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nd their bad condition has 
become a subject of concern. 
Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule 
against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was 
constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my 
mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned that they were house keys. 
She and her husband began talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect 
working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear was the biggest problem 
faced by children at home alone. One in three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being 
frightened. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety. 
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. They may hide in a 
shower stall, under a bed or in a closet. The second is TV. They often turn the volume up. It’s hard to 
get statistics on latchkey children, the Longs have learned. Most parents are slow to admit that they 
leave their children alone. 
Question 56: The phrase “an empty house” in the passage mostly means ______. 
A. a house with no people inside B. a house with no furniture 
C. a house with nothing inside D. a house with too much space 
Question 57: One thing that the children in the passage share is that ______. 
A. they all watch TV B. they spend part of each day alone 
C. they are from single-parent families D. they all wear jewelry 
Question 58: The phrase “latchkey children” in the passage means children who ______. 
A. close doors with keys and watch TV by themselves 
B. like to carry latches and keys with them everywhere 
C. are locked inside houses with latches and keys 
D. look after themselves while their parents are not at home 
Question 59: The main problem of latchkey children is that they ______. 
A. are also found in middle-class families B. watch too much television during the day 
C. suffer a lot from being left alone D. are growing in numbers 
Question 60: What is the main idea of the first paragraph? 
A. How kids spend free time. B. Why kids hate going home. 
C. Bad condition of latchkey children. D. Children’s activities at home. 
Question 61: Why did a lot of kids have chains around their necks with keys attached? 
A. They had to use the keys to open school doors. 
B. Schools didn’t allow them to wear jewelry, so they wore keys instead. 
C. They were fully grown and had become independent. 
D. They would use the keys to enter their houses when they came home. 
Question 62: What do latchkey children suffer most from when they are at home alone? 
A. Fear. B. Tiredness. C. Boredom. D. Loneliness. 
Question 63: Lynette Long learned of latchkey children’s problems by ______. 
A. visiting their homes B. delivering questionnaires 
C. interviewing their parents D. talking to them 
Question 64: What is the most common way for latchkey children to deal with fears? 
A. Hiding somewhere. B. Talking to the Longs. 
C. Having a shower. D. Lying under a TV. 
Question 65: It’s difficult to find out the number of latchkey children because ______. 
A. most parents are reluctant to admit that they leave their children alone 
B. they do not give information about themselves for safety reasons 
C. they hide themselves in shower stalls or under beds 
D. there are too many of them in the whole country 
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in 
meaning to each of the following questions. 
Question 66: “Be careful! Don't do that again,” he said. 
A. He encouraged me to do that again. 
B. He advised me to be careful and do that again. 
C. He warned me not to do that again. 
D. He told me to be careful, so I didn't do that again. 
Question 67: It is a basic requirement in the modern world to be able to deal with figures. 
A. Being able to deal with figures is a basic requirement in the modern world. 
B. Dealing with the modern world requires a basic knowledge of figures. 
C. The world requires us to have a basic understanding of figures. 
D. Dealing with figures requires a basic knowledge of the modern world. 
Question 68: Their chances of success are small. 
A. They will certainly be successful. B. It’s possible that they will achieve success. 
C. They have no chances of being successful. D. It’s not very likely that they will succeed. 
Question 69: The way to get the best out of me is to make me work very hard. 
A. My work is under consideration, so I do my best. 
B. If you make me work hard, I can't get the best. 
C. Don't make me work hard or I can’t make the best out of me. 
D. I work best when I am under pressure. 
Question 70: I found myself at a loss to understand my closest friend’s words. 
A. I found my closest friend's words easy to understand. 
B. I understood my closest friend’s words completely. 
C. I lost heart and didn't understand my closest friend's words. 
D. I found my closest friend's words quite incomprehensible. 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate 
the correct answer to each of the questions from 71 to 80. 
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has 
been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The difference between 
schooling and education implied by this remark is important. 
Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no 
limits. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in the kitchen or on a 
tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in school and the whole universe of 
informal learning. The agent (doer) of education can vary from respected grandparents to the people 
arguing about politics on the radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas schooling has a 
certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a 
stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People receive 
education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term; it is a lifelong process, a 
process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s 
entire life. 
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little 
from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, 
take the assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, 
and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an 
understanding of the workings of governments, have been limited by the subjects being taught. For 
example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about 
political problems in their society or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are 
clear and undoubted conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling. 
Question 71: This passage is mainly aimed at ______. 
A. giving examples of different schools 
B. telling the difference between the meaning of two related words 
C. listing and discussing several educational problems 
D. telling a story about excellent teachers 
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Question 72: In the passage, the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” 
mostly implies that ______. 
A. education is totally ruined by schooling 
B. all of life is an education 
C. schooling takes place everywhere 
D. schooling prevents people discovering things 
Question 73: The word “all-inclusive” in the passage mostly means ______. 
A. going in many directions B. involving many school subjects 
C. allowing no exceptions D. including everything or everyone 
Question 74: According to the passage, the doers of education are ______. 
A. mostly famous scientists B. mainly politicians 
C. only respected grandparents D. almost all people 
Question 75: What does the writer mean by saying “education quite often produces surprises”? 
A. Educators often produce surprises. 
B. It’s surprising that we know little about other religions. 
C. Success of informal learning is predictable. 
D. Informal learning often brings about unexpected results. 
Question 76: Which of the following would the writer support? 
A. Without formal education, people won’t be able to read and write. 
B. Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day. 
C. Our education system needs to be changed as soon as possible. 
D. Going to school is only part of how people become educated. 
Question 77: The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ______. 
A. workings of governments B. political problems 
C. newest filmmakers D. high school students 
Question 78: Because the general pattern of schooling varies little from one setting to the next, 
school children throughout the country ______. 
A. do similar things B. have the same abilities 
C. are taught by the same teachers D. have similar study conditions 
Question 79: From the passage, we can infer that a high school teacher ______. 
A. is free to choose anything to teach B. is not allowed to teach political issues 
C. has to teach social issues to all classes D. is bound to teach programmed subjects 
Question 80: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? 
A. The more years students go to school, the better their education is. 
B. The best schools teach a variety of subjects. 
C. Education and schooling are quite different experience. 
D. Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework. 
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