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Word Pretest

For each italicized word or expression, choose the best meaning below.

1. The match tonight is China vs. Japan.
A. for            B. of            C. against
2. Many visitors were amazed to see that the city had undergone such great changes    within so short a period of time.
A. delighted        B. angered        C. surprised
3. We suspected that he was the murderer even before we were told.
A. doubted
B. believed to be likely
C. believed to be unlikely
4. My eyes became accustomed to the dim lighting.
A. tired of        B. hurt by        C. used to
5. The government is planning to extend the railway to the next town.
A. make it shorter   B. make it longer   C. make it wider
6. The child felt secure near its parents.
A. confident       B. happy         C. safe
7. Their sympathy was well-meaning but ineffective.
A. well-spoken      B. well-thought    C. well-intentioned
8. That young man is always ready to pay compliments to a pretty young lady.
A. expressions of praise and admiration
B. expressions of dislike and hatred
C. expressions of love and affection

Text A
The Law vs. the Piano

My father was a lawyer with no sons, so he decided that his older daughter,     Susie, would follow his career and take over his business when he died. When Susie was in kindergarten, he began to work on her: "Susie," he would say, "you will never    have to worry about a thing, for I have paved all the roads for you. I have done all the dirty work in establishing a good business in law, and all you will have to do is take it over."
By the time Susie could read and write, my father read law books to her at bedtime. The dull passages lulled her to sleep, but some of the legal terms became    fixed in her mind. He enjoyed having her show off to visitors in his office and his business associates were amazed at her recitations of difficult passages.
Susie's brainwashing continued through her high school years, and when she    finished high school, she obediently followed my father to the university where he    guided her into the first-semester courses needed to enter Law School.
Everything went smoothly for a while, and no one in the family was aware of the slow change that came over Susie, although she did seem to show poor understanding of law sometimes.
One day, Susie announced that she would like to take piano lessons. Dad, a    supporter of all forms of education, did not oppose her wishes. He just reminded her    that one lesson a week would be enough considering the heavy schedule she kept at  the university. Susie seemed pleased and did not argue.
A piano teacher was chosen, an old, semi-retired lady, who came every Friday    afternoon for 45 minutes. We all suspected that Dad agreed to that hour because the    piano would be heard in his office next door at an hour when few clients would be    present. Soon we became accustomed to the do-re-mi’s—up and down the scale, down and up the scale. The added noise was not disturbing at the beginning because    Susie practiced only half an hour each day, but gradually the practicing increased.    Slowly but surely it began to interrupt the conversations between Dad and his clients    next door when Susie gradually extended her practicing to several hours per day.         Finally my father realized that as the piano playing had increased, the study of Law had decreased. The following excitement threw the Law Office and the entire    family into disorder. Such scenes were seen now and then: "Susie," my father would    shout, "good lawyers make good money and enjoy the secure future I have set up for    you." Weeping wildly, Susie would respond, "But I like piano. I want to be a concert    pianist." My mother made many useless attempts to make peace between them, but the battle continued. "Su-u-u-san,' my father would shout slowly but forcefully, "Law —— will —— give —— you —— a —— secure——and ——profitable —— future. Be—— practical. Be —— reasonable." But Susie was happy only when she was absorbed in music and was utterly miserable among her law books. She continued to respond simply, "I do not like law; I like to play the piano." In the end, my father would thunder like an echoing drum: "Reason. That's what you should use. REASON," and end the argument by slamming the door as he went back to his office.
Many years later -- with my seventy-year-old grandmother's help -- there was a    compromise. Susie agreed to continue in Law School until she could complete her    Law Certificate, which involved three years. She would, however, continue to take piano lessons and to practice as often as her energy and that of the listeners at home   would permit.
Susie stuck to her part of the compromise, and she was twenty-two years old    when she completed requirements for the degree in Law. My father was so proud that' he organized a champagne party and invited all his friends. He was ready to stand by Susie's side, to greet well-meaning friends and relatives, and to receive the traditional compliments as he shook hands with those who sang praises to his wisdom in guiding his daughter toward a promising career in Law.
But Susie became quite iii and began vomiting before the guests arrived. Mother's medicine did not help Grandmother's prayers did not help. Even Susie could not help, no matter how much she wanted to, for in her heart she knew she was not going to fulfill her father's dream: She intended to become a concert pianist.
And she did just that. Years later, after Susie became a concert pianist of some    fame and a visiting lecturer at one of the best universities on the East Coast, Father    was almost as proud of her as he would have been to see her a lawyer. But he never did admit that Susie is a reasonable woman.

                    Total Words: 815
Total reading time: __ minutes       seconds       
    
The text is based on Technique: Studies in Composition by Elizabeth K. Martin and Jeriel Howard. San Francisco: Canfield Press, 1977.

◆Reading Skill: Finding the Main Idea
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below.
　　 Finally my father realized that as the piano playing had increased, the study of Law had decreased The following excitement threw the Law Office and the entire family into disorder. Such scenes were seen now and then: "Susie," my father would shout, "good lawyers make good money and enjoy the secure future I have set up for you." Weeping wildly, Susie would respond, "But I like piano. I want to be a concert pianist." My mother made many useless attempts to make peace between them, but the battle continued. "Su-u-u-san," my father would shout slowly but forcefully, "Law....will....give....you....a.... secure.... and .... profitable- ---future. Be .... practical. Be .... reasonable." But Susie was happy only when she was absorbed in music and was utterly miserable among her law books. She continued to respond simply, "I do not like law; I like to play the piano." In the end, my father would thunder like an echoing drum: "Reason. That's what you should use. REASON," and end the argument by slamming the door as he went back to his office.

1. What is the topic or subject being discussed?
2. In your own words, what is the writer's main idea about this topic?
3. What are the specific details that support the main idea?

◆ Reading Comprehension
Circle the letter of the best answer.
1. My father wanted Susie to follow his career because      
A. he was afraid he was dying
B. Susie liked law
C. he disliked music
D. he had no son and Susie was his older daughter
2. Susie's reaction to father's decision was that             
A. she could not understand law at all
B. she disobeyed father from the very beginning
C. she obeyed father at first but gradually changed her interest to music
D. she hated law from the very beginning
3. When Susie announced that she would like to take piano lessons, Dad         
A. was angry and refused immediately
B. was pleased and supported her completely
C. agreed but suggested that she take one lesson a week
D. did not care and said nothing at all
4. To Dad's suggestion concerning how many lessons she was to take per week, Susie                 
A. was pleased and did not argue
B. was dissatisfied and argued for more lessons
C. agreed in front of Dad but was thinking of taking more lessons without telling Dad
D. cried and went to mother for help
5. Dad agreed to the afternoon lesson because that was the time when             
A. he was at home so that he could know how Susie was doing
B. he had few clients so that Susie's piano lesson would bother them the least
C. he was free and could enjoy listening to Susie playing the piano
D. he was good-tempered and could endure Susie's practicing
6. As a result of the constant arguments between Dad _and Susie,            
A. Dad allowed Susie to drop law study to continue her piano lessons
B. Dad ordered Susie to give up piano lessons to continue law study
C. Susie could continue her piano lessons while continue law study until she could get a certificate
D. Susie refused to study law any longer and stuck to her piano lessons
7. When Susie finally became a successful concert pianist, Dad          
A. continued to think she was an unreasonable woman even though he was proud of her
B. admitted that she had finally become a reasonable woman and was proud of her
C. continued to think she was an unreasonable woman and was not proud of her at all
D. admitted that she had become a reasonable woman but was not proud of her
8. The writer of the article seems to agree with                    
A. Dad rather than Susie
B. Susie rather than Dad
C. both Dad and Susie
D. neither Dad nor Susie

Vocabulary Building

①Word Search
Find a word in the texts which means:

1. cause to feel calm or sleepy (A: 8)
2. a person connected with another, especially in work (A: 10)
3. a person who pays for professional services from a lawyer or a bank (A: 23)
4. completely (A: 38)
5. an official document stating that particular facts are tree (A: 44)
6. old, tom clothes (B: 14)
7. a stupid person (B: 51)
8. a person who is in charge of a group of workers (B: 79)
9. needing a lot of attention and effort (B: 79)
10. earnestly emotional (B: 94)

②Semantic Variations
For each italicized word, decide which semantic variation best conveys the meaning of the author. Circle the letter of the best answer.

1. scale (A: 24)
A. size or level
B. a balance pan
C. a set of musical notes that are played or sung in an upward or downward order
2. class (B: 12)
A. a group of students graduating together
B. a period of time during which students are taught
C. a group of persons who have the same social position and rank
3. paper (B: 25)
A. an essay
B. a newspaper
C. a set of examination questions
4. lie (B: 32)
A. to make a false statement in order to deceive
B. to be buried
C. to remain in a flat position on a surface
5. bill (B: 44)
A. a written account of money owed
B. a piece of paper money
C. a draft of a proposed law
6. date (B: 64)
A. a particular day of the month
B. a small fruit with a long stone inside, which grows on a tree
C. a boyfriend or girlfriend

③Stems
Study the following stems and their meanings. List some more examples in the space provided 

duce, duct  1.           2.           3.           4:                     
ject       1.           2.           3.           4:                     
mit, miss   1.           2.           3.           4:                     
pel          1.           2.           3.           4:                          

Read each Of the following sentences, and write down the meaning of the italicized word in the space provide&

1. With the development of modern electrical engineering, we can transmit power to wherever it is needed.
transmit:
2. The police deduced that the murder had been committed by a woman.
deduce:
3. As the gas is ejected with great force, it pushes the rocket in the opposite direction.
eject:
4. The heavy snow compelled us to stay indoors.
compel:
5. Pieces of stone were projected through the air by the explosion.
project:
6. The guide conducted us round the castle.
conduct:

④Antonyms
Circle the one word in each of the following groups that is the antonym of the other three

1. promising           hopeless          loyal           hopeful
2. obedient            submissive        docile           disobedient
3. trivial              little             slight            weighty
4. oppose             resist             agree            counter
5. confused            puzzled           clear             muddled

◆Cloze
Fill in each blank with a word given below. Change the form of the word if necessary.

      skirts            force        fly          active       girls
hesitate           raise         plane        move       show
At the turn of the century, Edwin and Amy Earhart loved their            daughters, Amelia and Muriel. Edwin gave the         footballs and guns, while Amy shocked the neighbors by dressing them in gym suits instead of          Edwin's job caused the family to         from town to town, and the girls' interest in rough sports and shooting rats         eyebrows wherever they went.
Amelia's parents did not         her to reform as she grew older, even when she wanted to study science and automobile mechanics. But in 1920, when she went to an air         and returned home determined to learn how to         , even her broad-minded parents hesitated. They soon gave in, however, and within months Amelia was flying a          her mother helped her buy.