Question 17 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. PART Ⅴ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARYThere are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. TEXT E
15th April, 199___
Sir,
I fully understand the opposition expressed by my colleagues to the reduction in the university budget. Nevertheless one is forced to recognize that in times of financial difficulty the university has a duty to decide where money can be saved. I believe, however, that it would be wrong for the university to make the same cuts in all departments without considering national priorities. May I suggest that there are some departments which must continue to be financed at existing levels if these are to produce the fully trained professionals which the country needs. Surely it is a national priority to train competent teachers, scientists, engineers and doctors. If there have to be cuts this year the relevant departments should not face the same reduction as other departments in the university.
Yours sincerely,
Harry Young
Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering TEXT F
For more than five thousand years Chinese doctors have used needles to fight illness. This kind of medicine is called acupuncture. The doctor studies the sick person carefully. Then he puts needles into that person's body at the right places for his illness. Chinese doctors believe that they can control the body's natural forces in this way. At first, doctors in the West thought that this was just another kind of magic. Recently, however, they have found out that it is possible to cure many illnesses like this because the needles help the body to produce its own "medicines". In this way the body cures itself.
Nowadays doctors can do a lot of wonderful things. They can use thousands of medicines. They can give you pills and injections. They can even give you mechanical legs or a new heart. Sometimes modern medicine works like magic. But there are still a lot of illnesses that drugs and machines cannot cure completely. Medicine is not only a science; it is an art, too. And in the art of medicine, the mind is very important. You will not have a healthy body unless you have a healthy mind. TEXT G
Our system for sorting out anything to do with credit cards is as thorough as that for any other problem. However, they are dealt with by a separate part of the bank.
To begin with, please detail your complaint in writing to: The Senior Manager, Card Services, Essex House. Southchurch Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, ESSEX SM99 4PL.
We will do our best to reach agreement with you. Please note that if your problem concerns your Bank Payment Card, you should contact your local branch. TEXT H
HMS Belfast is a cruiser. She was launched in March 1938 and served throughout the Second World War, playing a leading part in the destruction of the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape and in the Normandy Landings. After the war, she supported United Nations forces in Korea and remained in service with the Royal Navy until 1965.
In 1971 she was saved for the nation as a unique and historic reminder of Britain's naval heritage in the first half of the 20th century.
A free guide leaflet is available to help you find your way around this huge and complex warship and your tour will take you from the ship's Quarterdeck up to the top of her Bridge and all the way down through seven decks to her massive boller and Engine Rooms, well below the ship's waterline. TEXT I
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P.O. Box 650
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HARNESS
John Bird was being hailed as a spiderman hero last night.
John, a fireman, leaped from the roof of an apartment block to save a lovesick woman who had jumped out of her fifth-floor window.
It was the kind of action that normally belongs to the pages of the cartoon character. John, wearing a harness and line, actually caught 25-year-old Jenny Goodman before she hit the ground.
Jenny had been leaning out of the window for several hours threatening to jump. "My lover has left me," she shouted. "I'm alone with a small baby, and I've lost my job."
As a priest and policeman talked to her through loudhailers from the street, John and his colleague quietly made their way up the stairs of the six-storey building to the roof.
John put on his harness and attached it to a pillar. Then he leaned over a low wall to listen to the woman's threats.
After five hours of fruitless chatting with the priest and the police, the woman climbed out on to the window sill.
John was watching her every movement. Then she jumped to what would have been her death. The fireman jumped too.
Heavier than Jenny, he fell faster. By the time she was level with the 2nd Floor — and only soft, from the ground he grabbed her. John said, "We were swinging in space. Luckily she was so surprised that she did not try to pull herself from grasp."
As the police raced to the roof, the other fireman hauled them up to safety.
Later Jenny said, "I must have been out of my mind."