2018
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Part I Writing (30 minutes)
For
this
part
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you
are
allowed
30
minutes
to
write
an
essay
on
how
to
balance
academic
study and extracurricular activities
. You should write at least 150 words but no
more than 200 words
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Part
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Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions:
In
this
section,
there
is
a
passage
with
ten
blanks.
You
are
required
to
select
one
word
for
each
blank
from
a
list
of
choices
given
in
a
word
bank
following
the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each
choice in
the
bank
is identified by a
letter. Please mark
the
corresponding letter
for each item on
Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre. You may
not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
In what鈥檚 probably the craziest headline I鈥檝e ever written, I鈥檝e reported that
26
in
livestock
protection
are
happening
with
scientists
painting
eyes
on
the
butts
of
cows.
The
experiment
is
based
upon
the
id
ea
that
farmers
who鈥檙e
protecting
their
herd
from
lions
would
shoot
and
kill
lions
in
an
effort
to
protect
their
livestock.
While this makes a lot of sense, it results in many lion deaths that 27 would have
been unnecessary. Researchers in Australia have been 28 and testing a method of
trickery
to
make
lions
think
they
are
being
watched
by
the
painted
eyes
on
cow
butts.
This idea is based on the principle that lions and other 29 are far less likely to
attack
when
they
feel
they
are
being
watched.
As
conservation
areas
become
smaller,
lions are increasingly coming into contact with human populations, which are
expanding to the 30 of these protected areas.
Efforts
like
painting
eyes
on
cow
butts
may
seem
crazy
at
first,
but
they
could
make
actual
headway
in
th
e
fight
for
conservation.
鈥淚f
the
method
works,
it
could
provide
farmers in Botswana-and 31
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with a low-cost, sustainable tool to protect their
livestock, and a way to keep lions safe from being killed.鈥?/p>
Lions
are
32 ambush
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hunters, so when they feel their prey has 33 them, they
usually
give
up
on
the
hunt.
Researchers
are
34
testing
their
idea
on
a
select
herd
of cattle. They have painted half of the cows with eyes and left the other half as
normal.
Through
satellite
tracking
of
both
the
herd
and
the
lions
in
the
area,
they
will be able to 35 if their psychological trickery will work to help keep farmers
from shooting lions.