TEXT G
First read the following questions.
85. Air travelers often experience the following symptoms except____.
A. fatigueB. headacheC. insomniaD. irritability
86. Metalonin could prove useful for the following except ____.
A. air travelersB. shift workers
C. those likely to suffer from sleep disordersD. scientists
Now read Text G quickly and mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Passing rapidly through time zones makes most travelers feel disoriented from the combination of fatigue, insomnia and irritability that is known as jet lag. Scientists have suspected for some time that the key to resetting a mixed-up body clock could lie ina potent brain hormone called melatonin.
Melatonin is secreted by the pineal gland——which lies in the brain-and is produced at night. It appears to be related to the regulation of sleep-wake cycles.
Researchers from Australia, Britain and New Zealand have found that air travelers who take melatonin in pill form experience less severe jet-lag symptoms than subjects who get a placebo——and that they adjust to the new time zone more rapidly. Formal clinical studies must be conducted, however, before the pill can be marketed.
Melatonin could prove useful for shift workers and others likely to suffer form sleep disorders. But Leon Serry, chairman of Circadian Technologies Ltd., is most excited about the potential of melatonin for helping air travelers. “Can you imagine the world demand for a jet-lag pill?” he asks. “Some people can’t even adjust to day-light-saving time. The pill basically resets your body clock.
TEXT H
First read the following questions.
87. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Eight moon shooters in Turkey were arrested in the southeastern town of Kahramanmaras.
B. The eclipse was also visible in Nigeria.
C. The religious official related the shooting to a religious belief.
D. The rampaging Muslims blamed the eclipse on sinners.
88. The passage is chiefly about ____.
A. lunar eclipsesB. a religious foundation
C. moon shootersD. reaction to eclipses in Muslim world
Now read Text H quickly and mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Eight Turks were arrested for shooting at the moon during an eclipse. Police in the southeastern town of Kahramanmaras had briefly detained the moon shooters, who said they were following an ancient tradition, and confiscated their rifles.
A religious official in the town said that shooting at the moon was a custom without religious foundation. He urged the faithful only to pray to God during lunar eclipses. The eclipse was also visible in Africa, and rampaging Muslims burned sown scores of hotels and bars in a northern Nigerian city in reaction to this which they blamed on sinners.
TEXT I
First read the following questions.
89. Which of the following statements is NOT true for an average American?
A. He has at least one house pet.
B. He doesn’t believe in an afterlife.
C. He considers himself average looking or better.
D. He think he will live to 78.
90. For an average American, parking in a handicapped zone is worse than ____.
A. spying for a foreign country
B. spouse-beating
C. smoking cigarettes
D. lying to Congress
Now read Text I quickly and mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
On Average You’re an average American if ......you were raised Protestant and believe in God and an afterlife, though you didn’t go to church last week....you think you will live to be 78.... you’ve named your son Michael and your daughter Jennifer....you charge about $2200 worth of goods a year to your credit cards....you spend 32 percent of the workday goofing off, for a total of four months of extra paid vacation a year....you have at least one house pet, and the chances are 50/50 that you carry a picture of the pet in your wallet....you household writes about 17 checks a month....you drive the urban interstate at an average of 58.6m.p.h....[ZK(]you think spouse-beating is a greater sin than spying for a foreigncountry;parking in a handicapped zone is worse than lying to Congress; and smoking cigarettes is worse than producing X-rated videotapes....you’re a woman and spend $396 a year on lothes and wear high heels regularly, even though they give you foot problems....you’re a man and spend just over $228 a year on lothes and let you wife but all your underwear....you eat 1.6 bushels of popcorn each year....you consider yourself average looking or better.