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PHONETICS

1.	A. current	B. turn	C. fun	D. under
2.	A further	B. fertile	C. heard	D. mother
3.	A. mountain	B. southern	C. mouth	D. count
4.	A. tiny	B. island	C. river	D. wind
5.	A. coast	B. lost	C. most	D. whole

STRES SYLLABLES

6.	A. disappear	B. engineer	C. education	D. attachment
7.	A. consume	B. reflect	C. local	D. between
8.	A. curtain	B. enclose	C. contain	D. remember
9.	A. distance	B. glorious	C. exciting	D. journey
10.	A. tremendous	B. enormous	c. serious	D. describe

GRAMMAR
AND STRUCTURES


11. He never expected
his prophecy to be .............................

A. achieved

B. accomplished

C. realised

D. fulfilled

12.
The boy was .................... with a family in the countryside.

A. reared

B. bred

C. brought up

D. grown up

13.
Jane came ........................ a beautiful picture when she was tidying the
room.

A. across

B. round

C. into

D. past

14. Until she was arrested last week, the young woman thought she had
……. the perfect time.

A. committed

B. escaped

C. got away

D. charged

15 ...................... it not been for the intolerable heat in the
hall, they would have stayed much longer.

A.If

B. But

C. Should

D. Had

16. The ball ....................... two or three times before rolling down the
road.

A. sprang

B. bounced

C. leap

D. hopped

17. The ........................ of the pagoda in the water was very clear and
beautiful.

A. sight

B. shadow

C. refection

D. mirror

18. When I came, the salesperson was .................................. to the customers how to use a new kind of
washing machines.

A.. demonstrating

B. proving

C. exposing

D. teaching

19. Do you
think Ms. Brown will ......................... for Parliament in the next election?

A. sit

B. run

C. walk

D. stand

20.
A human being is ............................ of
many, often conflicting, desires.

A. made

B. made up

C. consisted

D. created

21.
The train accident ........................... the other trains’ departure by a few hours.

A. sent back

B. called off

C. delayed

D. retained

22.
The judge ...................... the murderer to a lifetime imprisonment.

A. convicted

B. sentenced

C. prosecuted

D. accused

23.
All the people involved solemnly ......................... on the Bible to keep the secret.

A. promised

B. cursed

C. vowed

D. swore

24.
The lecture hall gradually emptied as the professor ............................... on.

A. rambled

B.kept

C. dragged

D. passed

25.
The little girl was full of .. towards her wicked stepmother.

A. retribution

B. resentment

C. reprisal

D. vengeance

26. The planet Mercury ...................... rotations during every two trips around the
Sun.

A. three complete C. the completion of three

B. completes three D. completing three of the

27. Mountaineers .................... climb Mount Everest
must make reservations to do so, often up to seven years in advance.

A. want to C. who want

B. they want to C. wanting to

28. In economics, "diminishing returns"
describes resource input and production.

A. among C. among them

B. when it is D. the relationship

29. Rarely ....................... remove the entire root of a dandelion because
of its length and sturdiness.

A. can the casual gardener C. the casual gardener will

B. the casual gardener D. does the casual gardener’s

30. Professional people expect ....................... when it is necessary to cancel an appointment.

A. you to call them C. your calling them

B. that you would call them D. that you are calling them

31. Frost
occurs in valleys and on low grounds .......................... on adjacent hills.

A. more frequently as C. more frequently than

B. as frequently than D. much frequently than

32. In a new
culture, many embarrassing situations occur .......................... a misunderstanding.

A. for C. because of

B. of D. because

33. ................... unknown quantities is the task of algebra.

A. to found C. The find

B. Find D. Finding

34. Both liquids and
gases flow freely from the container because they have ............................

A. not definite shape C. nothing definite shape

B. none definite shape D. no definite shape

35. Research in the
work place reveals that people work for many reasons .............................

A. money beside C. beside money

B. money besides D. besides money

36. The horn of the rhinoceros consists of a cone of
tight bundles of keratin..............................
from the epidermis.

A. grow C. growing

B. grows D. they grow

37. .................. range in colour from pale yellow to bright
orange.

A. Canaries which C. That canaries

B. Canaries D. Canaries that are

38. It is believed .................... causes insomnia.

A. too much cafeine which C. it is too much cafeine

B. that too much cafeine D. too much cafeine that

39. Alex did not do
very well in the class because....................................

A. he studied not good C. he was a badly student

B. he failed to study properly D. he was not good to study

40. The harder you
try, .................................

A. the most you achieve C. the more you achieve

B. you achieve the more D. the better achieve you have

READING COMPREHENSION


Cloze Text 1: Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word


HOPES AND DREAMS


Some
years ago, my daughter was studying English at a university on the south coast.
One evening she phoned to tell me that what she really wanted to do was (41)
____ round the world, so she was looking (42) ____ the possibility of working
in another country. She had seen several (43) ____ in the newspaper for student
teachers of English abroad, and she was (44) ____ in one in Italy, which
she was desperate to visit. She decided that this would be a good (45) ____ to
achieve her ambition, so she was writing to (46) _____ for the job. The reply
(47) ____ a long time to arrive, but
eventually she received a letter asking if she (48) ____ go for an interview in London the following week. She was so excited
that she immediately (49) ____ in touch with the school owner and agreed to
attend the interview. She was determined that nothing would prevent her (50)
____ doing what she had set out to do. A (51) ____ days before the
interview she had
a very strange dream in which she
(52) ____ birth to a beautiful baby. She was a little nervous and (53)
____ about the dream and phoned to ask
me what I thought it might (54) ____ . As I knew something about dreams, I was
able to assure her that it only symbolized her (55)____ to do well in the
interview.


41. A.
journey B. travel C.
voyage D. trip


42. A. up B. over C. into D.
round


43. A.
notices B. posters C. advertisements D.
announcements


44. A. interested B.
keen C. attracted
D. enthusiastic


45. A.
path B. route C. manner D. way


46. A.
claim B. inquire
C.. request D. apply


47. A. was B. took C.
spent D. passed


48. A.
should B. would C.
must D. will


49. A. got B.
came C. went
D. became


50. A. of B. from C.
in D. about


51. A.
some B. several C. few D. little


52. A.
made B. had C. gave D. produced


53. A.
bored B. worried C.
offended D. annoyed


54. A.
intend B. mean C.
interpret D. realize


55. A. desire B.
request C. want
D. demand





Reading Comprehension 2: Read
the passage and then choose the correct answers:


People
appear to be born to compute. The numerical skills of children develop so early
and so inexorably that it is easy to imagine an internal clock of mathematical
maturity guiding their growth. Not long after learn­ing to walk and talk, they
can set the table with impressive accuracy — one place, one knife, one spoon,
one fork, .for each of the five chairs. Soon they are capable of noting that
they have placed five knives, spoons, and forks on the table, a bit later, that
this amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. Having thus mastered addition,
they move onto subtraction. It seems al­most reasonable to expect that if a
child were secluded on a desert island at birth and retrieved seven years
later, he or she could enter a second-grade mathematic class without any
serious problems of intellectual adjustment.


Of
course, the truth is not so simple. This century, the work of cognitive
psychologists has illuminated the subtle forms of daily learning on which
intellectual progress depends. Children were observed as they slowly grasped —
or as the case might be, bumped into — concepts that adults take for granted,
as they refused, for instance, to concede that quantity is unchanged as water
is poured from a short stout glass into a tall thin one. Psychologists have
since demonstrated that young children, asked to count the pencils in a pile,
readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into
finding the total. Such studies have suggested that the rudiments of
mathematics are mastered gradually, and with effort. They have also sug­gested
that the very concept of abstract numbers is itself far from innate.


56. What is the main idea of the text?


A. Trends in teaching mathematics to
children.


B. The use of mathematics in child
psychology.


C.
The development of mathematical ability in children.


D. The fundamental concepts of
mathematics that children must learn.


57. It can be inferred from the text that
children normally learn simple counting ________


A.
soon after they learn to talk


B. by looking at the. clock


C. when they begin to be
mathematically mature


D. after they reach second grade in
school


58. The author implies that most small
children believe that the quantity of water changes


when it is transferred to a container
of a different ________.


A. color B. quality C.
weight D. shape


59. According to the text, when small
children were asked to count a pile of red and blue


pencils, they _________.


A.
counted the number of pencils of each color


B. guessed the total number of pencils


C. counted only the pencils of their
favorite color


D. subtracted the number of red
pencils from the number of blue pencils


60. With which of the following statements
would the author be least likely to agree?


A.
Children naturally and easily learn mathematics.


B. Children learn to add before they
learn to subtract.


C. Most people follow the same pattern
of mathematical development.


D. Mathematical development is subtle
and gradual.


ERROR
RECOGNITION


61. The number of time he spends gardening
is increasing everyday.


A
B
C D


62. It would be both noticed and appreciating
if you could finish the work before you leave.

A

B

C

D

63. The suits were hanged in the closet when
they were returned from the cleaners.

A

B

C

D

64. A vast quantity of radioactive material
is made when hydrogen bomb explode.

A

B

C

D

65. Commercial letters of credit are often used
to financing export trade, but they can have

A

B

C

other uses.


D





SENTENCE
TRANSFORMATON


66. Workers are
not allowed to use the office for personal calls.

A. They don’t let workers use the office phone. B. Workers are not permitted to use the office phone for personal purpose. C. The office phone is supposed to be used by workers only. D. They don’t allow workers to make phone calls personally.

67. Steve liked
the company of others’.

A. Steve found the other company. B. Steve founded the other company. C. Steve liked other people’s company better than his own. D. Steve liked the other company.

68. His dog is
definitely not a bloodhound.

A. His dog smells badly. C. His dog smells definitely good.

B. His dog smells bad. D. His dog cannot smell blood.

69. If only I had
taken his advice.

A. I wish I followed his advice. B. I wish I have taken his advice. C. I regret not having taken his advice. D. I regret not to take his advice.

70. Bill had his
car serviced the other day.

A. Bill had serviced his car the other day. B. Bill had to service his car the other day. C. Bill had somebody to service his car the other day. D. Somebody serviced Bill’s car the other day.

71. Jane refused
to attend his birthday party, which made him feel bad.

A. Jane’s refusal to attend his birthday party made him feel sad. B. He felt sad not to be able to attend his birthday party C. Jane made him sad despite her refusal to attend his birthday party. D. Jane refused to attend his birthday party because it made him sad.

72. He called
his sister names.

A. He was angry with his sister. B. He called his sister’s name. He called his sister by many different names. D. He loved his sister very much.

73. No sooner
had we arrived than the performance began.

A. The performance had started before we arrived. B. the performance started sooner than we arrived. C. Hardly had we arrived when the performance began. D. When we arrived the performance had already started.

74. Few people
realised the importance of his role in the company.

A. Not many people realised that he played an important part in the company. B. Quite a few people realised the important of his role in the company. C. Many people realised his important role in the company. D. He was realised as an important role in the company by a few people.

75. It’s high
time the children went to bed.

A. It’s time for the children to go to bed now. B. The time is high so the children go to bed. C. The children went to bed because it’s time. D. The children went to bed when the time is high.

SENTENCE BUILDING





76. Group/ men/
invite/ plunge/ hands/ bowl/ icy water.

A. A group of men were invited to plunge their hands into a bowl of icy water. B. Group of men were invited to plunge hands into a bowl of icy water. C. A group of men were invited to plunge hands into a bowl icy water. D. The group of men were invited plunge their hands into a bowl of icy water.

77. Then/ they
ask/ tell/ researcher/ how much/ hurt.

A. Then they asked to tell a researcher how much it hurt. B. Then they were asked to tell researcher how much it hurt. C. Then they were asked to tell a researcher how much it hurt. D. Then they were asked to tell a researcher how much hurt.

78. Half/ them/
report back/ man,/ half/ attractive woman.

A. Half of them reported back to a man, other half to an attractive woman. B. Half them reported back to a man, other half to an attractive woman. C. Half of them reported back to a man, the other half to an attractive woman. D. Half of them reported back to a man, other half an attractive woman

79. Those/ talk/
woman/ claim/ suffer significantly less pain/ others.

A. Those who talked to the woman claimed to suffer significantly less pain the others. B. Those who talked to the woman claimed to suffer significantly less pain than the others. C. Those talked to the woman claimed to suffer significantly less pain than the others. D. Those who talked to a woman claimed to suffer significantly less pain than the others.

80. When women/
ask/ do same, / they/ report/ similar level/ pain/ whether they/ talk/ man/
woman.

A. When women were asked to do same, they reported a similar level of pain whether they were talking to a man or a woman. B. When women were asked to do the same, they reported similar level of pain whether they were talking to a man or a woman. C. When women were asked to do the same, they reported a similar level of pain whether they talked to a man or a woman. D. When women were asked to do the same, they reported a similar level of pain whether they were talked to a man or a woman.

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