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B. village
C. manage
D. baggage
1. A. supply
B. superb
C. support
D. suppose
2. A. eight
B. weight
C. height
D. freight
1. A. game
B. gist
C. gift
D. forgive
3. A. phase
B. danger
C. bookcase
D. literature
II. Find the word which has different stress pattern from the other three.
A. sincerity
B. remarkable
C. curriculum
D. combination
4. A. demanding
B. concerning
C. finishing
D. beginning
2. A. parliament
B. position
C. successful
D. abolish
3. A. referee
B. voluntary
C. paradise
D. parachute
4. A. appearance
B. herbivore
C. visible
D. magazine
1.
A. of
B. over
C. about
D. again
C. between
D. up
A. into
B. across
A. by
B. for
C. at
D. in
A. up
B. back
C. down
D. on
4. One of the primary causes of skin cancer is overexposure .. the sun without the use of
sunscreen.
A. in
B. under
C. with
D. to
II. Choose the correct answer for each of the following sentences.
16. You'll get a better . of exchange at another bank.
A. rate
B. value
C. worth
D. charge
B. similar
C. same
D. the same
18. I lost too much money betting at the races last time, so you won't. me to go again.
A. convince
B. impress
C. persuade
D. urge
19. Last year the potato harvest was very disappointing, but this year it looks as though we
shall have a better.
A. product
B. outcome
C. amount
D. crop
20. The shop assistant was . helpful, but she felt he could have given her more advice.
A. entirely
B. exactly
C. quite
D. totally
21. It's an awful. Jane couldn't come. I was looking forward to meeting her.
A. harm
B. sorrow
C. shame
D. shock
22. The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to . new procedures to save
time and money.
A. restore
B. control
C. establish
D. manufacture
C. imaginable
D. imagination
B. imaginative
24. Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have . any solutions.
A. looked into
B. thought over
25. I don't know what was Tong with her this morning. She is usually quite
A. glad
B. pleased
C. cheerful
D. satisfied
26. The air in the house felt cold and . after weeks of bad weather.
A. wet
B. moist
C. damp
D. watery
27. He has a very. temper and often says things he regrets later.
A. angry
B. quick
C. warm
D. bad
B. diary
C. calendar
D. directory
29. You know I'll always stand. you if you are in trouble.
A. by
B. with
C. for
D. up
A. up
B. along
C. outside
D. over
III. Decide the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, C, or D) in each sentence that
needs correcting.
29. Candles A have been use B since the C prehistoric era. D
30. Noise pollution in big, cities can be controlled in the number of ways.
31. Sweetly smelling A perfumes B are added C to soap to make it appealing. D
31. Many people believe that food additive A and other chemicals B used in the production C
algebra or D geometry.
34. Davis devoted his last year A to write B at his home C in Biloxi, near the D Gulf of
Mexico.
35. Often the bottom of a fan A or skillet becomes black B when it is C placed among a fire.
D
36. Isabella danced A in her bare feet B and wore loose-fitting clothing garments C that
D
IV. Choose the correct word form for each of the numbered gaps.
E-MAIL
There can't be many people who are (41) . of e-mail, even if they have never
actually sent one. Although there are some (42) . between e-mail and letters, there are
also many differences. The first is that e-mail is delivered (43) . so it can be a very
(44) . means of communication when speed is important. This speed means that email is more (45) . for communicating over large distances. Another difference is that
e-mail tends to be (46) . informal. People arc much more likely to. use language
which they would consider (47) . for a formal letter. Words spelled (48) . in
an e-mail are less likely to be checked than in a letter. One explanation for this is that an email seems to be less permanent than something (49) . on paper. We can be sure that
the future development of e-mail will have all kinds of (50) .
we communicate.
41. A. aware
B. unaware
C. awareness
D. unawareness
42. A. similar
B. similarity
C. similarities
D. dissimilar
43. A. instant
B. instance
C. instances
D. instantly
44. A. effect
B. effecting
C. effective
D. effected
45. A. practice
B. practiced
C. practical
D. impractical
46. A. related
B. relating
relative
D. relatively
47. A. suited
B. suitable
C. unsuitable
D. suitably
48. A. correct
B. incorrect
C. correctly
D. incorrectly
49. A. written
B. writing
C. to write
D. being written
50. A. expected
B. unexpected
C. expecting
D. unexpectedly
Part C. READING
I. Read the two passages, then choose the correct answer for each question.
Noah Webster's goal in life was to promote the adoption of an American language. He
wanted to free Americans from British English as they had freed themselves from the British
crown. To this end he published a series of three textbooks: a speller in 1783, a grammar in
1784, and a reader in 1785. Webster objected to the way certain words had been borrowed
from other languages, but had not been respelled. The result, he claimed, was a confusing
mixture of letters, many of which were not pronounced the way they looked, and others of
which were not pronounced at all. Webster urged Americans to simplify their spelling. For
example, he argued that "head" should be spelled "hed" and "bread" should be spelled "bred".
Most of Webster's suggestions did not catch on, but his textbooks sold millions of copies.
51. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Three books of Noah Webster
B. Noah Webster and the Adoption of an American Language
C. Simplification of Spelling
D. Noah Webster and the British Crown
53. In the last paragraph, the phrase "did not catch on" means .
A. were not appreciated
54. Webster's books were very innovative, specially when we consider that they were written
in the .
A. late eighteenth centuryC. mid-seventeenth century
B. early eighteenth century
55. The problems that Webster tried to solve did NOT include .
A. unreliable spelling
C. grammar errors
All humans do not have the same type of blood. In different types of blood, certain
antibodies and antigens may or may not be present. There are different systems for classifying
blood, and one of the systems is the ABO system. In this system, a person's blood is classified
as either type A, type B, type AB, or type O. The purpose of this system is to describe which
types of blood are compatible. This means which types of blood can be taken from or given to
a person. There are three principles that govern which types of blood are compatible.
The first principle is that a particular blood type is always compatible with itself. This
means, for example, that a person with type A blood can receive type A blood and that a
person with type B can accept type B blood. It also means that a person with type AB blood
can receive type AB blood and that a person with type O blood can receive type O blood.
The second principle is that type O blood can be given to any of the other blood groups.
Type O can be given to a patient with types A, B, or AB blood. For this reason, type O is
called the universal donor.
The last of the principles is that patients with type AB blood can receive blood from
type A, B, or O. This means that patients with type AB blood can compatibly receive any
other type of blood.
56. The topic of this passage is
A. a particular type of blood
A. a system for classifying types of blood
B. examples of problems with blood
C. the principle of universal donor
57. It is stated in the passage that certain antibodies and antigens in the blood
A. are omitted from the ABO system
B. effects
C. rules
D. trials
59. It can be inferred from the passage that type A blood can
A. accept types A or 0 blood
60. Look at the word donor in paragraph 3. A donor is most likely someone who
A. receives
B. gives
C. shows
D. takes
difficult as the only way to change . (71) was to pull up the front of the "celerifere"
and.(72) it round while the front wheel was. (73) in the air.
"Celerifere" were not popular for long, however, as the . (74) of no springs, no
steering and rough roads made riding them very uncomfortable. Even so, the wooden
'celerifere' was the. (75) of the modern bicycle.
61. A. delighted
B. cheered
C. appreciated
D. overjoyed
62. A. increased
B. enormous
C. extended
D. enlarged
63. A. use
B. play
C. operation
D. service
64. A. resemblance
B. shape
C. body
D. appearance
65. A. fast
B. deeply
C. heavily
D. hard
66. A. surface
B. ground
C. earth
D. floor
67. A. attracted
B. appealed
C. took
D. called
68. A. going
B. getting
C. holding
D. making
69. A. wounds
B. trips
C. injuries
D. breaks
70. A. velocity
B. energy
C. pace
D. speed
71. A. direction
B. route
C. heading
D. way
72. A. roll
B. drive
C. turn
D. revolve
73. A. cycling
B. circling
C. winding
D. spinning
74. A. mixture
B. link
C. combination
D. union
75. A. origin
B. design
C. model
D. introduction
III. Choose the correct connectives for the gaps in the following passage.
Our weather is not beautiful all the time. Perhaps you can remember a day. (76)..
bad weather made you afraid. One kind of bad weather (77) .. scares many people is
called a thunderstorm.
This is (78) .. happens when there is a thunderstorm. (79) .. you see a sudden
flash of bright light. (80) .. a few seconds you hear a loud rumbling sound. This quick
flash is called lightning, (81) .. the loud sound is called thunder. Lightning is colorful;
(82) .., it can cause serious problems. Lightning is electricity (83) .. is moving very
rapidly. It may be moving between a cloud and the ground, between two parts of the same
cloud. The lightning heats the air around it. This hot air expands, (84) .. gets bigger, and
it causes the air to move in waves. The air waves pass you in a series, one after another. (85)
.. you may hear many rumbles and not just one sound.
76. A. when
B. which
C. that
D. what
77. A. when
B. who
C. that
D. what
78. A. when
B. whose
C. that
D. what
79. A. First
B. Firstly
C. To begin
D. At the beginning
80. A. Within
B. Without
C. With
D. Before
8 l. A. but
B. and
C. or
D. furthermore
82. A. furthermore
B. however
C. but
D. and
83. A. when
B. where
C. that
D. what
84. A. but
B. however
C. or
D. moreover
B. The result
C. So
D. So that
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to the one in italics.
86. I wish she was going to the party.
A. I hope she'll come to the party.
B. I'm sorry she isn't going to the party.
C. I'm sorry she didn't come to the party.
D. I'm pleased she might come to the party.
89. Do you realize that I would have been given that job if you had not been silent?
A. As you did not talk I did not get the job.
A. Because you asked I did not get the job.
B. Although you asked I got the job.
B. Although you did not talk I got the job.
Guardian newspapers.
A. I am afraid we have run into a Guardian.
B. There are not any Guardian newspapers left, I am afraid.
C. There won't be any Guardian newspapers to be published, I am afraid.
D. I am afraid we can't run Guardian newspapers any more.
II. Decide the sentence A, B, C, or D that is different in meaning to the original sentence.
96. It was my refusal to obey the policeman that caused my arrest.
A. It was because I refused to obey the policeman that I was arrested.
B. My refusal to obey the policeman resulted in my arrest.
C. I didn't obey the policeman, so I was arrested.
D. I was arrested, so I refused to obey the policeman.
99. But for the principal's help, we would have got into serious trouble.
A. If the principal hadn't helped us, we would have got into serious trouble.
A. Without the principal's help, we would have been in serious trouble.
A. Thanks to the principal's assistance, we managed to avoid serious trouble.
B. We got into serious trouble, but the principal refused to help us.
100. It would he a good idea if you went and asked her yourself
A. You had .better go and ask her yourself.
B. I advise you to go and ask her yourself.
C. I suggest you go and ask her yourself.
D. You went and asked her yourself and that was good.
B. prone
C. phone
D. gone
2. Which of the following words has the underlined part pronounced [v] as in dove?
A. fern
B. of
C. sniff
D. finger
B. astound
C. fought
D. draught
B. vocabulary
C. praise
D. surface
5. Which of the following words doesn't contain the sound [w] as in wing?
A. swear
B. witch
C. aware
D. sword
B. begin
C. require
D. around
B. entertain
C. technician
D. assemble
8. Decide the word which has main stress on the second syllable.
A. surgery
B. vacancy
C. prevention
D. preservation
9. Find the word whose main stress doesn't fall on the second syllable.
A. economy
B. political
C. believable
D. architecture
10. Find the word whose main stress doesn't fall on the third syllable.
A. philosophy
B. engineering
C. adaptation
D. influential
B. get through
C. get across
D. get by
B. made
C. stopped
D. allowed
B. permit
C. agree
D. consent
B. cured
C. repaired
D. recovered
B. converted
C. changed
D. altered
B. got under
C. got over
B. valued
C. admired
D. evaluated
18. The little girl .. over a stone and fell flat on her face.
A. tripped
B. dripped
C. stepped
D. walked
19. There was so much noise that we could hardly .. what the speaker was saying.
A. take in
B. take up
C. bring in
D. bring up
20. I am sorry to hear that Peter and Dick have.. They were such good friends.
A. fallen against
B. fallen out
C. dropped out
D. dropped against
II. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
21. Paul was so.. with his examination results that he didn't smile all week.
A. disappointed
B. delighted
C. proud
D. satisfying
C. quietly
D. widely
B. strongly
23. Which would you.. have, the red or the blue one?
A. better
B. prefer
C. rather
D. choose
B. voyage
C. journey
D. trip
B. at
C. in
D. of
B. since
C. while
D. although
A. priceless
B. invaluable
C. worthy
D. irreplaceable
28. In order to achieve the desired result in this experiment, it is necessary that he .. as
fast as he can.
A. work
B. works
C. worked
D. will work
A. true
B. truthful
C. trustful
D. trustworthy
30. The number of.. in the factory has increased so much that the police have been asked
to investigate.
A. thieves
B. thefts
C. robbers
D. robberies
31. The smell of floor polish still brings.. memories of my old school.
A. up
B. on
C. back
D. over
A. do
B. make
C. join
D. attend
33. At the end of the winter, the price of winter clothes in the shops usually
A. lowers
B. drops
C. falls
D. reduces
C. Do
D. Tidy
C. remembers
D. recollects
A. Arrange.
B. Make
A. recalls
B. reminds
35. When you retire, you will receive a(n) .. from the government.
A. allowance
B. benefit
C. grant
D. pension
28. The proportion of elderly people in the population is steadily.. as they live longer.
A. growing up
B. rising
C. falling
D. raising
36. Early retirement is a.. of reducing the workforce while avoiding redundancy.
A. device
B. source
C. proposal
D. means
37. In the .. of proof, the police could not take action against the man.
A. shortage
B. lack
C. want
D. absence
A. up
B. over
C. on
D. after 16
III. Choose the alternative which is CLOSEST in meaning to the italicized word
41. The performance thrilled the audience.
A. scene
B. sight
C. show
D. actor
B. displeased
C. naughty
D. serious
B. natural
C. valuable
D. expensive
A. discouraged
43. It's imitation leather.
A. man-made
A. argued
B. thought
C. complained D. bargained
A. unhappy
B. frightened
C. astonished
D. amused
C. opinion
D. proposal
C. reluctant
D. unhappy
A. gift
B. invitation
A. afraid
B. eager
A. plant
B. store
C. visit
D. gather
A. pictures
B. ornaments
C. goods
D. papers
A. specified
B. fastened
C. approved of
D. discussed
Part C: READING
I. Choose the correct article for each numbered space.
A skeleton is (51)
stand up. There are over (53) . 200 bones in (54) . human body. Our (55) .
most important bone is the back bone. The bone in our head is called (56) . skull. The
ribs protect (57) . heart and lungs. The outside of (58) . bone is hard but (59) .
inside is softer. The inside is called the marrow. Young children have (60) . soft bones
which keep on growing. When we are about 20 years old, our bones stop growing.
51. A.
B. a
C. an
D. the
52. A.
B. a
C. an
D. the
53. A.
B. a
C. an
D. the
54. A.
B. a
C. an
D. the
55. A.
B. a
C. an
D. the
56. A.
B. a
C. an
D. the
57. A.
B. a
C. an
D. the
58. A.
B. a
C. an
D. the
59. A.
B. a
C. an
D. the
60. A.
B. a
C. an
D. the
II. Read the following text, then circle the most correct answer for each question.
The general principles of dynamics are rules that demonstrate a relationship between the
motions of bodies and the forces that produce those motions. Based in large part on the work
of his predecessors, Sir Isaac Newton deduced three laws of dynamics, which he published in
his famous Principia
Prior 10 Newton, Aristotle had established that the natural state of a body was a state of
rest, and that unless a force acted upon it to maintain motion. a moving body would come to
rest. Galileo had succeeded in correctly describing the behavior of falling objects and in
recording that no force was required to maintain a body in motion. He noted that the effect of
force was to change motion. Huygens recognized that a change in the direction of motion
involved acceleration, just as did a change in speed, and further, that the action of a force was
required. Kepler deduced the laws describing the' motion of planets around the sun. It was
primarily from Galileo and Kepler that Newton borrowed.
In short, Newton's laws of Motion are: (1) a body at rest remains at rest, a.-id a body in
motion remains in motion along a straight line, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, (2)
if an unbalanced force acts upon a body, the momentum of the body changes in proportion to
the force and in the same direction as the force, (3) to every action or force, there is an equal
and opposite reaction.
61. What was the main purpose of this passage?
A. To demonstrate the development of Newton's laws
B. To establish Newton as the authority in the field of physics
C. To discredit Newton's laws of motion
D. To describe the motion of planets around the sun
62. The word 'predecessors' in line 3 refers to
63. The phrase 'prior to' in line 5 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. before
B. after
C. with
D. simultaneously
64. Which of the following scientists established that the natural state of a body was a state of
rest?
A. Galileo
B. Kepler
C. Aristotle
D. Newton
C. state
D. motion
A. rest
B. body
66. Who was the first scientist to correctly describe the behavior of falling objects?
A. Aristotle
B. Newton
C. Kepler
D. Galileo
B.
C.
D.
68. According to this passage, Newton based his laws primarily upon the work of
A. weight
B. speed
C. shape
D. size
70. Which of the following describes Inertia, or the principles of bodies at rest?
III. Decide the best option (A, B, C, or D) to be used in each numbered blank.
ROBOTS
The popular idea of a robot is a machine that acts like and resembles a human being. But
the robots (71) are increasingly being used for a wide range of tasks do not look
human-like (72) all. The robots (73) work in car factory production lines
looks something like cranes. The mobile robots used (74) army bomb- disposal look
like wheel barrows on tracks. And children (75) likened a mobile robot used in school
to teach (76) computer programming to a giant sweet. Robot (77) however,
resemble human beings in the range of actions that they can carry out. Instead of repeatedly
(78) one action, like an automatic machine, a robot can perform a (79) of
different actions. It movements are (80) either by oil or by electric motors, and its
brain is a small computer that directs (81) movements. Inside the computer's memory
are the instructions for carrying (82) a task - picking chocolates from a container and
putting them in the right part of a display box, for (83) . By changing the
programme, the robot can be made to (84) the task, or do something different within
the limits of the activities it is designed (85) .
A. which
B. there
C. they
D. who
A. in
B. at
C. for
D. after
A. there
B. that
C. do
D. to
A. by
B. for
C. to
D. with
A. who
B. are
C. have
D. look
A. it
B. them
C. themselves
D. their
A. must
B. do
C. don't
D. might
A. just
B. not
C. every
D. single
A. chain
B. link
C. line
D. group
A. done
B. made
C. controlled
D. ordered
A. their
B. its
C. whose
D. which
A. out
B. off
C. away
D. with
A. sure
B. certain
C. example
D. pleasure
A. alter
B. vary
C. differ
D. change
A. from
B. of
C. for
D. by
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to the one given in italics.
86. Whoever did that must have been a very brave person.
A. A. Only a very brave person could do that.
B.
C.
87. She doesn't realize how serious her husband's operation is going to be.
A.She realizes that her husband's operation is not going to be serious.
B. She does realize how serious her husband's operation is going to be.
C. She realizes seriously that her husband's going to have an operation.
D.Little does she realize how serious her husband's operation is going to be.
88. He decided to repair the thing himself and not to take it back to the shop.
A.Rather than take it back to the shop, he decided to repair the thing, himself.
B. He decided to repair the thing himself as he couldn't take it back to the shop.
C. He took the thing back to the shop because he wanted to have it repaired.
D.He decided to have the thing repaired and not to take it back to the shop.
92. The shops don't deliver now, which makes life difficult.
A.If shops don't deliver, life would be less difficult.
B. If shops delivered, life would be less difficult.
C. As shops delivered, life wouldn't be so difficult.
D. As shops don't deliver, life would be so difficult.
II. Decide A, B, C, or D which shows the best way of combining the following pairs of
sentences.
96. It was cloudy last Sunday. The photos came out fine.
A. It was cloudy last Sunday though the photos came out fine.
A. It was cloudy last Sunday but the photos came out fine.
B. The photos came out fine whereas it was fine last Sunday.
C. The photos would have come out fine although it was cloudy last Sunday.
97. Women still cover their heads in some countries. They did so in the past.
A. Women still cover their heads in some countries as they did in the past.
A. Women still cover their heads in some countries as they did so in the past.
B. Women cover their heads in some countries similar to what they did so in the past.
B. In the past women covered their heads but they do so today in some countries.
98. She phoned him early in the morning. She wanted to make sure she caught him before he
le: ft ,for work.
A. She phoned him early in the morning so that she wanted to make sure she caught him
100. Tuition lees were increased. There were many objections from students and parents.
A. There were many objections from students and parents, so tuition fees were increased.
A. There were many objections from students and parents while tuition fees were increased.
B. Tuition fees were increased but there were many objections from students and parents.
B. Tuition fees were increased in spite of the fact that there were many objections from
B. further
C. occur
D. occurrence
2. A. measure
B. division
C. precision
D. apprehension
3. A. replace
B. luggage
C. surface
D. palace
4. A. steward
B. sew
C. sewage
D. dew
5. A. fearsome
B. spear
C. gear
D. swear
II. Decide the word whose main stress falls on the second syllable.
6.
A. ingenious
B. principle
C. generous
D. volunteer
7.
A. mineral
B. nutritious
C. safeguarding
D. regulate
8.
A. decisive
B. parachute
C. aeroplane
D. mathematics
9.
A. reckon
B. protein
C. sanguine
D. technique
B. personality
C. potentially
D. territorial
10. A. inability
A. comprising
B. involving
C. holding
D. consisting
12. One condition of this job is that you must be . to work at weekends.
A. available
B. capable
C. acceptable
D. accessible
A. make
B. send
C. get
D. take
A. mind
B. bother
C. forget
D. worry
A. hurt
B. wounded
C. damaged
D. injured 24
A. get over
B. get off
C. get on
D. get away .
A. You dial
B. Dialing
C. If you dial
D. If it is dialed
C. give up
D. take in
A. practice
B. take up
17. Even though she hated the food, her mother . her eat it all.
A. let
B. made
C. forced
D. allowed
C. likely
D. liking
A. like
B. alike
A. use to
B. get used to
C. used to
D. accustomed
A. call at
B. call on
C. call for
D. call out
A. guilty
B. responsible
C. cause
D. faulty
D. for
D. into
D. up
D. over
D. fee
B. ticket
C. fare
D. fine
II. Choose the right word to complete the following English idioms.
26. as hungry as a.
A. farmer
B. hunter
C. beggar
D. fighter
B. moon
C. picture
D. dream
B. snow
C. winter
D. water
B. rooster
C. winner
D. peacock
B. fat
C. a fish
D. an eel
B. flower
C. honey
D. a dream
B. brave
C. strong
D. courageous
B. dumb
C. quiet
D. firm
C. quiet
D. poor
C. quiet
D. poor
27. as pretty us a.
A. flower
28. as cold as.
A. ice
29. as proud as a.
A. cock
30. as slippery as.
A. oil
31. us sweet as.
A. sugar
32. as. as a lion
A. cruel
33. as. as a post
A. deaf
B. wise
B. wise
III. Choose the correct verb form to be used in the numbered gaps.
B. is
C. was
D. has been
37. A. has
B. have
C. are having
D. had
38. A. developed
B. were developed
39. A. require
B. required
C. was requiring
D. have required
40. A. represents
D. has represented
41. A. used
B. was using
C. is using
D. had used
42. A. was
B. is
C. were
D. are
43. A. appeared
B. appearing
C. has appeared
D. had appeared
44. A. predict
B. predicted
C. are predicting
D. will predict
45. A. is
B. are
C. will be
IV. Choose the correct word form for each gap to complete the passage.
School inspectors have found that, contrary to all (46) . children don't dislike
homework at all. In fact, many do more than their teachers suggest, either because of (47)
. about their marks or (48) . for enjoyment. The inspectors' (49) . add to
the evidence of the powerful (50) . effects of homework on pupils' achievement. The
inspectors also recommend the of "homework chatter". These tell parents and children how
much work is expected and provide (53) . to schools to form links with parents who
can check that tasks are properly (54) . International (55) . suggest that a
typical 14-year-old does six hours homework in Britain, eight hours in Italy and almost nine
hours in Hungary, Japan and Poland.
46. A. expects
B. expectants
C. expectancy
D. expectations
47. A. anxious
B. anxiety
C. anxiousness
D. anxiously
48. A. simple
B. simply
C. simplify
D. simplification
49. A. finds
B. found
C. finding
D. findings
46. A. benefit
B. benefits
C. beneficial
D. benefitial
47. A. introduce
B. introduction
C. introducing
D. introductory
A. adding
B. added
C. additive
D. additional
53. A. courage
B. encouragement C. courageously
D. encouraging
54. A. complete
B. completed
C. completing
D. completive
A. compares
B. comparing
C. comparisons
D. comparasions
57. The term "middle class" describes people between the upper and the low social classes.
58. Copper comes from seven types of ores that also contain the other materials.
59. Matthew Henson received many honor for his part in the expedition to the North Pole.
A
60. Silicon chips contain thousands of circuits in an area as smaller than fingernail.
A
61. The waters of the Black Sea conceal numerous archaeologist treasures.
A
62. Two human hairs found at the scene of the crime led the detectives to the eventual arrest
A
the murder.
D
59. There is no definite record of who created and first use traffic control devices.
A
64. Fortunetellers say they possess a certain power that makes them aware of events before
A
them happening.
D
65. Developing new technologies are time-consuming and expensive.
Part C. READING
I. Read the following text and choose the correct answer for each question.
The Empire State Building and its occupants suffered a serious trauma on Saturday
morning in 1945. The Empire State Building was, quite suddenly and without warning, struck
by an airplane.
That morning, an experienced army pilot named Bill Smith took off from Bedford,
Massachusetts in a B-25 bomber with two passengers on board He was headed for Newark,
New Jersey in very foggy condition. About an hour into the flight, the plane was in the middle
of New York City rather than at its intended destination. The pilot was able to maneuver the
plan around several skyscrapers before it crashed into the 79 th floor of one of the tall
buildings, the 102-floor Empire State Building.
When the plane hit the building, there was a huge amount of destruction There was a big
hole in the outside of the building, and parts of the plane crushed through interior walls on the
78th and 79th floors. Then, when the fuel tank exploded, six floors of the building went up in
flames.
There was also a human toll. Fourteen lives were lost in the crash; the number would
have been far greater, however, if the accident had occurred on a weekday rather than on a
Saturday. During working hours, there might have 25,000 people in the building.
66. The subject of this passage is
A. an unusual accident
C. a scheduled flight
B. a military attack
68. Look at the word "struck" in paragraph 1. This word could be best replaced by .
A. flown
B. landed
C. constructed
D. hit
69. How many people, as implied in the passage, were in the plane?
A. 1
B.2
C.3
D. 4
Read the following text carefully, then circle either A, B, C or D to fit each space in the
text.
THE LONDON TO BRIGHTON CAR RUN
The first London to Brighton run took place on November 14 th 1896. It was organized to
celebrate the (71). of a law which made it easier for cars in Britain to be driven on the
roads. Before then, the law (72) .
walking in front of the vehicle with a red flag (73) . of its approach.
Since then, this annual run has become one of the most popular events on the British
motoring calendar, (74) .crowds of over one million lining the route. Only the (75)
. oldest cars, constructed during the ten year between 1895 and 1905, are allowed to
(76) . in it. Lovingly polished by their drivers, who are dressed in the clothing of the
(77) . the cars leave. Hyde Park in London at 7.30 am and arrive, (78) ., in
Brighton some sorry three hours later.
The 60-mile run is not a race there's an official coffee stop on the (79) . and
the cars are restricted to an average speed of only 30 kph. The only (80) . for
finishing is a medal, which is awarded to everyone who (81) . Brighton before 4
pm. The run traditionally (82) . participants from all four (83) . of the
world, including Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia Since the youngest car is nearly a
hundred years old, some of them (84) .down of course. But for the owners of the
400-plus vehicles, it's sin being there that (85) .the greatest pleasure.
71. A. electing
B. passing
C. settling
D. appointing
72. A. forced
B. needed
C. obliged
D. required
73. A. announcing
B. warning
C. declaring
D. forecasting
74. A. with
B. having
C. including
D. along
75. A. quite
B. certainly
C. very
D. surely
76. A. involve
B. take part
C. get engaged
D. include
77. A. while
B. spell
C. phase
D. period
78. A. hopefully
B. intentionally
C. ambitiously
D. purposely
79. A. direction
B. way
C. path
D. process
80. A. earning
B. profit
C. reward
D. credit
81. A. gets
B. meets
C. attains
D. reaches
82. A. appeals
B. engages
C. attracts
D. catches
83. A. edges
B. tips
C. limits
D. corners
84. A. break
B. fall
C. run
D. pull
85. A. lets
B. fetches
C. brings
D. results
Part D. WRITING
1. Choose the phrase or clause A, B, C, or D that best completes each sentence
86. Various societies define. in many rather complex ways.
A. that is successful
B. what success is
C. that success is
D. what is success
87. Equipment failures or damage. can interrupt local service of electric power.
C. which caused
D. caused by storm
88. Before electric. common, Europeans used candles as a source of artificial light.
A. lightning it becameB. the lightning became
C. becomes the lightning
D. lightning became
89. Art critics and historians alike claim that Van Gogh's art.from that of his
contemporaries.
A. is a considerable difference
C. is considerably different
II. Each of these sentences is followed by four suggested explanations but of one is
correct. Decide the correct explanation (A, B, C, or D).
96. Wait a moment! It's on the tip of my tongue.
A. Something is hurting my tongue.
A. I can't speak for a moment.
B. I shall remember it in a moment.
C. The tip of my tongue is sore.
100. What's happened? You look as if you have been in the wars.
A. You look like an old soldier.
B. You are wearing a lot of medals.
C. You look as though something unpleasant has happened to you.
D. You look as though you have been fighting.
B. tough
C. rough
D. enough
2. A. drunkard
B. postcard
C. remark
D. discard
3. A. coward
B. tower
C. powerful
D. mow
4. A. alumni
B. identify
C. idiom
D. pi
5. A. chimpanzee
B. chaos
C. chip
D. fetch
II. Find the word with the stress on the first syllable in each line.
6. A. region
B. rely
C. relax
D. resource
7. A. behavior
B. broadcaster
C. beneficial
D. experiment
8. A. linguistics
B. logical
C. limitation
D. lemonade
9. A. experience
B. efficient
C. extensive
D. evidence
10. A. ancient
B. advance
C. account
D. appear
B. has floated
C. will be floated
D. floats
B. fit
C. match
D. join
A. set out
B. set to
C. set about
D. set up
15. The water workers' claim for a 10 percent pay rise has been under by the
Government.
A. application
B. consideration
C. inquiry
D. regard
A. on account of
B. on behalf of
C. in front of
D. ahead of
15. A man's pay usually from the number of hours he works in a week.
A. results
B. depends
C. starts
D. earns
16. Dentists will always try to save teeth rather than take them
A. off
B. over
C. out
D. down
C. mob
D. flock
A. load
B. pack
18. We can only give you the number of refugees crossing the border at the moment.
A. suggestive
B. indefinite
C. approximate D. unclear
A. delivers
B. includes
C. admits
D. enters
A. get off
B. pick up
C. get past
D. get on
A. certain
B. exact
C. right
D. sure
22. Many difficulties have as a result of the changeover to the new system.
A. raised
B. been raised
C. arisen
D. experienced
A. beach
B. coast
C. shore
D. bank
A. convinced
B. persuaded
C. concerned
D. assured
C. out with
D. through with
A. along with
B. down with
26. After waiting an hour he realized that the bus was to come.
A. improbable
B. impossible
C. uncertain
D. unlikely
A. reminds
B. recalls
C. revises
D. remembers
A. even though
B. despite
C. as though
D. however
II. Select the alternative that is not similar in meaning to the italicized word
31. wealthy
A. rich
32.
C. ingenious
D. well-to-do
B. puzzle
C. disturb
D. trouble
B. queer
C. unusual
D. average
upset
A. bother
33.
B. well-off
curious
A. odd
34.. position
A. job
B. post
C. location
D. employment
B. horror
C. dread
D. sensation
B. treaty
C. dispute
D. reason
B. happening
C. temptation
D. occurrence
B. remarkable
C. magnificent
D. extravagant
B. conquer
C. overcome
D. drag
B. endeavour
C. impetus
D. exertion
35. terror
A. fear
36. argument
A. debate
37.
event
A. incident
38.
splendid
A. wonderful
39. defeat
A. beat
40. effort
A. attempt
III. Decide the correct word form for each numbered gap.
When did the first toys come into existence? Did they represent an attempt by adults to
make children (41) .. , or did they arise from the various playful (42) .. of children
themselves? As everyone knows, the young frequently (43) .. the behaviour of their (44)
.. , and in their play, they often adopt objects (45) ..by adults for entirely different
purposes. These objects (46) .. and lead to games in which everyday articles often play
unusual and (47) .. roles.
It is rather (48) .. that for an explanation of the origin of toys, we cannot turn to
folk stories. However, no traditional talc (49) .. to the origin of toys exists, and so our
knowledge (50) .. to archeological study and From documents.
41. A. happy
B. happiness
C. happily
D. unhappy
42. A. acts
B. actions
C. activities
D. active
43. A. copying
B. copy
C. copies
D. copied
44. A. olders
B. elderly
C. elders
D. olds
45. A. using
B. used
C. to use
D. to be used
46. A. courage
B. are courageous
C. encourage
D. encouraging
47. A. expected
B. expecting
C. unexpected
D. unexpecting
48. A. surprise
B. surprised
C. surprising
D. surprisingly
49. A. relates
B. related
C. relation
D. relationship
50. A. restricts
B. restricted
C. is restricted
D. is restricting
IV. Choose the correct verb for each gap in the following passage.
Although women now have the freedom to (51) .. whether or not the have children.
it is generally a joint decision between the partners involved In fact, in cultures which (52)
.. strongly traditional, the decision to have a baby may well be (53) .. by society,
family and the man of the family rather than the mother. Furthermore, in most modem
societies, with (54) .. expectations from both men and women, there is an obvious need
for major decisions, such as starting a family. Thus it is unreasonable to suggest that women
are solely responsible for the decision to have a child, and therefore it is unreasonable that
they are responsible for (55) .. the child up.
51. A. select
B. elect
C. choose
D. know
52. A. stay
B. remain
C. keep
D. become
53. A. infected
B. affected
C. done
D. finished
54. A. raising
B. decreasing
C. arising
D. increasing
55. A. bringing
B. educating
C. raising
D. keeping
Part C. READING
I. Decide the best preposition to be used in each gap in the passage.
According to some scientists, high-risk sports can be valuable (56) certain types
of people. Such activities help them learn that being frighten doesn't mean that they have to
lose control. The recent fashion (57) jumping from bridges attached (58) a
length of elastic rope, known as "bungee jumping", has now been tried by millions of people
(59) the world, and interest (60) it is continuing to grow.
Before the special elastic rope is tightened (61) them, jumpers reach
speeds of nearly 160 kph. First-timers are usually too terrified to open their mouths, and when
they are finally lowered safely (62) the ground, they walk around with broad smiles
(63) their faces,. saying repeatedly how amazing it was. However, for some people, it
is only the embarrassment of refusing to jump (64) the last minute that finally
persuades them to conquer the fear of heights and push them off (65) space.
56. A. to
B. for
C. with
D. of
57. A. to
B. for
C. in
D. of
58. A. to
B. for
C. with
D. by
59. A. on
B. over
C. round
D. in
60. A. for
B. as
C. in
D. like
61. A. to
B. for
C. around
D. of
62. A. on
B. to
C. over
D. above
63. A. on
B. to
C. over
D. in
64. A. in
B. for
C. until
D. at
65. A. in
B. from
C. into
D. onto
II. Read the passage and circle the best answer for each question.
In the very distant geological past all animals were aquatic. The very first vertebrates, or
animals with backbones, of which we have any fossil record, lived in the water. These
vertebrates, the fish, were adapted to underwater living. Their streamlined bodies were
covered with scales to, reduce surface friction: they had muscular tails so that they could
swim swiftly in such a dense medium as water; and they were endowed with gills for
breathing underwater.
Descendants of fish-type ancestors crossed the seashore barrier and accommodated
themselves to life on land. As amphibians, they possessed limbs instead of fins and lungs
instead of gills. But they never became completely free of the bonds that tied them to the
water; even today_ many amphibians return to the water to lay their eggs.
Millions of years after the first clumsy amphibians crawled over the land newer types of
land dwellers appeared; these animals gave rise to the present-day reptiles and mammals.
They were more completely converted for land dwelling, with bodies and biological activities
far different fro; those of fish. With these special adaptations, mammals have been able to
colonize the woods and meadows, the deserts and high mountains, often far removed from the
sea.
66. Of the animals with backbones, the first to appear were
A. mammals
B. fish
C. amphibians
D. birds
B. gills
B. lungs
C. tails
D. warm blood
B. offspring
C. grandchildren
D. ancestors
70. The passage suggests that the first amphibians used their limbs to
A. swim
B. crawl
C. jump
D. run
B. scales-covered skin
73. The seashore was a barrier for descendants of fish type creatures in that
A. the land once rose much higher above the sea
B. crossing it required bodily changes
C. every attempt to cross it ended in death
D. once they crossed there was no return
B. amphibians
C. land dwellers
D. both a and b
III. Read the text and then decide which word best fits each space. Circle the letter you
choose for each question.
MEDIA AND ADVERTISING
After more than fifty years of television, it might seem only obvious to conclude that it
is here to (76) .There have been many objections to it during, this time, of course, and
(77) a variety of grounds. Did it cause eye-strain? Was the (78) bombarding
us with radioactivity? Did the advertisements contain subliminal messages, persuading us to
buy more? Did children turn to violence through watching it, either because so (79)
programmes taught them how to shoot, rob, and kill, or because they had to do something to
counteract the hours they had spent glued to the tiny screen? Or did it simply create a vast
passive (80) drugged by glamorous serials and inane situation (81) ? On the
other hand did it increase anxiety by sensationalizing the news [or the news which was (82)
by suitable pictures] and filling our living rooms with war, famine and political
unrest? (83) in all, television proved to be the all-purpose scapegoat for the second
half of the century, blamed for everything, but above all, eagerly watched. For no (84)
how much we despised it, feared it, were bored by it, or felt that it took us away from the old
paradise of family conversation and hobbies such as collecting stamps, we never turned it off
We kept staring at the screen, aware that our own tiny (85) was in if we looked
carefully.
76. A. be
B. stay
C. exist
D. prolong
77. A. with
B. over
C. by
D. on
78. A. screen
B. danger
C. machine
D. reason
79. A. that
B. far
C. many
D. what
80. A. programme
B. personality
C. audience
D. tense
81. A. comedies
B. programmes
C. perhaps
D. consequently
82. A. taken
B. presented
C. capable
D. accompanied
83. A. Taken
B. All
C. Somewhat
D. Thus
84. A. one
B. matter
C. difference
D. reason
85. A. fault
B. reflection
C. situation
D. consciousness
Part D. WRITING
Choose the sentence A, B, C, or D which is closest in meaning to the sign.
86.
WARNING :
Street musicians are not allowed to perform in this station.
A. Musicians must not play here.
B. Musicians do not have to play here.
C. Musicians can leave instruments here.
D. Musicians must keep their instruments with them.
87.
Latecomers will not be admitted until the interval.
A. The play will start later than usual today.
B. Please be quiet because the play has started.
C. We never start late for any reason.
D. If you arrive late you cannot go straight in.
88.
The management does not accept responsibility for property
left in the dining room.
A. You cannot bring your luggage into the dining room.
B. You must look after your things yourself.
C. You should give your things to the manager.
D. You should lock things in your suitcase.
89.
Outdoors shoes must not be worn in the sports
hall.
A. Hand in your shoes at the sports hall.
B. Don't leave your shoes outside the sports hall.
C. Change your shoes before entering the sports hall.
90.
Payment must be made at time of booking
A. Allow plenty of time for booking.
B. Pay when you book.
C. Sign the book when you pay
D. It is too late to make a booking.
91.
Please lower volume from 11 p.m
A.
B.Do
C.
D.
92.
Visas will only be issued to holders of return air tickets
A.
B.Book
C.
D.
93.
Public meeting to discuss proposed motorway
A.
B.Building
C.
D.
94.
Do not lean out of the window
A.
A.
B.Do
C.
95.
Members are reminded that they are responsible for any damage caused by their guests.
A.
A.
B.
B.Please
II. Choose one sentence A, B, C, or D that has different meaning to the on sentence(s).
96. I think no city in the world is more beautiful than Venice.
A. According to me, Venice is the most beautiful city in the world.
B. For me, Venice is more beautiful than any other city in the world.
C. I think all the cities in the world are as beautiful as Venice.
D. I think all the cities in the world are less beautiful than Venice.
97. Animals can't speak our language. They can't tell us when they are Link, or annoyed
A. If animals could speak, they would be able to tell us when the: unhappy or annoyed.
B. One day we could speak animals' language and know when they aa unhappy or annoyed.
A. We don't know when animals are unhappy or annoyed because we do:-,7 know their
language.
B. We don't understand animals because we can't speak their language.
98. While I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I will help you this time.
A. Despite the fact that I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, I will help you this time.
B. I will help you this time because I strongly disapprove of your behaviour
A. I will help you this time in spite of my strong disapproval of behaviour.
C. I strongly disapprove of your behaviour, but I will help you this time
B. teammate
C. beacon
D. lean
2. A. challenge
B. snatch
C. brochure
D. chocolate
3. A. arrive
B. steward
C. coward
D. award
4. A. ranger
B. sugar
C. singer
D. giant
5. A. jolly
B. liquefy
C. army
D. crystal
II. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern.
6. A. counselor
B. description
C. inspector
D. amendment
7. A. inexpensive
B. psychiatry
C. patriotic
D. scientific
8. A. priority
B. terrifying
C. identify
D. compulsory
9. A. earthenware
B. evidence
C. disappear
D. slavery
10. A. generous
B. humorous
C. continent
D. insomnia
B. hoping
C. expecting
D. waiting
B. a good condition
C. good conditions
B. leadership
C. direction
D. charge
14. If they aren't careful with their money, they'll get into .
A. loss
B. problem
C. debt
D. missing
B. pouring
C. falling
D. dropping
A. fail
B. failure
C. trouble
D. mistake
A. existence
B. creature
C. people
D. life
A. pension
B. dole
C. scholarship
D. allowance
A. over-hours
B. over
C. overtime
D. extra time
20. Before he left school, his father told him to start thinking about choosing a
A. profession
B. career
C. work
D. occupation
A. anti
B. against
C. opposite
D. according
C. stained
D. puzzled
A. threatened
B. spoiled
A. permit
B. permission
C. allowance
D. agreement
A. every
B. much
C. some
D. all
A. broad
B. much
C. greatly
D. wide
A. in case
B. or else
C. to avoid
D. owing to
A. valued
B. cost
C. worth
D. priced
C. hunting
D. detecting
A. exploring
B. discovering
A. That
B. Since
C. Although
D. Despite
A. practise
B. have
C. take
D. make
II. Choose the best modal verb for the gap in each of the following sentences.
31.. Patrick has got a yacht and a helicopter. He be extremely rich.
A. can
B. must
C. should
D. may
32. Why didn't you do it? You promised you , for certain.
A. could
B. must
C. would
D. might
33. They left only an hour ago. They hardly have arrived yet.
A. can
B. can't
C. shouldn't
D. may
A. can
B. must
C. should
D. would
32. Have you heard about all the complaints? It have been a pleasant holiday for them.
A. can't
B. mustn't
C. shouldn't
D. mayn't
33. There's a chance that he'll arrive in time for supper, but he be a lot later.
A. would
B. must
C. should
D might
34. We waited for you for over an hour. You really have telephoned to say you were
not coming.
A. can
B. must
C. might
D. need
35. You didn't have to come all the way by bus. We have gone to the station in the
B. must
C. would
D. should
35. You have told that joke. Everybody has heard it too often.
A. can't
B. mustn't
C. shouldn't
D. needn't
40. The Mercedes overtook us at a very high speed. It have been doing more than 150
k.p.h.
A. could
B. must
C. should
D. might
B. wealthy
C. wealthier
D. wealthiest
42. A. ambitious
B. ambition
C. ambitiously
D. more ambitious
43. A. journal
B. journalist
C. journalism
D. journalizer
44. A. decide
B. decisive
C. decision
D. decisiveness
45. A. novel
B. novels
C. novelists
D. novel sellers
46. A. credible
B. credibly
C. incredible
D. incredibly
47. A. amuse
B. amusing
C. amusement
D. amusements
48. A. lucky
B. luckily
C. unlucky
D. unluckily
49. A. happy
B. happily
C. unhappy
D. unhappily
50. A. able
B. ability
C. inability
D. disable
IV. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the mistakes
(A, B, C, or D).
51. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween night.
A
52. We had better to review this chapter carefully because we will have some questions
A
The little boy's mother bought him a five-speeds racing bicycle for his birthday.
A
52.
Despite the time of the year, yesterday's temperature was enough heat to turn on the
A
air conditioning.
51. Danny spent such enjoyable vacation in Vietnam this summer that he plans to return
A
54. Anybody who plans to attend the meeting ought to send a note for the
A
chairperson.
55. We thought our cameras were same, but his is different to the one that I bought.
A
56. No one in our office wants to drive to work any more because there are always
A
Read the two passages and circle the correct answer for each question.
The moon revolves once on its axis each time it orbits the Earth thus always presenting
the face to Earthbound observers. However, even to the unaided eye, this unchanging face
shows two contrasting types of landscape - dark, plain-like areas of low relief, and
brighter decidedly more rugged regions which cover about two-thirds of the surface.
Early astronomers mistakenly referred to the smooth dark areas as mania (or seas), giving
the name terrae (or lands) to the bright upland regions. The terms have persisted since,
even though the Moon's surface has long been known to he completely waterless.
61. The Moon's revolution is responsible for .....
A. the way it orbits the Sun
B. the way its own axis is referred to
C. the way Earthbound people can observe it
D. the way it is presented in history books
62. To us, the Moon's face.........
A. never changes
B. always changes
D. sometimes changes
64. One third of the face of the Moon we can see is composed of .........
A. very rough areas
B. low-lying areas
C. light areas
D. upland areas
in your ability grow and succeed. And as your list of compassion dates grows, your
motivation and desire will increase.
Long-range goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They mi: cover five years or
more. Life is not a static thing. We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our
course of action.
66. Our long-term goals mean a lot
A. if we complete our short-range goals
B. if we cannot reach solid short-term goals
C. if we write down the dates
D. if we put forward some plans
67. New short-term goals are built upon ..........
A. two years
B. long-term goals
C. current activities
There is much water (79)................ the surface of our earth that we (80) ................ to use two
words to describe. We use the word SEAS (81) ................ those parts of water surface which
(82) ............only a few hundreds of miles wide, the OCEANS to describe (83)................huge
areas of water (84) ................are thousands of miles wide (85) ................very deep.
71.
A. in
B. on
C. from
D. over
72.
A. covered
B. covering
C. cover
D. to cover
73.
A. them are
B. its
C. it is
D. it's
74.
A. in
B. for
C. to
D. by
75.
A. many
B. few
C. much
D. too
76.
A. moving
B. to move
C. move
D. moved
77.
A. on
B. in
C. within
D. for
78.
A. have
B. is
C. are
D. being
79.
A. on
B. in
C. under
D. across
80.
A. must
B. should
C. have
D. would
81.
A. describe
B. describes
C. to describe
D. describe:
82.
A. have
B. is
C. are
D. will be
83.
A. a
B. the
C. little
D. a little
84.
A. what
B. where
C. which
D. who
85.
A. then
B. and
C. but
D. also
Part D. WRITING
Choose the sentence nearest in meaning to the one in italics.
86. The new law will not be popular with the man in the street.
A. Passers-by will not like the new law.
B. Ordinary men will not like the new law.
C. Poor men will not like the new law.
D. Pedestrians will not like the new law.
87. The boy was too fat to run far.
A. The boy was very fat and couldn't run far.
B. The boy's fatness didn't stop him running far.
C. The boy had to run a lot because he was fat.
D. The boy became ill because he was too fat.
88. "I'll give you a lift home if you like."
A. He offered to give me a lift home.
B. I liked him to give me a lift home.
C. He could install a lift in my home.
A. kites
B. sketches
C. oranges
D. buzzes
2.
A. breathe
B. paths
C. wither
D. marathon
3.
A. supreme
B. complete
C. criteria
D. refund
4.
A. question
B. conquest
C. quest
D. picturesque
5.
A. determine
B. examine
C. discipline
D. undermine
II. Decide the word which is stressed differently from the others.
6.
A. emphasize
B. equipment
C. improvement D. distinguish
7.
A. technology
B. expenditure
C. irrespective
D. discovery
8.
A. iron
B. career
C. supreme
D. absorb
9.
A. universal
B. kilometer
C. cooperate
D. community
10.
A. economical
B. productivity
C. unpleasantly
D. unexpectedly
B. delighted
C. cheerful
D. cheered
B. fed up
C. bored
D. disinterested
13. I am not really........ this kind of music. I prefer music you can dance to.
A. in
B. for
C. into
D. with
14. It's ........ for people to get depressed if they are out of work.
A. normal
B. everyday
C. ordinary
D. typical
15. He deals with the........matters in the office, his boss deals with the important ones.
A. everyday
B. average
C. usual
D. standard
16. House prices ............. greatly from one area to the next.
A. contrast
B. vary
C. distinguish
D. differentiate
D. equal to
18. She is quite ....... and is certainly capable of doing a more demanding than the one she is
doing now.
A. wise
B. bright
C. practical
D. sensible
B. effort
C. account
D. event
20. She quit her job because she was not .......... with her salary.
A. contented
B. delicate
C. serious
D. grateful
B. conquest
C. conqueror
D. conquering
22. More ............ should be given to these people to continue their studies.
A. courage
B. encourage
C. encouraging
D. encouragement
23. It is essential that the Professor ........... warmly welcomed at the airport.
A. is
B. be
C. will be
D. would be
24. People who live in cities spend their lives in an atmosphere of ........... noise.
A. continuous
B. continual
C. continuing
D. continued
B. deafening
C. deafened
D. deafness
26. If trouble breaks out, they may be arrested and even ...........
A. prisoned
B. imprisoned
C. imprisonment D. imprisoning
27. Retirees now have all day in which to do the ........... things they always said they never
had time to do before.
A. numberless
B. numbering
C. numerous
D. numerical
B. trouble
C. troubled
D. troubling
B. origins
C. original
D. originality
30. It's good news: the factory's ........... has increased considerably this year.
A. output
B. input
C. put-in
D. put-out
II. Choose the right option for each gap in the following sentences.
31. ............. you called I was at the conference.
A. At the time
B. By the time
C. In the time
32. Yes, we do eat out ......... , but not very often. It's so expensive nowadays.
A. in time
33. We didn't much like the new neighbours at first, but .......... we grew quite fond of them.
A. by the time
B. in time
A. With time
B. At one time
C. At times
D. In time
35. We're fighting ............. to finish the job for you before the end of the week.
A. in time
B. on time
C. by the time
D. against time
36. ............. the fire brigade found our mountain house, we had put out the fire ourselves with
the garden hosepipe.
A. With time
B. By the time
37. They're most unpunctual people but because the boss was going, to be at the party they
had to be .......... for once.
A. in time
B. to time
C. with time
38. You're quite right, of course, but ......... you needn't have been so rude about it
A. at one time
39. We were allowed ............. to park our car outside our front .
A. by the time
B. in time
C. with time
D. at one time
40. It's wonderful! The trains here always leave, and nearly always arrive ...............
A. in time
B. on time
C. to time
D. with time
IV . There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Find the Mistakes
(A, B, C, or D).
41. Card Anderson discovered two atomic particles that he identified while studied cosmic
A
rays.
42. No one knows exactly how many species of animals lives on earth.
A
43. Assessment instruments in nursery schools they feature items and other materials different
A
44. Michigan's rivers, inlets, and lakes attract tourists who derive pleasure from canoeing and
A
water-ski.
D
45. Analysts have translated clay tablets that demonstrate that the Babylonians were high
A
skilled in Arithmetic.
46. The visual nerves of the brain interprets wave-lengths of light as perceptions of color.
47. It is possible to have wealth but little income and having income but no wealth.
A
48. When a criminal case goes to trial, the defendant may election to have it heard either by a
A
jury or by a judge.
D
49. John Keynes used his knowledges of economics to help his colleagues and himself.
A
50. Government offices store and maintain such documents as certificates of birth, marrying,
A
and death.
D
Part C. READING
I. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) for each of
the questions.
Quite different from storm surges are the giant sea waves called tsunamis, which derive
their name from the Japanese expression for "high water in a harbor". These waves are
also referred to by the general public as tidal waves, although they have relatively little to
do with tides. Scientists often refer to them as seismic sea waves, far more appropriate in
that they do result from undersea seismic activity.
Tsunamis are caused when the sea bottom suddenly moves, during an underwater
earthquake or volcano, for example, and the water above the moving earth is suddenly
displaced. This sudden shift of water sets off a series of waves. These waves can travel
great distances at speeds close to 700 kilometers per hour. In the open ocean, tsunamis
have little noticeable amplitude, often no more than one or two meters. It is when they hit
the shallow water the coast that they increase in height, possibly up to 40 meters.
Tsunamis often occur in the Pacific because the Pacific is an area of heavy seismic
activity. Two areas of the Pacific well accustomed to the threat of tsunamis arc Japan and
Hawaii. Because the seismic activity that causes tsunamis in Japan often occurs on the
ocean bottom quite close to the islands, the tsunamis that hit Japan often comes with little
warning and can therefore prove disastrous. Most of the tsunamis that hit the Hawaiian
Islands, however, originate thousands of miles away near the coast of Alaska, so these
tsunamis have a much greater distance to travel and the inhabitants of Hawaii generally
have time for warning of their imminent arrival.
Tsunamis are certainly not limited to Japan and Hawaii. In 1755, Europe experienced a
calamitous tsunami, when movement along the fault lines near the Azores caused a
massive tsunami to sweep onto the Portuguese coast and flood the heavily populated area
around Lisbon. The greatest tsunami on record occurred on the other side of the world in
1883 when the Krakatoa volcano underwent a massive explosion, sending waves more
than 30 meters high onto nearby Indonesian islands; the tsunami from this volcano
actually traveled around the world and was witnessed as far away as the English Channel.
51. The paragraph preceding this passage most probably discusses
A. tidal waves
B. tides
C. storm surges
D. underwater earthquakes
52. According to the passage, all of the following are true about tidal waves EXCEPT that
A. they are the same as tsunamis
B. they are caused by sudden changes in high and low tides
C. this terminology is not used by the scientific community
D. they refer to the same phenomenon as seismic sea waves
53. The world "displaced" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to..............
A. located
B. not pleased
C. filtered
D. moved
B. deep
C. tidal
D. coastal
56. A main difference between tsunamis in Japan and in Hawaii is that tsunamis in Japan are
more likely to............. .
A. arrive without warning
B. be less of a problem
D. originate in Alaska
B. thousands of miles
C. these tsunamis
C. at fault
59. From the expression "on record" in the last paragraph, it can be inferred the tsunami that
accompanied the Krakatoa volcano ..............
A. antique
B. ancient
C. historical
D. traditional
62.
A. decade
B. period
C. era
D. century
63.
A. constructed
B. assembled
C. collected
D. invented
64.
A. park
B. stop
C. station
D. garage
65.
A. good-looking
B. attractive
C.handsome
D. adorable
66.
A. included
B. contained
C. filled
D. consisted
67.
A. total
B. sum
C. amount
D. number
68.
A. dragged
B. pulled
C. pushed
D. pumped
69.
A. shadow
B. shade
C. gloom
D. glow
70.
A. look
B. see
C. watch
D. observe
71.
A. distributed
B. spread
C.extended
D. moved
72.
A. approve
B. respect
C. admire
D. assess
73.
A. glimpsing
B. sightseeing
C. glancing
D. staring
74.
A. planet
B. globe
C. earth
D. world
75.
A remains
B. stays
C. waits
D. continue
A. for
B. to
C. about
D. with
77.
A. for
B. to
C. about
D. with
78.
A. against
B. on
C. about
D. with
79.
A. against
B. on
C. of
D. with
80.
A. against
B. on
C. of
D. with
81.
A. at
B. on
C. of
D. through
82.
A. from
B. of
C. between
D. among
83.
A. for
B. as
C. like
D. with
84.
A. for
B. as
C. like
D. with
85.
A. for
B. to
C. about
D. with
Part D: WRITING
I. Choose the sentence A, B, C, or D that is similar in meaning to the original sentence
given in italic.
86. She said it had nothing to do with me.
A. She told me that it was none of my business.
B. She told me that it had done nothing for me.
C. The customer called the waiter and said that the soup was too cold for
D. The waiter called the customer to give the cold soup.
94. If you re/Use to carry out my orders you will get the sack.
A. If you refuse to carry out my orders, you will be given a sack of clotheB. If you carry out my orders, you will be made redundant.
C. If you refuse to carry out my orders, you will be criticized.
D. If you don't carry out my orders you will be dismissed.
95. The decision is none of your business.
A. The decision is not covered in your business.
B. You are not busy with the decision.
C. The decision doesn't concern you.
D. Your business doesn't affect the decision.
II. Each of these sentences is followed by four suggested explanations but one is correct.
Decide the correct explanation (A, B, C, or D).
96. He was such a wet blanket at the party tonight!
A. He brought a blanket to the party.
B. He was wet through after the party.
C. He made people at the party wet through.
D. He spoiled other people's pleasure.
97. We are going to get into hot water when we arrive home.
A. We are going to have a nice hot bath.
B. We are going to have trouble.
C. We have to boil water when we arrive home.
D. The water will have become hot by the time we get home.
98. The Jacksons are terribly hard up.
A. They live a long way up the hill.
B. They are cruel people.
C. They are extremely poor.
D. They work very hard
99. I'll lay my cards on the table.
A. I'll have no secrets from you. cold for him.
B. I want to stop playing.
C. I'll be back in a moment or two.
D. Let's continue playing cards.
100. The boss is like a bear with a sore head today.
B. reason
C. feature
D. pheasant
2. A. full
B. skull
C. pull
D. bull
3. A. myth
B. theme
C. thick
D. cloths
4. A. publish
B. stub
C. climb
D. bulb
5. A. insecticide
B. recount
C. campus
D. applicant
II. Find the word with the stress on the LAST syllable in each line.
6. A. happen
B. local
C. expect
D. wander
7. A. correspond
B. separate
C. conclusive
D. appliance
8. A. innovation
B. efficiency
C. misunderstand
D. identified
9: A. evidence
B. disappear
C. fluency
D. tropical
10.A. symbol
B. purpose
C. nuclear
D. exchange
B. change
C. ability
D. opinion
B. usual
C. informative
D. informal
B. fix
C. shut
D. open
B. mysterious
C. wealthy
D. worthless
close
A. lock
15.
D. nation
casual
A. baggy
14.
C. era
opportunity
A. chance
13.
B. area
precious
A. invaluable
B. packed
C. stuck
D. stuffed
17. The teachers at the school ________with flu one after the other.
A. went down
B. went off
C. went out
D. went under
18. To promote him so quickly you must have a very high ________of his ability.
A. view
B. opinion
C. idea
D. feeling
19. He was born during the war, which would ________him about 50 now.
A. give
B. make
C. age
D. calculate
20. The noise got ________ as the car disappeared into the distance.
A. smaller
B. fainter
C. weaker
D. slighter
21. had to be up early the next morning, so I ________ myself and left the party.
A. refused
B. thanked
C. excused
D. apologised
22. The ________ part of the week is always busy for me.
A. front
B. start
C. early
D. near
23. When you come tomorrow, why not ________ your brother with you?
A. fetch
B. take
C. bring
D. carry
24. We had to drive carefully because the road was icy in several ________ .
A. blocks
B. places
C. pieces
D. bits
25. The hotel receptionist said she would ________ what she could do about the dripping tap
immediately.
A. find
B. try
C. see
D. look
B. uncovered
C. discovered
D. recovered
27. As his car had broken down, she gave him a ________ to work.
A. drive
B. carry
C. lift
D. passage
B. much
C. lot
D. long
C. visage
D. light
B. look
B. let out
C. slackened
D. left
III. Choose the correct form of the verbs for each blank.
When the North and the South finally (31) ________ down their arms in the end of the
American Civil War, they (32) ________ for over four years South, which (33) _______
several battles but (34) ________the war, (3) _______economically exhausted. It (36) ______
a tragedy that Abraham Lincoln. (37) _______ the North to victory and (38) _______ now
ready to be generous South, (39) _______ to make the peace. Five days after General Lee
(40)_______ Appmottox, Lincoln was assassinated
31.
A. laid
B. had laid
32.
A. fought
B. had fought
33.
A. won
B. had won
C. has won
D. was winning
34.
A. lost
B. has lost
35.
A. was
B. had been
C. has been
D. would be
36.
A. is
B. was
C. has been
D. would be
37.
A. led
B. had led
C. would lead
D. was leading
38.
A. is
B. was
C. has been
D. would be
39.
A. survived
B. surviving
40.
A. surrendered
B. surrendering
IV. Choose the correct preposition or adverb for each blank in the following sentences.
41. I can't make ............ who it is. He is too far-away.
A. out
B. in
C. for
D. up of
42. I am in charge when Mr. Smith is ............ . I took over from him on June 1st.
A. out
B. in
C. off
D. away
43. There are other harmful drugs ............. alcohol and nicotine.
A. except
B. from
C. beside
D. besides
44. She wasn't paying attention and crashed ............ a parked car.
A. with
B. down
C. into
D. over
C. for
D. after
B. in
B. off
C. out
D. away
47. They took ................his passport so that he wouldn't leave the country.
A. up
B. off
C. out
D. away_
48. The bank can make loan ............. individuals, organizations, governments, and
businesses.
A. with
B. for
C. out
D. to
49. I was besides myself with joy when my father said the car was ........... my
A. at
B. of
C. with
D. into
B. out of
C. to
D. into
Part C. READING
I. Circle the best answer for each space to complete the passage below.
Set in the red desert of central Australia is the mining town of Coober Pedy. At first sight, the
town looks ______(51) to many other such communities, but Coober Pedy is different. Sixty
per cent of its population of some 4,000 people live underground. There are today about 800
underground houses as well as shops, hotels and even churches in the town and the______(52)
hills. Once a site has been chosen, special tunnelling machines are ______(53) in create
passages and rooms in the sandstone. Rock pillars are left to ______(54) the roof, and doors
and windows are cut into the front. Houses are of all shapes and______ (55), the largest
having twenty rooms, and some even have their own swimming pool.
Living underground may (56) strange but in fact it has a ______(57) of advantages. In
summer, the temperature outside can______(58) an astonishing 47C, and in winter the nights
can be______(59) cold. However, inside the houses it remains a steady 25C all
year______(60). Many people say that living underground ______(61) them feel very secure.
There is no problem with noise from the neighbours and the houses are not ______(62) by the
fierce dust storms that regularly______(63) through the area. And of course, if your family
______(64) or lots of friends come to stay, you can ______(65) dig another room.
51. A. similar
B. like
C. same
D. alike
52. A. enclosing
B. close
C. near
D. surrounding
53. A. entered
B. brought
C. worked
D. placed
54. A. push
B. lift
C. rise
D. support
55. A. volumes
B. areas
C. sizes
D. numbers
56. A. consider
B. hear
C. suggest
D. sound
57. A. sum
B. plenty
C. number
D. total
58. A. achieve
B. reach
C. fulfill
D. hold
59. A. extremely
B. heavily
C. sharply
D. strongly
60. A. wide
B. round
C. across
D. along
61. A. makes
B. enables
C. allows
D. gets
62. A. spoiled
B. influenced
C. disturbed
D. affected
63. A. pour
B. sweep
C. flood
D. hurry
64. A. grows
B. rises
C. stretches
D. explodes
65. A. ever
B. regularly
C. always
D. only
II. Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for sentence
below.
WHAT SORT OF SHOPPER ARE YOU?
Love it or hate it, we all go shopping. But there are different types of shopper. Do you
know which kind you are? Abby Edwards asked around
A. Melanie, 22, dancer
I'm an addict - I can't spend enough money! When I have the cash there and then I don't get
miserable. I definitely have difficulty walking past sale signs. My boyfriend's exactly the
same, so we often drag each around the shops. We're an addicted couple!
B. Juliet, 28, personnel manager
I only shop for essentials I hate shopping and only go when I really have to When I do, I
know what I want and I won't settle for anything else. I find shopping tiring and there's always
something I'd rather be doing.
C. Lizzie, 41, secretary
I don't enjoy shopping in the least. I really dislike shopping for clothes can never find what I
want, or anyone to help me look for it. The shops too noisy, everything is disordered and I
find it an absolute nigh Fortunately, I rarely have to shop for clothes as most of my clothes are
given to me. As for food shopping, I go to the local supermarket once a week end get it over
and done with quickly!
D. Ann, 29, nursery worker
I love. shopping but only on certain days and never on a Saturday, as it's far too busy. I'd
say I'm a careful shopper ............ I always set off with a fair idea of what I want, and I never
snap things up immediately. I have to look in other shops, in case I can find a better bargain
It takes ages!
WHICH OF PEOPLE
compares prices before buying things?
66.______
67. ____
68.______
69.______
70.______
71.______
72.______
73.______
74.______
75. _____
Fishermen catch them for sport, and many people keep them (82)..........pets. Fish are also
important in the balance of nature. They eat plants and animals and (83) ......... turn, become
food (84) .......... plants and animals. Fish thus help keep (85)..........balance the total number of
plants and clothes as I animals on the earth.
76.
A. on
B. in
C. among
D. inside
77.
A. in
B. on
C. under
D. inside
78.
A. along
B. through
C. across
D. into
79.
A. on
B. in
C. under
D. among
80.
A. on
B. in
C. under
D. among
81.
A. for
B. to
C. with
D. toward
82.
A. as
B. like
C. for
D. with
83.
A. on
B. in
C. to
D. at
84.
A. to
B. of
C. for
D. among
85.
A. on
B. at
C. in
D. for
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose the best phrase or clause that fits each blank in the following sentences.
86. He looked such a fool with his hair dyed green that I just ........... laughing at him.
A. couldn't help
B. can't help
C. couldn't enjoy
D. didn't stop
87. He found your remarks offensive. You really .............. to him like that.
A. couldn't speak
89. Jim's aunt bought him books on astronomy and football, .............. he ha lightest interest in.
A. either of whom
B. neither of which
C. neither of what
D. either of that
B. in order to
C. so as to
91. Descriptive analysis of language merely reflects ........... used without concern for the
social prestige of these structures.
A. it how grammar structures and vocabulary is
.,g
93. Some language experts might say ............ to a person speaking a language one does not
understand and still determine whether the speaker is excited or exhausted, angry, or pleased.
A. that possible it is listen
B. what is possible to listen to it
C. that it is possible to listen
D. whether is it a possibility it is listen
94. This booklet tells you
A. which are travel agencies to avoid
B. which travel agencies to avoid
C. which travel agencies are to avoid
D. the travel agencies which to avoid
95. ............ when I realized I had left my wallet home.
A. Scarcely had I entered the supermarket
B. Scarcely I had entered the supermarket
C. No sooner had I entered the supermarket
D. No sooner I had entered the supermarket
II. Choose the sentence that has similar meaning to the original sentence(s).
96. Julia forgot to do her homework.
A. Julia did her homework but she didn't remember.
B. Julia forgot doing her homework.
C. Julia didn't do her homework as she didn't remember.
D. Somebody did her homework for Julia but she forgot it.
97. We can't deny that all of us made certain mistakes early on.
A. It can be denied that not all of us made mistakes.
B. It is true that nobody could avoid making mistakes.
C. We admit that we could avoid making certain mistakes when young
A mountain
B. pronounce
C. county
D. poultry
2.
A. deceive
B. perceive
C. ceiling
D. leisure
3.
A. colonise
B. special
C. oversleep
D. aspects
4.
A. won
B. common
C. conceited
D. terror
5.
A. unfortunate
B. nun
C. unanimous
D. unlace
II. Define the word having a different stress pattern in each line.
6.
A. overweight
B. convenient
C. resistant
D. allowance
7.
A. criminal
B. accurate
C. diseases
D. resolute
8.
A. resources
B. televise
C. descendant
D. possession
9.
A. survival
B. scholarship
C. mechanic
D. imagine
10.
A. majority
B. discovery
C. benefactor
D. machinery
B. sun
C. wind
D. feather
B. earth
C. forests
D. mountains
B. daisy
C. lotus
D. carnation
B. a crab
C. a lobster
D. a shrimp
B. a lime
C. vinegar
D. grapefruit
B. rooster
C. judge
D. lawyer
B. precious
C. rare
D. expensive
B. white
C. pure
D. simple
A. strong
B. quiet
C. firm
D. dry
B. strong
C. stiff
D. tough
II. Choose the best option to finish each of the following sentences.
21. No longer .......... to do all her housework with her hands because our family now
owns some new labour saving devices.
A. my mother has
B. has my mother
B. collect
C. take
D. get
23. He gave the listeners a vivid ............ of his journey through Peru.
A. news
B. communication C. account
D. tale
24. She opened the packet and emptied the .......... into a saucepan.
A. fullness
B. contents
C. insides
D. container
B. decide
C. disgust
D. discourage
26. The house stood by itself in the middle of a field. It was completely ............
A. lonely
B. isolated
C. unaccompanied D. unsupported
B. punished
C. inflicted
D. sentenced
28. He was an ........... writer because he persuaded many people to see the truth of his ideas.
A. ordinary
B. influential
C. unlimited
D. accurate
29. Workers who do not obey the safety regulations will be ...... immediately.
A. refused
B. rejected
C. disapproved
D. sacked
30. He had to leave his family ............ when he went abroad to work.
A. at a loss
B. behind
C. out
D. at all costs
31. I went to talk to the manager, he told me he could only ........ me a few minutes.
A. provide
B. spare
C. hear
D. let
32. Can you ............... the BBC World Service on your new radio?
A. put on
B. take in
C. get at
D. pick up
33. A few hours after the injection the feeling of numbness in your arm will........
A. wear off
B. fade out
C. drop away
D. fall through
34. At first the children enjoyed the game but quite soon the novelty ............
A. went off
B. died out
C. died down
D. wore off
35. What you say is true, but you could have ........... it more tactfully.
A_ talked
B. phrased
C. observed
D. remarked Decide
III. Decide the correct word form to be used in each gap in the following sentences.
36. The situation was further complicated by John's ............. .
A. decision
B. undecidedness
C. indecision
D. indeciciveness
C. a handful
D. a handfulness
B. hands
38. In his anxiety to make himself ............, he 'spoke too loudly and too slowly.
A. understand
B. understood
C. understanding D. to understand
39. Now that she has got a job, Huong is .............. of her parents.
A. dependent
B. dependable C
independent
D. depending
B. pointing
C. pointed
D. pointless
41. If you behave with this sort of ................ to your customers, I don't think you'll remain in
business long.
A. unpolite
B. impolite
C. impoliteness
D. unpoliteness
42. The speaker showed his ........... by constantly straightening his tie.
A. nerves
B. nervous
C. nervelessness
D. nervousness
B. selfishness
C. selfless
D. selflessness
44. My son, now that you're the head of the family, you must take your .......... place at the
head of the table.
A. right
B. rightness
C. rightful
D. right-hand
45. I need a new secretary. I want someone who is charming, efficient and absolutely .........
A. trusting
B. trustful
C. trusted
D. trustworthy
IV. Choose the correct phrase for the gap in each of the sentences.
46. ............... the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse, drawn.
A. Akin to
B. Prior to
C. In addition to
D. With refer
B. in memory of
C. instead of
D. independent of
48. Let us hope that.......... a nuclear war, the human race still survive.
A. in relation to
B. with reference to
D. in the event of
49. Of course I'll play the piano at the party but I'm a little .............. .
A. out of use
B. out of place
C. out of turn
D. out of practice
50. This is ............... the most difficult job I've ever tackled.
A. by far
B. by all means
C. by the way
D. by rights
Part C. READING
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each question.
Unlike buried treasure and some minerals, fossils are usually not valuable in themselves.
However, most of the fossils you find will be of greatest value to you. They will help you
learn much about the geologic history of the earth and its inhabitants.
If it were not for fossils, we would have no way of knowing about the animals that once
roamed the earth or that once crawled on the bottom of the ancient seas. In fact, we would not
even know for sure that there were seas in some regions if it were not for the many fossils of
sea animals that we find there.
You can look at some fossils and see for yourself the shape of the animals. Even if you collect
only bits of one kind of fossil, you may still be able to tell what it looked like. Making sense
out of fossil bits is a little like working a jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes you will lose pieces, but
you can still recognize the picture and even use your imagination to fill in the missing details.
The habits of ancient sea animals are not so easy to do Therefore, scientists study the structure
and the habits of similar living animals to learn what the ancient ones must have been like.
There are some things, however, that neither the study of fossils nor the study of living
animals can tell us. For example, no one knows what colour most ancient sea animals were.
Also, since the soft parts disappeared soon after death, many details of their internal structure
are unknown. So the pictures of ancient sea creatures (as well as dinosaurs!) are what
scientists think the animals looked like. Reconstructing the life of an ancient sea animal on the
basis of fossil evidence and the characteristics of similar living animals is a little like relying
on circumstantial evidence in court.
51. This passage is mainly about animals that.............
A. have very tough hides.
B. study
C. find out
D. imitate
55. This passage implies that a scientist's evaluation of the past is based on ...........
A. laboratory experiments with live animals.
B. a few facts mixed with a lot of opinions.
C. predictions made in the past and present.
D. field studies of our society.
II. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.
THE CRUSADES WIDEN EUROPE'S HORIZONS
The cross-bearers who went on the long journey to the Middle East from France, England,
Germany and Italy knew little of the kind of people they were going to meet there. All they
knew was that they were going to try to take sacred territory from the hands of "the Infidels",
"unbelievers whose God. and Prophet were different from their own. After once mal; with the
East, the crusaders were surprised to find there a highly culture which was not only much
older than Europe's but in many ways quite superior.
Islam and Christianity had many things in common - most importantly, a belief in one God.
The Islamic codes of morality and hospitality deeply impressed the men from the West. At a
time when losses from pestilence called for every bit of medical skill available, doctors
accompanied the crusaders discovered that Moslem medicine was f of their own.
56. The best title for this selection would be .............
A. The Conquest of the Middle East.
C. Crusades of Europe.
57. The crusaders were surprised to discover that Moslem culture was ...............
A. less advanced than their own.
B. suffered so greatly.
C. were so rude.
D. were Christians.
59. We can conclude from the passage that wounded crusaders were ...........
A. left to die unaided.
B. helped by Moslem medical knowledge.
C. carried home for medical treatment.
D. cured by their accompanying doctors.
60. The word pestilence, as used in this passage, is closest in meaning to ................
A. infection.
B. wound.
C. epidemic disease.
D. insect poison.
III. Choose the best preposition or adverb for each gap in the following passage.
ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture is a Chinese medical technique which has been pi more than 4000 years. It
involves inserting long thin needles (61) ............... .particular spots in the skin, known as
acupuncture points, and rotating them. It is mainly used to relieve pain but it is also
sometimes used (62) ............. curing disease and improving general health.
Acupuncture is one of the great mysteries of medical science. There is little doubt that it can
be effective (63) ............. relieving pain. Western doctors have witnessed surgical operations
carried out (64) ............. Chinese patients who were anaesthetized only (65) ...........
acupuncture and yet showed no signs of pain. However, Western scientists have still not come
(66) ................. an adequate explanation as to how acupuncture actually works. At one time it
was believed that acupuncture was related in some way (67) ............ hypnosis, but this has
now been proved not to be true. Still, acupuncture is becoming increasingly popular in the
West, (68) ................ many American and European doctors now believing acupuncture may
have a role to play in medicine, although most argue that much more research needs to be
done first.
In 1972, acupuncture received some welcome publicity as a result of President Nixon's trip
(69) ............... China. Nixon became ill (70) ............ the trip and was rushed to hospital. He
later told reporters that acupuncture had greatly relieved his pain.
61. A. in
B. into
C. through
D. on
62. A. for
B. in
C. by
D. with
63. A. for
B. in
C. with
D. on
64. A. by
B. on
C. with
D. for
65. A. by
B. on
C. with
D. for
66. A. into
B. across
C. up with
D. on
67. A. of
B. into
C. with
D. to
68. A. of
B. for
C. with
D. as
39. A. in
B. to
C. into
D. through
40. A. on
B. during
C. in
D. through
B. period
C. occasion
D. mark
72. A. although
B. except
C. despite
D. otherwise
73. A. clean
B. shiny
C. smooth
D. clear
74. A. contacted
B. communicated
C. informed
D. greeted
75. A. companions
B. partners
C. rivals
D. opponents
76. A. claimed
B. demanded
C. asked
D. mention
77. A. In spite
B. Though
C. However
D. Despite
78. A. had
B. was
C. did
D. got
79. A. made
B. allowed
C. let
D. produced
80. A. yet
B. even
C. whereas
D. otherwise
81. A. those
B. some
C. they
D. ones
82. A. even
B. so
C. just
D. such
83. A. where
B. when
C. which
D. while
84. A. considerably
B. extremely
C. absolutely
D. completely
85. A. being
B. having
C. doing
D. making
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose A, B, C, or D to show the best way of making A. sentence from the words and
phrases given.
B. apprehension
C. adventure
D. facility
2. A. recommend
B. recollect
C. reclaim
D. recognition
3. A. preferable
B. derivation
C. preparation
D. preliminary
4. A. envelopes
B. communicates
C. headaches
D. judges
5. A. hatched
B. learned (adj)
C. dedicated
D. needed
II. Choose the word whose prominent stress is different from the others in the same line.
6. A. computer
B. imagine
C. property
D. horizon
7. A. electric
B. luxury
C. architect
D. mineral
8. A. arithmetic
B. assassinate
C. agriculture
D. contributor
9. A. preservation
B. potentially
C. perversity
D. magnificent
10. A. trigonometry
B. dramatically
C. photochemical
D. documentary
B. all
C. whole
12. I do not think that purple shirt .......... with your yellow skirt.
D. at all
A. suits
B. fits
C. goes
D. wears
13. The main road through Salisbury was blocked for 2 hours today after an accident ..........
several vehicles.
A. containing
B. connecting
C. involving
D. including
14. The company directors asked the government to ......... in the dispute and prevent a strike.
A. intervene
B. interact
C. intercept
D. interpose
15. After the campaign a special medal was ............ to all combatants.
A. gained
B. awarded
C. earned
D. deserved
16. The usual reason for exemption from tax does not ................. in this case.
A. apply
B. impose
C. regard
D. concern
17. We don't sell foreign newspapers because there is no ........... for them.
A. request
B. claim
C. requirement
D. demand
B. supersede
C. overcome
D. outclass
19. must take this watch to be repaired as it ............. over 20 minutes a day.
A. increases
B. progresses
C. accelerates
D. gains
20. That was absolutely delicious. Can you give me the ..........?
A. formula
B. instruction
C. prescription
D. recipe
II. Choose the correct word form among A, B, C or D to fill each of the blanks to finish
the following passage.
Every weekend in Britain thousands of walkers head off into the countryside with the
necessary (21) .............. to enjoy their hiking. One thing they will not leave behind because it
is considered an absolute (22) ............. is their Ordnance Survey Map. These maps are
(23) ............. to the walkers as they are very (24) ............. with up-to-date details about every
part of the country. The Ordnance Survey (25) ............. in the eighteenth century and was (26)
............. intended to provide the army of the time with maps. Before this most maps were (27)
............. and unreliable. Better maps were thought to be important because the country felt
(28) ............. by invasion from abroad or (29) ............. at home. The organisation is still
wholly owned by the Government, but it was recently given (30) ............. fund status, which
allows it to reinvest any profits.
21. A. equip
B. equipment
C. equipped
D. equipments
22. A. necessity
B. necessary
C. necessitate
D. necessarily
23. A. valueless
B. valuable
C. value
D. unvaluable
24. A. informant
B. information
C. informative
D. inform
25. A. beginning
B. began
C. begin
D. begun
26. A. originate
B. origin
C. originally
D. originates
27. A. accurate
B. inaccurate
C. accuracy
D. unaccurate
28. A. threatening
B. threat
C. threatened
D. threaten
29. A. rebelling
B. rebellion
C. rebel
D. rebels
30. A. trader
B. trade
C. traders
D. trading
III. Choose the most suitable preposition among A, B, C or D for each gap to complete
the passage.
If you look at the sky (31) .......... a clear night, you will see that there are so many twinkling
lights that nobody is able to count them all. Most of these lights are stars. They are (32) ..........
big moving balls in the sky. The stars we see (33) .......... night are much farther away
(34) .......... our sun, which is also a star. Some of these stars are like our earth, they arc
(35) .......... More solid material. They are called planets. They shine just as a mirror does
when you hold it (36) .......... the sunlight. Instead (37) .......... giving (38) .......... the light of
their own, these planets reflect the light (39) .......... our sun. The other planets of the sun are
much closer (40) .......... our planet earth than the stars are. However, these other planets are
very far away. It would take a travelling more than 60,000 miles an hour about five months to
reach the nearest one.
31. A. on
B. at
C. in
D. from
32. A. as
B. like
C. above
D. under
33. A. on
B. at
C. beside
D. be yond
34. A. between
B. of
C. from
D. ne xt
35. A. from
B. by
C. of
D. in
36. A. to
B. against
C. opposite
D. across
37. A. along
B. from
C. with
D. of
38. A. up
B. back
C. out
D. in
39. A. from
B. of
C. with
D. by
40. A. to
B. away
C. from
D. within
IV. Choose the correct verb form among A, B, C or D for each numbered gap to
complete the passage.
I (41) ............. up while flight attendant was serving breakfast. The plane was, crossing the
Channel, and when I looked out of the window, I could see ships far below. I (42)............
home after a long time abroad, I had been away for over years. I didn't know what to expect. I
wondered whether things (43) ............ much.
The plane landed and the bus took us to the terminal building. After (44) ............
my luggage, I walked out of the baggage hall. I didn't know whether anyone there to meet me.
But when I appeared, I had a big surprise. half my family were there. It was wonderful.
(46)............ the old town," my sister told me. "Almost everything has changed since you last
(47) ............ it. They are building a new bridge at the moment. They (48) .......... it for the past
three years, but they (49) ............ it yet." I've been back for nearly a month now. And my sister
was right. The place very different, but strangely enough it still (50) ............ the same,
e the people that I love are here. I'm leaving again in a few weeks' time. but I know that even
if I'm away for twenty years again, this will always be my home.
41. A. waked
B. woke
C. awake
D. awaken
42. A. come
B. am coming
C. was coming
C. have changed
44. A. collected
B. collecting
C. having collected
D. collect
45. A. is
B. are
C. were
D. would be
B. didn't recognise
C. won't recognise
D. wouldn't recognise
47. A. see
B. seen
C. have seen
48. A. build
B. build
D. saw
D. have built
B. hasn't finished
B. feeling
C. felt
D. feels
V. In each line below, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose the one word
or phrase (A, B, C or D) that would not be accepted in standard English.
51. Even though the girls have all ready visited St. Augustine, they want to return
A
53. If it had not been for the computerized register tape from the grocery store, I never have
A
55. It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft, comfortable to lie on.
56. Tim hopes Go skiing in the mountains this weekend if the weather permits
A
57. The political candidate talked as if he has already been elected to the presidency.
A
58. The teacher tried to make the classes enjoyable experiences for the students so they would
A
60. John said he will invited some of his friends to dinner so Mary had to buy some more food
A
and drink.
Part C. READING
I. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by choosing the best
option among A, B, C or D.
The forest from which Man takes his timber is the tallest and impressive plant community on
Earth. In terms of Man's brief, it appears permanent and unchanging, save for the seasonal
growth and fall of he leaves, but to the forester, it represents the climax of a long succession
of events.
No wooded landscape we see today has been forest for all time. Plants have minimum
requirements of temperature and moisture and, in ages past, virtually every part of Earth's
surface has, at some time, been either too dry or too cold for plants to survive.
However, as soon as climatic conditions change in favour of plant life, a fascinating sequence
of changes, called a primary succession, occurs first to colonize the barren land and the lichen
surviving on bare rock. Slowly, the acids produced by these organisms crack the rock's
surface, plants debris accumulate and mosses establish shallow root-holes. Ferns may follow
and, with short grasses and shrubs, gradually form a covering of plant life. Roots : Ace even
deeper into the developing soil and eventually large shrubs give way to the first trees. These
grow rapidly, cutting off sunlight from the smaller plants, and soon establish complete
domination - closing their ranks forming a climax community which may endure for
thousands of years. Yet even this community is not everlasting. Fire may destroy it outright
and settlers may cut it down to gain land for pasture or cultivations. If the land is men
abandoned, a secondary succession will take over, developing much faster on the more
hospitable soil. Shrubs and trees are among the early invaders, their seeds carried by the wind,
by birds and lodged in the coat of mammals.
For as long as it stands and strives, the forest is a vast machine storing energy and the many
elements essential for life.
61. Why do we tend to think the forest as permanent?
A. Because the trees are so tall.
B. Because it is renewed each season.
C. Because our lives are comparatively short.
D. Because it is an essential part of our lives.
62. What has sometimes caused plants to die out in the past?
A. Interference from foresters.
B. Variations in climate.
C. The absence of wooded land.
D. The introduction of new types of plants.
63. In a "primary succession", what makes it possible for mosses to take root?
A. The type of rock.
(73).......... between speakers and their situation. A machine cannot (74) .......... the difference
between the English expression "Look out" meaning "Be careful!" and "Look out" meaning
"Put your head out of the window". You need a human being to (75) .......... the situation.
(76) .......... with written language, it is difficult for a machine to know how to translate
(77).......... because we rarely translate every word (78) .......... the contrary, we try to take into
consideration how the idea would be (79).......... in the other language. This is hard to do
because every language has its own way of (80).......... and saying this.
66. A. advances
B. steps
C. progress
D. advantages
B. In addition
C. However
D. Besides
68. A. arrives
B. goes
C. comes
D. reaches
69. A_ talking,
B. saying
C. speaking
D. telling
70. A. obvious
B. direct
C. straight
D. straightforward
71. A. grammar
B. vocabulary
C. words
D. sentences
72. A. number
B. variety
C. plenty
D. couple
73. A. relations
B. relationship
C. attitude -
D. action
74. A. say
B. speak
C. talk
D. tell
75. A. interpret
B. understand
C. think
D. believe
76. A. However
B. In contrast
C. Similarly
D. In addition
77. A. exactly
B. righteously
C. rightfully
D. accurately
78. A. With
B. For
C. On
D. By
79. A. translated
B. expressed
C. spoken
D. said
80. A. doing
B. working
C. making
D. creating
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose the phrase or clause A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
81. I have never seen ......... before.
A. such good film
B. so good film
C. so good a film
B. did I realise
C. that I realise
D. do I realise
B. take to
C. take after
D. take out
II. Choose the sentence among A, B, C or D that is closest in meaning original sentence.
91. Criteria like language or tribe can become the basis for disintegration.
A. Political disintegration can be based on criteria like language or tribe.
B. Language or tribe are criteria of political disintegration.
C. Political disintegration are basic to criteria like language or tribe.
95. "Nothing will persuade me to sleep in that haunted house," she said
A.She denied sleeping in that haunted house.
B. She flatly refused to sleep in that haunted house.
C. She refused to sleep in that haunted house.
D.She denied having slept in that haunted house.
96. We regret to inform you that your application hasn't been successful.
A. Much to our regret, we have to inform you that your application hasn't been successful.
A. Much from our regret, we have to inform you that your application hasn't been successful.
C. Much of regret, we have to inform you that your application hasn successful.
D. Much with our regret, we have to inform you that your application been successful
97. The demand was so great that they had to reprint the book immediately.
A. So was the demand for the book that they had to reprint it immediate
B. Such was the demand for the book that they had to reprint it immediate
A. So great the demand was for the book that they had to reprint immediately.
B. Such great was the demand for the book that they had to reprint immediately.
100. You won't find a more dedicated worker than Mrs. Jones anywhere.
A. Nowhere will you find a more dedicated worker than Mrs. Jones.
B. Nowhere will you find a more dedicated worker like Mrs. Jones.
C. Nowhere won't you find a more dedicated worker than Mrs. Jones.
D. Nowhere you will find a more dedicated worker than Mrs. Jones.
B. soldier
C. education
D. credit
2. A. architecture
B. charity
C. christen
D. cholera
3. A. earflaps
B. attached
C. delicate
D. astrology
4. A. crabbed
B. aged (n)
C. crooked
D. raised
5. A. reality
B. gravity
C. abnormality
D. responsibility
II. Choose the word whose prominent stress is different from the others in the same line.
6. A. career
B. avoid
C. manage
D. advise
7. A. burglary
B. employment
C. courageous
D. dependent
8. A. computer
B. expression
C. instantly
D. appliance
9. A. elementary
B. continental
C. beneficial
D. dormitory
10. A. curriculum
B. enthusiast
C. subordinate
D. democratic
B. said
C. told
D. mentioned
B. speaks
C. is speaking
D. has spoken
13. Tony's boss doesn't want him to ............ a habit of using the office phone for personal calls.
A. make
B. do
C. have
D. increase
14. You can't enter this camp without ............ from the General.
A. a control
B. a demand
C. a permit
D. an allowance
15. Buy the new ............ of soap now on sale; it is softer than all others.
A. model
B. brand
C. mark
D. manufacture
16. The forecast predicted ............ weather with snow, sunshine, wind and thunder and that is
B. various
C. variable
D. fluctuating
17. That's a nice coat, and the colour ............ you well.
A. fits
B. matches
C. suits
D. couples
18. I can no longer afford the cost of ............ two cars, so I am selling one.
A. managing
B. running
C. controlling
D. operating
19. You should ............ a lawyer before you sign the document.
A. consult
20.
B. counsel
C. check
D. communicate
B. occupation
C. post
D. employment
II. Choose the correct option among A, B, C or D for each numbered gag to complete the
sentences.
21. At first I didn't recognize her because she ........... at least fifty pounds.
A. lost
B. might lose
C. had lost
D. would lose
22. Eva's got so.............to opera that it has become a constant companion of her life.
A. used to listening
B. used to listen
C. used in listening
D. use to listen
23. Had she wanted company, she............John's advice and called at her sister's
A. would take
C. had taken
24. By this time next year Peter ............ his master degree.
A. has taken
C. will have taken
B. will take
D. will be taking
B. doesn't she
C. is it
D. is she
B. drinks
C. drank
D. drink
27. I'll return Nancy's dictionary to her the next time I ............her.
A. will see
B. see
D. have seen
28. In to or three months, he.......... an advance on his book and be able to put money down.
A. have
B. will have
C. have had
D. is having
29. To take off her boots or to put them on was an agony to her, but it .......... an agony for
years.
A. was
B. were
C. had been
D. has been
B. didn't pass
III. Choose the correct word form among A, B, C or D for each numbered gap to complete
the passage.
Linda Devere Hardy, who died last week, was a famous woman. In the 1920s she was (31)
.......... to learn to fly, and became the first woman to become u fully (32).......... pilot. Her solo
(33)..........from London to Delhil was one of the greatest achievements of the early days of
aviation. Her (34) .......... to Angus Hardy took place after the end of the Second World War.
With his (35) .........., she wrote a number of (36).......... stories in the 1950s, which achieved
great (37).......... In 1962, her husband's tragic (38).......... in a car crash ended her (39)..........
career, and she spent the rest of her life on an (40).......... island off the coast of Scotland.
31. A. determined
B. determine
C. determining
D. determiner
32. A. qualifying
B. quality
C. qualified
D. qualify
33. A. flying
B. flew
C. flight
D. flown
34. A. marrying
B. marriage
C. marry
D. married
35. A. courage
B. encourage
C. courageous
D. encouragement
36. A. detective
B. detecting
C. detect
D. detectors
37. A. popularize
B. popularity
C. popular
D. popularization
38. A. die
B. dead
C. death
D. dying
39. A. literature
B. literary
C. literal
D. literacy
40. A. isolated
B. isolate
C. isolation
D. isolating
IV. Choose the best idiomatic expression among A, B, C or D to finish the following
sentences.
41. I am under the weather today. Under the weather means ..............
A. sick.
B. happy.
C. sad.
D. disappointed.
42. If your visits to a doctor are few and far between, it means
A. you get used to receiving medical treatment.
B. you do not get used to receiving medical treatment.
C. you like to visit a doctor.
D. you don't like to visit a doctor.
43. Everybody wished them to live happily for good. For good means ..............
A. in the end.
B. forever.
C. continuously.
D. temporatily
B. to decide.
C. to hurry.
D. to act a
45. She was racking her brains to understand me. Racking one's brains mea ..............
A. trying hard.
B. having a headache.
C. being eager.
46. The skeleton gave the impression that it was about to leap out at n about to leap means
A. was on the point of leaping.
47. You are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the sari. Keeping an eye on
means ..............
A. looking at.
B. seeing.
C. watching.
D. seeing
48. All at once, I noticed that my wife seemed to be filled with alarm once means ..............
A. suddenly.
B. immediately.
C. instantly.
D. momentarily
B. to be happy.
C. to be hot-tempered.
D. to be quick-witted.
50. Carla always takes her time on the phone. She really enjoys calling friends and going on
and on about work. To take one's time means ..............
A. to save time.
B. not to hurry.
C. to consume time.
D. to waste time.
51. If someone asks you why you did something and you can't thin reason, you might respond
"Search me". Search me means .............. .
A. look for me.
B. I don't know.
D. I don't care.
B. it becomes successful.
C. it is doing well.
53. The detective left no stone unturned in his search for the missing jewels. It means ..........
A. he checked everywhere.
54. Since it is to be a surprise, don't let the cat out of the bag. Let the cat out of the bag
means ..........
A. let the bag away from the cat.
55. with butterflies in my stomach, I waited for my interview. With butterflies in one's
stomach means .............
A. nervously.
B. patiently.
C. happily.
D. courageously.
V. In each line below, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose the one or
phrase (A, B, C or D) that would not be accepted in standard English.
56. decided to buy in the morning a new car, but in the afternoon he changed his mind.
A
57. Some of the plants in this store require very little care, but this one needs
A
59. We insist on you leaving the meeting before any further outbursts take place.
A
60. It has been a long time since we have talked to John, isn't it ?
A
61. Henry objects to our buying this house without the approval of our attorney, and John
A
does so.
D
62. The children were playing outdoors when it began rain very hard.
1
63. People respected George Washington because he was a honest man. and he turned
out
A
Part C. READING
I. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by el the best option
among A, B, C or D.
According to the best evidence gathered by space probes and astronomers, Mars is an
inhospitable planet; more similar to Earth's moon than to Earth itself It is frozen solid,
blanketed by the mere wisp of an atmosphere - a dry, stark, seemingly lifeless world.
They have begun to seriously investigate the possibility of transforming Mars into a
more Earth-like planet and animal life from Earth, and eventually establishing
permanent human colonies. "It was once thought to be so far in the future as to be
irrelevant," said Christopher McKay, a research scientist at the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration. "But now it is starting to look practical. We could do it in
four of five decades."
The idea of "terra-forming" Mars, as enthusiasts call it, has its roots in science fiction.
But as researchers develop a more profound understanding of how Earth's ecology
supports life, they have begun to see that it may be possible to create similar conditions
on Mars.
66. With which of the following is the passage primarily concerned?
A. The possibility of changing the Martian environment.
B. The challenge of interplanetary travel.
C. The advantage of establishing colonies on Mars.
D. The need to study the Martian ecology.
67. Which of the following does the author NOT give as a characteristic of the planet Mars?
A. It is cold and dry.
B. It is quite similar to Earth' moon.
C. It apparently has no life.
D. It has a rich atmosphere.
68. According to Christopher McKay, the possibility of transforming Mars ...........
A. could only occur in science fiction stories.
B. will take place in the next few years.
C. is completely impractical.
D. could be accomplished in 40 to 50 years.
69. As used in the passage, the term "terra-forming" refers to ..............
A. a process for adapting plants to live on Mars.
B. a means of transporting materials through space.
C. a method of building housing for colonists on Mars.
D. a system of creating Earth-like conditions on other planets.
70. According to the article, the basic knowledge needed to transform Mars conies
from...........
A. the science of astronomy.
B. a knowledge of Earth's ecology.
C. data from space probes.
D. science fiction stories.
II. Choose the best option among A, B, C or D which best fills each of the blanks.
PLACES
When I first arrived here to take up my new job, I stayed in a hotel, but I soon started looking
for some permanent (71) ............... The first flat (72) ............... over was in (73) ............... and
was obviously' extremely damp in winter. Quite apart from the fact that the only- (74)
............... was of a brick wall. Then I had a look at a small flat in a modern (75) ............... It
had a (76) ............... space and a garden, but the (77) ............... was far too high for me. I
didn't
want
to
(78)
...............
up
in a tiny place, so I answered an ad for house-sharing. The house was in a quiet (79)..............,
and as soon as I saw it I fell in love with it. There was a high overgrown (80) ...............around
the front garden, and (81) ............... to park cars in the drive. The room to (82) ...............
looked out (83) ............... the back garden, and had a big bay window. Although it meant
(84)............... the kitchen and living room, I did have my own bathroom, really just a shower
and washbasin (85)...............what must have once been a cupboard.
71. A. home
B. accommodation C. house
D. landlords
72. A. passed
B. viewed
C. came
D. looked
73. A. an attic
B. a basement
C. a cave
D. a beds
74. A. view
B. entrance
C. distance
D. bathroom
75. A. tower
B. department
C. block
D. square
76. A. living
B. breathing
C. working
D. parking
77. A. lift
B. rent
C. area
D. roof
78. A. end
B. live
C. shut
D. pay
79. A. surroundings
B. context
C. neighbourhood
D. premise
80. A. fence
B. bush
C. hedge
D. lawn
81. A. room
B. permission
C. areas
D. place
82. A. luckily
B. myself
C. pay
D. let
83. A. in
B. at
C. over
D. for
74. A. sharing
B. in
C. without
D. having
75. A. crammed
B. crowded
C. cluttered
D. poured
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose the phrase or clause A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
86. ..........did Jerome accept the job.
A. Only because it was interesting work
B. Because it was interesting work
C. Only because it was interested work
D. The work was interesting
87. .......... were slowly lowered to the ground for medical attention.
A. The victims who were screaming and who were burning
B. The screaming burn victims
C. The screamed burnt victims
D. The victims who were burning screamed
88. This car has many features including............
B. daughter
C. laughter
D. caught
2. A. applicant
B. abbey
C. abandon
D. happy
3. A brochure
B. champagne
C. chairman
D. chalet
4. A. distribute
B. triangle
C. contribute
D. tributary
5. A. houses
B. crises
C. oases
D. analyses
II. Choose the word whose prominent stress is different from the others in the same line.
6. A. gravity
B. professor
C. pyramid
D. colorful
7. A. industrial
B. exhibition
C. preparation
D. decoration
8. A. luxurious
B. energetic
C. adventurous
D. congratulate
9. A evaporate
B. temperature
C. impossible
D. experiment
10. A. brilliant
B. insect
C. lunar
D. proceed
B. interest
C. rent
D. loan
B. a steak of meat
D. a bunch of bananas
C. a box of matches
13. ............. the committee, I'd like to thank you for your generous donation.
A. According to
B. On behalf of
C. In addition to
D. Thanks to
B. work
C. occupation
D. career
B. documents
C. monuments
D. ornament
16. Which of the following things would help you see distant objects clearly?
A. spectacles
B. a microscope C. a telegraph
D. binocular:
B. nature
C. view
D. scene
A. imprisoned
B. charged
C. arrested
D. accused
19. My uncle was ............. ill last summer but fortunately, he is now making a but steady
recovery.
A. critically
B. deeply
C. fatally
D. seriously
20. When a fire broke out in the Louvre, at least twenty .......... paintings destroyed, including
two by Picasso.
A. worthless
II.
B. priceless
C. valueless
D. meaningless.
B. lay off
C. take on
D. hang up
22. The workers decided to .............. until their demands were met.
A. stand up
B. lie behind
C. sit in
D. sleep out
B. ask up
C. hear out
D. see down
B. put off
C. threw up
D. set down
B. walked out
C. kept back
D. turned off
26. If orders keep coming in like this, I will have to.............. more staff
A. give up
B. add in
C. gain on
D. take on
B. making out
B. passed over
C. settling down
D. pulling away.
for promotion.
C. locked out
D. struck off
B. fire off
C. hand in
D. give out
30. We are looking for someone who can .........with the rest of our team.
A. get up
B. fit in
C. act up
D. work off
III. Choose the correct verb form among A, B, C or D for each numbered gap to
complete the passage.
Many changes (31) ............. to the world map this century. Boundaries (32) .............as a
result of world wars and foreign invasions, and many former colonies (33) ............. their
independence. In 1960, for instance, fifteen African countries (34) ............. independent,
some of which have changed their names. This tendency to change names when
countries became independent (35) ............. since then: Ceylon is now Sri Lanka and the
Trucial States (36) ............. the United Arab Emirates. More recently, in what
(37) ............. the Soviet Union, even cities (38) ............. by the change, the most notable
example (39) .............
Leningrad, which
A. have made
32.
A. have redrawn
B. has redrawn
D. were redrawn
33.
A. have gained
B. gained
34.
A. become
B. became
C. have become
35.
C. are made
D. make
D. has become
D. continues
36.
A. have become
B. becoming
C. to become
D. has become
37.
A. was
B. were
A. is
B. are
38.
A. have affected
C. were affected
D. are affected
39.
A. is
B. are
C. is being
D. are being
40.
A. go
B. goes
C. went
D. has gone
IV. Choose the correct word form among A, B, C or D for each numbered gap to
complete the passage.
In spite of the fact that foreigners are always grumbling about English cooking, it's
(41) ............ whether their (42) ............ complaints are justifiable. It can be argued that this
stream of criticism tends to be based on rather (43) .............. experience and that the proof of
the pudding is in the eating. Owing to the fact that these people are (44).............to be short of
money, the seek out the more (45) ......... restaurants rather than (46) .......... establishments. If
your sole
experience of English cooking is (47) .............. to eating fish and chip, the (48) .......... of your
leaving the country with a (49).............impression is (50) ........... .
41.
A. debates
B. debate
C. debatable
D. debated
42.
A. continuous
B. continual
C. continue
D. continuation
43.
A. limited
B. limits
C. limit
D. limiting
44.
A. inclining
B. inclines
C. incline
D. inclined
45.
A. economic
B. economical
C. economy
D. economize
46.
A. renown
B. renowned
C. renowns
D. renowning
47.
A. confine
B. confined
C. confines
D. confining
48.
A. likelihood
B. likeliness
C. liking
D. likeness
49.
A. favourable
B. favours
C. favoured
D. favourably
50.
A. minimized
B. minimum
C. minimal
D. minimize
V. In each line below, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose word or
phrase (A, B, C or D) that would not be accepted in standard
51. My cousin attends an university in the Midwest which specializes in astronomy.
A
52. It was him who came running into the classroom with the news.
A B
54. His father does not approve of him to go to the banquet without dressing formally.
A
55. Children enjoy telling and listening to ghosts stories, especially on Halloween night.
A
56. The Andersons has just had an enclosed brick patio built after fighting off the insects
A
59. Max would rather to be fishing from this boat in the lake than sitting at his desk in the
office.
A
60. Sally must have called her sister last night, but she arrived home too late to call her.
A
61. If a crisis would occur. those unfamiliar with the procedures would not know how to
A
63. I do not believe that I have ever seen as many expensive cars than were in that shopping
A
B
C
D
center.
64. The novel is definitely a dense-packed narrative, but one which requires a
A
Part C. READING
Read the following passage the choose the correct option among A, B, C or D to finish
the sentences or answer the questions below.
Unlike the eye the car has no lid; therefore noise penetrates without protection. Loud noises
instinctively signal danger to any organism with a hearing mechanism, including human
beings. In response, heartbeat and respiration accelerate. In fact, there is general increase in
functioning brought about by the flow of adrenaline released in response to fear.
Because noise is unavoidable in a complex, industrial society, we are constantly responding in
the same ways that we would respond to danger. Recently, researchers have concluded that
noise and our response may be much more than an annoyance. It may be a serious threat to
physical and psychological health and well-being, causig, damage not only to the ear and
brain but also to the heart and stomach. We have long known that hearing loss is America's
number one nonfatal health problem, but now we are learning that some of us with heart
disease and ulcers may be victims of noise as well.
66. What is the author's main point?
A. Hearing loss is America's number one nonfatal health problem.
B. Loud noises signal danger.
C. Noise may pose a serious threat to our physical and psychological healti
D. The ear is not like the eye.
67. According to the passage, people respond to loud noises in the same WI that they respond
to.......
A. danger
B. annoyance
C. damage
D. disease
C. increases functions
D. is damaged by noise
D. a complex problem.
70. What was the topic of the paragraph that preceded this passage?
A. fear
B. heart disease
C. ulcers
D. the eye
II. Choose the best option among A, B, C or D which best fills each of the blanks.
EDUCATION AND WORK
Have you ever asked yourself what you are working for? If you have ever had the time to
(71)......... this taboo question, or put it to others in moments of weakness or confidentiality,
you (72) .......well have heard some or all of the (73) .......It's the money of course, some say
with a smile, as if explaining something to a small child. Or it's the satisfaction of (74) .......
well done, the sense of achievement behind the clinching of (75).......important deal. I worked
as a bus conductor once, and I can't say I (76) ....... the same as I staggered along the swaying
gangway trying to (77)....... out tickets without falling over into someone's lap. It's the
company of other people perhaps, but if that is the (78) ....... , what about farmers? Is it the
conversation in the farmyard that keeps them captivated by the job? Work is power and sense
of status say those (79) .......have either attained these elusive goals, or feel aggrieved that
nobody has yet recognized their leadership (80) .......Or we can blame it all on someone else,
the family or the taxman. I suspect, and I say this under my (81)......., that most of us work
rather as Mr Micawber lived, hoping for something to (82) ....... up. We'll win the pools, and
tell the boss what we really think. We'll scrape together the (83) ....... and open that little shop
we always dreamed of, or go (84) .......the world, or spend more time in the garden. One day
we'll get that (85) .......we deserve, but until then at least we have something to do. And we are
so busy doing it that we won't have time to wonder why.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
A. consider
A. will
A. below
A. a work
A. a
A. enjoyed
A. make
A. case
A. people
A. qualities
A. oath
A. turn
A. resources
A. around
A. ambition
B. meditate
B. ought
B. rest
B. a job
B. a
B. wished
B. turn
B. one
B. must
B. status
B. suspicion
B. move
B. opportunities
B. over
B. promotion
C. propose
C. might
C. following
C. a task
C. the
C. felt
C. issue
C. question
C. who
C. property
C. breath
C. ease
C. rest
C. into
C. vocation
D. launch
D. would
D. latter
D. an effort
D. 0
D. hoped
D. give
D. former
D. to
D. requirements
D. pressure
D. end
D. money
D. to
D. station
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose the phrase or clause A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
B. Now that
C. As long as
D. In case
93. The artist was asked to show some paintings at the contest because .............
A. he painted very good
B. they believed he painted well
C. of their belief that he was an good artist
D. the judges had been told of his talents
94. I was the first person ............. that road accident.
A. to witness
B. witness
C. witnessing
D. witnessed
99. In Paris/ Hemingway meet/ many/ his old friends/ encourage/ his writ career.
A. In Paris, Hemingway encouraged many of his old friends who met him in his
writing career.
B. In Paris, Hemingway met many of his old friends, who encouraged him in his writing
career.
C. In Paris, Hemingway encouraged his writing career which many of old friends met.
A. In Paris, Hemingway encouraged his writing career to meet many of his old friends.
100. The two novel/ make/ Mark Twain famous/ "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn'/
inspire / the river environment.
A. It was "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" which made Mark Twain famous by
A. creative
A. mechanic
A. association
A. examiner
A. laugh
B. creature
B. chemist
B. digestion
B. determine
B. enough
C. creation
C. merchandise
C. indication
C. famine
C. plough
D. create
D. chorus
D. aviation
D. miner
D. cough
II. Choose the word whose second syllable is stressed in each line.
6. A. circumstance
B. awareness
C. institute
D. introduce
7. A. influential
B. advertiser
C. contaminate
D. numerator
8. A. extraordinary
B. mathematics
C. calculation
D. accuracy
9. A. inventory
B. economic
C. collaborator
D. editorial
10. A. artificial
B. managerial
C. systematize
D. diameter
Part B. LEXICO -GRAMMAR
I. Choose the answer among A, B, C or D which best fills the blank in each of following
sentences
11. It is a good idea to see your doctor regularly for .............
A. a revision
B. a control
C. an investigation D. a check-up
12. There is a fault at our television station. Please do not ........... your set.
A. change
B. adjust
C. repair
D. switch
B. leadership
C. charge
D. direction
14. When he retired from his job, the director ...... ... him with a clock.
A. offered
B. pleased
C. satisfied
D. presebted
15. When I talked to the manager, he told me he could ............. me a few munites.
A. provide
B. spare
C. hear
D. let
16. He opened the letter without ............. to read the address on the envelope.
A. worrying
B. caring
C. fearing
D. bothering
17. There was a big hole in the road which ............. the traffic.
A. held up
B. kept down
C. stood back
D. sent back
18. The explorers walked all the way along the river from its mouth to its ............. .
A. cause
B. well
C. source
D. outlet
19. He was afraid of losing his suitcase so he tied a ............. on it on which he written his
name.
A. badge
B. mark
C. label
D. notice
20. To our ............., his illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.
A. anxiety
B. eyes
C. relief
D. judgement
II. Choose the most suitable preposition among A, B, C or D for each numbered gap to
complete the passage.
All living things depend a lot (21)....... plants. Plants provide us with food and shelter. Many
animals eat plants (22)........ grass and wheat. We, in turn kill them (23).......food. Green plants
also provide us with oxygen something that we breathe (24).......to live. Plants also provide us
with wood so that we can make them (25) .......materials for our house. Many animals like
birds, squirrels and insects live (26)....... trees. Even animals (27).......the sea need plants.
Seaweed gives (28).......oxygen so that there is oxygen in the water (29).......the fish and other
sea creatures. Seaweed is also food (30) ....... some of these creatures.
21. A. on
B. of
C. from
D. in
72. A. beyond
B. like
C. as
D. near
23. A. from
B. on
C. for
D. as
24. A. out
B. back
C. away
1). in
25. A. to
B. of
C. into
D. from
26. A. on
B. in
C. under
D. with
27. A. in
B. on
C. within
D. out of
28. A. into
B. out
C. in
D. off
29. A. along
B. with
C. for
D. on
30. A. about
B. with
C. from
D. to
III.. Choose the correct verb form among A, B, C or D for each numbered gap to
complete the passage.
This happened last year when one afternoon my husband and I (31)....... to
repaint our kitchen ceiling. It was about three o'clock and our two young children (32) .......in
their room quite happily. I had sent them there while we (33).......so that they (34) ............. in
our way. We (35) ....... for about twenty minutes when we suddenly (36).......that they (37)
....... talking and laughing. The silence was very worrying!
I (38) .......upstairs and opened the door of their room. They (39).......their wall which they
(40)....... painting blue, green and yellow. "We're painting too, Mummy," they said, smiling.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
A. decided
A. played
A. decorated
A. didn't get
A. were painting
A. had realised
A. had stopped
A. was rushing
A. admiring
B. had decided
B. had played
B. were decorating
B. don't get
B. was painting
B. realised
B. were stopping
B. rushing
B. were admiring
C. deciding
C. had been playing
C. was decorating
C. won't get
C. had been painting
C. had been realising
C. stopped
C. had rushed
C. admired
D. having
D. were playing
D. decorate
D. wouldn't get
D. painted
D. realise
D. stopping
D. rushed
D. had admired
40.
IV. Choose the correct word form among A, B, C or D for each numbered gap to
complete the passage.
Although recently there has been a small reduction in the number of people out of work in
Europe, (41) ....... is still the number one (42) ....... problem facing the member states of the
European Union. Moreover, (43) ....... of opportunity between men and women is still an
issue that (44) ....... have not come to grips with. In (45) ....... such as the law and engineering,
women are still noticeable by their absence. (46)
employees in a number of ways even if their (47) ....... . are the same as those of men. It would
be a pity if the (48) ....... of the EU on an (49) ....... level were marked by (50) ....... in the
important areas of social policy.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
A. employment
A. socialist
A. unequality
A. politician
A. profess
A. Employees
A. qualified
A. achievement
A. economic
A. fail
B. unemployment
B. socialism
B. inequality
B. politicians
B. profession
B. Employers
B. disqualified
B. achievements
B. economical
B. failing
C. unemployed
C. social
C. equal
C. politics
C. professions
C. Employ
C. qualifications
C. achieve
C. economist
C. fails
D. unemployable
D. sociable
D. unequal
D. political
D. professional
D. Employment
D. qualities
D. achieves
D. economy
D. failures
V. In each line below, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose the one word
or phrase (A, B, C or D) that would not be accepted in standard English.
51. I would rather that they do not travel during the bad weather, but they insist that
A
B
C
they must return home today.
A
52. That product that you bought at the lower price is the more inferior to the one that we
A
B
C
sell at a slightly higher price.
D
53. The general commanded the Officers' Club be off limits to the new recruits.
A
B
C
D
54. Louie got his sister read his class assignment, and then asked her to write the
A
B
report for him because he did not have enough time
C
D
55. It was suggested that Pedro studies the material more thoroughly before attempting to
A
B
C
D
pass the exam.
56. The man, of whom the red car is parked in front of our house, is a prominent
A
B
C
D
physician in this town.
57. The president mentioned the cabinet members that be was going to negotiate a
A
B
C
new treaty with the forerun minister.
D
58. Do you know how that the actors' strike will delay the beginning of the new
A
B
C
television season and cause the cancellation of many contracts?
D
59. We should have been informed Janis about the change in plans regarding our the
A
B
C
one weekend trip to the mountains.
D
60. When we arrived at the store to purchase the dishwasher physician in this town
A
B
advertise in the newspaper, we learned that all the dishwashers had been sold.
C
D
Part C. READING
I. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by choosing
the best option among A, B, C or D.
On the night of September 2nd, 1666 a fire broke out in a baker's shop near Fish Street Hill
in London. Before the flames were finally extinguished, nearly the entire city had been
reduced to ashes. Over thirteen thousand homes, fifty churches, and numerous public
buildings and hospitals were lost in the blaze. For all practical purposes, London was
destroyed.
The Great Fire was not seen as a total tragedy, however. The deplorable conditions of the
city had been attacked by physicians and humanitarians for years before the fire; thus, with
the opportunity clearly presented to create a shining new city; artists and craftsmen from all
over England hurried to submit their designs for the rebuilding of London.
Among those who submitted plans was Sir Christopher Wren, one of England's leading
architects and the Surveyor General of London. The task of rebuilding the city was given to
him. Wren realized that the Great Fire would not have been so damaging if the city had
been better laid out broader streets were needed to replace the crooked, narrow alleys
overhung with dilapidated the main thoroughfares of London would result in increased and
more effective transportation within the city.
Shortly after Wren began working on his first drafts for the rebuilding, King Charles I
issued a proclamation prohibiting the construction of any house or shop within the city
limits unveiled to the citizens of London, however, they were overwhelmingly rejected. The
most vocal leaders of the opposition were the landlords, who feared that such a drastic
widening of the streets would reduce the amount of land available for development.
Winter was approaching; consequently, it was necessary for the rebuilding to proceed at once.
Permission was, therefore, granted for the townspeople and landlords to commence
reconstruction of their houses and shops at the sites where they had been before the fire. Had
the need for immediate action not been so pressing, some kind of compromise could likely
have been reached. This was not to be, however, and the ideas that could have London one of
the world's most beautiful cities never came to pass.
61. The probable meaning of reduced to ashes is................
A. destroyed by fire
62. Which of the following were probably among the deplorable condition that London
physicians and humanitarians had spoken out against?
A. Lack of adequate lighting.
B. The run-down condition of many houses and shops.
A. The narrowness and crookedness of many streets and alleys.
C. Both options A and B.
63. What was the result of the plans for the rebuilding of London?
A. Nothing they were never finished.
B. They were adopted in modified form.
C. They were followed and London was rebuilt at once.
D. Nothing London was rebuilt as it had been before the fire.
64. Which of the following describes the author 's probable attitude toward Christopher
Wren's plans?
A. He feels it would have been a mistake to rebuild London according to Wren's
designs.
B. He feels it was a mistake for London not to have been rebuilt according to Wren's
designs.
C. He feels that someone other than Wren should have been chosen to plan the
rebuilding.
D. He feels that Wren's ideas had much more influence than is commonly
acknowledged.
65. Which of the following would he an appropriate title for the passage?
A. The Life and Times of Sir Christopher Wren.
A. The Rebuilding of England.
B.
C.
II. .....Choose the best option among A, B, C or D which best fills each of the
blanks.
HEALTH AND THE BODY
Keeping fit and staying healthy have, not surprisingly, become a growth industry. Quite apart
(66) ....... the amount of money spent each year on doctors' (67) ....... and approved medical
treatment, huge sums are now spent on health foods and (68) ....... of various kinds, from
vitamin pills to mineral water, not to mention health clubs and keep-fit (69) ....... and videos.
We are more concerned than ever, it seems, (70) ....... the water we drink and the air we
breathe, and are smoking less, though not yet drinking less alcohol. This does not appear to
mean that (71) ....... and sneezes have been banished, or that we can all expect to live to a
hundred. To give a personal example, one of my friends, (72) ....... is a keep-fit fanatic, a nonsmoker and teetotaler, and who is very (73) ....... in what he eats, is at .present languishing in
bed with a wrist in (74) ....... and a badly sprained ankle. Part of his healthy (75) ....... is to
play squash every day after work, and that (76) .......
everywhere, and if you have ever tried to cycle through the rush-hour traffic with a sprained
ankle, you will understand (77) ....... he acquired the broken wrist. For (78) ....... , it seems,
is not just a matter of a good (79) ....... and plenty of exercise. Too much exercise can be
harmful, as many joggers have discovered. Eating the right food can easily become an
obsession, as can overworking, which you might have to do so as to be able to afford your
(80) ....... of the squash club, your mountain bike, your health food, and a few holidays in
peaceful and healthy places.
66. A. for
B. with
C. from
D. of
67. A. prescriptions
B. surgeries
C. hospitals
D. payments
68. A. medications
B. cures
C. drugs
D. remedies
69. A. books
B. television
C. advice
D. enthusiasts
70. A. than
B. about
C. for
D. hence
71. A. colds
B. coughs
C. flu
D. fevers
72. A. who
B. whom
C. whose
D. whoever
73. A. interested
B. varied
C. detailed
D. particular
74. A. crutches
B. plaster
C. treatment
D. danger
75. A. living
B. lifetime
C. lifestyle
D. liveliness
76. A. is
B. caters
C. depends
D. accounts
77. A. how
B. that
C. whenever
D. thus
78. A. fit
B. this
C. health
D. all
79. A. diet
B. eating
C. menu
D. recipe
80. A. share
B. visit
C. membership
D. subscription
Part D. READING
I. Choose the phrase or clause A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
81. After the funeral, the residents of the apartment building.............
A. sent faithfully flowers all weeks to the cemetery
B. sent to the cemetery each week flowers faithfully
C. sent flowers faithfully to the cemetery each week
D. sent each week faithfully to the cemetery flowers
........
94. No sooner had they found her number than they called her.
A. They called her as soon as they found her number.
B. They found her number sooner or later.
C. They called her number sooner or later.
D. They found her number as soon as they called her.
95. Why didn't you switch off the computer before going home?
A. You should switch off the computer before going home.
B. You had switched off the computer before going home.
C. You ought to have switched off the computer before going home.
D. You must have switched off the computer before going home.
C.
C.
B.
C.
D.
B.
B. accumulation
C. humiliation
D. acknowledgement
2. A. horizon
B. collection
C. petroleum
D. atmosphere
3. A. geometry
B. commentator
C. astonishment
D. conventional
4. A. circumvent
B. syllabus
C. sensitive
D. octopus
5. A. catalogue
B. championship
C. embarrass
D. character
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in
each group
6. A. explanation
B. adventure
C. acronym
D. addition
7. A. choir
B. chill
C. chief
D. charge
8. A. colony
B. company
C. colourful
D. covering
9. A. throughout
B. smooth
C. threaten
D. thunder
10. A. ranged
B. transformed
C. vaporised
D. attached
Choose the answer among A, B, C or D which best fills the blank in each of
following sentences.
The house that we used to live in is in a very............. state.
11.
A. neglectful
12.
D. negligent
B. a few
C. little
D. a little
A. cheated
14.
C. neglected
A. few
13.
B. negligible
B. lied
C. tricked
D. deceived
A. to
B. for
C. of
D, from
A. down with
B. in for
.C. over
D. through
16. She used to ............ her living by delivering vegetables to local hotels.
A. earn .
B. gain
C. get
D. win
A. bit
B. much
C. rather
D. even
18. since I moved house, I haven't had much ............ with those friends.
A. connection
B. contact
C. business
D. meeting
19. The ship ran ............ on the beach near the harbour.
A. afloat
B. adrift
C. aback
D. aground
B. disappointing
C. satisfying
D. disagreeing
II. Choose the correct word form among A, B, C or D for each numbered gap to complete
the passage.
My wife and I (21) ....... in our house in the country for five years. We (22) ....... here
after our second child (23) ....... born. We (24) ....... in town for ten years and (25) ....... that
as soon as we could (26) ....... it, we (27) ....... . away from the smoke and the noise of the
city centre, which we finally (28) ....... in 1985. We have never regretted it. We (29) .......
reminded of the wisdom of our decision every morning when we draw our curtains (30) .......
open fields stretching before us.
21. A. lived
B. has lived
22. A. move
B. moving
C. had moved
D. moved
23. A. were
B. was
C. is
D. are
C. lived
D. living
25. A. decided
B. decide
C. had decided
D. deciding
26. A. afford
B. to afford
C. affording
D. afforded
B. will move
C. move
D. to move
28. A. do
B. done
C. did
D. had done
29. A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
30. A. saw
B. see
C. for seeing
D. to see
III. Choose the correct word form among A, B, C or D for each numbered gap to
complete the passage.
Recently (31) ........... have become extremely worried about the world's population. The
problem is particularly acute in the (32) ........... countries. (33) ........... the natural resources
are becoming inadequate for the support of the increasing population. But the (34) ........... of
natural resources by artificial products is not always possible. Therefore, it is necessary to
conserve these (35) ........... resources for as long as possible. The (36) ........... of artificial
products is often important. This is (37) ........... so in every culture. For without (38) ........... it
would be impossible to increase food production even though there is a risk of (39) ........... by
their use. One is left with the (40) ........... problem of larger population requiring more and
more food.
31.
A. science
B. scientist
C. scientists
D. scientific
32.
A. developed
B. developing
C. development
D. develop
33.
A. Fortunate
B. Unfortunate
C. Fortunately
D. Unfortunately
34.
A. replace
B. replacement
C. placement
I). place
35.
A. invaluable
B. valualess
C. value
D. invalue
36.
A. utiliser
B. utilisation
C. utilising
D. utilise .
37.
A. particular
B. particularly
C. particularities
D. particularity
38.
A. fertilizers
B. fertile
C. fertilization
D. fertilize
39.
A. pollutant
B. pollute
C. pollution
D. pollute
40.
A. insoluble
B. unsoluble
C. unsolvable
D. unsolving
IV. In each line below, four words or phrases have been underlined, Choose the One
word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that would not be accepted in standard English.
41. The proposal has repealed after a thirty-minute discussion and a number of objections to
A
B
C
its failure to include our district.
D
42. This class. that is a prerequisite for microbiology, is so difficult that I
A
B
C
would rather drop it.
D
43. The doctor told Mr. Anderson that, because of his severe cramps, he should, lay in
A
B
C
bed for a few days.
D
44. Mr. Harris will be divided the biology class into two sections to prevent
A
B
C
overcrowding in his classroom.
D
45. The projector director stated he believed it was necessary to study the
A
B
C
proposals for several more months before__making a decision.
D
46. Although the danger that he might be injured. Boris bravely entered the
A
B
C
burning house in order to save the youngster.
D
47. Some Italian scholars stressed the study of grammar, rhetoric, learning about
A
B
C
D
history, and poetry.
D
48. When the tank car carried the toxic gas derailed, the firemen tried to isolate
A
B
C
the village from all traffic.
D
49. While the boys were ice skating, they slip on the thin ice and fell into the
A
B
C D
deep water.
50. If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations. they will be stopped, ticketed,
A
B
C
and have to pay a fine.
D
V. Choose the best option among A, B, C or D to fill each gap to finish the following
sentences.
51. The ............... collar workers received a rise, but the workers on the shop-floor ere told
they had to wait.
A blue
B. black
C. white
D. grey
C. black
D. pink
B. green
C. yellow
D. red
B. green
C. yellow
D. white
B. gold
C. yellow
blue
B.- orange
C. red
D. green
53.
B. blue
When the visitors from Japan arrived, the company gave them the carpet treatment.
A. blue
59.
D. orange
Tina never comes here now. We only see her once in a.........moon.
A. white
58.
C. yellow
57.
B. pink
The company fell deeper and deeper into the........and then went bankrupt.
A. black
56.
D. brown
You can talk to him until you're..... in the face, but he still won't understand.
A. white
55.
C. gold
Tony can't be trusted yet with too much responsibility, he's still .........
A. green
54.
B. purple
B. blued
C. blacked
D. yellowed
B. green
C. blue
D. red
Part C READING
I.
Read the following, passage and answer the questions that follow b choosing
the best option among A, B, C or D.
Polyester is now being used for bottles. ICI, the chemicals and plastics company, believes that
it is now beginning to break the grip of glass on the bottle business and thus take advantages
of this huge market.
All the plastics manufacturers have been experiencing hard times as their traditional products
have been doing badly world-wide for the last few years. Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics
Division of ICI lost a hundred and twenty million dollars, and they felt that the most hopeful
new mark,- was in packaging, bottles and cans.
Since 1982 it has opened three new factories producing "Melinar" - the raw material from
which high quality polyester bottles are made.
The plyester bottle was born in the 1970s, when soft drinks companies like Coca Cola started
selling their drinks in giant two-litre containers. Because of the build-up of the pressure of gas
in large containers, glass was unsuitable. Nor was PV S, the plastic which has been used for
bottles since the 1960s, suitable for drinks with gas in them. A new plastic had to be made.
Glass is still cheaper for the smaller bottles, and will continue to be so unless plastic becomes
much cheaper, but plastic does well for the large sizes. Polyester bottles are virtually
unbreakable. The manufacturers claim they are also lighter, less noisy when being handled,
and can be re-used. Shop-keepers and other business people are unlikely to object to a change
from glass to polyester, since these bottles mean few breakages, which are costly and timeconsuming. The public, though, have been more difficult to persuade. ICI's commercial
department is developing, different bottles with interesting shapes, and try to make them
visually more attractive to the public.
The next step could he to develop a plastic which could replace tins for food. The problem
here is the high temperatures necessary for cooking the food in the container.
61. Plastics of various kinds have been used for making bottles
A. since 1982.
B. since the 1970s but only for large bottles.
C. since the 1960s but not for liquids with gas in them.
D. since companies like Coca Cola first tried them.
65. Plastic containers for holding food in the same way as cans
A. have been used for many years.
A. are possible only for hot food.
B. are an idea that interests the plastics companies.
B. are the first things being made in the new factories.
II. Choose the best option among A, B, C or D which best fills each of the blanks.
CRIME - REVERSING THE TREND
Crime, as we are all aware, has been a growing problem all over the world in the last thirty
years.
But
we
are
not
(66)
.........
against
crime.
Much
is
being
done-and more can be done to reverse the trend. You can play a part in it. The fist step
towards preventing crime is understanding its (67) ......... Most crime is against property, not
(68) ......... and most is not carried out by professionals; nor is it carefully planned. Property
crimes (69) ......... on the easy opportunity. They are often (70) ......... by adolescents and
young men, the majority of whom stop offending as they grow older - the (71) ......... age for
offending is fifteen. Also, and not surprisingly, the (72) ......... of being a victim of crime (73)
......... greatly depending on where you live.
This (74) ......... by criminals on the easy opportunity is the (75) ......... to much crime
prevention. Motor cars, for example, are a sitting target for t criminal. Surveys have shown
that approximately one in five drivers do not always (76) ......... to secure their cars by locking
all the doors and shutting all the windows, and in 30 per cent of domestic burglaries the
burglar simply walks in without having to use (77) ......... if opportunities like these did not
exist, criminals would have a much harder time. The chances are that many crimes would not
be committed, which would release more police time for (78) ......... serious crime.
Of course, the primary responsibility for (79) ......... with crime rests with the police and the
courts, but, if you care about improving the (80) ......... of life for yourself and your
community, there are many ways you can help reverse the trend.
66.
A. unprepared
B. hopeless
C. powerless
D. weak
67.
A. nature
B. type
C. reason
D. notorious
68.
A. the victim
B. the public
C. residents
D. citizens
69.
A. members
B. thrive
C. develop
D. happen
70.
A. performed
B. started
C. committed
D. done
71.
A. peak
B. major
C. maximum
D. top
72.
A. percentage
B. seriousness
C. rate
D. risk
73.
A. varies
B adapts
C. transformed
D. adjusts
74.
A. awareness
B. seizing
C. reliance
D. taking
75.
A. answer
B. method
C. way
D. key
76.
A. trouble
B. bother
C. care
D. ensure
77.
A. force
B. threat
C. tools
D. tricks
78.
A. removing
B. facing
C. tackling
D. dealing
79.
A. containing
B. destroying
C. fighting
D. coping
80.
A. quality
B. peacefulness
C. enjoyment
D. way
Part D: WRITING
I. Choose the phrase or clause A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
81. ......... , he began to make friends more easily.
A. Having entered school in the new city, it was found that
A. After entering, the new school
B. When he had been entering the new school
C. Upon entering into the new school
83. The ,fact that space exploration has increased dramatically in the past thirty years .........
A. is an evidence of us wanting to know more of our solar system
B. indicates that we are very eager to learn all we can about our solar system
C. how we want to learn more about the solar system
D. is pointing to evidence of our intention to know a lot more about what is called our
solar system
84. Many of the international problems we are now facing............
A. linguistic incompetencies
B. are the result of misunderstandings
C. are because of not understanding themselves
D. lacks of the intelligent capabilities of understanding each other
D. is dependent on the fact that while they have eliminated windows. are not capable to
produce efficient air conditioning systems
90. While attempting to reach his home before the storm, .........
A. the bicycle of John broke down
B. it happened that John's bike broke down
C. the storm caught John
D. John had an accident on his bicycle
II. Choose the sentence among A, B, C or D that is closest in meaning to the original
sentence.
91. Don't wait any longer than ten minutes before you remove the crucible from the flame.
A. If possible, the crucible should remain in the flame longer than ten minutes.
B. Ten minutes is as long as you should wait before removing the crucible from the flame.
C. Removing the crucible from the flame for ten minutes is what you should do.
D. You should wait ten minutes to put the crucible in the flame.
92. It is not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that is important.
A.
Winning is more important than losing, when you play the game.
A. Winning, is less important than playing the game well.
B. If you know how to play the game, you will win it.
C. Playing the game well and winning it is important.
93. It is necessary to have a doctor's prescription in order to buy most medicines in the United
States.
A. In the United States, medicine must be bought with prescription instead of money.
B. In most of the states, doctors give prescriptions for medicine.
C. Most medicine cannot be bought without a prescription in the United States.
D. In the United States, most doctors give prescriptions for medicine.
93. It is necessary to have o doctor's prescription in order to buy most medicines in the
United States.
A. In the United States, medicine must be bought with prescription instead of money.
B. In most of the states, doctors give prescriptions for medicine.
C. Most medicine cannot be bought without a prescription in the United States.
D. In the United States, most doctors give prescriptions for medicine.
94. No one except the graduate assistant understood the experiments.
A. All of the graduate assistants understood the experiments.
B. The experiments were not understood by any of them.
C. Only the graduate assistant understood the experiments.
D. All but one of the graduate assistants understood the experiments.
95. It is unlikely that the results of the elections will be made public before tomorrow
morning.
A. Tomorrow morning is probably the earliest that anyone will know the result of the
selection.
B. Before tomorrow morning we will probably know the result of the elections.
C. The results of the elections will most likely be made known before tomorrow morning.
A. We will probably not be told the results of the elections tomorrow morning.
96. As a conductor of heat and electricity, aluminum exceeds all metals except silver, copper,
and gold.
A. With the exception of aluminum, silver, copper, and gold are better thai--, any other
electricity.
97. Unless the trend reverses, low-priced pocket calculators will have replace.: the slide rules
completely within the next few years.
A. Slide rules will have been replaced by low-priced pocket calculators se-, if the trend
continues.
B. More people will be using slide rules than pocket calculators even the they are more
years.
D. The trend is for slide rules to be used in spite of the low
prices of p calculators.
98. It is not illegal in some cultures to be married to more than one woman the same time, but
the monogamous relationship is the most common.
A. in some cultures it is legal to be married to more than one woman at once, but it is
more common to be married to just one woman.
B. It is against the law to be married to more than one woman at a time, although it is
common in some cultures.
C. The monogamous relationship, which is more common in most cultures, is illegal in
some cultures.
D. Being married to more than one woman at the same time is both common and legal in
some cultures.
99. Airlines routinely promise seats to 10 or 20 per cent more passengers than can he
accommodated because some people who confirm their reservations fail to keep
them.
A. About 10 to 20 per cent of the passengers who book flights do not travel because there
are no seats.
B. The people who confirm their reservations do not have seats because the airlines
promise them to more passengers than they can serve.
C. About 10 to 20 per cent of the people who want to fly can be accommodated because
of extra seats.
D. The airlines reserve seats at 110 to 120 per cent of capacity because of people who
make reservations but don't show up.
10. Turn off all the switches before leaving the room
A. All the switches must be turned off and you must leave the room.
B. All the switches must be turned off before you leave the room.
C. All the switches must be turned off before leaving the room.
D. You must leave the room as soon as you turn off all the switches.
ENGLISH OBJECTIVE TEST 14
Time allowed: 90 min.
Part A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined, italic part pronounced
differently from the rest
1. A. indecent
B. deficient
C. deform
D. indefinite
2. A. elephant
B. electricity
C. elevator
D. elegant
3. A. telegraph
B. telegram
C. telegraphy
D. telescope
4. A. champagne
B. champion
C. parachute
D. moustache
5. A. hesitant
B. president
C. Resident
D. lactose
II. Find the word having the main stress on the SECOND syllable in each line.
6. A. endurance
B. primary
C. corporate
D. corridor
7. A. separate
B. fancy
C. device
D. gaudy
8. A. executive
B. recognition
C. expectation
D. aspiration
9.A. documentary
B. significant
C. disappointing
D. applicable
10. A. furious
B. commercial
C. pharmacist
D. vacuum
C. To be late
B. released
C. dismissed
D. dispelled
A. judged
B. arrested
C. accused
D. warned
14. At the end of the winter, the price of warm clothes in the shops usually ..
A. drops
B. lowers
C. sinks
D. reduces
15. The dampness of the walls caused the paint to ... off.
A. crumble
B. splinter
C. flake
D. scale
B. maker
C. commodity
D. brand
17. Last night, Harry had a .. party with his female friends before getting
married.
A. hen
B. giraffe
C. stag
D. crocodile
B. an acquaintance C. an associate
D. a fellow
B. packs of cattle
C. crowds of cattle
D. schools of cattle
B. in secret
C. in a secret
D. in the secret
B. up for you
C. up to you
D. up with you
B. ability
C. knowledge
D. talent
23. There has been a great in his studying since the beginning of the year.
A. escalation
B. increase
C. practice
D. improvement
24. You must move your car at once . I shall have to give you a fine.
A. therefore
B. consequently
C. whether
D. otherwise
25. My teacher went . a bad cold just before the summer holiday.
A. out with
B. in for
C. down with
D. through with
26. Schools examinations help to find out how much knowledge students have
A. fetched
B. gained
C. attached
D. caught
27. What you wear for the interview is always important because it creates the first ..
A. appearance
B. performance
C. expression
D. impression
28. The more you relax and be yourself, the more . you are to succeed.
A. easy
B. possible
C. probable
D. likely
A. with
B. for
C. to
D. in
30. It is important that she to tell him the truth and apologize him.
A. went
B. goes
C. go
D. will go
III. Choose the correct form of the verb for each blank.
When I opened the door I saw a man on his knees. He (31) ....... to our conversation and I
wondered how much he (32) ....... When I asked him what he (33) ....... he answered that he
(34) ....... a 50p piece outside the door and was looking for it. I didn't see any sign of the
money but I found a small notebook and a pencil which he had probably dropped when the
door (35) ....... suddenly. So he (36) ....... notes of our conversation! The notes were in a
foreign language, so I turned to the stranger and asked him to translate. But he (37) ....... my
hat over my eyes and (38) ....... off down the corridor. By the time I (39) ....... from the shock
he (40) ....... round the corner.
31 . A. had clearly been listening
C. clearly listened
32.
A. was hearing
B. heard
C. had heard
33.
A. did
B. had done
C. was doing
34.
A. had dropped
B. dropped
C. was dropping
35.
A. had opened
B. was opened
C. opened
36.
A. had taken
C. was taking
D. took
37.
A. pulled
B. had pulled
C. was pulling
D. was pulled
38.
A. ran
B. run
C. had run
D. was running
39.
A. am recovered
B. have recovered
C. recovered
D. would recover.
A. disappeared
B. would disappear
C. has disappeared
D. had disappeared
40.
II. Choose the correct form of the word to complete the following passage.
These days it is impossible to open a newspaper without reading about damage we are doing
to the environment. The earth is being (41) the future looks bad. What can each of us
do?
We cannot clear up our (42) rivers and seas overnight. Nor can we stop the (43)
of plants and animals. But we can stop adding to the problem while (44)
search for answers, and laws are passed in nature's (45) it may not be easy to change
our lifestyle (46) , but some steps are easy to take: cut down the amount of (47)
you do, or use as little plastic as possible. it is also easy to save energy, which also
reduces (48) bills. We must all make a personal (49) to work for the future of
our planet if we wanted to (50) a better world for our grandchildren!
A. threatening
B. threatened
C. threateningly
D. threat
A. pollution
B. pollutant
C. polluted
D. polluting
A. disappearance
B. appearance
C. appears
D. disappears
A. scientific
B. scientist
C. scientism
D. scientists
A. defended
B. defense
C. defending
D. defensive
A. complete
B. completion
C. completely
D. completive
A. driving
B. driven
C. drives
D. driver
A. housing
B. housecraft
C. household
D. housekeeping
A. decisive
B. decisiveness
C. decision
D. decisional
A. insurable
B. insure
C. insurance
D. insurer
Part C. READING
I. Read the following two passages and choose the correct answer for each question.
Most people picture sharks as huge, powerful, frightening predators, ready at any moment to
use their sharp teeth to attack unwary swimmers without provocation. There are numerous
fallacies, however, in this conception of sharks.
First, there are about 350 species of sharks, and not all of them are large. They range in size
from the dwarf shark, which can be only 6 inches (0.5 feet) long and can be held in the palm
of the hand, to the whale shark, which can be more than 55 feet long.
A second fallacy concerns the number and type of teeth, which can vary tremendously among
the different species of shark. A shark can have from one to seven sets of teeth at the same
time, and some types of shark can have several hundred teeth in each jaw. It is true that the
fierce and predatory species do possess extremely sharp and brutal teeth used to rip the prey
apart; many other types of shark, however, have teeth more adapted to grabbing and holding
than to cutting and slashing.
Finally, not all sharks are predatory animals ready to strike out at humans, on the least whim.
In fact, only 12 of the 350 species of shark have been known to attack humans, and a shark
needs to be provoked in order to attack. The types of shark that have the worst record with
humans are the tiger shark, the bull shark, and the great white shark. However, for most
species of shark, even some of the largest types, there are no known instances of attacks on
humans.
B.
C.
D.
B. combative
C. careless
D. fearful
C. bull shark
D. tiger shark
B.
C.
A.
B. a part of stomach
C. a backbone
Jan Dibbets may someday have his work revered as much as his Dutch predecessors: Verneer,
Van Gogh, and Rembrandt. At a time when trends in art are toward abstraction and
minimalism, Dibbets' work integrates these two disparate trends into one remarkable whole.
In one series of composite works, he arranged sections of architectural photographs
into rounded patterns. Then, with pen and ink and watercolours, he connected the segments
together into 360-degree circular forms blending the abstract with the real and the imagined.
The imaginary images resemble the views of ceiling in gothic, baroque, and neo-classical
buildings as they might be seen from the ground floor.
56. As used in line 2, what is the meaning of the word "time"?
A. season
B. period
C. century
D. interval
B. unspoken
C. different
D. unknown
B. artistic patterns
C. museum decorations
D. architectural styles
59.As described in the passage. Dibbets used all of the following elements except .
A. pen and ink
B. watercolours
C. architectural photographs
D. still-life drawings
A. stretcher
B. prescription
C. ambulance
D. emergency
62.
A. sick
B. hurt
C. bruised
D. infected
63.
A. medicine
B. cure
C. drugs
D. treatment
64.
A. recipe
B. paper
C. order
D. prescription
65.
A. end
B. breath
C. mouthful
D. water
66.
A. hurt
B. ached
C. injury
D. sore
67.
A. sunny
B. sunburnt
C. sunshine
D. grilled
68.
A. fever
B. degree
C. temperature
D. pain
69.
A. hold
B. check
C. increase
D. reduce
70.
A. waist
B. lips
C. throat
D. wrist
which seems at first to be accidental. Of course, some people are involved (78) ....... more
accidents than others. These people are called "accident prone". In general they either suffer
(79) ....... stress, or could have a physical illness (80) .......knowing about it.
71. A. in
B. under
C. below
D. of
72. A. to
B. by
C. on
D. with
73.A. to
B. for
C. towards
D. on
74. A. during
B. with
C. to
D. about
75. A. to
B. for
C. at
D. in
76. A. at
B. under
C. with
D. in
77. A. On
B. In
C. By
D. With
78. A. with
B. into
C. in
D. by
79.A. from
B. by
C. off
D. out
80.A. with
B. beside
C. without
D. around
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose the best answer that shows the best way of building sentences from the given cues.
81. Once / young shepherd boy / who / tend / sheep / dark forest.
A. Once a young shepherd boy who was tending the sheep near a dark forest.
A. Once there was a young shepherd boy who tended his sheep near a very dark forest.
B. Once a young shepherd boy who tended sheep in a very dark forest.
C. Once there was a shepherd boy who was going to tend the sheep near a dark forest.
D. He felt lonely all day so he thought a plan which would get him some excitement..
83. He / rush down / towards /village/ call / "Wolf! Wolf! Wo1f!"
A. He rushed down towards the village and called out "Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!'
A. He was rushing down towards the village and calling "Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!"
B. He had rushed down towards the village and called "Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!"
C. He rushed down and ran towards the village to call "Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!"
D. Hearing about this boy the villagers came and met and helped him.
85. This / please / boy / so / much /few days / he / try / same trick.
A. This pleased the boy so much and a few days he tried the same trick.
A. This pleased the boy such much that a few days he tried the same trick.
B. This was pleasing to the boy so much that a few days he tried the same trick.
C. This pleased the boy so much that a few days later, he tried the same trick.
boy was crying out "Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" when the other came to help, even louder than
before.
89. But / lime / no one / come / think / boy / deceive / again.
A.But for this time, no one came because they think the boy is deceiving again.
B. But for this time, no one was coming as thinking the boy was deceiving again.
A. But this time no one came to help him thinking that this boy was, deceiving them
again.
C. But this time no one came to help him, because they thought this boy deceiving
them again.
90. wolf / make / good meal / boy's flock / sheep.
A. So the wolf made a good meal off the boy's flock of sheep!
B. The wolf made good meal off the boy's flock of sheep!
91. It was quite natural for them to feel hungry by, the evening.
A. It was hard to understand why they felt hungry by the evening.
B. They were not supposed to feel hungry by the evening.
C. We were sorry when they got hungry by the evening.
D. It wasn't surprising they got hungry by the evening.
95.His wife said that it was quite unusual for him to read in bed.
A. His wife said that he was so lazy that he did not read in bed.
B. His wife said that he almost never read in bed.
C. She said that her husband had never read in bed.
D. She said that her husband reads in bed quite often.
96. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A. One bird in the hand is more important than two other birds.
B. It is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to
97. Many husbands often don't appreciate their wives; and vice versa.
A. Many husbands don't love their wives and their wives don't love them
either.
B. Many husbands are selfish and so are their wives.
C. Many husbands often take their wives for granted but their wives don't.
D. Many husbands and wives often take their spouses for granted.
98. Many people nowadays find it increasingly difficult to exist on the money they earn.
A. Many people are getting less and less money from work, so they don't _
enough to live.
B. The prices are getting higher and people can't live with the money they ea:- C.
with us.
A. They said they were moving to Bristol the following week and would phone or
to us soon.
C. They said they were moving to Bristol the following week to week touch with us.
100. "I do wish you'd stop biting your nails, Brian. It really annoys me!" Brians mother said
to him.
A. Brian's mother told him to stop to bite his nails because it really annoyed
her.
B. Brian's mother didn't like him to stop biting his nails because it really annoys
her.
C. Brian's mother didn't like him to bite his nails because it got on her
D. Brian's mother didn't like him to bite his nails because it was annoyed.
B. love
C. orange
D. company
2. A. dread
B. bead
C. thread
D. threaten
3. A. spear
B. bearing
C. rearing
D. gear
C. weigh
D. neighbourhood
4. A. freight B. weird
5. A. abroad B. hand
C. astronomy
D. acquainted
II. Find the word with the stress on the SECOND syllable in each line.
6. A. committee B. referee
C. elegant
D. refugee
7. A. energy
B. specific
C. dishwasher D. misbehave
8. A. alcohol
B. chemical
C. effective
D. president
9. A. competition
B. television
C. repetition
D. adjustment
C. deliberate
D. literacy
C. sympathetic
D. critical
13. During the starvation, we used to keep a .. of dried food in the factory.
A. substitute
B. reserve
C. preserve
D. conserve
B. prayed
C. wished
D. cherished
B. dislike
C. mind
D. object
My brother usually ....... at cards. it's no surprise that he wins every game.
A. misleads
18.
C. avoid D. decrease
A. disapprove
17.
B. relieve
B. lies
C. deceives
D. cheats
He was too sure of himself to pay ........... to the warnings of the man from Sulphur
Creek.
A. notice
B. attention
C. respect
D. recognition
B. suffer
C. undergo
D. withstand
B. absorbent
C. absorbed
D. absorptive
21. Before the product is put on the market, the company must whether it complies
with safety standards.
A. ask
B. calculate
C. ascertain
D. argue
22. A university education is of course important but it is essential that all employees undergo
a period of intensive
A. preparation B. concentration
C. learning
D. training
B. surgery knife
C. sword
D. scalpel.
B. rely
C. count
D. imagine
B. understanding C. brain
D. faculty
27. As I won't he able to attend the meeting, I'd like you to sign
A. on my place B. on my behalf
C. on my name
D. on my account
B. assessed
C. measured
D. proportionate
29. There' no in applying for the job unless you have right qualifications
A. point
B. reason
C. use
D. worth
30. The boss to his secretary using the office phone for personal calls.
A. disapproves B. criticizes
C. disagrees
D. objects
II. Choose the right word to complete the following English idioms.
31. It's as silent as in here!
A. Sunday
B. the grave
C. death
D. rice
32. I couldn't believe that they were brothers. They were as different as ..
A. Mars from Jupiter
B. a cucumber
C. cold feet
D. an ice-cream
C. a mountain
D. an elephant
B. a horse
B. snowflakes
C. a lamb
D. an angel
III. Choose the correct form of the verb for each blank.
We (36) to a new house in the country last week. And for the last few days, we
(37) to organize ourselves in .our new home. Yesterday, my three brothers and
I (38) painting the downstairs rooms. Unfortunately, while I (39)
the paint, one of my sisters (40) The door. Nobody (41) her that we
(42) in the room, so instead of (43) the walls, we spent all morning
(44) the paint off the floor. But worse things (45) since then. This morning
when I (46) through the, water (47) ceiling next to my bed. We (48)
today so far repairing the roof. It's not all bad news, though. The school in the
village nearby (49) two years ago, and my parents (50) another
school for us yet.
36.
A. moved
B. had moved
D. would move
A. tried
C. have tried
D. are trying
B. had started
C. started
D. was starting
39.
A. mixed
D. was mixing
40.
A. opened
B. had opened
C. would open
D. was opening
41.
A. told
B. had told
C. was telling
D. has told
42.
A. had been
B. were
43.
A. paint
B. painting
44.
A. cleaning
45.
A. have happened
B. are happening
C. has happened
D. happened
A. was waking up
B. woken up
C. woke up
D. was woken up
A. dripped
B. had dripped
D. was dripping
A. have spent
B. spent
D. spend
A. would be closed
B. had closed
C. closed
D. was closing
A. haven't found
C. didn't find
D. hadn't found
37.
38.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
D. to clean
IV. -choose the correct word form for each gap to complete the passage. WHO
DOES THE HOUSEWORK?
it's fairly common belief in Britain that men these days do more housework than they
did in previous (51) But is it really so? A recent survey has made some interesting
discoveries. (52) When men do help out, they enjoy shopping and cooking but most
are (53) to do the washing. A quarter of men think that women are better (54)
to looking after the after the home than men and 19% admit to making no (55) to
housework. The average man says that he does (56) of the housework, while the
average woman says she does three-quarters of it, so someone isnt telling the (57) It
was impossible to find any men who shared housework (58) with their partners.
Perhaps it is not so (59) therefore, that there are some (60) who want a new
law forcing men to do their share.
51.
A. generation
B. generalization C. generates
D. generality
52.
A. Apparent
B. Apparently
C. Apparentially
D. Unapparent
53.
A. willingly
B. unwillingly
C. unwilling
D. willing
54.
A. suitable
B. unsuitable
C. unsuited
D. suited
55.
A. contribution B. contributor
C. contributive
D. contributory
56.
A. more
B. most
C. much
D. many
57.
A. truly
B. truthfulness
C. truth
D. trueness
58.
A. equality.
B. unequally
C. inequality
D. equally
59.
A. surprising
B. surprised
C. surprise
D. surprisingly
60.
A. policies
B. politicians
C. politicizations
D. politician
V.
61. The major part of the temple had been converted towards Lenin's room.
A
62. In a few seconds a computer can solve problems that might take a man years
A
to solve solo.
D
63. In the beginning radios cost much more than they do today because they
A
64. Because advertising encourages us to buying and producing more things, it is sometimes
A
65. Computers are wonderful proof of how clever people are in working out ways of
A
helping themselves.
D
66. A pharmacists ethical standards have to be high because he is entrusted to the
A
South America rain forests have adopted the hobby of sleeping in the air.
C
68. The painting was so beautiful that I stood there admired it for a long time.
A
69. One of the features of London is the number of big stores, most of them are to be
A
at the seaside.
D
Part C. READING
I. Circle the best answer for each space to complete the passage below.
Childhood is the time when there are (71) responsibilities to make life
difficult. If a child has good parents, he is (72) , looked after and loved,
whatever he may do. It is improbable that he will ever again in his life be given so much
without having to do anything in return. In (73) life is always presenting new things to
the child-things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known.
A child finds pleasure Playing in the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside is a
marvelous adventure. But a child has his (74) He is not so free to do as he wishes as
he thinks older people are: he is continually told not to Do things, or being punished (75)
.......... what he has done wrong. His lifes therefore not perfectly happy.
When a young man starts to (76) his own living, he becomes free from the
discipline of school and parents; but at the same time he is forced to accept responsibilities.
He can no longer expect (77) to pay for his food, his clothes and his room, but he has to work
if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most time playing about in the way he used to as
a child, he will be hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the
laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and
has good health, he can have the greatest happiness seeing himself make steady (78)
in his job and of building up for himself his own position in society.
Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be, but it is
not necessary for the old to be unhappy. With old age (79)
wisdom
and the ability to help others with advice wisely given. The old can have
the joy of seeing their children making progress in life; they can watch
their grandchildren growing up around them; and perhaps best of all,
they can, if their life has been a useful one, feel the happiness of having
come (80) the battle of life safely and of having reached a time
when they can lie back and rest, leaving others to continue the fight.
71.
A. little
B. a few
C. a little
D. few
72.
A. eaten
B. fed
C. feeded
D. fetched
73.
A. short
B. term
C. addition
D. reality
74.
A. injury
B. difficulty
C. problem
D. pain
75.
A. because
B. by
C. at
D. for
76.
A. make
B. have
C. create
D. earn
77.
A. other
B. another
C. others
D. someone
78.
A. progress
B. achievement
C. improvements D. accomplishments
79.
A. coming
B. come
C. came
D. has come
80.
A. out
B. across
C. through
D. back
II. Read the passage and choose the correct answer A. B, C or D for each question.
Getting good results in your studies comes from developing good study habits. The best
place to study is a comfortable room with good lighting. The best chair for studying
should be one which you would be comfortable in, but not so comfortable that you may
fall asleep in it after a while! Before you study, look for a quite environment with no
distractions. If you find your home too noisy for studying, try the library or community
centre instead. When you study, set realistic targets for yourself to achieve. For example,
do not aim to study five chapters of Geography in one sitting when you know that you
take more than an hour to read one chapter. Furthermore, remember not to push yourself
too hard. When you have studied for a period of time, reward yourself by taking a short
break. You could perhaps take a short walk or listen to some music for a while.
If you begin to feel sleepy when studying, do not force yourself to go on as you may lose
your power of concentration. Instead, you may want to take a short nap to refresh
yourself. Studying may also be strenuous on the eyes. When you study, it may be a good
idea to lift your eyes away from your books occasionally. Looking at objects at a distance
or at greenery can help soothe tired eyes.
81 . The first thing to be considered in developing good study habits is.........................
A. your ability to study well
B. the best chair to sit for studying
C. environment for studying
D. your attitude towards good study at home
82. Which of the following does not improve your good study habits?
A. a quite with enough lighting
B. an extremely comfortable chair
C. a proper chair and a right-sized table
D. a public or college library
85. The most appropriate title for the passage may be.......................
A. How to use your study time efficiently
B. How to build up good study habits
C. How to get relaxed when studying
D. How to avoid sleepiness when studying
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose the best answer that fits each blank in the following sentences.
86. Hardly.......................someone rang the doorbell.
A. had I gone to bed then
B. did I understand
C. when I understood it
D. did I understand it
88. It was sunny but he still brought with him a raincoat. - How funny! He
A.
B.
C.
D.
B.
C.
D.
C. I used to studying
D. I use to study
B. As a result of
C. Thanks to
D. Despite
II.
Choose the sentence that has similar meaning to the original sentence.
Most people are pleased if they have a chance to experience a windy storm.
C.
He is very strong.
A.
B.
He is very thin.
C.
B.
C.
D.
B. tasty
nasty
D. waste
2. A. myth
B. with
C. both
D. tenth
3. A. statue
B. due
C. rescue
D. Tuesday
4. A. bought
B. fought
C. sought
D. drought
5. A. humid
B. fume
C. stupid
D. tunnel
II. Choose the word with the position the stressed syllable different from that of the
others in each line.
6. A. architect
B. festival
C. hesitate
D. hospitable
7. A. regularly
B. humidity
C. ability
D.
8. A. refusal
B. conductor
C. introduce
D. conrusing
9. A. indifferent
B. individual
C. gymnasium
D. facility
10. A. traveling
B. measuring
C. telegraph
D. exhaustion
fidelity
Well. I (16) .............. beginner's courses to school groups this term but when
those (17) . I will be teaching more advanced groups on holiday courses.
M: That sounds great. What about your old job at the tourist office then?
J:
Well, I (18) ........... there for ten years and I quite (19) the job but I (20)
. to do something different. I have always enjoyed sailing in my spare
time so I thought it would be nice to do it for a job.
the
right
thing. It's
really an
But I (23) ........ a promotion so that's good. They (24).me the job of head
receptionist.
J:
M: Yes, it has made me feel much better about work. I mean, 1 (25) .
different jobs at the hotel but I've never had a job with this much responsibility before.
11. A. haven't seen
B. didn't see
C. don't see
B. do you do
13. A. am doing
B. do
C. have done
B. is
C. was
15. A. started
B. have started
C. am starting
D. start
16. A. taught
B. have taught
C. am teaching
17. A. finished .
B. have finished
C. finish
D. am finishing
C. worked
19. A. have enjoyed
C. enjoyed
D. had worked
B. have been enjoying
D. had enjoyed
20. A. want
B. wanted
C. have wanted
D. am wanting,
B. are you
22. A. did
B. do
C. am doing
D. have done
23. A. have
B. have had
C. am having
D. had
24. A. give
B. am giving
C. have given
25. A. do
B. am doing
C. have done
II. Choose the most suitable word form among A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
There is no doubt that a common language used throughout the world would do much to
bring countries (26) .. to each other. Though it is becoming (27) easy to move
from place to place, our (28) .. to communicate with one another gives rise to (29)
.. (30) .. and makes real contact between people of different nationalities (31)
.. . Many attempts have been made to overcome this problem and they have all failed.
The fear of foreign influence and (32) .. rules out the universal (33) .. of
anyone of the (34) .. major languages. (35) .. of this difficulty, many linguists
have constructed artificial languages which could have no possible political overtones. They
have argued that a language of this sort would perform much the same service as Latin did in
Middle Ages.
26. A. closely
B. closed
C. closer
D. close
27. A. increasely
B. increasingly
C. increased
D. increasing
28. A. ability
B. disability
C. inability
D. unability
29. A. numerous
B. numberous
C. numbered
D. numeral
30. A. understanding
B. understand
C. understandingly D. misunderstanding
31. A. impossible
B. possible
C. impossibility
D. possibilities
32. A. dominating
B. domination
C. dominate
D. dominations
33. A. acception
B. accepting
C. acceptance
D. acceptation
34. A. existence
B. existed
C. existent
D. existing
35. A. Aware
B. Awaring
C. Unaware
D. Unawaring
III. Choose the preposition among A, B, C or D which best fits each space in the
following passage.
Vincent Van Gogh. who was born in Holland in 1853, is one of the world's most famous
painters. Although his talent was unrecognized (36) .. his life, it was much
appreciated (37) .. his death.
After he had failed (38) .. every career he had attempted, Van Gogh first turned (39)
.. art to express his strong religious feelings. (40) .. he had decided to become
a painter in (41) .. 1880, he started to paint peasants and miners. During the next few
years, which are known as his 'Dutch period', he produced paintings (42) .. rather dark
greenish-brown colours. In 1886, when he went to Paris to visit his brother Theo, he was
immediately attracted (43) .. the Impressionist work he saw there. He decided to stay
in Paris and continued his paintings there. He was encouraged (44) . Picasso to use
more colours (45) his pictures and his subsequent paintings were bright and
immensely colourful.
36.
A. in
B. throughout
C. with
D. through
37.
A. with
B. before
C. after
D. from
38.
A. in
B. down
C. from
D. at
39.
A. to
B. for
C. into
D. with
40.
A. After
B. Before
C. During
D. Next
41.
A. over
B. about
C. after
D. before
42.
A. with
B. by
C. for
D. in
43.
A. with
B. for
C. to
D. toward
44.
A. from
B. of
C. at
D. by
45.
A. with
B. on
C. in
D. to
IV. Choose the correct option which could best complete each of the following Sentences.
B. beat
C. knock
D. strike
47. I know for ...... that he was away from home last night.
A. true
B. certain
C. right
D. exact
C. received
D. inherited
B. had
B. in
C. to the beach.
D. on
53. He never had much property, and when his house was broken into by thieves, he had
. still.
A. less
B. little
C. a little
D. few
54. The machines often broke down because the staff were not . careful.
A. sufficient
B. enough
C. sufficiently
D. too
B. does
C. needs
D. goes
57.Clearing the weeds from the churchyard was a much harder . than the children had
imagined it would be.
A. deed
B. task
C. service
D. work
C. serious
D. severe
B. strict
B. with
C. for
D. by
C. started
D. exploded
B. fired
63. It occurred to him that he didnt eat anything since the night before.
A
64. They had to queue outside the theatre for getting a taxi.
A
65. One of the majority causes of tides is the gravitational attraction of the moon.
A
66.He has just been operated and I think he will get well soon.
A
67. Her friend is a really young handsome man with curly hair and blue eyes .
A
68.He often goes to work by bus but today he came by his friend's car.
A
69.Is it truly that many yeas ago he had his portrait painted by an unknown artist?
A
70.The Planning Department wanted to change the traffic system so that they
A
conducted a survey.
D
Part C. READING
I. Choose the Word which best fits each numbered space in the following passage.
No (71) to Britain should go home without (72) Some time in Stratford-uponAvon.
(73)
in
the
heart
of
England,
it
is
town
rich
both
B. people
C. one
D. body
72.A. staying
B. spending
C. wasting
D. doing
73. Situating
B. To situate
C. Laying
D. Situated
74.A. holds
B. consists
C. contains
D. composes
75.A. unchanging
B. unchangeable
C. unchanged
D. changeable
76.A. wish
B. wishing
C. like
D. liking
77. A. saying
B. suspicion
C. word
D. doubt
78.A. well-known
B. best
C. more
D. most
79.A. associated
B. connecting
C. associating
D. linking
80.A. visit
B. going
C. visiting
D. watching
II. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each question,
With the onset of the winter season, man's natural enemies, the common cold and the flu,
arrive with full force. It seems that the fluctuations in temperature and weather are guarantees
that coughs and sneezes will spread infecting germs among family and friends.
More than 100 different types of bacteria can cause a cold, and doctors sometimes use
antibiotics to treat bacterial colds. However, there are an equal number of viruses that can
cause influenza, and modern science offers no drugs capable of curing viral infections. In
most cases, the best advice is the usual prescription: get plenty of rest, drink a lot fluids, and
be prepared to suffer for three to ten days.
Some home cures help to relieve the symptoms of colds and flu. Mother's chicken soup, rich
in fats and oils, helps to revitalize a tired body and to soothe a sore throat. Garlic, containing
the active ingredient Alicia, has long been used to fight off the effects of bacteria and viruses.
Hot toddies consisting of small amounts of liquor mixed with honey, sugar, and lemon juice
can relieve soreness and draw out cold germs. Finally, recent evidence suggests that large
doses of vitamin C not only boost the immune system before a cold arrives, but also relieve
C. Fluctuations in temperature.
82. It can be inferred, from the passage that germs are spread______
A. through the air.
83. The word "infecting" in the passage can best be replaced by______
A. escaping
B. unavoidable
C. contaminating D. debilitating
B.
C.
C.
B.
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose one sentence among A, B, C or D which is closest in meaning to the original
sentence.
86. I am fed up with his behaviour.
A. I have enough of his behaviour.
A. I've had enough of his behaviour.
B. I've had enough for his behaviour.
B. I've had his behaviour enough.
88. Although I warned them not to climb that tree, they did.
A. Despite of my warning, they climbed that tree.
89. The person who encouraged me the most at school was my French teacher.
A. The person who gave me most of encouragement at school was my teacher.
B. The person who gave me most encouragement at school was my teacher.
C. The person who gave me the most encouragement at school was my teacher.
D. The person who gave me encouragement the most at school was my teaches.
93. The store was opened by Mark and his brother 10 years ago.
A. It was 10 years ago when the store was opened by Mark and his brother.
B. They were Mark and his brother who opened the store 10 years ago.
C. It was 10 years ago that the store was opened by Mark and his brother.
D. Mark and his brother were the only one who opened the store 10 years ago.
II. Choose one sentence among A, B, C or I) that is hest written based on the words
provided.
96. You / so kind / complete / return / enclosed form / delay?
A. Would you be so kind as to complete and return the enclosed form without delay?
B. Would you be kind to complete and return the enclosed form without delay?
A. Would you be so kind so as to complete and return the enclosed form without
delay?
C. Would you so kindly complete and return the enclosed form without delay?
99. She / look / pale when /arrive. /She /look / see a ghost.
A.
She looked so pale when she arrived. She looked like she had seen a ghost.
A. She looked so pale when she arrived. She looked as if she had seen a ghost.
A. She looked so pale when she arrived. She looked as she had seen a ghost.
B.
She looked so pale when she arrived. She looked as if she saw a ghost. 100.
week.
A. I am writing to complain about the play that was performed at your _______
last week.
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theatre
B. bread
C. break
D. steak
2. A. fan
B. bad
C. wash
D. catch
3. A. chair
B. cheap
C. chorus
D. champion
4. A. tomb
B. home
C. comb
D. only
5. A. hire
B. horror
C. heir
D. hair
II. Choose the word with the position of the stressed syllable different from that of the
others in each line.
6. A. organism
B. independent
C. presentation
D. indication
7. A. mystery
B. flourishing
C. eternal
D. calendar
8. A. astonish
B. forgetful
C. industrious
D. militant
9. A. reputation
B. contribution
C. unemployment
D. favourable
10.A. hostage
B. damage
C. reply
D. physics
B. permission
C. permit
D. permitting
12. You risk .. your money when you put it into that business.
A. to lose
B. losing
C. loosing
D. to loose
13. Frank told everyone that he worked for a large company, but the company is .
A. non-existed
B. non-existent
C. unexisting
D. inexistent
B. cautioused
C. cautions
D. cautious
15. The .. was so exciting and absorbing that she could not put the book down.
A. thrill
B. thrilling
C. thrillness
D. thriller
B. favourite
C. favourable
D. favoured
B. electrical
C. electrified
D.
A. research
B. searching
C. search
D. searchment
B. resident
C. residential
D. residental
C. requesting
D. require
B. requirement
II. Choose one preposition among A, B, C or D which best fits the space in each of the
following sentences.
21. I was delighted .. the present you gave me.
A. of
B. about
C. with
D. at
B. to
C. of
D. for
23.We enjoyed our holiday, but we were a bit disappointed ...... the hotel.
A. at
B. in
C. with
D. by
24. I was surprised .. the way he behaved. It was completely out of character.
A. at
B. with
C. of
D. for
25.The people next door are furious .. us for making so much noise last night
A. to
B. at
C. about
D. with
26. He has just dropped his watch from the third floor and it has fallen .. the flower
bed below.
A. down
B. off
C. on
D. to
B. to
C. at
D. in
B. of
C. for
D. to
29. I am sorry the smell of paint in this room. I've just decorated it
A. about
B. for
C. with
D. by
B. to
C. of
D. for
III. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which best fits the space in each of the following
sentences.
31. I remember the letter a few days before going on holiday.
A. to receive
B. to have received
B. else
C. received
D. receiving
33. I can't tell Peter and Bill apart. They are twins.
D. though
A. similar
B. alike
C. resemblance
D. identical
B. chain
C. link
D. connector
35. If you can't find what you want in this chapter, look it up in the
A. reference
B. index
C. catalogue
D. directory
36. Mr. Duncan does not know the lawn mower after they had finished using it.
A. where did they put
D. where to put
37. The teacher suggested that her students experiences with ESP.
A. write a composition on their
B. to write composition about the
C. wrote some compositions of his or her
D. had written any compositions for his
38. Of the two new teachers, one is experienced and .
A. the others are not
B. another is inexperienced
39. Transitory pains are those that come go quickly, rarely return, and signify
nothing.
A. however
B. instead
C. not
D. an
B. upon
C. until
D. over
41. There was a bad accident last night. One driver was killed, the other driver was badly
injured, and both cars were badly
A. damaged
B. destroyed
C. broken down
D. smashed
42. The World Wide Web is a large part of the Internet; it is a system of electronic documents
to one another.
A. related
B. linked
C. joined
D. bound
43. If you carefully, you can see how he does the card trick.
A. see
B. watch
C. glance
D. witness
44. A program where a host talks to famous people about their lives and careers is a/an
A. live show
B. interview
C. talk show
D. quiz show
45. He's a His first play was performed in a very small theatre.
A. writer
B. playwright
C. composer
D. novelist
IV. Choose the form of the verb which best fits each space in the following passage.
In mankind's millions of years on earth, many types of energy resources (46) However, in
the last ninety years, petroleum (47) by far the most important. Accounting for over
50 percent of all energy consumed, it (48) so essential that, without petroleum, we
(49) with economic disaster.
Of course, the earth's supply of petroleum (50) forever, and in fact, it (51)
sooner than most people (52) At the current rate of consumption, the world's proven oil
reserves (53) within forty to fifty years.
Obviously, measures (54) decades ago to reduce our dependence on oil.
Amazingly, such measures (55) today.
46. A. were utilized B. have been utilized
C. have utilized
D. utilized
47.A. became
B. had become
D. has become
48. A. is
B. has been
C. is being
D. had been
B. would face
C. will be faced
D. will face
B. has disappeared
C. will be disappearing
52. A. have believed
D. disappears
B. will believe
C. believed
D. believe
B. may be exhausted
B. should take
D. should be taken
57. swim in. There is so much smoke in the air that it is healthy to live in many
A
58. of the world cities. In one well-known city, for example, poisonous gases of
A
C D
59. cars pollute the air so much that traffic policemen have to wear oxygen mask.
A
60. We have cut down so many trees that there now are vast areas of wasteland
A
61. all over the world. As a result farmers in parts in Africa cannot grow enough
A
62. to cat. In certain countries in Asia, there is so little rice. Moreover, we do not
A
63. take enough care of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly disappeared.
A
64. For instance, tigers are rare in India now although we have killed too many for
A
65. them to survive. However, it isn't enough simply to talk about the problems.
A
We must act now before it is too late to do anything about it. Join us now. Save the earth. This
is too important to ignore.
Part C. READING
I. Read the passage below and decide the word that best fits each space.
The food we eat seems to have profound (66) . on our health. Although
science has made enormous (67) . in making food more fit to eat. It has at the same
time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has (68) . that perhaps eighty
percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the
diet as well, (69) . cancer of the colon. People of different cultures are more Drone
to (70) . Certain illnesses because of the characteristic foods they consume.
That food is (71) to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government
researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites (commonly used to (72)
colour
in meats) as well as other food additives caused cancer. (73) . these carcinogenic
additives (74) . in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know
which ingredients on the (75) . labels of processed food are helpful or harmful.
The additives that we cat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to cattle and
poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been (76) . in the milk of (77) . cows.
Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medicinal purposes, but for
financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to (78) . the animals in order to (79)
. a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
has tried (80) . to control then procedures, the practices continue.
66. A. affect
67. A. steps
68. A. stated
B. effect
B. things
B. said
C. effects
C. advance
C. expressed
D. affects
D. technique
D. shown
69. A. specially
70. A. contract
71. A. connecting
72. A. conserve
73. A. Yet
74. A. remain
75. A. package
76. A. seen
77. A. treating
78. A. fattening
79. A. obtain
80. A. repeatly
B. especially
B. meet
B. associated
B. protect
B. However
B. stay
B. packaging
B. found
B. treatable
B. fatten
B. profit
B. repeatingly
C. generally
C. infect
C. attached
C. preserve
C. But
C. exist
C. packaged
C. tasted
C. treated
C. fat
C. matte
C. repeatedly
D. especial
D. affect
D. related
D. keep
D. Although
D. contain
D. packet
D. smelled
D. untreated
D. fatter
D. earn
D. repetition
II. Read the following passage and then choose the answer for each of the following
questions.
Napoleon Bonaparte's ambition to control all the area around Mediterranean Sea led him
and his French soldiers to Egypt. After losing a naval battle, they were forced to remain
there for three years. In 1799, while constructing a fort, a soldier discovered a piece of
stele (a stone pillar bearing an inscription) known as the Rosetta stone, in
commemoration of the town near the fort. This famous stone, which would eventually
lead to the deciphering of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics dating to 3100 B.C, was written
in three languages: hieroglyphics (picture writing), demotic (a shorthand version of
Egyptian hieroglyphics), and Greek. Scientists discovered that the characters, unlike
those in English, could be written from right to left and in other directions as well. The
direction in which they were read depended on how the characters were arranged. Living
elements (animals, people and body parts) were often the first symbols, and the direction
that they faced indicated the direction for reading them. Twenty three years after the
discovery of the Rosetta stone, Jean Francois Champollion, a French philologist, fluent in
several languages, was able to decipher the first word Ptolemy the name of an Egyptian
ruler. This name was written inside an oval called a "cartouche". Further investigation
revealed that cartouches contained names of important people of that period.
Champollion painstakingly continued his search and was able to increase his growing list
of known phonetic signs. He and an Englishman, Thomas Young, worked independently
of each other to unravel the deeply hidden mysteries of this strange language. Young
believed that sound values could be assigned to the symbols, while Champollion insisted
that the pictures represented words.
81. All of the following languages were written on the Rosetta stone EXCEPT
A. French
B. demotic
C. Greek
D. hieroglyphics
83. The person responsible Jar deciphering the first word was...........
A. Champollion
B. Young
C. Ptolemy
D. Napoleon
84. Why was the piece of newly discovered stele called the Rosetta stone?
A. It was shaped like a rosette.
A. It was to honour Napoleon's friend Rosetta.
B. The town near the fort was called Rosetta.
C. The fort was called Rosetta.
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose the sentence A, B, C or D which is closest in meaning to the original sentence.
86. You'll be better off staying the night.
A. It will be better to stay the night.
B. It will be good of you to stay the night.
C. It will be better for you to stay the night.
D. You will be better if you stay the night.
good
investment.
B. If it hadn't been for your sound advice, I would never have made such a good
investment. investment.
A. I have made such a good investment thanks for your sound advice.
C. Thank you for your sound advice, without it I would never have made such a good
investment.
95. I don't think he's likely to phone me tonight.
A. He isn't thought to phone me tonight.
A. It will be unlikely that he phones me tonight.
II. Choose one sentence (A, B, C or D) that is best written based on the words and
phrases provided.
96. We should/dictating machine / rather I secretary.
A. We should have dictating machine rather than a secretary.
A. We should have a dictating machine rather than to have a secretary.
B. We should have dictating machine rather than secretary.
C. We should have a dictating machine rather than a secretary.
airport.
B. Standing by the plane, the doctor said good-bye with everybody at the airport.
A. To stand by the plane, the doctor said good-bye to everybody at the airport.
B. Standing by the plane, the doctor said good-bye to everybody at the airport.
each line.
1.
A. fear
B. near
C. pear
D. rear
2.
A. cloak
B. broad
C. soak
D. throat
3.
A. book
B. foot
C. brook
D. booth
4.
A. mechanical
B. mechanism
C. camping
D. ceramic
5.
A. stomach
B. starch
C. chimney
D. cheat
II.
Choose the word with the position of the stressed syllable different from that of
the others in each line.
6.
A. capitalist
B. diagnostic
C. satellite
D. flowery
7.
A. recapture
B. immature
C. domestic
D. recover
8.
A. commentator B. practicable
C. preferable
D. prehistory
9.
A. principal
B. recommend
C. recollect
D. unemployed
B. secretary
C. speculation
D. optimism
10. A. sanitary
B. would be
D. She knew
B. asking
D. never escaped
C. having asked
B. had wandered
D. being asked
C. was wandering
18. feeling
D. wandered
B. felt
C. was feeling
D. had felt
C. will be hiring
D. will hire
II. The underlined parts in each line below are marked A, B. C, D. identify the one
underlined word or phrase that would not be acceptable in standard English.
21. Washington, D.C. lies between Virginia and Maryland by the Potomac River.
A
C D
22. It's about 220 miles south in New York City. The most pleasant and easiest
A B
24. train costing. a little more than the bus journey and a little less than to fly.
A
25.I would travel far more than 200 miles to watch Washington. It's not a
A
26. city that has grown up accidentally like most big cities have done. It was
A
27.carefully planned as the nation's capital by a French, Pierre L' Enfant. The
A
III. Choose the best word (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
31. The change in timetable will . many students having to catch an earlier bus.
A. result
B. lead
C. mean
D. cause
32. . you aren't suggesting that what he did was in any way defensible?
A. Certainly
B. Probably
C. Undoubtedly
D. Surely
33. No one was able to think . the noise was going on.
A. during
B. while
C. since
D. on account of
34. These figures give you some idea of the cost of . your car for one year.
A. controlling
B. handling
C. managing
D. maintaining
35. As the managing director can't go to the reception, I am representing the company
.
A. on his account
B. on his behalf
B. unable
C. incapable
D. powerless
37. He spoke clearly and and we could understand every word he said.
A. distinguished B. distinguishable C. distinctly
D. distinctively
38. Mr. Johnson has been asked to the next meeting of the club committee.
A. manage
B. take
C. chair
D. lead
39. She did not staying at home as she had some sewing she wanted to do.
A. mind
B. object
C. matter
D. care
B. certificate
C. degree
D. bachelor
B. broke
C. burst
D. rushed
B. occupy
C. turn into
D. enter
B. working
C. active
D. efficient
B. prepared
C. intended
D. engaged
B. apart
C. but
D. though
IV. Choose the preposition which .best fits the space in each of the following
sentences.
46. I could make .. the expression on his face.
A. up
B. of
C. out
D. for
47. The piano went .. the door easily, but the sideboard didn't.
A. past
B. by
C. across
D. through
computer hardware.
A. off
B. behind
C. down
D. into
49. Ellen had the operation this morning and it all went .. quite well.
A. off
B. by
C. through
D. on
B. in
C. off
D. up
B. through
C, over
D. out of
52. "Have you found the title for the book?" "No, not yet." "When will it Come
..?
A. up
B. off
C. to
D. out
53. A water shortage had struck the area and the wild life was dying .. alarmingly in
the intense heat.
A. from
B. out
C. off
D. of
54. Many households in the neighbourhood of the University add to their income by taking
.. students.
A. up
B. in
C. from
D. after
55. The Minister of Commerce set .. an emergency committee today to ensure the
maintenance of bread supplies
A. up
B. off
C. in
D. down
Part C. READING
I. Choose the correct word form (A, B, C or D) which best fits each space in the
following passage.
Between 1820 and 1860 the United States underwent three (56) ..... changes: waves of
immigrants flooded the port cities; the Anglo Saxon population greatly increased, and cities
grew with a rapid tempo. Proud (57) ......... of the old (58)....... ............. felt that those changes,
taken as a whole, constituted a threat to American society. The massive (59) ....... was
larger and more rapid than that of the past. No legal (60) ....... inhibited the stream of
those (61) ................. a new life in the Atlantic. About 5,000,000 immigrants came to America
between 1820 and 1860, half of them (62) ...... after 1850.
A small nation of 10,000,000 in 1820 was (63) ...... into a giant of 31,000,000 in 1860.
Many of the (64).......brought with them a way of life which (65) ........... radically from that of
America.
56.
A. signifies
B. signifying C. significance
D. significant
57.
A. defendents
B. defendants C. defenders
D. defendinLis
58.
A. publicity
B. publicant
D. republic
59.
A. immigration
B. immigrant C. immigrating
D. migrating
60.
A. restricts
B. restrictions C. restrictations
D. restricters
C. republican
61.
A. seekers
B. seek
C. seeking
D. seeked
62.
A. arrived
B. arriving
C. arrive
D. arrival
63.
A. transforming
B. transformedC. transformant
D. transformable
64.
A. newcomers
B. comers
C. rccentcomers
D. newlycomers
65.
A. differing
B. differed
C. differ
D. differs
IL Circle the letter A, B, C or D next to the word which best fits each space in tile
following passage.
A recent experiment has (66) ....... that the British postal service is (67) ....... than it was
150 years ago. A national newspaper sent a letter to Bristol, which is in the south-west of
England. They (68) .......the letter in London on Tuesday the 4 th , April, (69)....... a first class
stamp,.........................................................................which means that it should arrive the next day.
On the same day, they (70) ....... a and carriage, and gave another letter to the driver. Then they
sat back to (71) ....... what would happen.
The letter which was .(72) ......................................... by horse and carriage arrived after three days.
It was (73) .................................................................. for the horse to (74)
Bristol in a single
day, so both the horse and driver (75)....... overnight in a hotel not in the same room, we hoped!
However, the letter which (76) ............................ by Royal Mail didn't arrive until six days
later. Naturally, the Post Office was very embarrassed, and said that the vast majority of first
(77)....... letters would arrive the next day; this one was just an (78)....... mistake, but so many
people have had the same experience with the (79) ....... that you begin to wonder if we would
be better off (80) ....... all the post by horse again.
66. A. shown
B. said
C. spoken
D. given
67. A. efficient
B. effect
C. serviced
D. used
68. A. sent
B. posted
C. transported
D. carried
69. A. used
B. stuck
C. using
D. putting
66. A. hired
B. rented
C. had
D. used
67. A. watch
B. wait
C. see
D. know
68. A. sent
B. brought
C. loaded
D. taken
69. A. possible
B. capable
C. impossible
D. incapable
70. A. reach
B. arrive
C. come
D. go
71. A. sat
B. lived
C. stayed
D. remained
72. A. carried
B. went
C. brought
D. sent
66. A. price
B. kind
C. class
D. type
73. A. unforgettable
B. unknown
C. unheard
D. unfortunate
C. sending
D. letter
74. A. postage
- B. post
75. A. posting
B. sending
C. transforming
D. transporting
III. Read the following passage and then choose one answer for each of the following
sentences.
Many people believe that Americans love their cars almost more than anything else. It
may be true. From the time youngsters become fourteen years old or even earlier, they are
likely to start dreaming of having their own car. Many young people work after school
during their last year at high school in order to save money to buy a car. Learning to drive
and obtaining a driver's license may be one of the most exciting times of a young person's
life.
People who do not like to go to a doctor when they are ill will take their cars to a
mechanic at the first sign of a problem. Those who do not like to work around the home on
Saturday may devote most of that day to washing and waxing their cars.
Many men and women in the United States need to have cars. People need cars to go to
work in. Housewives need cars to go shopping or to take the children to school or for other
activities. That is why many families have two or even three cars.
In most states young people learn to drive in high school, where driver training is one of
the most popular courses. At the end of the course the student must take a driving test to
obtain a license. For many that piece of paper is an important symbol that they arc now adults.
81. What do many people believe?
A. Americans like their cars best.
B. Americans like their cars more than anything else.
C. Most Americans have more cars than anything else.
D. Only some Americans love their cars almost more than anything else.
82. What is one of the most exciting times of a young person's life?
A. The time when they have a car.
B. The time when they have learned to drive and obtained a driver's licence.
C. The time when they have learned how to drive a car.
D. The time when they get a driver's license.
B. Planting trees.
B. In a club
C. In high school
D. In college
Part D. WRITING
Choose one sentence among A, B, C or D which is closest in meaning to the original
sentence.
86. If you go to the party with us, I will pick you up.
A. If you are ready to go to the party with us, I will pick you up.
B. If you are willing to go to the party with us, I will pick you up.
C. I will probably pick you up if you go to the party with us.
D. Please go to the party with us and I will pick you up.
87. It's believed that a general election will be held in Cambodia.
A. A general election is believed that it will be held in Cambodia.
B. A general election is believed to hold in Cambodia.
C. A general election is believed to he held in Cambodia.
D. A general election is believed it will he held in Cambodia.
88. It wasn't believed until the 15th century that the earth revolves around the sun.
A. That wasn't believed before the 15th century that the earth revolves
century.
B. The earth was believed to revolve around the sun until the 15th
century.
D. Not until the 15th century the earth was believed to revolve around the sun.
89. More people are infected with HIV this year than they were 50 years ago.
A. Not as many people were infected with HIV 50 years ago as they are
this year.
B. Less people arc infected with HIV this year than they were 50 years ago.
C. Few people are infected with HIV this year than 50 years ago.
D. There are fewer people infected with HIV this year as they were 50 years ago.
90. Why didn't you read the instruction?
A. You should read the instruction.
B. You had to read the instruction.
C. You had better to read the instruction.
D. You should have read the instruction.
91. It's very kind of you to give me a lift.
94. If you don't work hard, you will not have any chance of success.
A. Your chance of success depends on how do you work.
B. Whether or not you succeed depends on your working. hard.
C. Unless you work hard, you will not be likely to have any chance of success.
D. If you work hard, you will have any chance of success.
II.
Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that is best itten based on following
words and phrases.
I am sure he has told the truth. He has never told a lie in life.
C.
D. I am sure he told the truth. He has never told a lie in his life.
I am wet through. If I had 'known of the rain, I would have taken my umbrella.
C.
I am wet through. If I had known it would rain, I would have taken my umbrella.
C.
F.
A. clean
B. death
C. head
D. heavy
2.
A. vision
B. apprehension
C. emission
D. pension
3.
A. cosmetic
B. conventional
C. continental
D. element
4.
A. delicate
13. intimacy
C. military
D. dramatic
5.
A. guidance
B. gesture
C. get-together
D. graduate
II. Choose the word that has different stress pattern from the rest in each group.
6.
A. transition
B. traveller
C. unpleasant
D. supportive
7.
A. vocational
B. uncertainty
C. solidify
D. occupation
8.
A. safeguarding B. satellite
C. reclaiming
D. moderate
9.
A. preservation
B. restoration
C. orientation
D. miraculous
10.
A. reduction
B. intensive
C. disposal
D. undergrowth
It was only after he'd been......for the third time that she asked for a divorce.
A. faithless
12.
C. unfaith
D. failing
Management offered employees a two per cent pay rise, but the union fount this offer
A. unaccepted
13.
B. unfaithful
B. accepted
C. unacceptable
D. acceptable
The teacher helped the student pass her exam. She was most.........and boug1-1 her a
present.
A. appreciated B. appreciatively
C. appreciating
D. appreciative
14. I know you feel fed up, but dont let one failure ... you. It was your first interview, after
all, therell be more.
A. discourage
B. courage
C. encourage
D. miscourage
15. Lack of water and agricultural land impose the most serious ..... on Australias future
development.
A. limits
B. limitations
C. limit
D. limiting
16. This hotel gives ..... treatment to people who stay in it regularly.
A. preferable
B. preferential
C. preferred
D. preference
17. We should apply new technology to ..... our country into a modern nation.
A. form
B. transforming
C. transform
D. forming
18. Right at the beginning of their ..... programme the Japanese realized th importance of
an iron and steel industry.
A. modern
B. moderning
C. modernizing
D. modernization
19. The criminal stayed in .... until the police had passed.
A. concealation
B. conceal
C. concealment
D. concealness
B. solidarity
C. solidity
D. solitary
Choose the best word (A, B, C or 1)) to complete each of the following sentences
21 Laser beams which are useful in both medicine and industry were first ......... in science
fiction stories 30 years ago.
A. used
B. predicted
C. written
D. said
22. The public is highly suspicious of the oil industry whose profits have been increasing.
B. short
C. deficient
D. insufficient
compounds.
A. consisted
B. included
C. composed
D. made
24. Hoping that he would pass the course, he stayed up all night studying for final exam:
B. slept over
C. overslept
D. slept through
25. It was the longest film I've ever seen: it ....... three hours.
A. lasted
B. stayed
C. finished
D. completed
A. nearly
B. almost
C. hardly
D). simply
B. consider
C. agree
D. approve
28. If you wish to learn a new language you must............ class regularly.
A. follow
B. present
C. attend
D. assist
29. It takes a great deal of............ for the class to make a trip abroad.
A. work
B. organization
C. expense
D. business
30. They agreed to call off the strike on that all those who had been dismissed were
reinstated.
A. terms
B. demand
C. request
D. condition
C. in
D. of
B. with
B. applicant
C. astronaut
D. agency
33. As the fat man sat down, the deck chair............. under him with a loud noise.
A. fell
B. sank
C... dropped
D. collapsed
C. seller
D. producer
B. consumer
B. staggering
C. recycling
D. strolled
III. Choose the correct preposition (A, B, C or D) which best fits each of thefollowing
sentences.
a.
She felt so guilty (36) .......... not telling the truth. She knew that because
this she had been found guilty (37)........ murder.
b.
How could she have been so unfaithful (38). him when he had such faith (39)
. her?
c.
She criticizes everything (40) ........ him. She criticizes him (41)...not b&-- ________
the
way
he
eats
.-
breakfast cereal!
d.
e.
f.
It is undeniable that the Five-Year Plans have resulted (45) some very great
achievements.
36. A. of
B. about
C. with
D. for
37. A. of
B. about
C. with
D. for
38. A. with
B. for
C. to
D. at
39. A. with
B. in
C. at
D. to
40. A. of
B. in
C. on
D. about
41. A. for
B. about
C. on
D. from
42. A. on
B. with
C. of
D. at
43. A. for
B. with
C. of
D. at
44. A. in
B. of
C. at
D. for
45. A. from
B. to
C. of
D. in
IV. Choose the correct verb form which best fits each numbered space in the
following sentences.
1.
Hello Paul! How are you? I (46) ................ you for ages! What you (47) ...... since
I last (48) .............. you.
2.
I (49) ............... forward to spring (50) .......... Winter seems (51) ........ with us for
months, and I can't stand (52) ........................ up when it's still dark outside. Soon
some flowers should be coming out. That'll be nice.
3.
Travelers since the time of Marco Polo (53) ................. on the Chinese custom of
making use of every bit of land which (54)................
C. hadn't seen
47. A. did you do
C. you did
48. A. had seen
C. have seen
49. A. look
B. didn't see
I). haven't been seeing
B. had you done
D. have you been doing
B. saw
D. was seeing
B. have looked
in
most
C. am looking
50. A. arriving
C. to arrive
D. was looked
B. arrive
D. arrived
51 A. to be
B. having been
52. A. to get
B. getting
C. to have got
53. A. remarked
D. get
B. had remarked
C. have remarked
D. has remarked
B. could cultivate
C. can cultivate
55. A. almost wiped off
C. almost wipes off
D. can be cultivate
B. had almost wiped off
D. had almost been wiped off
Part C: READING
I. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to fill each numbered blank in the following
passage.
It isn't always easy these days to (66)........ between people from different (67) ........of
Britain. (68)........... because British people (69) ........ about the country more than they used to.
Northerners come and live in the south. Southerners and East Anglicans go to the North, and lots of
Scots, Welsh and Irish come and live in England. More people (70) ....... in London and the
south than in any other (71) ...... That is why many Southerners do not really have a special
(72) ....... except the Cockneys from the East End of London.
The North still has a (73) ....... of its own, and Southerners who settle in the North usually take
(74) ........ the Northern way of life. Their children soon (75) ...... up the accent from their
school friends.
As the English are such a mixed people, local customs and accents in England vary a
great deal and local (76) ........is still strong in some (77) ....... of the country. The closer one
gets to London, the less one (78) ...... such differences, for London is a melting-pot. People
from all over Britain arid from all over the world (79)
tends to "melt down" and smooth out strong accents and provincial customs. very year the
influence of London (80)
further
and
further
into
the
country,
north,
south, east and west, but particularly into the south and southeast.
66.
A. realise
B. distinguish
C. classify
D. know
67.
A. areas
B. places
C. parts
D. zones
68.
A. That's
B. It's
C. This is
D. They are
69.
A. come
B. arrive
C. move
D. reach
70.
A. arrive
B. settle
C. come
D. stay
71.
A. region
B. regions
C. part
D. places
72.
A. voice
B. speech
C. accent
D. speak
73.
A. character
B. characteristic
C. characterization D. characterizing
74.
A. up
B. in
C. on
D. off
75.
A. set
B. take
C. build
D. pick
76.
A. pride
B. thought
C. tradition
D. preservation
77.
A. places
B. spots
C. zones
D. parts
78.
A. recognises
B. notices
C. watches
D. know
79.
A. go
B. reach
C. pour
D. get
80.
A. spreads
B. fill
C. widen
D. reach
IL
Read the passage and then choose one answer for each of the following questions.
The diseases connected to smoking are a big problem. Doctors think that the annual
medical cost for lung cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses connected to smoking is
between 12 and 35 million pounds.
And smoking costs society money in other ways. Between 27 and 61 billion pounds
are spent each year on sick days when people don't go to work, on wages that you don't
get when you don't go to work, and on work lost at the company when you are sick.
This money counts the wages from people who die of cancer at young age and stop
paying taxes. This does not count fire started by cigarettes, which kill fifteen hundred
people yearly and injure another four thousand. Smoking costs every man, woman and
child in the UK from one hundred and ten to two hundred and fifty pounds yearly in
insurance cost, that comes to one hundred and sixty to four hundred and ten pounds. If
everyone stopped smoking, a family of four could have tip to one thousand six hundred
and forty pounds a year more.
Smoking will also cause other problems. People who don't smoke will live longer, and so
they will take money from the government when they are old. But they will also work
for more years and pay more taxes.
In the end, the value of a non smoking nation is not in pounds. The good health of people
is the true value for us all.
81. if everyone stopped smoking, all the United Kingdom
A. would have more money
82. Every year companies lose........ because of the diseases connected to smoking.
A. money
B. work
C. wages
D. time
83. If everyone stopped smoking, a family of four could have.........more each year.
A. from 110 to 260 pounds
B. from 1,340 to 1,430 pounds
C. from 160 to 410 pounds
D. 1,640 pounds
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the original sentence.
91. If you are ever in the neighbourhood, please drop in and see us.
A. Should you ever be in the neighbourhood, please drop in and see us.
A. We would like you to drop in and see us if you come to the neighbourhood.
B. Would you ever be in the neighbourhood, please drop in and see us.
C. Will you ever be in the neighbourhood, please drop in and see us.
II. Choose one sentence (A, B, C or D) that is best written based on the words rovided.
96. rain / every day / have / spend / most / time / indoors.
A. It rained everyday so we had to spend most of time indoors.
B. It rained every day so we had to spend most of our time indoors.
A. It rained nearly every day so we had to spend most time indoors.
C. It rained every day so we have spent most of our time indoors.
A. Sensible
B. scalpel
C. surgery
D. satellite
2.
A. assure
B. relaxed
C. obstacle
D alternative
3.
A. account
B. mountain
C. roundabout
D. routine
4.
A. how
B. towel
C. vowel
D. rowing
5.
A. villa
B. violet
C. cricket
D. signal
II.
Choose the word that has different stress pattern from the rest in each group.
6.
A. telephonist
B. ultimate
C. necklace
7.
A. geometric
B. constitution
C. unaccountable D. parental
8.
A. geologist
B. material
C. temperate
D. courageous
9.
A. alcoholic
B. continental
C. engineering
D. philosophy
10.
A. artistic
B. convertible
C. pull over
D semester
D. moonlight
Part B. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence..
11.
12.
D. stolen
B. over
C. off
D. to
B. hers
C. herself
D. her own
B. where
C. that
D. it
17.
C. lost
16.
B. missed
15.
D. impossible
14.
C. no need
13.
B. no purpose
B. judge
C. attend
D. expect
The hotel receptionist said she would ..... what she could do about the dripping tap
immediately.
A. find
18.
C. see
19.
B. try
B. note
D. look
for it.
C. addition
D. bill
20.
21.
B. through
B. aim
B. make
C. might
D. ought
C. down
D. away
C. target
D. focus
C. enjoy
D. live
25.
Do you think it's possible to ................. on nothing but fruit and vegetables?
A. eat
24.
D. view
23.
B. should
C. feeling
All his plans for starting his own business fell ..................
A. in
22.
B. thought
C. flat
D. rental
B. stepped
C. straight
D. sharp
II. Choose the correct form of the word (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following
sentences.
26.
Don't worry ! Our new product will keep your bathroom clean and..................
A. odourless
27.
D. odourlessly
B. knowledged
C. knowledgeable D. unknowledged
29.
C. odourful
My teacher is very..................
A. known
28.
B. odour
B. greediness
C. greedy
D. greedness
30.
D. independent
B. Theorily
C. Theoricly
D. Theoretically
32.
C. dependent
31.
B.dependable
B. undecisive
leader.
C. undeciding
D. undecided
A. unexpectingly
33.
C. unexpectedly D.expecting
34.
B. expectantly
B. engineer
C. engine
D.enginer
The elderly tourists do not find the thought of climbing the hill
A. appealed
B. appealing
C. unappealingectedly D. expecting
D. appeal
35.
36.
B. cycle
B. frightful
B. respectably
C. respectful
D. respectable
are unpleasant, but it will be nice when we get into the new house.
A. Removals
40.
D. frightening
39.
C. frightened
38.
D. cyclone
37.
C. tricycle
B. recognition
C. recognising D. recognisemeni
III. Decide which of the underlined part in each line is incorrect in standard English
41.
If you ever come in a house in Japan, you must remember to take off y shoes.
A
B
C
D
42.
Otherwise, this would damage the fine straw mats which cover on floors.
A
41. The rooms in almost Japanese houses are usually large. In the middle of the rooom
A
41.
42.
there maybe a low table with small flat cushions around it. Many houses have
A
B
C
D
no other furnitures in their rooms. Perhaps you will see a bowl of flowers or
A
B
C
D
46. long silk painting on one of the walls. Visitors are invited a small cup of green tea
A B
47. You may be surprised to see that there are not bedrooms. The Japanese unroll
A
B
C
D
46. their beds and put them on the floor when they feel tired. Japanese people take bath A
B
take bath.
C
D
47. before their evening meals. Most houses have one large bath for the whole families. A
B
C
D
48. Although, no one washes in the bath ! They wash themselves before they go into
A
B
C
D
the big bath. The water is very hot. But the Japanese are used to having hot baths. After
the bath, they put on a loose robe and eat their evening meal.
Part C. READING
T.
Choose the preposition which best fits each numbered space in the following
passage.
My sense of direction is not very good, and I easily get lost, one day, (51) ..... ten years ago, I was
walking (52) ...... the mountains (53) ..... France and Italy when the weather began to turn bad. I
started to make my way (54)....... downhill as I did not want to be caught (55) ...... a storm. But
after a few hundred meters I realized that I was not sure soon I was completely lost. I called as
loudly as I could, but of course there was nobody close enough to hear me. So I crawled (58)........
a hole (59) ....... two rocks and waited for the storm to go (60) .......
51.
A. in
B. at
C. during
D. about
52.
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. into
53.
A. on
B. in
C. between
D. at
54.
A. of
B. back
C. to
D. toward
55.
A. in
B. by
C. at
D. with
56.
A. about
B. of
C. for
D. with
57.
A. down
B. to
C. back
D. up
58.
A . to
B. into
C. through
D. across
59.
A . with
B. of
C. below
D. between
60.
A . by
B. over
C. past
D. through
II. Read the article below and cirele the letter next to the word that best fits each space.
The BBC is based at Broadcasting House in London, although it has (61) ...... in many other parts
of the country. It is (62) ....... by a board of governors (63) ...... by the government but once
appointed this board has complete freedom and the government cannot (64) ....... Everyone who
(65)......or rents a television set has to pay a yearly (66) .......There is no (67)...... on BBC radio or
television, and it is (68) ...... the sale of licences (69) ...... the BBC gets most of its money. An
annual licence for a colour set costs twice as much as for a black and white set.
The BBC is not the mouthpiece of the government. On the (70)......, all the major political parties
have equal rights to give political (71) ......., and each party sometimes complains that the BBC is
prejudiced (72) ...... it.
There arc four radio channels, each of which "specialises". Radio 1 has mainly pop music; Radio
2 has light music, comedy, sport; Radio 3 has classical and twentieth century music, (73) ...... on
serious (74) ......, ancient and modern. Radio 4 specialises in the spoken word the main nev
reports, talks and discussions, plays, etc. In addition the BBC has local radio (75) ...... in many
cities and districts. The BBC also broadcasts news al information about Britain to countries all
over the world. This World Serv. provides programmes in forty different languages, as well as
English.
The BBC has two television channels: BBC 1 and BBC 2. BBC 2 (76) ...... more serious
programmes than BBC 1 documentaries and discussion= adaptations of novels into plays and
serials, operas and concerts. BBC programmes (77) ...... largely of lighter plays and series,
humour and but there are also some interesting documentaries. BBC 2 is watched lly 10 per cent
of all (78)......
Radio and television programmes ......... weekly periodical The Listener, in which a
selection of radio and TV talks are (80) ......
61. A. offices
B. rooms
C. buildings
D. studios
62. A. controlled
B. directed
C. led
D. operated
63.
A. elected
B. operated
C. appointed
D. voted
64.
A. decide
B. interfere
C. do
D. instruct
65.
A. gets B. buys
C. owns
D. hires
66.
A. money
B. licence
C. sum
D. bill
67.
A. advertising
B. sport
C. entertainment
D. film
68.
A. by B. from
C. with
D. at
69.
A. what
B. and
C. that
70.
A. fact B. reality
C. other
D. contrary
D. which
71.
A. broadcasts
B. opinion
C. show
77.
A. at
C. with
I). to
73.
A. talks
B. speech
C. speaking
D. lecture
74.
A. titles
B. subjects
C. things
D. matters
75.
A. office
B. buildings
C. stations
D. studio
76.
A. shows
B. performs
C. provides
D. offers
77.
A. consist
B. compose
C. include
D. conclude
78.
A. viewers
13. spectators
C. watchers
D. audience
79.
A. a
C. another
D. the
80.
A. made
B. printed
C. broadcast
B. against
B. one
D. point
D. shown
III. Read the passage and then choose one answer for each of the following sentences.
As more women in the United States move up the professional ladder, more are finding it
necessary to make business trip alone. Since this is new for many, some tips are certainly in
order. If you are married, it is a good idea to encourage your husband and children to learn to
cook a few simple meals while you are away. They will be much happier and probably they will
enjoy the experience. If you will be eating alone a good deal, choose good restaurants. In the end,
they will be much better for your digestion. You may also find it useful to call the restaurant in
advance and state that you will be eating alone. You will probably get better service and almost
certainly a better table. Finally, and most importantly, anticipate your travel needs as a
businesswoman; this starts with light weight luggage. Take a folding case inside your suitcase; it
will come in extremely handy for dirty clothes, as well as for business documents and papers you
no longer need on the trip.
And make sure you have a briefcase so that you can keep currently required papers separate.
Obviously, experience helps, but you can make things easier on yourself from the first by careful
planning so that right from the start you can really have a good trip.
81. Who is the author's intended audience?
A. Working women who have no time for cooking.
B. Husbands and children of working women.
C. Working women who must travel on their own.
D. Hotel personnel who must cater for working women.
83. In this passage, what advice does the author have for married women?
A. Stay at home and take care of your family.
B. Encourage your husband and kids to be happy and have fun while you are away.
C. Help your family learn to prepare food for themselves.
D. I lave your whole family take cooking classes together.
84. Why are better restaurants especially preferable for frequent travellers?
A. The food is usually better for your health.
B. The tables are better.
C. You can call ahead for reservations.
D. You will not have to eat alone.
Part D. WRITING
I.
88. They had to wait for twelve hours before their flight left.
A. Only after a 12-hours wait did their flight leave.
B. Their flight left when they had to wait for 12 hours.
C. Their flight left 12 hours after they had waited.
D. Only after a 12-hour wait did their plane leave.
89. It was difficult for Susan to get used to the new lift there.
A. Susan found it hardly to get used to the new life there.
B. Susan hardly could get used to the new life there.
C. Susan could hardly get used to the new life there.
D. Susan was difficult to get used to the new life there.
91. It was careless of you to leave the window open last night.
A. It was your fault to leave the window open last night.
B. You were too careless to leave the window open last night.
C. You shouldn't leave the window open last night.
92. Though my house was cheaper than Norman's, it was bigger and moreattractive.
A. Norman's house may be more expensive but it was smaller and less attractive than
mine.
A. Norman's house may have been more expensive but it was smaller and less attractive
than mine.
B. Despite my house was cheaper, it was bigger and more attractive than Norman's.
D.Despite my house cheaper, it was bigger and more attractive than Norman's.
93. Please would you send me flirt her details of the job advertised?
A. I would be grateful if you send further details of the job advertised.
B. I should be grateful if you send me further details of the job advertised.
C. Could you send to me further details of the job advertised?
D. I think you should send me details of the job advertised.
94. The rate of inflation has Allen steadily during recent months.
A. There has been a steady decline of the rate of inflation during recent months.
B. There has been steady fall in the rate of inflation during recent months.
C. There has been a steady decline in the rate of inflation during recent months.
D. There has been a steady rate fall in inflation during the recent months.
95. Her husband died. When she heard the news, she fainted.
A. On hearing the news of her dead husband she fainted.
B. When she heard the deadly news of her husband she fainted.
C. When hearing the news from her dead husband she fainted.
D. On hearing the news of her husband's death she fainted.
II.
Choose one sentence (A, B,C or D) that is best written based on the words provided.
96. Your car / park / here / last two hours / and that / wrong.
A. Your car has parked here for the last two hours and that is wrong.
B. Your car has been parked here for the last two hours and that is wrong.
C. Your car has been parking here for the last two hours and that is wrong.
D. Your car has parked here last two hours and that is wrong.
Part A. PHONE C
I.
Choose one word A, B, C or D whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
others.
1.
A. transition
B. obstacle
C. automatic
D. access
2.
A. basic
B. absorb
C. disease
D. preserve
3.
A. surgery
B. sanguine
C. regret
D. regard
4.
A. pension
B. prevention
C. element
D. metropolis
5.
A. pollution
B. sulphur
C. brunch
D. product
II.
Choose one word A, B, C or D that has a different stress pattern from the others.
6.
A. founder
B. reject
C. outwit
D. involve
7.
A. volcanic
B. potential
C. mechanic
D. mineral
8.
A. supervisor
B. delicacy
C. occupation
D. intimacy
9.
D. investigate
10.
A. vacancy
D. possession
B. satellite
C. property
12.
D. whose
B. whom
C. that
D. which
14.
C. that
13.
B. which
B. that
C. whom
D. which
novels -"- individuals got
B. who
C. whose
D. whom
I was interested to see that those ........... felt strong about the issue were getting very
worked up.
A. that
16.
B. who
C. whom
D. which
A. what
17.
B. whoever
C. whatever
D. however
B. which
C. this
D. what
20.
D. these
19.
C. those
You can say............you like. However, there is no substitude for hard work.
A. whichever
18.
B. which
B. where
C. whose
D. why
B. that
C. whatever
D. whenever
II.
21.
22.
B. worn out
C. used up
D. wasted away
.......... the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horse-drawn.
A. Similar to
25.
D. led to
The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted..........a Good answer.
A. came up to
24.
C. brought to
23.
B. broke off
B. Prior to
B. fault
C. delay
D. stoppage
15. The name of the book was on the .............. of my tongue, but I just could not think of
it.
A. peak
15.
26.
D. tip
A. keep up with
D. put up with
28.
C. point
A. get...off
27.
B. top
13. thanks to
C. with a view to
I could tell at a ....................................... that nothing had changed between Barbara and
Edward.
A. glimpse
29.
B. blink
C. wink
I). glance
B. two-thirds
C. second-three
D. second-thirds
30.
The new technology allows products to be made with components than before.
A. fewer
B. less
C. little
D. few
33. Rumor has it that of workers will be made redundant so as to keep the company
alive.
A. a great number B. a great amount C. a great sum
D. a great deal
A. the most
B. most
C. most of
D. the most of
A. most every
B. almost all
C. most all
D. almost every
47. According to the principal, of the teachers are interested in eliminating the mid-term
tests.
A. no
B. none
C. no one
D. not one
48. It is a brilliant idea. .. only trouble is that we don't know how much it will cost.
A. An
49.
B. The
C. A
D. 0
will you be able to find such a good secretary like her, I am sure.
A. No anywhere
B. Anywhere
C. Everywhere
D. Nowhere
A. provided that
B. even if
C. although
D. however
A. do you
B. may you
C. will you
D. can you
III. Choose the correct verb form to be used in each numbered blank.
Man has made great strides in all the fields of science, particularly medicine
For instance, research work in the laboratories at last (41) (conquer) ....... poliomyelitis,
one of the most devastating diseases. Although the Salk vaccine (42) (not be) ....... one
hundred percent effective, it (43) (decrease) .......the cases of polio considerably.
Tuberculosis once (44) (know) .......as the white plague (45) (study)
intensively.
As
matter of fact, it is curable if it is detected in its early stages. We still have cancer (46) (deal)
....... with, but research workers and doctors all over the world are striving to find a way to
prevent and cure it.(47) (Judge) .......from past experience we can expect that encouraging
news (48)(issue)....... from time to time.
Heart disease, the greatest killer of mankind, is now in the process of being
overcome. An example of the techniques that (49) (develop) ....... is that of heart
massage: when a heart stops nowadays while the patient is under anesthesia, the
doctor opens the chest, massages the heart and revives the patient. Even a few years
ago, such an operation would (50) (be) ....... inconceivable.
Yes, science, which is just another term for knowledge, is helping mankind.
41. A. conquered
B. is conquering
C. has conquered
42. A. is not
B. hasn't been
C. hadn't been
D. won't be
43. A. is decreasing
B. has decreased
C. decreased
D. will decrease
44. A. know
B. knew
C. known
D. to know
B. is studied
C. has studied
D. is being studied
41. A. dealing
B. to deal
C. dealt
D. being dealt
B. Judging
C. To judge
D. Having judged
41.
A. will be issued
D. will issue
B. developed
C. are developing
44. A. be
B. have been
C. has been
D. be being
B. on
C. for
D. with
41. Since it's important, would you attend .........that matter right away?
A. of
53.
B. with
C. to
D. by
for
financial
support.
A. on
54.
B. with on
C. to about
D. to on
B. for
C. with
D. to
57.
D. of
56.
C. from
Why did you quarrel .........your friends ...... such a small matter?
A. with about
55.
B. in
D. about to
I wouldn't give away that ring ....... anything in the world, so once and don't ask me
again.
A. to
58.
B. for
C. by
D. with
B. for
C. with
D. on
59.
60.
B. of
D. in
V.
C. with
B. to
C. about
D. for
(61) Each of the four types of human tooth are suited for a specific purpose.
(62) Most bacteria have strong cell walls much like that of plants.
(63) The electric toaster was one of the earliest appliance to be developed for the
A
B
C
kitchen.
D
(64) Despite most mushrooms are edible, some species cause serious poisoning.
A
B
C
D
(61) A basic knowledge of social studies, such as history and geography, are
A
B
C
considered a basic part of the education of every child.
D
(62) Political science, alike the other social sciences. is not an exact science.
A
B
C
D
(63) The most widely used material for package consumer goods is cardboard.
A
B
C
D
(64) Some plants and insects exhibit so high degree of interdependence that the
A
B
elimination of one results in the elimination of the other.
C
D
(69) Water polo is a game in which is played in the water bv two teams, each with
A
B
C
D
seven players.
(70) The principles used in air-conditioning are basically the same as those used
A
B
C
by the human body to cool himself.
D
Part C. READING
I. Read the following article and answer questions 71 80 by choosing the
corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.
Researchers in the field of psychology have found that one of the best ways to make an
important decision, such as choosing a university to attend or a business to invest in, involves
the utilization of a decision worksheet. Psychologists who study optimization compare the
actual decisions made by people to theoretical ideal decisions to see how similar they are.
Proponents of the worksheet procedure believe that it will yield optimal, that is, the best
decisions. Although there are several variations on the exact format that worksheets can take,
they are all similar in their essential aspects.
Worksheets require defining the problem in a clear and concise way and then listing all
possible solutions to the problem. Next, the pertinent considerations that will be affected by
each decision are listed, and the relative importance of each consideration or consequence is
determined. Each consideration is assigned a numerical value to reflect its relative
importance. A decision is mathematically calculated by adding these values together. The
alternative with the highest number of points emerges as the best decision.
Since most important problems are multifaceted, there are several alternatives to choose
from, each with unique advantages and disadvantages. One of the benefits of a pencil and
paper decision-making procedure is that it permits people to deal with more variables than
their minds can generally comprehend and remember. On the average, people can keep
about seven ideas in their minds at once. A worksheet can be especially useful when the
decision involves a large number of variables with complex relationships. A realistic example
for many college students is the question "What will I do after graduation?" A graduate might
seek a position that offers specialized training, pursue an advanced degree, or travel abroad
for a year.
A decision-making worksheet begins with a succinct statement of the problem that will also
help to narrow it. It is important to be clear about the distinction between long-range and
immediate goals because long-range goals often involve a different decision from short-range
ones. Focusing on long-range goals, a graduating student might revise the question above to
"What will I do after graduation that will lead to a successful career?"
71. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. A tool to assist in making complex decisions.
B. A comparison of actual decisions and ideal decisions.
C. Research on how people make decisions.
D. Differences between long-range and short-range decision making.
B. changeable
C. beneficial
D. fundamental
73. Of the following steps, which occurs before the others in making a decision
worksheet?
A. Listing the consequences of each solution.
B. Calculating a numerical summary of each solution.
C. Deciding which consequences are most important.
76. The author states that "On the average, people can keep about seven ideas in their
minds at once" (paragraph 3) to explain that.....................
A. most decisions involve seven steps. z
B. human mental capacity has limitations.
C. some people have difficulty making minor as well as major decisions.
D. people can learn to keep more than seven ideas in their minds with practice.
B. satisfactory
C. personal
D concise
B. Optimal (para. 1)
C. Variables (para. 3)
B. problem -
C. distinction
D. decision
B. explain
C. change.
D. predict
II. For questions 81 90, choose the best word/phrase to fill in the blank.
Have you ever asked yourself what you are working for? If you have ever had the time to
consider this taboo question, or put it to others in moments of weakness or confidentiality, you
(81)....... well have heard some or all of the (82) ....... It's the money, of course, some say with
a smile, as if explaining something to a child. Or it's the satisfaction of a task well-done, the
sense of achievement behind the clinching of an important (83) ....... I worked as a bus
conductor once, and I can't say I (84) ....... the same as I staggered along the swaying gangway
trying to (85) ....... out tickets without falling over to someone's lap. It's the company of other
people
perhaps, but if that is the (86) ......., what about farmers? Is it the
conversation in the farmyard that keeps them captivated by the job? Work is power and a
sense of status say those (87) ....... have either attained these elusive goals, or feel aggrieved
that nobody has yet recognized their leadership qualities. Or we can blame it all on someone
else, the family or the taxman, I suspect, and I say this under my breath, that most of us work
rather as Mr. Micawber lived, hoping for something to (88) ....... up. We'll win the pools, and
tell the boss what we really think. We'll scrape together the (89) .......and open that little shop
we have always dreamed of, or go round the world, or spend more time in the garden. One
day, we'll get that (90) ....... we deserve, but until then at least we have something to do. And
we are so busy doing it that we won't have time to wonder why.
(81)
A. might
B. can
C. will
D. should
(82)
A. below
B. rest
C. following
D. latter
(83)
A. deal
B. position
C. job
D. engagement
(84)
A. enjoyed
B. wished
C. hoped
D. felt
(85)
A. make
B. turn
C. issue
D. give
(86)
A. one
B. case
C. question
D. problem
(87)
A. people
B. must
C. who
D. may
(88)
A. move
B. tur
C. ease
D. end
(89)
A. resources
B. opportunities
C. riches
D. money
(90)
A. ambition
B. station
C. vocation
D. promotion
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose one sentence A, B, C or D that is best written based on the words provided.
91. Should/you/want/know/further information/holiday/not hesitate/ask.//
A. Should you want to know further information about the holiday, not to hesitate to
ask.
A. Should you want to know further information of the holiday, don't hesitate to ask.
B. Should you want to know further information about the holiday, don't hesitate
asking.
B. Should you want to know further information about the holiday, don't hesitate to
ask.
92. No sooner/I/tell her the news/burst out/cry.//
A. No sooner did I tell her the news than she burst out crying.
B. No sooner had I told her the news than she burst out crying.
C. No sooner had I told her the news that she burst out crying.
D. No sooner I told her the news than she burst out crying.
95. No point/join/club/full/eccentrics.//
A. There is no point in joining that club because it seems to be full with eccentrics.
B. There is no point of joining that club because it seems to be full of eccentrics.
C. There is no point in joining that club because it seems to be full of eccentrics.
D. It is no point in joining that club because it seems to be full of eccentrics.
II.
Choose one sentence A, B, C or D that has the same meaning as the original one.
98. You must submit articles for the magazine by June 16th.
A. Articles must he submitted for the magazine long before June 16th.
B. The final date for you to submit articles to the magazine is June 16th.
C. The only day that you can submit articles for the magazine is June 16D. The final date for you to submit articles for the magazine is June 61h.
99. I left without saying goodbye as I didn't want to disturb the meeting.
100. I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang hack.
A. Hardly did I put the phone down when the boss rang back.
B. Hardly had I put the phone down when the boss ram), back.
C. Hardly had I put the phone down that the boss rang back.
D. Hardly I put the phone down when the boss rang back.
A. associate
B. abnormality
C. operation
D. grateful
2.
A. educational
B. gesture
C. explanation
D. appreciate
3.
A. honesty
B. hydrogen
C. horrible
D. harmful
4.
A. treatment
B. beam
C. deafness
D. release
5.
A. personal
B. disposal
C. atmosphere
D. preserve
II. Choose one word A, B, C or D that has a different stress pattern from the others.
6.
A. absorb
B. exhaust
C. focus
D. resource
7.
A. introduce
B. attendance
C. encounter
D. employment
8.
A. tolerate
B. company
C. mineral
D. organic
9.
A. investigate
B. miraculous
C. environment
D. disappointment
10.
A. technology
B. particular
C. intimacy
D. accessible
11.
11.
B. break up
B. adds up to C. feels up to
up to
B. get up to
B. follow up
C. drop off
a break up
16.
17.
A. bringing about
B. getting up to
C. coming up with
D. getting round to
D. fall back on
B. asked after me
20.
B. ask for
19.
D. get down to
A. bring about
18.
come down to
At first, Tim insisted that he was right, but then began to..............
A. back down
15.
D.
13.
D. fall through
12.
C. come about
B. drawn up
C. carried out
B. bargained for
C. drew up....
D. came in for
B. down
C. off
D. out
22. Hemingway made of his own experience of life to 1A,Tite many successful anti-war
novels such as For Whom The Bell Tolls or A Farewell To Arms.
A. fun
B. use
C. a point
D. a habit
23. It is . your own sake that you work hard to prepare for the coming exam.
A. by
B. of
C. for
D. on
24. The experts of WHO are trying their best to play. the effects of SARS on human
beings.
A. down
B. out
C. up
D. with
B. up to
C. up on
D. of
of
convenience.
A. result
27.
B. fact
C. matter
D. problem
After graduating from high schools, almost every student makes great ......... to pass
the entrance exam to university.
A. progress
B. attempts
C. impressions D. improvements
28. It is highly recommended that language learners in general and English learners
C. on the whole
D. in particular
B. In spite of C. Because of
D. In view of
30. People should take.......... of their own health to maintain a happy life.
A. notice
B.. care
C. account
D. advantage
A. the most
B. most
C. most of
D. the most of
32. I suppose you just go to the speaking club improve your communicative ability.
A. so as
B. for
C. in order to
D. so that
33. Nowadays, due to the increasing unemployment rate, young graduates have
......opportunities to find a job.
A. little
B. a little
C. few
D. a few
34. You'll get a free month's subscription, you renew your membership by the end of
May.
A. unless
B. however C. although
D. provided
35. It seems that.......... of the students arc interested in going to the art museum.
A. no
B. no one -
C. none
D. nobody
A: a great deal
B. a great number
C. a great many -
D. a great quantity
37. The reason so many species are becoming extinct is that people have
destroyed their habitats through deforestation.
A. which
B. when
C. what
D. why
A. should
B. can
C. must
D. might
A. do you
B. will you
C. have you
D. may you
40. February 14th is Valentine's Day......... people exchange roses and chocolates as a sign
of love.
A. which
B. when
C. where
D. what
III. Choose the most suitable verb form A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.
41. Many environmentalists have warned drivers not
to the environment.
A. use
B. to use
C. using
D. used
42. By the time human beings become fully aware of the importance of the ozone layer, it
C. is
D. has been
B. Protect
C. To protect
D. To be protecting,
44. Left-hand traffic, a custom in Britain only, dates back to the days when English
B. exists
C. existing
D. to exist
during the time he joined the
Alaskan 'gold rush' as the materials for many of his literature works.
A. gained.
B. being gained
C. gaining
D. to again
46. It is high time chemical factories stopped their unprocessed garbage into the sea.
A. release
B. to release
C. releasing
D. to be releasing
47. There is a world of difference between the way animals with each other and that of
mankind.
48
A. to communicate
B. communicate
C. communicating
D. communicated
very hard from the beginning, she finally passed the exam with the
highest mark.
A. Work
49.
B. Working
C. To work
D. Worked
The celebration of Tet holiday, like many other Vietnamese traditions, are said
from China.
A. originate
B. originating
C. to originate
D. originated
49. Men often shake hands when first ....... to each other.
A. introduce
B. to introduce
C. introducing
D. introduced
B. by
C. from
D. of
52. A. on
B. about
C. of
D. in
53. A. by
B. in
C. with
D. over
54. A. in
B. from
C. for
D. of
55. A. out of
B. in
C. of
D. with
56. A. like
B. for
C. with
D. as
57. A. of
B. in
C. from
D. within
58. A. among
B. from
C. of
1). out of
59. A. from
B. in
C. to
D. over
60. A. from
B. of
C. to
D. in
it once did.
D
(63) Tulip tree, the tallest broadleaf plant in the eastern United States, may reach
United States.
(66)Jane must have called her sister last night, but she arrived home too late to ca her.
A
(67)Unlike competitive running, race walkers must always keep some portion of
A
(67) Not longer are contributions to the advancement of industry made primarily
A
by individuals.
Pat C. READING
I. Read the following article and answer questions 71 80 by choosing A, B, C, or D.
Ranked as the number one beverage consumed worldwide, tea takes the lea over coffee in
both popularity and production with more than 5 millia metric tons of tea produced annually.
Although much of this tea is consumed in Asian, European and African countries, the United
States drinks its fair share. According to estimates by the Tea Council of the United States, tea
is enjoyed by no less than half of the U.S. population on any given day. Black tea or green tea
iced, spiced, or instant tea drinking has spurred a billion-dollar business with major tea
producers in Africa and South America and throughout Asia.
Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen plant, Camellia sinensis, which grows tall and
lush in tropical regions. On tea plantation, the plant is kept trimmed to approximately four
feet high and as new buds called flush appear, they are plucked off by hand. Even in today's
world of modern agricultural machinery, hand harvesting continues to be the preferred
method. Ideally, only the top two leaves and a bud should be picked. This new growth
produces the highest quality tea.
After being harvested, tea leaves are laid out on long drying racks, called withering racks, for
18 to 20 hours. During this process, the tea softens and becomes limp. Next, depending on
the type of tea being produced, the leaves may be crushed or chopped to release flavor, and
then fermented under controlled conditions of heat and humidity. For green tea, the whole
leaves are often steamed to retain their green color, and the fermentation process is skipped.
Producing black teas requires fermentation during which the tea leaves begin to darken. After
fermentation, black tea is dried in vats to produce its rich brown or black color.
No one knows when or how tea became popular, but legend has it that tea as a beverage was
discovered in 2737B.C. by Emperor Shen Nung of China when leaves from a Camellia
dropped into his drinking water as it was boiling over a fire. As the story goes, Emperor Shen
Nung drank the resulting liquid and proclaimed the drink to be most nourishing and
refreshing. Though this account cannot be documented, it is thought that tea drinking
probably originated in China and spread to other parts of Asia, then to Europe, and ultimately
to America colonies around 1650.
With about half the caffeine content as coffee, tea is often chosen by those who want to
reduce, but not necessarily eliminate their caffeine intake. Some people find that tea is less
acidic than coffee and therefore easier on the stomach. Others have become interested in tea
drinking since the National Cancer Institute published its findings on the antioxidant
properties of tea. But whether tea is enjoyed for its perceived health benefits, its flavor, or as
a social drink, teacups continue to be filled daily with the world's mos: popular beverage.
71. Why does the author include statistics on the amount of tea produced, so:: and
consumed?
A. To show the expense of processing such a large quantity of tea.
B. To. explain why coffee is not the most popular beverage worldwide.
C. To demonstrate tea's popularity.
D. To impress the reader with factual sounding information.
73. What does the word "they" in paragraph 2 of the passage refer to?
A. tea pickers
B. new buds
C. evergreen plants
D. tropical regions
74. Which of the following is NOT true about the tea production process?
A. Black tea develops its dark color during fermentation and final dryilL:
B. Green tea requires a long fermentation process.
C. Green tea is often steamed to keep its color.
D. Black tea goes through two drying phases during production.
75. The word "documented" in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by w'f-- the
following word?
A. ignored
B. proved
C. stored
D. kept
76. According to the passage, what is true about the origin of tea drinking:
A. It began during the Shen Nung dynasty.
B. It may have begun some time around 1650.
C. It is unknown when tea first became popular.
D. It was originally produced from Camillia plants in Europe.
77. The word "eliminate" in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by whi following
word?
A. decrease
B. increase
C. reduce
D. remove
78. According to the passage, which may be the reason why someone would choose to drink
tea instead of coffee?
A. Because it's easier to digest than coffee.
B. Because it has a higher nutritional content than coffee.
C. Because it helps prevent cancer.
D. Because it has more caffeine than coffee.
79. Where in the passage does the author mention research conducted on the beneficial effects
of tea drinking?
A. In paragraph 1
B. In paragraph 2
C. In paragraph 4
D. in paragraph 5
80. What
Clearly, Modern Times has its faults, but it remains the best film treating
technology within a social context. It does not offer a radical social message,
but it does (90) reflect the sentiments of many who feel they. are victims of an overmechanized world.
(81)
A. make
B. making
C. made
D. to make
(82)
A. forced
B. required
C. happened
D. managed
(83)
A. enhanced
B. ruined
C. shattered
D. broke
(84)
A. first third
B. first three
C. one three
D. one third
(85)
A. contain
B. consist
C. compose
D. make
(86)
(87)
A. conveying
B. conveyed
C. convey
D. conveyor
(88)
A. so that
B. therefore
C. in order to
D. thus
(89)
(90)
A. exactly
B. accurately
C. nearly
D. approximately
Part D. WRITING
I.
93. It/ common knowledge/ the Olympic Games/ hold/ every four years.//
A.It is common knowledge that the Olympic Games are held every four years.
B. It is a common knowledge that the Olympic Games are held every four years.
C. It is common knowledge that the Olympic Games is held every four years.
D. It is a common knowledge that the Olympic Games is held every four years.
94. Gone! days/ when! you/ buy/ three-course meal/ under $1.001!
A. Gone are the days when you bought a three-course meal for under $1.00.
B. Gone to the days when you could buy a three-course meal for under $1.00.
C. Gone are the days when you could buy a three-course meal for under $1.00.
D. Gone are the days that you could buy a three-course meal for under $1.00.
95. New machinery/ put in/ this year/ with a view/ increase output.!!
A. New machinery has been put in this year with a view of increase output.
B. New machinery has been put in this year with a view to increasing, output.
C. New machinery has been put in this year with a view to increase output.
D. New machinery has been put in this year with a view of inereasine. output.
H.
Choose one sentence A, B, C or D that has the same meaning as the original one.
96. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their
second child.
A. Only when Alice and Charles had their second child that they decided to move to a
bigger house.
B. Only when Alice and Charles had their second child did they decide to move to a
bigger house.
A. Only when had Alice and Charles had their second child than they decided to move to
a bigger house.
B. Only when Alice and Charles had their second child,they decided to move to a bigger
house.
97. Customs officials are stopping more travelers than usual this week.
A. An increased number of travelers stopped by customs officials this week.
B. The increased number of travelers are being, stopped by customs officials this week.
C. An increased number of travelers are being stopped by customs officials this week.
A. The increased number of travelers is being stopped by customs officials this week.
98. The demand was so great that they had to reprint the book immediately.
A. So great the demand was that they had to reprint the book immediately.
B. So great was the demand so they had to reprint the book immediately.
C. So great was the demand that they had to reprint the book immediately.
D. So great the demand was, they had to reprint the book immediately.
99. When the Minister was asked about the strike, he declined to comment.
A. On he was asked about the strike, the Minister declined to comment.
B. On being asked about the strike by the Minister, he declined to comet
C. On being asked about the strike, the Minister declined to comment.
D. On asked about the strike, the Minister declined to comment.
100. I'd like you to wait until they bring out a new model.
A. I'd rather you waited until they bring out a new model.
B. I'd rather you to wait until they bring out a new model,
C. I'd rather you wait until they bring out a new model.
D. I'd rather you waiting until they bring out a new model.
ENGLISH OBJECTIVE 23
Time allowed: 90 min
Part A. PHONETICS
I.
1.
A. deficiency
B. delicate
C. conspicuous
D. discard
2.
A. measure
B. treasure
C. eardrum
D. deafness
3.
A. supervisor
B. university
C. invaluable
D. eruption
4.
A. honorable
B. honesty
C. historic
D. heir
5.
A. element
B. employment
C. gesture
D. extra
II.
Choose one word A, B, C or D that has a different stress pattern from the others.
6.
A. emission
B. encounter
C. impudence
D. outnumber
7.
A. logical
B. mechanic
C. ancestry
company
8.
A. apprenticeship B. automatic
C. contaminate
D. Australia
9.
A. guidance
B. favor
C. pension
D. disease
10.
A. promotion
B. satellite
C. property
D. concentrate
B. permissible
C. capable
D. eligible
A. verge
B. hint
C. edge
D. threat
rising
prices
is
the
B. posed
C. pressed
D. forced
14. The price they offered for my car was so low that I ......... it down.
A. brought
15.
C. turned
D. shouted
16.
B. called
B. blank
C. introduction D. beginning
B. related
C. determined
D. associated
17.
18.
15.
B. ring
C. set
D. wind
B. mock
C. fake
D. unreal
B. except
C. other
D. apart
B. priceless
C. worthless
D. invaluable
B. arrested
C. judged
D. charged
C. taken over
D. taken in
His wife's death was a terrible shock and it took him a long time to ................. it.
B. come through C. go over
D. get over
29.
D. ought
A. get round
28.
C. should
A. taken up
27.
B. would
A. As a result of
26.
D. condense
II.
C. reduce
25.
B. decrease
There was nothing special about his clothes....................from his flowery tie.
A. but
24.
D. fault
23.
C. mistake
Don't forget to .................... the alarm clock for six o'clock tomorrow morning.
A. put
22.
B. lack
21.
D. purpose
It would be helpful if you could ..................the report into three or four pages.
A. resume
20.
C. approach
19.
B. attitude
B. stick's
C. arrow's
D. apples
B. stand up
C. stand for
D. stand up against
30.
It's time we had a(n) ....... talk with each other as you used to be a good friend.
A. eye-to-eye
31.
32.
B. face-to-face
I'm fed up with doing tile same thing every weekend. Let's go away .......
A. as an adjustment
B. for a change
C. as an alternative
D. for an amendment
33.
C. heart-to-heart D. cheek-to-cheek
It's not surprising that he became a writer because he always longed to see his name
A. in type............................................B. in print
34.
B. Almost all
B. In spite of
C. Most all
D. Almost every
....... all my efforts, I will not have the report ready by Friday.
A. In spite
37.
D. in edition
....... you have the money in your account, you can withdraw up to $100 a day.
A. Unless
36.
C. in letters
35.
D. on the shelf
B. No matter
....... of workers, who went on the strike last week, were dismissed by the Board of
Managers.
38.
A. A great number
B. A great amount
C. A great sum
D. A great deal
39.
B: get up to
B. Until
C. By the time
D. Whenever
I will keep your application ............... file for the time being.
A. in
41.
B. with
C. on
D. at
We can judge the success of your scheme only by taking . account the financial
benefits over the next few years.
A. into
42.
B. out
C. from
D. over
B. to
C. against
D. on
44.
45.
C. for
D. into
B. in in
C. in to
D. for for
B. to of
C. at with
D. to with
50.
B. in
Hang on........that end of the box very tightly. Don't let go ........ it.
A. at to
49.
Her eyes was filled ........ tears and she was trembling...... oold
A. with with
48.
D. to
47.
C. of
46.
B. on
B. on
C. at
D. out
I'd prefer not to play golf today. I really don't feel up .......... it.
A. for
B. with
C. to
D. in
(59) Chicago is the third largest publishing center in the United States, exceeding A
A
B
C
only by New York and San Francisco.
D
(60) Water is the only substance that occur at ordinary temperatures in all three
A
B
C
states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.
D
V. Choose the most suitable verb form A, B, C, or D to complete the following
passage.
Society has changed in many ways since the introduction of computers, and people's
lives at home and at the office (61 influence) .................. Most people are working for
fewer hours per week than they (62 use to)
and
manufactures
and
advertising
agencies (63 become) .................. much more interested in how people spend this extra
leisure time. One recent report stated that, although the number of hobbies (64 not increase)
.................., each hobby had become much more specialized.
A second finding is that nowadays, many managers would rather spend time with their
families than (65 stay) ..................late in the office everyday. Some companies now make
managers (66 take).................. their annual .holidays even if they don't want to, because this
(67 - lead) to quite an improvement their performance if they have some rest.
In spite of these changes, some people are working harder than ever before. The standard
of exams (68 - get) .................. higher, and increased competition (69 make).................. it
harder to get into university than it was 20 years ago. School children and students now have
to work so hard that in many cases, they (70 work).................. longer hours than their
parents.
61. A. were influenced
C. are influenced
62. A. are using to
C. have been used to
63. A. are becoming
C. became
64. A. haven't increased
C. didn't increase
65. A. staying
B. to stay
C. stay D. to staying
66. A. take
B. to take
C. to have taken
D. is leading
D. taking
68. A. is getting
B. is making
B. will work
C. work
D. were working
Part C. READING
Read the following article and answer questions 71 80 by circling A, B, C, or D.
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS
Paul Watson is an environmental activist. He is a man who believes that he must do
something, not just talk about doing something. Paul believes in protecting endangered
animals, and he protects them in controversial ways. Some people think that Watson is a hero
and admire him very much. Other people think that he is a criminal.
On July 16th, 1979, Paul Watson and his crew were on his ship, which is called the Sea
Shepherd. Watson and the people who work on the Sea Shepherd were hunting on the Atlantic
Ocean near Portugal. However, they had a strange prey; instead of hunting for animals, their
prey was a ship, the Sierra. The Sea Shepherd found the Sierra, ran into it and sank it. As a
result, the Sierra never returned to the sea. The Sea Shepherd, on the other hand, returned to
its home in Canada. Paul Watson and his workers thought that they had been successful.
The Sierra had been a whaling ship, which had operated illegally. The captain and crew
of the Sierra did not obey any of the international laws that restrict whaling. Instead, they
killed as many whales as they could, quickly cut off the meat, and froze it. Later, they sold the
whale meat in countries where it is eaten.
Paul Watson tried to persuade the international whaling, commission to stop the Sierra.
However, the commission did very little, and Paul became impatient. He decided to stop the
Sierra and other whaling ships in any way that he could. He offered to pay $25,000 to anyone
who sank any illegal whaling ship, and he sank the Sierra. He acted because he believes that
the whales must be protected. Still, he acted without the approval of the government;
therefore, his actions were controversial.
Paul Watson is not the only environmental activist. Other men and women are also
fighting to protect the Earth. Like Watson, they do not always have the approval of their
governments, and like Watson, they have become impatient. Yet, because of their concern for
the environment, they will act to protect it.
(Adapted from "Ecofighters" by Eric Schwartz, OMNI)
71. According to the reading, an environmental activist is someone who...........
B. whales
C. the Sierra
D. Portugal
C. the Sierra.
D. Canada.
77. The captain and the crew of the Sierra were acting illegally because.........
A. they were not obeying international laws.
B. they were whaling.
C. they were killing and selling whales.
D. All of the above are correct.
B. the Sierra
C. whales
II.
INFLUENCES OF TELEVISION
Television has changed the lifestyle of people in every industrialized country in the
world. In the United States, where sociologists have studied the effects, some interesting
observations have been mad Television, although not essential, has become a(n) (81)
. part of most people's lives. It has become a baby-sitter, an initiator of
conversations, the major transmitter of culture, a keeper of traditions. Yet when what
can be seen on TV in one day is critically analyzed, it becomes evident that television is
not a teacher but a sustainer. The poor (82). Of programming does not elevate
people into greater (83).., but rather maintains and encourages the status quo.
The (84).. reason for the lack of quality in American television is related to both the
history of TV programming development and the economics of TV. Television in America
began with the radio. Radio companies and their sponsors first (85..
with television.
Therefore, the close relationship, which the advertisers had with radio programs became the
system for American TV. Sponsors not only paid money for time within programs, but many
actually produced the programs. Thus, (86) . from the capitalistic, profit-oriented
sector of American society, television is primarily (87) with reflecting and attracting
society rather than (88).. and experimenting with new ideas. Advertisers want to attract
the largest viewing audience possible; to do so requires that the programs be entertaining
rather than challenging.
Television in America today remains, to a large (89). with the same
organization and standards as it had thirty years ago. The hope for some evolution and true
achievement toward improving society will require a change in the (90) system.
(81) A. integral
B. mixed
C. fractional
D. superior
(82) A. quantity
B. quality
C. effect
D. product
(83) A. preconception
B. knowledge
C. understanding
D. feeling
(84) A. adequate
B. unknown
C. inexplicable
D. primary
(85) A. experimented
B. tried
C. did
D. made
(86) A. going
B. leaving
C. coming
D. getting
(87) A. interested
B. concerned
C. worried
D. connected
(88) A. reflecting
B. innovating
C. attracting
D. entertaining
(89) A. extent
B. degree
C. size
D. amount
(90) A. total
B. full
C. entire
D. complete
Part D. WRITING
I. Choose one sentence A, B, C or D that is best written based op the words provided.
91. Factory/close down/account/economic depression.//
A. The factory had to close down on account for the economic depression.
B. The factory was closed down on account of the economic depression.
C. The factory had to close down on account of economic depression.
D. The factory had to close down on account of the economic depression.
morning.
D. I am used to getting up early so I don't mind leaving by 5 o'clock in the
morning.
II.
Choose one sentence A, B, C or D that has the same meaning as the original one
97. Everyone started complaining the moment the announcement was made.
A. No sooner had the announcement been made that everyone started to complain.
A. No sooner had the announcement been made than everyone started to complain.
A. No sooner was the announcement made than everyone started to complain.
A. No sooner had everyone started to complain than the announcement was made.
99. The film star wore dark glasses so that no one could recognize him.
A. The film star avoided recognizing by wearing dark glasses.
B. The film star avoided being recognized by wearing dark glasses.
C. The film star avoided to be recognized by wearing dark glasses.
D. The film star avoided being recognized to wear dark glasses.
100. While I strongly disapprove of your behavior, I will help you this time.
A. Despite my strong disapproval of your behavior, I won't help you this time.
A.
Despite my strong disapproval against your behavior, I will help you this time.
B. Despite my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time.
C. Despite of my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time.
A. psychology
B. syndrome
C. hydrogen
D. typhoon
2.
A. efficient
B. concentrate
C. investigate
D. dedicate
3.
A. refusal
B. superb
C. humanity
D. consumption
4.
A. approach
B. throat
C. broad
D. raincoat
B. ensure
C. endure
D. mature
5. A. secure
II.
Choose the word with the position of the others in each line.
6. A. exposure
B. enterprise
C. adequate
D. horrified
7. A. diversity
B. publicity
C. remarkable
D. personally
8. A. procedure
B. distinguished
C. appropriate
D. telescope
9. A. transportation B. exaggeration
C. productivity D. population
10. A. president
C. suspicion
B. neighbourhood
D. temperate
Choose the word or phrase which best completes each of the following sentences.
11.
A. running. B. dropping
C. pouring
D. falling
12. I should be very.......if you would accept the invitation to the party.
D. pleasing
D. regarded
14. Fier mother asked her to ......the table for the evening meal.
D. lay
15. His sister was full of............. for the way in which he had so quickly learned to drive a
car.
A. pride
B. admiration C. surprise
D. jealousy
A. get off
D. get on
A. beginning
B. origin
C. starting point
D. reason
18. No She said that she could not a new dress on her small salary.
A. spend
19.
B. save
C. afford
D. spare
A. resist
B. prevent
C. stop
D. avoid
19. -The child was................ by a lorry on the safety crossing in the main street.
A. knocked
B. run across
C. run out
D. knocked down
20. Hotel rooms must be.................by 10 a.m., but luggage may be left with the porter.
A. vacated
19.
19.
D. left
B. overrun
C. oversee
D. overview
B. a good condition
D. good state
20.
C. abandoned
20.
B. evacuated
B. never
C. up to now
D. ever
C. did he keep
D. he keeps
B. has he kept
II. Choose the underlined word or rase which would not be appropriate in standard
written English.
26. Automation reduces labour costs by cutting the number of workers needing to do a job.
A
B
C
D
27. Harvard College was the first institution of higher learning to be establish in the colonies.
A
B
C
D
28. Today tapping a suspect's phone is not longer allowed unless the investigator have a court
A
B
C
order to do so.
D
29. Randolph is the boy whom I think scored the winning points for the basketball team.
A
B
C
D
30. Each of the luxury cars in the showroom was quickly sold to their new owner.
A
B
C
D
31. If only man had been a bit less greedy, more bird and animal species might have been
A
B
C
D
avoided extinction.
32. Animals and man use the energy finding in food to operate their bodies and muscles.
A
B
C
D
33. The ability to convert raw materials into valuabler commodities is the basis of an
A
B
C
industrial economy and the foundation of a high standard of living.
D
29. Women have done advances in reaching high positions in business, but there are still
A
B
C
few women in government.
D
30. Lumber from redwoods is in great demand because of its straight grain, attractive colour
A
B
C
and durable.
D
III. Choose the correct form of the verb (A, B, r nr D) to complete each of the following
sentences.
1. By the end of last year he had read four Shakespeare plays and by next year he
(36) ......two more.
2. He (37) ......the part now if he (38) ......the producer at the last rehearsal.
3. I wonder why I (39) ...... trouble with the carburettor whenever I decide to go home
by car.
4. whenever he had an important decision to make, he <40) ...... a cigar, supposedly to
calm his nerves.
5. If he (41) ......my advice before, he (42) ......in danger now.
6. It was our fault to keep Mary waiting so long. We (43) ......her in advance.
7. From the day five years ago when they married until today, Torn (44) ...... on his wife to do
everything in the house, and she (45) ...... to give him the easiest home life a man could
possibly have
36.
A. have read
37.
A. would play
C. would be playing
38.
A. always have
A. had lit
C. would be lighting
41.
A. have followed
C. followed
42.
A. would be not
43.
A. had informed
B. is not
A. relied
B. had relied
45.
A. never failed
D. will be reading
B. were playing
D. would have played
B. didn't offend
D. were not offended
B. am always having
D. have had always B. would have lit
D. would light
B. had followed
D. had been followed
C. would not be D. were not
B. informed
D. should have informed
C. has relied
D. relies
in paperback.
A. up
B. out
C. down
D. off
A. in
B. through
C. into
D. up
48. Simon fell ............... an Irish girl that he met on holiday. Three months later they
were married.
A. into
49.
50.
B. with
B. for
C. for
D. down
D. at
The company has just won a new order from the USA so they are going to take
extra workers.
A. on
51.
B. down
53.
C. to
D. for
52.
B. up
B. in
C. up
D. into
on the radio.
D. Out
C. away
B. of
C. out
D. up
C. off
D. back
A. down
50.
B. through
Part C. READING
I. Choose the correct word form (A, B, C or D) whioh best fits each 'pace the
following passage.
Poachers have struck again at the Mountain Gorilla, one of the world's (56) .......
animals. The gorillas-fewer than 250-live in scattered family groups throughout the
forest on the slopes of three extinct volcanoes. Each group is normally led by a
(57) .......male who may weigh up to 130 kilos and is easily recognized by the stripe of
silver fur which appears when he is fully mature. The poachers speared the male to
death as he tried to defend his family and then made off with a baby gorilla whose
mother is missing and also (58) .......dead.
With so few gorillas left, even one death is a serious blow, especially when a "silverback"
male is lost. With no dominant male to lead them, the rest of the group will probably
spilt up and join other groups. Twenty-five years ago there were perhaps 500 gorillas in
these high mountain forests. Today their numbers have been (59) ....... not just by
poaching but by human (60) .......in all its forms, illegal wood cutting, cattle-grazing and
farming
have
crawling through dense underground for a glimpse of these, our (65)....... living, relatives.
56. A. rarely
B. rarest
C. rareliest
D. rare
57. A. dominating
B. domination
C. dominant
D. dominantly
58. A. presuming
B. presumption
C. presumely
D. presumed
59. A. halved
B. half
C. halfed
D. halfing
60 A. interfere
B. interfering
C. interference
D. interferation
61. A. assure
B. ensure
C. reassure
D. insure
62. A. habit
B. habitate
C. habitual
D. habituate
63. A. preparing
B. prepared
C. preparable
D. preparedly
64. A. hard
B. hardness
C. hardship
D. hardwork
65. A. closest
B. closely
C. closing
D. close
IL Choose the word (A, B, C or D) which hest fits each space in the following passage.
Before 1855 Japan had been virtually (66).......Since 1638 the Japanese islands had been
sealed off from the (67) ....... of the world, although the Japanese leaders, through very limited
(68) .......with Dutch traders, were able to (69) ....... some information about what was going
(70) .......outside. The isolation of Japan for over two hundred years, with no Japanese (71)
....... to leave the country, and no foreigner allowed to land, is one of the most (72) .......
stories in the world history.
What happened since is an even more remarkable story. The impact of Japan on Europe and
America in the late nineteenth century was small compared with the impact of the west on
Japan. The Japanese understood that the (73) ....... of European military, political and
commercial power lay in their (74) ....... industrial technology; they learned what was
happening to China; they decided to learn as much as they could about Western (75) ....... and
organization and to apply that knowledge to (76) ....... their country into a modern, industrial
nation. The results have been (77) ....... Little more than a century after being opened up to the
rest of the world, Japan is the third largest industrial (78) ....... in the world, (79).......only by
the USA and the USSR, and has the highest living (80).......of any Asian nation.
66.
A. unknown
B. unheard
C. unseen
D. non-existence
67.
A. country
B. rest
C. nation
D. part
68.
A. link
B. connect
C. touch
D. contact
69.
A. store
B. reach
C. obtain
D. get
70.
A. there
B. on
C. at
D. to
71.
A. permitted
B. having
C. permitting
D. wanting
72.
A. attracting
B. interesting
C. remarkable
D. moving
73.
A. key
B. secret
C. lesson
D. experience
74.
A. lay
B. laid
C. placed
D. based
75.
A. latest
B. developed
C. good
D. advanced
76.
A. technique
B. technology
C. method
D. way
77.
A. transforming
B. turn
C. change
D. make
78.
A. proud
B. fast
C. amazing
D. good
79.
A. maker
B. producer
C. manufacture
D. producing
80.
A. surpassed
B. passed
C. overcome
D. crossed
III. Read the passage and then choose the answer for each of the following questions.
Compact discs (CDs) have revolutionized the music industry with their surprisingly realistic
sound. The six-inch discs look like thin, plastic sandwiches with aluminium in the centre,
They have digitally recorded material that is read by laser beams, so the sound has none of the
crackling of vinyl records, CDs are also virtually indestructible, lighter, and smaller than
conventional records (LPs). CDs are becoming more widely available than LPs; they're sold
in electronics and video stores that haven't formerly carried records or cassettes. Many record
stores are now cutting their prices on LPs to make room for the new CDs.
There has been a phenomenal growth in the sale of CDs. Sales were up almost 150 percent in
the first half of 1986 as compared to the first half of 1985. While fewer than 6 million CDs
were sold in the US in 1984, there were approximately 50 million sold in 1986. The sales
would likely be even higher were it not for the price: CDs cost nearly twice as much as LPs.
In the near future, however, prices should lower as more production facilities open.
81. The author refers to CDs as "sandwiches" because they...........
A. are light
B. are small
C. are layered
D. dont crackle
B. produce a CD
C. record a CD
D. destroy a CD
C.
Part D. WRITING
I.
sentence.
86. She acted brilliantly in the school play.
A. She gave a brilliant performance in the school play.
A. She acted the school play brilliantly.
B. She showed the play at school brilliantly.
B. She had a brilliant act in the school play.
89. It is certain that the new cuts will worry the staff
A. The new cuts certainly worry the staff.
B. The new cuts will be certainly worry the staff.
C. The new cuts will be bound to worry the staff.
D. The new cuts are bound to worry the staff.
91. I wasn't in the office yesterday, .so you must have spoken to my assistant.
A. I wasn't in the office yesterday, so it was my assistant that you spoke to.
B. i wasn't in the office yesterday, so I couldn't speak to you.
C. I wasn't in the office yesterday, so it must have been my assistant a you spoke
to.
D. I wasn't in the office yesterday, so I couldn't have spoken to you.
93. We'd better leave them a note, because it's possible they'll arrive later.
A.
B.
They'll probably arrive later so that we'd better leave them a note.
C.
D.
C. Unless my uncle had helped me, I would have been able to finish the project.
D. If it were not for my uncle's support, I wouldn't be able to finish the project.
IL. Choose the sentence (A, B. C or D that is best writtAn based on the words provided.
96. Browns / leave / London / New York / by / end / this MOM h.
A. The Browns will have left London for New York by the end of this month.
B. The Browns will have left London to New York by the end of this month.
C. The Browns will leave London for New York by end of this month.
D. The Browns will have left to London and New York by the end of this month.
97. result / investigation / publish / newspaper / possible.
A. The result of the investigation will publish in newspapers as soon as possible.
B. The result from investigation will be published in newspaper as soon as possible.
C. The result of the investigation will be published in newspaper as soon as possible.
D.The result of the investigation will have been published in newspaper as soon as
possible.
98. I / advise / not / spend / most / time / away / home. .
A. I advise you not spend most of the time away from home.
B..1 would advise you not to spend most of your time away from home.
C. I would advise you not to spend most of time away from home.
D. I advise you not to spend most of your time away from your home.
99.
The country / have / advantage / peace / quiet / but / suffer / disadvantage / cut off.
A. The country has the advantage of peace and quiet but it suffers from the
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