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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. Question 1: A. obliged B. sacrificed C. unwrapped D. approached Question 2: A. suggestion B. question C. perfection D. digestion Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. Question 3: A. preview B. commit C. recipe D. index Question 4: A. continental B. considerate C. territorial D. economic Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. Question 5: Many bridges in New England were covered with wooden roofs to protect it from rain and snow. A B C D Question 6: The woman was so surprising that she couldn’t say anything. A B C D Question 7: Not only the boy but also his friends is to blame for breaking the window. A B C D Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 8: The restaurants on the island are expensive, so it’s worth __________ a packed lunch. A. take B. to take C. taken D. taking Question 9: __________ is caused by a virus was not known until 1911. A. That measles B. Measles C. What if measles D. As measles Question 10: This shirt is __________ that one. A. a bit less expensive B. much far expensive than C. not as expensive as D. as much expensive as Question 11: Simple sails were made from canvas __________over a frame. A. stretched B. was stretched C. a stretch D. it was stretched Question 12: __________my mother’s encouragement, I wouldn’t have made such a daring decision. A. In spite B. Providing C. Until D. But for Question 13: Is there anything wrong __________ your bicycle? A. with B. of C. in D. about Question 14: had he received the entrance examination result than he was recruited to the army. A. Hardly B. No sooner C. Barely D. Not until Question 15: His emotional problems __________from the attitudes he encountered as a child, I think A. stem B. flourish C. root D. sprout Question 16: I’m not keen on __________ control of the project to a relatively newcomer. A. undertaking B. charging C. entrusting D. allotting Question 17: People who are educated overseas can ______ recognition of training and get employment easily. A. gain B. grow C. train D. see Question 18: The young lady sat still in the afternoon breeze, with her hair __________ her back. A. running over B. fallen against C. flowed down D. streaming down Question 19: it is unknown to us all. A. Where did she put B. Where she put C. That where she put D. In where she put Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. Question 20: Monica and Mathew are on the way home. - Monica: “I think we should recycle these bags. It will help protect the environment.” - Mathew: “Yes. __________” A. I can't agree with you more. B. It's rubbish. We shouldn't use it. C. Never mind. D. I’d rather not. Question 21: Ann ’s mother is cooking in the kitchen. - Ann: “Do you need any help?” - Ann’s mother: “__________” A. No, thanks. I can manage. B. I haven’t got a clue. C. That’s all for now. D. That’s fine by me.
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Question 22: His co-workers made allowance for him as he had been ill. A. insulted B. sympathized with C. apologized to D. helped Question 23: The other members of the Cabinet made fun of the Secretary of Interior when he purchased Alaska because, at that time, it was not considered valuable. A. admired B. derided C. envied D. supported Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. Question 24: I find it hard to work at home because there is too much distraction . A. attention B. unawareness C. unconcern D. carelessness Question 25: Televisions are a standard feature in most hotel rooms. A. abnormal B. common C. customary D. typical Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. Question 26: Slightly more than twenty-five percent of the students in the class come from Spanish speaking countries. A. The percentage of the students speaking Spanish fell by twenty-five percent. B. Seventy-five percent of the students in the class speak Spanish. C. A considerable proportion of the students in the class are Spanish. D. A small minority of the students of in the class are Hispanic. Question 27: “Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. A. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. B. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. C. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. D. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. Question 28: Had he known more about the Internet, he’d have invested in some computer companies. A. Knowing about the internet helped him invest in some computer companies. B. He didn’t know much about the internet so he didn’t invest in any computer companies. C. Knowing about the internet, he would have invested in some computer companies. D. He would have invested in some computer companies without his knowledge of the internet. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions. Question 29: Overeating is a cause of several deadly diseases. Physical inactivity is another cause of several deadly diseases. A. Both overeating and physical inactivity result from several deadly diseases. B. Not only overeating but also physical inactivity may lead to several deadly diseases. C. Overeating and physical inactivity are caused by several deadly diseases. D. Apart from physical activities, eating too much also contributes to several deadly diseases. Question 30: He was successful because he was determined to pursue personal goals. He was not talented. A. It was his determination to pursue personal goals, not talent, that contributed to his success. B. In addition to his determination, his talent ensured his success in pursuing his goals. C. His success lay in his natural ability, not in his determination to pursue personal goals. D. His determination to pursue personal goals made him successful and talented. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Many people today would like the traditional two-parent family back, that is to say, they want a man and a woman to (31) __________ for life; they also think the man should support the family and the woman should stay home with the children. However, few families now (32) __________into this category. In fact, if more women decide to have children (33) their own, the single-parent household may become more typical than the traditional family in many countries. Also, unmarried couples may decide to have more children – or they might take in foster children. And (34) people are staying single and living longer (often as widows), there may be more one-person households. On the other hand, some people believe similar events happen again and again in history: if this is true, people may go back to the traditional (35) __________or nuclear family of the past. Others think the only certainty in history is change: in other words, the structure of the future family could begin to change faster and faster and in more and more ways. Question 31: A. marry KB - 2
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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 36 to 42. Robert Capa is a name that has for many years been synonymous with war photography. Born in Hungary in 1913 as a Fricdmann lindrc Erno, Capa was forced to leave his native country after his involvement in anti-government protests. Capa had originally wanted to become a writer, but after his arrival in Berlin had first found work as a photographer. He later left Germany and moved to France due to the rise in Nazism. He tried to find work as a freelance journalist and it was here that he changed his name to Robert Capa, mainly because the thought it would sound more American. In 1936 after the breakout of the Spanish Civil war Capa went to Spain and it was here over the next three years that he built his reputation as a war photographer. It was here too in 1936 that he took one of the most famous pictures, The Death of a Loyalist Soldier. One of Capa's most famous quotes was "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough." And he took his attitude of getting close to the action to an extreme. His photograph, The Death of a Loyalist Soldier is a prime example of this as Capa captures the very moment the soldier falls. Though many have questioned the authenticity of this photograph, claiming that it was staged. When World War II broke out, Capa was in New York, but he was soon back in Europe covering the war for Life magazine. Some of his most famous work was created on 6th June 1944 when he swam ashore with the first assault on Omaha Beach in the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Capa, armed only with two cameras, took more than one hundred photographs in the first hour of the landing, but a mistake in the darkroom during the drying of the film destroyed all but eight frames. It was the images from these frames however that inspired the visual style of Steven Spielberg's Oscar winning movie 'Saving Private Ryan'. When Life magazine published the photographs, they claimed that they were slightly out of focus, and Capa later used this as the title of his autobiographical account of the war. Capa's private life was no less dramatic. He was friend to many of Hollywood's directors, actors and actresses. In 1943 he feel in love with the wife or actor John Austin. His affair with her lasted until the end of the war and became the subject of his war memoirs. He was al one time lover to actress Ingrid Bergman. Their relationship finally ended in 1946 when he refused to settle in Hollywood and went off to Turkey. In 1947 Capa was among a group of photojournalists who founded Magnum Photos. This was a co-operative organization set up to support photographers and help them to retain ownership of the copyright to their work. Capa went on to document many other wars. He never attempted to glamorize war though, but to record the horror. He once said, "The desire of any war photographer is to put out of business." Question 36: Why did Capa change his name? A. To hide his identity. B. To sound more American. C. Because he had been involved in protests. D. Because he had to leave Hungary. Question 37: Capa originally wanted to be ____________. A. a photojournalist B. a writer C. an American D. a protestor Question 38: Capa's famous picture The Death of a Loyalist Soldier _______________. A. was taken by someone else B. cannot be proven genuine or staged C. wasn't even taken in Spain D. was definitely genuine Question 39: Capa's private life was ______________. A. less dramatic than his professional life B. spent most in Hollywood C. very glamorous D. spent in Turkey Question 40: Capa wanted his work to ________. A. be very famous B. show how glamorous war can be C. show the true horror of war D. make lost of money Question 41: Which sentence best summarizes paragraph 4? A. Capa never tried to avoid danger. He risked his life to take photographs of the D-Day invasion, but then destroyed most of them. B. Capa took some of his most famous photographs during the D-Day invasion, but most were tragically destroyed in an accident.
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C. Capa only kept the best eight D-Day photographs as the others were out of focus. These inspired the visual style of a Hollywood film. D. Capa left Europe when the war broke out and went to take his most famous photographs of the D-Day invasion. Question 42: Which sentence best summarizes paragraph 5? A. Capa had a tragic private life and was never able to settle down and find happiness. B. Despite having many good friends and lovers, Capa always put his work first. C. Capa wanted to make friends with important people in Hollywood so that he could move into the movie industry. D. Capa's private life was very complicated. He could not choose between the two women he loved, so he went off to work in Turkey. 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 43 to 50. Bacteria are extremely small living things. While we measure our own sizes in inches or centimeters, bacterial size is measured in microns. One micron is a thousandth of a millimeter. A pinhead is about a millimeter across. Rod shaped bacteria are usually from two to four microns long, while rounded ones are generally one micron in diameter Thus if you enlarged a founded bacterium a thousand times, it would be just about the size of a pinhead. An adult human magnified by the same amount would be over a mile (1.6 kilometers) tall. Even with an ordinary microscope, you must look closely to see bacteria. Using a magnification of 100 times, one finds that bacteria are barely visible as tiny rods or dots. One cannot make out anything of their structure. Using special stains, one can see that some bacteria have attached to them wavy - looking "hairs" called flagella. Others have only one flagellum. The flagella rotate, pushing the bacteria through the water. Many bacteria lack flagella and cannot move about by their own power while others can glide along over surfaces by some little understood mechanism. From the bacterial point of view, the world is a very different place from what it is to humans. To a bacterium, water is as thick as molasses is to us. Bacteria are so small that they are influenced by the movements of the chemical molecules around them. Bacteria under the microscope, even those with no flagella, often bounce about in the water. This is because they collide with the water molecules and are pushed this way and that. Molecules move so rapidly that within a tenth of a second the molecules around a bacterium have all been replaced by new ones. Even bacteria without flagella are thus constantly exposed to a changing environment. Question 43: Which of the following is the main topic of the passage? A. The characteristics of bacteria B. How bacteria reproduce C. The various functions of bacteria D. How bacteria contribute to disease Question 44: Bacteria are measured in __________. A. inches B. centimeters C. microns D. millimeters Question 45: Which of the following is the smallest? A. A pinhead B. A rounded bacterium C. A microscope D. A rod-shaped bacterium Question 46: The word “ordinary” in the second paragraph refers to __________. A. usual B. distinctive C. original C. extraordinary Question 47: According to the passage, someone who examines bacteria using only a microscope that magnifies 100 times would see __________. A. tiny dots B. small “hairs” C. large rods D. detailed structures Question 48: Which of the following does the word “ ones” refer to? A. bacteria B. movements C. molecules D. flagella Question 49: The author compares water to molasses, in order to introduce which of the following topics? A. The bacterial content of different liquids B. What happens when bacteria are added to molasses. C. The molecular structures of different chemicals. D. How difficult it is for bacteria to move through water. Question 50: The relationship between a bacterium and its flagella is most nearly analogous to which of the following? A. a rider jumping on a horse’s back B. a ball being hit by a bat C. a boat powered by a motor D. a door closed by a gust of wind
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