10. Married women are twice so likely as married men to be depressed.
A B C D
SECTION C: READING (30 POINTS)
I. Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word. (10 pts)
Kim Jong-il (16
th February 1941
– 17
th December 2011) was the supreme leader of North
Korea (1)________ 1994 to 2011.
Kim Jong-il died (2)________ a suspected heart (3)________ on 17
th December 2011
while traveling by train to an area outside Pyongyang. He was succeeded by his youngest
son Kim Jong-un, (4)________ was considered by the Korean Central News Agency (5)
_______the "Great Successor". The Korean Central News Agency reported that during his
death, a fierce snowstorm paused and the sky glowed red above the sacred Mount Paektu.
The ice on a famous lake also cracked so loud, it seemed to shake the Heavens and the Earth.
Kim Jong-il's funeral took (6)________ on December 28
th in Pyongyang, with a
mourning period lasting until the (7)________ day. South Korea's military was immediately
put on alert after the announcement. Asian stock markets fell soon after the announcement,
due to similar concerns.
(8)________ January 12
th, 2012 North Korea called Kim Jong-il the "eternal leader" and
announced that his (9)________ will be preserved and displayed at Pyongyang's Kumsusan
Memorial Palace. Officials will also install statues, portraits, and "towers to his immortality"
across the country. His (10)________ of February 16
th has been declared "the greatest
auspicious holiday of the nation", and has been named the Day of the Shining Star.
II. Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. (15pts)
Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (1)________ to be
successful? Having someone around who always (2)________ the worst isn’t really a lot of
(3)________ – we all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says, ‘It
looks (4)________ rain.’ But if you catch yourself thinking such things, it’s important to do
something (5)________ it.
You can change your view of life, (6)________ to psychologists. It only takes a little
effort, and you will find life more rewarding as a (7)________. Optimism, they say, is partly
about self-respect and confidence, but it’s also a more positive way of looking at life and all
it has to (8)________. Optimists are more (9)________ to start new projects and are
generally more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (10)________ to the world.
Some people are brought up to (11)________ too much on others and grow up forever
blaming other people when anything (12)________ wrong. Most optimists, on the
(13)________ hand, have been brought up not to (14)________ failure as the end of the
world- they just (15)________ with their lives.
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