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SECTION II Use of English

(15 minutes)

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.

The United States is a confederation of states. Each state has the

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to make

laws with regard to the state.

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, based on public opinion, states can

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policies regarding education, and they may

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a state income tax; they also

determine the speed

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, housing codes, and the drinking age.

In most parts of the United States, you

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be 21 years old to buy alcohol in

a liquor store, bar,

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restaurant. In some states you may buy beer in a grocery

store. If a store sells alcohol to a minor, the

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of the store is usually

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a

large sum of money.

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, many areas have an open-container law,

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means that people may

not drink alcohol on the street or in a car. Anyone

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with an open container of

alcohol may be arrested.

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, with all of these laws, the

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of alcohol is a serious

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in the

United States and Canada. Drinking on college campuses,

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there are many

underage drinkers has

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greatly. In fact, alcohol sales have gone up

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the

legal drinking age was

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from 18 to 21. Some people believe that if there were

no legal drinking age,

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in some other countries, North American youth would

drink less.

26. [A] privilege

[B] advantage

[C] right

[D] tradition

27. [A] As a result

[B] For example [C] In other words [D] In this case

28. [A] demand

[B] disagree

[C] discuss

[D] determine

29. [A] collect

[B] issue

[C] demand

[D] implement

30. [A] limit

[B] control

[C] rule

[D] regulation

31. [A] can

[B] shall

[C] may

[D] must

32. [A] and

[B] or

[C] also

[D] not

33. [A] clerk

[B] salesperson

[C] owner

[D] host

34. [A] fined

[B] charged

[C] punished

[D] suffered

35. [A] In addition

[B] In fact

[C] In reality

[D] In general

36. [A] that

[B] this

[C] it

[D] which

37. [A] exposed

[B] suspected

[C] caught

[D] detected

38. [A] Neverthele[B] Anyway

[C] Moreover

[D] Therefore

39. [A] application

[B] consumption [C] expenditure

[D] usage

40. [A] condition

[B] crisis

[C] question

[D] problem

41. [A] though

[B] as

[C] where

[D] which

42. [A] raised

[B] increased

[C] peaked

[D] climaxed

43. [A] when

[B] since

[C] before

[D] after

44. [A] shifted

[B] upgraded

[C] uplifted

[D] changed

45. [A] same

[B] for

[C] as

[D] similar

SECTION III READING

Text 1

A pioneering study by Donald Appleyard made the surprise

sudden increase in the volume of traffic through an area affects p

a sudden increase in crime does. Appleyard observed this by fir

house in San Francisco that looked much alike and had

middle-claand working-claresidents, with approximately t

The difference was that only 2,000 cars a day ran down Octavia

in Appleyard’s terminology) while Gough Street (MEDIUM stre

cars a day, and Franklin Street (HEAVY street) had arou

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