I.

PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word whose underlined part differently from that of the others in the group.
1. A. casual          B. case            C. cashier            D. cash
2. A. admit           B. advance         C. advent             D. admire
3. A. command       B. compose         C. complain           D. comment
4. A. humor          B. honest           C. human             D. horror
5. A. reserved        B. locked           C. forced             D. touched
Answers: 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A 
II. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
6. It was just a friendly get-together. Everyone was wearing clothes. No one needed to
be well-dressed.
A. formal           B. casual            C. unimportant        D. unfriendly
7. candidates are likely to succeed in job interviews.
A. Nervous          B. Self-conscious      C. Self-doubt         D. Self-confident
8. In his latest speech, the Secretary General the importance of wildlife conservation.
A. stressed         B. excused           C. extorted           D. remained
9. Nobody seemed to be interested in the news. It was greeted with a lack of
_________.
A. enthusiastic       B. enthusiasm        C. enthusiastically     D. enthusiast
10. I don't like jobs. In fact, I never want to work under high pressure.
A. stress           B. stressed          C. stressing          D. stressful
11. The voters were overwhelmingly against the candidate proposals called for higher
taxes.
A. who his         B. who he had         C. whose           D. that his
12. Was I said a moment ago clear?
A. when           B. which             C. that             D. what
13. The medicine had no effect at all.
A. the doctor gave it to me                B. the doctor gave me
C. which the doctor gave it to me           D. which given to me by the doctor
14. My bike, I had left at the gate, had disappeared.
A. when          B. which              C. that             D. –
15. The new shopping mall is gigantic. It's advertised as a place you can find just about
anything you might want to buy.
A. which         B. where             C. in where          D. in that
16. Annie has three brothers, are pilots.
A. who they all                        B. who all of them
C. that all of them                     D. all of whom
17. "Is April twenty-first the day ?" ''No, the twenty-second."
A. you'll arrive then                    B. on that you'll arrive
C. when you'll arrive                   D. when you'll arrive on
18. They have an apartment the park.
A. overlooking                       B. that overlooking
C. overlooks                        D. overlooked
19. " having a swim in the river?" "That's a good idea."
A. Why don't       B. How about         C. Why aren't         D. Shall we
20. There's nothing you can do me change my mind.
A. to make        B. make            C. making            D. makes
21. "My uncle has been a writer for many years." "How many books ___ so far?"
A. did he write                       B. has he been writing
C. has he written                     D. was he writing
22. Housework is shared between them.
A. equally        B. equal             C. equality            D. equalizing
23. "Would you like a drink?" "Oh, yes. a Coke. Thank you."
A. I have        B. I'll have           C. I'm having          D. I'm going to have
24. Hard he tried, the second runner could not catch up with the first one.
A. as           B. for               C. so                D. that
25. Do you know this handbag might be?
A. whom        B. who's             C. to whom            D. whose
26. The weather was very nice, so he found a raincoat with him.
A. it necessary to take                B. it unnecessary taking
C. unnecessary to take                D. it unnecessary to take
27. these lessons carefully or you won't understand the information on the test.
A. If you read                       B. When you read
C. Unless you read                   D. Read
28. Joe, who is one of my elder sister's sons, is my favorite .
A. nephew       B. niece             C. grandson            D. uncle
29. Angela is not only a capable reporter a promising writer.
A. and          B. or               C. but also             D. as well as
30. Her husband is a writer and ____________.
A. so she is      B. neither is she       C. so is she            D. she is neither
31. I wish I more time to study before last exam.
A. could have    B. had              C. had had             D. have had
32. He solemnly promised in our business.
A. not interfering                    B. to not interfere
C. wouldn't interfere                  D. not to interfere
33. If you put your money into that business, you risk every penny.
A. lose         B. to lose            C. losing               D. lost
34. Wendy got a part-time job she would be able to pay for school expenses.
A. unless       B. although           C. so that              D. but
35. did it take you to get used to wearing glasses?
A. How long     B. How much         C. How far              D. How often
Answers: 
6. B   7. D   8. A    9. B     10. D     11. C    12. B    13. D     14. B    15. B
16. D  17. C  18. A    19. B    20. A     21. C    22. A    23. B     24. A    25. D 
26. D  27. D   28. A   29. C    30. C     31. C    32. D    33. C     34. C    35. A 
II. Choose the underlined part in each sentence that should be corrected.
36. Liquids take the shape of any container which in they are placed.
37. Two out of three people striking by lightning survive.
38. Some of the house had been wrecked by the storm belonged to the poor villagers.
39. The notebook list every opportunities for handicapped workers in the area.
40. In my opinion, the new foreign coach does his job relative well.
IV. Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement (or best
answers the question) about each passage.
Computer programmer David Jones earns £35,000 a year designing new computer
games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque card. Instead, he
has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young
people of his age is finding a job. David's firm releases two new games for the
expanding home computer market each month.
But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money.
Despite his salary, earned by inventing new programs within tight schedules, with bonus
payments and profit-sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or obtain credit
cards.
He lives with his parents in their council house in Liverpool, where his father is a bus
driver. His company has to pay £150 a month in taxi fares to get him the five miles to
work and back every day because David cannot drive.
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after
leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. "I got the job
because the people who run the firm knew 1 had already written some programs," he
said.
"I suppose £35,000 sounds a lot but actually that's being pessimistic. I hope it will come
to more than that this year." He spends some of his money on records and clothes, and
gives his mother £20 a week. But most his spare time is spent working.
"Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school," he said. "But 1 had
been studying it in books and 'magazines for four years in my spare time. 1 knew what 1
wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business
are fairly young, anyway."
David added: "I would like to earn a million and 1 suppose early retirement is a
possibility. You never know when the market might disappear."
41. Why is David different from other young people at his age?
A. He earns an extremely high salary.
B. He is not unemployed.
C. He does not go out much.
D. He lives at home with his parents.
42. David's greatest problem is
A. Making the banks treat him as an adult.
B. inventing computer games.
C. spending his salary.
D. learning to drive.
43. He was employed by the company because
A. he had worked in a computer shop.
B. he had written some computer programs.
C. he works very hard.
D. he had learnt to use computers at school.
44. He left school after taking O-levels because
A. he did not enjoy school.
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him.
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing.
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money.
45. Why does David think h~ might retire early?
A. You have to be young to write computer programs.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
C. He thinks computer games might not always sell so well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt.
V. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best /its each space in the following
passage.
Manuel Gonzalez comes from Spain. He usually lives in Madrid and works
(46)_________a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he decided to
take a year (47)__________work to live in different countries in Europe and write a
book about Europeans. He spent the first two months in Scandinavia
(48)____________information and then moved to Germany for a month. At present he
is staying in Paris, where he is renting a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he wrote a
(49)___________travel guide to Spain and now he is working hard to have the same
(50)____________with his book about Europeans.
46. A. in         B. for         C. by            D. as
47. A. off         B. to         C. away          D. from
48. A. collected    B. to collect    C. collecting       D. collection
49. A. best-sell     B. best-sold    C. best-selling     D. best-to- sell
50. A. succeed     B. success    C. successful      D. Successfully
Answers: 46. D 47. A 48. C 49. C 50. B
>>The end<<
1-5. Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently
from that of the other works.
 
1. A. pilot              B. pipe        C. pillow     D. pioneer
 
2. A. spoke           B. slow       C. snow      D. now
 
3. A. absent          B. absorb    C. nib         D. debt
 
4. honourable       B. honesty C. historic   D. hour
 
5. A. child            B. wild        C. minute    D. mild
 
6-10. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the words.
 
6. A. referee          B. engineer           C. absentee                    D. attitude
 
7. A. hospital       B. horrified             C. honorable        D. horizon
 
8. A. penalty        B. document         C. pedestrian        D. petrol
 
9. A. comment      B. endurance        C. decorate           D. incidence
 
10. A. architect     B. pioneer            C. military            D. principal
 
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
 
11 - 25. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each
sentence.
 
11. I had the operation ….the recommendation …. my doctor.
A. on - with          B. on - of
C. at - of              D. with - of
 
12. I decided to concentrate all my ….. on finding somewhere to live.
A. efforts     B. trials         C. aims       D. energy
 
13. She…helpful comments on my work.
A. did           B. made          C. created          D. formed
 
14. Financial … is a person who is in charge of the financial accounts of a business
company.
A. advisor        B. consultant          C. controller           D. secretary
 
15. In this job, experience counts for more than…… qualifications.
A. theoretical        B. academic          C. paper     D. B and C
 
16. My lack of….. experience was a disadvantage.
A. practical                    B. realistic C. truthful   D. mere
 
17. He is very good at his job; he certainly…… his job.
A. does       B. makes     C. catches   D. knows
 
18. The area is being promoted…….. a tourist destination.
A. of           B. as           C. at            D. for
 
19. When she finished painting, she stepped back to admire the ……effect.
A. whole     B. sum        C. overall             D. total
 
20. Sky diving, a difficult and dangerous sport, ……very popular with both men and
women in the United States.
A.Ø  B. is   C. becoming                   D. become
 
21. Leather shoes ……. than plastic ones.
A. that are more durable                   B. being more durable
C. more durable                                D. are more durable
 
22. The GMAT test …….  to students who are interested in a career in business.
A. given                          B. although it is given
C. since it is given          D. is given
 
23. Not many us hospitals exist…… treat severe bums.
A. that        B. whom     C. who        D. where
 
24. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Columbia writer whose book One Hundred Years of
Solitude is among his most famous, ……. the Nobel Prize in 1982.
A. who won         B. won
C. which won       D. having won
 
25.  ……, Eva Peron, the wife of Argentinean president Juan Peron, died of cancer.
A. She was age thirty-one       B. At the age of thirty-one
C. Age thirty-one years           D. At the age of thirty-one years
 
26 - 30. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
 
26. Those applicants who return their completed forms at the earliest date that have the
highest priority.
                                   A                               B                 C                                D
 
27. Renewable energy sources are difficult topics in which I’m not familiar.
         A                                      B                              C                 D
 
28. The headmaster, to whom the parents had discussed their son’s future, advised the
boy to take up engineering.
                                     A                              B                                                  C               
D
 
29. Scientists are searching the causes of cancer are making progress.
                         A                 B              C                    D
 
30. His new motorbike, to which he paid $2000, has already had to be repaired.
                                       A                                     B                           C      D
 
31 - 35. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same
meaning as the given one.
 
31. Benzene, which was discovered by Faraday, was the starting point in the
manufacture of many dyes, perfumes and explosives.
A. Faraday was the person who discovered benzene, the starting point in the
manufacture of many dyes, perfumes and explosives.
B. Benzene, having discovered by Faraday, was the starting point in the manufacture of
many dyes, perfumes and explosives.
C. Benzene, discovered by Faraday, was the starting point in the manufacture of many
dyes, perfumes and explosives.
D. Discovering benzene, the starting point in the manufacture of many dyes, perfumes
and explosives was one of faraday’s achievements.
 
32. How long have you had this watch?
A. Since when did you buy this watch?
B. How long is it since you bought this watch?
C. How long have you bought this watch?
D. Since when have you bought this watch?
 
33. None of the people I talked to could give me any useful information.
A. None of the people whom I talked to could give me any useful information.
B. None of the people who I talked to could give me any useful information.
C. None of the people to whom ỉ talked could give me any useful information.
D. All are correct.
 
34. It is said that he has broken several world records.
A. People said that he has obtained several world records.
B. He is said to have broken several world records.
C. It is said that several world records have been destroyed by him.
D. He is said that he has broken several world records.
 
35. Tom used to smoke when he was young.
A. Tom got used to smoking when he was young.
B. Tom smoked a lot when he was young.
C. Tom has stopped smoking.
D. Tom doesn’t smoke no longer.
 
C. READING
 
36 - 45. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank
space in the following passage:
 
Around the age of eighteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life.
“Do I stay on at school and hopefully go on to university (36)….. ? Do I
leave and start work or beginning a training (37)…… ?”
 
The decision is yours, but it may be (38)…… remembering two things: there is more
unemployment (39)….. people who haven’t been to university, and people
who have the right (40)….. will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs. If you
decide to go (41)…. into a job, there are many opportunities for training.

Getting qualifications will (42)…… you to get on more quickly in many careers, and
evening classes allow you to learn (43)…. you earn. Starting work and taking a
break to study when you are older is (44)…. possibility. This way, you can save up
money for your student days, as well as (45)…. practical work experience.
 
36. A. after                    B. later        C. then        D. past
 
37. A. school        B. class       C. course    D. term
 
38. A. worth         B. necessary         C. important        D. useful
 
39. A. between     B. among              C. with        D. through
 
40. A. notes                   B. papers             C. arts         D. skills
 
41. A. straight      B. just                  C. direct      D. rather
 
42. A. make                   B. help                 C. let                    D. give
 
43. A. where         B. while                C. when      D. what
 
44. A. also            B. again                C. another   D. always
 
45. A. getting       B. making             C. taking     D. doing
 
46 – 50. Choose the item among A, B, c or D that best answers the question about
the passage:
 
Computer programmer David Jones earns £35,000 a year designing new Computer
games, yet he cannot find a bank prepared to let him have a cheque car. Instead he has
been told to wait another two years, until he is 18.
 
The 16-year-old boy works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most
young people of age is finding a job. David’s firm releases two new games for the
expanding home Computer market each month.
 
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Despite his salary, earned
by inventing new programmes within tight schedules with bonus payment and profit-
sharing, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage, or obtain credit cards.
 
David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after
leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a Computer shop. “I got the
job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programmes,”
he said.
 
I suppose £35,000 sounds a lot but actually that’s being pessimistic. I hope it will come
to records and clothes and he gives his mother £20 a week. But most of his spare time
is spent working. “Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he
said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare
time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most
people in this business are fairly young anyway.”
 
David added, “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a
possibility. You never knew when the market might disappear.”
 
46. What is David different from other young people of his age?
A. He earns an extremely high salary.        B. He is not unemployed.
c. He does not go out much.    D. He lives at home with his parents.
 
47. David’s greatest problem is ……
A. making the banks treat him as an adult     B. inventing Computer games
C. spending his salary                                    D. learning to drive
 
48. He was employed by the company because ……
A. he had worked in a Computer shop
B. he had written some Computer programmes
C. he works very hard
D. he had learned to use computers at school
 
49. He left school after O-levels because ……
A. he did not enjoy school
B. he wanted to work with computers and staying at school did not help him
C. he was afraid of getting too old to start computing
D. he wanted to earn a lot of money
 
50. Why does David think he might retire early?
A. You have to be young to write Computer programmes.
B. He wants to stop working when he is a millionaire.
c. He thinks Computer games might not always sell well.
D. He thinks his firm might go bankrupt. 
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