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    The passage discusses risk factors for heart attacks. It notes that while diet and lifestyle have long been known to contribute, the list of risk factors may be longer and more surprising than previously thought. Some unexpected risk factors mentioned include increased risk of heart attack in cold weather, on Mondays, and in the morning hours after waking. Other factors linked to increased risk are birthdays for both men and women, and unmarried men facing higher risk than married men. While stress may be connected to these factors, more research is still needed to fully understand how and why heart attacks are triggered.

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    The passage discusses risk factors for heart attacks. It notes that while diet and lifestyle have long been known to contribute, the list of risk factors may be longer and more surprising than previously thought. Some unexpected risk factors mentioned include increased risk of heart attack in cold weather, on Mondays, and in the morning hours after waking. Other factors linked to increased risk are birthdays for both men and women, and unmarried men facing higher risk than married men. While stress may be connected to these factors, more research is still needed to fully understand how and why heart attacks are triggered.

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    The passage discusses risk factors for heart attacks. It notes that while diet and lifestyle have long been known to contribute, the list of risk factors may be longer and more surprising than previously thought. Some unexpected risk factors mentioned include increased risk of heart attack in cold weather, on Mondays, and in the morning hours after waking. Other factors linked to increased risk are birthdays for both men and women, and unmarried men facing higher risk than married men. While stress may be connected to these factors, more research is still needed to fully understand how and why heart attacks are triggered.

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    The passage discusses risk factors for heart attacks. It notes that while diet and lifestyle have long been known to contribute, the list of risk factors may be longer and more surprising than previously thought. Some unexpected risk factors mentioned include increased risk of heart attack in cold weather, on Mondays, and in the morning hours after waking. Other factors linked to increased risk are birthdays for both men and women, and unmarried men facing higher risk than married men. While stress may be connected to these factors, more research is still needed to fully understand how and why heart attacks are triggered.

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    Reading 1: It is commonly believed in the United States 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 distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important. Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished 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 are engaged in 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 an integral 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 approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject 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 communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling. 1. What is the main idea of the passage? A. The best school teach a wide variety of subjects B. Education and schooling are quite different experiences C. Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework D. The more years students go to school, the better their education is 2. What does the author probably mean by using the expression children interrupt their education to go to school (lines 2) ? A. Going to several different schools is educationally beneficial.

    B. School vacations interrupt the continuity of the school year. C.Summer school makes the school year too long. D. All of life is an education. 3. The word boundsin line 4 is closest in meaning to ___________. A. rules B. experience C. limits D. exceptions 4. The word chance in line 9 is closest in meaning to_________________. A. unplanned B. unusual C. lengthy D. lively 5. The word an integral in line 12 is closest in meaning to ____________. A. an equitable B. a profitable C. a pleasant D. an essential 6. The word they in line 16 refers to ____________. A. slices of reality B. similar textbooks C. boundaries D. seats 7. The phrase For example, line 22, introduces a sentence that gives examples of _________. A. similar textbooks B. the results of schooling C. the workings of a government D. the boundaries of classroom subjects 8. The passage supports which of the following conclusions? A. Without formal education, people would remain ignorant. B. Education systems need to be radically reformed. C. Going to school is only part of how people become educated. D. Education involves many years of professional training.

    9. The passage is organized by ___________________________. A. listing and discussing several educational problems B. contrasting the meanings of two related words C. narrating a story about excellent teacher D. giving examples of different kinds of schools 10. The writer seems to agree that... A. Schooling is as important than education B. Education is not as important as schooling C. Schooling is unlimited and more informal D. Education is more influential than schooling Key: 1.B - 2.D - 3.C - 4.A - 5.D - 6.A - 7.D - 8.C - 9.B - 10.D Reading 2: As heart disease continues to be the number-one killer in the United States, researchers have become increasingly interested in identifying the potential risk factors that trigger heart attacks. High-fat diets and life in the fast lane have long been known to contribute to 5 the high incidence of heart failure. But according to new studies, the list of risk factors may be significantly longer and quite surprising. Heart failure, for example, appears to have seasonal and temporal 10 patterns. A higher percentage of heart attacks occur in cold weather, and more people experience heart failure on Monday than on any other day of the week. In addition, people are more susceptible to heart attacks in the first few hours after waking. Cardiologists first observed this morning phenomenon in the mid1980, and have since 15 discovered a number of possible causes. An earlymorning rise in blood pressure, heart rate, and concentration of heart stimulating hormones, plus a reduction of blood flow to the heart, may all contribute to the higher incidence of heart attacks between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M. In other studies, both birthdays and bachelorhood have been implicated as risk factors. Statistics reveal that heart attack rates increase significantly for both females and males in the few days immediately preceding and following their birthdays. And unmarried men are more 25 at risk for heart attacks than their married counterparts. Though stress is thought to be linked in some way to all of the aforementioned risk factors, intense research continues in the hope of

    further comprehending why and how heart failure is triggered. 1. What does the passage mainly discuss? (A) risk factors in heart attacks (B) seasonal and temporal patterns of heart attacks (C) cardiology in the 1980s (D) diet and stress as factors in heart attacks 2. In line 3, the word potential could best be re-placed by which of the following? (A) harmful (B) primary (C) unknown (D) possible 3. The word trigger as used in line 3 is closest in meaning to which of the following? (A) involve (B) affect (C) cause (D) encounter 4. Which of the following could best replace the word incidence as used in line 5? (A) increase (B) rate (C) chance (D) factor 5. The author uses the word temporal in line 9 to mean (A) affected by (B) of a certain date (C) expected (D) regularly 6. The phrase susceptible to in line 12 could best be replaced by (A) aware of (B) affected by (C) accustomed (D) prone to 7. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a possible cause of many heart attacks? (A) decreased blood flow to the heart (B) increased blood pressure (C) lower heart rate (D) increase in hormones 8. The word phenomenon in line 14 refers to which of the following?

    (A) habit (B) illness (C) occurrence (D) activity 9. The word implicated in line 21 could best be replaced by which of the following? (A) indicated (B) disregarded (C) investigated (D) discovered 10. Which of the following is NOT cited as a possible risk factor? (A) having a birthday (B) getting married (C) eating fatty foods (D) being under stress 11. Which of the following does the passage infer? (A) We now fully understand how risk factors trigger heart attacks. (B) We recently began to study how risk factors trigger heart attacks. (C) We have not identified many risk factors associated with heart attacks. (D) We do not fully understand how risk factors trigger heart attacks. 12. As used in line 22, which of the following could best replace the word reveal? (A) show (B) observe (C) mean (D) explain Key: 1.A - 2.D - 3.C - 4.B - 5.B - 6.D - 7.C - 8.C - 9.A - 10.B - 11.D - 12.A

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