A. ... I feel satisfied with the first few examples in my mind.

B. ... I am surprised with the number of suggestions I can give.

C. ... the first few examples are the best ones that satisfy my curiosity.

D. ... the first few surprises coming to me would be enough as examples.

37. If I love you, I can see you as a separate person, with your own values and thoughts and feelings, and I do not insist that you surrender your identity and conform to an image of what I expect you to be for me.

A. ... I don’t want you to lose hope and then blame me for it.

B. ... I won’t force you to be independent and you can rely on me.

C. ... I don’t expect you to follow my step and become similar to me.

D ... I won’t push you to lose yourself and become what I like you to be.

38. If disappointed, though, she [my mother] wasted no energy on self-pity. She would make me make something of myself whether I wanted to or not.

A. Dissatisfied as she was, she remained as determined as before.

B. Faced with discouragements, she never lost her energetic spirits.

C. Nothing could let her down even though no one sympathized with her.

D. There was enough self-confidence in her to deal with disappointments.

39. My maternal grandfather, it is true, was cut off in the flower of his youth at the age of

sixty-seven.

A. My maternal grandfather retired from gardening at sixty-seven.

B. My maternal grandfather died young, when he was sixty-seven.

C. My maternal grandfather lost energy when he was sixty-seven.

D. My maternal grandfather was considered no longer young at sixty-seven.

40. Far-reaching as many of them [Edison’s inventions] have been in their effect upon modern civilization, the total effect of Edison’s career surpasses the sum of all of them.

A. One can never eva luate Edison’s great inventions high enough.

B. One needs to understand Edison’s inventions to appreciate his career.

C. Edison’s inventions are his most outstanding contributions to human life.

D. Edison’s influence upon human society is much greater than his inventions.

IV. READING COMPREHENSION

Read the two passages and choose the most likely answer to each of the questions. Write the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet (2 points each, 20 points in all)

Passage 1

Friendship and friends continue to remain central to our lives. The relationship that we share with our friends is grounded in a mutual concern as our friends help us in shaping up our personalities as well. Even in this age of online social networking, the need of expanding the network of friends, whether online or offline remains a primary concern for people. We may have a very vague understanding of what makes a friend but we all want to have a good many friends around us.

Research has shown that the quality and nature of your friends are one of the key influencing factors in achieving happiness and satisfaction. Friends often affect the health and energy of a person as well. More and more people are increasingly turning towards their friends for support and mutual sharing rather than communicating to their relatives; this sociological phenomenon has escalated the desire to make more friends. Though friendship is a relationship developed between two individuals marked by a voluntary, emotional and mutual concern, there are certain steps, which, if followed, can win you friends or at least help you get close to those whom you want to make friends with.

The first step to make friends with someone is to make them like you. If they don’t like you

in the first pla