been put, by accident, on the wrong planet. Out there some where, deep in space, is a beautiful planet where we should have been put, a much more peaceful place than ours, a place with no problems, either real or imagined. The sad thing is that it is probably inhabited by creatures who should have been put on Earth. I bet they have a thriving puzzle book industry too!
20. The writer thinks the world is mad because of.
A. the arms race
B. the increasing world population
C. our spending little time doing puzzles
D. the electronics industry
21. The writer defines a puzzle as kind of problem which is.
A. artificial B. unnecessary
C. odd or strange D. miserable
22. When parents set puzzles for their children, they are trying to.
A. educate them B. test them
C. entertain them D. control them
23. Puzzles like“Odd Man Out”and the number series are also used as tests. The writer thinks that this use of puzzles is
A. amusing B. dangerous
C. clever D. a good idea
24. The writer's questions about the girl on the puzzle magazine cover suggest he finds her smile.
A. attractive B. irritating
C. amusing D. pretty
20. The writer thinks the world is mad because of.
A. the arms race
B. the increasing world population
C. our spending little time doing puzzles
D. the electronics industry
21. The writer defines a puzzle as kind of problem which is.
A. artificial B. unnecessary
C. odd or strange D. miserable
22. When parents set puzzles for their children, they are trying to.
A. educate them B. test them
C. entertain them D. control them
23. Puzzles like“Odd Man Out”and the number series are also used as tests. The writer thinks that this use of puzzles is
A. amusing B. dangerous
C. clever D. a good idea
24. The writer's questions about the girl on the puzzle magazine cover suggest he finds her smile.
A. attractive B. irritating
C. amusing D. pretty
Questions 25~30
One of the most difficult questions to answer is how much a job is worth. We naturally expect that a doctor's salary will be higher than a bus conductor's wages. But the question becomes much more difficult to answer when we compare, say, a miner with an engineer, or an unskilled man working on an oil-rig in the North Sea with a teacher in a secondary school. What the doctor, the engineer and the teacher have in common is that they have devoted several years of their lives to studying in order to obtain the necessary qualifications for their professions. We feel instinctively that these skills