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1/9II.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.(A)“Comein,Kim.Haveaseat,please,”saidBillWilliams,themanager.ThiswasKim’sfirstexperiencewithanassessment.Afteronlysixmonthshewasdueforaraise(25)_____thisassessmentwassatisfactory.“Kim,”beganBillWilliams,“Iamverypleasedwiththequalityofyourwork.Myonlyconcernisthatyouarenotactiveenoughin(26)_____(put)forwardyoursuggestions.”“But,”repliedKim,“Ihavealwayscompletedeveryassignmentyou(27)_____(give)me,Mr.Williams.”“Iknowthat,Kim.Andplease,callmeBill.But(28)_____Iexpectisforyoutothinkindependentlyandintroducenewideas.Itismoreinputfromyou(29)_____Ineed–morefeedbackonhowthingsaregoing.Idon’tneeda‘yesman’.Youjustsmile(30)___________everythingisfine.I’mnotaskingyoutotellmewhattodo,butwhatyouthinkwe(31)_____do.Tomakesuggestions,IemployedyoubecauseIrespectyourexperienceinthisfield.”“Yes,Isee.I’mnotaccustomedtothis,butIwilltrytodoasyousay…Bill.”“Good,then,Iexpect(32)_____(hear)morefromyouatstaffmeetingsoratanyothertimeyouwanttodiscussanideawithme.”“Yes,ofcourse.Thankyou,Mr.Will…Bill.”(B)Iwasthemiddlechildofthethree,buttherewasagapoffiveyearsoneitherside,andIhardlysawmyfatherbeforeIwaseight.Forthisand(33)_____reasonsIwassomewhatlonely.Ihadthelonelychild’shabitofmakingupstories,andIthinkfromtheverystartmyliteraryambitions(34)_____(mix)upwiththefeelingofbeingisolated.IknewthatIhadanaturalabilitywithwords,andIfeltthatthiscreatedasortofprivateworldwhereIcouldgetmyownbackformyfailureineverydaylife.However,thequantityofseriouswritingwhichIproducedall(35)_____mychildhoodwouldnotadduptohalfadozenpages.Iwrotemyfirstpoemattheageoffourorfive,mymother(36)_____(take)itdowntodictation.Icannotrememberanythingaboutitexceptthatitwasaboutatigerand(37)_____tigerhad“chair-liketeeth”—agoodenoughexpression.Ateleven,whenthewarof1914-18brokeout,Iwroteapoem(38)_____(print)inthelocalnewspaperlater.Fromtimetotime,whenIwasabit(39)_____(old),Iwrotebadandusuallyunfinished“naturepoems”.Ialso,abouttwice,attemptedashortstory(40)_____wasafailure.Thatwasthetotalofthewould-beseriousworkthatIactuallysetdownonpaperduringallthoseyears.SectionBDirections:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.2/9A.calmingB.regularC.doableD.electronicsE.fuelF.hookG.incrediblyH.maintainI.mindlesslyJ.treatK.weaponsHerearefoursimple,healthyand,darewesay,funwaystohelpyouslimdownandstayhealthy.Haveyourcake…forbreakfastAsidefrombeingdepressing,thewayto__41__weightlossisn’tbyfeelingdeprived.Scientistssaythatpeoplewhostartedoffthedaywitha__42__feltfullerandmoresatisfied,andthatledtotheirstickingwiththeprogramasthedaywenton.Beinghungryisnowaytostartyourday,so__43__upwithproteinandamouthfulofsomethingsweet.Andmostofall,enjoy!SleepyourwaytoweightlossDr.AndrewCalvin,oneexpertofMayoClinicstudy,isquotedassaying,“Ifindividualsareseekingtomaintainahealthyweightortoloseweight,theyshouldseektogetenoughsleepona__44__basis.”Ifyoufindittrickytowinddownatnight,turnoffthe__45__andengageinrelaxingactivities,liketakingabathorlisteningto__46__music.JournaltodroppoundsThebest__47__foradieter?Penandpaper!Womenwhowrotedowneverythingtheyatelostmoreweightthanthosewhodidn’ttracktheirfoodintake.Journalingmakesyouaccountableandmoreawareofwhatyou’reeating,soitmakessensethatit’llkeepyoufrom__48__chewingifyouaren’tactuallyhungry.EvenatinybitofexercisehelpsyourhealthEven20to30minutesofphysicalactivitymostdaysoftheweeks(brokenupintosmallerchunksisfine)reducesyourriskforallsortsofphysicalills.Andeven20minutesaweekcanimproveyourmood.Thatreallystuckwithme.It’seasytocriticizeourselvesorburnoutifwemakegoalsthatare__49__hardtoachieve,butwalkingafewtimesaweekis__50__–andmeaningful,too.III.ReadingComprehensionSectionADirections:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagestherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.Formanypeopletoday,readingisnolongerrelaxation.Tokeepuptheirworktheymustreadletters,reports,tradepublications,interofficecommunications,nottomentionnewspapersandmagazines;anever-endingfloodofwords.Ingettingajobadvancing,theabilitytoreadandcomprehend__51__canmeanthedifferencebetweensuccessandfailure.Yettheunfortunatefactisthatmostofusare__52__readers.Mostofusdeveloppoorreadinghabitsatanearlyage,andnever__53__them.Themainshortageliesintheactualstuffoflanguageitself–words.Takenindividually,wordshavelittle__54__untiltheyarestrungtogetherintophrases,sentencesandparagraphs.Unfortunately,__55__,theuntrainedreaderdoesnotreadgroupsofwords.Helaboriouslyreadonewordatatime,oftenregressingto__56__wordsorpassages.Regression,thetendencytolookbackoverwhatyouhavejustread,isacommon__57__habitinreading.Anotherbadhabitwhich__58__thespeedofreadingisvocalization–soundingeachwordeither__59__ormentallyasonereads.3/9Toovercomethesebadhabits,somereadingclinicsuseadev