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Sample Test Hosted by China Daily 21st Century English Newspaper Series Attention: This is the question copy. All your answers must be marked or written on the answer sheet for grading. Time allowed: 35minutes Section One 75% The following multiple choice questions are based on what you have read (20%): 1. According to the passage “Geek to tech-god”, in only eight years, Zuck has managed to turn a small website born in his messy Harvard dorm into_______. And he himself has grown up from a geek to a billionaire CEO. A. the most luxurious dormitory building B. the world’s definitive social network C. a popular talking shop D. a world famous university (二十一世纪英文报 2012 第955期 第2版) 2. The new standard for disposable cups rules that colored patterns on paper cups cannot be within 15 millimeters from the lip or 10 millimeters from the bottom because_____. fluorescent additives may have been used during production colored patterns are not white enough most pattern prints can cause cancer colored pattern prints damage the environment (二十一世纪英文报 2012 第956期 第2版) According to the passage “Cruelty to pigeons”, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) recently completed a 15-month undercover investigation into some of the largest pigeon-racing operations in the US. The study shows that all the following statements are true EXCEPT__________. In many of the pigeon-racing operations in the US, more than 60 percent of the birds are lost or die along the way Raised in the cage, the birds mostly cannot find enough food by themselves and starve to death before the training begins Some racers feed the birds with morphine to enhance their performance When the racing season is over, the babies—no longer of any use to the racers, are often killed (二十一世纪英文报 2012 第955期 第11版) 4. Which of the following statements isn’t the measure suggested that you can take when you are fired