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Science World
Next weeks Special Events
EVENTS:
TIME OF DAY:
* Electricity workshop
(1) ..
* Experiment with (2)
Wednesday morning
* Talk about space travel by well(3) .
known scientists from
(4)
Science World entrance fees are: 3.00 Adults
(5) .. Children
Tickets for Special Events cost extra: (6) Adults
Reduced prices for children
Get tickets directly from Science World (7) .
or from (8) .
Newton Caf is next to the (9) ..
(snacks available all day).
Phone Science World for free ticket to exhibition about (10) .
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B. PHONETICS (5 pts)
Part 1: Pick out the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
(2.5 pts)
1.
A. modernise
B. dramatise
C. expertise
D. merchandise
2.
A. chameleon
B. enchant
C. chamberlain
D. bachelor
3.
A. solemnity
B. spectacle
C. sombrero
D. desolate
4.
A. costume
B. cosmetic
C. disposal
D. ostensible
5.
A. cantaloupe
B. catastrophe
C. apostrophe
D. recipe
Part 2:Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of other words
(2.5 pts)
1. A. generous
B. pagoda
C. address
2. A. reaction
B. miserable
C. knowledge
3. A. compulsory
B. objective
C. publication
4. A. confidence
B. minimize
C. complaint
5. A. pleasure
B. guaranty
C. optimistic
D. control
D. accident
D. statistical
D. imitate
D. sanguine
A. discouraged
B. annoyed
C. undecided D. determined
15. He gave me his personal _______ that his draft would be ready by Friday.
A. endurance B. insurance C. assurance D. ensurance
16. Its high time we got going, _______?
A. isnt it
B. didnt it
C. should we
D. arent we
17. The weather forecast was for rain, but the day was fine and dry, _____ it turned out.
A. When
B. though
C. like
D. as
18. The book would have been perfect _______ the ending.
A. it had not been for
B. hadnt it been for
C. it hadnt been to
D. had it not been for
19. The film is ______ released at the end of next year.
A. on the verge of being
B. due to be
C. about to be
D. on the point of being
20. Why did Laura go to town?
_______ for was to attend an interview.
A. What she went
B. That she went
C. Why she went
D. She w
Part 2. Find and correct ten mistakes in the following passage. You should indicate in which
line the mistake is. (5 pts)
When we first took our children to sea with us, it was rare to come cross other family on
sailing boats. Usually such meetings resulted in the children quickly making friends, while
we parents discuss how we managed. At firstly, I was worried about taking children to sea
and I had many questions however I would amuse them? What if they fell ill at sea? Add to
such questions was the major problem of their education. When we set out on our voyage,
my duaghter was seven, my son five, and we planned to sail for three years. That we only
returned to england six years late with 60,000 miles behind us and children of thirteen and
eleven years old, is an indicate of how my worries had been answered. One change over
these years has been the increasing in the number of parents who take their children to sea
on long voyages.
Part 3. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle. (5 points)
1. The new regulations have thrown _______ a few problems for the company.
2. The workers were rather cynical after the meeting. Most of them were _______ no illusions that the
management would take their complaints seriously.
3. Jack took early retirement as he was losing his grip _______ the job.
4. He scolded her so much that she was reduced _______ tears by the end of the meeting.
5. The sudden movement of the train threw me _______ balance and I fell head-first down the steps.
6. The price of shares in the company went up _______ over 50% when they announced the discovery
of the new oilfield.
7. Ron usually primes himself _______ plenty of black coffee before starting the night shift.
8. We still havent sold the house because the buyers went back on their word and pulled ___ ___ the
deal.
9. Hi Brenda, Peter here. Im just ringing _______ to say Ive got two tickets for the concert on
Saturday night. Fancy coming?
10. The group rounded _______ the concert with their greatest hits. So everyone went home happy.
11. As there was no official at the gate, Diana got ___ ____ not buying an entrance ticket.
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12. His company went bankrupt, three years of hard work _______ the drain.
13. She is putting _______ a little each month for her studies in Queenstown.
14. The oral examination was difficult. The examiner tried to catch me _______ by asking some tricky
questions.
15. They should be able to settle their differences without resorting _______ violence.
16. The small boat drifted helplessly _______ the mercy of the wind and waves.
17. I find it very hard to commit historical dates _______ memory.
18. If you would like to wait a moment, Sir, I will just call _______ your file on the computer screen.
19. Quick, I havent got a pen. Can you jot Jacks phone number _______ for me?
20. When I was a student, I eked _______ what little money I had by buying only second-hand clothes.
Part 4.Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (5 pts)
The stretch of water which (1. separate) _____________ Britain from France and the rest of
mainland Europe (2. always play) _________________ a significant role in British history.
Saturday, 1st December 1990 was no ordinary day in the Channels long history. At 11.00 a.m, two
miners, one French and one English, (3. cut) ______________ through the last few centimeters of
chalk (4. separate) _______________ the UK from mainland Europe. It was the first land
connection since the Ice age.
Work began on Europe tunnel in 1987. It (5. also know) ___________________ as the Channel
Tunnel, the Chunnel or Trans Manche link. It (6. build) ___________________ by an AngloFrench engineering company, Eurotunnel, across 34 km of water from Cheriton (near Folkstones in
SE England) to Coquilles (near Calais in NW France). A smaller central service tunnel (7. build)
___________________ (8. use) ___________________ by workers and engineers for maintenance
work and emergencies. The two outer tunnels (9. carry) ___________________ high speed
passenger and freight trains. Cars and lorries (10. also transport) ___________________ by train.
The tunnel (11. expect) _______________ (12. have) _________________an effect on British
industry
and
(13.
certainly
boost)
the tourist industry. Journeys between Britain and Europe (14. be) ___________________ quicker
and more reliable for both holiday makers and business people. Lorry drivers (15. be)
___________________ able to relax and (16. enjoy) ___________________ their shorter Channel
crossing. Only one question (17. remain) ___________________. With the sea no longer (18. act)
___________________ as a natural barrier, swimmers (19. continue0 ___________________ to try
to swim the Channel as they (20. do) ___________________ for years?
Part 5. Write the correct form of the word given in brackets. (5 pts)
WOMEN ONLY
Increasingly, women are taking their holidays without men. For _____ (1. SAFE) reasons,
camaraderie or just plain fun, a growing number of female tourists are singing up for women-only
trips. Twenty years ago only a _____ (2. HAND) of companies offered such holidays; now there are
several hundred. Travel _____ (3. CONSULT) Andre Littlewood says that the combination of
higher incomes with delayed marriage, divorce, retirement and widowhood has _____ (4. ABLE)
more women to travel, often on their own. They are attracted by the sense of _____ (5. FREE) that
a holiday without men affords them. Women in a group tend to feel _____ (6. INHIBIT) and
speak more openly than when men are around, she adds. Even on energy-sapping adventure
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holidays the atmosphere is relaxed and _____ (7. CO-OPERATE). Its also a great deal more fun.
Women laugh more _____ (8. READY) than men, probably because they dont mind laughing at
themselves. Since her divorce Janice Cummings has been a regular traveler with Everywoman
Tours, and Oxford-based Company whose very name is a _____ (9. DETER) to men. And a good
thing too, she says. Men simply cannot resist the _____ (10. TEMPT) to try and take control, no
matter where they are. And that includes on holiday. Thankfully, there is none of that with
Everywoman.
Part 6. Complete the text below by filling in each gap a conjunction or preposition given.
Some conjunctions or prepositions are used more than once. (5 pts)
but
despite
on the contrary
however
whereas
while
nevertheless
yet
though
Even though it is possible for people to (5) _________ without any sleep at all for a certain
period of time, such occurrences are rather few and far (6) _____ and there is no evidence to (7)
_________this assumption. What is sure, however, is the fact that we do need some sleep to
regenerate our strength and to (8) _____ the brain to its proper activity. No wonder, then, that the
tiredness and fatigue that appear after a sleepless night (9) _______ many of us to go for chemical
support in the form of sleep (10) _______ tablets or powders.
However long the problem of sleeplessness has afflicted many individuals, very little has
been (11) _______ in the question of its original causes. We are conscious that it usually (12)
________ those who are exposed to a great deal of stress, anxiety or depression. It may also be (13)
_______ by overworking or unfavorable surroundings with scarcity of fresh air.
Sleeping pills may provide some relief and can act as an alternative in this desperate
situation. Yet, they do little to combat the ailment in full. Consequently, our hopes should be (14)
_________ on the medical authorities to (15) ________ the root cause of insomnia before we take
to being nocturnals leading our noisy lives in the dead of night.
1.
A. present
B. entail
C. realize
D. prove
2.
A. up
B. about
C. off
D. out
3.
A. rolling
B. wriggling
C. tossing
D. spinning
4.
A. underpass
B. undergo
C. underlie
D. undertake
5.
A. operate
B. process
C. function
D. perform
6.
A. between
B. along
C. within
D. beyond
7.
A. proclaim
B. endure
C. invalidate
D. substantiate
8.
A. recuperate
B. restore
C. revive
D. resume
9.
A. exert
B. affect
C. enforce
D. compel
10.
A. inducing
B. attaining
C. exacting
D. contributing
11.
A. disparaged
B. retrieved
C. detected
D. originated
12.
A. betrays
B. besets
C. bemoans
D. bestows
13.
A. engendered
B. applied
C. instigated
D. evolved
14.
A. placed
B. ascribed
C. focused
D. attached
15.
A. emerge
B. release
C. determine
D. confess
Part 2. Complete the following extract from a pamphlet on deafness by writing the missing
words in the spaces provided. Use only one word in each space. (7.5 pts)
This pamphlet is not about empty statements and false promises, rather it is concerned with the
cooperation needed by deaf people from those who speak to them. Any person who is willing to
give their cooperation by practising the following points will not only make conservation easier (1)
..deaf people, but also for (2) ..
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Please avoid shouting at deaf people (3) .possible. shouting contorts the face of the
speaker (4) ..the embarrassment of the listener, and (5) the conservation unnatural
and strained. Speech is usually (6) .heard when it is given in a clear voice (7)
..slightly louder (8) normal.
Clarity (9) than volume is often the main requirement when speaking. Many deaf
people have some ability to lip-read, (10) ..going to lip-reading classes. Some partially deaf
people (11) practise this skill without realising it. They feel that they can hear a speaker
(12) when he is facing them. In actual fact, this probably isnt the case, (13)
they are likely to understand (14) ..accurately because what they only
partially hear is assisted (15) what they also see in the speakers expressions and lipmovements.
Part 3: You are going to read an extract from an article. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D)
which you think fits best according to the text. (5 pts)
Leakeys Achievement
Although he made his name with his archeological finds of early humans, Richard Leakey became
famous as the conservationist who turned the tide against elephant poaching. Bringing the slaughter
of Kenya's elephants under control required a military solution, and Leakey was not afraid to apply
it. Many poachers were killed, giving Leakey a reputation for being a cold- blooded obsessive who
put animals before people. Moreover, his efforts to eradicate corruption in Kenya's wildlife
management system won him many enemies.
But the birth of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the eradication of elephant poaching and the
ban on the international trade in ivory are his legacy, and they form the basis of Wildlife Wars. This
surprisingly personal memoir has much to tell about the fragile relationships between
conservationists and governments. It is a story not only of Kenya, but of the continuing cost of
trying to save the world's wildlife from extinction.
Life for the average person in Africa is tough, and basic needs are far from being met. This is the
background against which Leakey fought his war, and he constantly refers to the threat poverty
poses to the preservation of Africa's spectacular wildlife. Leakey's argument, here and in recent
lectures, is that national parks managed exclusively for biodiversity protection must be created, and
that this protection of our wildlife heritage should be funded by international sources.
However, in the early 1990s the development agencies favoured "community-based" conservation.
Leakey's stand on protection of parks was seen as a lack of respect for local communities, and used
against him when he resigned as head of the KWS in 1994. Recently donors and conservationists
have come to recognise the limitations of purely local conservation programmes; there is a growing
consensus that the poor are unlikely to manage wildlife resources wisely for the long term because
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B. approaching
C. hunting illegal
D. stealing
B. delicate
C. flimsy
D. brittle
B. sentimental
C. contemplative
D. obsessive
B. force
C. weight
D. seriousness
D. a book review
Part 4. Read the following texts about some famous walls around the world, then choose from
the four texts about walls (A-D) to answer the questions that follow. The texts may be chosen
more than once.
A GUIDE TO GREAT WALLS
A.
Erected in 1961 to prevent East German citizens crossing to the West, the Berlin Wall initially
consisted mainly of barbed wire and armed guards. Within months a concrete wall began to appear,
to be replaced on three separate occasions by ever more sophisticated versions, increasingly
resistant to breakthroughs. On the east side of the wall, tank traps and ditches were built as
protection against attack, and as a further deterrent to would-be escapees.
Although over 170 people lost their lives in Berlin trying to flee to the West, human will and
ingenuity often prevailed, with a number of successful escape attempts via tunnels and, on one
occasion, in a home-made hot air balloon. The 107-kilometre-long structure lost its relevance in
1989, when Hungary allowed East Germans to pass through their country on their way to Austria
and West Germany, and after travel restrictions were lifted, people began to demolish whole
sections of the wall. Now very little of it remains and the land has been used for housing and other
property development.
B.
Stretching for several thousand kilometres from the east coast of the country to the Gobi Desert, the
Great Wall of China is said to be the only man-made structure visible from outer space. The oldest
section was begun in 221 BC, using soldiers and local people, as well as intellectuals who had been
sentenced to forced labour under the repressive Qin dynasty. Not surprisingly, the layers of
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compacted earth used to construct the wall soon began to crumble, and it was left to the later Han
dynasty to restore and add to it.
By now the wall had evolved from a mere defence system for keeping out marauding tribes into a
safe haven where trade could flourish, and bustling market towns sprang up at the many busy gates.
But the ornate and imposing structure with which we are familiar from photographs was not added
until the fourteenth century by Ming, using advanced brick-building technology. It was he who
joined the three separate walls to create this truly impressive feat of construction.
C.
Situated in the north of England at one of the narrowest parts of the country, Hadrians Wall is
arguably the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain. Construction of the wall
began in 120 AD on the orders of Emperor Hadrian, who wanted to mark the northernmost
boundary of his Empire. The 117-kilometre wall was manned by thousands of troops, who kept
watch from numerous turrets and mile castles, and who lived in a series of forts situated at strategic
locations.
In the centuries following its abandonment around 400 AD, its stones were used by local people to
build houses, walls and even churches. Nevertheless, spectacular stretches of the wall remain and a
number of forts and museums along its length can be visited, providing a fascinating glimpse into
the lives of the Roman soldiers who patrolled it. Although built of stone, the wall itself is vulnerable
to erosion and visitors are discouraged from walking on it. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage
Site in 1987, Hadrians Wall ranks alongside some of the more famous architectural treasures in the
world.
According to the information given in the texts, which wall
1. can be seen from a great distance?
2. is susceptible to damage?
3. quickly fell into disrepair?
4. is no longer very much in evidence?
5. is a series of different walls which were connected?
6. was built with the help of prisoners?
7. is compared favourably with other ancient monuments?
8. became unnecessary as a result of events elsewhere?
9. proved to be an ideal site for commercial activity?
10. did not always achieve its purpose?
E. WRITING: (20 pts)
Part 1:(5 pts)
Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning as the one
printed above.
1. The car has leather seats.
The seats ...
2. In the event of nuclear weapons being used, we are all doomed.
If it should ........................................
3. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.
The more ..
4. Mr. Tippers wife was very sorry she couldnt celebrate the New Year with her husband.
Mrs. Tipper greatly
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P N MN TING ANH LP 10 S 1.
K THI HSG VNG NG BNG DUYN HI BC B
HI DNG 2014
A. LISTENING
Part 1: (5 pts)
1. B
Part 2: (10 pts)
2. B
3. A
1. Monday afternoon
2. water
3. Saturday morning
4. America/ USA
5. 2.00
4. C
5. B
6. 1.75
7. on 284311
8. tourist office(s)
9. beach
10. computers
B. PHONETICS
Part 1: (2.5 pts)
1. C
2. A
Part 2: (2.5 pts)
3. C
4. B
5. A
11. A
3. C
4. C
5. C
2. A
3. A
13. D
4. D
14. A
5. D
15. C
2. under
7. with
12. down
17. to
6. C
16. D
7. B
17. D
8. A
18. D
9. C
19. D
2. has played
6. was built
4. to
9. up
14. out
19. down
3. cut
7. was built
5. off
10. off
15. to
20. out
4. separating
8. to be used
10. D
20. D
9. will carry
10. will be
transported
14. will be
18. acting
11. is expected
12. to have
15. will be
10. will continue
16. enjoy
20. have done
1. safety
2. handful
3. consultant
4. enabled
5. freedom
Part 6: (5 pts)
6. uninhibited
7. co-operative
8. readily
9. deterrent
10. temptation
1. but
2. Hoever
3. Nevertheless
4. However
5. While
6. though
7. whereas
8. despite
9. On the contrary
10.yet
D. READING
Part 1: (7.5 pts)
1. D
2. A
6. A
7. D
11. C
12. B
Part 2: (7.5 pts)
3. C
8. B
13. A
4. B
9. D
14. A
1. for
2. themselves
3. if// whenever
4. to
5. makes
Part 3: (5 pts)
6. best
7. raised
8. than
9. rather
10. without
5. C
10. A
15. C
11. even/ may/ might/ can
12. better/ only
13. but
14. never
15. by
1. B
2. C
6. C
7. C
Part 4: (10 pts)
3. A
8. D
4. A
9. D
5. D
10. D
1. B
6. B
3. B
8. A
4. A
9. B
5. B
10. A
2. C
7. C
E. WRITING
Part 1: (5 pts)
1. .in the car are covered with leather.
2. ..happen that nuclear weapons are used, we are all doomed.
3. .....qualification you are able to amass, the more successful yu are in the academic
field.
4. .regretted not being able to celebrate the New Year with her husband.
5. .amount of damage was done/ caused to my car in the accident.
6. .action/ measures must be taken to solve the problem of homelessness.
7..has been for sale for well over six months.
8. .did she expect her success.
9. .as no surprise to me to hear that Karen had changed her job.
10. .thought of his face at that moment makes me laugh.
Part 2: (15 pts)
1. Completion: (2 pt.)
2. Content: (3 pts)
Provide relevant and convincing ideas about the topic, supported by specific example
and/or reasonable justification.
3. Organisation: (4 pts)
- Present the right form of a paragraph
- Ideas are well organized and presented with unity, cohesion and coherence.
4. Language: (5 pts)
- Demonstrate of a wide range of vocabulary and structures.
- Good use of grammatical structures.
- Present the ideas with clarity.
- Easy to follow.
5. Punctuations and spelling. (1 pts)
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B. relief
C. belief
D. chief
2. A. canary
B. share
C. baron
D. pharaoh
3. A. chorus
B. chore
C. chronicle
D. synchronize
4. A. perfect
B. correct
C. hectare
D. select
5. A. southern
B. truth
C. south
D. cloth
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others
by circling A, B, C, or D. (2.5pts)
1. A. admirable
B. accessible
C. compatible
D. respiratory
2. A. humane
B. unite
C. colleague
D. canteen
3. A. descent
B. dissent
C. discontent
D. content
4. A. eradicate
B. kilometer
C. characterize
D. communism
5. A. technical
B. origin
C. agriculture
D. cathedral
B. graduating
C. postgraduation D. graduation
B. of the agreement of
C. under surveillance of
D. in the presence of
3............. our pre-paid order, they failed to send us the items in time.
A. With respect to
B. Regardless of
C. On behalf of
4. Not only.in the project, but he also wanted to become the leader.
A. did Jack involve
5. I assure you that I ............ no prejudice against what you are doing.
A. harbour
B. shelter
C. imply
D. shadow
6. I felt a bit ............and seemed to have more aches and pains than usual.
A. out of sorts
B. on the mend
D.
under
the
fevers
7. The inn owner was so generous. What we consumed was ............ the house.
A. in
B. on
C. off
D. of
8. Although the cyclist was unhurt, his bicycle was ............ between the lorry and
the wall.
A. clapped
B. crushed
C. split
D. banged
9. The school was closed for a month because of a serious ............ of fever.
A. outcome
B. outburst
C. outset
D. outbreak
B. crumples
C. folds
D. creases
B. has he
C. do you
D. hasnt he
B. your keeping
keep
13. After congratulating his team, the coach left, allowing the players to let their
............ down for a while.
A. hair
B. heads
C. hearts
D. souls
B. As fact that is
D. It is a fact that
15. The management are making ............ to increase the companys efficiency.
A. measures
B. steps
C. moves
D. deeds
B. out of bounds
C. in proportions
D. in earnest
17. The draw took place yesterday, but the competition winners ............
18. I havent seen Jane for nearly ten years, ............she had got married and had
two children.
A. for that duration B. at that point
D. in that
time
19. He is a nice guy but I dont know why he ............so rude today.
A. is
B. has been
C. is being
D. is to be
20. Lisa: Its nearly the end of the holiday already. Mary: ........................!
A. How time flies
C. Its a small world
______
2 _____
______
3 _____
______
4 _____
______
5 _____
______
6 _____
______
7 _____
______
8 _____
______
9 _____
______
10 _____
______
16. Because she kept putting .going to the dentist, her toothache got
worse.
17. Are you going to sit . and let me do everything?
18. The Democratic Party came .power this year.
19. This composition would be better if you cut .the second paragraph.
20. After the flood, hundreds of volunteers came .with
offers
of
assistance.
IV. Use the most suitable form of the verbs in brackets: (5pts)
1. Sally! I..................(expect not) to see you here! What......................(you do) here
in New York?
2. Whatever....................(happen), I......................(meet) you here in a week's time.
3. Since I....................... (pay) for our lunch, I................(try) to attract the waiters
attention.
4. You (not buy) ....................... your umbrella for we are going by car.
5. You should have been more careful. You (avoid) having had this
accident.
6. Not until later did they discover that the picture (steal)
7. I waited under the clock! - So did I, but I didnt see you! We (wait) ...........
under different clocks.
8. She was breathing fast and deep, as if she (run) ..
9. It is very cold. Mr. Taylor, who has been ill recently, is walking along the road
without a coat. He (wear) .. a warm coat.
10. He got angry because he hadnt been accustomed to (make) .. fun like
that before.
11. Although (found) .many centuries earlier, Luxor did not reach
preeminence until about 2000 B.C.
12. I would like (give) ... the chance to explain my point of view, but they
werent interested.
13. There (be) ..................nothing else to say, he declared the meeting close.
14. The police are stopping all the cars. They (look for) ........................the escaped
prison.
15. I didnt do the test well. I (prepare) it very carefully at home.
16. My uncle would rather that I (not leave) .yesterday.
17. Just inside the outer layer of the earths atmosphere (be) the elements
necessary to protect it from ultraviolet rays, extreme temperatures, and
threatening foreign substances.
V. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (5pts)
The Desire to Know
Curiosity goes back to the dawn of human (0) _____ existence EXIST
_____. This irresponsible desire to know is not a (1) CHARACTER
_________ of inanimate objects. Nor does it seem to be
attributable to some forms of living organism which, for that
very reason, we can scarcely bring ourselves to consider alive. RECOGNISE
A tree, for example, does not display (2) _________ curiosity,
nor does a sponge or even an oyster. If chance events bring CEREMONIOUS
them poison, predators or parasites, they die as (3) _________ DEPEND
as they lived.
ORDINARY
VI. Fill in each gap with the most suitable phrase or sentence provided. Some
of the suggested answers do not fit at all. (5pts)
WELLS AMI BENNETT
During their lifetimes, H.G Wells and Arnold Bennett achieved a public
fame of a kind that has been accorded to (1) .................. before or since. They
would not have had it if (2) .................., and yet the nature of the fame (3)
.................. as such. It was essentially that of the journalist, the popular pundit (4)
.................. with complete self - assurance. With Shaw, (5) .................. was also a
product of journalism, they divided between them the empire of the press, (6)
..................
All that (7) .................. as novelists. Both were men (8) .................. in
fiction, to say nothing of their short stories, Wells wrote nearly fifty novels,
Bennett thirty. Of these, perhaps ten of Wellss are still valuable (9) .................. if
the best of the scientific romances are included, and, (10) .................., five of
Bennetts.
A. they had not been novelists in the first place
B. prepared to pronounce on any subject under the sun
C. the most highly paid writers in the Anglo-Saxon world
D. has nothing to do with their merit
E. more certainly
F. in their own right
G. of vast output
H. if they had wanted to
I. is generally acknowledged
J. whose popular reputation
K. had little to do with their novels
L. was undeniably
M. no other English novelist
B. adverse
C. reverse
D. contrary
2. A. this
B. it
C. one
D. these
3. A. Inheritors
B. habitats
C. Inhabitants
D. inhibitions
4. A. unpredictable
B. undeniable
C. unique
D. sure
5. A. forefathers
B. ancestors
C. progenitors
D. descendants
6. A. much
B. many
C. deal
D. number
7. A. towards
B. for
C. to
D. up to
8. A. since
B. despite
C. almost
D. thus
9. A. overthrow
B. overtake
C. overcome
D. overturn
10. A. particular
B. specific
C. many
D. special
11. A. In contrast
B. Yet
C. Although
D. Therefore
12. A. within
B. of
C. to
D. into
13. A. being
B. to have been
C. to be
D. already
14. A. no
B. one
C. some
D. a few
15. A. changes
B. differences
C. alternatives
D. options
II. Read the text and fill in each gap with one suitable word. (7.5 pts)
Throughout the ages, the (1) .......... of the earth has been built up in some
places and worn down in other places. The wearing down of the land is called
erosion.
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all help to (2) ............ erosion. As the wind
blows over the land, it often picks up small grains of sand. When these grains of
sand strike (3) .............. solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. Later, the
wind may pick up these new rock particles, and with them wear away other rocks.
In this way even very (4) ... ........ rocks are worn away by the wind.
When articles of rock or soil become (5)....... in any way, running water
carries them down the hillsides. Some rock and soil particles are carried into
streams. The streams may then carry them into the (6) .............
Land that is coveredwith trees, grass and other plants wears (7).......very
slowly, and so (8) ..........very little of its soil. The roots of plants help to hold the
rocks and soil in place. When rain falls in a forest, the leaves of the trees and the
soft soil beneath them are able to hold a great deal of water. Water that falls on
grasslands runs away more slowly than does water that falls on (9) .... ..... ....
ground. Water that flows slowly carries fewer soil (10) ....... than water that
flows rapidly. Thus, forests and grasslands help to slow down erosion.
Even (11) ............. the land is thickly covered with plants, some erosion goes
on. Sometimes there is a long period of rainy weather. In Spring the (12) ..............
snow turns to large quantities of water. At these times the soil cannot (13) ...........
all the water. It then runs down hill in streams. As the streams carry away some of
the soil, the stream (14) ............. gets deeper and deeper. After thousands of years
of such (15) ............., wide valleys are often formed.
III. Read the following passage then choose the best answer to the questions.
(5 pts)
WARNING ON GLOBAL WARMING
Global warming could cause drought and possibly famine in China, the source
of much of Hong Kongs food, by 2050, a new report predicts. Hong Kong could
also be at risk from flooding as sea levels rose. The report recommends building
sea-walls around low-lying areas such as the new port and airport reclamations.
Published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the report, which includes
work by members of the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, uses the
most recent projections on climate change to point to a gloomy outlook for China.
By 2050 about 30 to 40 per cent of the country will experience changes in the
type of vegetation it supports, with tropical and subtropical forest conditions
shifting northward and hot desert conditions rising in the west where currently the
desert is temperate. Crop growing areas will expand but any benefit is expected to
be negated by increased evaporation of moisture, making it too dry to grow crops
such as rice. The growing season also is expected to alter, becoming shorter in
southern and central China, the mainlands breadbasket. The rapid changes make it
unlikely that plants could adapt.
China will produce smaller crops. In the central and northern areas, and the
southern part, there will be decreased production because of water limitations, Dr.
Rik Leemans, one of the authors of the report, said during a brief visit to the
territory yesterday. Famine could result because of the demands of feeding the
B. sufficient
C. insufficient
D. inefficient
5.
6.
Why does the writer add the information in square brackets in paragraph 5?
A. because the quote is from a second language user whose command of
English is not perfect.
B. because, although they are not part of the original quote, the additional
information given is necessary to understand the statement.
C. because the writer is quoting from another source.
D. because the writer wants to emphasize the meaning of these words.
7.
8.
How would you describe the Dr. Leemans attitude towards China?
A. mainly favourable B. critical
C. supportive in theory
D.
admiring
9.
D. paid for
B. poor
C. decaying
D. decimated
IV. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow. (10 pts)
Climate change and the Inuit
The threat posed by climate change in the Arctic and the problems faced by
Canada's Inuit people
A
Unusual incidents are being reported across the Arctic. Inuit families going
off on snowmobiles to prepare their summer hunting camps have found themselves
cut off from home by a sea of mud, following early thaws. There are reports of
igloos losing their insulating properties as the snow drips and refreezes, of lakes
draining into the sea as permafrost melts, and sea ice breaking up earlier than
usual, carrying seals beyond the reach of hunters. Climate change may still be a
rather abstract idea to most of us, but in the Arctic it is already having dramatic
effects - if summertime ice continues to shrink at its present rate, the Arctic Ocean
could soon become virtually ice-free in summer. The knock-on effects are likely to
include more warming, cloudier skies, increased precipitation and higher sea
levels. Scientists are increasingly keen to find out what's going on because they
consider the Arctic the 'canary in the mine' for global warming - a warning of
what's in store for the rest of the world.
B
For the Inuit the problem is urgent. They live in precarious balance with one
Life for the descendants of the Thule people is still harsh. Nunavut is 1.9
million square kilometres of rock and ice, and a handful of islands around the
North Pole. It's currently home to 2,500 people, all but a handful of them
indigenous Inuit. Over the past 40 years, most have abandoned their nomadic ways
and settled in the territory's 28 isolated communities, but they still rely heavily on
nature
to
provide
food
and
clothing.
Provisions available in local shops have to be flown into Nunavut on one of the
most costly air networks in the world, or brought by supply ship during the few
ice-free weeks of summer. It would cost a family around 7,000 a year to replace
meat they obtained themselves through hunting with imported meat. Economic
opportunities are scarce, and for many people state benefits are their only income.
E While the Inuit may not actually starve if hunting and trapping are curtailed by
climate change, there has certainly been an impact on people's health. Obesity,
heart disease and diabetes are beginning to appear in a people for whom these have
never before been problems. There has been a crisis of identity as the traditional
skills of hunting, trapping and preparing skins have begun to disappear. In
Nunavut's 'igloo and email' society, where adults who were born in igloos have
children who may never have been out on the land, there's a high incidence of
depression.
F With so much at stake, the Inuit are determined to play a key role in teasing out
the mysteries of climate change in the Arctic. Having survived there for centuries,
they believe their wealth of traditional knowledge is vital to the task. And Western
scientists are starting to draw on this wisdom, increasingly referred to as 'Inuit
Qaujimajatugangit', or IQ. 'In the early days scientists ignored us when they came
up here to study anything. They just figured these people don't know very much so
we won't ask them,' says John Amagoalik, an Inuit leader and politician. 'But in
recent years IQ has had much more credibility and weight.' In fact it is now a
requirement for anyone hoping to get permission to do research that they consult
the communities, who are helping to set the research agenda to reflect their most
important concerns. They can turn down applications from scientists they believe
will work against their interests, or research projects that will impinge too much on
their daily lives and traditional activities.
G
occupation of the Arctic doesn't go back far enough. Others, however, point out
that the first weather stations in the far north date back just 50 years. There are still
huge gaps in our environmental knowledge, and despite the scientific onslaught,
many predictions are no more than best guesses. IQ could help to bridge the gap
and resolve the tremendous uncertainty about how much of what we're seeing is
natural capriciousness and how much is the consequence of human activity.
1. Choose the corect heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings
below.
List of Headings
i
ii
iii
vi
A difficult landscape
vii
viii
ix
Example
Paragraph A
Answer
viii
1. Paragraph B
2. Paragraph C
3. Paragraph D
4. Paragraph E
5. Paragraph F
6. Paragraph G
2. Complete the summary of paragraphs C and D below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from paragraphs C and D for each
answer.
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. C
PART 2.
1. Green Street
2. 7434
letter
6-8:
F Mystery books
D Historical novels
A Wildlife books
3. 1976
4. 06634982746
5. (an addressed)
9. Free
10. $6 ($ 60 deposit)
PART II: PHONETICS (5pts)
I. Pronunciation: 5pts
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. A
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. D
5. : 10pts
1. C
6.A
11.B
16.D
2. D
7.B
12.B
17.A
3. B
8.B
13.A
18.C
4.C
9.D
14.D
19.C
5.A
10.D
15.C
20.A
Not
2 which
where
3 most
more
4 the others
others
5 today
todays
6 or
and
7 as
like
8 another
other
9 much
many
10 well-cook
well-cooked
6. across
11. apart
16. off
2. behind
7. down
17. back
3. through
8. by
13. away
18. to
4. among
9. in
14. through
19. out
5. over/across
10. into
15. in for
20. forward
2. recognisable
3. unceremoniously
4. independent 5. extraordinary
6. rigidity
7. zealous
8. conservative
9. surrounding
10. increasingly
VI. Fill in each gap with the most suitable phrase or sentence provided.
1. M 2. A 3. K 4. B 5. J
6. C 7. D 8. G 9. F 10. E
1. B
6.C
11.B
2. A
7.A
12.D
3. C
8.D
13.C
4.B
9.C
14.D
5.D
10.A
15.A
II. Read the text and fill in each gap with one suitable word. (7.5 pts)
1. surface
6.ocean
11.where
2. cause
7.away
12.melting
3. against
8.loses
13.hold
4.hard
9. bare
14.beds
5.loosened
10. particles
15.erosion
III. Read the following passage then choose the best answer to the questions.
(5 pts)
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. B
10. A
IV. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow. (10 pts)
1. Choose the corect heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings.
1. Paragraph B
2. Paragraph C
vi
3. Paragraph D
iii
4. Paragraph E
vii
5. Paragraph F
iv
6. Paragraph G
ii
9. Thule
10. islands
Di y l bn gc phn:
PART IV: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts)
IV. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow. (10 pts)
Ngun trch dn: CAMBRIDGE IELTS 6_TEST 1_READING PASSAGE 3
Questions 27-32
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on
Reading Passage 145.
Reading Passage 145 has seven paragraphs, A-G.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below..
Write the correct number i-ix, in boxes 27-32 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
ii
iii
iv
vi
A difficult landscape
vii
viii
ix
Example
Paragraph A
Answer
viii
27 Paragraph B
28 Paragraph C
29 Paragraph D
30 Paragraph E
31 Paragraph F
32 Paragraph G
Unusual incidents are being reported across the Arctic. Inuit families going
off on snowmobiles to prepare their summer hunting camps have found themselves
cut off from home by a sea of mud, following early thaws. There are reports of
igloos losing their insulating properties as the snow drips and refreezes, of lakes
draining into the sea as permafrost melts, and sea ice breaking up earlier than
usual, carrying seals beyond the reach of hunters. Climate change may still be a
rather abstract idea to most of us, but in the Arctic it is already having dramatic
effects - if summertime ice continues to shrink at its present rate, the Arctic Ocean
could soon become virtually ice-free in summer. The knock-on effects are likely to
include more warming, cloudier skies, increased precipitation and higher sea
levels. Scientists are increasingly keen to find out what's going on because they
consider the Arctic the 'canary in the mine' for global warming - a warning of
what's in store for the rest of the world.
For the Inuit the problem is urgent. They live in precarious balance with one
direct threat to their way of life. Nobody knows the Arctic as well as the locals,
which is why they are not content simply to stand back and let outside experts tell
them what's happening. In Canada, where the Inuit people are jealously guarding
their hard-won autonomy in the country's newest territory, Nunavut, they believe
their best hope of survival in this changing environment lies in combining their
ancestral knowledge with the best of modern science. This is a challenge in itself.
The Canadian Arctic is a vast, treeless polar desert that's covered with snow
for most of the year. Venture into this terrain and you get some idea of the
hardships facing anyone who calls this home. Farming is out of the question and
nature offers meagre pickings. Humans first settled in the Arctic a mere 4,500
years ago, surviving by exploiting sea mammals and fish. The environment tested
them to the limits: sometimes the colonists were successful, sometimes they failed
and vanished. But around a thousand years ago, one group emerged that was
uniquely well adapted to cope with the Arctic environment. These Thule people
moved in from Alaska, bringing kayaks, sleds, dogs, pottery and iron tools. They
are the ancestors of today's Inuit people.
Life for the descendants of the Thule people is still harsh. Nunavut is 1.9
million square kilometres of rock and ice, and a handful of islands around the
North Pole. It's currently home to 2,500 people, all but a handful of them
indigenous Inuit. Over the past 40 years, most have abandoned their nomadic ways
and settled in the territory's 28 isolated communities, but they still rely heavily on
nature to provide food and clothing. Provisions available in local shops have to be
flown into Nunavut on one of the most costly air networks in the world, or brought
by supply ship during the few ice-free weeks of summer. It would cost a family
around 7,000 a year to replace meat they obtained themselves through hunting
with imported meat. Economic opportunities are scarce, and for many people state
benefits are their only income.
While the Inuit may not actually starve if hunting and trapping are curtailed
by climate change, there has certainly been an impact on people's health. Obesity,
heart disease and diabetes are beginning to appear in a people for whom these have
never before been problems. There has been a crisis of identity as the traditional
skills of hunting, trapping and preparing skins have begun to disappear. In
Nunavut's 'igloo and email' society, where adults who were born in igloos have
children who may never have been out on the land, there's a high incidence of
depression.
With so much at stake, the Inuit are determined to play a key role in teasing
out the mysteries of climate change in the Arctic. Having survived there for
centuries, they believe their wealth of traditional knowledge is vital to the task.
And Western scientists are starting to draw on this wisdom, increasingly referred to
as 'Inuit Qaujimajatugangit', or IQ. 'In the early days scientists ignored us when
they came up here to study anything. They just figured these people don't know
very much so we won't ask them,' says John Amagoalik, an Inuit leader and
politician. 'But in recent years IQ has had much more credibility and weight.' In
fact it is now a requirement for anyone hoping to get permission to do research that
they consult the communities, who are helping to set the research agenda to reflect
their most important concerns. They can turn down applications from scientists
they believe will work against their interests, or research projects that will impinge
too much on their daily lives and traditional activities.
occupation of the Arctic doesn't go back far enough. Others, however, point out
that the first weather stations in the far north date back just 50 years. There are still
huge gaps in our environmental knowledge, and despite the scientific onslaught,
many predictions are no more than best guesses. IQ could help to bridge the gap
and resolve the tremendous uncertainty about how much of what we're seeing is
natural capriciousness and how much is the consequence of human activity.
Questions 33-40
Complete the summary of paragraphs C and D below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from paragraphs C and D for each
answer.
If you visit the Canadian Arctic, you immediately appreciate the problems faced by
people for whom this is home. It would clearly be impossible for the people to
engage in 33 .................... as a means of supporting themselves. For thousands of
years they have had to rely on catching 34 .................... and 35 .................... as a
means of sustenance. The harsh surroundings saw many who tried to settle there
pushed to their limits, although some were successful. The 36 .................... people
were an example of the latter and for them the environment did not prove
unmanageable. For the present inhabitants, life continues to be a struggle. The
territory of Nunavut consists of little more than ice, rock and a few 37 ....................
. In recent years, many of them have been obliged to give up their 38 ....................
lifestyle, but they continue to depend mainly on 39 .................... their food and
clothes. 40 .................... produce is particularly expensive.
KEY: Reading Passage 3, Questions 27-40
27.
28.
vi
29.
iii
30.
vii
31.
iv
32.
ii
33.
farming
Thule
37
islands
38
nomadic
39
nature
40
imported
Ni dung bi nghe:
Part 1: Tapescript
PRESENTER
Hello and welcome to this week's edition of Tell me more - the programme where
you ask the questions and we provide the answers. And we've had a wide variety of
questions from you this week. And the subject we've picked for you this week in
response to your many letters is the production of postage stamps. And as usual,
we've been doing our homework on the subject. So who designs the postage
stamps that we stick on our letters? Well in Australia the design of postage stamps
is in the hands of Australia Post. In Britain, it's the Royal Mail that looks after
stamps and it seems that both countries have a similar approach to the production
process. We discovered to our surprise that it can take up to two years to produce a
new postage stamp. Why's that I hear you ask! Surely it can't be all that difficult to
design a stamp? In fact, it isn't. But it seems it's a lengthy business. Firstly they
have to choose the subjects and this is done with the help of market research.
Members of the general public, including families, are surveyed to find out what
sort of things they would like to see on their stamps. They are given a list of
possible topics and asked to rank them. A list is then presented to the Advisory
Committee which meets about once a month. The committee is made up of outside
designers, graphic artists and stamp collectors. If the committee likes the list, it
sends it the Board of Directors which makes the final decision. Then they
commission an artist. Australia artists are paid $1,500 for a stamp design and a
further $800 if the committee actually decides to use the design. So there's
possibility that a stamp might be designed, still never actually go into circulation.
Part 2: Tapescript
Section 1. You will hear a conversation between a man and a woman as the
man joins a local library. First you have some time to look at questions 1 5.
(20 second gap)
You will see that there is an example. This time only, the conversation relating
to this will be played first.
Peter: Hello, Im new in the area and Id like to join the library please.
Will: Thats no problem. Let me get an application form. Here we are. Now all we
have to do is fill this in and then Ill get you to sign it and youll be a member.
P Great
W Now then. Whats your full name?
P Peter Adrian Camden.
W How do you spell Camden?
P C-A-M-D-E-N
W C-A-M-D-E-N
P Yes, thats right.
So, Camden is the correct answer.Now we begin. You should answer the
questions as you listen, as the recording is not played twice. Listen carefully to
the conversation and answer questions 1 to 5.
Peter: Hello, Im new in the area and Id like to join the library please.
Will: Thats no problem. Let me get an application form. Here we are. Now all we
have to do is fill this in and then Ill get you to sign and youll be a member.
P Great
W Now then. Whats your full name?
P Peter Adrian Camden.
W How do you spell Camden?
P C-A-M-D-E-N
W C-A-M-D-E-N
P Yes, thats right.
W Right, and whats your address?
P Flat 5, 53 Green Street, Finsbury.
W Ok. Got that. Thats near here isnt it?
P Yes, just 5 minutes walk.
P Well, Im very keen on mysteries. You know, when a detective is trying to find
out who did the murder. Historical novels interest me too. Romance never! My
sister loves them but they bore me to tears. I quite like books on animals too. I
get them out sometimes. Not science fiction either. Too weird.
W Well, I think thats it then.
P Good. Oh, do you charge anything?
W The library is free unless you want to rent out some of our videos or DVDs.
P How much is that?
W Well, we rent videos out for $4 each and DVDs are $6. You must leave us a
deposit of $60 as well. Thats returnable of course.
P I dont think Ill get any of those just yet. Can I pay later?
W Sure, just give the money in when youre ready to rent them out.
P Well thanks very much. Youve been very helpful. I might take a book out now
for the weekend, if thats OK?
W Go ahead.
M Well, goodbye.
36
THI XUT
KHU VC DUYN HI - NG BNG BC B LN TH VII
________________________________
Mn thi:
TING ANH LP 10
Thi gian thi:
180 pht (khng k thi gian giao )
Ngy thi:
thi c 16 trang
Th sinh khng c s dng ti liu, k c t in.
Gim th khng gii thch g thm.
________________________________________________________________
I. LISTENING (15 points)
HNG DN PHN THI NGHE HIU
Bi nghe gm 2 phn, mi phn c nghe 2 ln, mi ln cch nhau 15 giy,
m u v kt thc mi phn nghe c tn hiu.
M u v kt thc bi nghe c tn hiu nhc. Th sinh c 3 pht hon
chnh bi trc tn hiu nhc kt thc bi nghe.
Mi hng dn cho th sinh (bng ting Anh) c trong bi nghe.
Part 1: For questions 15, listen to an account of inspirational speaker Aron
Ralston and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each question. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1. The first section emphasises that ________.
A. Ralstons penknife carried out the amputation surprisingly easily.
B. Ralstons ordeal lasted for a long time both before and after the amputation.
C. Ralston never lost hope throughout his long ordeal.
D. Ralston would never have survived had he not been an experienced climber.
2. Ralstons friends were pleased to learn he was eating well because ________.
A. it showed he was back to his old self.
B. he had lost a lot of weight since he was a student.
C. he had never had a very good appetite.
D. it would give him a better chance of recovery.
3. Why did Ralston go back to Colorado?
A. to get a better job
B. to practise a new sport
C. to be closer to his family
D. to spend more time outdoors
1
2.
3.
4.
5.
Part 2: For questions 615, listen to a talk about citizen journalists and fill in the
missing information. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer in
the spaces provided.
Citizen journalists are ordinary people involved in collecting,
(6)..., reporting and (7)
news and information.
(8).. people are using modern technology to
create media. For instance, taking a photo and putting it
(9).. in seconds.
(10). journalism is not being pushed aside.
People still want news from (11).
sources.
Professional news (12).. collect public
(13).., which are often a valuable and insightful
(14).. to standard news coverage.
Most examples of citizen journalism are read on a professional news
website, already edited, (15).. and checked
by professional journalists.
A. motor
A. them
A. swear
A. machine
A. woodland
B. slogan
B. theme
B. sight
B. chamber
B. moorland
C. proper
C. theory
C. same
C. charge
C. hooked
D. total
D. bath
D. sure
D. champion
D. woollen
B. Choose the word with the main stress placed differently from that of the
others in each group. Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the corresponding
numbered boxes.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A. migration
B. inhabit
A. statistics
B. tolerant
A. acknowledgement B. insufficient
A. intermarriage B. equality
A. commemorative B. capability
C. character
C. mechanic
C. determinant
C. exceptional
C. periodical
D. diversity
D. designer
D. announcement
D. intensify
D. comprehensively
Your answers
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
8. The first amusement park in our city was a ________ success for its owners.
Everybody would go there to have a good time.
A cracking
B ringing
C sparking
D roaring
9. This position is very prestigious, you should ________ to any occasion to
prove that you really deserve it.
A assume
B rise
C conform
D endeavour
10. The number of the victims of the earthquake has been ________ at no less
than 150.
A amounted
B counted
C estimated
D scored
11. About two hundred illegal immigrants have been ________ from the
country.
A expelled
B enforced
C evicted
D expired
12. Tim was praised for having ________ with his research work in spite of
increasing difficulties.
A insisted
B lasted
C sustained
D persevered
13. Its obvious everyone would like to have their ________ in such an
important meeting.
A talk
B word
C claim
D say
14. This quiet village is ________ of the one I grew up in.
A reminiscent
B similar
C remnant
D identical
15. Samuel couldnt find any reasonable arguments to ________ his claims in
the court.
A assure
B enforce
C persist
D uphold
16. Bob was in terrible pain, but none of us knew how to ________ his suffering
until the ambulance arrived.
A dissolve
B exclude
C cease
D relieve
17. Susan has taken _________ to Peters remarks about her appearance.
A annoyance
B exception
C irritation
D nerve
18. The terrorists were asked whether they ________ guilty of the wrongdoing.
A pleaded
B confirmed
C stated
D admitted
19. Frankie has always been held in high ________ among his workmates
because of his exceptional skill at handling the most difficult tasks.
A respect
B admiration
C prestige
D esteem
20. She may still have a few fans in the world, but she is definitely past her
________.
A fame
B abilities
C prime
D fortune
Your answers
1.
6.
11.
16.
2.
7.
12.
17.
3.
8.
13.
18.
4.
9.
14.
19.
5.
10.
15.
20.
Part 2: For questions 2130, read the following text which contains 10 mistakes.
Underline the errors and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered
boxes. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Line
10
15
19
Your answers
0. line 1: an
24.
28.
21.
25.
29.
22.
26.
30.
23.
27.
Part 3: For questions 3150, fill in the gaps in the following sentences with
suitable particles. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
0. He finds it hard to put ________ the noise of the nearby factory.
31. Hes the leader ________ name only, his deputy has effectively taken over.
32. He is such a knowledgeable scholar that he can talk about the subject for 3
hours _______ end.
33. Im sorry, but Im not ________ liberty to tell you any more.
34. Many people are opposed to abortion ________ principle.
35. Alex lost his job because he just didnt measure up to the standard required
________ him.
36. John and George were both vying ________ her attention at the party.
37. Weve left the booking our holiday very late. We really have to decide
_______ a date.
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38. I was feeling really terrible so I decided to treat myself _______ a nice cake!
39. My new CD player isnt working, so Ive got one _______ loan from the
shop while mine is being repaired.
40. Although he is a literature student, he has never read a Shakespeare play
_______ its entirety, but somehow he always passes his exams!
41. He was passed _______ in the first time he applied for promotion, but he
seems to stand better chance this time.
42. Everyone can put himself ________ for the chairman of the club.
43. The witness was required to give a detailed account of how the accident
came _______.
44. Shes too busy to get _______ to answering all the letters of her fans.
45. Hes entirely unreasonable to take his frustration at work _______ his
children.
46. He was deeply upset to discover that he was taken _______ a ride by his
best friend.
47. Finally, they decided to settle _______ an apology rather than seek
compensation from the tour company.
48. He lost all his money in gambling and had to sell the house which had come
______ him after his parents death.
49. Mr John, an impatient and aggressive person, is not at all cut ______ being a
teacher.
50. Its been pouring heavily since early morning and it doesnt look like the
rain is going to ease_______ soon.
Your answers
0. up with
31.
36.
41.
46.
32.
37.
42.
47.
33.
38.
43.
48.
34.
39.
44.
49.
35.
40.
45.
50.
Part 4: For questions 5170, complete the following sentences with suitable
forms of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0. This university ________ (found) in 1958.
51. A lot of people ________ (ask) about the painting, and I always say its not
for sale.
52. Alice felt very pleased with herself. She ________ (find) what she was
looking for.
53. The opposing sides in the war had been fighting since the president
________ (overthrow).
54. By the time the book ________ (publish) next year, no-one will be
interested in what scandalous claims it makes.
51.
54.
57.
60.
63.
66.
69.
52.
55.
58.
61.
64.
67.
70.
Part 5: For questions 71-80, read the text below. Use the word given in
capitals to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
LA TOURETTE MONASTERY
Great architecture has never been dependent on the (0)_______ (SPEND) of
vast sums of money. One of the greatest buildings of all time is the monastery
of Sainte-Marie de la Tourette near Lyon, consecrated in 1960 and built cheaply
from that most (71)________ (PRETEND) of building materials concrete. Yet
here is a building that is at once as poor and as rich as the mendicant monks for
whom it was designed and built. Poor in terms of cost and the materials used to
build it, rich in ideas and (72)_________ (SPIRIT).
Today, much new architecture is slick and polished, erected by teams of
(73)_________ (CONTRACT) working to designs fed through very
(74)_________ (RELY) computer programs. The buildings, whether office
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71.
75.
79.
72.
76.
80.
73.
77.
Part 6: For questions 81-90, complete the text below by filling in each gap a
conjunction or preposition given. Some conjunctions or prepositions are used
more than once. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
but
despite
on the contrary
however
whereas
nevertheless
while
though
yet
them, valid (86)________ the Greek request may be, because of the pollution
that is affecting the Parthenon and the possibility of earthquakes in Greece.
Restored to the Parthenon, the Marbles could be exposed to damage,
(87)________ they are safe in the British Museum.
Of course, there are equally compelling arguments for their return,
especially on the moral level. It cannot be denied, (88)________ the material
safety the statues enjoy in Britain, that they are part of the Greek heritage. Many
people also refute the argument that Athens would not be a safe place for them.
(89)________, they claim that if the statues were returned to Greece, a new
state-of-the-art building would be constructed to house them, where they would
be both safe and in their rightful environment. Furthermore, the British
authorities have long used the argument that works of art should not be subject
to ownership, but should be kept where they are accessible to most people.
(90)________ in the past they have returned a number of cultural artefacts from
other civilisations to their origins.
The argument continues, and is likely to do so for some time in the future.
Your answers
0. Though
84.
88.
81.
85.
89.
82.
86.
90.
83.
87.
A common
A points
A pushed
A make
A in fact
A stakes
A spot
A extremely
A patience
A search
A shoal
A joined
A tedious
A landscape
A came round
A brilliant
B known
B expresses
B urged
B brand
B actually
B odds
B rank
B rightly
B stability
B exploration
B swarm
B competed
B gruelling
B space
B came through
B staggering
C distinct
C indicates
C converted
C breed
C really
C wagers
C grade
C completely
C endurance
C pursuit
C pack
C entered
C tiresome
C terrain
C came over
C wonderful
D considered
D marks
D persuaded
D strain
D utterly
D bets
D place
D absolutely
D tolerance
D investigation
D herd
D enlisted
D grilling
D feature
D came in
D stunning
Your answers
0. B
1.
6.
11.
2.
7.
12.
3.
8.
13.
4.
9.
14.
5.
10.
15.
Part 2: For questions 1630, read the text below and think of the word which
best fits each gap. Use only ONE word in each gap. Write your answers in
corresponding numbered boxes. There is an example at the beginning (0).
WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD CARTOONS GONE?
Childhood will (0)________ be the same again. Remember Saturday
mornings spent lounging on the sofa, hour (16)________ hour, watching your
favourite cartoons? (17)________ there have been a better reward for the long
school week that had had to be endured? Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Mickey
Mouse brought virtually live into (18)________ living rooms. Back then, they
were in black and white, and back then, they were meant to amuse, to entertain.
It seems (19)________ has changed and definitely (20)________ the
worse. Now when you turn on the television on a Saturday or Sunday morning,
you do (21)________ at your own risk! Be prepared to confront violence in all
its animated glory: exploding bombs, falling buildings, blazing weapons, and
bad guy after bad guy. I dont see (22)________ is funny about this warped
vision of our times and our society. (23)________ do I see whats worth
watching on these programmes with (24)________ gruesome caricatures of
good and evil. Who is responsible for childrens programming these days?
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17.
22.
27.
18.
23.
28.
19.
24.
29.
20.
25.
30.
Part 3: For questions 3140, read the text below and choose the correct answer
(A, B, C or D). Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. There is
an example at the beginning (0).
According to the best evidence gathered by space probes and astronomers,
Mars is an inhospitable planet, more similar to Earths Moon than to Earth
itselfa dry, stark, seemingly lifeless world. Mars air pressure is equal to
Earths at an altitude of 100,000 feet. The air there is 95 percent carbon dioxide.
Mars has no ozone layer to screen out the suns lethal radiation. Daytime
temperatures may reach above freezing, but because the planet is blanketed by
the mere wisp of an atmosphere, the heat radiates back into space. Even at the
equator, the temperature drops to 50C (60F) at night. Today there is no liquid
water, although valleys and channels on the surface show evidence of having
been carved by running water. The polar ice caps are made of frozen water and
carbon dioxide, and water may be frozen in the ground as permafrost.
Despite these difficult conditions, certain scientists believe that there is a
possibility of transforming Mars into a more Earth-like planet. Nuclear reactors
might be used to melt frozen gases and eventually build up the atmosphere. This
in turn could create a greenhouse effect that would stop beat from radiating
back into space. Liquid water could be thawed to form a polar ocean. Once
enough ice has melted, suitable plants could be introduced to build up the level
of oxygen in the atmosphere so that, in time, the planet would support animal
life from Earth and even permanent human colonies. This 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 its
starting to look practical. We could begin work in four or 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 Earths ecology supports life, they have begun to see how it may be
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39. According to the article, the basic knowledge needed to transform Mars
comes from _________.
A. the science of astronomy
C. data from space probes
B. a knowledge of Earths ecology
D. science fiction stories
40. The word staggering in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. astonishing
C. increasing
B. restrictive
D. unpredictable
Your answers
0. C
31.
36.
32.
37.
33.
38.
34.
39.
35.
40.
Three factors are necessary for an avalanche to form. The first relates to
the condition of the snowpack. Temperature, humidity, and sudden
changes in weather conditions all affect the shape and condition of snow crystals
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in the snowpack which, in turn, influences the stability of the snowpack. In some
cases, weather causes an improvement in avalanche conditions. For example,
low temperature variation in the snowpack and consistent below-freezing
temperatures enable the crystals to compress tightly. On the other hand, if the
snow surface melts and refreezes, this can create an icy or unstable layer.
The second vital factor is the degree of slope of the mountain. If this is
below 25 degrees, there is little danger of an avalanche. Slopes that are
steeper than 60 degrees are also unlikely to set off a major avalanche as they
sluff the snow constantly, in a cascade of loose powdery snow which causes
minimal danger or damage. This means that slabs of ice or weaknesses in the
snowpack have little chance to develop. Thus, the danger zone covers the 25- to
60-degree range of slopes, with most avalanches being slab avalanches that
begin on slopes of 35 to 45 degrees.
Finally, there is the movement or event that triggers the avalanche. In the
case of slab avalanches, this can be a natural trigger, such as a sudden
weather change, a falling tree or a collapsing ice or snow overhang. However, in
most fatal avalanches, it is people who create the trigger by moving through an
avalanche-prone area. Snowmobiles are especially dangerous. On the other
hand, contrary to common belief, shouting is not a big enough vibration to set
off a landslide.
For questions 4145, choose the correct heading for each paragraph AE from
the list of headings below (i-viii). There are more headings than paragraphs.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
List of headings
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
41. Paragraph A
44. Paragraph D
42. Paragraph B
45. Paragraph E
43. Paragraph C
Your answers
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
For questions 4650, Complete the table below. Use NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS from the reading passage for each answer. Write your answers in the
spaces provided. There is an example at the beginning (0).
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Type of avalanche
Characteristics
(0)__________ avalanches
Slab avalanches
Isothermal avalanches
Your answers
0. loose
48.
46.
49.
47.
50.
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I. LISTENING (15 points)
Part 1: (5 points 1 point/correct answer)
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. D
12. providers
2. A
7. B
3. D
8. B
4. A
9. A
5. B
10. A
4. C
9. B
14. A
19. D
5. A
10. C
15. D
20. C
2. D
7. B
12. D
17. B
3. C
8. D
13. D
18. A
32. on
37. on
42. forward
47. for
33. at
38. to
43. about
48. down to
34. on
39. on
44. (a)round
49. out for
35. of
40. in
45. out on
50. off
73. contractors
77. overlooking
81. but
85. While
89. On the contrary
82. However
86. though
90. Yet
83. Nevertheless
87. whereas
2. D
7. A
12. B
3. C
8. C
13. C
4. A
9. A
14. D
5. B
10. C
15. B
19. this/that
24. their/such
29. may
20. for
25. to
30. to
17. Could
22. what
27. on
18. our
23. Nor
28. being
32. A
37. D
33. B
38. A
34. A
39. B
35. D
40. A
44. v
45. iii
42. viii
0. loose
48. water
43. ii
46. teardrop
49. largest
47. deaths
50. uphill
RECORDING SCRIPTS
Part 1
In todays programme, were talking about the inspirational speaker, Aron Ralston,
who turned a potentially life-threatening accident into a positive experience a
man who would not let tragedy stop him from reaching his goals. So much so, that
a major Hollywood film has been based around the event which changed his life.
An accomplished climber, Aron Ralston was hiking alone down Utahs
Bluejohn Canyon. As he climbed over a boulder, it shifted, pinning his right arm
against the canyon wall. Five days later, after having tried to budge the huge rock,
he suddenly knew what to do. He broke the bones in his forearm and managed to
amputate his arm below the elbow with a basic pocket knife he had been carrying
with him. This took about an hour. Once free, after 127 hours trapped, he managed
to get himself down a 60-foot cliff and walk five miles before finding help.
News of this caught the attention of Ralstons former classmates, who
immediately went online to find out what had happened. Ralstons bravery under
dire circumstances didnt shock those who were close to him in school.
According to one friend, Ralstons story is amazing, but not surprising. If
anyone could do what he did and handle it as gracefully, it would be Ralston, he
said. Less than 48 hours after Ralston was transferred to hospital, his former
roommate wrote in an email that Ralston was eating as much as the hospital staff
would let him. Classmates who had been with the climber on countless late-night
runs to burger bars and cafes near the university breathed a sigh of relief.
Ralstons love of the outdoors led him to leave his job as a mechanical
engineer and return to his home state of Colorado to do more hiking and climbing.
Thats Ralston: one friend said. Whenever you think about him, you just have to
smile or laugh. He does the things that you wish you could do someday, but he
didnt just think it. He did it. Hes 100% energy. Before his fateful trip to Utah,
Ralston had reached the summits of III of the 119 tallest peaks in Colorado, many
of them by himself, and in winter, according to his website. Along with Ralstons
sense of adventure came recklessness. A story appeared in the Denver Post two
days after Ralston went missing, describing how he and two skiing companions
had escaped death earlier that year when they were caught in an avalanche. Ralston
has apologised for not telling anyone he had gone canyoneering in Utah, a mistake
that caused his parents and friends a lot of worry. A search for him began after he
failed to show up for work at an outdoor gear shop in Aspen. Ralston is keeping
everything in perspective. A hand and forearm are not the same as losing a life. He
has already returned to mountain climbing and one day, he is sure he will achieve
his aim of climbing Mount Everest. He has written a bestselling autobiography,
and his story is known all over the world. As an inspirational speaker, his speeches
now motivate audiences to believe in the human capacity to do extraordinary
things, and never to give up hope.
Part 2
The phenomenon of citizen journalism is quite a recent one, but one that Im
sure youre all familiar with. Ill attempt to give a brief overview here of what it
is, and how it came about. Essentially, its where you get members of the public
playing an active role in the process of collecting, analysing, reporting and
disseminating news and information. This is quite different from traditional
methods of professional journalism.
One of the basic ideas behind citizen journalism is that ordinary people,
people with no professional training in journalism, can use the tools of modern
technology and the internet to create, change or fact-check media on their own or
in collaboration with others. For instance, you might write about a city council
meeting on, lets say, your blog. Or you could argue with a newspaper feature
in its comment section, or on a social networking site. Or you might take a photo
or video of something happening right in front of you and put it online within
seconds. I often get asked what I think about this. Is serious journalism being
pushed aside? Are professional journalists, photographers, reporters going to lose
their jobs?
Well, to put it simply, no. Of course, these concerns are valid, but when
people want news, real news, and to find out whats really happening in the
world, they almost always seek out one or two trusted sources. And whats
happening more and more is that trusted, professional news providers are
collecting the huge mass of public-generated photos, videos and opinions, editing
them, and displaying them alongside proper journalistic items. Public
contributions are becoming a valuable, and sometimes very insightful,
complement to standard news coverage. And in fact, most examples of citizen
journalism that you read arent on some private blog, or social-networking site you read them on a trusted news website, already edited, proofread and checked
by professional journalists.
THE END
II: In this part, you will hear a talk about the importance of organic food. Listen carefully,
fill the blank, and decide whether the statements below are true (T) or false (F).
B. amass
C. ambassador
D. embassy
17 A. postpone
B. postcard
C. against
D. defrost
18 A. sigh
B. automobile
C. tighten
D. ice-hockey
19 A. crew
B. chew
C. mew
D. threw
20 A. horrific
B. mortgage
C. mortality
D. organism
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in each
group.
21.
A. chronology
B. revitalize
C. resurrect
D. verbatim
22.
A. antibiotic
B. physiotherapy
C. rehabilitate
D. underdeveloped
23.
A. advocate
B. allergy
C. humankind
D. biosphere
24.
A. charitable
B. illuminate
C. straightforward
D. epitomize
25.
A. encyclopedia
B. miscellaneous
C. monopolistic
D. predictability
B. rebuke
C. reflect
D. retain
27. His company went bankrupt, three years of hard work ________ the drain.
A. into
B. in
C. down
D. on
B. run down
C. keep up
D. push back
B. The/-/ -/ the/ -
C. A/ the/ -/ -/ -
30. On entering the nursery I stumbled on the wooden blocks _________ all over the carpet.
A. plunged
B. scattered
C. settled
D. tossed
31. We are pleased to announce that Keith Danish ________ replace Susan William as
Operations Manager from 24th September.
A. does
B. is to
C. is about to
D. is due
32. When I came to the theater last night, the crowd was so large and the tickets cost ____.
A. an arm and a leg
C. a finger
33. The mayor has decided to ____________ crime. Its about time, if you ask me.
A. stepped up
B. crack down on
C. blow over
D. stamp down
35. _________ their physical appearance, our ancestors distanced themselves _________ the
rest of animals.
A. Customize/ away
B. Customizing/ away
C. Customized/ from
D. By customizing/ from
36. Mary usually buys her clothes ________. Its cheaper than going to a dressmaker.
A. in public
B. on the shelf
D. on the house
C. execute
D. prejudice
C. Humanitarian
D. Humane
B. testify
B. Human
40. Ben crept _______ on Lisa and put his hands over her eyes.
A. out
B. off
C. round
D. up
41. The book would have been perfect _________ the ending.
A. had it not been for
43. The country around here is so _______ that you can only get around in a jeep.
A. severe
B. weathered
C. rugged
D. jagged
44. Kathy was as pleased as __________ when she heard she had passed the exam.
A. punch
B. a poppy
C. a sunflower
D. a dungeon
45. Demand for the products is expected to peak 5 years from now and then to _________.
A. tapped off
II.
B. fall down
C. set back
C. drift away
shortage of identification with wider intellectual trends. Playwrights and directors can be
left-wing in their political look-out, but the plays they produce rarely convey a
straightforward message. The same is largely true of British novelists and poets. Their
writing is naturalistic and is not connected to particular intellectual movements. The theatre
had always been very strong in Britain, especially in London. The countrys most successful
playwrights are those who explore the darker side of the personality and of personal
relationships. In contrast, the cinema in Britain is often regarded as not quite part of the arts
in all, it is simply entertainment. Britain is unique between the large European countries in
giving mostly no financial help to their film industry. Classical music is also a minority
interest. British seem disinterested in high education, they watch lots of television, but are
enthusiastic readers. The vast majority of books reading in Britain are not classified as
serious literature.
46. ________________________
51. ________________________
47. ________________________
52. ________________________
48. ________________________
53. ________________________
49. ________________________
54. ________________________
50. ________________________
55. ________________________
60. The beast was baulked ______ his prey ________ the last moment.
61. I refuse to bargain ________ you _____ the prize ________ those conditions.
62. Dont waste time brooding ________ your past failures.
63. I wont concede ________ your demand.
64. Dont dally ________ a womans affections.
65. Being rich doesnt count ________ much on a desert island.
66. The problem stems _________ the governments lack of action.
67. The factory owner is not in the habit of fraternizing ___ ____ his workers.
68. If you have a grievance ____ the company, please lodge a formal written complaint.
69. My car is guaranteed _______ rust for eight years.
70. He was deaf ______ my requests for help.
71. Were two months _______ arrears _______ the rent.
72. His glee ______ the news of his success was a joy to see.
73. He has a fixation ________ becoming the best doctor in the world.
74. I was furious ______ my sister _______ her always borrowing my clothes without my
permission.
75. He is a solicitor ________ profession.
85. The girl got into a lot of trouble. She (not tell) ________ a lie.
86. I (appreciate) ________ (tell) ________ the news.
87. The world will be different, and we ________ (prepare) to adapt to the change.
88. It looks as though a compromise agreement (now/reach)________
89. We (not/see)_______ Ken and Tricia when we go to the United States as theyll be away
at the time, unfortunately.
90. Wed just been informed that Nick (be)_______ the new Managing Director.
91. At the end of the month, Sarah (work) _______ in government for exactly 40 years.
92. How long (you/wait)_______ before Val finally turned up?
93. By the time we arrived, the film (already/ start)__________
94. When John phoned, he sounded like he (have)_______ quite a shock.
95. Just as you arrived, I (get)________ ready to go out.
V.
Read the following text and fill in each blank using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
CAR REVIEW: THE XR1200
Although still a relative (96)________ to the world of high- COME
96. _______________________
101. _______________________
97. _______________________
102. _______________________
98. _______________________
103. _______________________
99. _______________________
104. _______________________
100. _______________________
105. _______________________
VI. Read the following text and fill in each blank using the correct word in brackets.
ALSO
AT FIRST GLANCE
JUST AS
THEREFORE
UNLIKE
WHEREAS
DESPITE
HOWEVER
HOWEVER
TO SUM UP
There is and always has been a need for an international language, and historically
languages have competed with each other for this role. The current leader in the field is
English, with other European languages behind, but artificial languages such as Esperanto
are nowhere to be in sight.
(106) ________, this might seem surprising, as the advantage of artificial languages is
that they are supposed to be simple to learn. (107)________natural languages, there are no
irregular verbs, the grammar is extremely simple, and the vocabulary has a large number of
words that appear to be easy to learn. (108)________, while this may be true for speakers of
European languages, it is by no means true for speakers of a language like Japanese, which is
entirely different. Artificial languages are therefore not suitable for everyone, because they
are based only on European languages.
There would (109)________ be practical problems if an artificial language was chosen
as an international mans of communicational. There is no official organization or
government that could make such a decision, because as far as languages are concerned,
success breeds success. Most people want to learn a language such as English, Spanish or
French that is already widely spoken, and popular languages continually attract new learners.
It would (110)________not be realistic for governments to impose an artificial language with
almost no speakers, because people would simply refuse to learn it.
Ultimately, (111) ________, the main problem with an artificial language is related to
the nature of language itself. An artificial language is simply a set of words with no heart, no
native speakers and no traditions, (112) _______ a living language is dynamic. Living
languages can change and develop. They have literary traditions and are capable of growing
and adopting new words and ideas. Languages are aggressive too, and take over and kill off
minority ones, (113)_______ English has almost eliminated Gaelic. In these circumstances,
an artificial language could never hope to survive.
(114)________, although the current international languages are not ideal, there is no
evidence that artificial languages would be any better. (115) _________ their deceptive
simplicity, it would be almost impossible to make everyone to learn one, and it would
possible not survive unchanged anyway. It is possible that English will continue to dominate
and may one day be a completely international second language, but whatever happens, the
process will be determined by the speakers, and will not be under political control.
(129) _________ on the medical authorities to (130) ________ the root cause of insomnia
before we take to being nocturnals leading our noisy lives in the dead of night.
116. A. present
B. entail
C. realize
D. prove
117. A. up
B. about
C. off
D. out
118. A. rolling
B. wriggling
C. tossing
D. spinning
119. A. underpass
B. undergo
C. underlie
D. undertake
120. A. operate
B. process
C. function
D. perform
121. A. between
B. along
C. within
D. beyond
122. A. proclaim
B. endure
C. invalidate
D. substantiate
123. A. recuperate
B. restore
C. revive
D. resume
124. A. exert
B. affect
C. enforce
D. compel
125. A. inducing
B. attaining
C. exacting
D. contributing
126. A. disparaged
B. retrieved
C. detected
D. originated
127. A. betrays
B. besets
C. bemoans
D. bestows
128. A. engendered
B. applied
C. instigated
D. evolved
129. A. placed
B. ascribed
C. focused
D. attached
130. A. emerge
B. release
C. determine
D. confess
things as well. (139) ________ he asks to sit on your shoulder and you put him (140)
________ else, hell complain: Wanna go shoulder.
A (141)_________ experts remain skeptical, seeing very (142) ________ in Alexs
performance beyond learning by association, by (143)________ of intensive training. Yet
Alex appears to (144)_________ mastered simple two-way communication. As parrots live
for 60 years or more, Alex may surprise (145) ________ all further.
III.
Schizophrenia is an episodic illness, with periods of severe illness usually lasting several
months. Severe schizophrenics experience these episodes more frequently than those with
less severe forms of the illness. It is estimated that about 1 % of the world population will
experience a schizophrenic episode at some point in their lives. Treatment generally includes
medication, and in severe cases hospitalization.
146. The word trait in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. problem
B. illness
C. handicap
D. characteristic
147. According to paragraph 1, the essential difference between the daydreams of a healthy
person and those of a schizophrenic is that __________.
A. a schizophrenic does not know that his or her daydreams are imaginary
B. the daydreams of schizophrenics make them violent and dangerous
C. a healthy persons daydreams are more imaginative
D. the daydreams of a healthy person occur far less frequently
148. All of the following are symptoms of schizophrenia EXCEPT
A. Hearing voices or noises that are not there
B. Organized thinking
C. A lack of emotion and motivation
D. Feeling that things are being controlled from outside
149. Based on the information in paragraph 1, the term delusions can best be explained as
A. the belief in ideas that are untrue and highly unlikely
B. serious forms of mental illness
C. common symptoms among schizophrenics
D. conditions which cause a person to become violent
150. According to the passage, all of the following are proof that schizophrenia has
biological causes EXCEPT _________.
A. drugs that control brain chemistry effectively treat schizophrenia
B. schizophrenia causes important changes in the bodies of teenagers
C. people with a family history of the illness are more likely to develop schizophrenia
D. schizophrenia often occurs for the first time during adolescence
151. Based on the information in paragraph 3, what can be inferred about minority groups?
A. They have different brain chemistries.
B. They are often the most violent schizophrenics.
C. They often live in different environments than other people.
D. They are more likely to develop schizophrenia than people living in the city.
152. In stating that schizophrenia is an episodic illness, the author means that schizophrenia
A. is an illness which appears for a period of time and reappears later
B. is an illness which is only treatable for short periods of time
C. is an illness which can be overcome in a short period of time
D. affects people from every part of the world
153. The word those in the passage refers to
A. episodes
B. schizophrenics
C. periods of illness
D. experiences
154. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. These delusions can be damaging to a persons professional and social life.
B. Schizophrenics can be aware whether their daydreams are real or not all the time.
C. In the middle age, people usually suffer from schizophrenia.
D. Schizophrenia is a chronic illness.
155. According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT
A. Schizophrenia is characterized by the inability to tell reality from fantasy.
B. The delusions of schizophrenics can lead to violence in most cases.
C. Schizophrenia is believed to have both biological and environmental causes.
D. Schizophrenia is periodic in nature and is treated with medication or hospitalization.
IV.
156. _________________
Famous for its beautiful setting, San Francisco is built on a series of steep hills located on the
northern tip of a peninsula at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. The bay and its extensions,
constitute one of the great natural harbors of the world, embracing nearly 1,200 sq km of
water. Because of this, San Francisco was once the major Pacific Coast seaport of the United
States. Today the city is an important center for finance, technology, tourism, and culture.
157. __________________
San Franciscans, and in some cases their counterparts in the Bay Area, have successfully
undertaken mammoth construction projects such as the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge,
the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit system. Since at least the 1950s,
San Franciscans have also earned a reputation for tolerance of and respect for diversity.
158. __________________
The most serious social problems facing the city are not unique to San Francisco, but some
have taken on greater dimensions in the city than they have elsewhere. One such problem is
homelessness. From 1988 to 1992, the plaza in front of city hall became an encampment for
homeless people, rendering other use impossible and raising public health concerns. The
problem of homelessness persists despite the efforts of city agencies and private charities to
provide shelter, health care, and drug, alcohol, and mental health treatment. In the mid-and
late 1990s mayors Frank Jordan and Willie Brown both sought to discourage homeless
people from living in public space in the downtown area and, in Browns case, in Golden
Gate Park. However, residents of other areas complained that because of these projects, the
displaced homeless had moved into their neighborhoods.
159. __________________
In other areas the city has made some progress toward addressing social problems. As was
true across much of the nation, the crime rate in San Francisco dropped in the 1990s, as did
the rate of drug-related violence. In addition, some public housing projects in San Francisco
that were especially prone to violence and drug-related activity were razed and rebuilt with
designs considered less likely to encourage those activities. Other public housing projects
received stepped up security patrols.
160. _________________________
Some social critics have pointed to an increasing economic and social polarization of San
Franciscos population. Those who work in finance or high-tech fields are increasingly
affluent, pushing rents and home prices to among the highest levels in the nation. At the
same time, people who labor in the service sector often work for the minimum wage, cannot
share the affluent lifestyles around them, and are hard-pressed to afford rising rents. This
economic polarization coincides in part with ethnic and educational patterns. Workers in the
low-wage end of the service sector are likely to have limited English proficiency and a highschool education or less; many workers in those areas are also disproportionately African
American and Hispanic. By contrast, those people who work in the finance and high-tech
sectors are more likely to be white or Asian American and to have one or more college
degrees.
Match the headings given in the box below with their appropriate numbers (1-5) that
lead the five paragraphs and write the letters A-H in the corresponding numbered
boxes. (The headings outnumber the paragraphs, so you will not use all of them.)
A. The problems in San Francisco.
B. Geographic characteristics of San Francisco.
C. Ethnic and education patterns in San Francisco
D. San Franciscos accomplishments.
E. The problem of homelessness in San Francisco.
F. The beauty of San Francisco
G. Public security improvements in San Francisco.
H. The problem of social economic polarization.
161. Which is the best tittle for the passage?
A. San Francisco: The beauty and issues
B. San Francisco: Social improvements
C. San Francisco: How to solve the social issues
D. San Francisco: Its contemporary issues
Below is or a brief summary of the passage. Find a word or a phrase to complete the
summary.
San Francisco - an important center for finance, technology, tourism, and culture- has
achieved tremendous successes in (162) __________. Today, the city has faced some serious
social problems such as: homelessness, crime rate, and (163) _________. Efforts have been
made to solve these issues. In the mid-and late 1990s, homeless people were prevented from
living in public space in the downtown area and, in Browns case, in Golden Gate Park to
solve the homelessness problem. Several housing projects were launched to reduce (164) __
________. The economic and social polarization, according to some social critics, coincides
in part with (165) ___________ patterns, which requires more efforts to be solved.
PART V: WRITING
I.
Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same
as the one given.
166. It was not until five years had elapsed that the whole truth about the murder came out.
Not for _____________________________________________________________
167. She was just as good as they had thought
II.
Many people think that college students should have complete freedom to choose
their own courses. Do you agree or disagree with this? Write a paragraph in about
150 words to express your opinion.
4. B
2. B
5. C
3. C
II.
6. intensively produced
11. organically
7. 2.5 million
12. F
13. T
9. buy more
14. F
15. T
21. C
17. A
22. C
18. B
23. C
19. C
24. A
20. A
25. B
26. D
31. B
36. C
41. A
27. C
32. A
37. B
42. D
28. A
33. B
38. C
43. C
29. D
34. B
39. C
44. A
30. B
35. D
40. D
45. A
II.
48. to with
66. from
57. at about in
67. with
58. in of
68. against/with
59. of towards
69. against
60. of- at
70. to
71. in with
62. over
72. at
63. to
73. on
64. with
65. for
75. by
believed
90. was to be
finished
V.
Read the following text and fill in each blank using the correct form of the word in
brackets.
96. NEWCOMER
101. UNDERSTATEMENT
97. UNDERGONE
102. REVOLUTIONARY
98. UNFAVOURABLE
103. ADJUSTABLE
99. CONVERTIBLE
104. PROCESSORS
100. PRODUCTION
105. OUTLASTS
VI. Read the following text and fill in each blank using the correct word in brackets.
106. AT FIRST GLANCE
111. HOWEVER
107. UNLIKE
112. WHEREAS
108. HOWEVER
113. JUST AS
109. ALSO
114. TO SUM UP
110. THEREFORE
115. DESPITE
121. A
126. C
117. A
122. D
127. B
118. C
123. B
128. A
119. B
124. D
129. A
120. C
125. A
130. C
139. Should
132. whose
141. few
134. fact
142. little
135. Like
143. means/way
136. could/would
144. have
137. out
145. us
138. with
III.
146. D
151. C
147. A
152. A
148. B
153. B
149. A
154. A
150. B
155. B
IV.
156. B
157. D
158. E
159. G
160. H
161. D
162. construction/ infrastructure
163. an (increasing) economic and social polarization
164. crime rate
165. ethnic and educational
PART V: WRITING
I.
Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same
as the one given.
1. Not for another five years did the whole truth about the murder come out.
2. She quite definitely came up to their expectations
3. We were all tired so we broke our journey in Madrid on our way to Germany.
4. I can't make head or tail of this document.
5. Of grave concern are confirmed cases of cholera that originated in the makeshift
shelters.
6. His behaviour took me aback / I was taken aback by his behavior.
7. The incident put paid to my chances of promotion.
8. Stanley is rather in awe of the new algebra teacher.
9. The orphanage left no stone unturned in efforts to find the boys parents.
10. The press has poured scorn on the handling of the matter.
TAPESCRIPT LISTENING
PART I:
Male: Good evening and welcome to this months Observatory Club lecture. Im Donald
Mackie and Im here to talk to you about the solar eclipse in history.
A thousand years ago, a total eclipse of the sun was a terrifying religious experience but
these days an eclipse is more likely to be viewed as a tourist attraction than as a scientific or
spiritual event. People will travel literally miles to be in the right place at the right time to
get the best view of their eclipse.
Well. What exactly causes a solar eclipse when the world goes dark for a few minutes in the
middle of the day? Scientifically speaking, the dark spot itself is easy to explain; it is the
shadow of the moon streaking across the earth. This happens every year of two, each time
along a different and, to all intents and purposes, a seemingly random piece of the globe.
In the past people often interpreted an eclipse as a danger signal heralding disaster and in fact,
the Chinese were so disturbed by these events that they included among their gods one whose
job it was to prevent eclipses. But whether or not you are superstitious or take a purely
scientific view, our earth eclipses are special in three ways.
Firstly, there can be no doubt that they are very beautiful. Its as if a deep blue curtain had
fallen over the daytime sky as the sun becomes a black void surrounded by the glow of its
outer atmosphere.
But beyond this, total eclipses possess a second more compelling beauty in the eyes of us
scientists for they offer a unique opportunity for research. Only during an eclipse can we
study the corona and other dim things that are normally lost in the suns glare.
And, thirdly, they are rare. Even though an eclipse of the sun occurs somewhere on earth
every year or two, if you sit in your garden and wait, it will take 375 years on average for one
to come to you. If the moon were any larger, eclipses would become a monthly bore; if it were
smaller, they simply would not be possible.
The ancient Babylonian priests, who spent a fair bit of time staring at the sky, had already
noted that there was an 18-year pattern in their recurrence but they didnt have the
mathematics to predict an eclipse accurately.
PART II:
We are pleased to be able to recommend Anna Brown's "Go Organic", the essential book for
all concerned consumers.
"Go Organic" is a fresh, modern, and inspiring sourcebook which has started a revolution in
favour of organic living. It can help you make simple lifestyle changes that will have a big
impact on our planet.
Part of the reason for our support is that we think naturally grown produce, and pesticide and
chemical-free meat and poultry taste so good. It is honestly produced, marketed fresh, more
flavourful and better for our health than intensively produced food.
But our interest in the subject also reflects the anxieties so many of us feel about big
agribusiness meat and vegetables. We all want to know where our food has come from and
what has been put on it. Intensively-reared dairy cows and farm animals are fed a dangerous
cocktail of growth promoting drugs, antibiotics and anti-parasite drugs on a daily basis,
whether they have an illness or not. These drugs are passed directly onto the consumers of
their dairy produce or meat., which must be a contributing factor to meat-related diseases like
coronaries and high blood pressure.
None of us likes the idea of hormones and growth promoters, or pigs and chicken kept in
crowded , cramped conditions. We hate the idea of chickens having to be debeaked so they
don't peck each other, or pigs having their tails cropped.
We dislike feeding our children - and ourselves - on vegetables that have been pumped up
with chemical fertilizers, then sprayed with pesticide to keep the apples glossy and the pears
unblemished. Over 2.5 million of public money is spent every year just to monitor the use of
pesticides when a rational food and agriculture policy would find means of eliminating this
source of pollution from the food chain altogether - or, at least, of reducing it so the costs are
less ridiculous.
We spend billions of pounds every year cleaning up the mess that agro-chemicals make to our
natural water supply.
The average conventionally-grown apple has 20-30 artificial poisons on its skin, even after
rinsing.
Fresh organic produce contains on average 50% more vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other
micro-nutrients than intensively farmed produce.
We don't want to buy tomatoes that have been genetically modified (that is, GM) with the
DNA of a fish just to expand their shelf life for the convenience of the wholesaler and retailer.
And we don't want to buy tomato paste made from GM tomatoes. At the very least, we want
GM products to be clearly labelled as such, so that we have the choice of buying non-GM
merchandise.
Organic foods cost more at the moment, but prices are coming down - the more we buy, the
cheaper it will get. This is one area where the consumer is sovereign -it is the consumers who
have made the organic food revolution.
Intensive farming can seriously damage farm workers' health. There are much higher
instances of cancer, respiratory problems and other major diseases in farm workers from nonorganic farms. This is particularly true in developing countries, and for agrochemical farms
growing cotton. So we need to go organic if we care about other people.
The trouble is, it can be difficult to shop organically there are competing interests with
competing claims - and different labels.
If you want to safeguard you and your family's health, you should go organic. Going organic
is the only practical way to avoid eating genetically modified food. And if you want to go
organic, you cannot miss reading "Go Organic", the book for everyone who aspires to a better
lifestyle and a better world.
REFERENCE
PART I: LISTENING
I. Practise test plus IELTS section 4
II. CAE Listening 3
XUT
thng 4 nm 2014
2.
3.
4.
5.
Question 2. Listen again, indicate whether the following statement are true ( T),
false (F) or not mentioned by writing ( NG). (5pts)
1. If you bring money to Britain, youd better carry large sums of cash on your person.
2. Your money will be more secure if you convert it into travellers cheques.
3. Its not safe to deposit your money with hotels or hostels.
4. Its wise to put your purchses in your shopping bag.
5. All shops provide a receipt for you.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Questions 3. You will hear an interview with Angela Morgan, who has recently
flown around the world in a helicopter. For each question, put a tick () in the
correct box. (5pts)
1
D. go on a picnic
C. she got to know her teacher well D. she didnt arrive in time
3. During the trip, Angela and her teacher ______ .
A. did very little sightseeing
D. taking photos
B. regular exercise
C. interesting entertainment
PHONETICS (5 pts)
Question 1. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
from the others by circling A, B, C or D. (2.5 pts)
1. A. increased
B. pleased
C. replaced
D. fixed
2. A. insert
B. insist
C. resist
D. inside
3. A. cloth
B. both
C. ghost
D. sold
4. A. brother
B. breathe
C. either
D. breath
5. A. places
B. houses
C. nieces
D. buses
Question 2. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others by
circling A, B, C or D. (2.5 pts)
6. A. solidarity
B. enthusiast
C. spectator
D. precision
7. A. energetic
B. international
C. competitive
D. recreational
8. A. differently
B. increasingly
C. excellently
D. probably
9. A. swallow
B. digest
C. survive
D. impress
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C. personality
D. activity
B. by the end
C. at the end
D. at last
2. The completion of the new Town Hall has been ______ owing to a strike.
A. held off
B. held down
C. held up
D. held on
3. It is accepted that the actress is old, _____ that as it may, she still acts well.
A. be
B. to be
C. being
D. been
4. _____ every industry in our modern world requires the work of engineers.
A. Wholly
B. Hardly
C. Most
D. Virtually
B. accordingly
C. however
D. eventually
D. very mysterious
B. the earth
C. a bank
D. a leg
8. In the ______of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all times.
A. requirement
B. interests
C. demands
D. assistance
B. packed
C. matched
D. dealt
10. Because of its warm typical climate, Hawaii ______ subzero temperature
A. almost experiences never
11. After the accident, there was considerable doubt ______ exactly what had
happened.
A. in the question of
B. as to
12. When young Americans first go to university, many of them join a fraternity or
Sorority social organizations for male and female students ______.
A. respectively
B. certainly
C. orderly
D. consequently
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B. open
C. frank
D. genuine
15. Having ______ the table, the girl called her parents and sisters for dinner.
A. laid
B. swept
C. completed
D. Ordered
16. Can I have a piece of cake? Yes, you can have _______
A. all it
B. all of it
C. all
D. the all of it
17. The house we have rented is _____. So we shall have to buy some beds, chairs,
tables, etc
A. unprovided
B. unrepaired
C. unfurnished
D. Unable
B. put down
C. took on
D. told off
19. As you pass the courthouse, youll be able to see Mr. Watsons orange gloves ___.
A. on your right
20. It is a federal law ______ vaccinated before entering the first grade.
A. for children be
C. that children be
D. requires children to be
Question 2. Error Correction. Identify the mistake in each sentence below and
correct it in the space provided. (5pts)
1. Man and animals use the energy finding in food to operate their body and muscles.
2. The exhibition was the centre of attraction like it was of historical interest.
3. Many species of animals must have been threatened and can easily become extinct
if we don't make an effort to protect them.
4. His professor had him to rewrite his assignment many times.
5. Because there are less members present today than there were yesterday, we must
wait until the next meeting to discuss this.
6. Each of the cars in the showroom was quickly sold to their new owner.
7. I gave to Susan the address so that she could contact me.
4
_______________ the UK from mainland Europe. It was the first land connection
since the Ice age.
Work began on Europe tunnel in 1987. It (5. also know) ___________________ as
the Channel Tunnel, the Chunnel or Trans Manche link. It (6. build)
___________________ by an Anglo-French engineering company, Eurotunnel, across
34 km of water from Cheriton (near Folkstones in SE England) to Coquilles (near
Calais
in
NW
France).
smaller
central
service
tunnel
(7.
build)
work
and
emergencies.
The
two
outer
tunnels
(9.
carry)
___________________ high speed passenger and freight trains. Cars and lorries (10.
also transport) ___________________ by train.
The tunnel (11. expect) _______________ (12. have) _________________an effect
on
British
industry
and
(13.
certainly
boost)
________________ the tourist industry. Journeys between Britain and Europe (14. be)
___________________ quicker and more reliable for both hokiday makers and
business people. Lorry drivers (15. be) ___________________ able to relax and (16.
enjoy) ___________________ their shorter Channel crossing. Only one question (17.
remain)
___________________.
___________________
as
___________________
to
try
With
natural
to
the
barrier,
swim
the
sea
no
longer
swimmers
Channel
as
(18.
(19.
act)
continue0
they (20.
do)
since
its
foundation
in
1961.
Its
(2.
intend)
_____________ has always been to protect (3. wild) _____________ against the
effect of human activity. Working very closely with both expert (4. ecology)
_____________and ordinary local people, the organization aims to help those animals
(5. threat) _____________ by the destruction of habitats. Economic growth and
tourism force some species to the brink of (6. extinct) _____________. (7. Fortune)
6
_____________, the WWF work hard to ensure that animals such as the giant panda
will (8. probable) _____________ survive for a few more years yet. Refusing to
accept that the problems are (9. mount) _____________, the WWF works tirelessly
on a (10. seem) _____________ never-ending list of projects, all of which help to
protect the diversity of life on Earth.
Question 6: Choose the linking word/phrase given below to fill in the blank in
the passage. (5 pts)
I can not completely agree with the statement that classmates are a more important
influence than parents on a child's success in school. In this essay I will first focus on
the reasons why I agree with this statement and then list a few points why from my
opinion in some cases is not true. (1) __________, classmates have a significant
influence on child's behavior and his or her success in school. (2) _____________,
children spend much time at school. Classmates have many things in common such
as age, interests, homework and classes after all. (3) _____________, they discuss
their impressions about a new teacher, solve problems together, learn their
homework, gain new knowledge and experience and even make their own
discoveries. Sharing all these makes them closer. Some of them become friends and
they spend after-school time together. (4) _____________ friends tend to copy each
other's habits and manners. (5) _____________, my little sister became friends with
the girl who did not have good grades at school at that time. It does not mean she
could not have better grades; she just had many friends who did not care about their
grades. So, when they started to spend their time together and share their interests,
girl's grades improved. They did their homework together, shared their dreams and
exciting moments. (6) _____________ I must agree that classmates can change a
childs attitude towards school. (7) _____________, parents have a great influence
on children's success in school too. (8) _____________, if parents show an interest in
their child's progress and talk to him or her about the importance of learning I think
their child will listen to them and do his or her best. (9) _____________, I believe
that relationships between parents and a child play an essential role in child's success
in school. (10) _____________ these relationships are close and wholehearted, I am
sure that parents should not be afraid of bad influence from the outside.
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A. antique
B. ancient
C. historical
D. traditional
2.
A. decade
B. period
C. era
D. century
3.
A. constructed
B. assembled
C. collected
D. invented
4.
A. park
B. stop
C. station
D. garage
5.
A. good-looking
B. attractive
C. handsome
D. adorable
6.
A. included
B. contained
C. filled
D. consisted
7.
A. total
B. sum
C. amount
D. number
8.
A. dragged
B. pulled
C. pushed
D. pumped
9.
A. shadow
B. shade
C. gloom
D. glow
10. A. look
B. see
C. watch
D. observe
11. A. distributed
B. spread
C. extended
D. moved
12. A. approve
B. respect
C. admire
D. assess
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13. A. glimpsing
B. sightseeing
C. glancing
D. staring
14. A. planet
B. globe
C. earth
D. world
15. A. remains
B. stays
C. waits
D. continues
Question 2: Fill in each blank with one suitable word. (7.5 pts)
Beware of those who use the truth to deceive. When someone tells you
something that is true, but leaves (1) ________ important information that should be
included, he can create a false (2) ________. For example, someone might say, I just
won a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I (3) ________ that dollar ticket
back to the store and turned it in (4) ________ one hundred dollars! This guys a
winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We (5) ________ discover that he bought two
hundred tickets, and only one was a winner. Hes really a big (6) ________! He didnt
say anything that was false, (7) ________ he deliberately omitted important
information. Thats (8) ________ a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but
they are (9) ________ as dishonest. Untrustworthy candidates in political campaigns
often use this tactic. Lets say that during Governor Smiths last term, her state lost
one million jobs and (10) ________ three million jobs. Then she seeks (11) ________
term. One of her opponents runs an ad saying, During Governor Smiths term, the
state lost one million jobs! Thats true. (12) ________ an honest statement would
have been, During Governor Smiths term, the state had a net gain of two million
jobs.
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. Its (13) ________ the law to make
false claims so they try to mislead you with the (14) ________. An ad might boast,
Nine out of ten doctors recommend Yucky Pills to cure nose pimples. It fails to
mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky
Corporation.
This kind of (15) ________ happens too often. Its a sad fact of life: Lies are
lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
Question 3: Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question.
(5 pts)
By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American
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language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the
United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels,
taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh
fish, and butter. After the Civil War(1861-1865), as ice was used to refrigerate freight
cars, it also came into household use. Even before 1880, half the ice sold in New
York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in Boston and Chicago,
went to families for their own use. This had become possible because a new
household convenience, the icebox, a precursor of the modern refrigerator, had been
invented. Making an efficient ice box was not as easy as we might now suppose. In
the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was
essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary. The commonsense notion that
the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken,
for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early efforts
to economize ice included wrapping the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing
its job. Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the
delicate balance of insulation and circulation needed for an efficient icebox.
But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the
right track. He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for
which the village of Georgetown was the market center. When he used an icebox of
his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that customers would pass
up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for
his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox,
Moore explained, was that farmers would no longer have to travel to market at night
in order to keep their produce cool.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The influence of ice on the diet
2. According to the passage, when did the word "icebox" become part of the language
of the United States?
A. In 1803
B. popular
C. thrifty
D. well-established
C. ice
D. a refrigerator
B. undeveloped
C. necessary
D. uninteresting
9. The author describes Thomas Moore as having been "on the right track" to
indicate that
A. the road to the market passed close to Moore's farm
B. Moore was an honest merchant
C. Moore was a prosperous farmer
D. Moore's design was fairly successful
10. According to the passage, Moore's icebox allowed him to
A. charge more for his butter
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Question 4: Read the article about robots. Choose the most suitable headline
from the list A-I for each part of the article (1-7). There is an example at the
beginning (0)
A.Falling Demand C. Dependability
B. Robot Stars
F. Research
D. Inefficiency
H. Hidden danger
I. muscle Power
0 F
The most sophisticated Japanese robots, which have vision system and work at very
high speed, are still based on American designs. Studies of robots, particularly
computer control software, are considered to be generally less advanced in Japan than
in America or Europe.
1
Although industrial robots were originally developed as devices for simply handling
objects, today their commonest uses are for more skilled work like welding, spray
painting and assembling components.
2
In Britain, robot sales appropriately peaked in 1984, but have been decline ever since.
This is partly because British wage rates are too low to make robots financially
attractive and partly because engineers now have more experience with robots and are
more aware of the difficulties of introducing them effectively.
3
It has been calculated that a robot uses on average about 100 times more energy than a
human to do an equivalent job.
4
It is estimated that 20% of all comic book heroes in Japan are robots. This is an
enormous number because comics are so popular that they make up a third of all
material published in Japan.
5
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Until recently a 50 kg robot arm with the same reach as a human could only lift 1 kg .
The latest 20 kg robot can lift 2 kg, but this is still no match for a human arm which
weighs about 5 kg can lift 50 kg.
6
The reliability of robots is measured in their M.T.B.F or mean time between failures.
This has risen from about 250 hours in the mid 70s to about 10,000 hours today
(equivalent to working 18 hours a day for two years ). One way robot manufacturers
have increased reliability is to lest every single component they buy, instead of the
normal procedure of just testing a small sample.
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The biggest single benefit of introducing robots claimed by Japanese companies is that
they increase quality control. Once programmed, their output is more accurate and
consistent than human, who can get tired and bored .
Fill a word/ phrase into each blank of the passage:
Industrial American designs have provided suggestions for scientists in Japan to create
the most sophisticated robots. However, studies of robots in (8) _____ are still more
advanced than those in Japan. Originally, the robots were only meant to (9) _____ ,
but nowadays they are commonly used to do more skilled work. In Europe, the use of
robots has undergone hardship due to (10) _____ problems and the difficulties
introducing them effectively. In Japan, their images are very popular in comics and it
is claimed that they increase quality control.
WRITING
Question 1: Rewrite the sentences using the given word(s) without changing the
form.
1. Attendance at the additional evening lectures is not obligatory for students.
(under)
-> Students _________________________________ the additional evening lectures.
2. All are eligible for the contest. There is no discrimination of race and sex.
(regardless)
-> All are eligible ___________________________________________ race and sex.
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3. We were very much surprised to learn that Brian had become a monk. (To)
-> __________________________________________, Brian had become a monk.
4. Some people will do anything to lose weight. (lengths)
-> Some people will __________________________________ to lose weight.
5. He didnt mention our previous conversation at all. (reference)
-> He made ____________________________ our previous conversation.
6. Lindas plans for a picnic have been spoilt by the weather ( fallen)
-> Lindas plans for a picnic ______________________________________________
7. Apparently, Sheila wasnt listening to me. ( appear)
-> Sheila ____________________________________________________________
8. His irresponsibility attitude is endangering his career as a doctor. (jeopardy)
-> His irresponsibility ___________________________________________________
9. That wasnt what I meant at all. Youve completely misunderstood me as usual.
( stick)
-> That wasnt what I meant at all. Youve___________________________________
10. I dont like him because he boasts a lot. (mouth).
-> I dont like him because ____________________________________________
Question 2: Write a paragraph of about 150 words about the following
statement:
Teamwork offers a lot of benefits in the modern society. Do you agree?
THE END
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Question 2. (5pts)
1. F
2. T
3. NG
4. F
5. F
Questions 3. (5pts)
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. B
PHONETICS
Question 1. ( 2.5 pts)
1B
2C
3A
4D
5B
6A
7C
8B
9A
10D
2C
3A
4D
5B
6. C.
7. B
8. B
9. A
10.B
11.B
12. A
13. D.
14. C.
15 A
16.B
17. C
18. D
19. A.
20. C.
Question 2. (5pts)
1. finding- found 2. like- as
5. less- fewer
9. looks- look
10.
4. to rewrite- rewrite
8. was known- known
the- x
Question 3. (5 pts)
1. away-under
2. between-of
3. to-for
4. of-on
5. On-into
6. up-of
7. for-at
8. in-to
9. for-in
10. of-at
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Question 4. (5 pts)
1. separates
3. cut
4. separating
9. will carry
11. is expected
12. to have
14. will be
16. enjoy
17. remains
18. acting
15. will be
Question 5: (5 pts)
1. conservation
2. intention
3. wildlife
4. ecologists
5. threatened
6. extinction
7. Fortunately
Question 6: (5 pts)
1.From the one side
2. First of all
3. So
4. In additio
5. For instance
8. For example
9. Personally
10. If
2D
3A
4A
5B
6C
7C
8D
9B
2 impression
3 took
4 for
5 then
6 loser
7 but
8 called
9 just
10 gained
13 against
14 truth
15 deception
11 another 12 However
Question 3: (5 pts)
1B.
2A. 3. B. 4. B
5. D. 6. C. 7. B.
8. C.
9. C. 10. D.
Question 4: ( 10 pts)
1.G
2.A
3.D
4.B
5.I
9. handle objects
6.C
7.E
10. financial
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WRITING
Question 1: ( 5 pts)
1. are under no obligation to attend
2. for taking/to take part in the contest regardless of
3. To our surprise,
4. do great length
5. no reference to
6. have been fallen through because of the weather.
7. didnt appear to be listening to me.
8. attitude is putting his career as a doctor in jeopardy.
9. got (hold of) the wrong end of the stick as usual.
10. he has a big mouth.
Question 2: Write a paragraph of about 150 words about the following
statement: (15pts)
Teamwork offers a lot of benefits in the modern society. Do you agree?
THE END
TAPESCRIPT
Question 3.
Man: And today Im talking to Angela Morgan. Angela, what made you decide to fly
round the world in a helicopter?
Woman: People often ask me why I decided to do it but Im surprised they dont ask
Why did you wait so long? because Im 57 now! Im sorry I didnt do it years ago,
because it was such a wonderful experience. But the main purpose for going was to
collect 500,000 for sick children by getting different companies to pay us money for
each kilometre that we flew.
Man: And now everyone calls you the flying grandmother!
Woman: Yes, the thing about growing older is that you dont feel any different inside,
so you have to do as much as you can while you can. Im healthy, and my own
children are grown up, so I was free to go.
Man: And what about preparing the trip?
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Woman: Well, it took five months to plan. I was going to go with my husband, but he
couldnt take time off work. Instead I made the trip with my flying teacher who
became a great friend while she was teaching me to fly three years ago. I passed my
flying test after two weeks; found it quite easy.
Man: And what was the trip like?
Woman: It was really exciting flying over so many different countries. The only thing
was that we werent able to spend much time sightseeing because we only stopped to
get water and to camp. We took very little with us, but we did have tents and cooking
things to use at night. We had to spend two days in Thailand because of an engine
problem, but that was the longest we spent anywhere. Fortunately nothing else went
wrong, so we just kept on going after that.
Man: What did you enjoy most about the trip?
Woman: The most wonderful thing about flying was seeing the differences in the
countryside as we flew across 26 countries in 97 days. We flew over oceans and close
to mountains; sometimes it was quite frightening, but we didnt travel when it was
dark. We spent several nights camping in the desert and the sky was just full of stars. I
made a video of the trip; youll see it in a minute.
Man: Was there anything that you missed while you were away?
Woman: Well, to my surprise I didnt miss going to work or going out to restaurants
or films. The most difficult thing was sitting still all the time; I normally play tennis
and swim several times a week, so I started to feel very unfit. I missed hot water and
proper showers sometimes too, but not as much as I thought I would!
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Question 6-10 (Answer the questions in short, using NO MORE THAN FOUR words
and/or numbers)
6. How much does it cost to travel by train from the bus station to Harbour city without a
Travel Link card?__________________________
7. What, according to the man, is considered off-peak time?____________________
8. Do they offer any discount on the train fares to Harbour city during peak hours?______
TRUE or FALSE
9. The woman is in possession of a Travel Link Card.____________
10. The woman has never been to Harbour city._________________
Section 2
1. We are all present hedonists
A at school
B at birth
2. American boys drop out of school at a higher rate than girls because
A they need to be in control of the way they learn
B they play video games instead of doing school work
C they are not as intelligent as girls
3. Present-orientated children
A do not realise present actions can have negative future effects
B are unable to learn lessons from past mistakes
C know what could happen if they do something bad, but do it anyway
4. If Americans had an extra day per week, they would spend it
A working harder
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
1. A. cheap
B. character
C. chaos
D. charismatic
2. A. tough
B. through
C. rough
D. enough
3. A. mineral
B. determine
C. examiner
D. mining
4. A. surface
B. palace
C. necklace
D. decadence
5. A. gorgeous
B. gem
C. gene
D. genius
Your answer:
1. ...........
2. ...........
3. ...........
4. ...........
5. ...........
B. influence
C. arrogant
D. majesty
2: A. lunatic
B. dynamic
C. mosquito
D. climatic
3: A. colleague
B. humane
C. canteen
D. unite
4: A. dismiss
B. insect
C. discount
D. district
5: A. diagonal
B. admirable
C. discipline
D.
mechanism
Your answer:
1. ...........
2. ...........
3. ...........
4. ...........
5. ...........
the conscious and the unconscious mind, a tool with which the secrets of the human mind
could (16. finally/ unlock). But the key to those secrets (17. yet/ not/ find). What (18suggest) so far, however, can form the basis for further attempts (19- gradually/ unveil) the
truth (20- surround) the connection between the human brain and the human dream.
Your answer:
1. ........................
2. ........................
3. ........................
4. ........................
5. ........................
6. ........................
7. ........................
8. ........................
9. ........................
10. ........................
11. ........................
12. ........................
13. ........................
14. ........................
15. ........................
16. ........................
17. ........................
18. ........................
19. ........................
20. ........................
B. does
C. may
D. might
B. loose
C. liberty
D. free
3. Hes a rumbustious character who always tries to live life to the ________.
A. extent
B. full
C. fun
D. end
B. deeply
C. terribly
D. deathly
5. Only _________ people in their chosen profession are invited to attend this prestigious
event.
A. prominent
B. infamous
C. fading
D. eminent
B. past it
C. up to it
7. The __________ to listen while not being listened to should not be underestimated.
A. aptitude
B. ability
C. technique
D. skill
8. Being very frustrated by his 4ignific, she has no alternative but _______ the boat.
A. rattling
B. shake
C. to rock
D. to roll
B. a speedy recovery
C. recovering hastily
D. recovering
10. The winds changes abruptly and it looks as if our sailing team_______out on top.
A. had floated
B. has got
C. is coming
D. reached
11. Sandras unpleasant_______suggested that she knew about Amandas terrible secret.
A. grimace
B. smirk
C. snort
D. wince
12. The students rude interruption brought a sharp _______from his teacher.
A. recoup
B. repeat
C. report
D. retort
13. Their discussion quickly developed into a _______ argument over who should receive
the money.
A. burning
B. heated
C. hot
D. scorching
14. The salesman demonstrated how a push of the button would cause the aerial to______.
A. rebound
B. recoil
C. retract
D. retreat
15.Students are rarely able to_______ all the information given in one of the professors
lectures.
A. absorb
B. achieve
C. capture
D. interest
B. exceedingly
C. somewhat
D. utterly
17. The idea of locking twelve strangers in a house and letting millions of the viewing public
watch the minutiae of their daily routine must have seemed to some producers a _______
idiotic way of eating into their budget.
A. comprehensively
B. finally
C. sheer
D. totally
18. Its_______ clear that television is taking us down roads that no one in their right mind
would wish for the medium.
A. abundantly
B. out-and-out
C. outright
D. plain
19. It will make a(n) _______ change to meet someone who is so dedicated to their work for
once.
A. refreshing
B. significant
C. social
D. sudden
20. The Government has announced plans to make _______ changes to the tax system next
year.
A. considerable
B. dramatic
C. far-reaching
D. political
Your answer:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
12. During the height _______________ this season, he forced five waitresses to hand in
their notice even though they were completely competent.
13. Ive always been honest _____________ my feelings. You on the other hand, have not.
14. Much ______________ I detest the idea of punishing children, I can see that it
sometimes has its uses.
15. Mr. Sugar Deliver, Im sure, would be a huge asset ________________ your company.
16. No further comments or responses of any kind have been made from her PR
__________________ late.
17. The younger sons therefore considered themselves to have been robbed
_______________ their rightful inheritance.
18. The white Audi was eliminated __________________ police enquiries at an early stage.
19. The stolen painting was eventually restored ____________________ their rightful
owner.
20. The argument is centred ________________ whether or not to lower the age limit.
Your answer:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
IV. Write the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the incorrect part, and then correct it.
1. (A) As interesting and lively as it is, (B) included in your story are several historical
inaccuracies, i.e. your hero Miss Swinton ( C ) might not have offered shelter under
his umbrella, ( D ) for they werent invented until a hundred years later.
2. (A) At ground level, it is (B) dangerous enough a substance, but in the (C) upper
atmosphere, it bonds with free ions to create (D) deadening smog particles.
3. Having (A) unshakeable confidence (B) in his ability, he (C) carried off the role of Hamlet
( C ) not unlike that of Man oWar, who (D) had been winning 20 of 21 races in 1919
and 1920.
5. That the time (A) spent in transit by the average traveller was (B) widely anticipated to
decrease was (C) because automobiles (D) replacing horses as the primary means of
transportation.
6. (A) Likewise the power-generating (B) apparatus of a conventional car, ( C ) that of
year since the doctors sticking to (C) tried and tested methods has brought about (D)
desirable outcomes.
9. Their family (A) having conflicts over personal properties, neither Kath nor Bill wants
(B) to make a permanent commitment to the other (C) despite having been seeing each
other (D) on and on for the last five years.
10. (A) Utter willpower enabled her to win the heat and (B) qualify for the final of the 400
(C) meters
1.
2.
(D) final.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
However, such trees are becoming (1) _____INCREASE rare and the Totteridge specimen
was considered of (2) SUFFICE ________ importance to be named in 1999 as one of the 41
great trees in London. Like many yews, the Totteridge tree (3)________ DOUBT predates
the buildings around and its exact age is unknown.
The Totteridge tree needs little (4)__________ MAINTAIN. Some of its outer branches
hang down so low that they have taken root. But this is part of the trees natural architecture
and contributes to its (5) _________STABLE in high winds. With the best of (6)_________
INTEND , ancient yew sites are often tidied up with no benefit to the tree. Dead branches are
not (7)______ READY shed by the tree and their wood harbours a multitude of insects, an
inseparable part of the old trees natural (8) _________ DIVERSE. Something of the trees
history is lost with the (9) _________ REMOVE of dead wood. After all, the decaying,
twisted and (10)__________ ATTRACT parts give the tree character.
Your answer:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
VI. Fill each of the numbered blanks with one of the words listed.
each
every
all
whole
none
no
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
fetus
is
exactly
the
same
as
in
the
mother.
For the mother, this concentration is not a problem because her liver can remove one ounce
of alcohol from her system per hour. However, the fetuss liver is not completely developed
(how developed it is depends on its stage of development). The rate at which it is able to
eliminate the alcohol from the blood of the fetus is much slower. Eventually, the alcohol will
be returned to the mothers system by passing across the placenta, but this process is slow.
By the time this takes place, major neurological damage may have already occurred.
Research has shown that as little as one drink of alcohol can produce significant, irreversible
damage to the fetus. Babies born after exposure to alcohol generally exhibit facial distortion,
inability to concentrate, and difficulty in remembering. Simply speaking, it is imperative that
pregnant women avoid alcohol.
1. What is the main topic of this reading?
(A) Women and drugs
(B) spoken
(C) described
(D) unfortunate
4. How much time can it be inferred that it takes alcohol to enter a womans bloodstream
after she takes a drink?
(A) about one hour
(B) formerly
(C) forcefully
(D) inseparably
6. According to the passage, how does the concentration of alcohol in a fetus compare to that
in the mother?
(A) The concentration is more.
consumed
(C) how large the fetus is
fetus
8. According to the passage, how is alcohol finally returned to the mothers system?
(A) it is carried through the bloodstream
(C) it is expelled by the fetuss liver
9. Which one of the following was NOT mentioned as a sign of fetal alcohol syndrome?
(A) disfigurement of the face
10. At what place in the passage does the author discuss the quantity of alcohol necessary to
produce negative results?
(A) Lines 2-3
Your answer:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
II. Select the corresponding letter (A, B, C or D) to indicate the best option to fill in
each of the blanks.
What we know about music and the brain
Work on the human brain has indicated how different parts are centres of activity for
different skills, feelings, perceptions and so on. It has also been shown that the left and
right halves, or hemispheres, of the brain are (1) .. for different functions. While
language is processed in the left, or analytical hemisphere, music is processed in the
right, or emotional hemisphere. (2) .. of music like tone, pitch and melody are all
probably processed in different parts of the brain. Some features of musical experience
are processed not just in the (3) .. parts of the brain, but in the visual ones. We
dont yet fully understand the (4) .. of this.
The tempo of music seems to be (5) .. related to its emotional impact, with fast
music often (6) .. as happier and slower music as sadder. It is the same with the
major (7) . rhythm of the body: our heart (8) .. quickens when were
happy, but slows when were sad. Military music may have (9) .. from attempts
to get us ready for (10) .. by using fast drumming to (11) .. our hearts into
beating faster. Music is perhaps one of the most complex experiences the brain (12)
.. with and it has become an absolutely (13) .. part of our rituals and
ceremonies. It has power (14) . language to (15) .. mood and co-ordinate
our emotional states.
1. A. amenable
B. dependable
C. responsible
D. reliable
2. A. Views
B. Aspects
C. Factors
D. Pieces
3. A. hearing
B. olfactory
C. auditory
D. sensory
4. A. expectations
B. implications
C. assumptions
D. propositions
5. A. surely
B. plainly
C. evidently
D. directly
6. A. felt
B. endured
C. encountered
D. touched
7. A. biology
B. biological
C. music
D. musical
8. A. pulse
B. speed
C. pace
D. rate
9. A. evolved
B. extended
C. advanced
D. elevated
10. A. battle
B. fight
C. quarrel
D. struggle
11. A. activate
B. motivate
C. stimulate
D. animate
12. A. manages
B. copes
C. bears
D. holds
13. A. vital
B. important
C. compulsory
D. dominant
14. A. with
B. above
C. beyond
D. over
15. A. notify
B. report
C. associate
D. communicate
Your answer:
1
11
12
13
14
15
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III. Complete each of the gap in the following passage with one word
Stress
Stress (0) often called a 21st century illness but it has always been with us if perhaps (1)
different names. These days we regard stress (2) a necessary evil of modern living.
Yet stress is not negative and without (3) we would not enjoy some of the highpoints in
life (4) as the anticipation before a date or the tension leading (5) to an important
match. All these situations produce stress but (6) you can control it and not the other way
(7) you will feel stimulated, not worn (8) Unlike these situations, which are generally
positive and easier to deal with, sitting in a train (9) is late, (10) stuck in a traffic jam,
working to a tight deadline are (11) harder to manage and control. Stress is now
recognised as a medical problem and as a s12ignificant factor (12) causing coronary heart
disease, high blood pressure and a high cholesterol count. Patients are often unwilling to
admit to stress problems (13) they feel they are a form of social failure and it is important
that symptoms (14) identified in order to avoid unnecessary suffering. So what should we
be looking out for as danger signals? Common signs of stress are increased tiredness,
irritability and (15) inability to cope with certain situations.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
IV. Read the text and answer the questions that follow
Tough sensor can take the heat
A. A new gas sensor made form a nickels worth of materials can endure high temperatures,
corrosion, vibrations, and exposure to water, according to its inventors at Argonne National
Lavatory in Illinois. The tiny sensor detects a variety of gases.
B. Conventional silicon sensors do not work well at temperatures above 150 degree F. But
Argonnes new sensor, made of ceramics and metals, is not affected by high temperatures.
The materials in this sensor behave well through a wide range of temperatures,, says
Michael Vogt, a control system engineer at Argonne.
C. Vogt and his colleagues made the sensor by film-screening layers of ceramic and metal on
a ceramic substrate, then firing the sensor in an industrial oven at more than 1,000C. The
Argonne researchers set out to build a sensor that would detect overheating computer
components. Before an overheating component fails, and possibly ignites, epoxy in the
circuit boards releases a gas. The Argonne sensor can detect this vapour and cut off power to
the circuit.
D. The device senses gases by applying a steadily increasing voltage across its electrical
leads, and monitoring current spikes induced as gasses react on the sensors surface. Each
gas reacts at a characteristic voltage, and the size of the current spike indicates the
signature of several representative organic solvents.
E. The sensor could be used to monitor hydrocarbon emissions from cars; todays typical
sensors only measure oxygen. The sensor could also monitor gases in industrial chemical
processes.
Question 1- 4: The following statements summarize some of the paragraphs of the
passage. Write the letter of the paragraph (A-E) next to its summarizing statement (1-4)
in the spaces provided.
1. How the device senses gases.
2. A brief introduction to the new gas sensor.
3. Other uses of the new gas sensor.
4. How the device was designed.
Question 5-10: Below is a summary of the passage. Fill in the spaces with a maximum of
three words from the passage
A new sensor made of ceramics and metals can endure corrosion, vibrations, exposure to
water, and (5) __________ , while not affected by (6) __________. As (7) __________
reacts at a (8) __________, the device applies a steadily increasing voltage and monitor
current spikes induced, (9) __________of which indicates the concentration of the gases.
Conventional sensors, on the other hand, do not work well at temperatures above 150 and
could be used only to (10) __________.
Your answers:
Statement 1.
Statement 2.
Statement 3.
Statement 4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
HI CC TRNG CHUYN
KHU VC DUYN HI BC B
LN TH V
MARKING SCHEMES
MN: Ting Anh (khi 10)
Thi gian lm bi: 180 pht.
(khng k thi gian giao )
( thi ny c 11 trang, khng k trang phch)
Th sinh lm bi trc tip vo bn thi ny.
2. Helendale
3. Central street
5. 8.55 (a.m)
6. $10
9. FALSE
10. FALSE
13. C
14. A
15. B
7.30pm
11. B
12. A
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. A
4. A
5. A
2. A
3. A
3.
HAS
NOW
BEEN
ACKNOWLEDGED
5. BE SPENT
6.
HAS
NOT
BEEN
7. ORIGINATE
ESTABLISHED
9. ARE OFTEN PORTRAYED
FASCINATED
11. DEPEND
MANY YEARS
13. ARE THEREFORE THOUGHT
14.
WAS
WAS
MOST
OFTEN
15. REGARDED
20. SURROUNDING
ASSOCIATED
17. HAS NOT YET BEEN FOUND
REGULARLY
INTERPRETED
II. Choose the best option to complete the sentence: (5 points; 0.25pt/item)
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. C
18. A
19. A
20. C
III. Fill in each blank with ONE preposition or article (5 points; 0.25 pt/item)
Your answer:
1. FOR
2. FROM
3. AGAINST
4. OF
5. ABOUT
6. WITH
7. FROM
8. FROM
9. AMONG
10. FROM
11. WITH
12. OF
13. ABOUT
14. AS
15. TO
16. OF
17. OFF
18. FROM
19. TO
20. ON
IV. Choose the word or phrase which needs correcting by circling the letter A, B, C or D. (5 points; 0.5 pt/item)
Your answer:
1.
C; 2. D;
might
deadly
not
3.
D; 4.
D; 5.
C; 6.
flawless
had
because
skills
won
of/ due
have
A; 7.
Like
A; 8.
A; 9. D; on 10.
Rising
outpatients
tide
department
and off
A;
sheer
willpower
to
been
offered
V. Supply the correct form of the word (5 points; 0.5 pt/item)
1. increasingly
2. sufficient
3. doubtlessly
4. maintenance
5. stability
6. intentions
7. readily
8. diversity
9. removal
10. unattractive
VI. Use the words provided to fill in the blanks (5 points; 0.25pt/item)
1. every
2. all
3. every
4. all
5. all
6. whole
7. each
8. every
9. every
10. no
11. none
12. every
13. each
14. all
15. none
16. all
17. every
18. no
19. each
20. no
2 D,
3 A,
4 B,
5 D,
6 C,
7 A,
8 B,
9 C,
10 C
II. Read the text then answer the questions by choosing the correct answer A, B, C, or D. (7.5 points; 0.5
pt/item)
Your answer:
1.C
2. B
11. C
3. C
4. B
12. B
5. D
6. A
7. B
13. A
8. D
14. C
9. A
10. A
15. D
III. Put a suitable word in each gap. (7.5 points; 0.5 pt/item)
1. under
2. as
3. it
4. such
11. much
12. for
5. to
6. if
7. round
8. out
9. which/that
10. being
15. an
because
III. Read the text and answer the questions that follow: (10 points; 1pt/item)
Your answer:
Statement 1. D
Statement 2. A
Statement 3. E
Statement 4. C
5. detect gases
6. high
7. each gas
8. characteristic
9. the size
temperatures
voltage
TRANSCRIPT
Section 1
You will hear a conversation between a clerk at the enquiries desk of a transport company and a man who is
asking for travel information. First you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.
[20 seconds]
You will see that there is an example that has been done for you. On this occasion only the conversation
relating to this will be played first.
Woman:
Man:
Woman:
Man:
Woman:
The man wants to go to Harbour City, so Harbour City has been written in the space. Now we shall begin. You
should answer the questions as you listen because you will not hear the recording a second time. Listen
carefully and answer questions 1 to 5.
Woman:
Man:
Woman:
Man:
Woman:
Man:
Woman:
Well, if you catch a railway express, thatll get you there in under
an hour Lets see yes, if you can make the 9.30am express, Id recommend you do that.
Man:
Woman:
Man:
woman:
Man:
Woman:
Well, hang on a minute while I look into that Now, it seems to me that
you have two options. Option one would be to take the 706 bus from the
Bayswater Shopping Centre to Central Street. When you get there, you
transfer to another bus which will take you to the station. Or, the second
to Central Street and get straight on the bus going to the train station.
Man:
Woman:
Man:
I guess the walk will be good for me so that might be the better option.
What time do I catch the 792?
Woman:
There are two buses that should get you to the station on time: one just
before nine oclock and one just after. But look, at that time of the
morning it might be better to take the earlier one just in case theres a
traffic jam or something. The 8.55 is probably safer than the 9.05.
Man:
Yeah, I dont want to the miss the train, so Ill be sure to get on the five-
to-nine bus.
Narrator:
Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.
[20 seconds]
Now listen and answer questions 6 to 10.
Man:
Woman:
Well, you can get a ticket on the bus for $1.80 cash and youll need $10
each way for the train. Wait, do you have a Travel Link Card?
Man:
Woman:
Okay, well thatll make it considerably cheaper then. The bus will cost
$1.50 each way, and the train will be the train to Harbour City will
still cost $10.00 because youll be travelling during peak hours in the
Man:
Woman:
Well, if you could start your return journey before 5pm or later than half
past 7 in the evening
Man:
Woman:
In that case, you can make quite a saving if you use your Travel Link
Card. You did say you were planning to purchase one, didnt you?
Man:
Woman:
Good that would mean that your return train journey would only cost
Man:
Thank you.
Woman:
Man:
Actually, there is. Do you know if I can use the Travel Link Card on
ferries?
Woman:
If youre thinking of the Harbour City ferries that go back and forth
between the north and south bank, those are the commuter ferries, then
yes. A one-way trip costs $4.50 but with your card youd make a 20%
Man:
So, $3.55 for the commuter ferry What about the tour boats?
Woman:
they only take cash or credit card. Theyre not part of the Travel Link
Company.
Man:
Woman:
In actual fact, I do, because I took a friend on the trip upriver just last
week. We decided on the afternoon tour and that was $35 each but I
Man:
Woman:
Narrator:
That is the end of section 1. You now have half a minute to check your answers. [30 seconds]
Section 2
Today, Im going to be talking about time. Specifically Ill be looking at how people think about time, and how
these time perspectives structure our lives. According to social psychologists, there are six ways of thinking
about time, which are called personal time zones.
The first two are based in the past. Past positive thinkers spend most of their time in a state of nostalgia, fondly
remembering moments such as birthdays, marriages and important achievements in their life. These are the
kinds of people who keep family records, books and photo albums. People living in the past negative time zone
are also absorbed by earlier times, but they focus on all the bad things regrets, failures, poor decisions. They
spend a lot of time thinking about how life could have been.
Then, we have people who live in the present. Present hedonists are driven by pleasure and immediate
sensation. Their life motto is to have a good time and avoid pain. Present fatalists live in the moment too, but
they believe this moment is the product of circumstances entirely beyond their control; its their fate. Whether
its poverty, religion or society itself, something stops these people from believing they can play a role in
changing their outcomes in life. Life simply is and thats that.
Looking at the future time zone, we can see that people classified as future active are the planners and gogetters. They work rather than play and resist temptation. Decisions are made based on potential
consequences, not on the experience itself. A second future-orientated perspective, future fatalistic, is driven by
the certainty of life after death and some kind of a judgement day when they will be assessed on how virtuously
they have lived and what success they have had in their lives.
Okay, lets move on. You might ask how do these time zones affect our lives? Well, lets start at the beginning.
Everyone is brought into this world as a present hedonist. No exceptions. Our initial needs and demands to be
warm, secure, fed and catered all stem from the present moment. But things change when we enter formal
education were taught to stop existing in the moment and to begin thinking about future outcomes.
But, did you know that every nine seconds a child in the USA drops out of school? For boys, the rate is much
higher than for girls. We could easily say Ah, well, boys just arent as bright as girls but the evidence doesnt
support this. A recent study states that boys in America, by the age of twenty one, have spent 10,000 hours
playing video games. The research suggests that theyll never fit in the traditional classroom because these boys
require a situation where they have the ability to manage their own learning environment.
Now, lets look at the way we do prevention education. All prevention education is aimed at a future time zone.
We say dont smoke or youll get cancer, get good grades or you wont get a good job. But with presentorientated kids that just doesnt work. Although they understand the potentially negative consequences of their
actions, they persist with the behaviour because theyre not living for the future; theyre in the moment right
now. We cant use logic and its no use reminding them of potential fall-out from their decisions or previous
errors of judgment weve got to get in their minds just as theyre about to make a choice.
Time perspectives make a big difference in how we value and use our time. When Americans are asked how
busy they are, the vast majority report being busier than ever before. They admit to sacrificing their
relationships, personal time and a good nights sleep for their success. Twenty years ago, 60% of Americans had
sit-down dinners with their families, and now only 20% do. But when theyre asked what they would do with
an eight-day week, they say Oh thatd be great. They would spend that time labouring away to achieve more.
Theyre constantly trying to get ahead, to get toward a future point of happiness.
So, its really important to be aware of how other people think about time. We tend to think: Oh, that persons
really irresponsible or That guys power hungry but often what were looking at is not fundamental
differences of personality, but really just different ways of thinking about time. Seeing these conflicts as
differences in time perspective, rather than distinctions of character, can facilitate more effective cooperation
between people and get the most out of each persons individual strengths.
Narrator:
That is the end of section 4. You now have half a minute to check your answers. [30 seconds]
That is the end of the listening test. You now have 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the listening
answer sheet.
S bo danh:
S GIO DC V O TO H NAM
TRNG THPT CHUYN BIN HA
NGUN
2.
3.
4.
5.
II. Listen to a talk about the song Happy Birthday and fill in the gap. (10 points)
The song was first called Good Morning (1)..................................................
It was originally intended that (2)..................................would sing the song every morning.
The song then became known as Good Morning (3)..................................
Children began to sing the song with Happy Birthday words when they were
(4)..................................
The song was sung with 'Happy Birthday' words in a (5).................................. in 1931 and
then in another one in 1934.
The legal situation concerning the song remains valid (6)..................................
The song is among the (7).................................. songs most frequently sung in English.
Money has to be paid for using the song in any (8).................................., eg a TV show, a
toy, etc.
The Hill sisters set up (9)..................................that receives money for use of the song.
The song consists of just four (10).................................. but it is one of the most famous
songs in the world
1
12. Tim was . on causing mischief and nothing was going to stop him.
A. intent
B. determined
C. fixed
D. obsessed
13. He muttered something under his , but I didnt catch what he said.
A. mouth
B. breath
C. voice
D. chin
14. How exactly did you set training the horses to work so well together?
A. up
B. to
C. about
D. out
15. If youre at a(n) end, you could help me in the garden.
A. open
B. free
C. loose
D. empty
16. He agreed to accept the position..that he would be given a share of the companys profits.
A. in the agreement B. with the aim
C. with the purpose
D.on the understanding
17. This calculator has a number of . in the way it can be used.
A. reservations
B. constrictions C. obstructions
D. limitations
18. I could tell at a that nothing had changed between Barbara and Edward.
A. glimpse
B. blink
C. wink
D. glance
19. The new road currently under will solve the traffic problems in the town.
A. design
B. progress
C. construction
D. work
20. I must go to bed early tonight; I sat up till the .. hours to finish that report.
A. small
B. late
C. deep
D. last
Your answer
1.
6.
11.
16.
2.
7.
12.
17.
3.
8.
13.
18.
4.
9.
14.
19.
5.
10.
15.
20.
II. The following passage contains 10 mistakes. Underline them in the passage and
correct them in the space provided below. The first has been done as an example.
( 5points)
Traditional, mental tests have been divided into two types. Achievement tests are
designed to measure acquiring skills and knowledge, particularly those that have been
explicitness taught. The proficiency exams requiring by a few states for high school
graduation are achievement tests. Aptitude tests are designed and measure a persons ability
to acquire new skills but knowledge. For example, vocation aptitude tests can help you
decide whether you would do better like a mechanic or musician. However, all mental tests
are, in some senses, achievement tests because they assumption some sort of past learning or
experience that we have gained with certainly objects, words, or situations. The difference
between achievement and aptitude tests is the degree and intentional use.
0. Traditional Traditionally
Your answer
1
2...
3
4
5
6.
7.
8
9
10..
3
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
B. Use the verbs given below together with ONE appropriate particle to complete the
following sentences. (2.5 points)
make
turn
get
bring
take
pass
fall
run
come
get
1. The lady _____ the bus, walked toward the shop and entered it.
2. The victim didnt have the least idea how he _____ the plane crash.
3. Your new dress really ______ the color of your eyes.
4. Little children like to _____ their toys _____
5. He tried to _______ himself ____ as the leader of the community.
6. It is highly recommended that you replace the batteries before they completely ________.
7. The soldiers are ordered to ______.
8. Many pensioners find it hard to ______ on their small pensions after their retirement.
9. The murderer _____ himself ____ to the police one week after the crime.
10. Constant daydreaming doesnt _____ a successful career in music.
Your answer:
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
IV. Use the correct tense and form of the verbs in brackets. (5 points)
a. It looks as if this light (1. burn) _____ all night. I (2. forget) ______ to switch it off before
I went to bed last night.
b. John admitted (3. surprise) ______ by the unexpected birthday party last night.
c. Do they think that when the new great dam (4.build) _____, it (5. supply) _____ power
for a third of the countrys requirements?
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d. Well be in the same firm but we (6. not work) _____ together because well be in
different departments.
e. It was our fault to keep you (7.wait) ____ so long. We (8. inform) ____ you in advance.
f. He got angry because he (9. not be)_____ accustomed to (10. make) ____ fun of like that
before.
g. The food we eat (11.seem)_______ to have profound effects on our health. Although
science (12. make) ________ enormous steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the
same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research (13. show) _____ that perhaps
eighty percent of all human illnesses (14.be) ____ related to diet and forty percent of
cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon. People of different
cultures are more prone (15.contract) ____ certain illnesses because of the characteristic
foods they consume. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945,
government researchers (16. realize) _______ that nitrates and nitrites (commonly used
to preserve color in meats) as well as other food additives caused cancer. Yet, these
carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it (17.become)_______ more difficult all
the time to know which ingredients on the packaging labels of ( 18. process) __________
food are helpful or harmful. The additives that we eat (19. be) _______ not all so direct.
Farmers often give penicillin to cattle and poultry, and because of this, penicillin (20.
find) _____ in the milk of treated cows.
Your answer:
1.
6.
11.
16.
2.
7.
12.
17.
3.
8.
13.
18.
4.
9.
14.
19.
5.
10.
15.
20.
V. Use the correct form of the word in the box to fit each gap. (5 points)
It is strange but true that some of the most important scientific discoveries of the past
hundred years have only gained (1. ACCEPT) ___________ because someone eminent in the
field took an interest in a theory, while progress in other fields has at times been delayed for
years because no one is possessing the (2. EXPERT) ______ to evaluate a theory was
prepared to take it seriously.
1905 saw the (3. PUBLISH) _____ of a theory now known as the Theory of Relativity
by a Young man called Albert Einstein. The (4. RESPONSE) ______ of the scientific
community was one of total indifference until the distinguished German physicist, Max
Planck, noticed it. Historians today believe that his (5. PATRON) ______ of Einstein was
crucial to the theory being accepted.
Several years later, Einstein put forward his new theory of general relativity. A
renowned physicist, Eddington, produced measurements that (6. APPEAR) _______
confirmed Eisteins predictions. It is now known, however, that Eddington was highly (7.
SELECT) ______ in the result she published, ignoring any that did not prove the theory.
Einstein was eventually proved right though at first he was the (8. BENEFIT) _____ of
doubtful research, only accepted because of the reputation of the man who presented it.
The conclusion is that where only a (9. HAND) _____ of people in the world possess
the (10. QUALIFY) _____ to understand a theory, the rest of us must rely on their opinion
until one of them can demonstrate that the others are mistaken.
5
Your answer:
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
VI. Choose the best word or phrase to fill each of the spaces. (5 points)
thoughts
impediment
confidence
freedom
distance
languages
benefits
opposition
attainment
interchange
tone
humanity
proof
change
tongue
The greatest (1) _____ to free intercourse between nations is neither (2) ______, nor
the difference of mental habits, nor the (3) _____ of national interests; it is simply the
imperfect manner in which languages are usually acquired, and the lazy contentment of
mankind with a low degree of (4) _____ in a foreign tongue ,when a much higher degree of
attainment would be necessary to any efficient (5) _____- of ideas. It seems probable that
much of the future happiness of (6) _____ will depend upon a determination to learn foreign
languages more thoroughly.
Foreigners do not open their minds to one who blunders about their menaings, their (7)
____ is only to be won by a demonstration of something like equality in intelligence, and
nobody can give (8) ____ of this unless he has the means of making his (9) ____ itself, a
somewhat bold and authoritative (10) _____.
Your answer:
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
1. A. realized
2. A. count
3. A. single
4. A. backwards
5. A. classes
6. A. linked to
7. A. altogether
8. A. from
9. A. hold
10. A. manage
11. A. provide
12. A. departures
13. A. regarding
14. A. addition
15. A. team
Your answer
1.
2.
3.
B. thought
B. number
B. solo
B. forwards
B. courses
B. long as
B. although
B. at
B. keep
B. bother
B. produce
B. destinations
B. composing
B. further
B. crew
4.
5.
6.
7.
C. aware
C. amount
C. unique
C. afterwards
C. studies
C. along with
C. however
C. with
C. help
C. solve
C. pretend
C. routes
C. including
C. extra
C. staff
8.
9.
10.
11.
D. known
D. quantity
D. lone
D. upwards
D. lessons
D. part of
D. moreover
D. by
D. get
D. deal
D. present
D. arrivals
D. containing
D. plus
D. group
12.
13.
14.
15.
II. Fill in the numbered space with the most appropriate word (7.5 points)
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, summed up the (1)............chief qualities of money some
2,000 years ago. It must be lasting and easy to recognize, to divide, and to carry about. In
(2)............ words, it must be, durable, distinct, divisible and portable. When we think of
money today, we picture it (3)............ as round, flat pieces of metal which we call coins, or
as printed paper notes. But there are still parts of the world today where coins and notes are
of (4)............ use. They will buy nothing, and a traveler might starve as he has none of the
particular local money to exchange for food.
Among isolated peoples, who are not often reached by traders from outside, commerce
usually means barter. There is a (5)............exchange of goods. Perhaps it is fish for
vegetables, meat for gram, or various kinds of food (6)............ exchange for pots, baskets, or
other manufactured goods. For this kind of simple trading, money is (7)............ needed, but
there is often some thing that everyone wants and everybody can use, such as salt to flavour
food, shells for ornaments, or iron and copper to make into tools and vessels. These things salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the -way parts of the world today.
Salt may seem rather a strange substance to use as money, but in countries (8)............the
food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often (9)............ absolute necessity. Cakes of salt,
stamped to show their value, were used as money in Tibet (10)............ recent times, and
cakes of salt will still buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa.
Cowrie sea shells have been used as money at some time or another over the greater part
of the Old World. These were (11)............ mainly from the beaches of the Maldive Islands in
the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, cowries were traded right
across the continent from East to West. Four or five thousand went for one Maria Theresa
dollar, an Austrian silver coin which was once accepted (12)............currency in many parts
of Africa.
Metal, valued by weight, preceded coins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars
or rings is still used in many countries (13)............of money. It can be exchanged for goods
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or made into tools, weapons or ornaments. The early money of China, (14)............from
shells, was of bronze, often in flat, round pieces with a hole in the (15)............ called cash.
The earliest of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old older than the
earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean.
Your answer
1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .
6. .
7. .
8. .
9. .
10. .
11. .
12. .
13. .
14. .
15. .
III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (5 points)
Tulips are Old World, rather than New World, plants, with the origins of the species lying
in Central Asia. They became an integral part of the gardens of the Ottoman Empire from
the sixteenth century onward, and, soon after, part of European life as well. Holland, in
particular, became famous for its cultivation of the flower. A tenuous line marked the
advance of the tulip to the New World, where it was unknown in the wild. The first Dutch
colonies in North America had been established in New Netherlands by the Dutch West India
Company in 1624, and one individual who settled in New Amsterdam (today's Manhattan
section of New York City) in 1642 described the flowers that bravely colonized the settlers'
gardens. They were the same flowers seen in Dutch still-life paintings of the time: crown
imperials, roses, carnations, and of course tulips. They flourished in Pennsylvania too,
where in 1698 William Penn received a report of John Tateham's "Great and Stately Palace,"
its garden full of tulips. By 1760, Boston newspapers were advertising 50 different kinds of
mixed tulip "roots." But the length of the journey between Europe and North America
created many difficulties. Thomas Hancock, an English settler, wrote thanking his plant
supplier for a gift of some tulip bulbs from England, but his letter the following year
grumbled that they were all dead. Tulips arrived in Holland, Michigan, with a later wave of
early nineteenth-century Dutch immigrants who quickly colonized the plains of Michigan.
Together with many other Dutch settlements, such as the one at Pella Iowa, they established
a regular demand for European plants. The demand was bravely met by a new kind of tulip
entrepreneur, the traveling salesperson. One Dutchman, Hendrick vander Schoot, spent six
months in 1849 traveling through the United States taking orders for tulip bulbs. While tulip
bulbs were traveling from Europe to the United States to satisfy the nostalgic longings of
homesick English and Dutch settlers, North American plants were traveling in the opposite
direction. In England, the enthusiasm for American plants was one reason why tulips
dropped out of fashion in the gardens of the rich and famous.
1. Which of the following questions does the passage mainly answer?
A. What is the difference between an Old World and a New World plant?
B. Why are tulips grown in many different parts of the world?
C. How did tulips become popular in North America?
D. Where were the first Dutch colonies in North America located?
2. The word "integral" is closest in meaning to
A. interesting
B. fundamental
C. ornamental
D. overlooked
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3. The passage mentions that tulips were first found in which of the following regions?
A. Central Asia
B. Western Europe
C. India
D. North America
4. The word "flourished" is closest in meaning to
A. were discovered B. were marketed
C. combined
D. thrived
5. The author mentions tulip growing in New Netherlands, Pennsylvania and Michigan in
order to illustrate how
A. imported tulips were considered more valuable than locally grown tulips
B. tulips were commonly passed as gifts from one family to another
C. tulips grew progressively more popular in North America
D. attitudes toward tulips varied from one location to another
6. The word "grumbled" is closest in meaning to
A. denied
B. warned
C. complained
D. explained
7. The passage mentions that one reason English and Dutch settlers planted tulips in their
gardens was that tulips
A. were easy to grow
B. had become readily available
C. made them appear fashionable
D. reminded them of home
8. The word "they" refers to
A. tulips
B. plains
C. immigrants
D. plants
9. According to the passage, which of the following changes occurred in English gardens
during the European settlement of North America?
A. They grew in size in order to provide enough plants to export to the New World
B. They contained a wider variety of tulips than ever before.
C. They contained many new types of North American plants.
D. They decreased in size on the estates of wealthy people.
10. The passage mentions which of the following as a problem associated with the
importation of tulips into North America?
A. They were no longer fashionable by the time they arrived
B. They often failed to survive the journey.
C. Orders often took six months or longer to fill.
D. Settlers knew little about how to cultivate them.
Your answers:
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
vegetables are planted in hill fields above the villages, and wild vegetables and herbal
medicines are gathered and wild game hunted in the forests higher up the hillsides. The
forests also serve as grazing grounds for cows and buffalos, and are a source of wood for
household utensils, cooking fuel, construction and farming tools. Fish are to be found in the
streams and in the irrigation system and wet-rice fields, providing both food and pest control.
Section 3
In its essentials, a muang faai system consists of a small reservoir which feeds an
intricate, branching network of small channels carrying water in carefully calibrated
quantities through clusters of rice terraces in valley bottoms. The system taps into a stream
above the highest rice field and, when is sufficient water, discharges back into the same
stream at a point below the bottom field. The water in the reservoir at the top, which is
diverted a main channel (lam muang) and from there into the different fields, is slowed or
held back not by an impervious dam, but by a senes of barriers constructed of bunches of
bamboo or saplings which allow silt, soil and sand to pass through.
Section 4
Water from the lam muang is measured out among the farmers to the extent of their rice
field and the amount of water available from the main channel. Also considered are the
height of the fields, their distance from the main channel and their soil type. The size and
depth of side-channels are then adjusted so that only the allocated amount of water flows into
each farmer's field.
Section 5
Rituals and beliefs connected with muang faai reflect the villagers submission to,
respect for, and friendship with nature, rather than an attempt to master it. In mountains,
forests, watersheds and water, villagers see things of great value and power. This power has a
favourable aspect, and one that benefits humans. But at the same time, if certain boundaries
are overstepped and nature is damaged, the spirits will punish humans. Therefore, when it is
necessary to use nature for the necessities of life, villagers take care to inform the spirits what
they intend to do, simultaneously begging pardon for their actions.
Section 6
Keeping a muang faai system going demands cooperation and collective management,
sometimes within a single village, sometimes across three or four different subdistricts
including many villages. The rules of common agreements arrived at during the yearly
meeting amount to a social contract. They govern how water is to be distributed, how flow is
to be distributed according to seasonal schedules, how barriers are to be maintained and
channels dredged, how conflicts over water use are to be settled, and the forest around the
reservoir is to be preserved as a guarantee of a steady water supply and a source of materials
to repair the system
Section 7
The fundamental principle of water rights under muang faai is that everyone in the
system must get enough to survive; while many patterns of distribution are possible, none
can violate this basic tenet. On the whole, the systems also rest on the assumption that local
water is common property. No one can take control of it by force, and it must be used in
accord with the communal agreements. Although there are inequalities in landholding, no
one has the right to an excessive amount of fertile land. The way in which many muang faai
systems expand tends to reinforce further the claims of community security over those of
individual entrepreneuship. In the gradual process of opening up new land and digging
connecting channels, each local household often ends up with scattered holdings over the
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whole irrigation areas. Unlike modern irrigation systems, under which the most powerful
people generally end up closest to the sources of water, this arrangement encourages
everyone to take care that no part of the system is unduly favoured or neglected.
The reading passage has 7 sections. Choose the most suitable heading for each section
from the list of headings (A - L) below. Write the appropriate letter (A - L) in the space
provided.
N.B There are more headings than sections, so you will not use all of them.
List of Headings
A. Rituals and beliefs
B. Topography of Northern Thailand
C. The forests of Northern Thailand
D. Preserving the system
E. Agricultural practices
F. Village life
G. Water distribution principles
H. Maintaining natural balances
I. Structure of the irrigation system
J. Users rights
K. Users obligations
L. Community control
Example: Section 1: B
1. Section 2: ..................
2. Section 3: ..................
3. Section 4: ..................
4. Section 5: ..................
5. Section 6: ..................
6. Section 7: ..................
The chart below illustrates the agricultural system of the lowland communities. Select
words from the reading passage to fill the spaces in the chart. Use UP TO THREE
WORDS for each space. Write your answers in the blank.
Area
Activity
Forests
Forests
Hill fields
cultivating (8).............................
Villages
Valley bottom
growing (10)............................
11
.....
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- THE END -
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know my body very well because I do everything step by step. It's about focus
and concentration. Okay, I'm afraid of heights, but I just focus on something
else and try not to think about it.
Interviewer: You've traditionally stuck to urban areas, but would you like to try further
afield?
Sbastien: I would like to try Africa and the natural environment. People think free running
is only about the city, but it's not. You can use trees and rocks, and even swim.
You have to open your mind and not restrict yourself.
Interviewer: Well, Sbastien, good luck with everything, and thanks for talking to me.
Sbastien: Pleasure.
II. Listen to a talk about the song Happy Birthday and fill in the gap. (10 points)
Source: FCE Test Builder (Test 1 part 2)
1. to/ To all/All
6. until 2030
2. a/ the teacher/ Teachers
7. 3/ three
3. to/ To you/ You
8. profit making enterprise
4. at parties
9. a foundation
5. show
10. (short) musical phrases
Tapesccript:
Happy Birthday had its origins in 1893, when Mildred Hill, a kindergarten teacher in
Louisville, Kentucky, put together a simple little tune. Whether she composed it entirely out
of her own head, or was influenced by other 'folk song' fragments, is not clear. But when her
younger sister Patty (also a teacher) added words, the groundwork was laid for a very
pleasing song. They called it Good Morning to All:
Good morning to you,
Good morning to you,
Good morning dear children,
Good morning to all.
Good Morning to All was initially intended, and used, as a welcoming song to be sung by
the teacher to the class each morning. But when it was published later in 1893, in a book of
songs for kindergartens, it proved to be popular in reverse - children sang it to their teachers,
rather than the other way round, and the word 'children' was popularly replaced by 'teacher'.
So the song gently morphed into Good Morning to You.
In this form, young children across the United States began to sing the song. The slow
development from 'Good Morning' to 'Happy Birthday' seems to have come from children
themselves, with encouragement from Patty Hill, who helped create the new lyric when
children liked the song enough to sing it at parties.
In 1924, Good Morning to All, with Happy Birthday to You printed as an optional second
verse, was published.
By then, radio was gaining attention and movies were beginning to take hold. The Happy
Birthday words replaced the earlier version, and in 1931 the song appeared in the show Band
Wagon, then became a 'singing telegram' for Western Union in 1933, and surfaced again in
Irving Berlin's show As Thousands Cheer in 1934.
The third Hill sister, Jessica, believing that Patty and Mildred should have the credit for the
now very popular song, and some profit from it, went into battle. Later in 1934, she was able
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to establish legal copyright to her sisters for their song, and it was officially published in
1935 as Happy Birthday. Since then, two legal changes in America's copyright system have
made Happu Birthdau copyright until 2030.
Fortunately this does not rule out its being sung privately, as it is at countless parties. It has
been named in the Guinness Book of Records as one of the three most sung songs in the
English language, along with For He's a Jolly Good Fellow and Auld Lang Syne.
But the copyright can be enforced when the song is used in a public place where a larger
group than a family is gathered, such as a sports event. Royalties must be paid if the song is
ever part of a profit-making enterprise, such as a television show, a commercial stage
performance or movie, or is built into toys, music boxes, watches, mobile phones and
'singing' birthday cards.
In order to deal with their fully copyrighted property, the Hill sisters established a
foundation through which royalties were paid until their death, and which stillreceives
several millions of dollars of income a year. In 2002, the mayor of Louisville dedicated a
'Happy Birthday' parking lot near Main Street, with a commemorative plaque telling the
story of the local sisters who composed the famous song.
Although Happy Birthday has only four short musical phrases, and a single repetitive line of
words, it has become a part of the musical landscape. It is sung all over the world in many
languages - by one estimate, several million times a year - often to children who are too
young even to know what the song is about, but also to just about everyone else
SECTION II. PHONETICS (5 points)
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others. ( 2.5points)
1.B
2.D
3.B
4.A
5.B
II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
(2.5points)
1.D
2.B
3.A
4. C
5. A
SECTION III. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY(30 points)
I. Choose the best answer. (5 points)
1.A
2. C
3.D
4.C
5.A
6.B
7. A 8. C
9.B
11.B
12.A 13.B 14.C 15.C 16.D 17. D 18.D 19.C
10.C
20.A
II. The following passage contains 10 mistakes. Underline them in the passage and
correct them in the space provided below. The first has been done as an example.
( 5points)
Traditional, mental tests have been divided into two types. Achievement tests are
designed to measure acquiring skills and knowledge, particularly those that have been
explicitness taught. The proficiency exams requiring by a few states for high school
graduation are achievement tests. Aptitude tests are designed and measure a persons ability
to acquire new skills but knowledge. For example, vocation aptitude tests can help you
decide whether you would do better like a mechanic or musician. However, all mental tests
are, in some senses, achievement tests because they assumption some sort of past learning
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or experience that we have gained with certainly objects, words, or situations. The
difference between achievement and aptitude tests is the degree and intentional use.
1. acquiring acquired
6. would will
2. explicitness explicitly
7. like as
3. requiring . required
8. assuption assume
4. and to
9. sort sorts
5. but and
10. certainly certain
III. Phrasal Verbs. ( 5 points)
A. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable preposition. (2.5 points)
1.With
2.to
3.up
4.of
6.on
7.By
8. in
9. off
5.to
10. on
B. Use the verbs given below together with ONE appropriate particle to complete the
following sentences. (2.5 points)
1.got off
2.came through
3. brings out 4. take apart 5. pass -off
6.run down
7.fall in
8.get by
9. turned - in 10. make for
IV. Use the correct tense and form of the verbs in brackets. (5 points)
1. has been burning 2. must have forgotten 3. being surprised 4. has been built
5. will/can supply
6.wont be working
7. waiting
8. should have informed
9. hadnt been
10. being made
11. seems
12. has made
13. has shown
14. are
15. to contract
16. realized
17. becomes
18. processed
19. are
20. has been found
V. Use the correct form of the word in the box to fit each gap. (5 points)
1.acceptance
2. expertise
3. publication 4.response
5.patronage
6.apparently
7.selective
8.beneficiary 9.handful
10. qualifications
VI. Choose the best word or phrase to fill each of the spaces. (5 points)
1.impediment
2.distance
3. opposition
4.attainment
5. interchange
6.humanity
7.confidence
8.proof
9.thoughts
10.tone
SECTION IV. READING COMPREHENSION (30 points)
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (7.5 points)
Source: Multiple Choice Cloze Test Vinh Ba
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. C
II. Fill in the numbered space with the most appropriate word (7.5 points)
Source: Tuyn tp cc bi thi trc nghim ting Anh tp III
1. four
6. in
11. collected
2. other
7. not
12. as
3. either
8. where
13. instead
4. no
9. an
14. apart
5. direct
10. until
15. middle
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III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (5 points)
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. D 8. C 9. C
10. B
S GIO DC - O TO
QUNG TR
gii thiu
thi gm c 23 trang
MN : ANH VN - LP 10
(Thi gian lm bi : 180 pht)
JOB ENQUIRY
Work at: a restaurant
Type of work: 1..........................
Number of hours per week: 12 hours
Would need work permit
Work in the : 2............................branch
Nearest bus stop : next to 3........................
Pay: 4 ....................... an hour
B. Listen to the second part of the conversation and answer the questions from 5 to
10 ( NO MORE THAN SEVEN WORDS ) for each answer. LISTEN TWICE
5. When is extra pay offered?
...............................................
6.With what condition is the man driven home ?
...............................................
7.What sort of voice is necessary for this job?
1
................................................
8.What ability must the man have ?
...............................................
9.What is the date of the interview?
...............................................
10.What is the name of the woman he should he ask for?
..............................................
Part 2: Questions 11-15.
You will hear a conversation between an English teacher and two overseas
students named Spiros ang Hiroko who have just finished their first semester of the
university course.
Choose the correct letter A, B or C. LISTEN TWICE.
COURSE FEEDBACK
11. One reason why Spiros felt happy about his marketing presentation was that:
A. he was not nervous.
B. his style was good
C. the presentation was the best in his group.
12. What surprised Hiroko about the other students presentations ?
A. Their presentations were not interesting.
B. They found their presentations stressful.
C. They didnt look at the audience enough.
13. After she gave he presentation, Hiroko felt
A. delighted
B. dissatisfied
C. embarrassed
14. How does Spiros feel about his performance in tutorials?
A. not very happy
B. really pleased
C. fairly confident
15. Why can the other students participate so easily in discussions?
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C.
Your answers
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
C. psychics
D. psyching
2. A. parallel
B. parachute
C. parasailing
D. parabolic
3. A. postbags
B. posterior
C. postage
D. postgraduate
4. A. engineering B. sabotage
C. mirages
D. regimes
5. A. chameleon
C. chaperon
D. chemistry
B. charismatic
B. convivial
C. gimmickry
D. irrevocable
7. A. overemphasis
B. overgeneralise C. overlord
D. overstaffed
8. A. disembark
B. disfigure
C. disgruntled
D. disintegrate
9. A. illustrative
B. illustrate
C. illustrator
D. illustrious
10. A. negligible
B. perceptible
C. collapsible
D. discernible
Your answers
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
B. compose
C. rear
D. score
B. word
C. phrase
D. matter
B. plateau
C. culprit
D. delay
4. Even a few drops of this liquid would represent a dose for a small child.
A. lethal
B. mundane
C. terminal
D. mortal
B. sent
C. helped
D. directed
6. The accountant the company fund and ran away to another country.
A. swallowed
B. confiscated
C. embraced
D. embezzled
B. infrastructure
C. constitution
D. legislation
B. giggled
C. sniggered
D. roared
B. antiquated
C. elderly
D. old-fashioned
B. bent
C. wavy
D. winding
B. afflicting
C. concerning
D. affecting
12. Judy didnt for a second to agree to Mikes proposal as she had been
in love with the boy for a long time.
A. decide
B. linger
C. hesitate
D. await
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13. His of the safety regulations really cant be ignored any longer.
A. disregard
B. unfamiliarity
C. carelessness
D. inattention
14. The first thing for all of you to remember is that your duties may
result in an instant dismissal.
A.escaping
B. neglecting
C. resisting
D. missing
15. Patrick is too gambler to resist placing a bet on the final game.
A. instant
B. spontaneous
C. compulsive
D. continuous
16. We couldnt stay long, so we only wished Mark many happy of his
birthday and hurried to the airport.
A.days
B. returns
C.moments
D. regards
17. Ever since we quarreled in the office, Janice and I have been enemies.
A.assured
B. confirmed
C.defined
D.guanranteed
18. A young tourist has been declared after he got lost in the mountains
last Monday.
A.absent
B.deserter
C. missing
D. vanished
19. Michael was withanger when he saw his car had been scratched.
A.stored
B.fixed
C.loaded
D. filled
B. credential
C. creditable
D. credulous.
Your answers
1.
6.
11.
16.
2.
7.
12.
17.
3.
8.
13.
18.
4.
9.
14.
19.
5.
10.
15.
20.
For more than century, robberies of every kinds have plagued nations around the
world. Bank and house robberies were common occurrence. As many were caught
so those who were not and over the year, many continued to turn to these get rich
quick methods. Despite the nature of these occupation, media reports glorified
the ingenious ways the robbers managed to escape with loot. Then, films, too, were
made about famous robberies and criminals were turned for celebrities.
More and more people began robbing houses and banks and its techniques became
more sophisticating, making it close to impossible for them to get caught. To
compound this problem, many robbers returned to their countries where they were
no rules of extraditions. As a result, many of them simply returned to their home
countries to prevent the foreign countries from punishing them.
Your answers: 0. century a century
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
in
with along
for into
1. She left the coffee to boil in the kitchen and had to clean it up
afterwards.
2. I can hardly believe that she actually won in the face of competition
such a fiery writer.
3. The worsening condition of the president is giving cause concern.
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4. Local people had to take matters their own hands because the governors
failed to deliver their promise.
5. Some communities, unfortunately, still remains divided religious lines.
6. Their garden is over ten thousand square metres extent.
7. Only when they have discussed the matter great length will they draw
any conclusion.
8. Without any prior preparation, Peter sailed his final exams.
9. I am afraid to say that the notes do not seem to hang .
10. For sufficient records are kept, Helen can trace her ancestry to the
1700s.
Your answers
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
2. Questions 11-20
Put the correct prepositions in the gaps in the text below.
I must admit that I cringe (11) the prospect of going to see my brother.
He is, I suppose, fairly well-read (12) his field, which is medicine.
However, the way he insists (13) always being right all the time,
regardless (14) how well-informed his conversational adversary may be,
makes me quite angry. Whenever anything concerned (15) medicine
crops up in conversation, he puffs himself up and prepares to inform people. His
attitude (16) people who get their facts slightly wrong is insufferable. He
cannot just let things go, he is just not comfortable (17) inaccuracies. It
is almost as if he is dropping (18) status if he fails to pick someone up
on a point. I remember him once arguing with a dinner guest for over an hour on
the difference (19) the hard and soft palate! No wonder his wife is
always complaining (20) him!
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Your answers
11.
16.
12.
17.
13.
18.
14.
19.
15.
20.
we get there!
To our astonishment, the taxi driver calmly switched off the engine and turned
round. You (18-not hear)? he said, smiling the ferry workers (19-come) out on
strike last night!
Oh no! I cried in disbelief. If only I (20-listen) to the news this morning!
Your answers
1.
6.
11.
16.
2.
7.
12.
17.
3.
8.
13.
18.
4.
9.
14.
19.
5.
10.
15.
20.
REPUTED
CREATE
For
But
So
This is because
But in most cases
However
also
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Reef Encounter
Tropical fish look very colorful to our eyes, but is that how they look to each
other? Our reporter Penny gosh met the man who may have the answer.
If you are snorkeling around a coral reef, youll see the local marine life in all its
carnival colours. (1).........the show clearly isnt just a tourist attraction. For the fish
that live on the reef, its more a matter of life and death. (2)........., the survival of a
fish species depends on two things food supplies and breeding success.
The trouble is that eating and not being eaten both need stealth. Therefore, it is
helpful for a fish to blend into the background. To attract a mate, (3).................,
requires a certain flamboyance.
Seeing a coral reef in all its glory, you cant help feeling that fish have completely
failed to solve this dilemma. The picture, however, only comes into focus when
you take the fishs-eye view. (4)...............fish, according to Justin Marshall from
the Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre at the University of Queensland in
Brisbane, see things differently. (5) ..................our visual system is a primate one,
he says. Its very good at seeing yellows and reds versus greens. (6) .............., 30
metres below sea level there is no red light. (7)...................fish tend to see blues
and ultraviolets well-and to be less sensitive to reds and yellows. (8)............... the
carnival looks quite different to the marine life itself. To help him discover exactly
how different
it
looks,
Marshall
has
designed
unique
underwater
for
private
communication.
(10)..............,
red
species
are
surprisingly
inconspicuous.
Your answers
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
properly
trained
in
how
to
identify
potential shoplifters. There are also many security (4) ____now available
.Video camera surveillance is a popular system, even with quite small retailers. In
clothes shops, magnetic tag marking systems that set off an alarm have proved
their (5) ____However, there are many (6) ____measures that retailers should
consider. Better lighting and ceiling-hung mirrors can help staff to (7) ____ all
parts of the display area.Similarly, simply arranging shelves and display units to
allow clear (8)____of vision is a good deterrent.
Another problem for retailers is the (9) ____ of stolen credit cards to buy
goods and services. Many retailers avoid this by always checking the (10)____of
a card used for purchase.Electronic systems are now available to (11) ____up the
procedure.
Most companies keep a petty (12)____ box for small expenses. They are a
popular (13) ____ for thieves. It is not enough to have a box that locks. A thief
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A
A
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A
A
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opportunities
remedy
knowledge
devices
reliability
better
notice
fields
employment
honesty
speed
money
robbery
portable
reported
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
schemes
loss
presence
methods
worth
easier
watch
areas
application
forgery
check
bank
target
expensive
known
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
ideas
cure
number
tricks
valuation
simpler
control
systems
technique
validity
take
saving
aim
stolen
reveal
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D
D
occasions
convictin
importancee
machines
identity
bigger
regard
angles
use
value
key
cash
object
attractive
traced
Your answers
1.
6.
11.
2.
7.
12.
3.
8.
13.
4.
9.
14.
5.
10.
15.
will make you believe they are worth picking off the shelves. How, you may ask, is
this brought ? The answer is by packaging the silent but persuasive
salesman.
Louis Chesking, (2) research into the psychology of marketing began
in the 1930s, was pioneering specialist in the field. He placed identical products in
two different packages, one emblazoned with circles, the (3) with
triangles. He then asked people which products they preferred, and why.
Amazingly, (4) fewer than 80% chose the products in the box with the
circles. They believed the content would be of higher quality.
After 1,000 interviews, I had to accept the fact that the (5) of consumers
transferred the sensation from the container to its contents, Cheskin admitted later.
And there was (6) surprise: even after trying out these identical
products, people overwhelmingly preferred (7) in the package with
circles. Checkin also found, for instance, that the look of a packet has an enormous
impact on (8) biscuits taste. Cheskin called this phenomenon
sensation transference. It became the foundation not (9) of his career
as a consultant to companies (10) Procter & Gamble, but of much of
the research done since then.
(11) increasing consumer sophistication, Cheskins original concept
still works. One recent experiment involved an underarm deodorant posted in
packaging of three different color schemes to a test group. The group was told that
three different formulations were (12) consideration, and was asked to
judge them.
Results: One was considered just right, one to be strong-smelling but nit very
effective, and one threatening. Yet all three deodorants were exactly the
(13)
One leading firm designs packaging for products that do not yet exist. The
packaging is then tested and the marketing concept refined. Only (14)
its clear that the company has a winner will it (15) to the expense of
actually developing the product.
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Your answers
1.
6.
11.
2.
7.
12.
3.
8.
13.
4.
9.
14.
5.
10.
15.
Leakeys Achievement
Although he made his name with his archeological finds of early humans, Richard
Leakey became famous as the conservationist who turned the tide against elephant
poaching. Bringing the slaughter of Kenya's elephants under control required a
military solution, and Leakey was not afraid to apply it. Many poachers were
killed, giving Leakey a reputation for being a cold- blooded obsessive who put
animals before people. Moreover, his efforts to eradicate corruption in Kenya's
wildlife management system won him many enemies.
But the birth of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the eradication of elephant
poaching and the ban on the international trade in ivory are his legacy, and they
form the basis of Wildlife Wars. This surprisingly personal memoir has much to
tell about the fragile relationships between conservationists and governments. It is
a story not only of Kenya, but of the continuing cost of trying to save the world's
wildlife from extinction.
Life for the average person in Africa is tough, and basic needs are far from being
met. This is the background against which Leakey fought his war, and he
constantly refers to the threat poverty poses to the preservation of Africa's
spectacular wildlife. Leakey's argument, here and in recent lectures, is that national
parks managed exclusively for biodiversity protection must be created, and that
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7.
3.
8.
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9.
5.
10.
List of Headings
A.The dificulties of talking about smells
B.The role of smell in personal relationships
C.Future studies into smell
D.The relationship between the brain and the nose
E.The interpretation of smells as a factor in defining groups
F.Why our sense of smell is not appreciated
G.Smell is our superior sense
H.The relationship between smell and feelings
THE MEANING AND POWER OF SMELL
The sense of smell, or olfaction, is powerful. Odours affec us on a physical, psychological and
social level. For the most part, however, we breathe in the aromas which surround us
without being consciously aware of their importance to us. It is only when the faculty of smell is
impaired for some reason that we begin to realise the essential role the sense of smell plays in
our sense of well-being.
1. A survey conducted by Anthony Synott at Montreals Concordia University asked
participants to comment on how irriportant smell was to them in their lives. It became
apparent that smell can evoke strong emotional responses. A scent associated with a good
experience can bring a rush of joy, while a foul odour or one associated with a bad
memory may make us grimace with disgust. Respondents to the survey noted that many
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of their olfactory likes and dislikes were based on emotional assoclations. Such
associations can be powerful enough so that odours that we would generally label
unpleasant become agreeable, and those that we would generally consider fragrant
become disagreeable for particular individuals. The perception of smell, therefore,
consists not only of the sensation of the odours themselves, but of the experiences and
emotions associated with them.
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2. Odours are also essential cues in social bonding. One respondent to the survey
believed that there is no true emotional bonding without touching and smelling a loved
one. In fact, infants recognise the odours of their mothers soon after birth and adults
can often identify their children or spouses by scent. In one well-known test, women
and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage
partners from similar clothing worn by other people. Most of th subjects would
probably never have given much thought to odour as a cue for identifying family
merribers before being involved in the test, but as the experiment revealed, even when
not consciously considered, smells register.
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3. In splte of its importance to our emotional and sensory lives, smell is probably the
most undervalued sense in many cultures. The reason often given for the low regard in
which smell is held is that, in comparison with its importance among animals, the
human sense of smell is feeble and undeveloped. While it is true that the olfactory
powers of humans are
nothing like as fine as those possessed by certain animals, they are still remarkably
acute. Our noses are able to recognise thousands of smells, and to perceive odours
which are present only in extremely small quantities.
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4. Smell, however, is a highly elusive phenomenon. Odours, unlike colours, for instance,
cannot be named in many languages because the specific vocabulary simply doesnt
exist. It smells like . ... we have to say when describing an odour, struggling to
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express our olfactory experience. Nor can odours be recorded: there is no effective way
to either capture or store them over time. In the realm of olfaction, we must make do with
descriptions and recollections. This has implications for olfactory research
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5. Most of the research on smell undertaken to date has been of a physical scientific
nature. Significant advances have been made in the understanding of the biological and
chemical nature of olfaction, but many fundamental questions have yet to be answered.
Researchers have still to decide whether smell is one sense or two one responding to
odours proper and the other registering odourless chemicals in the air. Other unanswered
questions are whether the nose is the only part of the body affected by odours, and how
smells can be measured objectively given the non- physical components. Questions like
these mean that interest in the psychology of smell is inevitably set to play an increasingly
important role for researchers.
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6. However, smell is not simply a biological and psychologlcal phenomenon. Smell is
cultural, hence it is a social and historical phenomenon. Odours are invested with cultural
values: smells that are considered to be offensive in some cultures may be perfectly
acceptable in others. Therefore, our sense of smell is a means of, and model for, interacting
with the world. Different smells can provide us with intimate and emotionally charged
experiences and the value that we attach to these experiences is interiorised by the
members of society in a deeply personal way. Importantly, our commonly held feelings
about smells can help distinguish us from other cultures. The study of the cultural
history of smell is, therefore, in a very real sense, an investigation into the essence of
human culture.
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Questions 7-10 :
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Complete the sentences below. Choose ONLY ONE WORD from the passage for
each answer
7. Tests have shown that odours can help people recognise the................. belonging
to their husbands and wives.
8. Certain lingustic groups may have difficulty describing smell because they lack
the appropriate....................
9. The sense of smell may involve response to.................which do not smell, in
addition to obvious odours.
10. Odours regarded as unpleasant in certain.....................are not regarded as
unpleasant in others.
Your answers
1................................
4................................
2................................
5................................
3................................
6................................
SECTION V: WRITING
Part 1: Questions 1-10
Use the word given in bold and make any necessary additions to write a new
sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original
sentence. Do not change the form of the given word. (5 pts)
1. We suppose the new models are about ten thousand dollars. VICINITY
The new models ten thousand
dollars.
2. Managers intend to consult their staff about job descriptions. ARE
Staff job descriptions by their
managers.
3. It is impossible to predict how long it will take to do this. TELLING
There time it will take to do this.
4. We wouldnt want to restrict the freedom of the students in any way. Impose
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ANSWER KEY
SECTION 1: LISTENING:
Part 1:
A.Complete the note:
1. answer(ing) (the) phone
2. Hillsdunne Road
3. library
4. 4.45
B.Answer the questions:
5. on national holidays / When the man works on national holidays.
6. working after 11 oclock / When (if) he works after 11oclock.
7.( a) clear voice.
8. ability to think quickly / He must be able to think quickly.
9. 22 October.
10. (Samira) Manuja.
Part 2:
11. B
12 C
13 B
14 A
15 C
SECTION II: PRONUNCIATION
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. A
SECTION III: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Part 1: Multiple choice
1.A 2.B 3.D 4. A 5.D 6.D 7.A 8.B 9.D 10.D
11.A 12.C 13.A 14.B 15.C 16.B 17.B 18.C 19.C 20.A
Part 2: Error correction
1. kinds kind
2. a common
3. so as 4. over the years
5. this occupation 6. loot the loot 7. were turned into 8. its their
9. more sophisticated 10. where there were
Part 3: Preposition
1.
1. over
2. from
6. in
37. at
2.
11.at
16.towards
3. for
8. through
12.in
17.with
13.on
18.in
4. Into
5. along
9. together 10. back
14.of
15 with
19.between
20.about
6. identified
7. traditional
8. ground
9. admittedly
10.creators
2. C
7.C
3.other
4.no
5.majority
6.another
9.only10.like
11.despite/notwithstanding
14.when/if
15.go
3.A
8.D
4.A
9.D
5.D
10.D
Part 4: Headings
1H
2B
3F
4A
5C
6E
7. clothing
8. vocabulary
9. chemicals
10.cultures
SECTION V: WRITING
Part 1: Sentence Transformation
1. are supposed to be/are supposedly in vicinity of
2. are (going) to be consulted on/for/over/about
3. is no telling how much
4. to impose any restrictions on
5. getting / being given a raw deal.
6. has been committed to
7. on the assumption that
8. were no/werent any fatalities in the accident.
9. have any clue about
10. is (being) threatened with extinction
Part 2: Essay writing
For this part of the Paper, markers may refer to the following scheme of grading
the composition:
Contents (5 pts): The student must be able to:
- Provide clear position
- Refer to particular reasons for their arguments.
- Give full explanations
Organisation and cohesion (5 pts): Clear paragraphing. May be in article or
narrative format.
Command of Language (4 pts): Language of description and evaluation.
Vocabulary specific to the place and time.
Handwriting and Presentation (1 pts): The students handwriting is intelligible and
space is cleverly used.
TAPESCRIPS
SECTION 1:
WOMAN: Good evening. Kings Restaurant.
MAN:
Good evening. Im ringing about the job I understand you have vacant.
WOMAN: Oh yes.
MAN:
Id like to find out a few more details, if I may.
WOMAN: Yes, of couse. Can I take your name?
MAN:
Its Peter Chin.
WOMAN: Okay Peter. Well, if you want to ask about the job and then were both
still interested, we could arrange for you to come for an interview.
MAN:
Great, thanks. Im afraid I miss their advert for the job but hear about it
from a friend.
WOMAN: Thats no problem at all. What would you like to know?
MAN:
Well, um, what sort of work is it-washing up?
WOMAN: Its answering the phone. Q 1
MAN:
Oh right, fine.
WOMAN: And not waiting at table.
MAN:
Thatd be good. And how many nights a week would it be?
WOMAN: Well, were really busy at weekend.
MAN:
So two nights?
WOMAN: Three actually, so it would work out at twelve hours a week.
MAN:
Thatd be fine. It wouldnt interfere with my studies.
WOMAN: Are you at the university?
MAN:
Yes, first year Physics student.
WOMAN: Oh, right.
MAN:
Um and because Im not an EU national would need a work permit?
WOMAN: Yes, you would just get your tutor to sign it.
MAN:
That wouldnt be a problem, if I were to get the job. Um, where exactly
the restaurant?
WOMAN: Well, we have two branches- the one we re recruiting for is
Hillsdunne Road. Q 2
MAN:
I dont know that. How do you spell it please?
WOMAN: Its H-I double L-S-D-U double N-E Road.
MAN:
Got that. Thanks. Is it near a bus stop?
WOMAN: Yes, the nearest one would probably be just beside the Library. Q 3
MAN:
Oh, yes. I know it. Thad be fine for me. And could I ask about the pay?
WOMAN: Were offering 4.45 an hour. Q 4
MAN:
Thats very good. My last job was 3.95 an hour.
........................................................................................................................................
.............
WOMAN:
MAN:
WOMAN:
MAN:
We feel its pretty good and we also offer some good fringe benefits.
Really?
Well, we give you a free dinner, so you eat well.
Right, better than hostel food!
WOMAN: We certainly hope so! And we also offer extra pay for working on
national holidays. Q 5
MAN:
Oh, Thats a really good perk, isnt it?
WOMAN: Yes, we think so. And then because of difficulties in getting public
transport,
if youre working after 11 oclock, we drive you home. Q 6
MAN:
Oh, thats good to know.
WOMAN: Well, wed certainly interested in inviting you for an interview if
youre still interested?
MAN:
Oh yes, certainly. Could I just also ask what qualities youre looking
for?
WOMAN: Well, for this particular job we want a clear voice, which you obviously
do have!
MAN:
Thanks.
Q7
WOMAN: And you must be able to think quickly, you know? Q 8
MAN:
Well, I hope Id............
WOMAN: So, when could you come in for an interview? Were actually quite
quiet tonight.
MAN:
Sorry, I couldnt come tonight. Or tomorrow Im afraid. Thursdays
okay-Thatd be 22th of October. Q 9
WOMAN: Fine, after 5 p.m?
MAN:
Yes, fine. Would 6 oclock be Ok?
WOMAN: Perfect. And could you bring along the name of two referees?
MAN;
Yes, thats fine, no problem.
WOMAN: Good. I look forward to seeing you.
MAN:
Oh, by the way, who should I ask for?
WOMAN: Oh yes, of course, sorry. My name is Samira Manuja Q 10
MAN:
Can you spell that please?
WOMAN: M-A-N-U-J-A
MAN:
Ok, Ive got that. Thank very much.
WOMAN: Look forward to seeing you.
TAPESCRIPS
SECTION 2
TEACHER: Before we start, Spiros and Hiroko, thanks for coming in today to talk
about your recent study experiences and congratulations to you both in
doing so well in your first semester exam! Id like to discuss with you
the value of the English for Academic Purposes course you did here last
year before starting your university course. Spiros, if I could start with
you, what part of the programme have now proved to be particularly
valuable for you?
SPIROS: I think that having to do a seminar presentation really helped me. For
example, a couple of week ago in our marketing subject, when it was
my turn to give a presentation I felt quite confident. Of course, I was
still nervous but because I had done one before, I knew what to expect.
SECTION 1: LISTENING
PART 1. You will hear an interview with the television actress Donna Denton. As you
listen, choose the best answer to each question. LISTEN TWICE.
1. As a child, Donna started going to dancing classes because
A. her mother persuaded her to.
B. they were relatively inexpensive.
C. she wanted to be with friends.
2. What did Donna feel when she first went to dancing classes?
A. disappointed by the attitude of the teacher.
B. unconcerned about her position in the class.
C. embarrassed because she was not a good dancer.
3. What did Donna do to get a place at Knightswell Stage School?
A. She took part in a musical show.
B. She got her parents to pay in advance.
C. She gave a demonstration of her skills.
4. At stage school, Donna initially had problems because of
A. the behaviour of other pupils at the school.
B. the amount of time she spent travelling.
C. the need to follow a particular school rule.
5. What does Donna say about her first parts on television?
A. A private teacher helped her find them.
B. They were useful in developing her career.
C. It was easy enough for students to get them.
Open hours
Days
Tube Station
8 am - 5 pm
Sat. - Tue.
Castle
lunch times
2. _________
Lane E1
9 am 12 noon
Walthamstow E17
4. _________
Brixton SW9
9 am 6 pm
1. ____________
Sunday mornings
Mon. Sat. except
Wed., Sun.
Mon. Sun.
half day on Wed.
8 am 5 pm
6. __________
Chancery Lane
3. __________
Central Line
5. __________
Chalk Farm,
Camden Town
Questions 7-10: Listen to their telephone conversation and answer questions 7-10.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
7. Where does Barbara want to go shopping? __________________________
8. Who is Barbara going to shop with? ______________________________
9. How is Barbara travelling to the shops tomorrow? _________________________
10.What time are they going to meet?
___________________________
SESSION II. PRONUNCIATION
PART 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the
following questions.
1. A. learned
B. naked
C. baked
D. blessed
2. A. unity
B. suite
C. studious
D. volume
3. A. busy
B. lettuce
C. bury
D. minute
4. A. chorus
B. duchess
C. duke
D. stomach
5. A. conserve
B. amuse
C. dissolve
D. Resident
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PART 2. 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.
1. A. familiar
B. impatient
C. uncertain
D. arrogant
2: A. forgettable B. philosophy
C. humanism
D. objectively
3: A. disappear
B. arrangement
C. opponent
D. contractual
4: A. respectable B. affectionate
C. occasional
D. kindergarten
5: A. environmental
B. conservatively C. approximately D. considerable
SESSION III. LEXICO- GRAMMAR
PART 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the following questions
1: ___________the government fall, the stock market will crash.
A. Provided
B. In case
C. Should
D. Had
2: Staying in a hotel costs ___________renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A. twice more than
B. as much twice
C. more than twice as
D. twice as much as
3: Please accept this cheque as a __________ of your services.
A. recognisement
B. recognition
C. recognising
D. recognisation
4: Price increases are now running at a(n) ___________ level of thirty percent.
A. highest
B. record
C. uppermost
D. top
5: - "I don't think English is too hard to study"
- " ______________"
A. I do too
B. I don't neither C. neither do I
D. either do I
6: -Lorie is very thin, ____________her young sister, who is quite heavy.
A. unlike
B. dissimilar to
C. dislike
D. unlikely
7: Population expansion seems to surpass the ability of the earth to meet
___________food.
A. the requirement of
B. the command of
C. the demand for
D. the necessity for
8: Either excessive social obligations or just plain laziness __________him from his
work.
A. has kept
B. has been kept C. have kept
D. have been kept
9: The reason why this game attracts so many youngsters is that ___________ other
video games, this one is far more interesting.
A. comparing to
B. in compared with
C. on comparison to
D. in comparison with
10: The situation seems to be changing minute by minute.
A. from time to time
B. time after time
C. again and again
D. very rapidly
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11: I can not understand why she did that, it really doesnt add up.
A. doesnt calculate
B. isnt mathematics
C. doesnt make sense
D. make the wrong addition
12: With his excellent qualifications and a good command of English, James is
_______above the other applicants.
A. head and hands
B. head and ears
B. C. head and hair
D. head and shoulders
13: If it....their encouragement, he could have given it up.
A. had been for
B. hadnt been for
C. wouldnt have been for
D. hadnt been
14: All the students get the high marks in the test but Nga stood out.
A. got a lot of marks.
B. got higher marks than someone.
C. got very good marks.
D. got the most marks of all
15: The judge ____________the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.
A. accused
B. convicted
C. sentenced
D. prosecuted
16: Id rather you _________ in here.
A. dont smoke
B. shouldnt smoke C. didnt smoke D. not smoke
17: I think I should have _____________your mother while I was passing.
A. dropped in on
B. come up with C. got on with
D. run into
18: She never says a word; shes as ____________as a mouse.
A. quiet
B. small
C. slight
D. noiseless
19: I think we can safely say now that we have got our money back, we are home and
dry.
A. have not got wet
B. have got no water
C. have been successful
D. have got home dry
20: He lost in the election because he is a weak and ____________leader
A. undeciding
B. undecided
C. undecisive
D. indecisive
PART 2. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it.
1. After writing it, the essay must be duplicated by the student himself and handed in to
the department secretary before the end of the month.
2. One of the most important things in life is a good health.
3. The city has spent a big amount of money on crime prevention.
4. Comparing with other countries, Libya spends a high percentage of income on
education.
5. People are now enjoying a higher level of living.
6. In the United Kingdom women see their doctor on the average five times a year.
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7. Although Mark has been cooking for many years, he still doesnt know to prepare
French foods in the traditional manner.
8. When we arrived at the store to purchase the dishwasher advertise in the newspaper,
we learned that all the dishwashers had been sold.
9. After rising the flag to commemorate the holiday, the mayor gave a long speech.
10. This time tomorrow I will lie on the beach, enjoying the sunshine.
PART 3. Insert the correct prepositions.
1. Never before have I been more reliant .. my parents than during the long stay in
hospital.
2. Joan kept herself busy a lot of housework just to forget about her problems.
3. Their situation was critical. They had no map, their water supplies were running
low and they had no food to subsist
4. The mechanic was great pains to repair the engine, but in the end, he advised
me to buy a new one.
5. Stop spraying this onto me! My nose is very sensitive . any kind of fragrant
substances.
6.Don't believe a word of what they say and beware the far-fetched theories they
put forward at their gatherings.
7. It was George's brilliant erudition .. particular that attracted Stephanie's attention.
8. You needn't pay for repairing the washing machine, madam. It is still .guarantee.
9. view of so many extenuating circumstances he shouldn't be punished too
severely.
10.The rural population in the region has been warned to economize ..fresh water
because of the imminent dry spell.
11.You aren't obliged to consult your every move with the management. You may act
will as long as it brings profits for the company.
12.In the doctor's opinion, the pain in your hip bone stems .. the injury you incurred
in the last season.
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13.After four years of painstaking preparations and a harsh physical training, he has
finally succeeded . winning the Olympic gold medal.
14.The elderly gentleman says he hasn't seen his homeland for twenty years and that
he longs .................................. it a lot.
15.'Where does the word somnambulist derive. ?' 'Certainly, it is of Latin origin.'
16.The success of our latest CD was far .................................... our wildest dreams.
Nobody had expected it to become so popular.
17.What he says is ................................... real. He is not the kind who makes up stories.
18.All these documents are kept ..................................... file so that we may get them
quickly whenever we need them.
19. Visit us again in summer when all the flowers in the garden are full bloom.
20.The situation in the occupied territory is improving .................................... degrees. It
will certainly take some time before peace is fully restored.
PART 4. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct forms.
1. 'How many days ...................................... (the survivors / spend) in the mountains
before the rescuers arrived?' They ..............................................(pick) up after three
days.'
2.'I don't know what ........................................(happen) to the smaller fish that I put in
the tank yesterday. I cannot see them.' They ............................................... (can / eat) by
the bigger ones, I guess.'
3.'It was foolish of you........................................ (not take) any warm clothes. What if
the weather ...................................... (change) for worse on the top of the mountain?'
'Fortunately, it didn't.'
4.Computers ....................................... (assume).................................... (be) the most
important invention of the former century.
5.The girl said she .........................................(get) scared because she thought she
.. ...............................(follow) by a stranger.
6.It. ................................. (not make) a big difference if our team ......................................
(win) the next game. They ......................................... (rank) at the last position in the
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group.
7.English .......................................(speak) all over the world ever since the British
.. ...............................(set up) their colonies in many parts of the globe.
8.'..... ................................ (many people / enjoy) the anniversary reception last
Saturday night?' 'Unfortunately, not. The party ............................................ (turn) out
(be) a complete failure. Perhaps, it .................................................................
(enjoy) by everyone if some attractions .......................................... (prepare).
PART 5. Give the correct form of the words in capital letters. Write your answers on
the numbered blanks. (0) is an example.
Have you ever got really caught in the excitement and emotion of good action film, and
wondered in (0. AMAZE) amazement how film stars manage to perform dangerous
acts like jumping off buildings or driving at great speed? Of course, it is only a
(1.MOMENT) ______ feeling as it is no secret that the real (2.PERFORM) ________
are almost invariably stunt men or women, who can earn a very good (3.LIVE) ______
by standing in for the stars when necessary. The work is incredibly demanding, and
before qualifying for this job they have to undergo a rigorous training program and
(4.PROOF)
number
of sports
(5.INCLUDE)
It is significant that such weapons were (11) _______ and brought to their (12) _______
form at an early stage in history. If we were restricted to the same (13) _______, it is
doubtful if we could produce better bows and arrows than those that (14) _______ the
armies of the past. The arrow was the first true weapon capable of maintaining direction
over considerable (15) _______. It was to be centuries before man himself could fly.
1. A. value
B. approve
C. understand
D. realize
2. A. pursued
B. hunted for
C. chased
D. followed up
3. A. act
B. deed
C. action
D. event
4. A. brings
B. moves
C. takes
D. leads
5. A. instant
B. day
C. hour
D. moment
6. A. feeling
B. urge
C. encouragement D. emotion
7. A. coming
B. arriving
C. appearing
D. growing
8. A. exterior
B. outside
C. external
D. outdoor
9. A. suitable
B. fitting
C. related
D. chosen
10. A.involved
B. meant
C. told
D. showed
11. A. invented
B. imagined
C. planned
D. produced
12. A. last
B. older
C. latest
D. final
13. A. matters
B. substances
C. materials
D. sources
14. A. destroyed B. ruined
C. spoiled
D. exploded
15. A. lengths
B. extents
C. areas
D. distances
PART 2. Fill each gap in the passage with ONE suitable word.
LAUGHING IS GOOD FOR YOU- SERIOUSLY
It is a sad fact that adults laugh far less than children, sometimes by as much (1)
_______ a couple of hundred times a day. Just take a (2) _______ at peoplesfaces on
the way to work or in the office: youll be lucky (3) _______ see a smile, let alone hear a
laugh. This is a shame especially in view of the (4) _______that scientists have proved
that laughing is good for you. When you laugh says psychologist David Cohen , it
produces the feel-good hormones, endorphins . It counters the effects of stress (5)
_______ enhances the immune system.
There are many (6) _______ why we might laugh less in adult life: perhaps we are too
work-obsessed, or too embarrassed to (7) _______ our emotions show. Some
psychologists simply believe that children have more native responses, and as adults we
naturally grow (8) _______ of spontaneous reactions. Luckily,(9) _______ , it is
possible to relearn the art of laughter. In India, laughter clinics have been growing
(10) _______ popularity over the last few years, (11) _______ to the efforts of Dr
Madan Kataria, (12) _______ work has won him (13) _______ devoted following . Dr
Kataria believes that his laughing techniques can help to strengthen the immune system
and lower stress levels, among (14) _______things. He teaches his patients different
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laughs or giggles to relax specific parts (15) _______ the body. In 1998, when Dr
Kartaria organized a World Laughter Day at Bombay racetrack, 10,000 people turned
up.
PART 3.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 from 21 to 30.
THE BODY CLOCK
Why is it that flying to New York from London will leave you feeling less tired
than flying to London from New York? The answer may be a clear case of
biology not being able to keep up with technology.
Deep inside the brain there is a clock that governs every aspect of the bodys
functioning: sleep and wake cycles, levels of alertness, performance, mood,
hormone levels, digestion, body temperature and so on. It regulates all of these
functions on a 24-hour basis and is called the circadian clock (from the Latin,
circa about + dies day).
This body clock programmes us to be sleepy twice a day, between 3-5 a.m and
again between 3-5 p.m. Afternoon tea and siesta times are all cultural responses to
our natural biological sleepiness in the afternoon.
One of the major causes of the travelers malady known as jet lag is the nonalignment of a persons internal body clock with clocks in the external world.
Crossing different time zones confuses the circadian clock, which then has to
adjust to the new time and patterns of light and activity. To make matters more
complex, not all internal body functions adjust at the same rate. So your
sleep/wake may adjust to a new time zone at one rate, while your temperature
adjusts at a different pace. Your digestion may be on a different schedule
altogether.
Though we live in a 24-hour day, the natural tendency of the body clock is to
extend our day beyond 24 hours. It is contrary to our biological programming to
shrink our day.
That is why travelling in a westward direction is more body-clock friendly than
flying east. NASA studies of long haul pilots showed that westward travel was
associated with significantly better sleep quantity and quality than eastward
flights.
When flying west, you are extending your day, thus travelling in the natural
direction of your internal clock. Flying eastward will involve shrinking or
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reducing your day and is in direct opposition to your internal clocks natural
tendency.
One of the more common complaints of travelers is that their sleep becomes
disrupted. There are many reasons for this: Changing time zones and schedules,
changing light and activity levels, trying to sleep when your body clock is
programmed to be awake, disruption of the internal circadian clock and working
longer hours
Sleep loss, jet lag and fatigue can seriously affect our ability to function well.
Judgment and decision-making can be reduced by 50%, attention by 75 percent,
memory by 20 percent and communication by 30 percent.
It is often suggested that you adjust your watch as soon as you board a plane,
supposedly to try to help you adjust to your destinations schedule as soon as you
arrive. But it can take the body clock several days to several weeks to fully adjust
to a new time zone.
1: The main function of the body clock is to________
A. help us sleep.
B. help us adapt to a 24-hour cycle.
C. regulate the bodys functions.
D. govern all the bodys responses.
2: The word It refers to________
A. the programme B. the body clock
C. the function
D. the brain
3: Jet lag
A. makes our body clock operate badly
B. causes our body clock to change
C. extends the hours of our body clock
D. upsets our bodys rhythms
4: The word malady is closest in meaning to________
A. feeling
B. bore
C. illness
D. thought
5: The direction you fly in________
A. extends or shrinks your body clock
B. alters your bodys natural rhythms
C. helps you sleep better
D. affects the degree of jet lag
6: According to the article________
A. jet lag can affect different abilities differently.
B. flying seriously affects your judgment and decision-making.
C. travelers complain about the negative effects of flying.
D. various factors stop us sleeping when we fly.
7: On the subject of avoiding jet lag the article________
A. suggests changing the time on your watch.
B. proposes gradually adjusting your body clock.
C. says there is nothing you can do.
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D. makes no suggestions.
8: According to the author, which of the following reasons disrupt travelers
sleep?
A. Travelers try to sleep between 3-5 p.m.
B. Travelers attention is reduced by 75 percent.
C. Travelers fly in the natural direction of their internal clock.
D. The travelers internal circadian clock has to adjust to patterns of light and
activity.
9: It can be inferred from the passage that________
A. there are more travelers in westward flights than in eastward ones.
B. westward travelers become friendlier than eastward ones.
C. travelers have to spend more money flying westward than eastward.
D. travelers do not sleep as well in eastward flights as in westward ones.
10: The word fatigue is closest in meaning to________
A. exhaustion
B. obsession
C. frustration
D. sleeplessness
PART 4. Read the following texts about some famous walls around the world. For
questions 1-14, choose from the four texts about walls (A-D). The texts may be chosen
more than once.
A GUIDE TO GREAT WALLS
A.
Erected in 1961 to prevent East German citizens crossing to the West, the Berlin Wall
initially consisted mainly of barbed wire and armed guards. Within months a concrete
wall began to appear, to be replaced on three separate occasions by ever more
sophisticated versions, increasingly resistant to breakthroughs. On the east side of the
wall, tank traps and ditches were built as protection against attack, and as a further
deterrent to would-be escapees.
Although over 170 people lost their lives in Berlin trying to flee to the West, human will
and ingenuity often prevailed, with a number of successful escape attempts via tunnels
and, on one occasion, in a home-made hot air balloon. The 107-kilometre-long structure
lost its relevance in 1989, when Hungary allowed East Germans to pass through their
country on their way to Austria and West Germany, and after travel restrictions were
lifted, people began to demolish whole sections of the wall. Now very little of it remains
and the land has been used for housing and other property development.
B.
Stretching for several thousand kilometres from the east coast of the country to the Gobi
Desert, the Great Wall of China is said to be the only man-made structure visible from
outer space. The oldest section was begun in 221 BC, using soldiers and local people, as
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well as intellectuals who had been sentenced to forced labour under the repressive Qin
dynasty. Not surprisingly, the layers of compacted earth used to construct the wall soon
began to crumble, and it was left to the later Han dynasty to restore and add to it.
By now the wall had evolved from a mere defence system for keeping out marauding
tribes into a safe haven where trade could flourish, and bustling market towns sprang up
at the many busy gates. But the ornate and imposing structure with which we are
familiar from photographs was not added until the fourteenth century by Ming, using
advanced brick-building technology. It was he who joined the three separate walls to
create this truly impressive feat of construction.
C.
Situated in the north of England at one of the narrowest parts of the country, Hadrians
Wall is arguably the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain.
Construction of the wall began in 120 AD on the orders of Emperor Hadrian, who
wanted to mark the northernmost boundary of his Empire. The 117-kilometre wall was
manned by thousands of troops, who kept watch from numerous turrets and milecastles,
and who lived in a series of forts situated at strategic locations.
In the centuries following its abandonment around 400 AD, its stones were used by local
people to build houses, walls and even churches. Nevertheless, spectacular stretches of
the wall remain and a number of forts and museums along its length can be visited,
providing a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the Roman soldiers who patrolled it.
Although built of stone, the wall itself is vulnerable to erosion and visitors are
discouraged from walking on it. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987,
Hadrians Wall ranks alongside some of the more famous architectural treasures in the
world.
According to the information given in the texts, which wall
1. can be seen from a great distance?
2. is susceptible to damage?
3. quickly fell into disrepair?
4. is no longer very much in evidence?
5. is a series of different walls which were connected?
6. was built with the help of prisoners?
7. is compared favourably with other ancient monuments?
8. became unnecessary as a result of events elsewhere?
9. proved to be an ideal site for commercial activity?
10. did not always achieve its purpose?
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SESSION V. WRITING.
PART 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly
the same as the sentences printed before it.
1.As people use a lot of wood-pulp, many trees are cut down.
The more .
2.They failed to find out a solution to the problem.
They didnt succeed
3.Absolute secrecy was crucial to the success of the mission.
Without .
4. Immediately after his arrival home a water-heater exploded.
Hardly ..
5.Rita doesnt realize how serious her husbands operation is going to be.
Little .
6.Tim insisted on being told the complete story.
Nothing .
7.The permit expires at the end of this month.
The permit is not
8. We must do something about the problem even if it costs a lot.
Costly .
9.We should ban the use of pesticides, but we should also restrict the use of other
chemicals.
In addition to
10. Betty is very happy to look after handicapped people.
Betty is devoted .
PART 2. Write a paragraph ( about 150 words) to give your opinion about: Students
should not be required to take physical education courses
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SESSION I. LISTENING
PART 1:
1. B
2. B
PART 2:
1. Mon. Fri.
2. Petticoat
5. Brixton
6. Sundays
9. By tube
10. 9:30
SESSION II. PRONUNCIATION
PART 1.
1C 2B 3C 4B
PART 2.
1D 2C 3A 4D
3. C
4. C
3. Aldgate
7. In Camden Town
5. B
4. 9 am 4 pm
8. Tom and Mary
5A
5A
PART 6.
1 recreation
6 idle
2 socialise
7 trivial
3 respite
4 unwind
8 pursuing 9 exhilarating
5 indulge
10 pastimes
1.C
9. A
2. B
10. B
3.A
11. D
4.D
12. D
5. B
13. C
6. B
14. A
7. C
15. D
PART 2
1. as
2. look
3. to
4. fact
5. and
6. reasons
7. let
8. out
9. however
10. in
11. thanks/owing/due
12. whose
13. a
14. other
15. of
PART 3
4.C
8. D
1. C
5. C
9. D
2. B
6. A
10. A
3. D
7. D
1. B
5. B
9. B
2. C
6. B
10. A
3. B
7. C
PART 4
4.A
8. A
SESSION V. WRITING.
1.
The more wood-pulp is used, the more trees are cut down
2. They didnt succeed in finding out a solution to the problem.
3.
Without absolute secrecy, the mission wouldnt have succeeded.
4.
Hardly had he arrived home when a water-heater exploded.
5. Little does Rita realize how serious her husbands operation is going to be.
6. Nothing but the complete story would satisfy Tim
7. The permit is not valid after the end of this month.
8.
Costly as/though it may be, we must do something about the problem.
9.
In addition to banning the use of pesticides, we should also restrict the use of
other chemicals.
10.Betty is devoted to looking after handicapped people
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TAPESCRIPTS:
SECTION 1: (FCE 4, TEST 2, PAPER 4, PART4)
You will hear an interview with the television actress Donna Denton. Choose the best
answer, A, B or C.
[pause]
Interviewer: My guest today, Donna Denton, is a familiar face, having appeared in a
number of highly successful television drama series. But Donnas not just an actress,
shes also a talented singer and dancer. Which came first, Donna?
Donna: Dancing. When I was nine, my mum decided I needed a hobby. Some of my
friends went horse-riding and I wanted to try it too, but it cost quite a bit. Nothing was
said, but although my parents worked hard, there was never money to spare. So I chose
to go to dancing classes across the road; two hours a week at only fifty p. an hour. Im
sure Mum was relieved.
Interviewer: But presumably the classes were OK?
Donna: The teacher was very tall and so glamorous that I hardly dared look at her. She
immediately sent me right to the back of the class. I didnt mind because there I could
dance away quite happily, out of sight. I didnt realise until later that that was where the
worst dancers were put! But she didnt forget me and slowly worked my way forward.
It was a proud day when I eventually made it to the front row.
Interviewer: Where did the singing come in?
Donna: Mum heard about the knightswell Stage School, where you did normal lessons
in the morning and dance and drama in the afternoons. To get in, I had to perform in
front of about twenty people you know, in an audition. Some kids had learnt songs
from musicals or bits from plays, but I just did one of the dance routines Id learnt. They
offered me a free place for a year, which was lucky. The fees were quite high and it gave
my parents time to save up enough money to pay for the rest.
Interviewer: But it was the right thing for you?
Donna: I loved it. The only thing was that if you wanted to study there, you had to wear
a special red jacket with a school badge on it, even outside the school building. I had a
ten-minute walk to the bus stop and the local kids from the ordinary school used to laugh
at me: I dreaded that journey. So Mum said to the headmistress, Donnas having a
tough time travelling to school. Cant she change into her jacket when she arrives? And
although it was against the rules, they agreed.
Interviewer: And that was where you were expected to sing?
Once every term, you had to get up in front of the whole school and perform a song
my knees used to shake, I was so nervous, but it was good practice and, gradually, it
built up my confidence. That was important because in the final year there was a singing
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competition. Most kids sang a classical piece, but at the last minute I decided to do a
Frank Sinatra number from my dads record collection. I dont think the choice of music
had anything to do with it, but to everyones amazement, I won.
Interviewer: so you were headed for a singing career?
Donna: Yes. After leaving school, I went on having private singing lessons and got
some work as a backing vocalist. But its hard to make your name as a jazz singer
which is what Id set my heart on. So, like most of my school friends, I went after acting
jobs on TV. I was more fortunate than most, getting parts in some good drama series,
which allowed me to establish my name with the public. But Id like to try other things
now.
Interviewer: So, what can we expect?
Donna: Well, Ive just completed a CD with a blues band a dream come true for me.
Itll be released next month. Theyve just asked me to sing with them on a world tour,
actually. That was a lovely surprise but, sadly, I had to turn it down because Id already
agreed to do a month in a stage play in London on those dates. I thought of pulling out,
but it wouldnt have been fair on the theatre. Thats typical of show business all or
nothing but I cant complain.
Interviewer: thank you, Donna, for talking ..
[The recording is repeated]
That is the end of section 1.
SECTION 2: (IELTS listening strategies for the Ielts Test: Unit 7, Test 4, Section 1)
Tom and Barbara are talking about markets in London. Barbara has a market list
and she wants to find out more details about them. Listen to the conversation and
complete the market lists. Write no more than three words for each answer. Look
at questions 1-6 on the market list now.
Now listen and complete the market list.
Tom: Hi, Barbara. What will you do this weekend?
Barbara: well, Id like to do some shopping, but I have no idea where to go. Ive only
been here a few days. I was told London is an expensive place to live.
Tom: yes, but thats not completely true. London can be an expensive place to live, but
if you shop in the right places, you can live relatively cheaply.
Barbara: Is that true? Could you tell me something about the shops?
Tom: All right. You know, food tends to be cheapest in the big supermarkets like
Sainsburys and Tescos. Most of them have quite a good variety of food and household
items. You can buy your fruit and vegetables on the street. You will find these street
markets in almost every part of London. You can also buy clothes, shoes and household
items in these markets for a real bargain. Have you got a market list provided by the
Student Union?
Barbara: Yes. Here you are.
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Tom: this might give you some ideas. Let me see. East Street SE17. This market sells
cheap food, clothes and hardware. Its open from 8 am to 5 pm.
Barbara: Yes. But how can I get there?
Tom: You can take the underground. We call it the tube. You see, there is a tube station
on the list.
Barbara: Let me see. Yes, its Castle Station.
Tom: Right. You can get off at the Castle.
Barbara: Good. Look at Leather Lane WC1.
Tom: Yes, thats a good central London market for clothes, food and hardware. It opens
at lunch times from Monday to Friday. Its near Chancery Lane Station.
Barbara: Well. What about the one in Petticoat Lane?
Tom: Oh, Petticoat Lane E1. It sells clothes, shoes and household goods. It opens only
on Sunday mornings from 9 am to 12 noon.
Barbara: Yes, we can get off at Aldgate Station. OK. What about the one in
Walthamstow E17?
Tom: Oh, thats a big market for clothes and food. Its open between 9 am and 4 pm on
Mondays to Saturdays, except Wednesdays and Sundays.
Barbara: Let me see . Yes, we can get there on the Central Line. What about
Brixton?
Tom: Thats Brixton SW9. Its an indoor and outdoor market with a lively atmosphere.
It sells vegetables from all over the world. It opens 9 am to 6 pm Mondays to Sundays
and half day on Wednesdays.
Barbara: Oh, its close to Brixton Station, very near my place. Great. Its very
convenient. Tell me more detail about Camden Lock.
Tom: Yes, there are several markets on Camden High Street and plenty of shops. They
sell fashion clothes, jewellery, recorders and pottery. Its good for buying presents, very
close to Chalk Farm and Camden town Station.
Barbara: I see. It says that it opens on Sundays only from 8 am to 5 pm. Well, I think
these markets might help to keep my costs down.
Tom: Well, if you need to buy new electrical goods or large household items, you can
wait until the January sales when almost all the shops sell goods at discount prices.
Barbara: Thank you very much for your help. Tom, shall we go to Brixton together this
weekend?
Tom: Id love to.
Barbara: Oh, Im afraid Ive got to go to a lecture. I will ring you tonight. Bye.
Tom: OK. Bye.
Barbara is phoning Tom about shopping. Look at questions 7-10.
Now listen to their telephone conversation. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS for each answer.
(Telephone rings.)
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Tom: 4010625?
Barbara: Hello. Is that you, Tom?
Tom: Hi, Barbara. Have you decided where to go tomorrow?
Barbara: Yes, thats right. I want to go to Camden Town to shop. Would you like to go
there with me?
Tom: Yes, Id love to. Thats a good market. Mary is here with me now. She wants to
go there, too. Shall we meet at Camden Town Station?
Barbara: OK. How are you going there?
Tom: We will go there by bus. Its only three stops from my place. Well, we might walk
there if the weather is fine. How will you get there?
Barbara: I think I will have to take the underground. Im at Bond Street and Ill take the
Central Line first and get off at Tottenham Court Road.
Tom: Thats it. Take the Central Line and get off at Tottenham Court Road. Then you
want the Northern Line to Camden Town. Its only about four stops. Make sure you get
a northbound train though. You want northbound Camden Town. OK?
Barbara: OK. I think I can find the way. I have an underground map with me now.
What time shall we meet there tomorrow?
Tom: How about ten thirty?
Barbara: Well, I think thats a bit too late. It might be crowded by that time.
Tom: How about one hour earlier, say nine thirty?
Barbara: Fine. That will be all right. See you tomorrow.
Tom: Bye.
[The recording is repeated]
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A. LISTENING
I. You will hear part of an interview with a woman called Barbara Darby, who
works as a casting director in the film industry. Choose the answer (A, B, C or
D) that fits best according to what you hear. You will listen to the recording
just ONCE. (5 points)
1. According to Barbara, a casting director needs above all _______
A. to learn from experience.
B. to be a good communicator.
C. to have a relevant qualification.
D. to have a natural feel for the job.
2. Barbara says that she looks for actors who _______
A. can play a variety of roles.
B. complement each other.
C. accept her way of working.
D. think deeply about a part.
3. At which stage in the casting process does Barbara meet the actors?
A. before she goes to see them performing live
B. once the director has approved them
C. before a final short list is drawn up
D. as soon as a final selection is made
4. Barbara explains that what motivates her now is a need for _______
A. personal satisfaction.
B. professional recognition.
C. a glamorous lifestyle.
D. financial security.
5. What made Barbara give up her job for a while?
A. Shed become tired of travelling.
B. She was ready to try something new.
C. She felt shed been put under too much pressure.
D. She found that she was no longer as committed to it.
II. Listen to the conversation and do the tasks that follow. You will listen to the
recording just ONCE. (10 points)
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Questions 1-5: Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.
1. Josie is concerned about her _______ later this week.
2. The purpose of the experiments is to measure the _______.
3. The first experiment needs to be done _______ because of the distances involved.
4. In this experiment, some pupils have a stopwatch and the others have a _______,
such as a bell.
5. The result of this experiment should be accurate to within approximately _______.
Questions 6-8: Complete the summary below. Writing NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS for each answer.
In preparation for the second experiment, pupils should understand the fundamental
ideas of frequency and (6) ___________. This can be done using water as an analogy.
Pupils then lit a tuning fork near the end of a (7) ___________ immersed in a barrel
of water. At some point, the sound (8) ___________ due to the resonance of the
wave. This means there are a whole number of waves and pupils measure the length
of the column of air.
Questions 9-10: Answer the questions below. Writing NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS for each answer.
9. What should pupils do with their results to increase the accuracy of the experiment?
__________________
10. What should Josie encourage her pupils to do during the experiments?
__________________
B. PHONOLOGY
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the
other ones. (2.5 points)
1. A. circuit
B. building
C. guiltless
D. suitable
2. A. vessel
B. cosset
C. issue
D. massive
3. A. casino
B. asset
C. sachet
D. canal
4. A. balloon
B. bookworm
C. booster
D. beetroot
5. A. gradual
B. soldier
C. educate
D. indecent
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others. (2.5
points)
1. A. dynasty
B. lucrative
C. expertise
D. compromise
2. A. perpetrate
B. consecrate
C. correspond
D. integral
3. A. acupuncture
B. necessary
C. temperament D. academic
4. A. fraternal
B. impetus
C. spectator
D. contingent
5. A. democratic
B. prerequisite
C. inevitable
D. promiscuous
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14. Im rather suspicious of your brothers sudden concern for your welfare and fear
that he may have _______ motives.
A. ulterior
B. underlying
C. aggrieved
D. aggravated
15. Im really sorry I wont be able to see you this week but Im absolutely _______
under with work.
A. snowed
B. stormed
C. hailed
D. flooded
16. You must be off your _______ if you think youre going to get away with this.
A. face
B. tongue
C. head
D. eye
17. I was kept awake for most of the night by the _______ of a mosquito in my ear.
A. whine
B. moan
C. groan
D. screech
18. Nows a _______ time to tell me youre going out this evening Ive spent the
whole day preparing supper for you.
A. suitable
B. reasonable
C. right
D. fine
19. He was not _______ to taking on all the extra responsibilities the promotion
entailed.
A. hesitant
B. unenthusiastic C. reluctant
D. averse
20. During the rioting several houses in the area had their windows _______.
A. clinked
B. smashed
C. banged
D. crashed
II. There are ten mistakes in the following passage, identify and correct them. (5 points)
Since the world became industrial, the number of animal species that either have
become extinct or have near extinction has increased. Bengal tigers, for instance,
which once had roamed the jungles in their vast number, now number only about
2,300. By the year 2005, it is estimated that they would become extinct. What is
alarmed about the case of the Bengal tiger is that this extinction will have been
caused almost entirely by poachers, who according to some resources, are not
always interested in material gain but in impersonal gratification. This is an
example of the callousness that is contributed to the problem of extinction.
Animals, such as the Bengal tiger, as well as other dangerous species, are valuable
parts of the worlds ecosystem. International laws protecting these animals must be
acted to ensure their survival and the survival of our planet.
Error
1.
3.
5.
Correction
Error
Correction
2.
4.
6.
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7.
9.
8.
10.
III. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle. (5 points)
1. The new regulations have thrown _______ a few problems for the company.
2. The workers were rather cynical after the meeting. Most of them were _______ no
illusions that the management would take their complaints seriously.
3. Jack took early retirement as he was losing his grip _______ the job.
4. He scolded her so much that she was reduced _______ tears by the end of the
meeting.
5. The sudden movement of the train threw me _______ balance and I fell head-first
down the steps.
6. The price of shares in the company went up _______ over 50% when they
announced the discovery of the new oilfield.
7. Ron usually primes himself _______ plenty of black coffee before starting the night
shift.
8. We still havent sold the house because the buyers went back on their word and
pulled _______ the deal.
9. Hi Brenda, Peter here. Im just ringing _______ to say Ive got two tickets for the
concert on Saturday night. Fancy coming?
10. The group rounded _______ the concert with their greatest hits. So everyone went
home happy.
11. As there was no official at the gate, Diana got _______ not buying an entrance
ticket.
12. His company went bankrupt, three years of hard work _______ the drain.
13. She is putting _______ a little each month for her studies in Queenstown.
14. The oral examination was difficult. The examiner tried to catch me _______ by
asking some tricky questions.
15. They should be able to settle their differences without restoring _______ violence.
16. The small boat drifted helplessly _______ the mercy of the wind and waves.
17. I find it very hard to commit historical dates _______ memory.
18. If you would like to wait a moment, Sir, I will just call _______ your file on the
computer screen.
19. Quick, I havent got a pen. Can you jot Jacks phone number _______ for me?
20. When I was a student, I eked _______ what little money I had by buying only
second-hand clothes.
IV. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tenses or forms. (5 points)
- I told him he (1. be) _______ unnecessarily difficult and that he ought to make a
compromise.
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- The only person (2. witness) _______ the crime was killed in an accident this
morning.
- In her report, she mentioned (3. treat) _______ at a hospital abroad last year.
- There was no one downstairs; so she turned off the light again and decided that
she (4. must/ imagine) _______ things.
- Oh good, youre here at last. I (5. wonder) _______ what time you (6. come)
_______.
- I was astonished that he turned down the job I (7. think) _______ it would have
been ideal for him.
- Until recently the suggestion that pop music might be used to train athletes (8.
treat) _______ as a joke.
- I (9. mean) _______ to get the brakes (10. repair) _______, but Ive just never got
round to it.
- A team of experts (11. arrive) _______ in Venice to save it from increasing
incidences of flooding. A controversial plan to construct a barrier with 70 gates, each
weighing 300 tons, (12. give) _______ permission to go ahead. Once (13. construct)
_______, this will be raised whenever a high ride threatens to cover the city.
Everyone has known for centuries that Venice (14. sink) _______ further into the
mud, but floods are becoming a regular nuisance. Rising sea levels (15. erode/
gradually) _______ the salt marshes and mud banks that stand between the city and
the Adriatic. Winter storms cause higher waves, which (16. assault) _______ the
walls of the old palaces. But there are fears about how the building of such a barrier
might affect the Venice lagoon, particularly the possibility that it could further restrict
the flushing of the citys waterways by the tide, (17. make) _______ the famous foulsmelling canals even more stagnant. (18. avoid) _______ making the bad situation
worse, the experts (19. bring) _______ in to analyse tidal flows and marine plants and
then suggest ways to prevent the city from becoming the first high-profile victim of
global warming and rising sea levels. But with global warming (20. expect) _______
to add at least half meter to the sea level this century, the situation is bound to
deteriorate.
V. Complete the following passage with the correct forms of the words given. (5 points)
THE CUP OF HUMANITY
Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it
entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite (1. AMUSE) _______. The fifteenth
century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism- Teaism. Teaism is a cult
founded on the (2. ADORE) _______ of the beautiful among the sordid facts of
everyday (3. EXIST) _______. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of
mutual charity, the (4. ROMANTIC) _______ of the social order. It is essentially a
worship of the (5. PERFECT) _______, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish
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something possible in this impossible thing we know as life. The Philosophy of Tea is
not mere aestheticism in the ordinary acceptance of the term, for it expresses (6.
CONJOIN) _______ with ethics and religion our whole point of view about man and
nature. It is hygiene, for it enforces (7. CLEAN) _______; it is economics, for it
shows comfort in (8. SIMPLE) _______ rather than in the complex and costly; it is
moral geometry, inasmuch as it defines our sense of proportion to the universe. It
represents the true spirit of Eastern democracy by making all its votaries aristocrats in
taste. The long isolation of Japan from the rest of the world, so (9.
CONDUCT) _______ to introspection, has been highly (10. FAVOUR) _______ to
the development of Teaism.
VI. Complete the following passage with appropriate phrases taken from the
box. One phrase should be used ONCE only. (5 points)
Moreover
However
Hence
Whereas
As opposed to
At any rate
By and large
Although
To tell the truth
On the other hand
At least
As a result
Nevertheless
Incidentally
Whats more
Even so
To make matters worse
On the contrary
Starting your own business could be the way to achieving financial independence. (1)
_______ it could just as well land you in debt for the rest of your life. (2) _______,
that is the view of Charles and Brenda Leggat, a Scottish couple, who last week saw
their fish farm business put into the hands of the receiver. We started the business at
a time when everyone was being encouraged by the banks to borrow money. (3)
_______, we fell into the same trap, and asked for a big loan. (4) _______, at the
same time we were sure that we could make it into a going concern, said Charles
Leggat, a farmer from the Highlands. The bank analysed the proposals we put
forward and they agreed that it would be a highly profitable business. Sure enough,
within five years the Leggats were exporting trout and salmon products to hotels all
over Europe, and (5) _______ they took on over fifty staff. (6) _______, with the
advent of the recession, they began to lose ground as orders dried up. (7) _______,
said Brenda Leggat, the business has now been valued by the bank at a fraction of its
true worth. If they had left us to work our way out of our difficulties, (8) _______
virtually bankrupting us, I am sure that we could have gone back into profit. As it is,
we have been left without a livelihood, and the bank has not recovered what it lent
us. The Leggats both felt that their banks had not treated them fairly. (9) _______,
they were falling over themselves to lend us the money initially, (10) _______ now
they are doing very little to keep the business going, and fifty people in work. A
spokesman for the bank concerned refused to comment.
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D. READING
I. Read the passage and choose the option that best completes each blank. (7.5 points)
PIRACY
Piracy was not (1) _______ by men like Blackbeard and Black Bart Roberts. It has
been (2) _______ since man first took to the sea, a maritime (3) _______ that
appeared in historical records since before the building of the Egyptian pyramids. The
Mediterranean, (4) _______ known as the (5) _______ of civilization, was also a
pirate hot-spot, which we know because the Ancient Egyptians (6) _______ the time
to describe the attacks and their (7) _______. As in any period, piracy in the ancient
world flourished when there was a lack of central control, and in areas beyond
the (8) _______ of major powers such as the Egyptians, the Assyrians or the
Mycenaean Greeks. The first known pirate group was the Lukkans, a group of sea
raiders based on the south-eastern coast of Asia Minor. They first appeared in the
14th century BC, when Egyptian (9) _______ recorded that they raided
Cyprus, (10) _______ there are suggestions that their piratical activities started
earlier. By the 13th century BC they had become a major thorn in the (11) _______
of Egyptians, and had allied themselves to the Hittite Empire, which offered
protection in (12) _______ for naval power. A century later the Lukkans
(13) _______ from the historic records, a disappearance that was probably
linked (14) _______ the emergence of a new maritime threat. It is highly likely that
the pirates were simply (15) _______ into a collection of maritime nomads and
raiders known as the sea people.
1. A. disclosed
B. invented
C. discovered
D. devised
2. A. around
B. there
C. about
D. so
3. A. scourer
B. scout
C. scouser
D. scourge
4. A. besides
B. likewise
C. moreover
D. otherwise
5. A. cradle
B. cot
C. crib
D. hamper
6. A. passed
B. made
C. took
D. set
7. A. interloper
B. perpetrators
C. imposters
D. hypocrite
8. A. limits
B. reach
C. approach
D. frontier
9. A. scribes
B. scripters
C. reporters
D. playwrights
10. A. or
B. because
C. although
D. despite
11. A. neck
B. back
C. head
D. side
12. A. change
B. exchange
C. terms
D. addition
13. A. dumped
B. ceased
C. impeded
D. dropped
14. A. to
B. at
C. by
D. in
15. A. accommodated B. conformed
C. assimilated
D. adapted
Source: Cambridge Advanced Examination
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II. Fill in each of the following blanks with ONE suitable word. (7.5 points)
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
The Solar System may be defined as consisting of all those objects that are governed
by the Sun's gravitational (1) _______. (2) _______ effects arising from the
proximity of the Sun could equally well be used as (3) _______, such as radiation (4)
_______ or interaction with the solar wind. With any of these definitions the Solar
System extends (5) _______ to a distance of about two light-years; the closest star,
Proxima Centauri, (6) _______ lying at a distance of slightly more than four lightyears. Our knowledge of this region of space certainly does not (7) _______ as far as
this, however, because the most distant Solar-System objects that we know about, the
comets, seem to originate at a distance of no more than 50,000 astronomical units,
or (8) _______ than a third of the total distance. As (9) _______ the other SolarSystem bodies (10) _______ to us, they lie at distances of less than a (11) _______
hundred AU. Our study is (12) _______ confined to (13) _______ is primarily the
central region of the Solar System. The first thing to note is that the total mass of the
objects in the Solar System (14) _______ a negligible fraction of the mass of the Sun
itself and the second is that most of these objects orbit close to the plane of the solar
equator. The Solar System thus forms a disc, essentially empty, (15) _______ which
the planets and their satellites, the asteroids and the comets orbit at considerable
distances from one another.
Source: Cambridge Proficiency Examination
III. Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions. (5 points)
THE NEW COUNTRY
The first real sign of the United States was a close-packed archipelago of buoys
marking lobster pots and fishing traps but this was just a prelude to the moment the
throng on the deck had been waiting for. The exaggerated sense of occasion that this
moment was expected to inspire was heightened by the scowling splendour of the city
illuminated in the storm, the racing clouds bathing Liberty in a hideous light. The
immigrants, shoving and straining, must have felt that all the reports and letters home
had understated the awful truth about New York. The real thing was even taller and
more intimidating than the tallest story. So you looked out, numbed by the gigantism
of the city, asking the immigrants single overriding question: is there really a place
there for me?
In New York at last, the promised city, the immigrants found themselves in a
cacophonic bazaar. So many things! The streets were awash with commodities
undreamed of back home new foods, smart clothes, mechanical novelties. Your
own berth in New York might be no more than a patch of floor in a dumb-bell
tenement on the Lower East Side, yet no building was so squalid than its tenants were
entirely excluded from the bounty of American life. In the midst of rack-rent poverty,
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in conditions as impoverished as anything they had suffered in the old country, the
immigrants would be surrounded by symbols of extravagant wealth. There were icecream parlours, candy stores, beef-steaks and fat cigars. In New York ordinary
people, wage-earners, dined out in restaurants; they had Victrola machines on which
they played jass music and by the standards of Europe they were dressed like
royalty.
You had new names assigned to you at Ellis island by immigration officers too busy
to bother with the unpronounceable consonant clusters in your old one (Gold, because
thats what the streets were supposed to be paved with, was a favourite stand-by).
There were new clothes too. You might be able to call upon only a word or two of
English, but you could still parade as a suave, fashion-conscious New Yorker.
Identity in Europe wasnt a matter of individual fancy. Even with the money for the
raw materials, you couldnt dress up as an aristocrat simply because you liked the
look of the nobles style. If you were Jewish, you couldnt pass yourself off as a
gentile without incurring a legal punishment. Every European was the product of a
complicated equation involving the factors of lineage, property, education, speech
and religion. The terms were subtle and could be juggled: even the most rigid class
system has some play in it. But once your personal formula had been worked out by
the ruling mathematicians, the result was precise and not open to negotiation. For
anyone brought up in such a system, New York must have induced a dizzying sense
of social weightlessness. Here identity was not fixed by societys invisible secret
police. The equation had been simplified down to a single factor dollars.
The windows of department stores were theatres. They showed American lives as yet
unlived in, with vacant possession. When your nose was pressed hard against the
glass, it was almost yours, the other life that lay in wait for you with its silverware
and brocade. So you were a presser in a shirtwaist factory on Division Street, making
a paltry $12.50 a week so what? The owner of the factory was your landsman,
practically a cousin; he had the start on you by just a few years and already he lived
in a brownstone, uptown on 84th. Success in this city was tangible and proximate; it
was all around you, and even the poorest could smell it in the wind. The distance
between slum and mansion was less than a mile; hard work a lucky break and
you could roam through Macys and Bloomingdales buying up the life you dreamed
of leading.
Alices apartment, which I would be sub-renting courtesy of a brown envelope and
the doormans blind eye, was in a relatively quiet corner, yet even here one could feel
New York trembling under ones feet. In place of bird-song there was the continuous
angry warble of ambulances, patrols, fire-trucks. It was the sound of heart-attacks and
heart-break, of car crashes, hold-ups, hit-and-run, fight and pursuit. If you were going
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to learn to live here, youd have to tune out the sound of New York and set up house
in the silent bubble of your own preoccupations.
1. According to the writer, when New York came into view the immigrants felt
_______
A. a sense of anticlimax.
B. disappointment at its ugliness.
C. overwhelmed by the sight of it.
D. the stories theyd heard had been exaggerated.
2. The word prelude in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. premiere
B. foreword
C. preamble
D. prologue
3. The word intimidating in paragraph 1 can be best replaced by _______.
A. prodigious
B. browbeating
C. deteriorating D. devastating
4. What distinguished immigrants homes in America from the ones they had left was
_______
A. that they were of a much higher standard.
B. that they could be rented more cheaply.
C. their spaciousness.
D. the neighbourhoods they were in.
5. The writer implies that immigrants received new names _______
A. as a matter of policy.
B. in a random fashion.
C. when they spoke no English.
D. because they wanted English-sounding names.
6. The writer implies that immigrants _______
A. were forced to deny who they were.
B. longed for the social certainties of Europe.
C. could free themselves of their past lives.
D. felt the need to hide the truth about their backgrounds.
7. The writer suggests that the dream of achieving wealth _______
A. conflicted with the realities of the workplace.
B. was soon abandoned once immigrants were settled.
C. was only possible by exploiting your fellow countrymen.
D. was fostered by the unique social circumstances of New York.
8. The word suave in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. smooth
B. patronizing
C. awkward
D. spruce
9. The writer suggests that the arrangement for the flat was possible because _______
A. the owner was a friend.
B. he knew the doorman.
C. the landlord didnt know.
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astounded by the result. But their art did not come like a bolt from the blue: for
thousands of years Aborigines had been painting on the ground using sands of
different colours, and on rock faces. They had also been decorating their bodies
for ceremonial purposes. So there existed a formal vocabulary.
E This had already been noted by Europeans. In the early twentieth century,
Aboriginal communities brought together by missionaries in northern Australia
had been encouraged to reproduce on tree bark the motifs found on rock faces.
Artists turned out a steady stream of works, supported by the churches, which
helped to sell them to the public, and between 1950 and 1960 Aboriginal paintings
began to reach overseas museums. Painting on bark persisted in the north, whereas
the communities in the central desert increasingly used acrylic paint, and
elsewhere in Western Australia women explored the possibilities of wax painting
and dyeing processes, known as batik.
F What Aborigines depict are always elements of the Dreaming, the collective
history that each community is both part of and guardian of. The Dreaming is the
story of their origins, of their Great Ancestors, who passed on their knowledge,
their art and their skills (hunting, medicine, painting, music and dance) to man.
The Dreaming is not synonymous with the moment when the world was created,
says Stephane Jacob, one of the organisers of the Lyon exhibition. For
Aborigines, that moment has never ceased to exist. It is perpetuated by the cycle
of the seasons and the religious ceremonies which the Aborigines organise. Indeed
the aim of those ceremonies is also to ensure the permanence of that golden age.
The central function of Aboriginal painting, even in its contemporary
manifestations, is to guarantee the survival of this world. The Dreaming is both
past, present and future.
G Each work is created individually, with a form peculiar to each artist, but it is
created within and on behalf of a community who must approve it. An artist
cannot use a dream that does not belong to his or her community, since each
community is the owner of its dreams, just as it is anchored to a territory marked
out by its ancestors, so each painting can be interpreted as a kind of spiritual road
map for that community.
H By exporting their paintings as though they were surfaces of their territory, by
accompanying them to the temples of western art, the Aborigines have redrawn
the map of their country, into whose depths they were exiled, says Yves Le Fur,
of the Quai Branly museum. Masterpieces have been created. Their undeniable
power prompts a dialogue that has proved all too rare in the history of contacts
between the two cultures.
Question 1-6: The passage has nine paragraphs, A-H. Choose the correct
heading for paragraphs A-F from the list of headings, i-viii, below.
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List of Headings
i
Amazing results from a project
ii New religious ceremonies
iii Community art centres
iv Early painting techniques and marketing systems
v Mythology and history combined
vi The increasing acclaim for Aboriginal art
vii Belief on continuity
viii Oppression of a minority people
1. Paragraph A __________
2. Paragraph B __________
3. Paragraph C __________
4. Paragraph D __________
5. Paragraph E __________
6. Paragraph F
__________
Question 7-10: Complete the flow chart below. Choose NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
For (7) __________, Aborigines produced ground and rock paintings.
Early twentieth century: churches first prompted the use of (8) __________ for
paintings.
3. By leaving Mary alone, Im sure shell finish the project on time. (DEVICES)
If Mary _________________________________, Im sure shell finish the
project on time.
4. I couldnt help smiling when he told me of his plan. (STRAIGHT)
I couldnt ________________________________________ when he told me of
his plan.
5. Id made up my mind, but at the last moment, I lost my confidence. (FEET)
Id made up my mind, but _____________________________________.
6. The staff were upset not to have been informed about the companys plans.
(DARK)
The staffs were upset that they _________________________________ about the
companys plans.
7. My brother is not feeling well these days. (WEATHER)
My brother is feeling _____________________________________ these days.
8. There is no need for us to hurry. The play doesnt start until 7.30. (SIDE)
Time _________________________________. The play doesnt start until 7.30.
9. The firm went bankrupt after failing to win the contract. (LIQUIDATION)
The firm ___________________________________ to win the contract.
10. The new boss was not at all popular with his staff. (TAKE)
The staff ________________________________________ at all.
II. Write a composition (from 150 to 200 words) about the following topic:
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own
knowledge or experience. (15 points)
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P N
A. LISTENING (15 points)
I. (5 points)
1. D
2. B
II. (10 points)
1. teaching practice
3. outside
5. 20%/ twenty percent
7. (long) tube
9. take an average
B. PHONOLOGY (5 points)
I. 1. D
2. C
II. 1. C
2. C
3. C
4. A
2. speed of sound
4. loud sound source
6. wavelength
8. gets louder
10. keep good records
3. A
3. D
4. B
4. B
5. C
5. D
5. A
5. C
10. A
15. A
20. B
3. on
8. out of
13. aside
18. up
4. to
9. up
14. out
19. down
5. off
10. off
15. to
20. out
2. to witness
4. must have been imagining
6. would come
8. was treated OR would have been treated
10. repaired
12. has been given
14. is sinking
16. are assaulting
18. to avoid
20. expected
2. adoration
4. romanticism
6. conjointly
8. Simplicity
10. favourable
2. At least
4. Nevertheless
6. However
8. As opposed to
10. Whereas
3. D
8. B
13. D
4. D
9. A
14. A
3. criteria
8. less
13. what
4. pressure 5. out
9. for
10. Known
14. represents 15. within
3. B
8. A
4. D
9. C
5. B
10. B
2. B v
4. D i
6. F vii
8. (tree) bark
10. school walls
5. A
10. C
15. C
Section 2:
How to do it
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Questions 5 10 Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each
answer.
At the interview
Arrive no more than (5)................................................. before the time of the interiew.
After you hear the question, you can (6).............................................before you reply.
You can (7)................................................. if you dont understand what theyre asking you.
Wait for them to offer you the job before you say what (8)............................................you want.
Learning from the experience will make you more (9)........................................... in future interviews.
Pay attention to your (10).............................................. it shows you have a positive attitude.
SECTION 2
You will hear people talking in eight situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer, (A, B, or C).
1. You hear a woman on the radio talking about a politician. What is her opinion of the politician?
A. He can be trusted.
B. He keeps changing his mind.
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B. olive
B.thigh
B. chloride
B.ragged
B.salamander
C. omelet
C.expertise
C.lichen
C.crooked
C.majesty
D.toddle
D.umpire
D.chaperone
D.accoutered
D.saliva
B. Stress: Choose the word whoses tress pattern is different from that of the others. (2.5 points)
6. A.contribute
7. A.reservoir
8. A.gasometer
9. A.introduce
10.A.European
B.tsunami
B.painstaking
B.agriculture
B.Japanese
B.pneumonia
C.tornado
C.quinquina
C.nostalgic
C.technological
C.Aborigine
D.category
D.camera
D.enthronement
D.photography
D.ingenuity
D. breeze
3. Thousands of steel _____ were used as the framework of the new office block.
A. beams
B. girders
C. stakes
D. piles
4. The ceiling fans were on, but unfortunately they only _____ the hot, humid air.
A. stirred up
B. poured through
C. turned into
D. cut back
5. He set one alarm-clock for five oclock and the other for five past so as to _____ that he did not
oversleep.
A. assure
B. ensure
C. insure
D. reassure
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D. core
7. It was only _____ he told me his surname that I realized that we had been to the same school .
A. then
B. until
C. as soon as
D. when
8. He got an excellent grade in his examination _____ the fact that he had not worked particularly hard .
A. on account of
B. because
C. in spite of
D. although
9. Their eventual choice of house was _____ by the time Peter would take to get to the office.
A. related
B. consequent
C. determined
D. dependent
10. It turned out that we ______ rushed to the airport as the plane was delayed by several hours .
A. hadnt
B. should have
C. mustnt
D. neednt have
11. The coastguard boarded the ship and found__________
A. four injured alive men
B. alive four men injured
C. four injured men alive
D. injured four alive men
12. The police are __________________ certain who the culprit is.
A. in some ways B. more or less
C. here and there D. by and by
13. Womens participation _______________ in the workforce was lower in the countries which had lessdeveloped economies.
A. scale
B. speed
C. velocity
D. rate
14. Although the patient received intensive treatment, there was no _____________ improvement in her
condition.
A. decipherable
B. legible
C. discernible
D. intelligible
15. Ive been doing my best to reduce the backlog but I must admit that Ive hardly put _____________ in
the problem so far.
A. a dent
B. a foot
C. a brave face
D. damper
16. From time to time he __________________himself to a weekend in a five-star hotel.
A. craves
B. indulges
C. treats
D. benefits
17. Men still expect their jobs to take _________.
A. superiority
B. imposition
C. priority
D. seniority
18. According to a recent survey, most people are on good _________________ with their neighbours.
A. terms
B. relations
C. relationships
D. acquaintance
19. I didnt____________out to be a millionaire, I just wanted to run a successful business.
A. set
B. go
C. begin
D. watch
20. Im___________my brother is.
A. nowhere like so ambitious
B. nothing near as ambitious as
C. nothing as ambitious than
D. nowhere near as ambitious as
II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (5 points)
Is London motorist in total despair? Not yet. Fewer commuting cars (1) __________ (may come) in,
but there are 2.3 million cars (2) __________ (register) in the city, and there is no evidence that numbers (3)
__________ (fall). In 1991 half the households (4) ___________ (have) cars with more than nine percent
(5) ____________ (have) two or more. Even in central London, where car-owning conditions ( 6)
____________ (be) hardly the most attractive, 46 percent of households (7) ___________ (have) a car and
10 percent (8) __________ (have) two or more. So even if the London motorist (9) ____________ (use) the
car a bit less, that car and increasingly a second car still (10) ___________ (use) outside. And for all
the problems of (11) ___________ (drive) around and parking in London, the car still (12) ___________
(can be) good news for the traveler. The very latest statistics from the Department of Transport (13)
__________ (base) on door-to-door travel times for a sample of identical journeys actually (14)
___________ (make) by London residents within the last twelve months. They (15) __________ (reveal) the
following average total times in minutes: by car, 40; by rail/tube, 43; by bus, 58, and by bicycle, 37. These
calculations (16) __________ (take) into account the time (17) ___________ (need) to park and walk, and
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the time (18) __________ (spend) by bus and rail/tube travelers (19) ___________ (wait) for their transport.
Nearly three-quarters of the rail/tube journey time (20) _____________ (take up) by waiting. Car travelers
on the same route spent one third of their standing time.
III. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the
same line. (5 points)
THE HIDDEN FACE OF BEAUTY
Cleopatra was not beautiful, at least according to her (1)_____ on coins. But she was loved by very (2)
_____ men, like Caesar and Anthony. The (3) _____ of beauty is similar everywhere. For example, many
people think Sharon Stone is an (4) _____ woman. Males can (5) _____ handsome men and lovely women.
We don't learn this (6) _____, but we're born with it.
We also believe that good-looking people are more (7) _____, competent and intelligent. It is an
extremely (8) _____ form of stereotyping.
However, in one (9) _____ experiment, researchers brought a group of (10) _____ together for an hour a
day. Happily, after four days, factors such as friendship had become more important than looks.
1. PORTRAYAL
2. POWER
3. APPRECIATE
4. ATTRACT
5. IDENTITY
______________
______________
______________
______________
______________
6. RESPOND ______________
7. LIKE
______________
8. PLEASANT ______________
9. REMARK
______________
10. STRANGE
______________
IV. A.Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbial particles. (2.5 points)
1.) The new law on dropping litter comes ______________ force next month.
2)Ann was released from prison and now she is _____________probation.
3) Local students have been banned ________________taking part in the demonstration.
4) Local people have called for an investigation___________________ the causes of the fire.
5) Football fans went____________________ the rampage in the centre of Norwich last night.
6) She claimed that the selling of habit-forming drugs was getting______________________ control.
7) The car left the road and crashed_______________________ a tree.
8) Several guests at the hotel were robbed____________________________ jewellery and money.
9) David, 19, has been sleeping _________________a park bench for the past six months.
10) The police have charged her _________________________driving without due care and attention.
B. Fill the gaps, using the phrasal verbs given, there are two extra ones: (2.5 points)
get at
get out of
get across
get round to
get around
get through
get by
get together
get down
get on
get off
get on with
V. The following passage contains ten errors. Find and correct them. (5 points)
Things started to go wrongly as soon as we got to the hotel. We were all completely exhausting after our
long journey and looking forward to a shower and a rest. However, we found that our room was not ready,
which was very annoyed, although the manager was extremely apologizing. While we were waiting, we
asked about the excursions to places of an interest which we have read about in the brochure. Imagine how
we felt when we were told they had all been cancelled! Apparently, the person responsible of organizing
them had left suddenly and had not been replaced. Then Sally saw a notice pinning to the door of the
restaurant, said it was closed for redecoration, and Peter discovered that the swimming pool was empty.
When we eventually got to our room we were horrified to find that it was at the back of the hotel, and we
had a view of a car park, that seemed to be used as a rubbish dump. We seriously began to wonder whether
or not to stay.
1.
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6. ....................................
2.
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7. ....................................
3.
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8. ....................................
4.
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9. ....................................
5.
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10....................................
VI. Find 10 common collocations or fixed phrases by completing each space in the text with an
appropriate word from the box. (5 points)
sheltered
follow
live up to
spoilt
hit it off
commitment
pressure
rebelled
pushy
interests
domineering
in the Pacific Northwest and New England, manufacturing in the Southeast and Midwest, and farming in the
Great Plains. Persistent (5) . also has a regional pattern, concentrated (6) . in the
Southeast. Other differences (7) . no regional pattern. Areas that rely heavily on the services
industry are (8) . throughout rural America, as are rural areas that have little access to advanced
telecommunications services. Many of these differences regional and nonregional are the result of a (9)
. of factors including the availability of natural resources; (10) . from and access to major
metropolitan areas and the information and services found there; transportation and shipping facilities;
political history and structure; and the racial, ethnic, and cultural (11) . of the population.
To explain some of these differences, the (12) . of this report examines six types of nonmetro
counties. These types were chosen because of their importance to the rural economy and/or rural
development (13) .. Three of the county types farming counties, manufacturing counties, and
services counties are based on economic (14) . and are mutually exclusive. That is, the types are
defined by a county's economic dependence on a particular industry. The other three types retirementdestination counties, Federal lands counties, and persistent poverty counties are based on their special (15)
. to policy and are not mutually exclusive. Population shifts and the use of natural resources,
ownership of land and its effects on rural people and communities, and the issues associated with lowincome people are all themes that merit special attention.
1. A. exists
B. lives
C. improves
D. develops
2. A. keeps
B. carries
C. holds
D. reaches
3. A. at
B. of
C. within
D. from
4. A. the other
B. another
C. other
D. a
5. A. misery
B. famine
C. starvation
D. poverty
6. A. primarily
B. essentially
C. nearly
D. necessarily
7. A. run
B. take
C. keep
D. follow
8. A. located
B. held
C. placed
D. kept
9. A. connection
B. combination
C. relation
D. mixture
10. A. away
B. far
C. distance
D. apart
11. A. makeup
B. setup
C. holdup
D. checkup
12. A. last
B. whole
C. entire
D. rest
13. A. way
B. rule
C. policy
D. method
14. A. organization
B. specialization
C. foundation
D. modernization
15. A. suitability
B. relevance
C. importance
D. development
II. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word to complete the text below. There is an example at the
beginning (0). (7.5 points)
SKATEBOARD DAD
Some sports of activities have traditionally been connected (0) with. young people, even though
(1). isnt always clear why. Skateboarders, for instance, are expected to (2) .
teenagers wearing clothes four sizes too big for them. When you come to think of it, theres (3)
. practical reason why people over the age of 21 shouldnt take (4) . the sport.
Skateboarding involves a certain amount of falling off the board, (5) . can of course be
painful, but this also applies to other sports like skiing or surfing. Sports should not be restricted (6)
. teenagers. There is (7) . wrong with a grown- up gliding down the road on his
or her board?
(8) . the same time, I must confess that I felt a certain sympathy for my niece Emily, when her
father, (9) . older brother Tom, announced that he was going skateboarding with her. (10)
. the age of 14 you are very conscious of (11) . other people think of you. She
knew all her friends would laugh (12) . her if she arrived for the regular Saturday morning
skateboarding sessions in the local park with her dad.
Emily felt (13) . embarrassment would be more than she could bear, so she kindly asked her
father (14) . he could go skateboarding somewhere else. Tom realized how embarrassed
Emily must have felt and (15)out laughing.
III. Choose from the list A- I the most suitable heading for each part (1-8) of the article. (10 points)
A. They dont live up to their expectations
F. A growing market
B. Simply not the same
G. Not a passive viewer
C. Heroes and villains
H. The power of effects
D. Hidden information
I. Using the same setting
E. How to attract video gamers
Films and Videogames
1.In just a few decades the videogame industry has become a lot bigger than the film business. In terms of
turnover, what is rather grandly interactive entertainment makes twice as much money as Hollywood
cinema. Which of course leaves people in the film business wondering if they can harvest any of this new
income. Is there any way of making films more appealing to people who play videogames?
2------. Making a film out of a best-selling videogame can certainly guarantee a large audience. The success
lies in the use of special effects. New videogames have stunning action sequences that rely on fantasy
effects, and now films are being released with similar scenes. Gravity is discarded as heroes leap across huge
gaps, while slow motion techniques show bullets moving through the rippling air.
3-------. A major segment of the videogame market comprises science fiction games and film makers have
started t realize that they could set films in similar sci-fi future worlds. But the difficulty for the procedures
of Hollywood appears to be knowing where and when to stop. Any attempt to borrow more than the setting
from a videogame is probably doomed.
4-------.. There are many examples of successful film videogame combinations. Rather than making a film
using characters and stories from a videogame, the trick seems to be to make a film that has a fast moving
action sequence and then bring out a videogame bases on that sequence. People who enjoyed the film will
probably want to buy the videogame. This clearly creates a new market opportunity for the videogame
industry.
5-------.. Why do game players fell disappointed by films based on their favourite games? One reason is
technical. Videogames can show the action from a number of perspectives easily, because everything is
computer generated. But filming a sequence from twenty different cameras would cost a fortune, so it simply
isnt feeling that the film didnt look as real as the videogame.
6-------.. Cameras matter in another sense, too. In a film the director shows you the action from certain
perspectives but makes sure he doesnt show you some things to keep you in suspense. Think of your
favourite thriller. You wouldnt be interested in watching the film if you knew the identity of the murderer,
for instance. In films you are not supposed to have access to all the information. Suspense and mystery are
essential elements of film making.
7-------.. This is not true for videogames. When you play a game, you have to do certain tasks to proceed to
the next level. Therefore, you must be able to see everything in order to make your choices, to decide what
to do next : which door to open, and son on. You must have access to all the information. You, as the player,
are always in control. In the cinema you never control the action. You just sit and watch.
8-------.. There can be some interaction between films and videogames on a number of different levels, but in
the end they fulfill different needs. We go to the cinema to let someone else tell us a story, knowing we cant
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influence what happens at all. For all the similarities between technologies and special effects, we shouldnt
forget that a story and a game are fundamentally different.
IV. Read the following passage and circle A, B, C, or (5 points)
Line
Perhaps the most striking quality of satiric literature is its freshness, its originality of perspective.
Satire rarely offers original ideas. Instead, it presents the familiar in a new form. Satirists do not offer
the world new philosophies. What they do is look at familiar conditions from a perspective that
makes these conditions seem foolish, harmful, or affected. Satire jars us out of complacence into a
5 pleasantly shocked realization that many of the values we unquestioningly accept are false. Don
Quixote makes chivalry seem absurd; Brave New World ridicules the pretensions of science; A
Modest Proposal dramatizes starvation by advocating cannibalism. None of these ideas is original.
Chivalry was suspect before Cervantes, humanists objected to the claims of pure science before
Aldous Huxley, and people were aware of famine before Swift. It was not the originality of the idea
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interesting and entertaining.
Satires are read because they are aesthetically satisfying works of art, not because they are
morally wholesome or ethically instructive. They are stimulating and refreshing because with
commonsense briskness they brush away illusions and secondhand opinions. With spontaneous
15 irreverence, satire rearranges perspectives, scrambles familiar objects into incongruous juxtaposition,
and speaks in a personal idiom instead of abstract platitude. Satire exists because there is need for it.
It has lived because readers appreciate a refreshing stimulus, an irreverent reminder that they live in
a world of platitudinous thinking, cheap moralizing, and foolish philosophy. Satire serves to prod
people into an awareness of truth, though rarely to any action on behalf of truth. Satire tends
to remind people that much of what they see, hear, and read in popular media is sanctimonious,
sentimental, and only partially true. Life resembles in only a slight degree the popular image of it.
Soldiers rarely hold the ideals that movies attribute to them, nor do ordinary citizens devote their
lives to unselfish service of humanity. Intelligent people know these things but tend to forget them
when they do not hear.
Question 1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Difficulties of writing satiric literature
B. Popular topics of satire
C. New philosophies emerging from satiric literature D. Reasons for the popularity of satire
Question 2. The word "realization" is closest in meaning to_______.
A. certainty
B. awareness C. surprise
D. confusion
Question 3 . Why does the author mention Don Quixote, Brave New World, and A Modest Proposal?
A. They are famous examples of satiric literature.
B. They present commonsense solutions to problems.
C. They are appropriate for readers of all ages.
D. They are books with similar stories.
Question 4. The word "aesthetically" is closest in meaning to_______.
A. artistically B. exceptionally
C. realistically
D. dependably
Question 5. Which of the following can be found in satiric literature?
A. Newly emerging philosophies
B. Odd combinations of objects and ideas
C. Abstract discussion of morals and ethics D. Wholesome characters who are unselfish
Question 6 According to the passage, there is a need for satire because people need to be_______.
A. informed about new scientific developments
B. exposed to original philosophies when they are formulated
C. reminded that popular ideas are often inaccurate
D. told how they can be of service to their communities
Question 7. The word "refreshing" is closest in meaning to_______.
A. popular
B. ridiculous C. meaningful
D. unusual
Question 8. The word "they" refers to_______.
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A. people
B. media
C. ideals
D. movies
Question 9. The word "devote" is closest in meaning to_______.
A. distinguish
B. feel affection
C. prefer
D. dedicate
Question 10. The various purposes of satire include all of the following EXCEPT_______.
A. introducing readers to unfamiliar situations
B. brushing away illusions
C. reminding readers of the truth
D. exposing false values
PART V: WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it. (2.5 points)
1. Something must be done quickly to solve the problem of homelessness.
Urgent _______________________________________________________________________
2. Weve been trying to sell our house for well over six months.
Our house ____________________________________________________________________
3. In order to make a profit the new leisure centre needs at least 2000 visitors a month.
No fewer _____________________________________________________________________
4. What Anna hates most about these school reunions is posing for photos.
There is nothing _______________________________________________
5. The collision didnt damage his car much.
Not a great ________________________________________________________________________ .
II. Use the word in the brackets to write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original
one. Don't change the form of the given words. (2.5 points)
1. Ive considered the advantages and disadvantages and Ive decided not to go. (weighed)
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2. Considering that shes only just started, shes doing very well. (bearing)
5. Although I dont speak Italian very well, I understood the general meaning of what she said. (drift)
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III. Write a paragraph of about 150 words about the negative effects of Facebook on students.
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ANSWER KEY:
PART I: LISTENING
SECTION 1
Questions 1 -4
Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
1. work samples
2. job description
3. employees
4. experience or skills
Questions 5 10
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
5. ten minutes
6. take your time
7. ask for clarification
8. salary
9. confident
10. appearance
SECTION 2
You will hear people talking in eight situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer, (A, B, or C).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
B
A
B
B
C
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. C
7. C
8. B
9. D
10.B
B.
6. D
5. B
10. D
15. A
20D
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6. are
16. took
7. had
17. needed
8. had
18. spent
9. is using
19. waiting
10. is still being used
20. was taken up
III. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the
same line.
1. portrait
2. powerful
3. appreciation
4. attractive
5. identify
6. responsively
7. likeable/ likable
8. pleasing
9. remarkable
10. strangers
IV. A. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions or adverbial particles.
1. into
2. On
3.From
4. Into
5. On
6.out of
7. Into
8.of
9. On
10.with
B. Fill the gaps, using the phrasal verbs given, there are two extra ones:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
get on with
get round to
get out of
getting down
get around
6. get by
7. get off
8. getting on
9. get through
10. get together
V. The following passage contains ten errors. Find and correct them.
1. wronglywrong
6. have readhad read
2. exhausting exhausted
7. of for
3. annoyed annoying
8. pinningpinned
4. apologizingapologetic
9. saidsaying
VI .Find 10 common collocations or fixed phrases by completing each space in the text with an
appropriate word from the box.
1. Domineering
2. Live up to 3. Follow
4. Pushy
5. Pressure
6. Interests
7. rebelled
8. Sheltered 9. Hit it off 10. commitment
Part IV: READING
1.
1. A
6. A
11. A
2. C
7. D
12. D
3. C
8. A
13. C
4. B
9. B
14. B
5. D
10. C
15. B
2.
1. it
6. to
11. what
2. be
7. nothing
12. at
3. no
8. At
13. the
4. up
9. my
14. if
5. which
10. at
15. burst
3.
1- E
2- H
3- I
4- F
5- A
6-D
7- G
8- B
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4: 1D 2B
3A
4A
5B
6C
7D
8A
9D
10B
Part V: Writing:
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it.
1. Urgent action is/ measures are necessary/ essential/ steps/ action must be taken if the problem is to be
solved./to solve the problem.
2. Our house has been on the market/ (up) for sale for well over 6 months.
3. No fewer than 2.000 visitors/ people a month / must visit
use the new leisure centre
are needed by the new leisure centreto make a profit.
4. There is nothing Ann hates more about these school reunions than posing for photos.
5. Not a great deal / amount of damage was done ( caused) to his car ( in) by the collision
II. Use the word in the brackets to write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original
one. Don't change the form of the given words.
1. Ive weighed up the pros and cons and Ive decided not to go.
2. Bearing in mind that shes only just started, shes doing very well
3. When I agreed to do this, I didnt bargain for it being so expensive.
4. Let me jog your memory.
5. Although I dont speak Italian very well, I got her drift.
III. PARAGRAPH
LISTENING TRANSCRIPT
QUESTIONS 1-4: SCRIPT
PRESENTER: Today I have with me Sandy Richardson of the local Workforce Center, and shell be
talking about that critical step towards the goal of employment: the interview. Sandy, what is an
interview for, and whats the best way to approach it?
SANDY: A job interview is simply a meeting between you and a potential employer to discuss your
qualifications and see if there is a fit. The employer wants to verify what they know about you and talk
about your qualifications. If you have been called for an interview, you can assume that the employer is
interested in you. The employer has a need that you may be able to meet, so its your goal identify that
need and convince the employer that youre the one for the job. As everyone knows, interviews can be
stressful, but when youre well prepared theres no reason to panic. Preparation is the key to success in a
job search, and you can begin by collecting together all the documents you may need for the interview,
such as extra copies of your resum, lists of references, and letters of recommendation. You could also
take some work samples, selecting from what you have designed, drawn or written, for instance. And
make sure you have a pen and pad of paper for taking notes. The next step is to find out about the post.
The more you know about the job, the employer and the industry, the better prepared you will be to
target your qualifications. Always request a job description from the employer, and research employer
profiles at Chamber of Commerce or local library. You could also try to network with people who work
for the company, or with employees of companies associated with it. The next step is to match your
qualifications to the requirements of the job. A good approach is to write out your qualifications along
with the job reuirements. Think about some standard interview questions and how you might respond.
Most questions are designed to find out more about you, your qualifications, or to test your reactions in a
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given situation. If you dont have any experience or skills in a required area, think about how you might
compensate for those deficiencies.
QUESTION 5-10: SCRIPT
SANDY: During an interview its important that you be yourself. Get a good nights sleep and plan your
travel to be there in plenty of time, so that youre not arriving up of breath with 30 seconds to spare.
Dont, though, present yourself for the interview too early: ten minutes at most. In the interview, listen
carefully to each question asked. Take your time in responding and make sure your answers are positive.
Its important to express a good attitude and show that you are willing to work, eager t learn and are
flexible. If you are unsure of a question, dont be afraid to ask for clarification. In fact, its sometimes a
good strategy is to close a response with a question for the interviewer. In general, focus on your
qualifications and look for opportunities to personalize the interview. Briefly answer questions with
examples of how you responded in comparable situations, from either your life or previous job
experiences. Something you should avoid are yes or no responses to questions, but dont dwell too
long on non-job related topics. Use caution if you are questioned about your salary requirements. The
best strategy is to avoid the question have been offered a job. Questions about salary asked before there
is a job offer are usually screening questions that may eliminate you from consideration, so be warned.
On the other hand, it isnt inappropriate to show your enthusiasm if your first impressions of the
interview and of the employer are good ones, so, if the job sounds like what you are looking for say so.
Keep in mind that the interview is not over when you are asked if you have any questions. Come
prepared to ask a couple of specific questions that again show your knowledge and interest in the job.
Close the interview in the same friendly, positive manner in which you started. When the interview is
over, leave promptly. Dont overstay your time. Think about the interview and learn from the experience.
Evaluate the success and failures. The more you learn from the interview, the easier the next one will
become. Youll become much more confident. To close, here are a few more tips. First, maintain good
eye contact throughout the interview, and be aware of nonverbal body language. Secondly, dress a step
above what you would wear on the job, go to the hairdressers, have a shave, et cetera. Remember that
your appearance is a key indicator of whether you have the right attitude, so it can pay to give some
thought to how you look. And, finally, dont be a clock watcher!
SECTION 3
Extract 1:
Well, I read about that speech he gave yesterday about the state of the country and I thought he had a point. I
was quite surprised to find that I agreed with a lot of what he was saying, because I havent been very
impressed by him in the past. But theyre all the same really, arent they? They just say what they think
people want to hear. Hell probably be saying something different in a few weeks if that seems like the right
thing to do. Its hard to know what hed really do if people voted for him because he seems to have a
different opinion every time he makes a speech.
Extract 2:
Oh I really like that song. I guess its the one that most people associate him with, because it was such a big
hit. I think hes written lots of great songs, but in fact thats not one of his own. Most people dont know
that, because so many of his songs have been done by other people and hes considered to be a really good
songwriter. Its a shame some of those songs arent as well-known theyre just as good, if not better.
Extract 3:
Man: Wow, that was some journey!
Woman: Yeah, I thought wed never get here. All those delays!
Man: Well, its nice to be back. Travellings great but I always like the bit when Im back surrounded by all
the familiar things.
Woman: Mmm, well, its not quite as luxurious as the room weve been in for the past fortnight!
Man: No! And all that time not having to cook our own meals was great.
Woman: Yes, well, its over now. Back to reality Come on, lets get the bags sorted out.
Extract 4:
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Criticism? Well, you certainly get plenty of it in my game! The key is not to be too sensitive to it. Even if I
get a really negative review, I never let it get me down. Thats not say that I never read reviews of my work.
Lots of people say they never do, but I dont believe them. No I tend to see if theres anything I can learn
from it, work out whether the reviewers got a point about something Ive written that I havent noticed. If
thats the case, I take it on board. If not, I dismiss it as a load of rubbish.
Extract 5:
Yes, when I see people playing really well, it fills me with envy. It must be fantastic to be able to do that. I
had a few piano lessons years ago, but I couldnt get anywhere with it, so I just gave up. And I tried learning
the guitar too, I thought that might be easier, but in fact the opposite was true and I was even worse at that.
Its a shame. These days there are so many chances to learn, so many books on the market and so many
teachers offering lessons, but I guess its just not for me. Its a real regret though, because I look at other
people and think If only Id kept having those lessons, I might be able to play like that.
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( thi gm 14 trang)
I. LISTENING:
HNG DN PHN THI NGHE HIU
- Bi nghe gm 3 phn, mi phn c nghe 2 ln, mi ln cch nhau 10 giy,
m u v kt thc mi phn nghe c tn hiu.
- Th sinh c 3 pht hon chnh bi nghe.
- Mi hng dn cho th sinh (bng ting Anh) c trong bi nghe.
Part 1: For questions 1 5, listen to a radio interview with Mahesh Gupta, tabla player
and DJ about his music and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false
(F). Write your answer in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1. Mahesh thinks that the two styles of music he plays are completely different.
2. According to Mahesh, rhythm is something fundamental to all music.
3. Mahesh thinks that live music doesnt work in clubs.
4. He thinks that it is too early to try Djing at a classical music concert.
5. Indian audiences are far more lively than Western ones.
Your answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Part 2: For questions 6 10, listen to a piece of news about an earthquake happening in
the UK and fill in the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
OR NUMBER taken from the recording for each answer in the spaces provided.
6. Something very unusual happened in the UK on ________________________ .
7. According to the report, there have been very small _______________________ in the
past but they pale into insignificance compared to this one.
8. A magnitude of 5.2 was registered on ________________________ .
9. During the earthquake, a man broke his pelvis when the _______________________
fell on him.
10. Very little structural damage to _______________________ was caused by the huge
rumble that was felt by a lot of people.
Part 3: For questions 11 15, you will hear Joanne describing her home city of Darwin
in Australia to a man called Rob who hopes to go there. Choose the best answer (A, B, or
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C) according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered
boxes.
11. Joanne says that visitors to Darwin are often surprised by ____________ .
A. the casual atmosphere.
B. the range of cultures.
C. the number of young people.
12. To enjoy cultural activities, the people of Darwin tend to ____________ .
A. involve themselves in production.
B. travel to southern Australia.
C. bring in artists from other areas.
13. The Chinese temple in Darwin ____________ .
A. was rebuilt after its destruction in a storm.
B. is no longer used for its original purpose.
C. was demolished to make room for new buildings.
14. The main problem with traveling by bicycle is ____________ .
A. the traffic.
B. the hills.
C. the climate.
15. What does Joanne say about swimming in the sea?
A. Swimming is only safe during the winter.
B. You should stay in certain restricted areas.
C. It is essential to wear a protective suit.
Your answers:
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
II. PHONETICS:
Part 1: Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. contribute
2. A. diplomacy
3. A. telecommuting
4. A. coincident
5. A. Arabic
B. tornado
B. intimacy
B. notwithstanding
B. indicative
B. lunatic
C. category
C. peninsula
C. humanitarian
C. arithmetic
C. prolific
D. tsunami
D. pneumonia
D. nevertheless
D. prosperous
D. politic
Part 2: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the rest.
1. A. conservation
B. consequential
C. conscientious
D. consideration
2. A. grandeur
B. individual
C. soldier
D. destiny
3. A. cleanliness
B. lead
C. healing
D. steady
4. A. guiltless
5. A. oaths
B. unsuitable
B. wreaths
C. building
C. months
D. circuit
D. youths
1. He never told us he was Italian and that his real name was Franco. We all knew him
______________ the name of Eddie.
2. The president will be delivering a speech ______________ memory of the war victims
and the representatives from around the world will be laying wreaths at the tomb.
3. We are in ______________ a lot of trouble unless George manages to repair the radio
station.
4. This new record is growing _________ me.
5. My photos didnt come _________ very well.
6. When I asked Jane, she hinted _________ the chance of a promotion for me.
7. On its first voyage, the Titanic met _________ disaster.
8. I dont hold ______________ the idea of using force.
9. Well done! Keep ______________ the good work.
10. I put up with the problem for a while but in the end I had it ______________ with her.
11. They hit ______________ the solution quite by chance.
12. Well go out for a walk if the rain lets ________ .
13. I worked ________ a lot when I was younger but now I prefer easier exercise like
walking!
14. The weather seems to be looking ___________ .
15. The director went mad ___________ the couple who didn't come for the dress rehearsal
on Friday.
16. The escaped hostage found it hard to get used to a normal life after having been
deprived ___________ freedom for so many years.
17. The police arrived immediately after the call and caught the burglar __________ the
spot.
18. She may seem to be crazy about fashion, but she certainly knows what is __________
vogue.
19. The doctors don't give him much chance of surviving. In a word, his life is __________
the line.
20. I have been using her computer ever since she placed it __________ disposal.
Part 4: Write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in
the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.
The Word 'Bogus'
For years 'bogus' was a word the British read in newspaper (0)
_______ (LINE) but tended not to say. Its popularity among the 0. headlines
teenagers of America changed that, although they didn't use it with its
original meaning. It came from the Wild West. Its first appearance in
print, in 1827, was in the Telegraph of Painesville, Ohio, where it
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1. _______________
2. _______________
3. ________________
4._________________
5. ________________
6. ________________
7. ________________
8. ________________
9. ________________
10. _______________
h. Last year we (visit) (12) .. the White House. I was very disappointed.
Next time we (apply) (13) early for a pass.
i. The cheese looks as if rats (nibble) (14) it.
j. All things (consider) (15) , it served him right.
k. A flower pot fell off the balcony on to the head of a man who was standing below. It
was most unfortunate that he happened to be standing just there. If he (stand) (16)
a foot to the right or left, he ( unharm) (17) .. .
l. He talks as if he (do) (18) .. all the work himself, but in fact Tom and I did
most of it.
m. Margaret was slow at school, but she went on (become) (19). Prime
Minister.
n. I (mean) (20) .. to have a talk with you about a problem that I have
known about for a long time.
Part 6: Read the following text and choose from the list A-G the best phrase to fill each
of the blanks. Write your answers in the spaces below. There are two extra phrases or
sentences.
Many of the most damaging and life-threatening types of weather - torrential rains,
severe thunderstorms, and tornadoes - begin quickly, strike suddenly, and dissipate rapidly,
devastating small regions while leaving neighboring areas untouched. (1)_____. Total
damages from the tornado exceeded $ 250 million, the highest ever for any Canadian
storm. (2)_____, because the available weather data are generally not detailed enough to
allow computers to discern the subtle atmospheric changes that precede these storms. In
most nations, for example, weather balloon observations are taken just once every twelve
hours at locations typically separated by hundreds of miles. (3)_____.
Until recently, the observation-intensive approach needed for accurate, very shortrange forecasts, or "Nowcasts", was not feasible. The cost of equipping and operating
many thousands of conventional weather stations was prohibitively high, and the
difficulties involved in rapidly collecting and processing the raw weather data from such a
network were insurmountable. Fortunately, scientific and technological advances have
overcome most of these problems. (4) ______. Communications satellites can transmit data
around the world cheaply and instantaneously, and modern computers can quickly compile
and analyze this large volume of weather information. Meteorologists and computer
scientists now work together to design computer programs and video equipment capable of
transforming raw weather data into words, symbols, and vivid graphic displays that
forecasters can interpret easily and quickly. (5) _______ .
A. With such limited data, conventional forecasting models do a much better job
predicting general weather conditions over large regions than they do forecasting
specific local events
B. Scientists at Columbia University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research
have adapted techniques used in modern weather prediction to generate local forecasts
of seasonal influenza outbreaks
C. Conventional computer models of the atmosphere have limited value in predicting
short-lived local storms like the Edmonton tornado
D. As meteorologists have begun using these new technologies in weather forecasting
offices, Nowcasting is becoming a reality
E. Radar systems, automated weather instruments, and satellites are all capable of
making detailed, nearly continuous observation over large regions at a relatively low cost
F. One such event, a tornado, struck the northeastern section of Edmonton, Alberta, in
July 1987
G. In weather forecasting, real-time observational data are used to nudge a numerical
model to conform with reality, thus reducing error
IV. Reading:
Part 1: Choose the words that best complete the sentences in the text.
Since the time of Nostradamus, meteorologists have been trying to (1) _______ the
mystery of climatic changes. Their (2) _______ has been to be able to precisely (3)
_______ the weather for the days to come. In the past, meteorologists looked skywards to
find hints in the clouds. At present, their eyes are (4) _______ at the spots where the most
intriguing climatic transformations (5) _______ about, namely, the (6) _______ depths of
the oceans where swirls, whirlpools and waves (7) _______ the patterns for the future
weather.
The most efficient way of (8) _______ hold of the everchanging map of the swirling
currents circulating their heat around the planet is from space. Weather satellites equipped
(9) _______ complicated instruments examine the surface and the bottom of the oceans
and determine the exact height of water. The impressive advantage offered by satellite
scanning is that measurements can be (10) _______ even in the most inaccessible parts of
the oceans and can provide daily pictures of the water surface together with the (11)
_______ wave height and wind speed.
(12) _______ being a priceless device for predicting climatic conditions for tourists,
farmers or aviators, weather satellites also (13) _______ advance warnings (14) _______
storms or typhoons which (15) _______ the coastal populations to protect themselves
against these destructive forces of nature.
1. A. decipher
2. A. subject
3. A. unravel
B. account
B. objectivity
B. perceive
C. elaborate
C. subjection
C. forecast
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D. obviate
D. objective
D. explore
4. A. looked
5. A. come
6. A. indefinite
7. A. generate
8. A. getting
9. A. by
10. A. done
11. A. calculated
12. A. Besides
13. A. denote
14. A. against
15. A. entitle
B. directed
B. turn
B. ultimate
B. accomplish
B. coming
B. with
B. formed
B. amounted
B. Apart
B. proceed
B. for
B. entail
C. focused
C. bring
C. terminal
C. procure
C. finding
C. in
C. fulfilled
C. scored
C. Otherwise
C. emerge
C. with
C. enforce
D. applied
D. get
D. utmost
D. formulate
D. making
D. of
D. taken
D. enumerated
D. Whereby
D. issue
D. either
D. enable
Part 2: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered
blanks provided below the passage.
Celebrity Crossover
It is not surprising that actors want to be pop stars, and vice versa. (1) _______ that
is deep in a part of our brain that most of us manage to keep (2) _______ control, we all
want to be pop stars and actors.
Sadly, there's nothing about the (3) _______ profession that automatically qualifies
you for the other, (4) _______ , of course, for the fact that famous actors and singers are
already surrounded by people who never (5) _______ no to them. (6) _______ the whole,
pop stars tend to fare better on screen than their (7) _______ numbers do on CD. Let's (8)
_______ it: not being able to act is no big drawback in Hollywood, whereas not being able
to play or sing still tends to count (9) _______ you in the recording studio.
Some stars do display a genuine proficiency in both disciplines, and a few even
maintain successful careers in both fields, but this just (10) _______ a bad example for all
the others. (11) _______ every success, there are two dozen failures. And most of them
have no idea (12) _______ terrible they are. (13) _______ as power tends to corrupt, so
celebrity tends to destroy the ability to gauge whether or not you're making a fool of (14)
_______ .
But perhaps we shouldn't criticize celebrities for trying to expand their horizons in
this way. (15) _______ there is one good thing about actors trying to sing and singers
trying to act, it is that it keeps them all too busy to write books.
Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question.
No student of a foreign language needs to be told that grammar is complex. By
changing word sequences and by adding a range of auxiliary verbs and suffixes, we are
able to communicate tiny variations in meaning. We can turn a statement into a question,
state whether an action has taken place or is soon to take place, and perform many other
word tricks to convey subtle differences in meaning. Nor is this complexity inherent to the
English language. All languages, even those of so-called 'primitive' tribes have clever
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grammatical components. The Cherokee pronoun system, for example, can distinguish
between 'you and I', 'several other people and I' and 'you, another person and I'. In English,
all these meanings are summed up in the one, crude pronoun 'we'. Grammar is universal
and plays a part in every language, no matter how widespread it is. So the question which
has baffled many linguists is - who created grammar?
At first, it would appear that this question is impossible to answer. To find out how
grammar is created, someone needs to be present at the time of a language's creation,
documenting its emergence. Many historical linguists are able to trace modern complex
languages back to earlier languages, but in order to answer the question of how complex
languages are actually formed, the researcher needs to observe how languages are started
from scratch. Amazingly, however, this is possible.
Some of the most recent languages evolved due to the Atlantic slave trade. At that
time, slaves from a number of different ethnicities were forced to work together under
colonizer's rule. Since they had no opportunity to learn each other's languages, they
developed a make-shift language called a pidgin. Pidgins are strings of words copied from
the language of the landowner. They have little in the way of grammar, and in many cases
it is difficult for a listener to deduce when an event happened, and who did what to whom.
[1] Speakers need to use circumlocution in order to make their meaning understood. [2]
Interestingly, however, all it takes for a pidgin to become a complex language is for a
group of children to be exposed to it at the time when they learn their mother tongue. [3]
Slave children did not simply copy the strings of words uttered by their elders, they
adapted their words to create a new, expressive language. [4] Complex grammar systems
which emerge from pidgins are termed creoles, and they are invented by children.
Further evidence of this can be seen in studying sign languages for the deaf. Sign
languages are not simply a series of gestures; they utilise the same grammatical machinery
that is found in spoken languages. Moreover, there are many different languages used
worldwide. The creation of one such language was documented quite recently in
Nicaragua. Previously, all deaf people were isolated from each other, but in 1979 a new
government introduced schools for the deaf. Although children were taught speech and lip
reading in the classroom, in the playgrounds they began to invent their own sign system,
using the gestures that they used at home. It was basically a pidgin. Each child used the
signs differently, and there was no consistent grammar. However, children who joined the
school later, when this inventive sign system was already around, developed a quite
different sign language. Although it was based on the signs of the older children, the
younger children's language was more fluid and compact, and it utilised a large range of
grammatical devices to clarify meaning. What is more, all the children used the signs in
the same way. A new creole was born.
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Some linguists believe that many of the world's most established languages were
creoles at first. The English past tense ed ending may have evolved from the verb 'do'. 'It
ended' may once have been 'It end-did'. Therefore it would appear that even the most
widespread languages were partly created by children. Children appear to have innate
grammatical machinery in their brains, which springs to life when they are first trying to
make sense of the world around them. Their minds can serve to create logical, complex
structures, even when there is no grammar present for them to copy.
1. In paragraph 1, why does the writer include information about the Cherokee language?
A To show how simple, traditional cultures can have complicated grammar structures
B To show how English grammar differs from Cherokee grammar
C To prove that complex grammar structures were invented by the Cherokees.
D To demonstrate how difficult it is to learn the Cherokee language
2. What can be inferred about the slaves' pidgin language?
A It contained complex grammar.
B It was based on many different languages.
C It was difficult to understand, even among slaves.
D It was created by the land-owners.
3. All the following sentences about Nicaraguan sign language are true EXCEPT:
A The language has been created since 1979.
B The language is based on speech and lip reading.
C The language incorporates signs which children used at home.
D The language was perfected by younger children.
4. In paragraph 3, where can the following sentence be placed?
It included standardised word orders and grammatical markers that existed in neither the
pidgin language, nor the language of the colonizers.
A.1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
5. 'From scratch' in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to:
A from the very beginning
B in simple cultures
C by copying something else
D by using written information
6. 'Make-shift' in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to:
A complicated and expressive
B simple and temporary
C extensive and diverse
D private and personal
7. Which sentence is closest in meaning to the highlighted sentence?
Grammar is universal and plays a part in every language, no matter how widespread it is.
A All languages, whether they are spoken by a few people or a lot of people, contain
grammar.
B Some languages include a lot of grammar, whereas other languages contain a little.
C Languages which contain a lot of grammar are more common that languages that
contain a little.
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D The grammar of all languages is the same, no matter where the languages evolved.
8. All of the following are features of the new Nicaraguan sign language EXCEPT:
A All children used the same gestures to show meaning.
B The meaning was clearer than the previous sign language.
C The hand movements were smoother and smaller.
D New gestures were created for everyday objects and activities.
9. Which idea is presented in the final paragraph?
A English was probably once a creole.
B The English past tense system is inaccurate.
C Linguists have proven that English was created by children.
D Children say English past tenses differently from adults.
10. Look at the word 'consistent' in paragraph 4. This word could best be replaced by
which of the following?
A natural
B predictable
C imaginable
D uniform
PART 4: Read the article about the meaning of dreams. Choose the most suitable
heading from the box (A-H) for each part of the article (1-5). There are three headings
which you do not need. Write your answers in the numbered box.
A. FIRE
E. EXAMS
B. CASTLE
F. GETTING STUCK
C. DEATH
G. FLYING
D. MOUNTAINS
H. FALLING
5.
Running forwards and not getting anywhere, or trying to walk through water or honey is a
common image in dreams. It symbolizes a conflict of feeling, particularly the desire to
escape, yet at the same time, not to escape.
V. Writing
Part 1: Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same
meaning as the one printed above.
1. The car has leather seats.
The seats ...
2. In the event of nuclear weapons being used, we are all doomed.
If it should ........................................
3. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.
The more ..
4. Mr. Tippers wife was very sorry she couldnt celebrate the New Year with her husband.
Mrs. Tipper greatly
5. The collision didnt damage my car much.
Not a great..
Part 2: Rewrite the following sentences with the words given.
1. Teaching doesnt suit her. (cut)
.......
2. The new ambassador is well-informed about current affairs. (wide)
.......
3. Im afraid our problems are only just beginning. (ice berg)
.......
4. The Greens consider Henry a good friend. (look)
.......
5. I tiptoed to the door so as not to wake up the baby. (rather)
.......
Part 3: Climate change is among the serious problems that mankind are currently
facing.
Write a paragraph of about 150 words presenting some possible solutions to this
problem.
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Answer Key
I. LISTENING:
Part 1:
1.F
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. T
13. A
14. C
15. B
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. C
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. C
Part 2:
6. 27th February, 2008.
7. tremors
8. the Richer scale
9. chimney
10. property
Part 3:
11. C
12. A
II. PHONETICS
Part 1:
1. C
Part 2:
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. B
16. D
17. B
18. B
19. A
20. A
PART 2:
1. as (line 2) like
2. kidney-shaping (line 3) kidney shaped
3. none (line 4) no
4. hazardous (line 6) hazard
5. Its (line 7) Its
6. lives (line 8) live
7. off (line 9) away
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Part 3:
1. under
2. in
3. for
4. on
5. out
6. at
7. with
8. with
9. up
10.out
11. on/upon
12. up
13. out
14. up
15. with
16. of
17.on
18. in
19. on
20. at
1. forgeries
2. undergone
3. misleading
4. linguistic
5. emergence
6. adoption
7. Interestingly
8. onlooker
9. corruption
10.Elsewhere
Part 4:
Part5:
1. have been building
3. know
5. married
7. has never failed
9. should have informed
11. speak
13. will apply
15. considered
17. would have been unharmed
19. to become
Part 6:
1. F
2. C
3. A
4. E
5. D
2. D
7. A
12. A
3. C
8. A
13. D
4. B
9. B
14. A
5. A
10. D
15. D
IV. READING
PART 1:
1. A
6. B
11. A
PART 2;
1. Somewhere
4. except/but
7.opposite
10. sets
13. Just
2. under
5. say
8. face
11. For
14. yourself
Part3:
1. A
6. B
2. C
7. A
3. one/former/first
6. On
9. against
12. ho w
15. If
3. B
8. D
4. D
9. A
5. A
10. D
Part 4:
1. H. FALLING
2. G. FLYING
3. B. CASTLE
4. C. DEATH
5. F. GETTING STUCK
V. WRITING:
PART I.
1. The seats in the car are covered with leather.
2. If it should happen that nuclear weapons are used, we are all doomed.
3. The more qualifications we are able to amass, the more successful we are in the
academic field.
4. Mrs. Tipper greatly regretted not being able to celebrate the New Year with her husband.
5. Not a great amount/deal of damage was done/caused to my car in/by the collision.
PART II.
1. She isnt really cut out for teaching.
2. The new ambassador has wide knowledge of current affairs.
3. These problems of ours are just the tip of the ice berg.
4. The Greens looks on Henry as a good friend.
5. Rather than wake/waking up the baby, I tiptoed to the door.
Listening tapescript
Part 1:
Interviewer (I): Mahesh, you trained as a classical Indian musician, but now you spend
most of your time
playing records in nightclubstheyre two very different things!
Mahesh (M): Well, yes, they arethe two worlds are very different, but there is something
that connects
them
I: and whats that?
M: Rhythm. An interest in rhythm. Rhythm is fundamental to everything that I do. Whether
its the rhythmic
section of a classical Indian raga, or some Asian Underground electronic beats in a
club
I: And you mix the two things dont you?
M: YesIve played live tabla to electronic accompaniment in clubs in Europe.
I: How has that gone down?
M: Really wellI think people are getting bored of ordinary clubs and faceless DJs. Some
live music is a great
addition.
I: And have you tried djing
for a classical Indian audience on the other hand?
M: No! Im not quite sure the worlds ready for that yetstill, its an interesting idea!
I: How are audiences for your music different in India and in Europe?
M: Well, the classical audiences are far more sedate in Europe than in India.
I: How do you mean?
M: Well, in the West people think they have to respect the music, and to show their respect
they all sit there
very quietly, as if they are at a museum or something.
I: And in India?
M: People participate much more theyll clap when they appreciate somethingand
shout when they dont!
Part 2:
On 27th February 2008, something very unusual happened in the UK; there was a
rather large earthquake.
It was the biggest earthquake in 25 years in the UK. There have been very small
tremors in the past but they pale into insignificance compared to this one. It was felt in a
large area across the country too, from as far north as Edinburgh in Scotland to as far south
as Plymouth on the south coast of England. The epicentre of the earthquake was in a small
town in Lincolnshire, which is an area about two and a half to three hours north of London
by car. A magnitude of 5.2 was registered on the Richter scale.
There were lots of reports in the news from people who felt the earth move. One man
said, "We had loads of vibrating and wall shaking and stuff, noise coming off the roof. I
came outside the chimney's on the floor!" A collapsed chimney was the cause of what
was probably the worst injury from the earthquake; a man broke his pelvis when the
chimney fell on him.
Another man who spoke to the BBC described the moment the earthquake occurred,
"Everything was shaking. As soon as it happened we all went outside and saw everyone
else down the street, coming out and just realised it was an earthquake."
The huge rumble that was felt by a lot of people, surprisingly caused very
little structural damage to property.
Part 3:
LISTENING
There are two sections, each will be played once.
Before you listen, you have 1 minute to read the questions.
Question 1: Listen to the recording and choose the best answer to each question.
1. The camping trip will be held______
A. The following month.
B. From the 24th to the 26th.
C. Over a five-day period.
2. Jamies complaint about last years trip was that____
A. The camp wasnt big enough.
B. He was unhappy while at the camp.
C. He had problems finding the camp.
3. The campsite is located________
A. In the Lake District.
B. In Carlisle.
C. Beside lake Brand.
4. Jamie thinks the forests will be good for children who______
A. Are used to nature.
B. Live in cities.
C. Like sports.
5. Each child will pay_______
A. Less than 4 a night.
B. Approximately 5.
C. More than 10.
Your answers
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4
2
5
Question 2:
Complete the note below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
LIBRARY INFORMATION
For registration, must take
Two (1)__________ and
Two forms of I.D.e.g. driving licence, (2)_________
Cost to join per year (without current student card): (3) __________
Number of items allowed: (members of public): (4)____________
Fines start at (5) __________
Computers can be booked up to (6)___________ hours in advance
Library holds most national papers, all (7)_______, and magazines
Need (8)__________to use photocopier
Creative writing class
Tutor is John (9)__________
Held on (10)______________evenings
Your answers
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2
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3
8
4
9
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PHONETICS
Find the word whose underlined part is differently pronounced from that of the others
(2.5p).
1. A. garage
B. manage
C. shortage
D. postage
2. A. nation
B. question
C. expression
D. excursion
3. A. terminal
B. terrace
C. terrible
D. territory
4. A. yards
B. youths
C. months
D. mouths
5. A. possessed
B. opposed
C. pleased
D. closed
Your answers
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Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others (2.5p).
1. A. literacy
B. contingency
C. ceremony
D. sanctuary
2. A. predict
B. pretax
C. pretend
D. preface
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3. A. monopoly
4. A. ethanol
5. A. curriculum
Your answers
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B. preferential
B. comparable
B. certificate
C. trigonometry
C. celibacy
C. kindergarten
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D. agricultural
D. repentant
D. companion
LEXICO GRAMMAR
1. Choose the best answers to complete the following sentences (5p):
1. In the.of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all times.
A. requirement
B. interests
C. demands
D. assistance
2. The strike was.owing to a last- minute agreement with the management.
A. called off
B. broken up
C. set back
D. put down.
3. Lindsays excuses for being late are beginning to.rather thin
A. get
B. turn
C. wear
D. go
4 . .., the people who come to this club are in their twenties and thirties.
A. By and large
B. Although
C. To a degree
D. Virtually
5. My cousin was nervous about being interviewed on TV, but she rose to
the.wonderfully.
A. event
B. performance
C. incident
D. occasion
6. The train service has been asince they introduced the new schedules.
A. shambles
B. rumpus
C. chaos
D. fracas
7. Is an inexperienced civil servantto the task of running the company?
A. capable
B. skilled
C. eligible
D. suited
8. Johns got very .feelings about taking on more responsibility at the moment.
A. puzzled
B. jumbled
C. mixed
D. muddled
9. Youve lived in your city for most of your life, so..youve used to the noise.
A. apparently
B. presumably
C. allegedly
D. predictably.
10. The storm ripped our tent to
A. slices
B. shreds
C. strips
D. specks.
11. His heartless treatment of his former colleague revealed a..of cruelty in his
nature.
A. taint
B. stain
C. mark
D. streak
12. The deceptively simple decoration on this kind of pottery gives the layperson no
real.to its true value.
A. idea
B. indication
C. clue
D. key
13. The winter is usually mild, although we sometimes get a cold..at the
beginning of the year.
A. spell
B. term
C. interval
D. wave.
14. Although the council had expected opposition to the scheme, the local residents proved
only too..to help.
A. anxious
B. concerned
C. hasty
D. cautious
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15. The newspaper had been tipped.about the stars arrival and sent a
photographer to the airport.
A. up
B. in
C. off
D. on
16. The new school timetable will..rearranging the meal breaks.
A. incur
B. need
C. oblige
D. mean
17. Can Iyour brain for a moment? I cant do this crossword by myself
A. have
B. pick
C. mind
D. use
18. Rosemary.Chris to buy a new car with the proceeds of the sale.
A. pressed
B. insisted
C. offered
D. afforded
19. There was an open day at the firewhen the public could see how the fire
brigade operated.
A. centre
B. station
C. office
D. quarters.
20. You havent heard all the facts so dont..to conclusions.
A. dash
B. jump
C. spring
D. fly.
Your answers
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2. The passage below contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them (5p).
Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer who research led to discoveries about
galaxies and the nature of the universe. He settled a long debate by demonstrating that the
Andromeda nebula located outside our galaxy, establishing the islands universe theory, which
states that galaxies exit outside of our own. His study of the distribution of galaxies resulted
from Hubbles Constant, a standard relationship between a galaxy distance from the earth and
its speed of recession.
In 1925, Hubble had devised a classification system for the structure of galaxies and
provided conclusively observational evidence for the expansion of the universe. His work
pushed the one-hundred inch Mount Wilson telescope beyond its capability and provided
strong impetus for the construction of an instrument twice of its size at Mount Palomar,
which Hubble used during her last years of research. The telescope that bears his name
launched on a space shuttle in 1990 and obits the earth, collecting datum about the size of the
universe.
Your answers
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___________ flooding
3. Dave takes _________ the Prime Minister really well.
4. As she didnt have a lot of cash she bought the fridge _________ credit.
5. Queen Victoria reigned __________ Britain and Ireland for over sixty years.
6. The new wonder watch from Seiko is guaranteed ___________ any type of breakage
including water damage and accident!
7. Hes a genius __________ a pencil and can capture a likeness in a few deft strokes.
8. Im afraid a penalty clause has been written _____________ your contract.
9. The government was finally brought __________ by minor scandal.
10. Her father laid ___________ her when she came home two hours late from a party.
Looking (11)__________ a property abroad? A holiday home or future investment? We think
we can come (12) __________ with just the sort of thing you want. Let us at Dream homes
limited answer a few of your questions. Which area? Our expert can put (13) _________ a
number of suggestions for you to go (14) ___________ and choose from. What kind of
place should I buy? You could buy a smart town-centre apartment, if you like action and
night life. Or why not get it (15) ___________ from it all and opt for a cottage in the heart of
the country? Will there be problems? We have years of experience in this field. Our staff can
get (16) _________ any difficulties, and will make the whole process as easy as possible for
you. How much will it cost? You wont have to rob the bank, sell the car or even give (17)
__________ smoking to be able to afford it! Recently, oversea house prices have gone (18)
_________ slightly, so this is the perfect moment to buy. Will it be legal? All the details of
the sale and purchase will be set (19) _________ in a contract, which is carefully checked by
our legal team. Whats my next step? Come (20)_________ and see us sometimes! Or give us
a ring on 01350-750804
Your answers
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(9. ask) _____________ what (10. do)___________ to help those who had been made
redundant.
B. Last week I (1. walk) _____________ home after playing tennis when it
(2. start) _____________ raining very heavily. Oh, no, I (3. get) _____________ soaked
before I (4. reach) _____________ home, I thought, I wish I (5. remember)
_____________ to bring my raincoat. But unfortunately I (6. leave) _____________ it at
home. How stupid of me!. I always (7. get) _____________to bring it with me Luckily
just then a friend of mine passed in her car and offered me a lift. (8. go) _____________
you home? she asked me, or (9. want) _____________ you go for a drink? I think Id
rather you (10. take) _____________ me home I said.
Your answers
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5. Give the correct form of the words given in capitals to complete the following passage
(5p).
MAPPING BIODIVERSITY
Preserving (1) ____________ in museum is one way of retaining
them for posterity. But most people agree that it would be nice to keep
a few of them alive in the wild, too. At the moment, which survive and
which succumb is something of a lottery. WOLRDMAP, a computer
program, can help by dividing the area of interest, those which are
richest in species, into cells, and then examining the biodiversity of
each cell. Planners would then be able to decide which areas are
(2) ________________ for development on the grounds that they are
areas of special scientific interest.
WORLDMAP can also predict the (3) ______________ of a
hitherto (4) _______________ species being found in an area on the
basis of its known distribution. Given the (5) _____________ nature of
most records, that is a useful trick. And it can select (6) ____________
areas for preservation. These are not (7) _________ the cells with the
highest individual biodiversity, but rather those which, together,
(8) ___________ what is preserved by picking places with the least
(9) ______________ species.
How much notice the world will actually take of such (10)
___________ is a different question.
Your answers
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ORGAN
ACCEPT
LIKE
OBSERVE
PATCH
COMPLEMENT
NEED
MAXIMUM
OVERLAP
RECOMMEND
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6. Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, or C) best fits each space (5p)
Starting your own business could be the way to achieving financial independence. (1)
________ it could just as well land you in debt for the rest of your life. (2) _________, that is
the view of Charles and Brenda Leggat, a Scottish couple, who last week saw their fish farm
business put into the hands of the receiver. We started the business at a time when everyone
was being encouraged by banks to borrow money. (3) __________ , we fell into the same
trap, and asked for a big loan. (4) _________, at the time we were sure that we could make it
into a going concern, said Charles Leggat, a farmer from the Highlands. The bank analyzed
the proposals we put forward and they agreed that it would be a highly profitable business
Sure enough, within five years the Leggats were exporting trout and salmon products to
hotels all over Europe, and (5) __________ they took on over fifty staff. (6) __________,
with the advent of the recession, they began to lose ground as orders dried up. (7) ________,
said Brenda Leggat, the business has now been valued by the bank at a fraction of its true
worth. If they had left us to work our way out of our difficulties, (8) _______ virtually
bankrupting us, Im sure that we could have gone back into profit. As it is, we have been left
without a livelihood, and the bank has not recovered what it lent us.. The Leggats both felt
that their banks had not treated them fairly. (9)______________, they were falling over
themselves to lend us the money initially, (10) __________ now they are doing little to keep
the business going, and fifty local people in work. A spokesman for the bank concerned
refused to comment.
1. A. Moreover
B. On the other hand
C. As well as
2. A. At least
B. However
C. To make matter worse
3. A. Incidentally
B. At any rate
C. As a result
4. A. To put it another way
B. Nevertheless
C. In contrast
5. A. whats more
B. on the other hand
C. to tell the truth
6. A. Hence
B. Consequently
C. However
7. A. In contrast
B. Whereas
C. To make matter worse
8. A. as opposed to
B. as well as
C. in addition to
9. A. However
B. To tell the truth
C. As a result
10. A. as well as
B. whereas
C. on the other hand
Your answers
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READING
1. Read the text and then decide which word best fits each space. Write your answers
(A, B, C, or D) in the space provided under this part. (7.5p)
LONDON THE STUDENTS CAPITAL
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London is the city which seems to (0) draw people like a magnet from across the country
every year, not to (1) __________from around the world. London is cool, fashionable and
multi-cultural. For the (2) __________ student, it is the most incredible arts, academic and
entertainment Mecca.
London is one of the few real student capitals of the world. Despite the grime, the (3)
__________ costs, the troublesome transport system, and the (4) __________ sensation of
living with eight million people, students (5) __________ to the citys university.
However, rent are steep, with students paying around $75 a week for a room in a (6)
__________ house. Halls of (7) __________ are a little over this price but of course include
meals and (8) __________
Work is plentiful at the moment though, so a part time job should be easy to (9)
__________across, and there are all sorts of graduate (10) __________ with the best (11)
__________ of pay in the country. The London institutions try to play (12) __________the
cost of (13) __________ so as not to (14) __________ off future students, but there is no
doubt about it, London costs money and you will be looking at sizeable (15) __________ on
graduating.
0. A. catch
B. bring
C. draw
D. grasp
1. A. say
B. include
C. utter
D. mention
2. A. budding
B. bidding
C. blooming
D. blithering
3. A. peak
B. high
C. money
D. extreme
4. A. overestimated
B. overawed
C. overwhelming
D. overloaded
5. A. stem
B. wave
C. pounce
D. flock
6. A. divided
B. parted
C. shared
D. separated
7. A. residence
B. accommodation
C. dormitories
D. wards
8. A. invoices
B. bills
C. costs
D. receipts
9. A. put
B. get
C. do
D. come
10. A. chances
B. possibilities
C. occasions
D. opportunities
11. A. rates
B. terms
C. conditions
D. means
12. A. up
B. at
C. out
D. down
13. A. life
B. living
C. live
D. livelihood
14. A. set
B. run
C. write
D. put
15. A. balance
B. increase
C. debt
D. gain
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2. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided under this part. (7.5p)
We do not know how art began more than we know how language started. If we take art to
mean (1) __________ activities as building temples and houses, making pictures and
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sculptures, (2) __________ weaving patterns, there are (3) __________ people in all the
world without art. If, on the other (4) __________, we mean by art some kind of beautiful
luxury, we must realize that (5) __________ use of the word is a very recent development
and that many of the (6) __________ artists of the past never (7) __________ of it. We can
best understand this difference if we think of architecture. We all (8) __________ that there
are beautiful buildings and that some of them are true (9) __________ of art. But there is (10)
__________ any building (11) __________ the world which was not erected (12)
__________ a particular purpose. Those (13) __________ use these buildings as (14)
__________ of worship or entertainment, or as dwellings, judge them (15) __________ and
foremost by the standards of utility. But apart from this, they may like or dislike the design or
the proportion of the structure. In the past the attitude to paintings and statues was often
similar. We are not likely to understand the art of the past if we are quite ignorant of the
purpose it had to serve.
Your answers
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3. Read the following passage carefully then choose the best answer to each question
(5p).
Archaeological records paintings, drawings, and carvings of humans engaged in
activities involving the use of hands indicate that humans have been predominantly righthanded for more than 5,000 years. In ancient Egyptian artwork, for example, the right-hand is
depicted as the dominant one in about 90 percent of the examples. Fracture or wear patterns
on tools also indicate that a majority of ancient people were right-handed.
Cro-Magnon cave paintings some 27,000years old commonly show outlines of human
hands made by placing one hand against the cave wall and applying paint with the other.
Children today make similar outlines of their hands with crayons on paper. With few
exceptions, left hands of Cro-Magnons are displayed on cave walls, indicating that the
paintings were usually done by right-handers.
Anthropological evidence pushes the record of handedness in early human ancestors
back to at least 1.4 million years ago. One important line of evidence comes from flaking
patterns of stone cores used in tool making: implements flaked with a clockwise motion
(indicating a right-handed toolmaker) can be distinguished from those flaked with a
counter-clockwise
rotation
(indicating
a
left-handed
toolmaker).
Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues. Ancient humans are thought to
have cut meat into strips by holding it between their teeth and slicing it with stone knives, as
do the present-day Inuit. Occasionally the knives slip and leave scratches on the users` teeth.
Scratches made with a left-to-right stroke direction (by right-handers) are more common than
scratches
in
the
opposite
direction
(made
by
left-handers).
Still other evidence comes from cranial morphology: scientists think that physical
differences between the right and left sides of the interior of the skull indicate subtle physical
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differences between the two sides of the brain. The variation between the hemispheres
corresponds to which side of the body is used to perform specific activities. Such studies, as
well as studies of tool use, indicate that right- or left-sided dominance is not exclusive to
modern Homo sapiens. Populations of Neanderthals, such as Homo erectus and Homo
habilis, seem to have been predominantly right-handed, as we are.
Question 1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Human ancestors became predominantly right-handed when they began to use tools.
B. It is difficult to interpret the significance of anthropological evidence concerning
tool use.
C. Humans and their ancestors have been predominantly right-handed for over a
million years.
D. Human ancestors were more skilled at using both hands than modern humans.
Question 2. What does the author say about Cro-Magnon paintings of hands?
A. Some are not very old.
B. It is unusual to see such paintings.
C. Many were made by children.
D. The artists were mostly right-handed.
Question 3. The word depicted refers to..
A. written
B. portrayed
C. referred
D. mentioned
Question 4. When compared with implements flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation it
can be inferred that implements flaked with a clockwise motion are.
A. more common B. larger
C. more sophisticated
D. older
Question 5. The word cranial morphology is closest in meaning to
A. the form of crane
B. the form of the body
C. the study of physical body
D. the study of the skull
Question 6. The fact that the Inuit cut meat by holding it between their teeth is significant
because
A. the relationship between handedness and scratches on fossil human teeth can be
verified
B. it emphasizes the differences between contemporary humans and their ancestors
C. the scratch patterns produced by stone knives vary significantly from patterns
produced by modern knives
D. it demonstrates that ancient humans were not skilled at using tools
Question 7. The word hemispheres is closest in meaning to
A. differences
B. sides
C. activities
D. studies
Question 8. Why does the author mention Homo erectus and Habilis in line 24-25?
A. To contrast them with modern humans
B. To explain when human ancestors began to make tools
C. To show that early humans were also predominantly right-handed
D. To prove that the population of Neanderthals was very large
Question 9. All of the following are mentioned as types of evidence concerning handedness
EXCEPT
A. ancient artwork
B. asymmetrical skulls
C. studies of tool use
D. fossilized hand bones
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Question 10. Which of the following conclusion is suggested by the evidence from cranial
morphology
A. Differences in the hemispheres of the brain probably came about relatively recently.
B. There may be a link between handedness and differences in the brains hemisphere.
C. Left-handedness was somewhat more common among Neanderthals.
D. Variation between the brains hemispheres was not evident in the skulls of Homo
erectus and Homo habilis.
Your answers
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concrete cast of a nineteenth century terraced house in Londons East End. Where many
Artangel collaborations have involved an element of spectacle. Vatnasafn, which is
Artangels first ever project abroad, is a more reflective work. Yet it cost more than 500,000$
to create, with most of the money donated by private benefactors. Why did they wan to fund a
work of art that so few people will see?
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Everything Artangel does is different; Lingwood says. Compared to some of the
momentous events weve been involved with in London, this project will not attract many
visitors. But over time, I hope it will be significant to a reasonable number of people: Horns
aquatic archive will also function as a community centre, open round the clock to residents of
Stykkish6lmur. Theres a lot of numberchasing going on in the art world now; says
Lingwood. Visitors numbers are used as the measure of success. But I think value lies
elsewhere
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Standing alone in the sunlight that bounces around Horns poetic installation, its hard
to disagree: Vatnasafn provides a delicate aesthetic experience. But Artangels role as a
medium for the piece is just as important. Thanks to Lingwood and Morris, many people who
wouldnt otherwise get to see it will now be aware of this resonant work.
Questions 1-3: Choose TWO letters A-H to answer the questions (Your answers may be given
in any order). Write your answer in the numbered box.
Which THREE of the following statements are true of Vatnasafn, according to the text?
A. The building which it is in is still used as a library.
B. Horn personally collected all the ice for the work.
C. Its 24 columns all look exactly the same.
D. The work of art includes some written text.
E. The ice came from the largest ice sheet in the world.
F. It is Artangels first project outside the UK.
G. It was partly paid for by the Icelandic government.
H. The building it is in will also have a more practical use.
Your answers:
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Question 3-10: The Reading Passage has several paragraphs, A-G. Choose the correct
heading for paragraphs from the list of headings below.
List of headings
i.
A political and environmental message
ii.
Difficulties raising the money
iii. Small but still worthwhile
iv.
What you will experience
v.
A history of cooperation
vi.
Forcing us to change our views
vii. A highly unusual location
viii. Less successful without them
ix.
The production process
x.
Not an ordinary medical test
xi.
A tragic example
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4. Paragraph A
5. Paragraph B
6. Paragraph C
7. Paragraph D
8. Paragraph E
9. Paragraph F
10. Paragraph G
Your answers:
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WRITING
A. Sentence transformation
Rewrite the sentences below beginning with the words given (2.5p)
1. Its sad, but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.
Sad ____________________________________________________________________
2. Under no circumstances should you phone the police.
The last ________________________________________________________________
3. We expect everything to be all right at tomorrows conference.
Nothing ________________________________________________________________
4. Most of the problems arose because there was no leadership on the committee.
It was the________________________________________________________________
5. Im not certain, but there may be about twenty applications for the job.
At a ____________________________________________________________________
Rewrite the sentences below using the words in brackets without changing their original
form (2.5p).
1. I bought it without thinking about it first. (spur)
________________________________________________________________________
2. The young actress was very nervous before the audition. (butterflies)
________________________________________________________________________
3. With five children to look after, her aunt is extremely busy. (hands)
________________________________________________________________________
4. Ill health resulted in his inability to do the job. (cope)
________________________________________________________________________
5. The ships were hardly visible through the thick fog. (make)
________________________________________________________________________
B. Paragraph (15p).
The Ministry of Education has just decided that English is one of the two optional subjects in
the coming GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) exam. Write a paragraph of
about 150 words to express your ideas.
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HNG DN CHM
LISTENING
Question 1: Choose the best answer.
1.A 2. A
3.C
4. B
Question 2
5.A
PHONETICS
Find the word whose underlined part is differently pronounced from that of the others.
1A, 2B, 3A, 4C, 5A
Find the word which has different stress pattern from the others.
1B, 2D, 3A, 4D, 5C
LEXICO -GRAMMAR
1. Choose the best answers to complete the following sentences:
1B, 2A, 3C, 4A, 5D, 6A, 7D, 8C, 9B, 10B, 11D, 12C, 13A, 14A, 15C, 16D, 17B, 18A, 19B,
20B
2. The passage below contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them.
Edwin Hubble was an American astronomer who research led to discoveries about
galaxies and the nature of the universe. He settled a long debate by demonstrating that the
Andromeda nebula located outside our galaxy, establishing the islands universe theory,
which states that galaxies exit outside of our own. His study of the distribution of galaxies
resulted from Hubbles Constant, a standard relationship between a galaxy distance from the
earth and its speed of recession.
In 1925, Hubble had devised a classification system for the structure of galaxies and
provided conclusively observational evidence for the expansion of the universe. His work
pushed the one-hundred inch Mount Wilson telescope beyond its capability and provided
strong impetus for the construction of an instrument twice of its size at Mount Palomar,
which Hubble used during her last years of research. The telescope that bears his name
launched on a space shuttle in 1990 and obits the earth, collecting datum about the size of
the universe.
Errors
Corrections
1. who
1. whose
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2. located
2. was located
3. from
3. in
4. galaxy distance
4. galaxys distance
5. In 1925
5. By 1925
6. conclusively
6. conclusive
7. twice of its size
7. twice its size
8. her
8. his
9. launched
9. was launched
10. datum
10. data
3. Fill in the blank with the correct preposition or particle (5p)
1. to
2. against 3. off
4. on
5. over
6. against
7. with
8. into
9. down
10. into
11. for
12.up
13.forward
14. through
15. away
16. round
17. up
18. down
19. down
20. round
4. Supply the correct form or tense of the verb in bracket.
A.
1. was revealed
2. are employed
3. is being transferred
4. were we not informed
5. were only told
6. representing
7. are affected
8. knew
9. was asked
10. was being done
B.
1. was walking
2. started
3. will get
4. reach
5. had remembered
6. had left
7. am always getting
8. are you going
9. do you want
10. took
5. Provide the correct form of the words in the bracket
MAPPING BIODIVERSITY
1. Organisms
2. unacceptable
3. likelihood
4. unobserved
5. patchy
6. complementary
7. necessarily
8. maximize /
maximize (maximise)
9. overlapping
10. recommendations
6. Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, or C) best fits each space (5p)
1B, 2A, 3C, 4B, 5A, 6C, 7C, 8A, 9B, 10B
READING
1. Read the text and then decide which word best fits each space. Write your answers
(A, B, C, or D) in the space provided under this part. (7.5p)
1D, 2A, 3B, 4C, 5D, 6C, 7A, 8B, 9D, 10D, 11A, 12D, 13B, 14D, 15C
2. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided under this part. (7.5p)
1. such
2. or/and
3. no/few 4. hand
5. this
6. greatest / best/ great/
famous/ outstanding
7. dreamed / thought
8. know / realize / agree 9. works /
examples 10. scarcely / hardly
11. in 12. for
13. who
14.places 15. first
3. Read the following passage carefully then choose the best answer to each question.
1C, 2D, 3B, 4A, 5D, 6A, 7B, 8C, 9D, 10B
4. Read the following passage and answer the questions.
1,2,3: D,F,H (in any order)
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well marked trails trough the forest for hiking and the lake is there for swimming and other
water sports. I believe there is even a lifeguard service.
Mr Thomson :
That sound like it might suit our purposes perfectly. Did you happen to
find out about availability and cost?
Jamie :
Yes, as a matter of fact I did. I called them yesterday evening and there plenty of
spots available and, because were a non-profit organization, they said they would give me a
reduction in the price.
Mr Thomson :
If I remember correctly, we paid 5 ahead last year.
Jamie :
Yes, per night, right?
Mr Thomson :
Yes, each child paid 10 for two nights
Jamie :
Well, at this campsite its only 4 per night and they told me that if we had over
fifteen children, which we do, they could give us a further 10% off
Mr Thomson :
Thats very reasonable, isnt it? Well, from what youve told me I think
we should probably go ahead and book.
Jamie :
Excellent! Im sure the children will love it
Question 2
Librarian : Good morning, North College Library. How can I help you?
Man:
I was wondering if it was possible to join the library.
Librarian : Are you a student at North Collage?
Man:
No, Im not, but someone told me it was possible to join, even if I wasnt
Librarian : Thats right, it is. Are you over 18? Thats our minimum joining age.
Man:
Yes Im
Librarian : Thats no problem then,
Man:
Could you tell me what I have to do to join?
Librarian : Well, you will need to come in to the library and fill out some forms.
Man:
Youll also need to bring two passport photos with you. We also need
documents for ID, so a driving licence would be fine.
Man:
Ive got that and whats else? A credit card?
Librarian : No, it needs to have your address on it.
Man:
Shall I bring a bank statement, would that do?
Librarian : Thats will be fine
Man:
Good. Does it cost anything to join?
Librarian : Well, its free for students here but otherwise its 125 per year or 25 if youve
got a current student card from other college
Man:
I was at Westerley College until last year but now Ive got a job at Jeffersons
steel factory. Er, its more expensive than I thought. My local library is free
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Part 1: Listening
Question 1-9
Listen to the conversation between Megan and Ken about how they will spend the evening.
Circle the correct answer
d. in 30 minutes
d. train
d. a group
d. more than $40.00
d. on the last train
Q10-15. Complete the note with no more than three words or a number
The plane will leave Gatwick Airport at.10 in the morning. The transport from Athens
Airport will be by11. the hotel is booked for.12 nights. During our stay, the
group will visit the national Archaeological Museum in the mooring. Group members will
then have free time on13 evening. The group will see the Greek Islands and will travel
by14. Traditional15 will be part of the package
Questions16-18
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d. drinks
d. travel
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Part 2: Phonetics
a. Pick out the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the others
1. A. prevent
B. incident
C. event
D. intend
2. A. capture
B. battle
C. facial
D. mat
3. A. bought
B. laundry
C. fought
D. bounce
4. A. measure
B. endure
C. pleasure
D. pressure
5. A. bull
B. mute
C. usage
D. futile
B/ Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of other words
1. A. generous
B. pagoda
C. address
D. control
2. A. reaction
B. miserable
C. knowledge
D. accident
3. A. compulsory
B. objective
C. publication
D. statistical
4. A. confidence
B. minimize
C. complaint
D. imitate
5. A. pleasure
B. guaranty
C. optimistic
D. sanguine
1.2.......345..6..7.8...9.10
a. nervous
b.doubtful
c. frightened
d. worried
e. shy
8. go straight down this road and take the second on the left
a. point
b. corner
c. angle
d. place
e. turning
9. We .to inform you that your account is three months overdue
a. apologies
b. regret
c. are unwilling d. dislike
e. are displeased
10. I want to .you on your engagement
a. compliment
b. praise
c. wish
d. welcome
e. congratulate
11. The doorway was very dark, and I ..at the names printed under the bell, trying to read them
a. watched
b, glanced
c. peered
d. peeped
e. looked
12. He is trying to his wife to buy a fur coat
a. persuade
b. tell
c. influence
d. talk
e. make
13. Our visit too the south of France was put off.to my wifes illness
a. owing
b. because
c. resulting
d. reasonable
e. on account
14. I try to put..a little money each week towards my summer holidays
a. back
b. by
c. off
d. on
e. down
15. The signature on that old painting is so..that I can hardly read it
a. low
b. unclear
c. weak
d. faint
e. dim
16. A sudden loud noise behind me nearly made me jump out of my
a. self
b. clothes
c. shoes
d. skin
e. nerves
17. The next on the program will be a song by Harry
a. piece
b. bit
c. unit
d. part
e. item
18. Aim very ..to know the result of the test .
a. worried
b. anxious
c. disturbed
d. alarmed
e. uneasy
19. there is a lot of water on the floor I think the washing machine must be..
a. losing
b. leaking
c. dripping
d. running
e. dropping
20. He had put a button in his mouth. Quick ! take it away from him before he..it.
a. chokes
b. drinks
c. swallows
d. chews
e. gulps
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II: The passage below contains 10 errors. find and correct them
What is the media? What constitutes the media? The
media consists on all the ways that news and information 0. on of
is disseminated to the mass audience. The media covers
everything from hard news, which is investigating
reporting, to stories that are pure entertaining, such as 1. .................................
whether your favourite movie star was on the Best 2. ..................................
Dressed/Worst Dressed list. Whether from print or 3. .................................
broadcast on TV, the stories are the product of the
4. ................................
reporting of many journalists who write the stories to,
and editors who give out the assignments, assess the 5. .................................
quality of the writing and research, but make the 6. .................................
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The first female doctors were priestesses who gave advice about diseases and(5).and
prepared medicines. In ancient Rome, women healers were considered (6)and
respected.
IN Britain, for centuries, make doctors were.(7) of women who practiced
medicine.(8) and in 1512 a law was passed making it..(9) for them to do so.
Women couldnt study medicine at universities until the 19th century and they only began to
gain.(10) with male doctors in the 20th century
1.2..3.45...
6..7..8.9.10
V. Read the passage and fill the missing sentences into the blanks
Not Just Another Russian
A..(0). He would grow up to write two of the greatest novels in the history of
literature and inspire social reform that would make an impact on the world. Not just another
Russian author, .(1)
Tolstoy was an unsettled young man. He was a poor student who left his university when he
could find no meaning in his studies. He joined the army but could not endure the violence
and soon left that as well. By this time, Tolstoy was being noticed as a writer but he still felt
unfulfilled.(2). In them, Tolstoy offered a new kind of fiction to
Russian readers. He described events and characters so detailed and convincing that they
blurred the line between the imaginary and real life. In Tolstoy's version, it was not great
leaders that moved history, but the common people. .(3)
Tolstoy suffered a mid-life crisis after writing Anna Karenina. ..(4), he
decided he must find the meaning of life or else kill himself. What he found came from
the core of his Christian faithuniversal love and passive resistance to evil. Gandhi later
adopted this message in his campaign to free India. Martin Luther King, Jr. did the same in
his fight for racial equality in America.
(5). Tolstoy was a gifted writer, but it was
his revolutionary ideas that changed the course of history and the world in which we live
A. In 1828, baby Leo was born into the rich and powerful Tolstoy family of Central Russia
B. His work has been called, "not art, but a piece of life."
C. Leo Tolstoy was a teacher, a philosopher, and the grandfather of non-violent revolution.
D. The effects of passive resistance can still be felt today
E. It was during this time that Tolstoy wrote his most famous books, War and Peace and
Anna Karenina
F. Giving up his fortune to live among the peasants,
1.2.3.4.5.
Part 4: Reading
I. Find a suitable word to fill in the blanks
Men have lived in groups and societies .(1)all times and in all places as far as we know.
They dont seem .(2) to survive as human beings unless they live in (3) cooperation
with one another. The most basic of.(4) human groups is the family in its various forms.
The most important reason for this is the simple(5) that human beings take many
years to develop. In.(6), they are the most helpless of all earthly creatures. For several
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years after birth, a child has to be(7), clothed and protected day and night. In all societies
such duties normally fall to a family group of some kind. Men .(8) groups for countless
other reasons. For instance, it is only by cooperating that they are able to..(9) their
environment and defend(10)
II. Read the text and decide which word best fit each blank
The worlds first film was shown in 1895 by two French brothers, Louis and Augusta
Lumpier. Although it only (1) . of short, simple scenes, people loved it and films
have (2) .. popular ever since. The first film was silent, with title on the screen to (3)
.. the story.
Soon the public had (4) favorite actors and actresses and, in this (5)
., the first film stars appeared. In 1927, the first talkie film with sound, was
shown and from then on, the public (6) only accept this kind of film.
Further improvements continued, particularly in America, (7) produced
95% of all films. With the arrival of television in the 1950s, (8) .. people went to
see films, but in (9) years cinema audiences have grown again. More countries
have started to produce films that influence film- making and there are currently (10)
national film industries.
1.A. consisted
B. contained
C. belonged
D. held
2.A. gone
B. been
C. made
D. kept
3.A. join
B. read
C. explain
D. perform
4.A. your
B. his
C. our
D. their
5.A. reason
B. way
C. method
D. result
6.A. should
B. would
C. might
D. will
7.A. who
B. where
C. when
D. which
8.A. other
B. each
C. fewer
D. any
9.A. recent
B. now
C. modern
D. present
10.A. many
B. lots
C. much
D. plenty
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evacuate as quickly as possible, follow crew commands and do not take personal belongings
with you. Do not jump on escape slides before they are fully inflated, and when you jump, do
so with your arms and legs extended in front of you. When you get to the ground, you should
move away from the plane as quickly as possible, and smoke near the wreckage.
1. : What is the main topic of the passage?
A. Procedures for evacuation aircraft.
B. Guidelines for increasing aircraft passenger survival.
C. Airline industry accident statistics.
D. Safety instructions in air travel.
2. : Travelers are urged by experts to read and listen to safety instruction_____________.
A. if smoke is in the cabin
B. in an emergency
C. before locating the exits
D. before take-off
3: According to the passage, airline travelers should keep their feet flat on the
floor____________
A. especially during landings
B. throughout the flight
C. only if an accident is possible
D. during take-offs and landings
4: According to the passage, which exits should an airline passenger locate before take-off ?
A. The ones with counted rows of seats between them.
B. The nearest one.
C. The two closest to the passengers seat
D. The ones that can be found in the dark
5: The word them in line 7 refers to __________________.
A. seats
B. rows
C. exits
D. feet
6.: It can be inferred from the passage that people are more likely to survive fires in aircrafts
if they _______.
A. dont smoke in or near a plane
B. read airline safety statistics
C. wear a safety belt
D. keep their heads low
7 Airline passengers are advised to do all of the following EXCEPT ___________
A. ask questions about safety
B. locate the nearest exit
C. fasten their seat belts before take-off
D. carry personal belongings in an emergency
8.: The word evacuate is closest in meaning to ________________
A. evade
B. vacate
C. maintain
D. escape
9: The word inflated is closest in meaning to ____________
A. expanded
B. lifted
C. assembled
D. increased
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Chiming de far Metropolitan or Metropolitan Railway. Many other cities have since adopted
the name Metro for their own subways.
B. The city of Boston , Massachusetts boasts the oldest subways system in the United
States, beginning operation in 1897. it had only two stations when it first opened . the New
York City subway, now one of the largest systems in the world, began running in 1904. the
original line was 14.5 kilometers long and ran from City Hall in downtown Manhattan to
145th Street. The city of Philadelphia opened its first subway line 1907. the oldest subway in
Latin America began operations in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1913. it is called the subtle,
short for subterranean or underground.
C. the second half of the twentieth century saw new subway systems constructed in cities
around the world. Many Korean cities have modern subway systems, the largest one in the
capital city of Seoul with 287 kilometers of track. The first subway in Brazil opened in the
city of Sao Paulo in 1974. since then subways have been built in a number of other Brazilian
cities, including Rio de Janeiro and the capital, Brasilia. Washington, DC began running the
Washington Metro in 1976. Hong Kong opened its subway in 1979. this system includes four
lines that run under Victoria Harbor. In 2000 a 17-mile long subway system was completed
in Los Angeles, a city infamous for its traffic problems and resulting smog construction of
this system took fourteen years to complete.
D. With total of 468 stations and 656 mile of passenger service track, the New York city
Subway is among the largest subway systems in the world. If the tracks in train yards, shops,
and storage areas are added in , the total track length of the New York subway comes to 842
miles. Measured by number of riders, the Moscow Metro is the worlds largest system, with
3.2 billion riders annually. Other cities with busy subways include Tokyo, with 2.6 billion
riders a year, and Seoul and Mexico, both carrying 1.4 billion riders annually
E. in some cities, the subway stations are famous for their architecture and artwork. The
stations of the Moscow Metro are well known for their beautiful examples of socialist- realist
art. The baker street station in London honors the fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, who
supposedly lived on Baker Street. Decorative lies in the stations interior depict the character
and a Sherlock Holmes statue sits outside one of the station exits. Each of the stations of the
new Los Angeles subway system contains murals , sculptures, or other examples of
decorative artwork.
F. A new feature now often included in the construction of new subway stations is the
Platform Screen Door (PSD). The Singapore subway was the first to be built with the
conclusion of PSDs. The original purpose was to reduce high air-conditioning costs in
underground stations. Since then, there has been more and more focus on the safety aspects
of this device, as it can prevent people from accidentally falling or being pushed onto the
track. PSDs also keep the station platforms quieter and cleaner and allow trains to enter
stations at higher rates of speed. The subway system in Hong Kong was the first to have
PSDs added to an already existing system. They are becoming more common in subway
systems around the world. Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, London, and Copenhagen are just some
of the cities that have PSDs in at least some of their subway stations. PSDs are also often
used with other forms of transportation, such as monorails, light rail systems and airport
transportation systems.
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* Choose the correct heading for sections A-F from the list of headings below
1. Section A
3. Section C
5. Section E
2. Section B
4. Section D
6. Section F
List of headings
I. Newer subway systems
II. Early subway in the Americas
III. Asian subway systems
IV. A new device
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10. The politician tried to find people who were willing to back his campaign to help the
homeless.
The politician tried to drum.
II. Write a paragrap of about 150words to express your opinion of the following issue: A
governments priority is to provide education for its people.
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Part 2: Phonetics: 5ps/10qs
A. Pick out the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the others (5
points)
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. A
B/ Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of other words (5 points)
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. C
10.C
Part 3:Grammar and vocabulary30ps/
I. Choose the word that best fits the space in each sentence by circling A,B, C or D.(10 pts)
key
1. a
9. b
18. b
2. e
3. a
10. e
11. c
19. b 20. c
4.e
5b ( sleep deeply)
12.
13. a
14. a
6. b
15. b
7. e
16. d
8. e
17d
a
investigative
purely
in
x
6. but
7. All almost
8. new
9. cannot
10. provided
9. without
10. out
11. to
12. with
13. over
14. with
15. round
16. into
4-F
5-D
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Almost all
news
can
providing
17. down
18. with
19. off
20. off
4. contribution
5. injuries
9. illegal
10. equality
1. at 2. able
3. close 4. these
control
10. themselves/ it
5. fact
6 infancy
7. fed
8. form
2.B
3.C
4.D
5.B
6.B
7.D
8.C
7. d
9.A
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B. relief
C. belief
D. chief
2. A. canary
B. share
C. baron
D. pharaoh
3. A. chorus
B. chore
C. chronicle
D. synchronize
4. A. perfect
B. correct
C. hectare
D. select
5. A. southern
B. truth
C. south
D. cloth
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others
by circling A, B, C, or D. (2.5pts)
1. A. admirable
B. accessible
C. compatible
D. respiratory
2. A. humane
B. unite
C. colleague
D. canteen
3. A. descent
B. dissent
C. discontent
D. content
4. A. eradicate
B. kilometer
C. characterize
D. communism
5. A. technical
B. origin
C. agriculture
D. cathedral
B. graduating
C. postgraduation D. graduation
B. of the agreement of
C. under surveillance of
D. in the presence of
3............. our pre-paid order, they failed to send us the items in time.
A. With respect to
B. Regardless of
C. On behalf of
4. Not only.in the project, but he also wanted to become the leader.
A. did Jack involve
5. I assure you that I ............ no prejudice against what you are doing.
A. harbour
B. shelter
C. imply
D. shadow
6. I felt a bit ............and seemed to have more aches and pains than usual.
A. out of sorts
B. on the mend
D.
under
the
fevers
7. The inn owner was so generous. What we consumed was ............ the house.
A. in
B. on
C. off
D. of
8. Although the cyclist was unhurt, his bicycle was ............ between the lorry and
the wall.
A. clapped
B. crushed
C. split
D. banged
9. The school was closed for a month because of a serious ............ of fever.
A. outcome
B. outburst
C. outset
D. outbreak
B. crumples
C. folds
D. creases
B. has he
C. do you
D. hasnt he
B. your keeping
keep
13. After congratulating his team, the coach left, allowing the players to let their
............ down for a while.
A. hair
B. heads
C. hearts
D. souls
B. As fact that is
D. It is a fact that
15. The management are making ............ to increase the companys efficiency.
A. measures
B. steps
C. moves
D. deeds
B. out of bounds
C. in proportions
D. in earnest
17. The draw took place yesterday, but the competition winners ............
18. I havent seen Jane for nearly ten years, ............she had got married and had
two children.
A. for that duration B. at that point
D. in that
time
19. He is a nice guy but I dont know why he ............so rude today.
A. is
B. has been
C. is being
D. is to be
20. Lisa: Its nearly the end of the holiday already. Mary: ........................!
A. How time flies
C. Its a small world
______
2 _____
______
3 _____
______
4 _____
______
5 _____
______
6 _____
______
7 _____
______
8 _____
______
9 _____
______
10 _____
______
16. Because she kept putting .going to the dentist, her toothache got
worse.
17. Are you going to sit . and let me do everything?
18. The Democratic Party came .power this year.
19. This composition would be better if you cut .the second paragraph.
20. After the flood, hundreds of volunteers came .with
offers
of
assistance.
IV. Use the most suitable form of the verbs in brackets: (5pts)
1. Sally! I..................(expect not) to see you here! What......................(you do) here
in New York?
2. Whatever....................(happen), I......................(meet) you here in a week's time.
3. Since I....................... (pay) for our lunch, I................(try) to attract the waiters
attention.
4. You (not buy) ....................... your umbrella for we are going by car.
5. You should have been more careful. You (avoid) having had this
accident.
6. Not until later did they discover that the picture (steal)
7. I waited under the clock! - So did I, but I didnt see you! We (wait) ...........
under different clocks.
8. She was breathing fast and deep, as if she (run) ..
9. It is very cold. Mr. Taylor, who has been ill recently, is walking along the road
without a coat. He (wear) .. a warm coat.
10. He got angry because he hadnt been accustomed to (make) .. fun like
that before.
11. Although (found) .many centuries earlier, Luxor did not reach
preeminence until about 2000 B.C.
12. I would like (give) ... the chance to explain my point of view, but they
werent interested.
13. There (be) ..................nothing else to say, he declared the meeting close.
14. The police are stopping all the cars. They (look for) ........................the escaped
prison.
15. I didnt do the test well. I (prepare) it very carefully at home.
16. My uncle would rather that I (not leave) .yesterday.
17. Just inside the outer layer of the earths atmosphere (be) the elements
necessary to protect it from ultraviolet rays, extreme temperatures, and
threatening foreign substances.
V. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. (5pts)
The Desire to Know
Curiosity goes back to the dawn of human (0) _____ existence EXIST
_____. This irresponsible desire to know is not a (1) CHARACTER
_________ of inanimate objects. Nor does it seem to be
attributable to some forms of living organism which, for that
very reason, we can scarcely bring ourselves to consider alive. RECOGNISE
A tree, for example, does not display (2) _________ curiosity,
nor does a sponge or even an oyster. If chance events bring CEREMONIOUS
them poison, predators or parasites, they die as (3) _________ DEPEND
as they lived.
ORDINARY
VI. Fill in each gap with the most suitable phrase or sentence provided. Some
of the suggested answers do not fit at all. (5pts)
WELLS AMI BENNETT
During their lifetimes, H.G Wells and Arnold Bennett achieved a public
fame of a kind that has been accorded to (1) .................. before or since. They
would not have had it if (2) .................., and yet the nature of the fame (3)
.................. as such. It was essentially that of the journalist, the popular pundit (4)
.................. with complete self - assurance. With Shaw, (5) .................. was also a
product of journalism, they divided between them the empire of the press, (6)
..................
All that (7) .................. as novelists. Both were men (8) .................. in
fiction, to say nothing of their short stories, Wells wrote nearly fifty novels,
Bennett thirty. Of these, perhaps ten of Wellss are still valuable (9) .................. if
the best of the scientific romances are included, and, (10) .................., five of
Bennetts.
A. they had not been novelists in the first place
B. prepared to pronounce on any subject under the sun
C. the most highly paid writers in the Anglo-Saxon world
D. has nothing to do with their merit
E. more certainly
F. in their own right
G. of vast output
H. if they had wanted to
I. is generally acknowledged
J. whose popular reputation
K. had little to do with their novels
L. was undeniably
M. no other English novelist
B. adverse
C. reverse
D. contrary
2. A. this
B. it
C. one
D. these
3. A. Inheritors
B. habitats
C. Inhabitants
D. inhibitions
4. A. unpredictable
B. undeniable
C. unique
D. sure
5. A. forefathers
B. ancestors
C. progenitors
D. descendants
6. A. much
B. many
C. deal
D. number
7. A. towards
B. for
C. to
D. up to
8. A. since
B. despite
C. almost
D. thus
9. A. overthrow
B. overtake
C. overcome
D. overturn
10. A. particular
B. specific
C. many
D. special
11. A. In contrast
B. Yet
C. Although
D. Therefore
12. A. within
B. of
C. to
D. into
13. A. being
B. to have been
C. to be
D. already
14. A. no
B. one
C. some
D. a few
15. A. changes
B. differences
C. alternatives
D. options
II. Read the text and fill in each gap with one suitable word. (7.5 pts)
Throughout the ages, the (1) .......... of the earth has been built up in some
places and worn down in other places. The wearing down of the land is called
erosion.
Wind, water, air, ice and heat all help to (2) ............ erosion. As the wind
blows over the land, it often picks up small grains of sand. When these grains of
sand strike (3) .............. solid rocks, the rocks are slowly worn away. Later, the
wind may pick up these new rock particles, and with them wear away other rocks.
In this way even very (4) ... ........ rocks are worn away by the wind.
When articles of rock or soil become (5)....... in any way, running water
carries them down the hillsides. Some rock and soil particles are carried into
streams. The streams may then carry them into the (6) .............
Land that is coveredwith trees, grass and other plants wears (7).......very
slowly, and so (8) ..........very little of its soil. The roots of plants help to hold the
rocks and soil in place. When rain falls in a forest, the leaves of the trees and the
soft soil beneath them are able to hold a great deal of water. Water that falls on
grasslands runs away more slowly than does water that falls on (9) .... ..... ....
ground. Water that flows slowly carries fewer soil (10) ....... than water that
flows rapidly. Thus, forests and grasslands help to slow down erosion.
Even (11) ............. the land is thickly covered with plants, some erosion goes
on. Sometimes there is a long period of rainy weather. In Spring the (12) ..............
snow turns to large quantities of water. At these times the soil cannot (13) ...........
all the water. It then runs down hill in streams. As the streams carry away some of
the soil, the stream (14) ............. gets deeper and deeper. After thousands of years
of such (15) ............., wide valleys are often formed.
III. Read the following passage then choose the best answer to the questions.
(5 pts)
WARNING ON GLOBAL WARMING
Global warming could cause drought and possibly famine in China, the source
of much of Hong Kongs food, by 2050, a new report predicts. Hong Kong could
also be at risk from flooding as sea levels rose. The report recommends building
sea-walls around low-lying areas such as the new port and airport reclamations.
Published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the report, which includes
work by members of the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, uses the
most recent projections on climate change to point to a gloomy outlook for China.
By 2050 about 30 to 40 per cent of the country will experience changes in the
type of vegetation it supports, with tropical and subtropical forest conditions
shifting northward and hot desert conditions rising in the west where currently the
desert is temperate. Crop growing areas will expand but any benefit is expected to
be negated by increased evaporation of moisture, making it too dry to grow crops
such as rice. The growing season also is expected to alter, becoming shorter in
southern and central China, the mainlands breadbasket. The rapid changes make it
unlikely that plants could adapt.
China will produce smaller crops. In the central and northern areas, and the
southern part, there will be decreased production because of water limitations, Dr.
Rik Leemans, one of the authors of the report, said during a brief visit to the
territory yesterday. Famine could result because of the demands of feeding the
B. sufficient
C. insufficient
D. inefficient
5.
6.
Why does the writer add the information in square brackets in paragraph 5?
A. because the quote is from a second language user whose command of
English is not perfect.
B. because, although they are not part of the original quote, the additional
information given is necessary to understand the statement.
C. because the writer is quoting from another source.
D. because the writer wants to emphasize the meaning of these words.
7.
8.
How would you describe the Dr. Leemans attitude towards China?
A. mainly favourable B. critical
C. supportive in theory
D.
admiring
9.
D. paid for
B. poor
C. decaying
D. decimated
IV. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow. (10 pts)
Climate change and the Inuit
The threat posed by climate change in the Arctic and the problems faced by
Canada's Inuit people
A
Unusual incidents are being reported across the Arctic. Inuit families going
off on snowmobiles to prepare their summer hunting camps have found themselves
cut off from home by a sea of mud, following early thaws. There are reports of
igloos losing their insulating properties as the snow drips and refreezes, of lakes
draining into the sea as permafrost melts, and sea ice breaking up earlier than
usual, carrying seals beyond the reach of hunters. Climate change may still be a
rather abstract idea to most of us, but in the Arctic it is already having dramatic
effects - if summertime ice continues to shrink at its present rate, the Arctic Ocean
could soon become virtually ice-free in summer. The knock-on effects are likely to
include more warming, cloudier skies, increased precipitation and higher sea
levels. Scientists are increasingly keen to find out what's going on because they
consider the Arctic the 'canary in the mine' for global warming - a warning of
what's in store for the rest of the world.
B
For the Inuit the problem is urgent. They live in precarious balance with one
Life for the descendants of the Thule people is still harsh. Nunavut is 1.9
million square kilometres of rock and ice, and a handful of islands around the
North Pole. It's currently home to 2,500 people, all but a handful of them
indigenous Inuit. Over the past 40 years, most have abandoned their nomadic ways
and settled in the territory's 28 isolated communities, but they still rely heavily on
nature
to
provide
food
and
clothing.
Provisions available in local shops have to be flown into Nunavut on one of the
most costly air networks in the world, or brought by supply ship during the few
ice-free weeks of summer. It would cost a family around 7,000 a year to replace
meat they obtained themselves through hunting with imported meat. Economic
opportunities are scarce, and for many people state benefits are their only income.
E While the Inuit may not actually starve if hunting and trapping are curtailed by
climate change, there has certainly been an impact on people's health. Obesity,
heart disease and diabetes are beginning to appear in a people for whom these have
never before been problems. There has been a crisis of identity as the traditional
skills of hunting, trapping and preparing skins have begun to disappear. In
Nunavut's 'igloo and email' society, where adults who were born in igloos have
children who may never have been out on the land, there's a high incidence of
depression.
F With so much at stake, the Inuit are determined to play a key role in teasing out
the mysteries of climate change in the Arctic. Having survived there for centuries,
they believe their wealth of traditional knowledge is vital to the task. And Western
scientists are starting to draw on this wisdom, increasingly referred to as 'Inuit
Qaujimajatugangit', or IQ. 'In the early days scientists ignored us when they came
up here to study anything. They just figured these people don't know very much so
we won't ask them,' says John Amagoalik, an Inuit leader and politician. 'But in
recent years IQ has had much more credibility and weight.' In fact it is now a
requirement for anyone hoping to get permission to do research that they consult
the communities, who are helping to set the research agenda to reflect their most
important concerns. They can turn down applications from scientists they believe
will work against their interests, or research projects that will impinge too much on
their daily lives and traditional activities.
G
occupation of the Arctic doesn't go back far enough. Others, however, point out
that the first weather stations in the far north date back just 50 years. There are still
huge gaps in our environmental knowledge, and despite the scientific onslaught,
many predictions are no more than best guesses. IQ could help to bridge the gap
and resolve the tremendous uncertainty about how much of what we're seeing is
natural capriciousness and how much is the consequence of human activity.
1. Choose the corect heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings
below.
List of Headings
i
ii
iii
vi
A difficult landscape
vii
viii
ix
Example
Paragraph A
Answer
viii
1. Paragraph B
2. Paragraph C
3. Paragraph D
4. Paragraph E
5. Paragraph F
6. Paragraph G
2. Complete the summary of paragraphs C and D below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from paragraphs C and D for each
answer.
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. C
PART 2.
1. Green Street
2. 7434
letter
6-8:
F Mystery books
D Historical novels
A Wildlife books
3. 1976
4. 06634982746
5. (an addressed)
9. Free
10. $6 ($ 60 deposit)
PART II: PHONETICS (5pts)
I. Pronunciation: 5pts
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. A
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. D
5. : 10pts
1. C
6.A
11.B
16.D
2. D
7.B
12.B
17.A
3. B
8.B
13.A
18.C
4.C
9.D
14.D
19.C
5.A
10.D
15.C
20.A
Not
2 which
where
3 most
more
4 the others
others
5 today
todays
6 or
and
7 as
like
8 another
other
9 much
many
10 well-cook
well-cooked
6. across
11. apart
16. off
2. behind
7. down
17. back
3. through
8. by
13. away
18. to
4. among
9. in
14. through
19. out
5. over/across
10. into
15. in for
20. forward
2. recognisable
3. unceremoniously
4. independent 5. extraordinary
6. rigidity
7. zealous
8. conservative
9. surrounding
10. increasingly
VI. Fill in each gap with the most suitable phrase or sentence provided.
1. M 2. A 3. K 4. B 5. J
6. C 7. D 8. G 9. F 10. E
1. B
6.C
11.B
2. A
7.A
12.D
3. C
8.D
13.C
4.B
9.C
14.D
5.D
10.A
15.A
II. Read the text and fill in each gap with one suitable word. (7.5 pts)
1. surface
6.ocean
11.where
2. cause
7.away
12.melting
3. against
8.loses
13.hold
4.hard
9. bare
14.beds
5.loosened
10. particles
15.erosion
III. Read the following passage then choose the best answer to the questions.
(5 pts)
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. B
10. A
IV. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow. (10 pts)
1. Choose the corect heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings.
1. Paragraph B
2. Paragraph C
vi
3. Paragraph D
iii
4. Paragraph E
vii
5. Paragraph F
iv
6. Paragraph G
ii
9. Thule
10. islands
Di y l bn gc phn:
PART IV: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts)
IV. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow. (10 pts)
Ngun trch dn: CAMBRIDGE IELTS 6_TEST 1_READING PASSAGE 3
Questions 27-32
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on
Reading Passage 145.
Reading Passage 145 has seven paragraphs, A-G.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-G from the list of headings below..
Write the correct number i-ix, in boxes 27-32 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
ii
iii
iv
vi
A difficult landscape
vii
viii
ix
Example
Paragraph A
Answer
viii
27 Paragraph B
28 Paragraph C
29 Paragraph D
30 Paragraph E
31 Paragraph F
32 Paragraph G
Unusual incidents are being reported across the Arctic. Inuit families going
off on snowmobiles to prepare their summer hunting camps have found themselves
cut off from home by a sea of mud, following early thaws. There are reports of
igloos losing their insulating properties as the snow drips and refreezes, of lakes
draining into the sea as permafrost melts, and sea ice breaking up earlier than
usual, carrying seals beyond the reach of hunters. Climate change may still be a
rather abstract idea to most of us, but in the Arctic it is already having dramatic
effects - if summertime ice continues to shrink at its present rate, the Arctic Ocean
could soon become virtually ice-free in summer. The knock-on effects are likely to
include more warming, cloudier skies, increased precipitation and higher sea
levels. Scientists are increasingly keen to find out what's going on because they
consider the Arctic the 'canary in the mine' for global warming - a warning of
what's in store for the rest of the world.
For the Inuit the problem is urgent. They live in precarious balance with one
direct threat to their way of life. Nobody knows the Arctic as well as the locals,
which is why they are not content simply to stand back and let outside experts tell
them what's happening. In Canada, where the Inuit people are jealously guarding
their hard-won autonomy in the country's newest territory, Nunavut, they believe
their best hope of survival in this changing environment lies in combining their
ancestral knowledge with the best of modern science. This is a challenge in itself.
The Canadian Arctic is a vast, treeless polar desert that's covered with snow
for most of the year. Venture into this terrain and you get some idea of the
hardships facing anyone who calls this home. Farming is out of the question and
nature offers meagre pickings. Humans first settled in the Arctic a mere 4,500
years ago, surviving by exploiting sea mammals and fish. The environment tested
them to the limits: sometimes the colonists were successful, sometimes they failed
and vanished. But around a thousand years ago, one group emerged that was
uniquely well adapted to cope with the Arctic environment. These Thule people
moved in from Alaska, bringing kayaks, sleds, dogs, pottery and iron tools. They
are the ancestors of today's Inuit people.
Life for the descendants of the Thule people is still harsh. Nunavut is 1.9
million square kilometres of rock and ice, and a handful of islands around the
North Pole. It's currently home to 2,500 people, all but a handful of them
indigenous Inuit. Over the past 40 years, most have abandoned their nomadic ways
and settled in the territory's 28 isolated communities, but they still rely heavily on
nature to provide food and clothing. Provisions available in local shops have to be
flown into Nunavut on one of the most costly air networks in the world, or brought
by supply ship during the few ice-free weeks of summer. It would cost a family
around 7,000 a year to replace meat they obtained themselves through hunting
with imported meat. Economic opportunities are scarce, and for many people state
benefits are their only income.
While the Inuit may not actually starve if hunting and trapping are curtailed
by climate change, there has certainly been an impact on people's health. Obesity,
heart disease and diabetes are beginning to appear in a people for whom these have
never before been problems. There has been a crisis of identity as the traditional
skills of hunting, trapping and preparing skins have begun to disappear. In
Nunavut's 'igloo and email' society, where adults who were born in igloos have
children who may never have been out on the land, there's a high incidence of
depression.
With so much at stake, the Inuit are determined to play a key role in teasing
out the mysteries of climate change in the Arctic. Having survived there for
centuries, they believe their wealth of traditional knowledge is vital to the task.
And Western scientists are starting to draw on this wisdom, increasingly referred to
as 'Inuit Qaujimajatugangit', or IQ. 'In the early days scientists ignored us when
they came up here to study anything. They just figured these people don't know
very much so we won't ask them,' says John Amagoalik, an Inuit leader and
politician. 'But in recent years IQ has had much more credibility and weight.' In
fact it is now a requirement for anyone hoping to get permission to do research that
they consult the communities, who are helping to set the research agenda to reflect
their most important concerns. They can turn down applications from scientists
they believe will work against their interests, or research projects that will impinge
too much on their daily lives and traditional activities.
occupation of the Arctic doesn't go back far enough. Others, however, point out
that the first weather stations in the far north date back just 50 years. There are still
huge gaps in our environmental knowledge, and despite the scientific onslaught,
many predictions are no more than best guesses. IQ could help to bridge the gap
and resolve the tremendous uncertainty about how much of what we're seeing is
natural capriciousness and how much is the consequence of human activity.
Questions 33-40
Complete the summary of paragraphs C and D below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from paragraphs C and D for each
answer.
If you visit the Canadian Arctic, you immediately appreciate the problems faced by
people for whom this is home. It would clearly be impossible for the people to
engage in 33 .................... as a means of supporting themselves. For thousands of
years they have had to rely on catching 34 .................... and 35 .................... as a
means of sustenance. The harsh surroundings saw many who tried to settle there
pushed to their limits, although some were successful. The 36 .................... people
were an example of the latter and for them the environment did not prove
unmanageable. For the present inhabitants, life continues to be a struggle. The
territory of Nunavut consists of little more than ice, rock and a few 37 ....................
. In recent years, many of them have been obliged to give up their 38 ....................
lifestyle, but they continue to depend mainly on 39 .................... their food and
clothes. 40 .................... produce is particularly expensive.
KEY: Reading Passage 3, Questions 27-40
27.
28.
vi
29.
iii
30.
vii
31.
iv
32.
ii
33.
farming
Thule
37
islands
38
nomadic
39
nature
40
imported
Ni dung bi nghe:
Part 1: Tapescript
PRESENTER
Hello and welcome to this week's edition of Tell me more - the programme where
you ask the questions and we provide the answers. And we've had a wide variety of
questions from you this week. And the subject we've picked for you this week in
response to your many letters is the production of postage stamps. And as usual,
we've been doing our homework on the subject. So who designs the postage
stamps that we stick on our letters? Well in Australia the design of postage stamps
is in the hands of Australia Post. In Britain, it's the Royal Mail that looks after
stamps and it seems that both countries have a similar approach to the production
process. We discovered to our surprise that it can take up to two years to produce a
new postage stamp. Why's that I hear you ask! Surely it can't be all that difficult to
design a stamp? In fact, it isn't. But it seems it's a lengthy business. Firstly they
have to choose the subjects and this is done with the help of market research.
Members of the general public, including families, are surveyed to find out what
sort of things they would like to see on their stamps. They are given a list of
possible topics and asked to rank them. A list is then presented to the Advisory
Committee which meets about once a month. The committee is made up of outside
designers, graphic artists and stamp collectors. If the committee likes the list, it
sends it the Board of Directors which makes the final decision. Then they
commission an artist. Australia artists are paid $1,500 for a stamp design and a
further $800 if the committee actually decides to use the design. So there's
possibility that a stamp might be designed, still never actually go into circulation.
Part 2: Tapescript
Section 1. You will hear a conversation between a man and a woman as the
man joins a local library. First you have some time to look at questions 1 5.
(20 second gap)
You will see that there is an example. This time only, the conversation relating
to this will be played first.
Peter: Hello, Im new in the area and Id like to join the library please.
Will: Thats no problem. Let me get an application form. Here we are. Now all we
have to do is fill this in and then Ill get you to sign it and youll be a member.
P Great
W Now then. Whats your full name?
P Peter Adrian Camden.
W How do you spell Camden?
P C-A-M-D-E-N
W C-A-M-D-E-N
P Yes, thats right.
So, Camden is the correct answer.Now we begin. You should answer the
questions as you listen, as the recording is not played twice. Listen carefully to
the conversation and answer questions 1 to 5.
Peter: Hello, Im new in the area and Id like to join the library please.
Will: Thats no problem. Let me get an application form. Here we are. Now all we
have to do is fill this in and then Ill get you to sign and youll be a member.
P Great
W Now then. Whats your full name?
P Peter Adrian Camden.
W How do you spell Camden?
P C-A-M-D-E-N
W C-A-M-D-E-N
P Yes, thats right.
W Right, and whats your address?
P Flat 5, 53 Green Street, Finsbury.
W Ok. Got that. Thats near here isnt it?
P Yes, just 5 minutes walk.
P Well, Im very keen on mysteries. You know, when a detective is trying to find
out who did the murder. Historical novels interest me too. Romance never! My
sister loves them but they bore me to tears. I quite like books on animals too. I
get them out sometimes. Not science fiction either. Too weird.
W Well, I think thats it then.
P Good. Oh, do you charge anything?
W The library is free unless you want to rent out some of our videos or DVDs.
P How much is that?
W Well, we rent videos out for $4 each and DVDs are $6. You must leave us a
deposit of $60 as well. Thats returnable of course.
P I dont think Ill get any of those just yet. Can I pay later?
W Sure, just give the money in when youre ready to rent them out.
P Well thanks very much. Youve been very helpful. I might take a book out now
for the weekend, if thats OK?
W Go ahead.
M Well, goodbye.
36
Individual action
* respond to the (15) .Challenge
* walk, cycle or car-pool to work
* use public transit
* (16)
* (17).your domestic equipment
Government action
* emission reduction in the (18).region of US and Canada
* move towards (19)..(e.g. less sulphur in gasoline & diesel)
* reduction of pollutants from (20).and power plants.
PART II. PHONETICS (5 points)
Question 1. Choose the word - A, B, C or D - that has its underlined part pronounced
differently from the other three in each question. (2.5 points)
A. measure
B. leisure
C. ensure
D. pleasure
2.
A. expression
B. division
C. decision
D. television
3.
A. advance
B. advent
C. advice
D. adjustment
4. A. bury
B. cleanliness
C. plenty
D. dean
5. A. fever
B. example
C. ignore
D. ink
1.
Question 2. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others by
circling A, B, C, or D. (2.5 points)
6. A. initial
B. inherit
C. occurrence
D. occupied
7.A. obstacle
B. intolerable
C. possess
D. secure
8.A. technical
B. teardrop
C. treatable
D. horrific
9.A. apprentice
B. construct
C. perverse
D. papal
10.A. panel
B. label
C. realize
D. reality
You may be artistic, but I believe you are not cut.............. the job at the theta
A. down for
B. in for
C. down to
D. out for
2.
3.
5.
C. is studying
D. would study
B. produce
D. take
B. did meet
C. be watered
D. being waters:
C. registers
D. was register
10.
C. make
A. register
9.
D. bring
A. watering
8.
C. have
A. will be studying
A. met
7.
B. give
Dora ....................... in university when you come back in three years' time.
A. do
6.
4.
B. blink
B. keeping
C. being kept
D. being keeping
Doctors always hope that there will be new cures ................. some diseases.
A. to
11. Small
B. of
C. in
D. for
pox and diphtheria disappeared in Britain many years ago, cancer, AIDS and
D. whereas
haven't seen .................... for ten years. I did wonder where you were.
A. one other
13.
B. each other
C. together
D. the others
In 1997, ................ the noise and pollution of the city, best-selling author Will Smith moved
out to Chersey.
A. tiring with
14.
B. to catch
C. to catching
D. than catching
I ................... three rooms of the house so far today; I'll do the other two this afternoon.
A. has been cleaning B. cleaned
15.
B. tire about
C. are cleaning
D. have cleaned
16. Charlie
17. Although
we do not live in the same town, my cousin and I still keep............... and often
B. in touch
C. in hand
D. off work
I am looking for a friendly young person to help.................. my elderly mother while I go out
to work during the day.
A. take after
19.
B. give care of
C. put up with
D. look after
20. .................
B. In addition
C. Instead of
D. Apart from
Question 2. Each line in the following passage contains one mistake (grammar or spelling).
Underline that mistake (IN LINE ORDER) and write your answer in the space provided.
(0) has been done for you as an example. (5 points)
Your answers
When we first took our children to sea with us, it was rare 0. across
to come cross other family on sailing boats. Usually such 1 ..........................
meetings resulted in the children quickly making friends, 2 ..........................
while we parents discuss how we managed. At firstly, I 3 ..........................
was worried about taking children to sea and I had many 4 ..........................
questions however I would amuse them? What if they fell 5 ..........................
ill at sea? Add to such questions was the major problem 6 ..........................
of their education. When we set out on our voyage, my 7 ..........................
duaghter was seven, my son five, and we planned to sail 8 ..........................
for three years. That we only returned to england six years 9 ..........................
late with 60,000 miles behind us and children of thirteen 10 ........................
and eleven years old, is an indicate of how my worries
5
had been answered. One change over these years has been
the increasing in the number of parents who take their
children to sea on long voyages.
Question 3. Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition. Write your answers in the space
provided. (5 points)
1. ______ a century ago, the English novelist wrote a book entitled North and South
2. The dividing line between north and south is a matter _______ opinion.
3. The divide goes well _______ mere prejudice.
4. In England, single people have much greater ease in moving _______ in search of work than
married people.
5. There are plenty of exceptions _______ this view in this country.
6. His shyness only added _______ his problems.
7. He would blush _______ the roots of his hair and mumble something quite silly.
8. The girl walked _______ clumsily, usually tripping over her own feet in the process.
9. The boy was tall _______ his age, and thin.
10. His Adams apple stuck _______ obstinately no matter how much how much he tried to hide
it.
Question 4. Supply the correct form of the verbs in bracket. Write your answer in the
space provided. Remember that sometimes you will have to change the order of the
adverb. (5 points)
I must tell you about our holiday this year it was one of the best we (ever have)1. No, we
(stay)2 in an expensive hotel, but a youth hostel! I know what you (think)3: we (must go)4. But
we havent I just wish we (discover)5 youth hostels years ago. Now that Im back at
university again, luxury hotels (be)6 a thing of the past, and I (complain)7 about this one day to a
friend who (say)8 that she and her family never stayed anywhere but hostels. I (have)9 no idea
that hostels could be anything from a cottage to a castle. I (mean)10 where else do you get to stay
in a castle! In fact there are four different grades simple, standard, superior and special so you
pay an overnight charge according to the kind of hostel you stay at.
Question 5. Give the correct form of the word in bracket to complete the passage. (5
points)
6
Your answers:
The __1__ (say) never judge a book by its cover could not 1. .........................................
be more true for Ridiculous Rules by Marjorie Allen. The
cover is completely blank, whereas the book is crammed full
of wonderful examples and anecdotes. Allen is an __2__ 2. .........................................
(speak) critic of what is taught to native and non-native
speakers of English, and has issued a __3__ (declare) of war 3. .........................................
against textbooks and style books which tell lies.
Take the ridiculous and __4__ (mean) rule of never 4...........................................
ending a sentence with a preposition. The lovely - if famous
story goes, that Winston Churchill, well-known for his
numerous __5__ (write) as well as for being British Prime 5...........................................
Minister during the Second World War, received a manuscript
back from an ignorant __6__ (edit), who had told him rather 6. .........................................
rudely that he had to __7__ (phrase) a sentence which ended 7. .........................................
with a preposition. Churchill responded by making the simple
yet forceful __8__ (state) in the margin: This is an 8. .........................................
impertinence up with which I will not put. the __9__ 9. .........................................
(imply) being that not to end a sentence with a preposition
often sounds ridiculous in English, Sadly, Allen informs us
that the story is probably mere __10__ (hear), and that 10. .......................................
Churchill may have actually only written rubbish! in the
margin.
Question 6: Choose the correct connectives for the gaps in the following passage. (5 points)
Our weather is not beautiful all the time. Perhaps you can remember a day (1)bad
weather made you afraid. One kind of bad weather (2)..scares many people is called a
thunderstorm. This is (3)..happens when there is a thunderstorm. (4)you see a
sudden flash of bright light. (5)a few seconds you hear a loud rumbling sound. This
quick flash is called lightning, (6).the loud sound is called thunder. Lightning is colorful;
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(7).it can cause serious problems. Lightning is electricity (8)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, (9)gets bigger, and it causes the
air to move in waves. The air waves pass you in a series, one after another. (10)you may
hear many rumbles and not just one sound.
1.
A. when
B. Which
C. that
D. what
2.
A. when
B. Who
C. that
D. what
3.
A. when
B. Whose
C. that
D. what
4.
A. First
B. Firstly
C. To begin
D. At the beginning
5.
A. within
B. without
C. with
D. Before
6.
A. but
B. and
C. or
D. furthermore
7.
A. furthermore
B. however
C. but
D. and
8.
A. when
B. Where
C. that
D. what
9.
A. but
B. however
C. or
D. moreover
10.
A. Thats why
B. The result
C. So
D. So that
sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (15) _____ by standard models
which are universally adopted.
1 A outside
B out
C out of
D outdoors
2 A resembled
B looked
C showed
D seemed
3 A However
B Therefore
C Although
D Despite
4 A forbade
B disappointed
C avoided
D discouraged
5 A New
B Recent
C Modern
D Late
6 A methods
B ways
C systems
D means
7 A by
B with
C through
D in
8 A middle
B heart
C focus
D halfway
9 A original
B primary
C first
D early
10 A show
B appear
C happen
D become
11 A a
B in the
C in a
D the
12 A various
B particular
C rare
D special
13 A change
B alter
C vary
D move
14 A rise
B raise
C wake
D get up
15 A reproduced
B replaced
C removed
D remained
C originated
D started
Question 2: Fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (7.5 points)
Travellers dont have jobs, because (1) _______ dont stay in one place long (2) _______.
They are the children of nature modern gypsies. When Autumn (3) _______, they disappear
and we dont (4) _______ them on the news any (5) _______. In fact, they move to the cities
and look (6) _______ empty houses for the winter. Perhaps the children go to school for a (7)
_______ months.
Paul and Janice are travellers. They arent married. They have two children (8) _______
Moonstone and Saffron. Their life is (9) _______ simple. During the day they sit and talk to
their friends (10) _______ the children play. In the evenings they usually eat (11) _______ with
other families around a big fire, (12) _______ somebody usually plays a guitar or switches on a
CD player. They live (13) _______ social security benefits. If they need extra (14) _______,
Janice makes jewellery and sells it (15) ______ markets and fairs.
Question 3: Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. (5 points)
According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may
become recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family,
traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases,
Line such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually emerge as leaders, although
(5)
there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen
rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that
meet the needs of that particular group.
Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader,
research suggests that there are typically two different leadership roles that are held by
different individuals. Instrumental leadership is leadership that emphasizes the completion
(15) of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to get things
done. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the
collective well-being of a social groups member. Expressive leader are less concerned
with the overall goals of the group than with providing emotional support to group
members and attempting to minimize tension and conflict among them. Group members
(20)
expect expressive leaders to maintain stable relationships within the group and provide
support to individual members.
Instrumental leaders are likely to have a rather secondary relationship to other group
members. They give orders and may discipline group members who inhibit attainment of
the groups goals. Expressive leaders cultivate a more personal or primary relationship to
(25) others in the group. They offer sympathy when someone experiences difficulties or is
subjected to discipline, are quick to lighten a serious moment with humor ,and try to
resolve issues that threaten to divide the group. As the differences in these two roles
suggest, expressive leaders generally receive more personal affection from group members;
instrumental leaders, if they are successful in promoting group goals, may enjoy a mote
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distant respect
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The problems faced by leaders
(B) How leadership differs in small and large groups
(C) How social groups determine who will lead them
(D) The role of leaders in social groups
2. The passage mentions all of the following ways by which people can become leaders
EXCEPT
(A) recruitment
3. In mentioning natural leaders in lines 8-9, the author is making the point that
(A) few people qualify as natural leaders
(B) there is no proof that natural leaders exist
(C) natural leaders are easily accepted by the members of a social group
(D) natural leaders share a similar set of characteristics
4. Which of the following statements about leadership can be inferred from paragraph 2?
(A) A person who is an effective leader of a particular group may not be an effective leader
in another group.
(B) Few people succeed in sharing a leadership role with another person.
(C) A person can best learn how to be an effective leader by studying research on
leadership.
(D) Most people desire to be leaders but can produce little evidence of their qualifications.
5. The passage indicates that instrumental leaders generally focus on
(A) ensuring harmonious relationships (B) sharing responsibility with group members
(C) identifying new leaders
(B) typical
(C) group
(D) particular
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8. A secondary relationship mentioned in line 22 between a leader and the members of a group
could best be characterized as
(A) distant
(B) enthusiastic
(C) unreliable
(D) personal
Question 4: Read the passage then choose the best sentences A-K to fill in each gap. There
is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. (10 points)
BITTER WATER HITS THE BIG TIME
Chocolate, which has its origins in South America, is now part of a multi-million pound
worldwide business.
At Easter, British people spend over $230 million on chocolate. A massive eight per cent
of all chocolate is bought at this time.
(1)____. Although the large scale industrial production of chocolate began in the last
century, the cacao plant was first cultivated by the Aztec, Toltec and Mayan civilizations of
Central America over three thousand years ago.
The cacao tree is an evergreen, tropical plant which is found in Africa, South and Central
America, the West Indies and South East Asia. The fruit of this tree is melon-sized and contains
20-40 seeds. (2)____. In English speaking countries, they are called cocoa beans. This is a
misspelling from the 17th century when they were also called cacoa and cocao beans.
The Aztecs used cocoa beans as money. (3)____. This is from the world in the Aztec
language, Nahuatl, meaning bitter water. (4)____. The Spanish found the drink more palatable
mixed with cinnamon and sugar, but the recipe did not spread to the rest of Europe for another
century. In the late 17th century, chocolate houses were set up in Europes capital cities, where
people gathered to drink chocolate.
(5)____. But in 1826, CJ van Houten of the Netherlands invented chocolate powder.
(6)____.
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The age of the chocolate bar as we know it began in 1847 when a Bristol company, Fry
and Sons, combined cocoa butter with pure chocolate liquor and sugar to produce a solid block
that you could eat. (7)____.
At the turn of the century, the British chocolate market was dominated by French
companies. In 1879 the English company Cadbury even named their Birmingham factory
Bournville (ville is the French word for town) in the hope that a little glamour would rub off.
But then came Cadburys famous Dairy Milk bar which began life as a Dairymaid in 1905.
(8)____.
It seems that, for the time being at least, chocolate intake in Britain has established at
about four bars each week. (9)____. The latest market trick is the so-called extended line. This
is when the humble chocolate bar becomes an ice cream, a soft drink or a dessert, to tempt
chocoholics who have grown tired of conventional snacks.
At the other end of the production process, cacao farmers are still feeling the effects of a
crash in cocoa bean prices at the end of 1980s. (10)____. Perhaps you could spare a thought for
them as you munch your next chocolate bars.
A. This was made by extracting most of the cocoa butter from the crushed beans.
B. A Swiss company then introduced milk solids to the process which gave us milk chocolate.
C. They also used them to make a drink called xocoatl.
D. Until the last century, the chocolate drink was made from solid blocks of chocolate which
had to be melted down in hot water.
E. When dried they become cacao beans, which can be used to make chocolate.
F. Clever advertising which associated it with the healthy qualities of milk from the English
countryside quickly established the bar as a rival to the more decadent French brands.
G. British manufacturers include up to 5 per cent vegetable fat in their chocolate, something
forbidden elsewhere.
H. As most cacao farmers operate on a very small scale, many were forced out of business.
I. This has forced manufacturers to look for new ways to attract customers.
J. In Aztec times the chocolate drink was flavored with spices and used on ceremonial
occasions and for welcoming visitors.
K. Only at Christmas do people eat more of the cocoa-based foodstuffs.
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PART I: LISTENING (15 points)
2.A
3.C
4.B
5.A
6.A
7.B
12. 5,000
13. transportation
15. Commuter
17. upgrade
18. border
20. factories
2A
3B
4D
5A
6D
7A
8D
9D
10D
3B
4A
11D 12B
13D 14A
5C
6D
7A
8A
9C
10D
15D
16C
17B
18D
19A 20D
6. duaghter : daughter
2. discuss : discussed
7. england : England
3. firstly : first
8. late : later
4. however : how
9. indicate : indication
5. Add: Added
10 increasing: increase
3. beyond
4. away
5. to
6. to
6. are
2. werent staying
7. was complaining
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7. to
8. off
9. for
10. out
3. are thinking
8. said
9. had
5. d discovered
10. mean
2. outspoken
3. declaration
4. meaningless
5. writings
6. editor
7. rephrase
8. statement
9. implication
10. hearsay
2.C
3.D
4.A
5.A
6.B
7.B
8.C
9.C
10.A
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. A
14. C
15. B
6. for
11. together
2. enough
7. few
12. and
3. comes
8. called
13. on
4. see
9. very
14. money
5. more
10. while
15. at
3.B
4.A
5.D
6.C
7.C
8.A
9.D
10.D
2.E
3.C
4.J
5.D
6.A
7.B
8.F
9.I
10H
TAPESCRIPTS
Section 1:
Mrs. Blake: Hello?
Conor: Oh, hello. Im ringing about the advertisement in yesterdays newspaperthe one for
the bookcases can you tell me if theyre still available?
Mrs. Blake: weve sold one, but we still have two available.
Conor: Right. Ercan you tell me a bit about them?
Mrs. Blake: Sure, er what do you want to know?
Conor: Well, Im looking for something to fit in my study, so, well, Im not too worried about
the height, but the widths quite important. Can you tell me how wide each of them is?
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Mrs. Blake: Theyre both exactly the same size let me see, Ive got the details written down
somewhere. Yes, so theyre both 75 cm wide and 180 cm high.
Conor: OK, fine, that should fit in Ok. And I dont want anything that looks too severe not
made of metal, for example. I was really looking for something made of wood?
Mrs. Blake: Thats all right, they are, both of them.
Conor: So, are they both the same price as well?
Mrs. Blake: No, the first bookcase is quite a bit cheaper. Its just 15.00. We paid 60.00 for it
just five years ago, so its very good value. Its in perfectly good condition, they are both in very
good condition in fact, but the first one isnt the same quality as the other one. Its a good study
bookcase, it used to be in my sons room, but it could do with a fresh coat of paint
Conor: Oh, its painted?
Mrs. Blake: yes, its cream at present, but as I say you could easily change that if you wanted
to fit in with your colour scheme.
Conor: Yes, Id probably paint it white if I got it. Lets see, what else how many shelves has
it got?
Mrs. Blake: six two of them are fixed, and the other four are adjustable so you can shift them
up and down according to the sizes of your books.
Conor: Right, fine. Well that certainly sounds like a possibility.
Mrs. Blake: But the second ones a lovely bookcase too. Thats not painted, its just the natural
wood colour, a dark brown. It was my grandmothers, and I think she bought it sometime in the
1930s so Id say it must be getting on for eighty years old, its very good quality, they dont
make them like that nowadays.
Conor: And you said its the same dimensions as the first one?
Mrs. Blake: Yes, and its got the six shelves, but it also has a cupboard at the bottom thats
really useful for keeping odds and ends in.
Conor: Right.
Mrs. Blake: Oh, and I nearly forgot to say, the other thing about it is its got glass doors, so the
books are all kept out of the dust. So its really good value for the money. Im really sorry to be
selling it but we just dont have the room for it.
Conor: Mmm. So what are you asking for that one?
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Mrs. Blake: 95.00. Its quite a bit more, but its a lovely piece of furniture a real heirloom.
Conor: Yes all the same, its a lot more than I wanted to pay I didnt really want to go
above thirty or forty. Anyway, the first one sounds fine for what I need.
Mrs. Blake: Just as you like.
Conor: So is it all right if I come round and have a look this evening, then if its OK I can take
it away with me?
Mrs. Blake: Of course. So youll be coming by car, will you?
Conor: Ive got a friend with a van, so Ill get him to bring me round, if you can just give me
the details of where you live.
Mrs. Blake: Sure. Im Mrs. Blake,
Conor: B-L-A-K-E?
Mrs. Blake: Thats right, and the address is 41 Oak Rise, thats in Stanton.
Conor: OK so Ill be coming from the town centre, can you give me an idea of where you
are?
Mrs. Blake: Yes, you know the road that goes out towards the university?
Conor: Yes.
Mrs. Blake: Well you take that road, and you go on till you get to a roundabout, go straight on,
the Oak Rise is the fist road to the right.
Conor: Out towards the university, past the roundabout, first left?
Mrs. Blake: First right. And were at the end of the road.
Conor: Got it. So Ill be round at about 7.00, if thats all right. Oh, and my names Conor
Conor Field.
Mrs. Blake: Fine, Ill see you then, Conor. Goodbye.
Conor: Goodbye.
Section 2:
Announcer: One of the most anticipated art events in Christchurch is the Charity Art Sale,
organized this year by Neil Cutis. Neil, tell us all about it.
Neil: Well, Diane, this looks like being the biggest art sale yet, and the best thing about it is that
the money raised will all go to charity. So what you probably want to know first is where it is.
Well, the pictures will be on view all this week, most of them at the Star Gallery in the shopping
mall, but we have so many pictures this year that were also showing some in the caf next
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door, so do drip in and see them any day between 9.00 and 5.00. Now if youre interested in
buying rather than just looking and we hope a lot of you will be the actual sale will take
place on Thursday evening, with sales starting at 7.30 refreshments will be available before the
sale, starting at 6.30. Weve got about 50 works by local artists showing a huge range of styles
and media, and in a minute Ill tell you about some of them. Youre probably also interested in
whats going to happen to your money once youve handed it over well, all proceeds will go to
support children who are disabled, both here in New Zealand and also in other countries, so you
can find an original painting, support local talent, and help these children all at the same time.
Now let me tell you a bit about some of the artists who have kindly agreed to donate their
pictures to the Charity Art Sale.
One of them is Don Studley, who has a special interest in the art sale because his five-year-old
daughter was born with a serious back problem. After an operation earlier this year, shes now
doing fine, but Don says he wants to offer something to help other less fortunate children. Don is
totally self taught, and says hes passionate about painting. His paintings depict some of our
New Zealand is James Chang, who came here from Taiwan nine years ago, at the age of 56. Mr.
Chang had 13 exhibitions in Taiwan before he came to live here in Christchurch so hes a wellestablished artist and art has been a lifelong passion for him. His paintings are certainly worth
looking at if you like abstract pictures with strong colour schemes, youll love them.
Natalie Stevens was born in New Zealand, but has exhibited in China, Australia and Spain. As
well as being an artist, shes a website designer. She believes art should be universal, and her
paintings use soft colours and a mixture of media. Most of her pictures are portraits so watch out
some of them may even be friends of yours.
And then we have Christine Shin, from Korea. Christine only started to learn English two years
ago, when she arrived in New Zealand, but shes been painting professionally for over ten years
and she sure knows how to communicate strong messages though the universal language of art.
She usually works from photographs, and paints delicate water colours, which combine
traditional Asian influences with New Zealand landscapes, giving a very special view of our
local scenery.
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Well, thats all I have time to tell you now, but as well as these four, there are many other artists
whose work will be on sale so do come along on Thursday. We accept cheques, credit cards or
cash and remember, even if you dont buy a picture you can always make a donation!
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B. a teacher
C. a lawyer
2. Why did Clara not apply for the museum job sooner?
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B. languages
C. mathematics
A. far too
B. simply
C. much more
D. nearly
4. His _______ of the school regulations really cant be ignored any longer.
A. carelessness
B. inattention
C. unfamiliarity
D. disregard
5. ______ after trying three times, he passed the examination.
A. Last of all
B. Lastly
C. Last
D. At last
6. It took me a long time to ______ what the aim of the game was.
A. ponder
B.consider
C.grasp
D. reckon
7. He _______ malaria while he was in Africa.
A. infected
B. contracted
C. was caught
D. gained
8. The question of late payment of the bills was ______again at the meeting.
A. raised
B. risen
C. brought
D. taken
9. None of us has ever ______ of cheating in class.
A. declared
B. persisted
C. approved
D. concluded
10. We have been working hard. Lets ______ a break.
A. make
B. find
C. do
D. take
11. Its advisable to _______ any contact with potential rabbit animals.
A. escape
B. avoid
C. prevent
D. evade
12. Would you mind helping me with these heavy boxes? _______
A. Yes, I would. B. Not at all.
C. What a pity!
D. My Gosh!
13. There should be no discrimination on _______ of sex, race or religion.
A. fields
B. places
C. areas
D. grounds
14. He felt _______ when he failed the exams the second time.
A. discouraged B. annoyed
C. undecided
D. determined
15. He gave me his personal _______ that his draft would be ready by Friday.
A. endurance
B. insurance
C. assurance
D. ensurance
16. Its high time we got going, _______?
A. isnt it
B. didnt it
C. should we
D. arent we
17. The weather forecast was for rain, but the day was fine and dry, _____ it turned out.
A. When
B. though
C. like
D. as
18. The book would have been perfect _______ the ending.
A. it had not been for
B. hadnt it been for
C. it hadnt been to
D. had it not been for
19. The film is ______ released at the end of next year.
A. on the verge of being
B. due to be
C. about to be
D. on the point of being
20. Why did Laura go to town?
_______ for was to attend an interview.
A. What she went
B. That she went
C. Why she went
D. She went
2. There are 10 mistakes in the following passage. Underline the mistakes and
write the correct answers in the space provided. (0) has been done as an example.
(5ps)
0. filling => filled
3
There may be a vacancy on the school board next May. The position must be
filling before the next school session, which begin on September 7th. Anyone who is
resident of Smithtown, at last 21 years old, and interested in fulfilling his or her civic
duty may fill out an application for considered by the city council. Application may be
obtained at the City Hall or Center Avenue or at the Smithtown Public Library
downtown. Those residents who are current enrolled in adult learning classes with the
intent of earning a secondary school certificate are excluding from applying. Please note
that applications will be reviewed in alphabet order. Submit your application until
January 1st in order to be considered for this position. Use a blue or black pen when
filling out the forms. It is not unnecessary to attach other documents such as rsum or
cover letters. Candidates who invited in for an interview will be asked to bring
references at that time. For those interested in becoming involved with city council in
other ways, visit office 2B in the second floor at City Hall.
Your answers:
Line
Mistake
Correction
Line
Mistake
Correction
3. Put one or two suitable prepositions in the blank of each sentence. (5ps)
1. I came _______ several old friends at the meeting.
2. She got a job so that she could be independent_______ her parents.
3. The bridge is_______ repair, so we'll have to go a different way.
4. The company has laid _______ strict procedures for this kind of situation.
5. I need someone to stand _______ ________me at the ceremony.
6. The books are_______ loan to use from a private library.
7. She's not very good at putting her views_______.
8. The holiday didn't live_______ _______ our expectations.
9. We don't hold_______ much hope that the price will fall.
10. When I was a child, it would never have occurred to me not to comply_____ the
rules.
11. She was very appreciative _______all the support she got from her friends.
12. The price of shares in the company went up _______over 50% when they
announced the discovery of the new oilfield.
13. The cinema which was adjacent _______ the bank was badly damaged in the
earthquake.
14. My karate instructor always singles _______Robert to demonstrate techniques as
hes the best in the class.
15. Many pensioners find it hard to get _______ ________ their small pensions after
their retirement.
16. Erica is an excellent colleague. She goes _______ her job calmly and efficiently.
4
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
6. Read the following text and then choose the best phrase or sentence, given
below, to fill each of the gaps. Write one letter (A-P) in each of the numbered gaps.
Each phrase is only used once. Some of the suggested answers do not fit at all.
(5ps)
Archaeologists in Iraq have discovered the worlds oldest statue a stone,
standing four feet high, covered with plaster (1) __________ of a human being.
This stone man dating from 11,000 years ago, (2) __________ who were
emerging from the pre-agricultural Stone Age into the Neolithic world of early farming.
The statue, probably of religious significance, was located inside a prehistoric house
one of the earliest sophisticated buildings (3) __________. Investigations have shown
that the house had (4) __________ with clay-coated, lime-plastered walls and floor.
So far excavations have unearthed three buildings containing seven standing
stones, (5) __________ retain traces of lime plaster which once covered them.
However, (6) __________ shows evidence of having been shaped into the
likeness of a human being. It is 30 centuries older (7) __________ previously known
oldest statue. (8) __________that each building appears to have had at least one
standing stone inside it, and that one house actually had three.
The plaster-covered human shaped obelisk (9) __________ shoulders and the
stumps of arms and part of a neck. The head, however, (10) __________.
A. ever discovered by archaeologists
B. molded into the shape
C. to have been built
D. strangely carved
E. was fashioned by people
F. excavations have revealed
G. only one of these
H. neither of them
I. beautifully finished
J. than the remaining
K. has what appear to be
L. seems to have broken off
M. four of which
N. has been missing
O. it has been decided
P. than the worlds
PART IV. READING (30ps)
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1. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill in each blank.
(7.5ps)
Old and Active
It is well-known that life expectancy is longer in Japan than in most other countries.
A (1) _______ report also shows that Japan has the longest health expectancy in the
world. A healthy long life is the result of the (2) _______ in social environment.
Scientists are trying to work (3) _______ exactly what keeps elderly Japanese people so
healthy, and whether there is a lesson to be (4) _______ from their lifestyles for the rest
of us. Should we (5) ______ any changes to our eating habits, for instance, or go
jogging each day before breakfast? Is there some secret (6) ______ in the Japanese diet
that is particularly (7) _______ to the human body?
Another factor (8) _______ to the rapid population aging in Japan is a decline in
birthrate. Although longer life should be celebrated, it is (9) ______ considered a social
problem. The number of older people had (10) ______ in the last half century and that
had increased pension and medical costs. The country could soon be (11) ______ an
economic problem, if there are so many old people to be looked (12) ______, and
relatively few younger people working and paying tax to support them.
(13) _______ the retirement age from 65 to 70 could be one solution to the problem.
Work can give the elderly a (14) _______ of responsibility and mission in life. Its
important that the elderly play active (15) _______ in the society and live in harmony
with all generations.
1. A. late
B. recent
C. contemporary
D. new
2. A. increase
B. progress
C. growth
D. improvement
3. A. for
B. out
C. in
D. off
4. A. learnt
B. gathered
C. understood
D. gained
5. A. do
B. make
C. set
D. give
6. A. ingredient
B. component
C. portion
D. helping
7. A. helpful
B. supportive
C. advantageous
D. beneficial
8. A. contributing
B. helping
C. resulting
D. causing
9. A. therefore
B. actually
C. even
D. however
10. A. reduced
B. added
C. doubled
D. multiplied
11. A. facing
B. meeting
C. adopting
D. encountering
12. A. for
B. after
C. over
D. out
13. A. Putting
B. Moving
C. Rising
D. Raising
14. A. sense
B. sentiment
C. feeling
D. characteristic
15. A. roles
B. posts
C. positions
D. parts
2. Fill in each blank with a suitable word (7.5ps)
Egyptologists tell us that the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza were built
approximately 4,500 years ago by an Egyptian pharaoh, but in recent years a great (1)
________ of evidence has surfaced to challenge this. A growing (2) _______ of
independent researchers claimed that these monuments may in (3) _______ have been
built as (4) _______ back as 12,500 years ago! According to them, the Giza pyramids
precisely line (5) _______ with the position of certain stars in the year 10,450 BC. It is
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interesting to note that on that date the leonine Sphinx (6) _______ have faced the exact
location on the horizon where the constellation of Leo rose (7) _______ dawn on the
Spring equinox. Equally interesting is the claim made by at (8) _______ one geologist
that weathering patterns on the body of the Sphinx are consistent (9) _______ those left
by precipitation over a substantial period of time, yet Egypt (10) _______ saw heavy
rainfall over 7,000 years ago. Could it be (11) _______ both the pyramids and the
Sphinx were built by a highly civilized race thousands (12) _______ years before the
Age of the Pharaohs, at a time when historians would (13) _______ us believe humans
had (14) _______ the know-how to construct such amazing structures? If evidence (15)
_______ surface that can support such claims, the history books will undoubtedly have
to be rewritten.
3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions (5ps)
Before the mid- nineteenth century, people in the United States ate most foods
only in season. Drying, smoking, salting could preserve meat for a short time, but the
availability of fresh meat like that of fresh milk, was very limited; there was no way to
prevent spoilage. But in 1810, a French inventor named Nicolas Appert developed the
cooking- and-sealing process of canning. And in the 1850s an American named Gail
Borden developed a means of condensing and preserving milk. Canned goods and
condensed milk became more common during the 1860s, but supplies remained low
because cans had to be made by hand. By 1880, however, inventors had fashioned
stamping and soldering machines that mass-produced cans from tinplate. Suddenly all
kinds of food could be preserved and bought at all times of the year.
Other trends and inventions had also helped made it possible for Americans to
vary their daily diets. Growing urban populations created demand that encouraged fruit
and vegetable farmers to raise more produce. Railroad refrigerator cars enabled growers
and meat packers to ship perishables great distances and to preserve them for longer
periods. Thus, by the 1890s, northern city dwellers could enjoy southern and western
strawberries, grapes, and tomatoes, previously available for a month at most, for up to
six months of the year. In addition, increased use of iceboxes enabled families to store
perishables. An easy means of producing ice commercially had been invented in the
1870s, and by 1900 the nation had more than 2,000 commercial ice plants, most of
which made home deliveries. The icebox became the fixture in most homes and
remained so until the mechanized refrigerator replaced it in the 1920s and 1930s.
Almost everyone now had a more diversified diet. Some people continued to eat
mainly foods that were heavy in starches and carbohydrates, and not everyone could
afford meat. Nevertheless, many families could take advantage of previously
unavailable fruits, vegetables, and dairy products to achieve more varied fare.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Causes of food spoilage
B. Commercial production of ice
C. Inventions that led to changes in the American diet
D. Population movements in the nineteenth century
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to the original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word(s). (2.5ps)
1. I never thought that we would have legal problems. (CROSSED)
.
2. Bill changed his way when he came out of prison. (LEAF)
..
3. The staff in that office all have great respect for their boss. (LOOK)
...
4. She began to suffer from irrational fears. (PREY)
5. The final version of the plan was quite different from the initial draft.
(RESEMBLANCE)
....
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3. Saturday
4 . 215
5. discounts
6. rackets
7. lessons
9. weight
9. fitness
10. Reysall
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. B
Mistake
begin
(at) last
considered
current
excluding
Correction
begins
(at) least
consideration
currently
excluded
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6. 8
7. 8
8. 10
9. 11
10.12
Mistake
alphabet
until
unnecessary
invited
in
Correction
alphabetical
by
necessary
are invited
on
3. Put one or two suitable prepositions in the blank of each sentence. (5ps)
1. across
2. of
3. under
4. down
5. in for
6. on
7. across
8. up to
9. out
10. with
11. of
12. by
13. to
14. out
15. by on
16. about 17. with
18. from
19. down 20. to
4. Provide the correct verb form of the verbs in brackets (5ps)
1
1. will have
4. have run
7. has talked
2.to be awarded
5. had seemed
8. had been lying
3. has been
6. would go
9. woke up/ had completely lost
5. Use the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered boxes. (5 pts)
1. challenging 2. stressful
3. commitments
4. accompanies
5. memorable
6. invaluable
7. insights
8. distinctive
9. packages
10.truly
6. Read the following text and then choose the best phrase or sentence, given below, to
fill each of the gaps. Write one letter (A-P) in each of the numbered gaps. (5ps)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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PART IV. READING (30ps)
1. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to fill in each blank. (7.5ps)
1.B
2.D 3.B 4.A
5.B
6.A 7.D 8.A 9. B 10.C
11.A
12.B 13.D 14.A
15. A
2. Fill in each blank with a suitable word (7.5ps)
1. deal
2. number
3. fact
4. far
5. up
6. would
7. at
8. least
9. with
10. last
11. that
12. of
13. have
14. not
15. does/ should
3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions (5ps)
1.C 2.B. 3.B 4.C 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.D 10.A
4. Choose the most suitable heading. (10 ps)
1E
2A
3C
4D
5B
thought she was so lucky. At fifteen she had the job she wanted. I wanted to go to college
to study history, then I saw this museum job advertised.
- So you decided to apply.
- Well, they wanted someone to organize the museum collections, for example old coins or
ancient vases, very valuable pieces. It was a big responsibility. But thats what I wanted. I
didnt apply immediately though. I was afraid it wasnt interesting work on my own with
no one to talk to. It took me two weeks to apply. My mother was really upset.
- And you got the job.
- Yes, I wont never forget my first day. I was introduced to all my colleagues. They were
very friendly. One of them read a little speech. She wrote it to welcome me. Then
somebody said there were some big boxes. They were the museum objects for me
downstairs. Could I go and get them? I couldnt believe it. I didnt say anything. I just did
it. They were very heavy.
- Was anything else easier?
- Not really. I had to work with computers and it was very useful. Im not good with
numbers though. As part of my job, I had to look at the objects the museum wanted to buy,
usually from the private collectors. For that you need to understand basic mathematics. My
boss said I definitely should do something about it. And I did. I had to give up my French
study to make time for that.
- So what part of your job did you enjoy most?
- I spent a lot of time writing short history of museum objects, what they looked like,
where they were found. I find this research work much more exciting than preparing an
important exhibition. I was also afraid people might not like the exhibition. I dont get
much the chance to talk to visitors. But I like reading the comments they write on the
visitors book.
- Well, youre doing a great job. Any plans for the future?
- Yes, I must make some progress in my history study. But it would take me years to get
my degree because Im studying in part time now. Next year will be exciting. Well have a
special exhibition on African history of museum. Our master keeps me very busy. We have
a lot of visitors from all over the world.
- Clara, thank you for talking to us.
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2. What do both Chris and Jane feel is unique about their work?
A. the close contact with the customers
B. the need to do everything at the same time
C. the opportunity they have to be creative
D. the way they have to focus on the job
3. What do Chris and Jane feel about what they cook on board the train?
A. They approve of the menus provided for them.
B. They are more adventurous than other chefs.
C. They would like to have more freedom of choice.
D. They are happy to adapt their ideas to suit the job.
4. What is often Janes initial reaction when things spill over?
A. She asks another member of staff to help her clear up.
B. She blames the train driver for the accident.
C. She tells herself to keep a closer watch next time.
D. She says nasty things to the other staff.
5. What does Chris say caused his worst disaster?
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Communication in Business
Course Code:
CB162
Dates:
Suggestions for
Improvement
Course organisation
Course delivery
(5) ..
(4) ..
* good at (6).......................
* some (7)...........................
sessions went on too long
* good (8) .
known
in
advance
Your answers:
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
A. massage
B. carriage
C. voyage
D. dosage
2.
A. dimension
B. expansion
C. confusion
D. tension
3.
A. increase
B. ink
C. pink
D. thank
4.
A. apology
B. classify
C. testify
D. verify
5.
A. beloved
B. naked
C. ploughed
D. learned
Your answers:
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Part 2: 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. (2.5 points)
1.
A. obvious
B. notorious
C. credulous
D. numerous
2.
A. dialect
B. diagram
C. diagonal
D. diamond
3.
A. Europe
B. monument
C. province
D. minority
4.
A. obsolete
B. complete
C. compete
D. deplete
5.
A. consent
B. obstinacy
C. condolence
D. equality
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Your answers:
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B. ambiguous
C. attentive
D. authoritarian
B. to have left
C. who left
3. ....... of the financial crisis, all they could do was hold on and hope that things would
improve.
A. At the bottom
B. At the height
C. On the top
D. In the end
B. make up for
D. keep in with
B. permit
C. accept
D. allow
C. dearest
D. deepest
B. warmest
B. didnt
C. wouldnt
D. mustnt
B. at a loss of
C. at the expense of
D. with regard to
C. come in for
D. come up against
10. The trouble with Stan is that he makes such a fuss about even the most ..... injury.
A. slight
B. trivial
C. basic
D. elementary
11. ...... from being embarrassed by his mistake, the lecturer went on confidently with
his talk.
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A. Distant
B. Far
C. A long way
D. Miles
12. The increased pay offer was accepted although it ..... short of what the employees
wanted.
A. fell
B. arrived
C. came
D. ended
13. The competition he set up for young musicians is another ..... of his life-long support
for the arts.
A. exposition
B. manifestation
C. token
D. exhibition
B. end up
C. phrase out
D. break off
15. The tennis player couldnt ..... the possibility of the withdrawing from the
championship because of injury.
A. come off
B. pass over
C. rule out
D. do without
16.The plan received ................support although none of the committee spoke openly in
its favour.
A. tacit
B. mute
C. silent
D. quiet
17. In the ..............of security, personnel must wear their identity badges at all times.
A. requirement
B. interests
C. demands
assistance
18. I have several problems at the moment, .............the least of which is lack of money.
A. but
B. not
C. only
D. far
B. contrary
C. despite
D. against
20. Mr Jones wants twenty copies of this letter .............off on the photocopier.
A. put
B. run
C. taken
D. turned
Your answers:
1.
6.
11.
16.
2.
7.
12.
17.
3.
8.
13.
18.
4.
9.
14.
19.
5.
10.
15.
20.
Part 2: Read the text, find the mistakes and correct them (5 points)
Leonardo Dicaprio is one of the hottest young film stars around at the moment. His face
has been on the covers of all the top movies and young magazines over the last few
months and he has been the subject of countless articles, rumours and showbiz gossip.
Leonard doesnt like reading about him because I read things about me that Ive never
said in my life and never did.
Leonardo was born in Los Angeles on 11 November, 1974. Hes a Scorpio. His full
name is Leonardo Wilhelm Dicaprio. His mother is Germany and his father Italian
American. They called him Leonardo because when his mother was still pregnant, he
started kicking while she was tood in front of a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. His
friends call him Leo. He has a scar from when he was stinging by a Portuguese man-of
war. His parents separated before he was born, so his mother moved to a poor
neighborhood of Hollywood there Leo grew up. At school he was very good at imitating
people, especially Michael Jackson. This made him very popularly. His childhood hero
was Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea.
After appearance in TV commercials and episodes of Roseanne, he played the cast of
Roseanne, the TV sitcom starring Kirk Cameron. Leonard played the part of Luke, a
homeless boy. Lately, he played the part of Jim Caroll in The Basketball Diaries. But
he has really become famous since he acted in the film Titanic.
Your answers:
1
10
prosecution. Britains only surviving native feline species, the wild cat, is confined (19)
....................Scotland. After examining hair samples, experts now say that the Beast of
Exmoor in the South of England is (20) ...................... the shadow of a doubt a puma or
lynx, both of which animals are normally native to the Middle East and Asia.
Your answers:
1
13
17
10
14
18
11
15
19
12
16
20
Part 4: Complete following sentences with the correct form of the verbs (5 points)
I come from a very large family, and recently my parents (1-decide) .that
they (2-spend) ..long enough living in an overcrowded house in Birmingham.
We (3- move) ..to the country, my father ( 4- announce) one evening. I (5sell) ..this house, and we (6- live) ..on a farm. So last week we
(7-load) ..all our possessions into two hired vans, and for the last few days we
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(8-try) .to organize ourselves in our new home. Yesterday, for example,
my three brothers and I (9-start) painting the downstairs rooms.
Unfortunately while I (10-mix) the paint, one of my sisters (11-open)
the door. Nobody (12-tell) her that we (13-be) in the room, you see. So instead
of painting the walls, we (14-spend) .all morning cleaning the paint off the
floor. But worse things (15-happen) .since then. This morning when I (16wake up), water (17-drip) through the ceiling next to my bed. We (18spend) .today so far repairing the roof. Its not all bad news, though. The
school in the village nearby (19-close down) two years ago, and my parents
(20-not find) another school for us yet.
Your answers:
1
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
10
20
Part 5: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed words in the numbered spaces
provided. (5 points)
Many people have given (0) ...assistance to me during the writing of ASSIST
this book, but it is to Miss Leigh Keith, senior editor of Ramsay and
Brown that I am most deeply (1) ..for her loyalty and DEBT
(2) .. during the four years the project lasted. She gave her DEVOTE
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time and advice (3). in order for this work to be completed, giving STINT
both moral and (4). support for the lengthy research into social PRACTICE
conditions the project (5). .
NECESSARY
Your answers:
1
10
Part 6: Read the text. Complete the text with the phrase (A-K) that best fits each gap.
There is one phrase you do not need. (5 points)
Archeologist in Irap have discovered the worlds oldest statue a stone, standing four
feet high, covered with plaster (1) .of a human being.
This stone man, dating from 11,000 years ago, (2) who were emerging from
the preagricultural Stone Age into the Neolithic world of early farming.
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The statue, probably of religious sigificance, was located inside a prehistoric house
one of the earliest sophisticated buildings (3) . Investigations have shown that
the house had (4) ..clay-coated, lime-plastered walled and floor.
So far excavations have unearthed three buildings containing seven standing stones, (5)
.retain traces of the lime plaster which once covered them.
However, (6) ..shows evidence of having been shaped into the likeness of a
human being. It is 30 centuries older (7) ..previously known oldest statue. (8)
..that each building appears to have had at least one standing stone inside it,
and that one house actually had three.
The plastered-covered human shaped obelisk (9) .shoulders and the stumps of
arms and part of a nexk. The head, however, (10)..
strangely carved
neither of them
beautifully finished
M four of which
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Your answers:
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
the plastics
themselves that are the environmental (3) .- its the way society chooses to use
and (4) .them.
Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal
non-renewable natural (5) We (6) .well over three million
tonnes of the stuff in Britain each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A
high (7) of our annual consumption is in the (8) ..of packaging, and this
(9) about seven per cent by weight, of our domestic (10) . Almost all of it
could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (11)..is
growing fast.
The plastics themselves are extremely energy rich they have a higher calorific (12)
than coal and one (13) .of recovery strongly (14) .by the
plastic manufacturers is the (15) ..of waste plastic into fuel.
1.A. evidence
B. concern
C. doubt
D. likelihood
2.A. pleasures
B. benefits
C. savings
D. profits
3.A. poison
B. disaster
C. disadvantage
D. evil
4.A. dispose
B. store
C. endanger
D. abuse
5.A. resources
B. processes
C. products
D. fuels
6.A. remove
B. import
C. consign
D. consume
7.A. portion
B. amount
C. proportion
D. rate
8.A. way
B. kind
C. form
D. type
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9.A. takes
B. makes
C. carries
D. constitutes
10.A. refuse
B. goods
C. requirements
D. rubble
11.A. manufacture
B. plant
C. factory
D. industry
12.A. degree
B. value
C. demand
D. effect
13.A. measure
B. mechanism
C. method
D. medium
14.A. desired
B. argued
C. favoured
D. presented
15.A. conversion
B. melting
C. change
D. replacement
Your answers:
1.
6.
11.
2.
7.
12.
3.
8.
13.
4.
9.
14.
5.
10.
15.
actual fact, this probably isnt the case, (13) they are likely to
understand (14) ..accurately because what they only partially hear is assisted
(15) what they also see in the speakers expressions and lip-movements.
Your answers:
1
10
13
11
14
12
15
Part 3: Read the text and answer the following questions (5 points)
Continents and ocean basins represent the largest identifiable bodies on Earth. On
the solid portions of the planet, the second most prominent features are flat plains,
elevated plateaus, and large mountain ranges. In geography, the term "continent" refers
to the surface of continuous landmasses that together comprise about 29.2% of the
planet's surface. On the other hand, another definition is prevalent in the general use of
the term that deals with extensive mainlands, such as Europe or Asia that actually
represent one very large landmass. Although all continents are bounded by water bodies
or high mountain ranges, isolated mainlands, such as Greenland and India-Pakistan
areas are called subcontinents. In some circles, the distinction between continents and
large islands lies almost exclusively in the size of a particular landmass.
The analysis of compression and tension in the earth's crust has determined that
continental structures are composed of layers that underlie continental shelves. A great
deal of disagreement among geologists surrounds the issue of exactly how many layers
underlie each landmass because of their distinctive mineral and chemical composition.
It is also quite possible that the ocean floor rests on the top of unknown continents that
have not yet been explored. The continental crust is believed to have been formed by
means of a chemical reaction when, lighter materials separated from heavier ones, thus
settling at various levels within the crust. Assisted by the measurements of the specifics
within crust formations by means of monitoring earthquakes, geologists can speculate
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that a chemical split occurred to form the atmosphere, sea water, and the crust before it
solidified many centuries ago.
Although each continent has its special features, all consist of various combinations
of components that include shields, mountain belts, intracratonic basins, margins,
volcanic plateaus, and block vaulted belts. The basic differences among continents lie in
the proportion and the composition of these features relative to the continent size.
Climatic zones have a crucial effect on the weathering and formation of the surface
features, soil erosion, soil deposition, land formation, vegetation, and human activities.
Mountain belts are elongated narrow zones that have a characteristic folded
sedimentary organization of layers. They are typically produced during substantial
crustal movements, which generate faulting and mountain building. When
continental margins collide, the rise of a marginal edge leads to the formation of
large mountain ranges, as explained by the plate tectonic theory. This process also
accounts for the occurrence of mountain belts in ocean basins and produces evidence
for the ongoing continental plate evolution.
(B) convened
(C) delimited
(D) dominated
4. The author of the passage implies that the disagreement among scientists is based on
the fact that
(A) each continent has several planes and shelves
(B) continents have various underlying layers of crust
(C) continents undergo compression and experience tension
(D)continents have different chemical makeup
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(B) speculations
(D)sea water
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Part 4: Read the text and answer the following questions (5 points)
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On a mountain top in southern Mexico, Indian families gather. They chant and sprinkle
cornmeal in consecration, praying for the success of their new crops, the unity of their
communities and the health of their families. In this village in Oaxaca people eat
corn tamales, sow maize plots and teach children to care for the plant. The cultural
rhythms of this community, its labours, rituals and celebrations will be defined as
they have been for millennia by the lifecycle of corn. Indeed, if it werent for the
domestication of teocintle (the ancestor of modern maize) 9,000 years ago
mesoamerican civilization could never have developed. In the Mayan sacred book,
the Popol Vuh, the gods create people out of cornmeal. The people of corn flourished
and built one of the most remarkable cultures in human history.
But in Mexico and Central America today maize has come under attack. As a result of
the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Mexico has been flooded with
imported corn from north of the border in the US. The contamination of native
varieties with genetically modified imported maize could have major consequences for
Mexican campesinos (farmers), for local biodiversity and for the worlds genetic
reserves.
A decade ago Mexican bureaucrats and business people had it all figured out. NAFTA
would drive uncompetitive maize farmers from the countryside to work in booming
assembly factories across the country. Their standard of living would rise as the cost of
providing services like electricity and water to scattered rural communities would fall.
Best of all, cheap imported maize from the US the worlds most efficient and most
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Unfortunately, it didnt turn out that way. There werent quite enough of those factory
jobs and the ones that did materialize continued to be along the US border, not further
in Mexico. And despite a huge drop in the price farmers received for their corn,
consumers often ended up paying more. The price of tortillas the countrys staple
food rose nearly fivefold as the Government stopped domestic subsidies and giant
agribusiness firms took over the market. Free trade defenders like Mexicos former
Under-Secretary of Agriculture Luis Tellez suggest: Its not that NAFTA failed, its
just that reality didnt turn out the way we planned it. Part of that reality was that the
Government did nothing to help campesinos in the supposed transition. Nor did
NAFTA recognize inequalities or create compensation funds to help the victims of free
trade unlike what occurred with economic integration in the European Union.
Basically, Mexico adopted a sink-or-swim policy for small farmers, opening the
floodgates to tons of imported US corn. Maize imports tripled under NAFTA and
producer prices fell by half. The drop in income immediately hit the most vulnerable
and poorest members of rural society. While more than a third of the corn grown by
small farmers is used to feed their families, the rest is sold on local markets. Without
this critical cash, rural living standards plunged.
Maize is at the heart of indigenous and campesino identity. Jos Carrillo de la Cruz, a
Huichol Indian from northern Jalisco, describes that relationship: Corn is the force,
the life and the strength of the Huichol. If there were a change, if someone from
outside patented our corn, it would end our life and existence.
The good news is that the free-trade threat to Mexicos culture and food security has
sparked a lively resistance. In Defence of Corn, a movement to protect local maize
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varieties, is not a membership organization but a series of forums and actions led
by campesinos themselves. Its a direct challenge to both free trade and the dictums of
corporate science.
The farmers tenacity and refusal to abandon the crop of their ancestors is impressive.
But larger economic conditions continue to shape their lives. Rural poverty and hunger
have soared under free trade and placed a heavier burden on women left to work the
land. The battle for food sovereignty continues. Movement leaders insist that the
Government reassess its free trade policies and develop a real rural development
programme.
Questions 1-5
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage
NO
NOT
GIVEN
1) After NAFTA, a lot of corn from the USA has been sold in Mexico.
2) Following NAFTA, Mexican business people tried to stop maize farmers from
working in factories throughout the country.
3) The Mexican farmers were paid a lot less for their corn after NAFTA.
4) Many Mexican farmers wanted to leave Mexico after the Free Trade Agreement.
5) The Mexican farmers were not able to do anything to help themselves after the Trade
Agreement.
Your answers:
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Questions 6-10
Complete the summary below.
10
3. Its unlikely hell be picked for the Olympic swimming team. ( chances)
4. I know I can convince Dave that Im right about this matter. ( bring)
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6. We wouldnt want to restrict the freedom of the students in any way. ( impose)
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2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C
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things can go wrong, and the challenge of preparing a top-quality, three-course meal for fourwhich costs no more than 50 pounds and in front of all those judges!
Greg: Well, Jane, you were a runner up and Chris came first. I gather you faced some
stiff competition from the other finalists.
Jane: No doubt about that. All the chefs who entered the competition were brilliant in
their own way but someone has to win! But the real problem is trying to be creative as the
train hurtles through the countryside at over 100 miles an hour theres little room for mistakes
and you have to be able to keep your balance!
Chris: Actually, Id only been a railway chef for three months. And I can tell you that life on board is
no easy ride. Theres no nipping out to to get the extra bunch of parsley, or a lemon.
Greg: But youre used to working under pressure all the same, arent you? How do you set about
being organized?
Chris: Youve just got to make sure youre focussed on the job. Being able to keep an eye on a dozen
things at once is also an advantaged.
Greg: But do you actually enjoy what youre doing?
Jane: Theres plenty of scope to express yourself as a chef in the job-and the open kitchen means that
customers will often compliment you personally on the food. Thats one of the biggest
highlights of the job.
Chris: Id certainly go along with that. Very few restaurant chefs have the chance to experience that.
Greg: And what about the menus, who decides what to cook?
Jane: Theyre decided in advance for the whole railway network by tow extremely famous chefs, who
are actually brothers. I suppose we both find it restricting.
Chris: Hmm. I do get a bit frustrated from time to time think I could be a little more adventurous
but its all questions of adaptability-which I suspect Jane is better than I am!
Jane: Not at all I can be quite inflexible when the mood takes me!
Greg: So what would be a typical routine for you both.
Chris: You have to start at around 5.30 in the morning check that all the ingredients. Have been
delivered-then its a mad rush to get everything ready.
Jane: And precious little time to rest any other time during the day, as you often have to set tables on
other trains and help other staff. Timings particularly tight you see in other restaurants orders
come in and go out over to or three hours, but we have to turn round before the passengers
reach their stations. Its all a bit never racking.
Greg: So what motivated you to do this in the first place?
Chris: Ive been on the move ever since I left college. So when I got engaged, I decided it was time to
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setle down so when I saw this job, it seemed a reasonable compromise between personal
commitments my reluctance to stay in or one place.
Jane: For me, it was something that just caught my eye-not just ordinary run of the- mill stuff. And
, if you get the time you get a good view out of the window!
Greg: And how do you stop things from spilling over when the train moves?
Chris: Its not a problem for me. I was a chef on a liner, so Ive got plenty of experience of cookery in
motion!
Jane: Yes, but I think it heps if you only half fill saucepans with boiling water even so, they often
spill over and you start saying nasty things to yourself about the driver and its not usually his
fault!
Chris: Lets just say that you quickly learn not to put things under the grill without keeping an eye on
them!
Greg: Has either of you had any major disasters?
Chris: (Laughs) Id only been in the job for three days and I had this huge roast in the oven. I opened it
the door turned around for a moment, distracted, I suppose, and it just flew out. Fortunately, it
landed in the sink, so it was okey.
Greg: And what qualities would you say it was necessary for a railway chef to have?
Jane: From my point of view, dedication and determination you wont get anywhere without these.
Chris: And, lets admit it a sense of humour. There have been times when I would have resigned
long ago if I hadnt had that!
Part 2.
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1A
2C
3A
4A
5C
Part 2: 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. (2.5 points)
1B
2C
3D
4A
5B
1. A
4. A
7. B
10. B
13. B
16A
19C
2. C
5. D
8. C
11. B
14. C
17B
20B
3. B
6. B
9. B
12. A
15. C
18B
Part 2: Read the text, find the mistakes and correct them (5 points)
Your answers:
1. young -> youth
1. at
5. After
9. up
13. in
17. under
2. of
6. to
10. for
14. from
18. for
3. of
7. under
11. up
15. by
19. to
4. to
8. of
12. in
16. of
20. beyond
Part 4: Complete following sentences with the correct form of the verbs (5 points)
1. decided
2. had spent
3. are going to move, are moving
4. announced
5. have sold
6. are going to live
7. loaded
8. have been trying
9. started
10. was mixing
11.opened
12. had told
13. would be/ were/ were going to be
14. spent
15. have happened
16. woke up
17. was dripping
18. have spent
19. closed down
20. havent found
Part 5: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed words in the numbered spaces
provided. (5 points)
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1. indebted
2. devotion
3. unstintingly
4. practical
5. necessitated
6. belief
7. undoubtedly
8. willing
9. unflagging
10. exceptionally
Part 6: Read the text. Complete the text with the phrase (A-K) that best fits each gap.
There is one phrase you do not need. (5 points)
1B
2E
3A
4I
5M
6G
7P
8F
9K
10L
6B
11D
2B
7C
12B
3D
8C
13C
4D
9D
14C
5A
10A
15A
Part 3: Read the text and answer the following questions (5 points)
Key
1.C
2.A
3.C
4. D
5. C
6.B
7.A
8.B
9. A
10. D
Part 4: Read the text and answer the following questions (5 points)
1) YES
2) NOT GIVEN
3) YES
4) NOT GIVEN
5) NO
6 crop
7 genetically modified
8 standard of living
9 helped
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B. fairly large
C. fairly small
Start-ups
Companies
O-foods
Innovations
Small
Sampsons Ltd
Vintage Scooter
Medium
Build Ltd
Jones System
B. surcharge
C. surprise
D. surface
2. A. weird
B. wear
C. beard
D. merely
3. A. draughty
B. cauldron
C. plausible
D. slaughter
4. A. completion
B. optician
C. section
D. occasion
5. A. vehement
B. exhibit
C. Fahrenheit
D. Buddhist
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other
three (2.5 pts)
6. A. conservative
B. personnel
C. preferential
D. controversial
7. A. ingenuity
B. inglorious
C. philatelist
D. pneumonia
8. A. extraordinary
B. cathedral
C. abbreviation
D. apostrophe
9. A. insight
B. insistent
C. injury
D. image
10. A. argumentative
B. cakes
C. property
D. soup
2. It took Anna a long time to get the _____ of the new computer programme.
A. hang
B. grips
C. means
D. grasp
B. pushing
C. butting
D. plugging
4. My mother always told me that I shouldnt judge people _____. The way they
look says nothing about their character.
A. by their appearance
C. through appearance
D. by their face
5. I really need a new watch. This one doesnt _____ very good time.
A. show
B. record
C. indicate
D. keep
B. depth
C. source
D. matter
7. In my view, the changes to the education system have been to good _____.
A. influence
B. outcome
C. upshot
D. effect
B. rim
C. fringe
D. brim
9. The plumber agreed that he had made a mistake and promised to put it _____
the next day.
A. correct
B. proper
C. sound
D. right
10. I cant understand why you have to make such a _____ about something so
unimportant.
A. mess
B. stir
C. fuss
D. bother
11. The judge looked at the _____ and reminded him that he had to tell the
whole truth.
A. bystander
B. witness
C. onlooker
D. viewer
12. I was disappointed that the restaurant had _____ flowers on the table.
A. false
B. untrue
C. artificial
D. forged
13. As she is so heavily overlooked, there is a _____ possibility that she will
have a nervous breakdown.
A. distinctive
B. distinct
C. little
D. manifest
14. _____ to the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were
horse-drawn.
A. Akin
B. Prior
C. In addition
D. With reference
15. The truant was _____ from school for unbecoming behaviour.
A. dispelled
B. repelled
C. expelled
D. compelled
B. big
C. heavy
D. strong
17. Fearing for his life, he _____ the mugger for mercy.
A. pleaded
B. petitioned
C. urged
D. begged
18. I am not convinced that financial advisers always act in their clients best
_____.
A. advantage
B. interest
C. intention
D. result
19. The case against the bank robbers was _____ for lack of evidence.
A. discarded
B. dismissed
C. refused
D. eliminated
20. Five readers _____ the correct solution to our recent competition.
A. communicated
B. qualified C. submitted
D. subscribed
II. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and
write their correct forms in the space provided. (5 pts)
Broadcasting in some form was; however, tied not only to strong
economical interests, but also to the depth structures of modern societies. In
spite of the activities of TV amateurs, television was also primary a medium for
theatrically exhibition in the USA in the early 1930s, and as such often thought
to be a potential competition of the film industry. In fact, television was
throughout the 1930s predominance watched in public settings also outside of
the USA. For example, in Britain, public viewers of television was the way in
which most early audiences actually experienced the medium and this was even
more the case in Germany. While the vision of grass-roots or amateur, two-way
television was quite obvious doomed to a very marginal position at the very
best, television systems largely based on collective public reception were in fact
operated in several countries in the 1930s and may, with the benefit of hindsight,
4. The sunlight _____ (6. come) through the window _____ (7. wake) me up
early every morning.
5. The girl got into a lot of trouble. She _____ (8. not, tell) a lie.
6. I appreciate _____ (9. tell) the news.
7. It was our fault to keep Jane _____ (10. wait) so long. We _____ (11.
inform) her in advance.
8. The airplane in which the football team _____ (12. travel) crashed soon after
taking off.
9. You dont remember _____ (13. tell) him how to get here. If you _____ (14.
have) we _____ (15. not miss) the train.
10. For some years now, Samantha _____ (16. believe) strongly in reincarnation
and _____ (17. try) to persuade her friends to come round to her way of
thinking but they _____ (18.still/not/convince).
11. We _____ (19. tell) that the workers were repairing an old bridge at the time.
12. Why didnt you tell me you could you lend me the money? I _____ (20. not
borrow) it from the bank.
V. Write the correct form of the word given in brackets. (5 pts)
WOMEN ONLY
Increasingly, women are taking their holidays without men. For _____ (1.
SAFE) reasons, camaraderie or just plain fun, a growing number of female
tourists are singing up for women-only trips. Twenty years ago only a _____ (2.
HAND) of companies offered such holidays; now there are several hundred.
Travel _____ (3. CONSULT) Andre Littlewood says that the combination of
higher incomes with delayed marriage, divorce, retirement and widowhood has
_____ (4. ABLE) more women to travel, often on their own. They are attracted
by the sense of _____ (5. FREE) that a holiday without men affords them.
Women in a group tend to feel _____ (6. INHIBIT) and speak more openly
than when men are around, she adds. Even on energy-sapping adventure
holidays the atmosphere is relaxed and _____ (7. CO-OPERATE). Its also a
great deal more fun. Women laugh more _____ (8. READY) than men,
probably because they dont mind laughing at themselves. Since her divorce
Janice Cummings has been a regular traveler with Everywoman Tours, and
Oxford-based Company whose very name is a _____ (9. DETER) to men. And
a good thing too, she says. Men simply cannot resist the _____ (10. TEMPT)
to try and take control, no matter where they are. And that includes on holiday.
Thankfully, there is none of that with Everywoman.
VI. Choose the best linking word or phrase to complete the passage. (5 pts)
Smoking is known to be one of the greatest single causes of death in our
society. Too little seems to be done; however, to stop young people taking up
the habit in the first place.
_____ (1), cigarettes are openly on sale in many public places and laws
governing the minimum age at which they can be bought often seem to be
ignored. _____ (2), cigarette advertising continues to figure largely in some
parts of the media, despite recent moves to outlaw this, and is, _____ (3), often
targeted at young people.
Although anti-smoking campaigns have been organized in recent years, these
seem not to have been particularly effective, _____ (4) the rise in the numbers of
young people, especially girls, who take up smoking each year. _____ (5)
supporting such campaigns in principle, I would like to propose an alternative
approach.
_____ (6), I think that the advertising of cigarettes should be completely
banned from all aspects of the media. _____ (7), the sale of cigarettes should be
more tightly controlled to ensure that the law regarding underage smokers is
respect. And, _____ (8), cigarettes should not be sold in places such as cafs and
supermarkets frequented by young people and families. Their sale should _____
(9) be restricted to licensed tobacconists and sharp penalties should be imposed
on those breaking the law, particularly those selling cigarettes on the black
market.
_____ (10), I would like to add that, of course, it is the duty of parents,
teachers and other responsible adults to set a good example; by not smoking!
1. A. Likewise
D. Therefore
2. A. However
B. Moreover
C. Nonetheless
D. Though
3. A. whats more
B. likewise
C. therefore
D. even though
4. A. resulting
B. especially
C. instead
D. given
5. A. However
B. Whilst
C. Finally
D. Therefore
6. A. Although
B. Whilst
C. Firstly
D. Especially
7. A. Furthermore
B. Therefore
C. Instead
D. Otherwise
8. A. to sum up
B. secondly
9. A. however
B. nonetheless
C. instead
D. likewise
10. A. In addition
B. Consequently
C. Therefore
D. Finally
come here for the Aqua-Fire treatment, she said. It is _____ (10) safe. You are
_____ (11) from the flame by wet towels. We have never had any complaints or
problems. In Asia, people are more _____ (12) to the idea of fire being a healing
_____ (13). It is only the Westerners who are afraid of the fire. If a customer is
really afraid we dont go _____ (14). Ms. Chu claims the fire treatment also
boosts the immune system, relieves stress, cleanses the skin and _____ (15)
muscular pains and stomach problems.
1. A. proposed
B. suggested
C. offered
D. advanced
2. A. predicts
B. promises
C. considers
D. assures
3. A. making
B. giving
C. holding
D. setting
4. A. soaking
B. bitter
C. intense
D. forced
5. A. bring
B. take
C. work
D. break
6. A. session
B. part
C. chapter
D. period
7. A. immediate
B. early
C. straight
D. rushed
8. A. undercut
B. undergone
C. underused
D. undertaken
9. A. casualties
B. damages
C. warnings
D. cautions
10. A. strongly
B. fiercely
C. perfectly
D. deeply
11. A. treatment
B. cure
C. correction
D. better
12. A. prevented
B. kept
C. protected
D. stopped
13. A. familiar
B. acceptable
C. prepared
D. open
14. A. through
B. ahead
C. forward
D. along
15. A. eases
B. disappears
C. lightens
D. recovers
III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to
each question. (5pts)
INTERNET JOBS
common business practice. The Internet provides an infinite pool of buyers from
around the world with whom freelancers are able to work on projects with
companies outside their own country of residence.
How much can a person make in these kinds of career? As with many
questions related to todays evolving technology, there is no simple answer.
There are many companies willing to pay people with technical Internet skills
salaries well above $70,000 a year. Generally, webmasters start at about $30,000
per year, but salaries can vary greatly. Freelance writers working online have
been known to make between $40,000 and $70,000 per year. (431 words)
1. The word identify in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. name
B. estimate
C. discount
D. encounter
D. webmasters
B. new media
C. the Internet
D. a webmasters career
B. Internet technology
C. writing skills
D. video games
B. decrease
C. increase
D. differ
List of headings
i. Tea a beverage of hospitality
ii. The fall in the cost of tea
iii. Diverse drinking methods
iv. Tea on the move
v. An important addition
vi. Todays continuing tradition In Britain and China
vii. Limited objections to drinking tea
viii. Tea drinking in the world
TEA TIMES
0
The chances are that you have already drunk a cup or glass of tea today.
Perhaps, you are sipping one as you read this. Tea, now an everyday beverage in
many parts of the world, has over the centuries been an important part of rituals
of hospitality both in the home and in wider society.
1
Tea originated in China, and in Eastern Asia tea making and drinking
ceremonies have been popular for centuries. Tea was first shipped to North
Western Europe by English and Dutch maritime traders in the 16th century. At
about the same time, a land route from the Far East, via Moscow, to Europe was
opened up. Tea also figured in Americas bid for independence from British rule
the Boston Tea Party.
2
As, over the last four hundred years, tea-leavers became available throughout
much of Asia and Europe, the ways in which tea was drunk changed. The
Chinese considered the quality of the leaves and the ways in which they were
cured all important. People in other cultures added new ingredients besides tealeaves and hot water. They drank tea with milk, sugar, spices like cinnamon and
cardamom, and herbs such as mint or sage. The variations are endless. For
example, in Western Sudan on the edge of the Sahara Desert, sesame oil is
added to milky tea on cold mornings. In England tea, unlike coffee, acquired a
reputation as a therapeutic drink that promoted health. Indeed, in European and
Arab countries as well as in Persia and Russia, tea was praised for its restorative
and health giving properties. One Dutch physician, Cornelius Blankaart, advised
that to maintain health a minimum of eight to ten cups a day should be drunk,
and that up to 50 to 100 daily cups could be consumed with safety.
3
While European coffee houses were frequently by men discussing politics and
closing business deals, respectable middle-class women stayed at home and held
tea parties. When the price of tea fell in the nineteenth century poor people took
up the drink with enthusiasm. Different grades and blends of tea were sold to
suit every pocket.
4
Throughout the world today, few religious groups object to tea drinking. In
Islamic cultures, where drinking of alcohol is forbidden, tea and coffee
consumption is an important part of social life. However, Seventh-Day
Adventists, recognizing the beverage as a drug containing the stimulant caffeine,
frown upon the drinking of tea.
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falling
tea
prices
meant
that
people
could
choose
the
4. You could be arrested for not giving a breath sample to the police.
=> Refusal _______________________________________________________
5. Philips inability to make decisions dates from his accident.
=> Ever _________________________________________________________
6. Harry is the spitting image of his mother! (RESEMBLANCE)
________________________________________________________________
7. Mr. Beaver claimed that hard work was the reason for his success.
(ATTRIBUTED)
________________________________________________________________
8. She and her husband disagree strongly about how their daughter should be
educated. (EYE)
________________________________________________________________
9. Pete is far superior to his brother in terms of technical knowledge. (MATCH)
________________________________________________________________
10. On no account will I lend you $500. (QUESTION)
________________________________________________________________
II. Students should have freedom to choose their own subjects in the
graduation exam for Secondary education. Do you agree or disagree? Write
a paragraph (120 to 150 words) to support your answer. (15pts)
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. C
II.
1. enormous problems
3. by telephone
4. 33
5. two
6. stock
7. production targets
8. expansion plans
PART B:
I.
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. B
12. C
13. B
14. B
15. C
16. D
17. D
18. B
19. B
20. C
II.
Broadcasting in some form was; however, tied not only to strong
economic interests, but also to the deep structures of modern societies. In spite
of the activities of TV amateurs, television was also primarily a medium for
theatrical exhibition in the USA in the early 1930s, and as such often thought to
be a potential competitor of the film industry. In fact, television was throughout
the 1930s predominantly watched in public settings also outside of the USA.
For example, in Britain, public viewing of television was the way in which most
early audiences actually experienced the medium and this was even more the
case in Germany. While the vision of grass-roots or amateur, two-way television
was quite obviously doomed to a very marginal position at the very best,
television systems largely based on collective public reception were in fact
operating in several countries in the 1930s and may, with the benefit of
2. about
3. on
4. in
5. from
6. of
7. for
8. of
9. in
10. to/with
11. in
12. about
13. across
14. at
15. away
16. aside
17. down
18. back
19. in
20. up
IV.
1. convincing
2. had seen
3. to discover
4. had lied
5. to be introduced
6. coming
7. wakes
10. left
13. to tell
14. had
V.
1. safety
2. handful
3. consultant
4. enabled
5. freedom
6. uninhibited
7. co-operative
8. readily
9. deterrent
10. temptation
VI.
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. D
2. do
3. who/that 4. only/just/merely
PART D.
I. 1. being/getting
5. themselves
9. from
6. to
7. is/gets
8. as/being
10. with
11. for/without
12. be/get
13. Not/Hardly
14. at
15. while/when/whilst
II. 1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. C
12. A
13. D
14. B
15. C
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. D
9. C
10. D
1. iv
2. iii
3. ii
4. vii
5. vi
III.
IV.
1. Not for another five years did the whole truth about the murder come
out.
2. Were it not for her competence, she wouldnt get promotion.
3. Urgent action is/measures are necessary/essential to solve the
problem/if the problem is to be solved.//Urgent action/steps must be
taken/Urgent measures must be adopted to solve the problem.
4. Refusal to give a breath sample to the police could lead to your arrest.
5. Ever since (he had) his accident Phillip has been unable to make
decisions.
6. Harry bears a strong/striking resemblance to his mother.
LISTENING SCRIPTS
I.
Hi and welcome to the walking audio tour service, which offers guided audio
tours of over 30 walks around London. The full list of the walks is available on
our website. You have chosen the Hampstead Heath Tour Part 1, which was, in
fact, the first of the walking tours that were recorded. Your walk takes you
through part of the heath, a huge, wild, open parkland where Londoners and
visitors to the city can come and enjoy some leisurely and refreshing exercise.
The heath is one of the gems of north London. When you enter the parkland,
you will feel as if you are walking in the wild countryside, but you are actually
still in an urban area.
The walking tour begins here at the exit to Hampstead underground station,
which is the deepest station on the London Underground system. We hope that
you enjoy your experience, whether you are on your own or sharing your walk
with a companion. So lets begin your tour. We hope you enjoy it1
If you turn right as you exit Hampstead station, and stay on the right hand side
of the road, the main thorough-fare, Heath Street, will take you up the hill to the
heath itself. You are now walking away from the main shops and cafes in
Hampstead village, but you can return to visit these after your walking tour for
some window shopping. The village is busy during the daytime and the
evenings.
Now back to Heath Street. As the road winds northwards up Heath Street, you
will pass some shops and restaurants on your way to the heath. When you reach
the top, the first part of the heath that you will see on your right is the Vale of
the Heath, which has some spectacular houses, built on the Heath itself beside a
large pond. If you go along a little further you will come to a fork in the road
North End Way turns to the left and goes northwest away from the heath; and
on your right is Spaniards Road, which turns north-east, cutting through the
parkland. Walk along this latter road a little way and look for the first opening
on your right, where a path leads you down into the wild parkland.
As you descend along the pathway, you will find that the noise of the busy
road, that is just on your left, disappears completely. You might want to take off
your headphones to enjoy the delight of the sounds of the parkland. Dont
imagine that there is only silence! There is the noise of the trees and the wildlife
that lives there. As you walk along the path, you will come across several paths
coming from the right to join the path that you are on, but keep going until you
come to the first fork in the path. Now take the path that goes to your left, which
will bring you shortly to the open spaces around Kenwood House.
II.
Question 1-5:
The subject of this evenings talk at the North Bank Business Centre is local
business people in the area surrounding the university, and the benefit they bring
to the employment prospects of people in the local area, especially young people
at the beginning of their career.
We established the Centre is response to approaches from several business
people in the area who had wanted to start up new businesses, but who had not
managed to find any help locally and did not know where to turn. Moreover,
they had all without exception come up against enormous bureaucratic
obstacles. We therefore invited them in as a group to meet the members of the
department and the students. Stemming from that is the Centre, which is now
focuses mainly but not exclusively on business start-ups.
Just after the Centre was set up, snapshot research conducted by the
department over the telephone gave some startling results. The information
about local business revealed that three out of every ten local business start-ups,
that we could collect information on, had failed within the first six months, and
another five had gone within the year, leaving only two. The most common
reasons given for the businesses closing were: first, high rents, which are 33%
higher than the national average due to the area being very central; second, lack
of knowledge about grants, basically because of ignorance about how to access
them; and thirdly a lack of business support, because they did not know where to
obtain advice from.
Since the Centre came into existence three years ago, we have helped to
change this climate of failure. The current statistics show a remarkable
turnaround in the fortunes of local business. And now, after a year, only two
business close out of every ten compared to eight before the Centre was set up.
Question 6-10:
Six local businesses are now taking part in a work-placement and monitoring
scheme, which is of mutual benefit to ourselves and the companies involved. Ofoods, a small start-up company with nine employees involved in organic food
and based at a local market, has one final year graduate doing a year-long study
on improving the stock turnaround. This was a particular problem because the
company found that they were losing sometimes up to 30 percent of their stock.
Another start-up is Innovations which deals with producing video games. This
company, which employs only five people all under the age of 25, is receiving
support in attracting business partners and achieving production targets.
In the smaller business category, Sampsons Ltd, a courier company, which is
interested in developing a taxi service, is being offered help with their business
expansion plans. Another small niche company, called Vintage Scooter, which
specializes in revamping old scooters, is taking part in a product-monitoring
scheme, offering customer service up to a year after purchase to check the
quality of their restoration.
The first of the two medium-sized companies that the scheme is monitoring is
Build Ltd, which employs 47 people. A comparison of their products and
services with other businesses in the area is being carried out by a researcher,
who is trying to support them in their efforts to extend the companys product
range.
The last company, Jones Systems, is perhaps the most interesting, because it
has been the victim of considerable personnel problems, which have been
affecting the day-to-day operations of the company. And so we are looking at
conflict management and team building within the company.
To sum up, advisors help the companies look at different business options and
models, apply for grants, deal with employment issues, systems creation, and
also provide accommodation at the centre to help them start up. E-mentoring for
fledgling businesses is also in operation for those who find it difficult to attend
the centre personally. The programme is funded by grants from local authorities.
B GIO DC V O TO
TRNG PT VNG CAO VIT BC
gii thiu
( thi c 11 trang)
PART I. LISTENING
1. Circle the correct letter A-C
Latin American studies
1. Paul decided to get work experience in South American because he wanted
A. to teach English there.
B. to improve his Spanish.
C. to learn about Latin American life.
2. What project work did Paul originally intend to get involved in?
A. construction
B. agriculture
C. tourism
3. Why did Paul change from one project to another?
A. His first job was not well organized.
B. He found doing the routine work very boring.
C. The work has too physically demanding.
4. In the village community, he learnt how important it was to
A. respect family life
B. develop trust
C. use money wisely
5. What does Paul say about his project manager?
A. He let Paul do most of the work.
B. His plans were too ambitious.
C. He was very supportive of Paul.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2. You will hear a dialogue between two friends. As you listen, fill the missing words in
the notes below.
There was a lot of traffic in Chase Village (1).........................years ago. People drove
so fast. Richard had a very serious (2)..........................on Newland Street. He was afraid to
drive there, so he always tries to (3).......................that road when he visits his sister. But
now things are (4)........................... People put on their brakes and (5).......................on
Newland Street because they can see a (6)......................there.
Indicate whether the following statements are true or not by writing
T
for a statement which is true;
F
for a statement which is false.
7. Now some people still take a risk when the police officer is away on Newland Street.
8. The police officer there doesnt get any pay for the work.
1
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
2.
3.
4.
2.
3.
4.
5.
10.
D. supercharge
D. tease
D. measurement
D. mature
D. preclude
5.
D. numerous
D. behaviour
D. establish
D. believable
D. diagram
5.
2.
7.
12.
17.
3.
8.
13.
18.
4.
9.
14.
19.
5.
10.
15.
20.
6. Though the child pretended sleeping when I opened the bedroom door, I was not deceived.
7. Be careful to give the caterers an accurate count of a number of people whom you
expect to go to the wedding reception.
8. Harold announced that he could no longer tolerate the conditions of the contract in
which he was working.
9. Even though they have been looking for a flat for a month now, they have not been able
to find each one anywhere.
10. There were never any secrets among my sister and me when we were growing up.
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
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10.
2.
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12.
17.
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8.
13.
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9.
14.
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10.
15.
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(FRUSTRATE)
(TACT)
(FLATTER)
(CRAWL)
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2.
7.
12.
17.
3.
8.
13.
18.
4.
9.
14.
19.
(MANNER)
(OFFEND)
(MIND)
(MANNER)
(VIOLENT)
(ANNOY)
(Guarantee )
(Fuss)
(Eye)
(Duty )
(Sweet)
(Judge )
(Desire)
(Final )
(note)
(quality)
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10.
15.
20.
1.
6.
11.
16.
2.
7.
12.
17.
3.
8.
13.
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4.
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14.
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5.
10.
15.
20.
6. Read the text below and then decide which word best fits each space A, B, C or D
If you ask most people to list what makes them like someone on first meeting, they'll
say personality, intelligence, and sense of humor. But they're probably deceiving
themselves. The characteristic that impresses people the most (1)_____ meeting anyone,
from a job applicant to a classmate, is appearance. Unfair as it may seem, attractive people
are frequently preferred (2)___their less attractive peers. Research begun in the early 70s
has shown that not only do good looks influence such things as choice of friends and
lovers, but they can also affect grades, selection, for jobs, and even the outcome of a trial.
The very first research on this (3)____ showed that the more attractive a person is, the
more positive (4)____ people will attribute to him or her. Attractive people are viewed as
(5)_____ happier, more sensitive, more interesting, and having better character than their
less attractive counterparts. Related research has investigated (6)_____attractiveness
influences sex typing ,the tendency of people to assign certain stereotypical qualities to
each sex. Along with (7)____ the good qualities people associate with good looks,
attractive people tend to fit easily into sexual stereotypes. For example, attractive women
are often (8)_____ as being more feminine, and attractive men as more masculine.
Good looks can be a serious (9)_____ for some people, especially women, in work
situations that conflict with sexual stereotypes. For instance, attractive women might be at
a real disadvantage when they aspire to occupations in (10)_____ stereotypically male
traits, such as aggressiveness, are considered necessary for success.
1. A. when
2. A. than
3. A. has
4. A. impression
5. A. being
6. A. that
7. A. research
8. A. tending
9. A. disadvantage
10. A. their
1.
6.
B. for
B. from
B. research
B. the
B. the
B. how
B. some
B. perceived
B. advantage
B. which
2.
7.
C. is
C. by
C. phenomenon
C. characteristics
C. more
C. about
C. this
C. said
C. matter
C. possessing
3.
8.
4.
9.
D importa
D. over
D. case
D. other
D. if
D. on
D. all
D. consider
D. reason
D. Some
5.
10.
...........for a cigarette. They often (3) .............., which means they light another cigarette
immediately after they have put (4)................the one before.
Smoking is often considered (5) ..............., since many people don't like the (6)
................ .......... of cigarettes or the sight of the smoker's (7)................
fingers
or
ashtray full of cigarette-ends. Above all, smoking is harmful to health and in many
countries a (8)..............is printed on every (9) .................of cigarettes. Scientists have
proved that there is a link between smoking and a disease which can be (10) .............,
cancer.
1.A. attraction
B. addition
C. addiction
D. admiration
2.A. likeness
B. craving
C. like
D. desire
3.A. over-smoke
B. self-smoke
C. chain-smoke
D. non-smoke
4.A. out
B. off
C. on
D. up
5.A. militant
B. antisocial
C. illegal
D. anti-pollutant
6.A. odor
B. smell
C. taste
D. flavor
7.A. stained
B. dirty
C. dusty
D. spotted
8.A. saying
B. signal
C. sign
D. warning
9.A. pack
B. packing
C. packet
D. backpack
10.A. fatal
B. hard
C. immortal
D. perilous
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
2. Read the passage and fill one suitable word in each gap
Almost (1) ................ a year ago, in a small village in Northern India, Andrea
Milliner was (2)............... on the leg by a dog. It must have fancied your nice white flesh,
joked the doctor (3).............. he dressed the wound.
Andrea and her husband Nigel were (4) ............... not to let (5) ............... spoil their
holiday, and thought no more (6) ............... the dog, which had meanwhile disappeared
from the (7) ............... .
"We didn't realize there was (8) ............... wrong with it," says Nigel. "It was such a
small, likeable dog that rabies (9) ............... enter my mind."
(10) ............... ) , six weeks later, 23-year-old Andrea was dead. The dog had been
rabid. No one had thought it (11) ............... to give her anti-rabies treatment. When, back
home in England, she began to (12) ............... the classic symptoms-unable to drink,
catching her breath- Her own doctor put it (13) ............... to hysteria. Even when she was
loaded into an ambulance, hallucinating, recoiling in terror at (14) ...............
sight of
water, she was directed (15) ............... the nearest mental hospital.
But (16) ............... her symptoms received little attention in life, in death they
achieved a publicity close to hysteria. Cases (17) ...............Andrea are rare, but rabies is
still one of the most feared diseases (18) ............... to man. The disease is transmitted by a
bite (19) ............... a lick from an infected animal. It can, in very (20)
...............circumstances, be inhaled-two scientists died of it after inhaling bat dung in a
cave in Texas.
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
7
11.
16.
12.
17.
13.
18.
14.
19.
15.
20.
2.
3.
B. he was alone
D. a relative was involved
4.
5.
4. You are going to read a newspaper article about sleep. Five paragraphs have been
removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A F the one which fits each gap
(1 5). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.
Enough Sleep?
Tiredness, it is often claimed, has become the modern conditions. As the richer, busier
countries have grown, so sleeplessness and anxiety have also grown in the popular psyche.
Research in the USA has found 40 million Americans to be chronically affected, and some
recent best-selling novels in Britain have featured insomniacs as protagonists, or sleepresearch laboratories as their settings.
1
Recently, a sleep researcher fried an experiment. He offered his subjects the opposite of the
modern routine. I allowed them to sleep for up to 14 hours a night for a month. It took
them three weeks to reach an equilibrium of eight-and-a-quarter hours. That indicates a
great rebound of sleep sleep that they hadnt been getting.
2
For guinea pigs, they advertise in the student newspapers. Subjects are picked up by taxi,
paid $ 5 an hour, and asked to adjust their sleeping patterns according to instructions. Dr.
Louise Reyner provides reassurance: Some people are quite worried, because youre
putting electrodes on their heads, and they think you can see what theyre dreaming or
thinking.
3
The young men all deny they are going to fall asleep. Dr. Reyner has a video recording of
one trying not to. At first the person at the wheel is very upright, wet and bleary eyes
determinedly fixed on the windscreen. Then he begins to blink briefly, every now and
again; then for longer, and more often, with a slight drop of the head. Each nod grows
heavier than the last. The blinks become a 10-second blackout. Every time, he jerks awake
as if nothing has happened. But the car, by the second or third occasion, has shot off the
carriageway.
4
But apart from these findings, what else do we know about human sleep with any kind of
certainty? It is known that humans sleep, like other mammals, according to a daily cycle.
9
Once asleep, they switch between four different stages of unconsciousness, from stage one
sleep, the shallowest, to the stage four, the deepest. When dreams occur, which is usually
during the lightest sleep, the brain paralyses the body except for the hands and eyelids, thus
preventing injuries.
5
However, there is a strong degree of certainty among scientists that women sleep for half
an hour longer than men, and that older people require less sleep, though they dont know
why. When asked what sleep is for, some sleep researchers reply in cosmic terms: Sleep is
a tactic to travel through time without injury.
_____________________________________________________________________
A. Beyond this, certainties blur into theories. It is often suggested, for example, that sleep
repairs body tissue, or restores muscles, or rests the frontal section of the brain that controls
speech and creativity. But all of this may happen more quickly during relaxed wakefulness,
so no one is really sure.
B. Part of this interest is in sleep in general: in its rhythms, its uses and in problems with
sleeping. But a central preoccupation remains. People need more sleep, says one leading
sleep researcher. People cut back on sleep when theyre busy. They get up too early to
avoid rush hour.
C. The sleep researchers seem interested in this theory. But the laboratory is not funded to
investigate such matters. Its sponsors what its research to lead to practical solutions such as
deciding where Take a break signs should be placed on motorways, and how different
kinds of food and drink can affect driving and sleeplessness.
D. A coffee might have helped. Two cups, Dr. Reyner says, even after no sleep at all, can
make you a safe driver for half an hour or more. She recommends a whole basket of
alertness products: tablets, energy drinks, caffeinated chewing gum. Shift workers, she is
quite sure, could probably use them.
E. In fact, the laboratorys interest is more physical. In a darkened room stands a motorway
simulator, the front section of a car facing a wide projection screen. The subjects are
always told to arrive at 2pm, in the bodys natural mid-afternoon lull, after a short nights
sleep or no sleep at all. The projector is switched on and they are asked to drive, while
answering questions. An endless road rolls ahead, sunlight glares; and the air is warm.
F. In Europe, such propositions are perhaps most thoroughly tested in a small, unassuming
building on a university campus in the English midlands. The university sleep research
laboratory has investigated, among many subjects, the effects of fatigue on sailors, the
effects of airport noise on sleepers, and the dangers of motorway driving for flagging
drivers.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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PART V. WRITING
1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
sentence before it
1. Is this the only way to reach the city centre?
Isnt there ___________________________________________________________ ?
2. I have never seen such a tall man in my life
Never _______________________________________________________________
3. The only thing that kept us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect
But for ______________________________________________________________
4. The chances are a hundred to one against you.
Its most _____________________________________________________________
5. Many people died because of the lack of medical facilities.
It ____________________________________________________________________
6. Two week passed before the letter arrived.
Not until ______________________________________________________________
7. The soldiers entered the castle while it was dark.
Under ________________________________________________________________
8. It is thought that the boss is considering raising wages.
The boss ______________________________________________________________
9. He didnt graduate from high school until he was 20.
It ___________________________________________________________________
10. She doesnt intend to meet him any longer.
She has _______________________________________________________________
2. Paragraph writing:
Computers have become increasingly important and popular in Vietnam nowadays.
Could you describe some useful ways in which computers have so far contributed to our
modern life? Write a paragraph about 200 words to express your idea.
B GIO DC V O TO
PART I. LISTENING
1. Circle the correct letter A-C
1. C
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. C
2. You will hear a dialogue between two friends. As you listen, fill the missing words in
the notes below.
1. three
6. police
2. accident
7. F
3. avoid
8. T
4. changing
9. F
5. slow down
10. T
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.B
9.D
2. tactful
3. flattery
12
4. crawler
7. single-minded
10. annoying
13. eyeful
16. misjudged
19. noted
5. well-mannered
8. ill/bad-mannered
6. offensive
9. violence
11. guarantor
12. fussy
14. dutiful
17. desirable
20. qualitative
15. sweeten
18. finalized
2. made
7. are moved
12. stood
17. sitting
3. orbiting
8. have just put up
13. trying
18. to exchange
4. should be used
9. to prevent
14. not to weep
19. have written
5. to relay
10. rushing
15. heard
20. correct
6. Read the text below and then decide which word best fits each space A, B, C or D
1. A
5. A
9. A
2. D
6. B
10. B
3. C
7. D
4. C
8. B
2B
3C
4A
5B
6B
7A
8D
9C
10D
2. Read the passage and fill one suitable word in each gap
1. exactly
6. about
11. necessary
16. if
2. bitten
7. village
12. show
17. like
3. as/ when
8. anything
13. down
18. known
4. determined
9. didnt
14. the
19. or
5. it
10. But
15. to
20. exceptional
2.B
3.D
4.C
5.A
4. You are going to read a newspaper article about sleep. Five paragraphs have been
removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A F the one which fits each gap
(1 5). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.
1. B 2. F 3. E
4. D
5. A
PART V. WRITING
1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the
sentence before it
1. Isnt there another way to reach the city centre?
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14
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