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Code 15 - Page 1 of 13 READING PAPER 15 Time permitted: 60 minutes Number of questions: 40 _______________________________________________________________________ Directions:In this section you will read FOUR different passages. Each one is followed by 10 questions about it. For questions 1-40, you are to choose the best answer A, B, C or D, to each question. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage. You have 60 minutes to answer all the questions, including the time to transfer your answers to the answer sheet. PASSAGE 1 – Questions 1-10 FaHien FaHien was a Buddhist who lived in China more than 1,500 years ago. At that time, many people in China were Buddhists but they did not know much about Buddhism because there were no good books about it in China. When FaHien became a Buddhist, he thought a lot about his people. He was displeased because there were no Buddhist books. So in the year A.D. 399 he went to India to find some books for his people. Two of his friends went with him and they travelled by land. After travelling for six years through the west part of China, FaHien arrived in India. He stayed in India for ten years and lived with Indian Buddhists who taught him about Buddhism. While he was in India, he learned the Sanskrit language and he copied several Buddhist books. When he finished copying the books, he left India and went to Ceylon by boat. FaHien studied Buddhism in Ceylon too. Buddhism in Ceylon was a little different from Buddhism in India or China. He also bought more books about Buddhism in Ceylon. After staying there for about two years, he decided to go back to China, so he put all his books on a ship and left Ceylon. It was a big ship and there were a lot of people on it. Everything went well during the first few days of the voyage, but suddenly there was a strong wind and the sky became very dark. Water began to come into the ship through a big hole in the bottom. In order to save the ship everybody had to throw their things into the sea. FaHien threw all his things away except his books. The weather continued to be bad for several days but one night the ship was carried to an island where the people got off the ship and mended it. They waited on the island until the sea was smooth again.
Code 15 - Page 2 of 13 When the wind stopped blowing, they continued their voyage and at last they arrived at the island of Java in Indonesia. The ship did not go on to China, so FaHien waited in Java for several months before he got on another ship. At that time, it usually took 50 days to sail from Java to China, but after sailing for a month there was another big storm. The people were afraid but FaHien did not do anything. He only prayed. People became angry with him and when they passed a small island, they wanted to leave him on the island. When FaHien's friends heard about this, they were angry with the people. They said they would tell the king when they arrived in China, if FaHien was left on the island. Then the other people changed their minds and they did not leave FaHien on the island. The storm continued for many weeks but one day they suddenly saw land. They were happy because it was China. FaHien was happy, too, because he still had all his books with him. He went back to his home town and spent the rest of his life writing the books in Chinese and teaching his people about Buddhism. His books are very important in the growth of Chinese Buddhism. 1.What does pronoun “it” in paragraph 1 refer to A. Buddhist B. Buddhism C. China D. book. 2. What does the word “displeased” in paragraph 2 mean? A. upset B. unfortunate C. hopeless D. inappropriate 3. Where in passage does the author mention FaHien’s acquisition of a new language? A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph4 4. FaHien's journey to India took A. a few days. B. several weeks. C. a few months. D. many years. 5. While he was in India, FaHien A. copied many books. B. taught in many places. C. got a lot of money.
Code 15 - Page 3 of 13 D. became a Buddhist. 6.FaHien travelled to Ceylon because A. there were Buddhists in Ceylon. B. he wanted to teach there. C. some friends took him there. D. his family lived there. 7. After FaHien left Ceylon by ship, there was a big storm and he A. lost all his books. B. had to swim to an island. C. saved the ship. D. threw many things away. 8.The journey to China was A. expeditious. B. dangerous. C. pleasant. D. undemanding. 9. Why did FaHien go back to China after a long time abroad? A. He did not want to travel more because he suffered enough B. He wished to transmit what he learnt about Buddhism to Chinese people C. He missed his homeland. D. He wanted to visit the king 10. What would be the best title for the passage? A. FaHien’s voyage over the sea B. FaHien – a Chinese national hero C. FaHien and his devotion to Chines Buddhism D. What makes Buddhism popular in China PASSAGE 2 – Questions 11-20 Social Networks Social networks connect people at low cost; this can be beneficial for entrepreneurs and small businesses looking to expand their contact base. These networks often act as a customer relationship management tool for companies selling products and services. Companies can also use social networks for advertising in the form of banners and text ads. Since businesses operate globally, social networks can make it easier to keep in touch with contacts around the world. Social networks are beginning to be adopted by healthcare professionals as a means to manage institutional knowledge, disseminate peer to peer knowledge and to highlight individual physicians and institutions. The advantage of using a dedicated medical social networking site is that all the members are screened against the state licensing board list
Code 15 - Page 4 of 13 of practitioners. The role of social networks is especially of interest to pharmaceutical companies who spend approximately "32 percent of their marketing dollars" attempting to influence the opinion leaders of social networks. Several websites are beginning to tap into the power of the social networking model for social good. Such models may be highly successful for connecting otherwise fragmented industries and small organizations without the resources to reach a broader audience with interested and passionate users. Users benefit by interacting with a like-minded community and finding a channel for their energy and giving. Few social networks currently charge money for membership. In part, this may be because social networking is a relatively new service, and the value of using them has not been firmly established in customers' minds. Companies such as MySpace and Facebook sell online advertising on their site. Hence, they are seeking large memberships, and charging for membership would be counter-productive. Some believe that the deeper information that the sites have on each user will allow much better targeted advertising than any other site can currently provide. On large social networking services, there have been growing concerns about users giving out too much personal information and the threat of sexual predators. Users of these services need to be aware of data theft or viruses. However, large services, such as MySpace, often work with law enforcement to try to prevent such incidents. In addition, there is a perceived privacy threat in relation to placing too much personal information in the hands of large corporations or governmental bodies, allowing a profile to be produced on an individual's behavior on which decisions, detrimental to an individual, may be taken. Social network services are increasingly being used in legal and criminal investigations. Information posted on sites such as MySpace and Facebook, has been used by police, probation, and university officials to prosecute users of said sites. In some situations, content posted on MySpace has been used in court. 11.According to the text, social networks _______ A. are being used by businesses for marketing. B. are about friendships. C. can damage business reputations. D. advertise on business web sites. 12. Why do advertisers like social network sites? A. They are cost-effective to advertise on. B. Most users have high disposable income.