
代號:1801
頁次:4
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41 According to the passage, which of the following beliefs is a key obstacle to women’s participation in sports in 
Afghanistan? 
Regular exercise must be done indoors.  Exercising can do harm to a woman’s health. 
Women can only go jogging at night.  The police need to stand nearby. 
42 Which of the following is one of the rules given by experts on Islam for women in Afghanistan when they 
exercise? 
Making sure that they do not spend money.  Considering family needs as the most important. 
Doing exercise only with their family members.  Hiring only women as their coaches. 
43 Which of the following is true about Afghan women when policemen stand near where they exercise? 
They stop exercising.  They start to protest.  They exercise longer.  They feel insecure. 
44 Which of the following statements is true about a male-dominated country? 
Females need not to follow rules in the country.  Males make all the decisions in the country. 
Both genders make decisions in the country.  Females lead while males follow in the country. 
45 What do schools need to do in order to give girls many chances to exercise? 
Girls should stay after school to exercise.  Schools need to purchase more equipment. 
Parents need to talk to an expert on Islam.  Doctors have to advise girls to exercise. 
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War is horrible. It is a crime against humanity and utterly ineffective in resolving any kinds of disputes. But we 
can’t deny that armed conflicts also gave us brilliant inventions. The patent records of the United States, England, and 
Germany indicate that war is a powerful stimulus to invention. 
One of the most famous examples is the sun lamp. In the winter of 1918, half of all children in Berlin were 
suffering from rickets—a condition whereby bones become soft and deformed. At the time, the exact cause was not 
known, although it was associated with poverty. Doctor Kurt Huldschinsky decided to conduct an experiment on his 
patients. He put them under mercury-quartz lamps which emitted ultraviolet light. As the treatment continued, the 
bones of his patients were getting stronger. In May 1919, when the sun of summer arrived, he had them sit on the 
terrace in the sun. The results of his experiment, when published, were greeted with great enthusiasm. Children around 
Germany were brought before the lights. In Dresden, the child welfare services had the city’s street lights dismantled 
and taken to hospitals to be used for treating children. Researchers later found that Vitamin D is necessary to build up 
the bones with calcium and the production of Vitamin D is triggered by ultraviolet light. The undernourishment brought 
on by WWI produced the knowledge to cure the ailment. 
Another invention that also owed its success to WWI is Daylight Saving Time (DST). The idea of putting the 
clocks one hour forward in spring and back in autumn was not new when WWI broke out. Benjamin Franklin had 
suggested it in a letter to The Journal of Paris in 1784. Candles were wasted in the evenings of summer because the 
sun set before human beings went to bed and sunshine was wasted at the beginning of the day because the sun rose 
while they still slept. Similar proposals were made in New Zealand in 1895 and in the UK in 1909, but without 
concrete results. It was WWI that secured the change. Faced with acute shortages of coal, the German authorities 
announced that from April 30, 1916, the clocks should move forward from 23:00 to midnight to give an extra hour of 
daylight in the evenings. What started in Germany as a means to save fuels quickly spread to other countries. Britain 
began three weeks later on May 21, 1916. Other European countries followed. On March 19, 1918, the US Congress 
established several time zones and made DST official from March 31. After the war ended on November 11, 1918, 
DST was abandoned, but the idea had been planted and it eventually returned. 
46 Which of the following is the best title for this passage? 
Disasters of War    War-time Inventions   
Technological Research    Science and the Natural World 
47 According to the passage, what will happen during exposure to sunlight? 
Vitamin D will be produced.  One’s bones will become soft. 
One’s skin will turn dark.  The calcium level in the blood will decrease. 
48 Why did Germany carry out Daylight Saving Time in 1916? 
Benjamin Franklin supported the idea.   
Other countries had benefited from the idea. 
Severe coal shortage had to be tackled.   
The government wanted people to be involved in war work. 
49 What does the word “dismantled” in the second paragraph mean? 
To be invented.  To be given a signal.  To be burned down.  To be taken apart. 
50 Which of the following statements is correct? 
Daylight Saving Time was invented by The Journal of Paris. 
DST did not go into effect in the United States until the WWI was over. 
When DST was first practiced, clocks went forward one hour in spring and summer. 
The results of Dr. Kurt’s experiment were challenged by many researchers.