Directions:
In this part there are 4 passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one you think is the best answer. Mark your choice’ on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
Passage One
Theme-park-hound bargain seekers would be wise to spend some time surfing online before they get in line at the parks this summer.
A growing number of these attractions now allow customers to print e-tickets at home with large discounts off the gate price, in part to spur attendance that has declined in recent years.
After boom times in the late 1990s, theme park attendance began to decrease, with an overall decline of about 400% over the past few years at North America’s 50 most-visited establishments, says James Zoltak, editor of Amusement Business.
"The boom was off the rose as we turned the come
A. The rose in the theme park was out of bloom.
B. The year 2000 was lucky {or the 50 establishments.
C. The theme park attendance was like the rose.
D. The best time for the theme parks was gone.
Directions:
In this part there are 4 passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one you think is the best answer. Mark your choice on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
Passage One
During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure had been transformed by economic risk and new realties. Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months.
In just one generation, millions of mothers have gone to work, transforming basic family economics. Scholars, policymakers, and critics of all stripes have debated the social implications of these changes, but few have looked at the side effect: family risk has risen as well. Today’s families have
A. help reduce the cost of healthcare.
B. popularize among the middle class.
C. compensate for the reduced pensions.
D. increase the families’ investment risk.
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