KUIS SET

B.INGGRIS 2

In spite of wealth of examples of urban architecture in older cities both in Europe and in the United States
solutions to the current problems of the physical decay of cities in the US have come slowly. The first reaction
after the war was to buldoze and build bright new towers and efficient roadways, but these solutions did not
respond to people. By the close of the 1960s it became more common to deal gently with the existing urban fabric
and to insert new buildings in such a way as to complement the physical and social environment.; in other cases
valued buildings have been rehabilitated and returned to economic productivity. A particularly striking example is
the rehabilitation of Ghirardelli Square, San Fransisco. This,hillside melange of nineteenth-century
commercial bulidings clustered around a chocolate plant, was purchased in 1962 by William Roth to forestall
wholesale development of the waterfront as a district of high-rent apartment towers. Nearly all of the
nineteenth-century buildings were retained and refurbished, and a low arcade was added on the waterside.
There are several levels, dotted with kiosks and fountains, which offer varied prospects of San Fransisco Bay.
Perhaps most-telling is the preservation of the huge Ghirardelli sign as an important landmark.; it is such
improbable, irrational, and cherished idiosyncrasies which gave cities identity and character.

01. The author’s main purpose in the passage is to 04. According to the passage, the Ghirardelli sign
describe .... was preserved because it ....
(A) the differences between urban architecture in (A) was designed and built by a famous artist
Europe and the US (B) is included in an advertising contract with
(B) the most striking features of San Fransisco’s the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
scenic waterfront district (C) is a suitable vantage point from which to view
(C) nineteethh-century buildings in twentieth- San Fransisco Factories
century cities (D) has long-standing importance as a symbol in
(D) characteristics of recent solutions to urban the community
architectural problems in the US (E) is not such improbable and irrational
(E) the definition of war idiosyncrasies

02. According to the passage, after the war many of 05. ... The phrase ‘most-telling” in the passage can be
the attempts of urban architects failed because .... best replaced by ....
(A) buildings were not built quickly enough (A) most significant
(B) new roads required too much space (B) in greatest demand
(C) the needs of the urban residents were (C) most debatable
overlooked (D) the best publicised
(D) the towering buildings were too tall (E) more understandable
(E) the shortage of tools

03. The Author discusses Ghirardelli Square in order

to illustrate which of the following?
(A) The construction of new buildings to conceal
older structures
(B) The selective removal of old buildings to create
space for residential units
(C) The restoration of old buildings to make them
commercially useful
(D) The demolition of apartment towers to make
way for more attractive construction
(E) The destruction of the huge Ghirardelli as a
drawback

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 Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many
thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the vaguest
of insights. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what
we can observe of the pre-industrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties
must be extremely ancient. This is logical. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for
other plants. They have always been enormously important to the welfare of peoples, not only for food, but also
for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes; medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes. Tribes living today in the
jungles of the Amazon recognize literally hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them,
botany as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of “Knowledge at all”.
Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct contact with
plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on an amazing
amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our
Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could
be harvested and their seeds were planted for richer yields the next season, the first great step in a new association
of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel of agriculture:
cultivated crops. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a
few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild – and the
accumulated knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy with plants in the wild would
begin to fade away.

06. Which of the following assumptions about early 09. In line 16, what is the author’s purpose in
humans is expressed in the passage? mentioning “ a rose, an apple, or an orchid”?
(A) They probably had extensive knowledge of (A) To make the passage more poetic
plants (B) To cite examples of plants that are attractive
(B) They thought there was no need to cultivate (C) To give botanical examples that all readers
crops will recognize
(C) They did not enjoy the study of botany (D) To illustrate the diversity of botanical life
(D) They placed great impotance on the ownership (E) To show the profitable plants
of property
(E) They knew nothing about plants 10. According to the passage, what was the first
great step toward the practice of agriculture?
07. what does the comment “This is logical.” In line 5 (A) The invention of agriculture implements and
mean? machinery
(A) There is no clear way to determine the extent (B) The development of a system of names for
of our ancestors’ knowledge of plants plants
(B) It is not surprising that early humans had (C) The discovery of grasses that could be
detailed knowledge of plants harvested and replanted
(C) It is reasonable to assume that our ancestors (D) The changing diets of early humans
behaved very much like people in preindustrial (E) To plough the soils
societies
(D) Human knowledge of plants is well organized 11. The relationship between botany and agriculture
(E) It doesn’t make sense is similar to the relationship between zoology
(the study of animals) and ....
08. According to the passage, why has general (A) deer hunting
knowledge of botany begun to fade? (B) bird watching
(A) People no longer value plants as a useful (C) sheep rising
resource (D) horseback riding
(B) Botany is not recognized as a special branch (E) human beings
of science
(C) Research is unable to keep up with the
icreasing numbers of plants
(D) Direct contact with a variety of plants decreased
(E) People are not interested in growing plants
anymore

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A urine-based test for Zika virus infenction has proven __12__ than the common blood-based one for many
patients, a development that could make testing for the infection easier. The test could potentially aid efforts to
control Zika, __13__ by mosquitoes, __14__ it is expected to spread further into North America in the coming
months. “The timing is excellent,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new testing guidance Tuesday, saying the virus particles
can be detected at higher levels and for a longer period of time in urine than in blood. The new guidance will make
__15__ to test more people for the virus. Until this week, CDC officials have said the best way to detect Zika virus
is to test their blood. The blood is analyzed using a sophisticated lab technique that detects a germ’s genetic
material. But health officials on Tuesday reported on an analysis of 66 people in Florida who were tested for
Zika using the same detection method but with both blood and urine samples. About twice as many urine samples
correctly tested positive as compared to blood samples.

12. .....
(A) more effective
(B) more effectively
(C) be more effectively
(D) be more effective
(E) is more effective

13. ....
(A) which carries
(B) which mainly carried
(C) to be carried
(D) which is mainly carried
(E) will carry

14. ....
(A) as
(B) thus
(C) so
(D) yet
(E) but

15. ....
(A) it is easier
(B) it easily
(C) it easier
(D) it is easily
(E) it is more easily

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