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BR>　　A sunny midsummer day. There was such a thing sometimes, even in Coketown. Seen from a distance in such weather, Coketown lay covered in a haze of its own. You only knew the town was there, because you knew there could have been no such blotch upon the view without a town.
　　The streets were hot and dusty on the summer day, and the sun was so bright that it even shone through the haze over Coketown, and could not be looked at steadily. Workers emerged from low underground doorways into factory yards, and sat on posts and steps, wiping their faces and contemplating coals. The whole town see med to be frying in oil. There was a stifling smell of hot oil everywhere. The atmosphere of those places was like the breath of hell, and their inhabitants was ting with heat, toiled languidly in the desert. But no temperature made the mad elephants more mad or more sane. Their wearisome heads went up and down at the same rate, in hot weather and in cold, wet weather and dry fair weather and foul. The measured motion of their shadows on the walls, was the substitute Coketown had to show for the shadows of rustling woods; while for the summer hum of insects, it could offer all the year round, from the dawn of Monday to the night of S aturday, the whirr of shafts and wheels.
　　77. Which of the following adjectives is NOT appropriate to describe Co ketown?
　　A. dull B. dirty C. noisy D. savage 
　　78. From the passage we know that Coketown was mainly a(n) ___town .
　　A. industrial B. agricultural C. residential D. commercial 
　　79. Only ___ were not affected by weather.
　　A. the workmen B. the inhabitants C. the steam-engines D. the rustling woods 
　　80. Which is the author's opinion of Coketown?
　　A. Coketown should be replaced by woods.
　　B. The town was seriously polluted.
　　C. The town had too much oil in it.
　　D. The town's atmosphere was traditional.
　　Reading Comprehension B
SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING
　　In this section there are seven passages with a total often multiple-choice questions. Skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.
　　TEXT E
　　First read the following question.
　　81. The writer is concerned about___.
　　A. budget housekeeping B. the retail trade C. computer skills D. mental arithmetic 
　　Now read Text E quickly and mark your answer on your answer sheet.
　　A lot of attention is being given to children who leave school unable to read or write. I think there should be equal concern for those who are unable to cope with simple mental arithmetic -particularly girls. It is often stated that today's children are growing up in a computer world and they don't need the same skills that their grandparents did. But is it any wonder that many young girls trying to cope with budget housekeeping fail for the simple reason they cannot keep accurate checks on their purchases? Shopping in markets is no source of cheap purchasing unless one is able to keep pace with the apparent mental agility of the vendor. Must we face the thought that at some time in the distant future everyone will need to carry in their handbag or pocket one of the miniature calculators?
　　 TEXT F
　　First read the following question.
　　82. This is a letter of___.
　　A. reference B. application C. inquiry D. complaint 
　　Now read Text F quickly and mark your answer on your answer sheet.
　　10 Garden A