II.

LONG TEXTS
A. SOAL SOAL UMPTN

Text 1
‘How did you find such an excellent gardener? He seems to understand everything you ask
him to do, and yet you don’t speak each other’s language’.
‘I didn’t find him : He found me. He came to the house soon after I’d moved in, and he
said, “you go work?” I said, “Yes, thanks very much, I’d be glad to.” I’d only been in the country
a week, and I’d only just arrived in Bokara ; so I hadn’t seen anything of the village or all the
country side arpund. I though this was a golden opportunity to learn something about the local
way of life, and perhaps get to know some of the people I’d be working with.
‘So I went with wamba-at least. I think that’s his name. I’ve never been quite sure. That’s
what I have always called him anyway. We walked all around the village, right through the fields
down bt the river, and up past all the houses at the foot of those hills over there, I’ve never
worked so far in all my life’.
‘When he’d said, “you go work?” I though his English must be quite good, but if hat was
English, it was all he knew. But that didn’t stop him talking. He takjed all the way from the front
gate into the café in the village, where he met a friend og his, and I made my escape. He spoke a
short of broken English some of time, but most of what he said was in Kovasi, or Mulu, or one of
the other local languages. There were two rods that he used again and again : “Masta wisson,”
but they meant nothing to me at the time, I think all I said the whole afternoon was “Yes,” “all
right” and “O.K.” because this was all he seemed to understand. Every time I said “Yes” or
“O.K.” he smiled until I though his face would break in two.
‘I went into the office for the first time the following morning, and I soon learned that Mr.
Wilson was the name of the man who’d lived in this house before me, and Wamba had been his
gardener. When I got home, I found the grass had been cut, the garden had been dug, the weeds
had all gone. Wamba hadn’t wanted a walk at all; he’d wanted work, and I’d said : ‘Yes.’
‘Since then we have understood each other very well. He understands the money I pay him,
and I understand all the food that he grows. That’s all the language we need.’

1. How did the writer get Wamba as his gardener?

(A) Through an advertisement
(B) By looking for a gardener in the village
(C) Through miscommunication
(D) By asking Wamba to come to his place
(E) Through Wamba;s former employer
2. According to the text, whisch of the following statement is true about the name ‘Wamba’?
(A) Wamba was the true name of the gardener
 (B) It was the name given y the writer to the gardener
(C) Wamba was the popular name of the gardener in the village
(D) In Bokara, wamba means gardener
(E) Wamba was the name given by Mr. Wilson to the gardener
3. The writer didn’t know that what ‘Masta Wilson’ meant until…
(A) Wamba explained it to him in Kovasi
(B) He called him in an intrepeter
(C) He met Mr. Wilson himself
(D) Somebody in his office told him
(E) He read an announcement in his office
4. The writer’s desire to see the village and the countryside was realized because…
(A) Wamba agreed to become his guide
(B) It had been arranged before he came to the village
(C) Some people voluntarily offered to accompany him
(D) He found a native who could communicate in English
(E) He thought Wamba had asked him to
5. The relationship between the writer and Wamba was good because…
(A) They understood their duties as employer and employee
(B) They managed to discuss things in detail
(C) Wamba was the first person the writer knew in Bokara
(D) The writer understood Wambas’s culture
(E) They both spoke the same language

Text 2

Mr. Pomat, a Malupit shop owner, called a meeting to find out the views of the community
on local government plans to close the Malupit Community School at the end of the present
school year.
Mr. Pomat acted as chairman of the meeting. He introduced Mr. L. Kazarin, the planning
Officier of the Raval Education Departement. Mr. Kazarin pointed out that there were now only
fifty-three children at Malupit Community School. This was considered too high a number for
one cass under one teacher; and too low a numer for the forming of two classes and the
employment of two teachers. Mrs. Luvako, who had taught at the school for the past twenty-two
years, would be retiring from the teaching service in July. The planning Office wished to take
this opportunity to close the, because it is expensive to run, and to move the children to two
bigger schools on Raval, six miles away.
Mrs. Jarvis, the mother of an eight-year-old boy at Malupit, asked what would happen
about transport to Raval. Mr. Kazarin replied that the children would travel by bus. This would
be provided by the Raval Transport Department, and it would take Malupit children to and from
school free of charge.
 Another parent, Mr. H. Wiley, expressed the fear of many parents that closing the local
school would mean that the children of Maluoit would not grow up with the same sense of
community as in the past. They would feel lost in the much larger schools in Raval.
Mr. Kazarin replied that the Raval schools were not very large, and that in any case, the
children would have to go to Raval later for education at high-school level.
The chairman voiced the view of the meeting when he said that there was good reason to
believe that here would soon be more young children living in Malupit. It would be foolish, he
said, to close the school, and then to find that there were more than enough local children to form
two classes and employ two teachers.
A final point was made by Mr. Colmar, a retired businessman, that without Malupit
Community School, there would be nowhere big enough for local clubs and organizations to hold
their meetings.
Mr. Pomat brought the meeting to a close shortly after 9 o’clock.
6. Which of the following persons is a government official?
(A) Mr Pomat
(B) Mr Kazarin
(C) Mrs Luvako
(D) Mrs Jarvis
(E) Mr Riley
7. The main discussion at the meeting held by the Malupit community was about . . .
(A) The retirement of Mrs Luvako from the Malupit community school
(B) The high cost of running the Malupit community school
(C) The opnions of the Malupit community on the closing of the Malupit community
school
(D) The employement of two more teachers for the Malupit community school
(E) The plan of parent to move thei children to a bigger school in Raval
8. At the meeting, Mr Kazarin stated that the local government would . . .
(A) Provide free transport from Malupit to Raval for the children every morning
(B) Support the Malupit Community school with funds and teachers
(C) Expand school in Raval to accommodate children from the Malupit community
school
(D) Establish high-shool for the children at Malupit in the future
(E) Not be able to consider the request of the Malupit community
9. Why did the local government plan to close the Malupit community school?
(A) There were only two teachers
(B) Malupit was only 6 miles from Raval
(C) The school was too expensive to run
(D) Malupit was to small a town for a school
10. Which of a following is TRUE according to the text?
(A) Children of Malupit felt lost in their new school in Raval
(B) Mr Kazarin agreed not to close the Malupit community school
(C) Community meetings used to be held at the Malupit community school
 (D) The Chairman of the meeting closed the meeting at 9 o’clock
(E) It was believed that the number of children in Malupit would no increase
11. After reading the whole text we may conclude that . . .
(A) The Malupit school was in Raval
(B) The Malupit school had too many students
(C) The Malupit school was not a good school
(D) Parents objected to the addition of another class
(E) The meeting ended without solution to the problem

Text 3

A big storm hit the west coast of Malaysia a few years ago causing much damage.
Hundreds of coconut trees were blown to the ground as though a giant ha knocked the down.
Many families lost their homes. Telephone and electricity poles were struck down and it rained
continuously for almost forty-eight hours. The army and Police helped to evacuate many people
from villages that were flooded. The flood victims were provided shelter in schools and
community halls, while food and blankets were distributed by the Malaysian Red Cross Society.
In the villages along the coast many fisherman lost their nets as well as their boats. A
Japanese fishing trawler, the Awa Maru was driven against some rocks near Pangkor Island. The
captain and the crew of a ten men were thorwn into the sea. One of the men held on to a floating
rubber tyre for several hour before he was saved by and Malaysian navy patrol boat. All the
others managed to swim to the shore although they had to fight hard against the rough sea.
The Japanese fisherman were allowed to stay at a flood-relief centre in Setiawan for two
days. It was impossible to send them to Ipoh as the water level wa so high that the roads were
closed to all traffic.
Eventually they were taken to the Ipoh General Hospital for a medical examination. After
a few days’ rest they left for Tokyo in Japan Airlines plane. They thanked the Malaysian navy
and the health department for looking after them. They also showed their gratitude by sending
fifty modern fishing nets to the people of two fishing villages on Pangkor Island.

12. The test is about . . .

(A) Services of the Malaysian Army and Police
(B) A Japanese fishing trawler
(C) The bed weather in Malaysia
(D) The effect of a strom in Malaysia
(E) Natural disasters in Malaysia
13. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
(A) The strom lasted for more that two days
(B) A lot of family members were lost in the flood
(C) There was no electricity in the area because of the strom
(D) Flood victims brought food and blanked evacuation centres
 (E) The west coast of Malaysia is hit by a strom every year.
14. In spite of the severe strom . . .
(A) Not all of the Awa maru’s crew ware missing
(B) All the crew members of the Awa Maru survived the shipwreck
(C) The captain of the Japanese ship was rescrued by Malaysian boat
(D) Only one crew members of the Awa Maru could swim to the shore
(E) Fisherman along the coast did not suffer great losses
15. Others in line 10 (paragraph 2) refrers to:
(A) Members of the Malaysian navy patrol
(B) The captain and all of his men
(C) The crew of a Japanese fishing trawler
(D) The other members of the crew
(E) The captain and one of his members
16. When did the Japanese fisherman leave Setiawan?
(A) After they were taken to the Ipoh General Hospital
(B) After the road leading to Ipoh was not flooded anymore
(C) After having a good rest at the navy hospital
(D) After they gave fishing nets to the people of Pangkor Island
(E) After more that two days
17. From the text we may conclude that . . .
(A) The flood in Malaysia was the worst that had ever happened
(B) The fisherman of Pangkor Island benefited from helping the Japanese fisherman
(C) The Japanese fisherman were hospitalized because they were seriously ill
(D) The Japanese government was not satisfied with the help given to its fisherman
(E) The relationship between the Japanese and Malaysian government became closer

Text 4

One evening last week my wife and I were sitting quietly at home. Suddenly we heard a
loud bang. I supposed that the old lady in the flat above ours was moving the furniture about/ my
wife was afraid that the noise would wake the baby. She turned down the TV and a moment later
we heard someone calling for help.
I run upstairs. The old lady’s door was shut but I could see smoke coming through the
latter box and under the door and smell something burning. “Ring the fire brigade.” I shouted
down to my wife.
I bagged on the door but the old lady took a long time to answer. I was turning over in my
mind the idea of breaking the door down when she finally appeared.
“I was having a bath,” she said, “when the water heater in the kitchen blew up. And I was
getting dressed when you knocked.:
I took her downstairs to our flat. Smoke was pouring out of the kitchen and the heater
was in flames. Just then I heard a fire engine arriving outside and the heavy footsteps of the
fireman on the stairs. “It’s in here,” I shouted, “You turned up promptly, I must say.”
 When I got back to our flat, my wife was making the old lady a cup of tea. Soon
afterwards, the fire chief came in to ask a few questions. It turned out that the fire was not very
serious and the firemen were already putting it out. When they left, my wife went up with the
old lady to help her clean the mess.
When she returned, my wife remarked: “It’s all right now. Nothing was damaged except
the water heater. But, wasn’nt it lucky that baby slept through the noise?”
She took the teacups into the kitchen and I heard her scream and the cups crash the floor.
When I got there, water dripping from the ceiling and forming a pool on the floor. The baby
woke up at least and began to cry.
18. What is the story about?
(A) A disastrous accident
(B) A confused old lady
(C) A fire brigade in action
(D) A small accident in the kitchen
(E) A surprising evening
19. The writer suspected that something was wrong when . . .
(A) There was a loud noise
(B) Furniture was being moved about
(C) His wife afraid of the noise
(D) He saw smoke coming through his letter box
(E) There was a cry for help
20. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
(A) The old lady hurried to the door when the writer knocked loudly
(B) The noise in the old lady’s flat didn’t disturb the baby
(C) There was great damage in the flat after the fire
(D) The writer knicked the door open to save the old lady’s life
(E) The old lady immediately called the fire brigade
21.Turning over in my mind’ line 8-9 means….
(A). Considering
(B). Changing
(C). Repeating
(D). Supposing
(E). Reminding
22.After reading the whole story,we know that…
(A). The old lady was good at house cleaning
(B). The baby was starled by the sound of the fire engine
(C). The fire occurred because the old lady had been careless
(D). The old lady always enjoyed having tea with the writer’s wife
(E). The fire had caused a leak in the celling of the writer’s kitchen
23.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE ?
(A). The writer’s wife didn’t expect to see a pool of water in ger kitchen
(B). The fire engine didn’t arrive as quickly as the writer had thought
(C). The writer and his wife were at home watching TV that night
(D). The baby woke up a long while after the fire
(E). The writer’s wife was so starled that the cups fell from her hands
TEXT 5
When Tom decided to go on a holiday to England, he wrote a friend of his who was living in
London and asked if he could meet him at the airport. The friend wrote back to say that he
would be there. So Tom was surpised when he reached the airport to ind that his friend had
not turned up. He walked around for a short while and then, because he had a slight
headache, went into the restaurant and had a cup of strong, black cofee. After that he felt
much better. He felt sure that his friend would come fairly soon, though he was beginning to
get worried.
He had just started to read his magazine when his friend arrived with a young lady. Tom’s
friend apologized for being late and explained what had happened. Apparently he had
arranged to meet the young lady at six o’clock, just outside the underground station not far
from where he was living. The young lady, who had only travelled on the underground once
before, had set out in good time but unfortunately she had got on a train going in the wrong
direction. She travelled for several stops before she realised this, because the train was very
crowded and she could not see the names of the station. By the time she got to the right
station, she was nearly there quarters of an hour late.
24.Why did Tom write a letter to his friend in London ?
a.To know whether his friend could also take a holiday when he was there
b.To ask his friend to talk about his girlfriend
c.To see whether his friend could pick him up at the airport
d.To get some information about how to travel to London
e.To know whether it was worth spending his holiday in London
25.When Tom arrived at the airport…
a.He found out that his friend already left
b.He looked for his friend but did not see him
c.He went straight to the restaurant and had some coffe
d.He was immediately welcomed by his friend
e.He began to read the magazine that he had bought
26.Tom’s friend was supposed to meet the young lady…
a.Before he fetched Tom at the airport
b.After Tom had taken a good rest
c.At the airport when Tom arrived
d.At a quarter to seven at Tom’s house
e.At the underground station together with Tom
27.The young lady was late in meeting Tom’s friend because…
a.The names of the train stations were not clear
b.She had taken the wrong train|
c.She left almost 45 minutes late
d.She had never taken the underground train before
e.The train went into the wrong direction
28.Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?
a.Tom wanted a cup of black cofee to relieve his headache
b.Tom’s friend lived near an underground station
c.The young lady couldn’t get on the crowded train
d.Tom had somethingto drink before his friend arrived
e.The young lady didn’t come at the appointed time
29.”His friend had not turned up.” (line 3-4)
a.Appeared
b.Acted
c.Stayed
d.Remembered
e.Returned
TEXT 6
When Anderson looked at the station clock, it was ten to two. The train was already twenty
minutes late and since his own watch had proved to be five minutes fast when he got to the
station, he had already been waiting nearly half an hour. He turned over in his mind the idea
of going to the booking office and leaving a massage,but of course that he would hardly do.
As secretary of the local historical society, it was his duty to meet the monthly speaker, give
him dinner and take him rested and refreshed to the meeting.
Anderson hoped that at least, F.P.Maurice would prove to be more interesting than his
articles which where,in Anderson’s opinion, more suitable for the popular press than for
serious historians. However, it wasn’t always easy to find speakers, and if the man spoke
reasonably well, the members wouldn’t complain
It was a warm afternoon. The station was sleepy and quiet and it was difficult to imagine
that any train would ever stop there. Anderson walked up and down the flatform and
wondered whether the train would ever come
It came at last just when Anderson had decided that he wasn’t going to wait any longer. Only
two people got out – a local farmer and his dog and a young woman in jeans and scarlet
sweater. Anderson cursed. Not only was the train late but F.P.Maurice had apparently missed
it. There wasn’t another for two hours. He certainly wasn’t going to hang about here all that
long.
He was marching angrily to the exit when he felt a little tug at his sleeve. He turned,in
surpise,to see the young woman who had got off the train
“Mr.Anderson ?” she said, ”I hope you haven’t been waiting long. I’m F.P.Maurice – I was
told you’d be here to meet me.”
30.The train was due to arrive at…
a.2.00
b.1.40
c.2.10
d.1.30
e.2.30
31. When anderson thouht that the would never come….
a. he left a message at the Booking Office
b. he left that his job was not a very pleasant one
c. he left the station and decided to come back later
d. he read Maurice’s articles to kill the time
e. he beconme very uneasy and impatient
32. What was Anderson’s opinion about Naurice?
a. he was the best newspaper reporter
b. he was not much of a scientis
c. he was not a good speaker
d. he did not do his job seriously
e. he would certainly attract the audience
33. How was the situtation at the station?
a. crowded
b. warm
c. deserted
d. noisy
e. isolated
34. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
a. there were only two passengers traveling on the train.
b. anderson welcomed Maurice when he got off the train.
c. anderson thought that the farmer with the dog wa Maurice.
d. anderson did not expect that F.P Maurice was a woman.
e. Maurice knew that Anderson was angry because the train came late.
35. The story is about….
a. the famous historian F.P. Maurice
b. meeting a stranger at the station
c. the job of the local Historical Society’s secretary
d. Anderson’s disappointment with his job
e. the arrival of a train a small station
TEXT 7
Some Indians of the American Southwest created town called puebios. They built these
towns at places in the dessert where they found water. Like the dessert groups of the Sahara,
the Pueblo Indians were made up of several different groups whose ways of life were not
exactly the same.
The Indians of the pueblos grew as much of their food as possible. Maize (Indian corn),
beans, and pumpkins were among crops usualy grown at the pueblos. They hunted for meat,
and they tamed animals to raise for food. Wild turkeys were on kind of animal tamed by the
Pueblo Indians. They aslso made jewellery, pots and baskets. The jewellery, pots and baskets
they made were often used to trade ar other pueblos. They traded for things needed or
wanted and could not make themselves.
The Pueblo Indians built large towns. Their pueblo houses are built like apartment house
with the living areas connected together. The house are built of stone or adobe, and are
sometimes four of five storeys high. Two of these houses can be found in the pueblo in
Pecos, New Mexico. One had 585 rooms and the other has 517 rooms.
Many Pueblo Indians still live and work in the dessert. In New Mexico, nineteen pueblo
cities are still being lived in. Although the inside of the pueblo house have been made more
modern,they are much the same as they were before the United States was founded. Two
buildings of one of the pueblo at Taos, New Mexico, are over eight hundred yeas old. They
were built built three hundred years before Columbus sailed to the Americas.
Like the oasis dwellers of the Sahara, the Pueblo Indians sometimes traded with and were
often raided by the nomads of the American desert.
36. The story is about…
a.The American Southwest
b.Pueblo Indians
c.Living in the desert
d.Indians towns
e.Farming in the desert
 37.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the Pueblo Indians?
a.They could produce everything they needed
b.They lived from farming and hunting
c.They traded their handcraft products
d.They domesticated wild turkeys
e.They consisted of slightly different cultural groups
38.When were the pueblo built?
a.When Columbus discovered America
b.AT the time New Mexico was founded
c.Their insisdes are just like modern houses.
d.There hundred years before America was founded
e.They are no longer inhabited by the Indians
39.Which of the following is TRUE about pueblo houses?
a.They are built concrete
b.They look like skyscrapes
c.They are insides are just like modern houses
d.They are constructed like apartmenrs
e.They are no longer inhabited by the Indians
40.From the text we may conclude that…
a.There are no Pueblo Indians anymoe today
b.Pueblo towns are now completely deserted
c.The Pueblo culture has so far been preserved
d.Mexico is now the centre of the Pueblo culture
e.Mexicans originated from the Pueblo Indians
TEXT 8

The Eskimos have lived on the coasts of Baffin Island for the last 4000 years or so.
Although a European, Martin Frobisher, seeking gold and a new route to China, reached the
Island in 1576, Europeans had little influence on the Eskimo's way of life until the mid-
nineteenth century.
The Eskimos continued, as they had for thousands of years before, to manage to live in
one of the unfriendliest parts of the world, hunting with weapons made of bone, living in houses
made of snow, and wearing clothes made from skins and furs. They had neither metal nor wood.
and depended entirely on the meat, fat and bone of the animals they could catch from the Arctic
sea or land in order to survive They lived in small groups of several families, and the best hunter
of the group was also the leader.
Europeans came in increasing numbers in the second half of the 19th century to hunt
whales. They also began trading with the Eskimos, giving them metal cooking pots, guns and
cloth in return for skins, and adding tea, sugar and flour to the meat which had formerly been
almost their only food.
 The Eskimos came to rely more and more on these goods from abroad, but still did not
change their way of life in any important way. They still lived in small groups in the best hunting
areas, and if they were careless or unlucky their family could die of hunger.
Then in the fifties of this century, the Canadian Government suddenly became interested
in its Eskimo population. Since then it has built towns near the Arctic Circle with schools and
cheap wooden houses for the Eskimos, and more and more of them have come to live in these
houses. Fewer and fewer Eskimos want to go hunting now, but in the Arctic towns there is no
other kind of work for them to do.

41. The text is about . . . .

(A) the first European on Baffin Island
(B) trading between the Eskimos and Europeans
(C) the changing life of the Eskimos
(D) how the Eskimos lived 4000 years ago
(E) what the Canadian Government did for Eskimos

42. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

(A) Martin Probisher was trying to find a new way to China when he came to Baffin Island
(B) In the past, survival for the Eskimos and their families depended on their skill as hunters.
(C) Eskimos used primitive weapons for thousand of years.
(D) Nowadays Eskimos do not go hunting anymore, even those living in the Arctic Circle.
(E) Baffin Island is located in the Arctic region of Canada

43. Europan used to trade with the Eskimos to obtain . . . .

(A) gold (D) animal bones
(B) skins (E) metal
(C) whale fat

44. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

(A) Europans have always been better hunters than the Eskimos
(B) The Government began to build school for the Eskimos childern in 1850
(C) There was more variety in the food eaten by the Eskimos after the Europan traders came
(D) The first Europan who found gold on Baffin Island was Martin Frobisher
(E) The Eskimos did not like the wooden house built by the Government

45. After reading the text, we know that the most important change in the Eskimo’s way of life
took place . . . .
(A) when the first europan came
(B) in the mid nineteenth century
(C) when the whale hunters came in increasing numbers
(D) at the beginning of the twentieth century
(E) when the Government began to take care of the Eskimos

TEXT 9

Warman's, the makers of office materials, had advertised for a travelling salesman. Mr.
Barlow applied for the job, and soon afterwards was invited to the company's head office to
meet Mr. Snell, the sales manager. Mr. Snell asked Mr. Barlow what experience he had as a
salesman.
'I.worked as a salesman for a brush company until six months ago. I sold brushes, dusters,
tins of polish, thing like that. I went from door to door selling direct to housewives'. Mr. Snell
then asked him why he had left the job. 'Well, to be honest, it was very hard work, 'Mr. Barlow
replied. ‘It meant walking sometimes six or eight miles a day. But the real reason for leaving was
that l didn't think very highly of the goods that I was selling, and that made it difficult for me to
be sincere when I had to tell housewives what wonderful brushes they were. I knew perfectly
well they wouldn't last beyond a month. What's more, the pay was rather poor. I realised after
awhile that I wouldn't be able to support a family on the money I was earning.' .
'I see, said Mr. Snell. 'So what did you do next?
'For the last six months I have been a salesman in a department store', said Mr. Barlow.
'And do you think you could sell Warman's office materials with a clear conscience?' Mr. Snell
asked. 'Do you think you could be sincere about selling the papers, inks, copying-machines and
so on that we produce here?' Mr. Barlow said that he could, that Warman's office materials
enjoyed a very high reputation, and that in his depaitment at Caldwell's he sold almost nothing
else. He said that he had always wanted to work for a big company with a good name; to travel
all over the country selling goods to other companies, rather than to housewives on the doorstep;
and - he added with a smile - to enjoy the money and the working conditions offered with the job
for which he had applied.
'Mr. Barlow', said Mr. Snell, 'do you have a clean driving licence?' 'Yes, I do', Mr. Barlow
replied. 'Then as long as your medical examination proves to be satisfactory' I'm quite prepared
to offer you the job 'Mr. Snell got up and shook Mr. Barlow by the hand 'Congratulations', he
said, 'and welcome to Warman's.'

46. The text tells us about . . . .

(A) the experience of Mr Barlow as a salesman
(B) Mr. Barlow's ideals of his future career
(C) Mr. Barlow's miserable life at a brush company
(D) what.Mr. Barlow likes about Warman's
(E) the acceptance of Mr. Barlow at Warman's

47. The purpose of inviting Mr. Barlow to Warman's head office is . . . .

(A) to have Mr.Barlow apply for the advertised job .
(B) to find out if he was the right man for the job
(C) to explain to him more about travelling salesman
(D) to introduce him to Warman's sales manager
(E) to see what kind of products he has been selling

48. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Mr. BarIow?

(A) He worked for a brush company for six months
(B) He was unemployed for six months after leaving the department store.
(C) He worked for the department store six months ago.
(D) He applied at Mr. Warman’s six after he left the brush company
(E) He had worked for Caldwell’s berfore he worked for the brush company

49. The main reason why Mr. Barlow quitted the brush company was that . . . .
(A) he was too tired to walk six or eight miles a day
(B) he realized that the products were not of good quality
(C) he believed that the company would stop producing brushes
(D) he found it difficult to deal with housewives
(E) he knew that his costumers did not really like the product

50. At Caldwell’s Mr. Barlow was in charge of selling . . . .

(A) groceries (D) office materials
(B) machines (E) dusters
(C) tins of polish

51. One of the important reasons why Mr. Barlow wanted so much to work for Warman’s is that .
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(A) he would have to chance to see various place he’d never seen before
(B) Mr. Snell who interviewed him gave a good image of the company
(C) from his experience at Caldwell’s he knew that Warman’s products were in demand
(D) his driving license was clean and his medical examination proved to be statisfactory
(E) although the pay was not so attractivr, has saw a good chance to develop his skills