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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. invaluable B. investigate C. intimacy D. intensity Question 2: A. insight B. chemist C. dependent D. substance Question 3: A. subordinate B. competition C. expectation D. irrespective Question 4: A. engineer B. committee C. conversation D. controversial Question 5: A. condition B. genetics C. withstand D. indicate Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 6: Could I speak to Susan May, please? - _________________ A. Speaking B. Talking C. Saying D. Answering Question 7: Some people like cream and sugar in their coffee, while __________. A. others drink hot coffee B. others like it black C. milk is good in coffee, too D. sugar can cause cavities Question 8: He tries to _______ himself with everyone by paying them compliments. A. gratify B. please C. ingratiate D. commend Question 9: Luckily, I _______ a new pair of sunglasses as I found mine at the bottom of a bag. A. needn't have bought B. needed not to buy C. didn't need to by D. hadn't to buy Question 10: Thanks to the laser beams, at last, he could get rid of the __________birthmark on his face. A. normal B. abnormal C. abnormality D. abnormally Question 11: Mary: Do you think it will rain ? Jenny: Oh ! ________ A. I dont hope. B. I hope not. C. I dont hope so D. Its hopeless Question 12: - More coffee?, Anybody? - ______________________________. A. I dont agree, Im afraid B. Yes, Id love to C. Yes, please D. Its right, I think Question 13. William is an authority _______ medieval tapestries. A. on B. with C. about D. in Question 14: The stolen painting was ______ a large sum of money. A. worth B. valued C. cost D. priced Question 15: My cousin obviously didn't _________ much of an impression on you if you can't remember meeting her. A. create B. build C. do D. make Question 16: Wasn't it you __________ the door open? A. to leave B. to have left C. that should left D. who left Question 17: She really ________ reading intelligent books. A. catch up on B. go in for C. bring in D. make up of Question 18: The boy was sent to the police because of several ____ that he had taken part in. A. set-to B. set-toes C. sets-to D. set-tos Question 19: -______________, the results couldnt be better. A-No matter what he tried hard B-No matter how hard he tried C-Although very hard he tried D-Despite how hard he tried Page | 1

Question 20: _______ the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished. A. In B. On C. Until D. By Question 21: ________ vastness of the Grand Canyon, it is difficult to capture it in a single photograph.. A. Because of B. For the C. The D. While Question 22: I would appreciate __________ it a secret. A. you to keep B. that you keep C. that you will keep D. your keeping Question 23: Making mistakes is all __________ of growing up. A. chalk and cheese B. part and parcel C. odds and ends D. top and bottom Question 24: He __________________________me to believe that they had left the district. A. made B. led C. assured D. confirmed Question 25. You shouldnt look at everyone else. A. up your nose B. down your nose C. up to D. down on Question 26: The ________ exam in February prepared pupils for the real thing in June. A. false B. mock C. fake D. unreal Question 27: You have a good feeling about yourself and.when you volunteer. A. the others B. other C. the other D. others Question 28: The _____________ of what computers can do have changed over the years. A. expectation B. expected C. expectations D. unexpected Question 29: Brown: ____________ Smith: Thanks, I will write to you when I come to Paris. A. God bless you! B. Better luck next time! C. Have a go! D. Have a nice trip!. Question 30: No one died in the accident,________? A. didnt they B. did he C. didnt he D. did they Question 31: The judge______________ the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment. A. accused B. convicted C. sentenced D. prosecuted Question 32: Please _______________ and see us some time. You re always welcome. A. come to B. come around C. come about D. come away Question 33: _________ is the total value of goods and services produced by a country in one year A. ASEAN B. WHO C.GDP D. VAT Question 34: The boy is ____________ to solve the problem. A. clever enough B. enough clever C. so clever D. such clever Question 35: A semiconductor is a substance that seldom conducts electricity, but _________ under certain circumstances. A. so can do B. do so can C. can do so D. so do can Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underline part that needs correction. Question 36: I strongly object the idea of students in the final year working part-time jobs. A B C D Question 37: The City Council is planning to take measures regarding to the noise level in the city centre. A B C D Question 38:-Neither of the men arresting as terrorists would reveal information about his group. A B C D Question 39: When a lion gets hungry, its manner changes and it becomes threatened. A B C D Question 40: Little he knows about the surprise that awaited him. A B C D Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Page | 2

In the world today, particularly in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe, recycling is big news. People are talking about it, practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to the environment. Recycling means finding was to use products a second time. The motto of the recycling movement is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle". The first step is to reduce garbage. In stores, a shopper has to buy products in blister packs, boxes and expensive plastic wrappings. A hamburger from a fast food restaurant comes in lots of packaging: usually paper, a box, and a bag. All that packaging is wasted resources. People should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and to reuse cups and utensils. Another way to reduce waste is to buy high-quality products. When low quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy new ones - a loss of more resources and more energy. For example. if a customer buys a high-quality appliance that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message. In the same way. if a customer chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to the manufacturers. To reduce garbage, the throwaway must stop. The second step is to reuse. It is better to buy juices and soft drinks in returnable bottles. After customers. empty the bottles, they return them to the store. The manufacturers of the drinks collect the bottles, wash them, and then fill them again. The energy that is necessary to make new bottles is saved. In some parts of the world, returning bottles for money is a common practice. In those places, the garbage dumps have relatively little glass and plastic from throwaway bottles. The third step is being environmentally sensitive is to recycle. Spent motor oil can be cleaned and used again. Aluminum cans are expensive to make. It takes the same amount of energy to make one aluminum can as it does to run a color TV set for three hours. When people collect and recycle aluminum (for new cans), they help save one of the world's precious resources. Question 41: What is the main topic of the passage? A. how to reduce garbage disposal B. what people often understand about the term 'recycle' C. what is involved in the recycling movement D. how to live sensitively to the environment. Question 42: Which is described as one of the most industrialized areas? A. Europe B. Asia C. Middle East D. South America Question 43: What does the word 'sensitive' in the phrase 'sensitive to the environment' mean? A. cautious B. logical C. friendly D. responding Question 44: People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT A. buy high-quality product B. buy simply-wrapped things C. reuse cups D. buy fewer hamburgers Question 45: Why is it a waste and customers buy low-quality products? A. Because people will soon throw them away. B. Because they have to be repaired many times. C. Because customers change their ideas all the time. D. Because they produce less energy. Question 46: What does it mean 'Customers can vote with their wallets'? A. they can choose the cheapest products B. they can cast a lot to praise a producer. C. they can ask people to choose products with less packaging D. they can tell the producers which products are good for environment by buying them. Question 47: The word 'motto' is closest in meaning to_________ A. meaning B. value C. belief D. reference Question 48: What best describes the process of reuse? A. The bottles are collected, washed, returned and filled again. B. The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed. C. The bottles are washed, retuned, filled again and collected. D. The bottles are collected, returned filled again and washed. Page | 3

Question 49: The garbage dumps in some areas have relatively little glass and plastic because A. people are ordered to return bottles. B. returned bottles are few. C. not many bottles are made of glass or plastic. D. each returned bottles is paid. Question 50: The word 'practice' is closest in meaning to_________ A. drill B. deed C. exercise D. belief Question 51: What are the two things mentioned as examples of recycling? A. Aluminum cans and plastic wrappings. B. Hamburger wrappings and spent motor oil. C. Aluminum cans and spent motor oil. D. TV sets and aluminum cans. Question 52: The energy used to make a can is_______ the energy used to run a color TV set for 3 hours. A. as much as B. less than C. not worth being compared to D. more than Question 53: The word 'precious' is closest in meaning to_________ A. natural B. substantial C. first D. invaluable Question 54: What can be the title of the passage? A. Recycling B. Protecting the environment C. Reducing waste D. 3 steps Question 55: Which of the followings is not utensil A. knife B. fork C. glass D. vehicle Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option for each of the blanks. Economic issues have occupied people's minds throughout the ages. Aristotle and Plato in ancient Greece wrote about problems of wealth, property, and (71) _____ Both of them were against commerce, feeling that to live by trade was undesirable. The Romans borrowed their economic ideas from the Greeks and showed the same contempt for trade. During the Middle Ages, the economic ideas of the Roman (72) _____ commerce as inferior to agriculture. The development of modern nations during (73) _____ 16th century made many people pay (74) _____ to the problem of increasing the wealth and (75) _____ of individuals. The economic policy of the leaders of that time was to (76) _____ national self-sufficiency. Gold and silver were regarded as an index of national power. Several powerful countries, such as England and Spain, were trying to expand their colonies and to (77) _____ the gold and silver mines from there. Many countries were always ready to plunge into a new war for gold and silver mines. It was necessary for a nation to keep wages low and the population large and growing. A large, ill-paid population (78) _____ more goods to sell at low prices to foreigners. It also followed that the earlier children began to work, the better it was for their country's prosperity. One writer had a plan for children of the poor: "(79) _____ the children are four years old, they should be sent to the workhouse, taught to read two hours a day, and kept fully employed the rest of the time in any of the manufactures of the house which best suits their age, (80) _____ and capacity. Question 56. A. medicine Question 57. A. regarded Question 58. A. a Question 59. A. attention Question 60. A. power Question 61. A. rise Question 62. A. research Question 63. A. invest Question 64. A. While Question 65. A. standard B. philosophy B. chose B. an B. interest B. powerful B. encourage B. create B. restructured B. When B. property C. education C. selected C. the C. showing C. powerfully C. recover C. invent C. inflated C. Although C. health D. trade D. wondered D. D. expression D. powered D. pull D. exploit D. produced D. Since D. wealth

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Read the following passage adapted from A. Briggs' article on culture, Microsoft Student 2008, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions Culture is a word in common use with complex meanings, and is derived, like the term broadcasting, from the treatment and care of the soil and of what grows on it. It is directly related to cultivation and the adjectives cultural and cultured are part of the same verbal complex. A person of culture has identifiable attributes, among them a knowledge of and interest in the arts, literature, and music. Yet the word culture does not refer solely to such knowledge and interest nor, indeed, to education. At least from the 19th century onwards, under the influence of anthropologists and sociologists, the word culture has come to be used generally both in the singular and the plural (cultures) to refer to a whole way of life of people, including their customs, laws, conventions, and values. Distinctions have consequently been drawn between primitive and advanced culture and cultures, between elite and popular culture, between popular and mass culture, and most recently between national and global cultures. Distinctions have been drawn too between culture and civilization; the latter is a word derived not, like culture or agriculture, from the soil, but from the city. The two words are sometimes treated as synonymous. Yet this is misleading. While civilization and barbarism are pitted against each other in what seems to be a perpetual behavioural pattern, the use of the word culture has been strongly influenced by conceptions of evolution in the 19th century and of development in the 20th century. Cultures evolve or develop. They are not static. They have twists and turns. Styles change. So do fashions. There are cultural processes. What, for example, the word cultured means has changed substantially since the study of classical (that is, Greek and Roman) literature, philosophy, and history ceased in the 20th century to be central to school and university education. No single alternative focus emerged, although with computers has come electronic culture, affecting kinds of study, and most recently digital culture. As cultures express themselves in new forms not everything gets better or more civilized. The multiplicity of meanings attached to the word made and will make it difficult to define. There is no single, unproblematic definition, although many attempts have been made to establish one. The only nonproblematic definitions go back to agricultural meaning (for example, cereal culture or strawberry culture) and medical meaning (for example, bacterial culture or penicillin culture). Since in anthropology and sociology we also acknowledge culture clashes, culture shock, and counterculture, the range of reference is extremely wide. Question 66: Which of the following is NOT true about the word culture? A. It evolves from agriculture.B. It differs from the word civilization C. It is a word that cannot be defined. D. Its use has been considerably changed. Question 67: The word "static" in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by "______". A. balanced B. regular C. dense D. unchanged Question 68: It can be inferred from the passage that since the 20th century ______. A. classical literature, philosophy, and history have been considered as core subjects B. schools and universities have not taught classical literature, philosophy, and history C. all schools and universities have taught classical literature, philosophy, and history D. classical literature, philosophy, and history have not been taught as compulsory subjects Question 69: It is difficult to give the definitions of the word culture EXCEPT for its ______. A. philosophical and historical meanings B. agricultural and medical meanings C. historical and figurative meanings D. sociological and anthropological meanings Question 70: According to the passage, the word culture ______. A. is related to the preparation and use of land for farming B. comes from a source that has not been identified C. derives from the same root as civilization does D. develops from Greek and Roman literature and history Question 71: It is stated in paragraph 1 that a cultured person ______. Page | 5

A. does a job relevant to education B. has a job related to cultivation C. takes care of the soil and what grows on it D. has knowledge of arts, literature, and music Question 72: The word "attributes" in paragraph 1 most likely means ______. A. skills B. qualities C. aspects D. fields Question 73: The passage mainly discusses ______. A. the multiplicity of meanings of the word culture B.the distinction between culture and civilization C. the derivatives of the word culture D. the figurative meanings of the word culture Question 74: Which of the following is NOT stated in the passage? A. The use of the word culture has been changed since the 19th century. B. Anthropology and sociology have tried to limit the references to culture. C. Distinctions have been drawn between culture and civilization. D. The word culture can be used to refer to a whole way of life of people. Question 75: The author remarks that culture and civilization are the two words that ______. A. are both related to agriculture and cultivation B. do not develop from the same meaning C. have nearly the same meaning D. share the same word formation pattern Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions Question 76: It was kind of Hoa to send flowers to me on my birthday. A. Hoa was kind enough to send flowers to me on my birthday. B. Hoa wasnt kind enough to send me flowers on my birthday. C. Hoa was enough kind to send me flowers on my birthday. D. Hoa was kind enough not to send flowers to me on my birthday. Question 77: I love classical music because it makes me happy. A. Classical music makes me happy so I dont love it. B. Classical music doesnt makes me happy so I dont love it. C. Classical music makes me happy so I love it. D. Classical music doesnt make me happy so I love it. Question 78: We havent been to the cinema for years. A. We go to the cinema every week. B. We didnt go to the cinema every year. C. We havent seen any film for a long time. D. We do not go to the cinema unless we have time. Question 79: Although his legs were broken, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded. A. Despite his broken legs, he was able to get out of the car before it exploded. B. Despite his legs were broken, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded. C. Despite his legs to be broken, he managed to get out of the car before it exploded. D. Despite his broken legs, he was able to get out of the car before exploding. Question 80: No sooner had we arrived than the performance began. A. When we arrived the performance had already started. B. The performance had started before we arrived. C. The performance started sooner than we arrived. D. Hardly had we arrived when the performance began. THE END ============================

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