Qi/eslio»s 5-9
Answer questions 5-9 using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS TAKEN FROM
THE TEXT. Write your answers in the spaces numbered 5-9 on the answer sheet.
5.
What are the life forces of the body?
6.
What TWO kinds of illness can be caused by a lack of balance between the
life forces?
7.
Name TWO life changes which may cause an imbalance of life forces in the
body.
8.
What criterion decides the theoretical classification of foods?
9.
What criterion decides the actual classification of foods?
Questions 10-17
Below is a table representing the classification of foods
into the therapeutic types
according to traditional Vietnamese medical theory. There are some gaps in the
information. Complete the table using information from the reading passage.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS FOR EACH ANSWER. Write your
answers in the spaces numbered 10-17 on the answer sheet.
Table of food classification
CLASS
FOOD
EFFECT
cold
leafy vegetables,
some fruit
cooling
hot
meat,
alcohol,
fatty foods
heating
10
honey,
rice
11.
12.
13.
deplete blood volume
wind
raw foods,
fruit
14
15
beef, fowl
16
17.
(not described)
(not described)
QUESTIONS 18-28
You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on Questions 18-28 which refer to
Reading
Passage 2 below
READING PASSAGE 2
The Oeui Supersonic Doom
As the world's only supersonic passenger jet
direct flights with increased comfort
approaches its 26th birthday, a worldwide race
Supersonic flights must not cost significantly
is underway to build the Concorde II The
more than normal flights and that must be one
British Airways fleet of seven has as little as 10
of the primary objectives The market for a new
years' flying time
left British Airways has
commercial supersonic aircraft could be
challenged designers to come up with its
between 500 and 1000
successor before the fleets, operated by BA and
Air France for nearly 20 years, have exhausted
In the United States, Boeing and McDonnell
their commercial lives British Aerospace is
Douglas are working on a successor plane with
working with French and German partners to
the aid of a $1 5 billion grant
from the National
develop a successor capable of carrying three
Aeronautics and Space Administration
times as many passengers Racing against them
(NASA) The first phase of the project began in
are the Americans, also working toward a
the US in 1989, with NASA's High Speed
supersonic passenger plane for the 21st
Research Program (HSR I), which focused
century
solely on environmental issues,
such as noise
and pollution, associated with bupersonic
The projected development cost
is a minimum
travel The second phase, HSR II, will move
$10 billion — so high that only one version is
toward the construction of an aerodynamic
likely to be built in the foreseeable future BAe
craft capable of withstanding the rigours of
and Aerospatiale, which pioneered Concorde I,
daily supersonic travel
have been joined by Daimler
Benz Aerospace
on the joint Concorde II research project The
Boeing and McDonnell Douglas have
European Supersonic Research Program
demonstrated that supersonic travel could be
(ESRP) will be funded by all three countries
economically feasible and that demand exists
They also are involved in wider-ranging talks
for time-saving travel Developments are
with Italian, Japanese and Russian
expected to more than halve the time it now
organizations under the umbrella of the
takes to fly
between London and New York,
International Supersonic Study Group
and between Los Angeles and Tokyo Even
Japanese Aircraft Industries, the Alenia
though it is accepted supersonic jets will be
Company of Italy and the Tupolev Design
banned from flying over populated areas, there
Bureau have been looking at environmental
are still 150 routes of more than 3000km
requirements, certification bases, market
between 81 major cities which they could use
potential, global co operation and business
Rolls Royce is working on
a suitable Variable
compatibility
Cycle Engine which will be quieter and faster
than anything now available It is hoped it will
British Aerospace is looking for a plane
be acceptable for some overland flights, such as
holding a minimum of 200 passengers.
Siberia and northern Canada It will have to be
compared to Concorde I's 100 The aircraft
capable of cruising comfortably and
would have to be capable of flying between
economically at subsonic speeds using a
5500 and 6500 miles at a cruising speed of
turbofan, before the turbojet takes the craft up
Mach 2 5 The British Aerospace idea is for a
to supersonic
speeds over the seas It is
90m-long aircraft carrying 289 passengers
believed that Concorde 11 ib feasible and that
instead of 60m-long Concorde I's 4000 miles at
technically it could be produced tod.i) The
Mach 2 Long distance air travel is constantly
Boeing group is looking at "500 seal 5000 null-
increasing and passengers are asking for more
(8000km) range, Mach 2 4 aircraft which could
make extensive use of composite materials. It
blueprint designed for world leaders and the
probably will take the full co-operation of
wealthy. And there is a joint American-Russian
Europe, the US and Japan to achieve.
venture for a similar aircraft, involving
It appears that there
are also plans to build
Gulfstream Aerospace Sukhoi Design Bureau.
Concorde III, an exclusive supersonic jet to
While many share this dream, it is not expected
carry 12 passengers — a British Aerospace
that such aircraft will enter service before the
year 2010.
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