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145.(I) We think of plastics as new materials, 148.(I) American women have historically been
but bacteria have been making them for victimized by discrimination in voting, employment
3.5 billion years. (II) Many species make and other civil rights. (II) In the late 1960s, women
polyesters almost identical to those used in organized to demand legal equality with men.
synthetic fibres. (III) But there’s an all-important (III) They founded the National Organization for
difference between biological plastics and Women and other groups to press for equality
the chemical synthetics. (IV) Bioplastic is in education, employment and government.
biodegradable; synthetics have a mirror-image (IV) Asian Americans have also suffered
molecular chain that inhibits biodegradation. discrimination, notably in immigration quotas and
(V) Japan, one of the most important plastic- in employment and housing. (V) As a result of the
manufacturers of the whole world, is critically 1964 Civil Rights Act, women made some gains
short of landfill space. against employment discrimination.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

146.(I) Most of us learn basic facts about the human 149.(I) In classical music, 2006 was ordained the year
brain in our high school biology classes. (II) The of Mozart, to be initiated in Austria. (II) Celebrations
problem is that we use mainly one hemisphere of of the composer’s 250th birthday began here
our brain —the left. (III) We study the subcortex, and around the country and will continue far past
the “old brain”, which is responsible for basic Mozart’s Friday birthday. (III) When Mozart is
functions such as breathing, eating and drinking. performed well, it sounds so easy that any child
(IV) We learn about the neocortex, the “new can identify with it. (IV) What accounts for the
brain”, which is unique to humans and is where enduring appeal of an 18th-century Austrian who
complex brain activity takes place. (V) We find www.englishexampoint.com died in relative poverty at age 35? (V) To Colorado
that the cerebrum, which is responsible for Springs Chorale conductor Donald Jenkins,
all active thought, is divided into two parts, or Mozart’s appeal is as spiritual as it is musical.
hemispheres. A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) l B) ll C) lll D) lV E) V

147.(I) Though his empire died with him, and he 150.(I) The Magellanic Penguin is a South American
left no remarkable legacy, he has become a penguin, breeding in coastal Argentina, Chile
legendary figure in the history of Europe. and the Falkland Islands, with some migrating
(II) Attila attempted escape during his stay in to Brazil. (II) Penguins can’t fly on their own, so
Rome but failed. (III) He turned his attention to 373 lost penguins got a little help getting home.
an intense study of the empire while outwardly (III) They caught a ride with the Brazilian air
ceasing to struggle against his hostage status. force! (IV) The lost Magellanic penguins began
(IV) He studied the internal and foreign policies turning up in July on Brazil’s northern shore,
of the Romans. (V) He learned about leadership, far from their home. (V) Warmer water likely
protocol and other essentials suited to future confused the anchovy-loving species, leading
rulers and diplomats. them to stray farther north than usual in their
search for food.
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V
A) I B) II C) III D) IV E) V

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