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Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
Sixth-grader Ivory Kelly finished up an English assignment at the blackboard. Then ... Ping! Ping! He felt something hitting his head. The 12-year-old knew just who was dissing him. He turned around and shouted at DeAngela Byrd. DeAngela claimed she was innocent. Then she called Ivory a “guinea pig.” “Hosemouth!” he shouted back. Their teacher, Linda Mann, didn’t send them to the principal. She didn’t even make them stand in the hall. Instead, she sent them to work things out in a small storage room. The room is Glengarry Elementary’s mediation center （调解中心）.
Mediation in school is a way to solve conflicts without having teachers punish students. Kids called mediators are trained to listen to classmates accused of misbehaving or fighting. Without taking sides, the mediators help troubled kids come up with their own solutions. It usually takes no more than 15 minutes.
At Glengarry, 30 students from third through sixth grades are trained to settle fights. After calmly discussing the attack and name calling with sixth-grade mediators, Michael Reese and Tracie Thacker, Ivory and DeAngela signed a promise “not to mess with each other.”
Many U.S. elementary schools are starting to give kids more responsibility for discipline. In the past 10 years, one-tenth of the nation’s 86,000 public schools have started programs to resolve conflicts, mostly in middle or high schools. But educators want to begin more mediation programs sooner. They say elementary-age kids are even better at talking about their feelings and deciding on a fair solution than older kids are! When a teacher or principal is not involved, “kids talk more freely,” says Glengarry Principal Loraine Johnson.
So far, mediation seems to work well. In one survey of 115 Ohio elementary schools with mediation programs, two out of three noted a decrease in fights, and more than half said fewer kids were being sent to the principal’s office. In New Mexico, reports of bad behavior in elementary schools have dropped 85% since mediation programs began.
66.The underlined word “dissing” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. attemptingB. insulting
C. invadingD. interrupting
67.Students trained in the mediation ______.
A. are neutral, never taking sides
B. provide a solution for the troubled kids
C. accuse students of misbehaving or fighting
D. decide on the punishment for misbehaving students
68.Which of the following statements is false?
A. Teachers are not mediators and won’t give judgments.
B. Mediation programs in schools seem to reduce misbehavior.
C. Elementary-age children are able to solve conflicts among schoolmates.
D. Mediation programs encourage students to work with teachers to solve conflicts.
69.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Don’t Mess with Each OtherB. A Drop in Misbehavior
C. Keep the Grownups Out of ItD. Stricter Discipline Promotes Behavior
(B)
Public buses
The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) is charged with providing bus service to people living and working in Bangkok and the nearby provinces (i.e. Nothaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Sakhon, Samut Prakan and Nakhon Pathom Provinces). As of February, 2005, the BMTA operated a total of 113 routes, served by 3,526 buses, of which 1,665 were regular buses and 1,861 air-conditioned buses. There were also privately-owned buses operated under the BMTA with a total of 3,535 regular and air-conditioned buses and 1,067 minibuses including 2,325 small buses which provide services in lanes. An average of 3.4 million people use these services daily.
Types of Buses and Fares
TypeBus ColorFareService Time
Regular busCream-Red7 baht05:00-23:00
Regular busWhite-Blue8 baht05:00-23:00
Expressway busCream-Red9 baht05:00-23:00
All-night service busCream-Red8.50baht23:00-05:00
Air conditioned busCream-Blue11 13 15 17 19 baht
(depending on the distance)05:00-23:00
EURO-II busYellow-Orange12 14 16 18 20 22 24 baht
(depending on the distance)05:00-23:00
Fare Exemptions(免票)
The following passengers are eligible for bus fare exemptions:
1.BMTA bus inspectors
2.Buddhist monks and novices
3.Mailmen in uniform while on duty
4. Holders of BMTA employee ID cards
Half-Price Concessions (优惠)
The following passengers are eligible for half-price fares when using the service of regular buses.
1.The blind with a certificate from the Association of the Blind.
2.Soldiers and policemen in uniform
3.Holders of official certificates or medals as specified by the Regulation on Bus Fare
Concession at the exact rates specified by the Transport Control
Victory Medal (Off-spring后代 of holders of this medal are also entitled.)
European Royal Medal
Border Service Medal
Free-Man Protection Medal
Non-active War Veterans Classes 1 2 3 and 4.
Fare Concessions for Air-conditioned Buses
Holders of the following official certificates and medals are eligible for air-conditioned bus fare reductions.
1.Victory Medal (Off-spring of this medal are also entitled)
2.Border Service Medal
3.Free-Man Protection Medal
4.European Royal War Medal
5.Non-active War Veterans Classes 1 2 3 and 4
6.BTMA Employee ID cards
Concessions:
Regular Fare Reduced Fare
12 Baht 8Baht
14 Baht 10 Baht
16 Baht 11 Baht
18 Baht 13 Baht
20 Baht 14 Baht
22 Baht 15 Baht
24 Baht 17 Baht
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70. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Buses in Bangkok are of the same size.
B. At least 3.4 million people take a bus every day.
C. BMTA provides city buses and inter-provincial bus service.
D. Buses operated under the BMTA are owned by individuals.
71.Jonny sees a cream-blue bus coming. It must be ______.
A. a regular busB. an air-conditioned bus
C. a night-service busD. an expressway bus
72.______ needn’t pay fares on a regular bus.
A. A grandson of a Victory Medal holder
B. A postman, together with his family
C. A blind person with a medical certificate
D. A BMTA inspector with his employee card
73.How much should a soldier in uniform pay when he takes a white-blue bus?
A. 4bahtB. 5.50baht
C. 7bahtD. 8baht
