toward interstellar space has been the subject of much debate. If compounds no more complex than ammonia and methane key components of Jupiter, were see in comets, it would suggest that comets form within the planetary orbits. But more complex compounds, such as the methyI cyanide found in Kotoutek, point to formation far beyond the planets; there the deep freeze at space has kept them unchanged.

A.What was learned from Kohoutek

B.What was disappointing about Kohoutek

C.Where Kohoutek was spotted

D.How Kohoutek was tracked

A.It was thought to be extremely old

B.It passes the earth once a century

C.Scientists predicted is would be very bright

D.Scientists have been tracking it for a century

A.It could be seen only through special equipment

B.It did not approach the earth.

C.It did not provide valuable scientific information

D.It was moving too rapidly for scientists to photograph

A.In comets

B.On asteroids

C.Between Jupiter and Neptune

D.Beyond the solar system

A.Hydrogen cyanide

B.MethyI cyanide

C.Hydrogen

D.Ammonia

A.lts shape

B.lts composition

C.Its orbit

D.lts size

A.Where were comets formed?

B.When were comets formed?

C.When was the solar system formed?

D.How was the solar system formed?

Passages3

A.more people speak Chinese dialects than English

B.more people speak English as an auiliary-language than as a first language

C.about one seventh of the world S population speaks Russian

D.more people speak English in the UK than in Ireland

A.a lttle less than half of the native English speakers in the world live in the United States

B.the 55 million inhabitants of the British Isles speak like the 30 million innabitants of the ex-British dominions and colonies

C.about one-tenth of the total English-speaking world population lives in ex- British dominions and colonies

D.to suppose 230 million people speak English as a native language would certainly be an understatement

A.Chinese and Indian languages are mutually unintelligible

B.Chinese is too complex to be a world language

C.Russian is only spoken on two continents

D.there are more native speakers of English than of any other language

A.everyone has their own literany style

B.mutual itellibility is a myth

C.people's vocabularies vary

D.no two people speak the language in exactly the same way

Passag4

A.speed up the creation of a solution to a problem

B.identify a problem

C.bring together disparate facts

D.stipulate clear goal

A.They have criticized managers for not following the classical rational model of decision analysis

B.They have not based their analyses on a suficiently large sample of actual managers

C.They have relied in drawing their conclusions on what managers say rather than on what managers do

D.They have misunderstod how managers use intuition in making business decisions

A.A manager risks raking an action whose outcome is unpredictable to discover whether the action changes the problems at hand

B.Amanager performs well-learmed and familiar Behavior patterns in creative and uncharacteristic ways to solve a problem

C.A manager suddenly connects seemingly unrelated facts and experiences to create a pattern relevant to the problem at hand

D.A manager rapidly identifies the methodology used to compile data yielded by systematic analysis

A.evaluation of problem

B.creation of clear goals to be reached by the decision

C.establishment of clear goals to be reached by the decision

D.action undertaken in order to discover more information about a problem

A.Manager X analyzes first and then acts; Manager Y does not

B.Manager X checks possible solution to a problem by systhematic analysis, Manager does not

C.Manager X takes action in order to arrive at the solution to a problem; Manager Y does not

D.Manager Y draws on years of hands-on experience in creating a solution to a problem; Manager X does not

A.I only

B.II only

C.I and II

D.I and III

A.Managers who rely on intution are more successful than those who rely on formal decision analysis

B.Managers cannot justify their intuitive decisions

C.Managers' intuition works contrary to their rational and analytical skills

D.Intution rabies managers to employ their practical experience more eficienty

A.An assertion is made and a specific supporting example is given

B.A conventional model is dismissed and an alternative introduced

C.The results of recent research are introduced and evaluated

D.TwO opposing points of view are presented and evaluated