entity by allowing them to test ideas about what is alive and what is not.
"The youngsters can form as many subtle nuances and textured relationships with the computers as they can with people."Turke points out.
11. The passage tells about ____.
A. the strange behaviour of the computer hackers
B. the ultimate importance of bringing up computer hackers
C. the different opinions concerning the hacker phenomenon
D. what has caused the emergence of computer hackers
12. According to Prof. Weizenbaum, what led to the hackers strange behaviour is ____.
A. their strong desire to control the computer
B. their ignorance of the responsibility of a programmer
C. their incompetence in making new computer programmers
D. their deliberate attempts to make their programs complex and impracticable
13. In Prof. Dertozos opinion, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Computer industry will certainly make multimillionaires of the hackers.
B. The hackers are likely to be very successful business men
C. The hackers probably have better insight into the future than other people.
D. Only a few hackers will be successful in their later life.
14. We can guess from context clues that the phrase "to develop an identity" (Para. 5) means ____.
A. to become distinguished
B. to seek an answer
C. to build up a creative ability
D. to form a habit
15. The passage tries to convey to its readers the idea that ____.
A. perhaps the hacker phenomenon is not bad at all
B. though the hackers are in fact playing with the computer, there may be some benefits
C. the computer hackers are the hope of the computer industry of tomorrow
D. the computer hackers could be useful if under proper guidance
Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:
As one works with color in a practical or experimental way, one is impressed by two apparently unrelated facts. Color as seen is a mobile changeable thing depending to a large extent on the relationship of the color to other colors seen simultaneously. It is not fixed in its relation to the direct stimulus which creates it. On the other hand, the properties of surfaces that give rise to color do not seem to change greatly under a wide variety of illumination colors, usually looking much the same in artificial light as in daylight. Both of these effects seem to be due in large part to the mechanism of color adaptation mentioned earlier.
When the eye is fixed on a colored area, there is an immediate readjustment of the sensitivity of the eye to color in and around the area viewed. This readjustment does not immediately affect the color seen but usually does affect the next area to which the gaze is shifted. The longer the time of viewing, the higher the intensity, and the larger the area, the greater the effect will be in terms of its persistence in the succeeding viewing situation. As indicated by the work of Wright and Schouten, it appears that, at least for a first approximation, full adaptation takes place over a very brief time if the adapting source is moderately bright and the eye has been in relative darkness just previously. As the stimulus is allowed to act, however, the effect becomes more persistent in the sense that it takes the eye longer to regain its sensitivity to lower intensities. The net result is that, if the eye is so exposed and then the gaze is transferred to an area of lower intensity, the loss of sensitivity produced by the first area will still be present and appear as an "afterimage" superimposed on the second. The effect not only is present over the actual area causing the "local adaptation" but also spreads with decreasing strength to adjoining areas of the eye to produce "lateral adaptation." Also, because of the persistence of the effect if the eye is shifted around from one object to another, all of which are at similar brightness or have similar colors, the adaptation will tend to become uniform over the whole eye.
16. This selection is concerned primarily with ____.
A. the adaptation of the eye to color
B. the color of colors
C. the properties of colored surfaces
D. the effect of changes in color intensity
17. Whether a colored object would, on two viewings separated in time, appear to the viewer as similar or different would depend mostly on ____.
A. the color mechanism of the eye in use at the time of each viewing
B. what kind of viewing had immediately preceded each of the viewings
C. the properties of the surfaces viewed
D. the individual s power of lateral adaptation
18. If a person s eye has been looking at an object in bright sunlight for some time, and then shifts to an object not well lit - such as a lawn or shrub in shadow - we can expect ____.
A. a time lag in the focusing ability of the eye
B. some inability to see colors of the latter-named objects until loss of sensitivity has been regained
C. the immediate loss of the "afterimage" of the first object
D. adaptation in the central area of the eye but little adaptation in the lateral areas to the new intensity level
19. The present selection has apparently been preceded by some explanation of ____.
A. some experiments with color pigments
B. the nature of color
C. the color properties of various surfaces
D. the mechanism of the eye s adaptation to color
20. This selection tells us all the following EXCEPT that ____.
A. color depends on what other colors are seen
B. the adjustment of the eye to the color it sees affects the next color it sees
C. since properties of surfaces that give rise to color do not change, the surfaces of objects always look just the same in artificial light as in daylight
D. The adjustment of the eye is affected by three variables: size of areas, intensity of color and length of time
Part II Vocabulary and Structure
21. In the past few years, David Roberts has obtained a(n) ____ return on his wise stock investment.
A. handsome
B. valuable
C. initiative
D. profitable
22. Even though she was more than sixty she had very few ____ on her face.
A. spots
B. wrinkles
C. traces
D. frowns
23. "Sorry, sir, I just couldn t help laughing," Charlie ____ with false humility, and his eyes were wide and innocent of evil.
A. proclaimed
B. regretted
C. compromised
D. apologized
24. Such a change would not ____ to the present wishes of the great majority of people.
A. comfort
B. comply
C. conform
D. confirm
25. With a weather-worn face, Ted is ____ a very old man but in fact he is only fifty.
A. obviously
B. evidently
C. apparently
D. sufficiently
26. We need another month or two to complete the construction of the new hotel. An extra few days will make no ____.
A. outcome
B. success
C. distinction
D. difference
27. My brother Roger, who had the advantage of good looks and ____ personality, decided to take up the stage as a career.
A. heroic
B. positive
C. striking
D. artistic
28. The terrified hunter, ____ in arms of a huge bear, fought desperately to loosen its trip.
A. clasped
B. seized
C. grasped
D. trapped
29. As usual, the correspondent is required to ____ all the facts before he writes his report.
A. check off
B. check out
C. check on
D. check up
30. The son inherited his father s business, but his heart was not in it and before long the firm went ____.
A. worse
B. bankrupt
C. invalid
D. collapsed
31. The waitress whom you were enquiring about has been ____ because of her poor service.
A. dismissed
B. expired
C. resigned
D. suspended
32. The most unusual ____ which has appeared this Christmas is what one can describe as a musical calendar.
A. wonder
B. invention
C. favorite
D. novelty
33. Traditional grocers shops are fast ____ now that there are so many supermarkets.
A. dying down
B. dying away
C. dying out
D. dying off
34. Your dislike for women drivers has no logical foundation; it s due only to ____.
A. preference
B. prejudice
C. psychology
D. propaganda
35. Many of the students have a grasp of the main structures, a reasonable vocabulary and a(n) ____ idea of how to pronounce most words they come across.
A. faint
B. obscure
C. vague
D. rough
36. Mr. Peel began a reply, but his wife ____ with a remark again.
A. cut in
B. cut back
C. cut off
D. cut short
37. The old gentleman retained a(n) ____ regard for appearance even after he had come down in the world.
A. favorable
B. obstinate
C. gigantic
D. identical
38. They don t want to be involved in the dispute, so they exhibit ____ on such matters.
A. integrity
B. morality
C. reserve
D. justice
39. Mr. Huang is an ardent reformer ____ heart and has won great popularity among the workers.
A. at
B. by
C. from
D. of
40. My doctor put me ____ starvation diet, that is, he allowed me only tea and milk.
A. with
B. for
C. on
D. in
41. Betty was born in a distinguished family, and her upbringing was fairly strict ____ obedience and truthfulness.
A. for the sake of
B. as a result of
C. with a view to
D. in regard to
42. The police chief, who fears that the case could become a national incident, is opposed ____ it any publicity.
A. to give
B. to giving
C. to be giving
D. to have given
43. Optimism is a good characteristic, but if ____ to an excess it becomes foolishness.
A. carries
B. to carry
C. carried
D. carrying
44. The way he ate irritated her so much that she ____.
A. should have screamed
B. would have screamed
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