40.
(A)led to
(B)to be led to
(C)lead to
(D)leading to

36. (A)discrimination (B)discernment (C)perception (D)precedence

37. (A)facets (B)components (C)constituents (D)attributes

38. (A)comprehensible (B)available (C)intelligible (D)permissible

39. (A)derives from (B)extends from (C)discharges from (D)releases from

41. How is Canale and Swain’s model of communicative competence described in the reading passage? (A)It provides the linguistic foundation for the rules of usage in accuracy and fluency in speaking. (B)It involves participants’ roles, social status, and the interactional functions in educational contexts. (C)It frames important curriculum design and instructional practice in communicative language teaching. (D)It facilitates the content-specific instruction to develop the norms, values, and beliefs of a culture.

42. Which of the followings is true of grammatical competence, according to the reading passage? (A)It refers to the native speaker’s knowledge of the syntactic, lexical, morphological, and phonological features of the language. (B)It refers to the nonnative speaker’s knowledge of the syntactic and phonological rules in the language system. (C)It refers to the capacity to manipulate the words and sentences, similar to the concept of structural competence. (D)It refers to knowing how to use and respond to language appropriately and accurately, given the context and power relationships.

43. How can discourse competence be achieved according to the reading passage? (A)By connecting a series of sentences or utterances to convey meanings. (B)By keeping the communicative channel accessible and using compensation strategies. (C)By applying implicit connection within a particular context. (D)By providing ample evidence for context-specific interactional patterns.

44. How is “strategic competence” defined according to the reading passage? (A)The knowledge of compensation strategies that one can use to repair inadequate information of rules. (B)The knowledge of communication strategies to compensate distraction which limits the application of linguistic rules. (C)The ability to deal with authentic communication in natural contexts and to continue the communicative events. (D)The ability to recognize communication repairs in order to learn context-based language rules.

45. Which of the following statements is true of four competencies of communicative competence according to the reading? (A)Sociolinguistic competence refers to appropriate language use with an emphasis on the culture-specific norms, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns. (B)Discourse competence is generally achieved through the explicit linguistic rules and the meanings are inferred within a culture-specific context. (C)Organizational competence is defined as an understanding of the social context and social rules for appropriate language use. (D)Linguistic competence, organizational competence, discourse competence, and strategic competence are the four competencies commonly entailed in communicative competence.

46. What is the main idea of the reading passage? (A)Influence of economies on language approaches. (B)The need to revise old language pedagogy. (C)The shift of the English language. (D)Importance of language syllabus design.