+ Choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best completes each of the following sentences. The Office Charles walked through the office door and into a perfect world of order. The carpet was clear of the paper avalanche which had buried it on the very day it was put down, and the naked desk was dark wood, just as he remembered it from the Sotheby's auction of five weeks ago. Neat file-holders were being put in their proper drawers. Twelve years of trade journals now filled the shelves on one wall. Kathleen strained to close the door of the filing cabinet and then turned on him. 'You have to go to computers, Charles. This is just too much. ' 'Hello, Kathleen. Oh, this is amazing.' He was admiring the room, its antique furniture. He was not visualizing a computer or any other mechanical device in it, not even a pencil sharpener. 'Simply amazing,' he said, altogether skirting the issue of computers. Over the two years, he had known her, they'd had this conversation many times. She could never understand his resistance to the technology when he was so adept at computers and had even published an important paper on computer-mode giftedness. She had been the inspiration for that paper. Via the keyboard, she could dip her fingers into the stuffing of any software and make it into a new animal that could sit up and bark at the moon if she wished. ║ 1, What particularly pleased Charles when he first entered the office? A. Kathleen was working hard to tidy it up. B. The furniture had been rearranged. C. There were no longer any mechanical devices there. D. Its decor was now clearly visible. → Explanation: …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2, Why does the writer regard swimming as a 'subversive activity'? A. She did things on the computer that Charles did not approve of. B. She could do things with computers that Charles considered exceptional. C. She had computer skills that even Charles could not understand. D. She had become resigned to Charles's attitude to computers. → Explanation: ………………………………………………………………………………………………….