get the
clay they need?
(A) They buy it.
(B) They make it.
(C) They dig it from the earth.
(D)They barter for it.

29. It can be inferred from the passage that clay is processed commercially in order to
(A) make it dry more evenly
(B) remove hard substances
(C) prevent glaze from sticking
(D) make it easier to color

30. According to the author, what do potters use to remove the pot from the wheel?
(A) Melted wax
(B) A wire loop
(C) A sponge
(D) Plain wire

31. The word pattern in line 22 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
(A) Model
(B) Color
(C) Puzzle
(D) Design

Questions 32-41

£ £ £  The status of women in colonial North America has been well studied and described
and can be briefly summarized. Throughout the colonial period there was a marked
shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in the
frontier areas. This favorable ratio enhanced womens status and position and allowed
them to pursue different careers. The Puritans, the religious sect that dominated the
early British colonies in North America, regarded idleness as a sin, and believed that life
in an underdeveloped country made it absolutely necessary that each member of the
community perform an economic function. Thus work for women, married or single,
was not only approved, it was regarded as a civic duty. Puritan town councils expected
widows and unattached women to be self-supporting and for a long time provided
needy spinsters with parcels of£ land. There was no social sanction against married
women working; on the contrary, wives were expected to help their husbands in their
trade and won social approval far doing extra work in or out of the home. Needy
children, girls as well as boys, were indentured or apprenticed and were expected to
work for their keep.

£ £ £ £ The vast majority of women workld assist in their husbands trade or business.
(C) They should work only within their own homes.
(D) They should be apprenticed.

40. According to the passage, which products were made entirely by women?
(A) Gunpowder and bullets
(B) Cups and plates
(C) Paper and books
( D) Cloth and clothing

41.The lists in lines l9-22 are intended to show which of the following ?
(A) The influence of the Puritans in the colonies
(B) The limits of job opportunities in the colonies
(C) The main industries of the colonial economy
(D) The variety of work done by colonial women

Questions 42-50

£ £ £ £ Beneath the deep oceans that cover two-thirds of the Earth are concealed some of
the most tantalizing secrets of our planet. There the crust of the Earth is thinner and the
unknown mantle--the layer beneath the crust - lies closest, tempting scientists to
drill into it. The first such attempt, the ambitious Project Mohole, got under way during
the 1960s and proved the value of deep-sea drilling by making several test holes in the
mantle beneath the crust before spiraling costs led to its cancellation.

£ £ £ £  Soon afterward, however, work began on the more modest Deep Sea Drilling
Project, which is not aimed at reaching the mantle but at exploring the crust itself. This
venture uses a special ship, the Glomar Challenger, which can be held precisely in
position in the sea--without any anchor--by sound--wave guiding systems and computer-
controlled propellers. From this stable platform, scientists lowered drilling
pipes into waters four miles deep to scoop up cores of ocean sediment and bedrock.
Analysis of the fossil contents has indicated that the ocean floors spread, moving
continents around the Earth .

42. The passage mainly discusses
(A) analysis of£ fossils in the ocean
(B) exploration beneath the ocean bottom
(C) the composition of the Earths crust
(D) the construction of the Glomar Challenger

43. According to the passage, one of the objectives of Project Mohole was to
(A) increase public support for underwater experimentation
(B) test the ocean bottom for unusual ocean sediment
(C) estimate the age of the Earths crust
(D) study the Earths mantle

44. The word spiraling in ling 6 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
(A) Rising
(B) Necessary
(C) Unpredictable
(D) Circular

45.It can be infered from the passage that Project Mohole originally was intended to
(A) involve deeper drilling than the Deep Sea Drilling Project
(B) cost less than the Deep Sea Drilling Project
(C) employ fewer scientists than the Deep Sea Drilling Project
(D) yield more fossil discoveries than the Deep Sea Drilling Project

46. The expressionmore modest in line7 is closest in meaning to
(A) more sophisticated
(B) more timid
(C) less ambitious
(D) less controversial

47.The word precisely in line 9 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
(A) Exactly
(B) Clearly
(C) Economically
(D) Practically

48. According to the passage, computers are used on the Glomar Challenger in order to
(A) measure the spread of the ocean floors
(B) lower its drilling pipes into the water
(C) keep it in one place
(D) detect the location of£ the Earths mantle

49. The Phrase stable platform in Line 11 refers to
(A) the Glomar Challenger
(B) a ships anchor
(C) sound-wave guiding systems
(D) computer-controlled propellers

50. For which of the following terms does the author supply a definition?
(A) mantle (line 3)
(B) anchor (line 10)
(C) sound-wave guiding systems (line 10)
(D) bedrock(line l2)