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B. they have a more positive attitude towards learning
C. they tend to learn less as they are discouraged
D. they get more impatient with their teachers
Question 63: The phrase “For starters” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by “__”.
A. For beginners B. First and foremost
C. At the starting point D. At the beginning
Question 64: While doing some adult learning courses at a college, the writer was surprised __.
A. to have more time to learn B. to be able to learn more quickly
C. to feel learning more enjoyable D. to get on better with the tutor
Question 65: In paragraph 3, the word “rusty” means __.
A. not as good as it used to be through lack of practice
B. impatient because of having nothing to do
C. covered with rust and not as good as it used to be
D. staying alive and becoming more active
Question 66: The phrase “get there” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “__”.
A. have the things you have long desired B. achieve your aim with hard work
C. arrive at an intended place with difficulty D. receive a school or college degree
Question 67: All of the following are true about adult learning EXCEPT __.
A. experience in doing other things can help one’s learning
B. young people usually feel less patient than adults
C. adults think more independently and flexibly than young people
D. adult learners have fewer advantages than young learners
Question 68: It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that maturity is a positive plus in the learning process
because adult learners __.
A. pay more attention to detail than younger learners
B. have become more patient than younger learners
C. are less worried about learning than younger learners
D. are able to organize themselves better than younger learners
Question 69: It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you __.
A. should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger
B. find that you can recall a lot of things you learnt when younger
C. can sometimes understand more than when you were younger
D. are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger
Question 70: What is the writer’s main purpose in the passage?
A. To show how fast adult learning is. B. To describe adult learning methods.
C. To encourage adult learning. D. To explain reasons for learning.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word for each of the blanks from 71 to 80.
Face-to-face conversation is two-way process: You speak to me, I reply to you and so on. Two-way
(71)__depends on having a coding system that is understood by both (72)__ and receiver, and an
agreed convention about (73)__ the beginning and end of the (74) __. In speech, the coding
system is the language like English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at a time may seem
too obvious to (75)__. In fact, the (76)__ that people use in conversations and meetings are often
non-verbal. For example, lowering the pitch of the voice may mean the end of a sentence; a sharp intake of
breath may signal the desire to (77)__, catching the chairman’s (78)__may indicate the desire to
speak in a formal setting like a (79)__, a clenched fist may indicate anger. When these (80)__
signals are not possible, more formal signals may be needed.
Question 71: A. interchange B. exchange C. correspondence D. communication
Question 72: A. announcer B. transmitter C. messenger D. sender
Question 73: A. signing B. symbolizing C. signalling D. showing
Question 74: A. message B. topic C. idea D. theme