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or other pathogens, the bacteria act as a radial new kind of cheap vaccine that can be swallowed instead of injected. (3) If the vaccine causes any problems, antibiotics will destroy it. (4) The problems can vary from mild cases such as asteoarthritis to serious anes such as brain cancer. (5) One such HIV vaccine, developed by David Hone and his colleagues at the University of Maryland, Biotecnology Institute in Baltimore, is based on a weakened form of Salmonella typhi, the bacterium that caused typhoid fever. (6) Hone hopes to star testing the vaccine later this year in Nigeria and Uganda. (7) The other, developed by Yvonne Paterson and her colleagues at the University of Pensylvania Medical School in Philadelhia, is based on Listeria monocytogenes. (8) Thi bacterium can cause pregnant women to miscarry and triggers meningitis in people with weakened immunity. (9) But otherwise, it poses few problems in healthy people.

1 The sentence which is irrelevant to the topic is sentence number . (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

2 With which of the following senrences should the paragraph begin? (A) There are two types of bacteries that can be used to produce vaccines against deadly diseases, including AIDS. (B) There are certain characteristics of vaccines which are used against deadlydiseases, including AIDS. (C) Bacteria that cause typhoid or miscarriages are being developed to produce vaccines a gainst deadly diseases, including AIDS. (D) Several problems may arisc in the development of vaccines against deadly diseases, including AIDS. (E) There are several disadvantages of using bacteria to produce vaccines against deadly diseases, including AIDS.

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Sister Cities International is an organization thet brings together communities from different areas and different cultures. Sister city (60) can help communites learn from other and solve problems together. These partnerships are often based on (61) project or exchanges. People share their knowledge in areas like education, government, business or technology. Building sister-city relationships was one of the

ideas for the People-to-People Program created by President Dwight Eisenhower. He established the program at a White House conference (62) on September 11th and 12th 1956. President Eisenhower wanted to cannect citizens who shared an interest in other cultures. He wanted to increase international understanding and (63) through educational, cultural and humanitarian activities. He believed that citizen diplomats could help build peace. Today, 700 American communities have partnerships with almost 1,800 communities in other countries. Atlanta, Georgia, (64) , has 18 sister-city partherships. One is with Brussels, Belgium. Another is with Lagos, Nigeria. These two relationships (65) for more than thirty years. The areas they involve include economic development and trade. Sister-city partnerships usually result from local connections. Local governments also become involved and (66) provide some leadership. (67) , citizen groups are generally responsible for organizing and supporting partnerships. 3 60. (A) relate (B) relative (C) related (D) relationship (E) relating 4 61. (A) special (B) specialty (C) specialization (D) specialist (E) specialize 5 62. (A) holding (B) to be held (C) held (D) being held (E) to hold 6 63. (A) agreement (B) competition (C) dependence (D) friendship (E) necessity 7 64. (A) for example

(B) however (C) indeed (D) therefore (E) such as 8 65. (A) exist (B) are existing (C) have existed (D) were existing (E) existed 9 66. (A) must (B) May (C) Should (D) Would rather (E) Had better

10 67. (A) Moreover (B) Therefore (C) In addition (D) However (E) As a result 11 As soon as the news of the killing of the innocent prisoner spread out, people ran through the streets, breaking windows, setting fire to cars, and . (A) the destruction was on everything in their path (B) the destroying of everything was in their path (C) destroying everything in their path (D) everything in their path was in destruction (E) everything in their path was destroyed 12 Many people in Sidoarjo are looking forward to a good solution to the mud problem. (A) witness (B) witnessing

(C) being witnessed (D) be witnessing (E) have witnessed 13 I need the report immediately, so why dont you use your laptop computer? I cant the battery (A) is charging (B) to be charged (C) is to charge (D) is being charged (E) charged

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We often think it very funny if a film shows a women or a girl screaming and running in fright at the sight of a mouse or a cockroach. But we dont consider our own little, secret fears a laughing matter. Perhaps you shiver at the sight of a snake or an eel, cannot bear to hear the sound of jagged metal rubbing against metal, or feel uneasy in a lift. Fortunately, most of us suffer only a mild from of fright about certain things. According to psychiatrists, this is quite normal. It becomes a problem only when the fear develops into a mental condition that affects all aspects of persons life. Studies of thousands of people with an abnormal dread show that every time they think about or come into contact with the subject of their fear, they show all the physical signs of a person who is facing serious danger : a racing heart, dry mouth, cold sweat and weak knees. Doctors and psychiatrists welcome publicity about phobias, for this help to convince their patients that their fears are not unique. It reassures the patients to know that there are other people who are afraid of the same thing, and it makes the patients more willing to try to understand what is causing their fear. Once they realize what in their subconscious is causing their fear, they are half-way to being cured. Psychiatrist believe that these unreasonable fears

are caused by deep-seated reasons, perhaps a terrifying experience during childhood. One typical case was Mrs. Mary Bachelor, a London housewife who suffered from agoraphobia (fears of open spaces). For twenty-three years, she remains indoors. Following publicity about other agoraphobia cases, she was persuaded to go out for the first time to watch her son perform with a pop group. Most of us suffer from claustrophobia (fear of being in closed areas) in a mild way, but the real sufferers go about in great fear of being trapped without escape in a lift, in a packed train or in an aircraft. Altogether, there are a hundred and thirty phobias listed in the medical dictionary, ranging from acrophobia (fear of heights) to xenophobia (morbid dislike of foreigners). Some phobias are very odd indeed. There are cases of people who turn cold with terror at the sight of a cabbage leaf, run away in fright at the sight of a bird or faint when they hear a dog bark. There was even a man who refused to eat anything that he knew had been touched by someone who had handled matches.

14 . deep seated reasons (line ) most likely means reasons that are _____. (A) long forgotten (B) difficult to choose (C) not easy to handle (D) difficult to realize (E) flexible to change 15 . Fear of certain things will become a problem when the fear _____ (A) disturbs all aspects of the sufferers life (B) is influenced by a persons personality (C) develops mentally or physically (D) is reflected in a persons daily life (E) makes the sufferer unfriendly to others 16 . The following statements may be the purposes of the writer in writing the text, EXCEPT _____. (A) to explain the causes of different kinds of phobias (B) to convince people about the importance of publicity about phobias (C) to inform people how to overcome their abnormal fears (D) to persuade people with abnormal fears to talk to psychiatrist (E) to inform people about different kinds of phobias 17 . To cure their phobias, patients _____. (A) should take their unusual fear seriously (B) may have to consider publicity of their fears (C) determine the dangers caused by their phobias (D) try to convince their doctors of their secret fears (E) try to understand the real cause of their phobias

18 In which of the following combined courses would this passage probably be used as assigned reading? (A) psychology / sociology (B) medicine / biology (C) philosophy /medicine (D) psychology / medicine (E) sociology / biology