Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in not more than 3 words). The questions and incomplete answers are printed in your test paper. You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Now the passage will begin.
11. Why do more middle-aged adults have to take care of their aging parents?
Because people are living
12. What does the speaker think of the job of taking care of an aging parent?
It’s
13. How are the family roles changed?
The dependent parents are cared for as if they were
14. What can a nursing home do for aging parents?
It provides them with proper
15. What benefit can middle-aged adults get by sending their parents to a nursing home?
They can return to their
Part II Structure (15 minutes)
Directions: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct
sentences. It consists of 2 sections.
Section A
Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center
16. he was seriously iii, I wouldn’t have told him the truth.