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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
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 10.
Who doesn’t need more energy these days? No matter how old you are, we all could use more energy to
help us (1)_____ those endless days at work! But why can’t we have healthy energy drinks that not only
(2)_____ us with that energy we need (3)_____ the day, but benefit our bodies as well?
Most energy drinks contain (4)_____ amounts of caffeine, and most of them are not considered healthy for
the human body. They should be watched carefully because of their (5)_____ and how powerful they can be.
Most energy drinks trigger reactions that help boost our blood pressure and heart (6)_____, which isn’t always
the best thing for us. They can often prevent sleep (7)_____ taken at the wrong time, or dehydrate our body,
which is really not what we intend to do with the energy drinks we purchase.
In most cases, people mainly turn to energy drinks to help them with school or workouts or on-the-job
(8)_____. Energy drinks should not be used while exercising as the (9)_____ of all the stimulants and other
ingredients they contain may result in loss of fluid from sweating and (10)_____ cause dehydration.
1: A. get by B. get through C. get up D. get over
2: A. prolong B. produce C. provide D. protect
3: A. within B. throughout C. around D. overall
4: A. modifying B. varying C. fluctuating D. alternating
5: A. constituents B. ingredients C. substitutions D. components
6: A. measure B. place C. rate D. speed
7: A. although B. as C. if D. as long as
8: A. dullness B. illness C. fatique D. disability
9: A. combination B. conservation C. contemplation D. correlation
10: A. appropriately B. relevantly C. unsuitably D. consequently

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 questions from 11 to 15.
11: A. astronaut B. launch C. assault D. gauge
12: A. refusal B. confusion C. confusing D. confuse
13: A. erode B. exotic C. operate D. workshop
14: A. cab B. gap C. fat D. grade
15: A. paradise B. jeopardise C. merchandise D. disembark

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from
16 to 35.
16: All the files you need to read through for your presentation are _____ neatly on that table.
A. stacked B. crouched C. restrained D. lured
17: They had to make some _____ to their schedule due to unforeseen circumstances.
A. adjustments B. interventions C. projections D. supplements
18: Hey, _____ in there – I’m trying to study for my exam!
A. pipe down B. sit up C. log on D. let go
19: The President has recently _____ an increase in funding for AIDS research.
A. elevated B. empowered C. measured D. authorized
20: “I could do with something to eat.” – “Me too. Those snacks we had have really _____ my appetite.”
A. inspired B. motivated C. whetted D. honed
21: The physicist’s theory on nuclear fusion was _____ by later research.
A. dispensed B. disregarded C. discredited D. dissuaded
22: The young man never _____ in his determination to establish his own business.
A. endowed B. wavered C. eroded D. speculated

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23: You will _____ your eyes reading in such bad light.
A. wither B. drain C. strain D. sprain
24: Only five minutes to go and our team are two points down. Do you think they’ll _____ it off?
A. get B. take C. set D. pull
25: Nick is usually very calm, but he loses his _____ when he has to give a speech.
A. participation B. diversion C. menace D. composure
26: When the minister of finance reduced spending, the whole educational system went _____.
A. downstream B. downstairs C. downtown D. downhill
27: It’s our duty to _____ natural resources such as trees by enforcing reforestation policies.
A. replenish B. diminish C. include D. contribute
28: The students’ poor participation in the charity event _____ a clear lack of interest on their part.
A. declined B. attributed C. depicted D. revealed
29: The President of the company _____ denied the accusations made against him.
A. innately B. permissively C. vehemently D. virtuously
30: NASA uses the unique _____ point of space to improve prediction of climate, weather, and natural
hazards.
A. vantage B. convenience C. magnified D. location
31: Katherine’s a really _____ speaker; it’s a pleasure listening to her lectures.
A. cryptic B. divergent C. long D. articulate
32: The long bus drive in the tropical midday heat made all the tourists _____.
A. sluggish B. agile C. squeamish D. alert
33: You’ve still got time to send in your application. The _____ is tomorrow.
A. deadline B. elevation C. pedigree D. heritage
34: Were you aware that the bridge across this river _____ almost four kilometers?
A. repeals B. paces C. spans D. radiates
35: The discovery of penicillin was hailed as a great scientific _____.
A. meticulousness B. breakthrough C. obstinacy D. upshot

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 the primary stress in each of the questions from 36 to 40.
36: A. relative B. following C. different D. understand
37: A. amazing B. continue C. meaningful D. annoying
38: A. delicious B. excited C. encourage D. motivate
39: A. multinational B. metropolitan C. administrative D. geological
40: A. physical B. official C. surprising D. successful

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from
41 to 55.
41: Sorry, but _____ I wanted to do was open the window to get some fresh air.
A. all B. whatever C. the only D. every
42: My friends wish that I _____ to the beach with them more often.
A. have gone B. go C. will go D. could go
43: Had you followed her instructions, you _____ confused.
A. would have gotten B. have gotten C. will get D. had gotten
44: _____ I had nothing to do last night, I reformatted my computer's hard drive.
A. Due to B. Thanks to C. The reason why D. Since
45: What’s wrong with you? You didn’t say _____ at the meeting.
A. hardly something B. nothing C. barely anything D. anything
46: Thanks for the advice, but I’d rather _____ an apartment downtown.
A. not to rent B. I don’t rent C. not rent D. to not rent
47: He used to work as a bank clerk, _____?
A. wasn’t he B. didn’t he C. used he D. did he
48: Ryan and Lee want to sit next to _____ in class.
A. one other B. one the other C. each other D. each the other
49: I’ll get my husband _____ me move these boxes when he gets home.
A. help B. to help C. helped D. helping

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50: You _____ those old shorts, because I was going to throw them away.
A. needn’t have washed B. needn’t washed
C. shouldn’t be washed D. might not wash
51: _____ to university every day is becoming unaffordable.
A. Having driven B. Driven C. Driving D. To driving
52: Our basketball coach said it was imperative _____ three times a week.
A. attending training B. us to attend training
C. that we will attend training D. we attend training
53: It’s no _____ denying you were there. I saw you with my own eyes.
A. good B. point C. reason D. worth
54: I _____ errands since the morning, and I’m not finished yet.
A. was running B. have been running C. had run D. ran
55: My secretary won’t let me down. She’s a very _____ employee.
A. reliable B. relied C. rely D. relying

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the questions from 56 to 65.
56: Different sauces such as fish sauce, shrimp paste, and soya sauce are quite popularly in various regions.
A B C D
57: Most of people enjoy travelling abroad, and having the chance to stay in an exotic city or a seaside resort.
A B C D
58: Traditional Vietnamese cooking usually uses fresh ingredients, few dairy and oil, and various
A B C D
herbs and vegetables.
59: If you join a Japanese meal, you may be excited to see what the colourful dishes are arranged
A B C D
according to a traditional pattern.
60: Son Doong Cave has become more famous after the ABC aired a live programme featured
A B
its magnificence on ‘Good Morning America’ in May 2015.
C D
61: Thanks for the widespread use of modern means of transport, people have more choice of
A B C
holiday destination and can now visit even the remotest parts of the world.
D
62: After touchdown, please remains seated until the aircraft comes to a standstill outside
A B C D
the terminal building.
63: Many cities and towns have become overcrowded with tourists, with all their vehicles
A B
cause traffic jams as well as air and noise pollution.
C D
64: The Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation after Cuba, with nearly 10 million
A B C
people, one million of them live in the capital city Santo Domingo.
D
65: Nowadays, more and more people around the world are learning Engtish as the second language
A B
and the way that they study it is changing.
C D

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 from 66 to 75.
Long thought to be (66)_____, fossil fuels have been used (67)_____ since the Industrial Revolution.
However, many believe that the world is using fossil fuels at an (68)_____ rate. Some experts believe that
industries have reached their (69)_____ for oil extraction and production, and that it is only a matter of time
before natural gas and coal follow suit.
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 Fossil fuels have provided us with cheap, (70)_____ electricity for so long that only recently has serious
research been (71)_____ into developing alternatives. Wind power already supplies 20% of Denmark’s
electricity demands, and it’s on the (72)_____ elsewhere. Solar power is growing by 30% a year, and solar
technology is improving all the time. Wave and tidal power are also promising, (73)_____ in the UK, although
it will be a while before these alternative energy sources will be up and running on a (74)_____ scale.
Another alternative energy source is geothermal power, which (75)_____ the heat below the Earth’s
surface. In Iceland, it is used to heat 90% of buildings, and is one of the reasons why Iceland is expected to be
the world’s first carbon neutral country by 2050.
66: A. incidental B. inexhaustible C. inaccurate D. incompatible
67: A. extensively B. expectantly C. exotically D. excitably
68: A. unattractive B. uncertain C. unsustainable D. uninhabited
69: A. point B. top C. height D. peak
70: A. costly B. plentiful C. disciplined D. insufficient
71: A. overtaken B. undertaken C. taken D. retaken
72: A. development B. encouragement C. improvement D. increase
73: A. especially B. sensibly C. precisely D. exact
74: A. huge B. significant C. main D. high
75: A. applies B. exploits C. abuses D. imposes

Read the following extract from The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the
answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 76 to 85.
THE DISCOVERY
Margie wrote about it that night in her diary. On the
Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes.
page headed May 17, 2155, she wrote, “Today
“Because it’s not our kind of school, stupid. This is
Tommy found a genuine book!” It was a very old
the old kind of school that they had hundreds and
book. Margie’s grandfather had once said that when
hundreds of years ago.” He added arrogantly,
he was a little boy, his grandfather had told him that
pronouncing the word carefully, “Centuries ago.”
there was a time when all stories were printed on
paper and bound together. Margie felt slightly offended. “Well, I don’t know
what kind of school they had all that time ago.” She
They turned the pages, which were yellow and
read the book over his shoulder for a while, then
crinkly, and it was awfully funny to read words that
said, “In any event, they had a teacher.”
stood still instead of moving the way they were
“Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular
supposed to – on a screen, you know. And then,
teacher. It was a person.”
when they turned back to the page before, it had the
“A person? How could a person be a teacher?”
same words on it that it had had when they read it
“Well, they just told the boys and girls things and
the first time. They found it astonishing.
gave them homework and asked them questions.”
“Wow,” said Tommy, “what a waste. When you’re “A person isn’t nearly smart enough.”
through with the book, you just throw it away, I “Sure he is. My father knows as much as my
guess. Our television screen must have had a teacher.”
million books on it and it’s good for plenty more. I “He can’t. A man can’t know as much as a teacher.
wouldn’t throw it away.” And I wouldn’t want a strange person in my house
“Same with mine,” said Margie. She was eleven to teach me.”
and hadn’t seen as many telebooks as Tommy had.
Tommy burst into laughter, “You don’t know
He was thirteen.
much, Margie. The teachers didn’t live in the house.
She said, “Where did you find it?” They had a special building and all the kids went
“In my house.” He pointed without looking, there.”
because he was busy reading. “In the attic.” “And all the kids learned the same thing?”
“What’s it about?” “Sure, if they were the same age.”
“School.” “But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to
fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that
Margie was scornful. “School? What’s there to
each kid has to be taught differently.”
write about school? I hate school.” Margie had
“Just the same, they didn’t do it that way then. If
always hated school, but now she hated it more than
you don’t like it, you don’t have to read the book.”
ever. So she said to Tommy, “Why would anyone
“I didn’t say I didn’t like it,” Margie said hastily.
write about school?”
She desperately wanted to read about those funny

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schools.
76: What is Margie doing in the first paragraph?
A. trying to learn from a book B. writing a novel
C. recording an earlier event D. expressing doubt about how books were made
77: Who had told Margie about how books were once made?
A. her grandfather B. Tommy
C. her great-grandfather D. her great-great-grandfather
78: Which word best describes how the children felt about Tommy’s find?
A. determined B. amazed C. ashamed D. proud
79: Why had Margie seen fewer telebooks than Tommy?
A. Tommy was older than her.
B. She had difficulty reading moving words on a screen.
C. Her television screen had fewer books on it than Tommy’s.
D. She did not have a television screen at home.
80: Which word best sums up Margie’s attitude to school?
A. contentment B. fondness C. boredom D. loathing
81: What was Margie ‘slightly offended’ by (paragraph 7)?
A. Tommy’s derogatory remark B. teachers of the past
C. Tommy’s careful pronunciation D. schools of the past
82: According to the writer, schools of the future…
A. are unbearable.
B. are located very close to the pupils’ homes.
C. use the same methodology as schools of the past.
D. do not have human teachers.
83: Tommy believes that…
A. machines are better than human teachers. B. teachers shouldn’t live in student’s homes.
C. humans can be very knowledgeable. D. school is a waste of time.
84: Pupils of the future are taught…
A. in specially designed buildings. B. by their parents.
C. in their homes. D. using books.
85: How does Margie feel about the schools of the past?
A. envious B. moved C. indifferent D. inquisitive

Read the four texts below. There are ten questions about the texts. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on the answer
sheet to indicate which text tells you the answer to each of the questions from 86 to 95. The same text may be
used more than twice.

A B
Dr Edward Bach – The Flower Remedy Man
Edward Bach, born in 1886, was always interested in
medicine and after qualifying in bacteriology and
pathology at University College Hospital, he set up a
general practice in Harley St. It was here that he became
dissatisfied with the orthodox view that doctors were
expected to concentrate on disease rather than the person
suffering from it. He believed it should be the other way
round. Bach found that when he treated the personality
and feelings of his patients, then the bodily manifestations
– illness in all its forms – would be alleviated, proving that
both were inherently linked.
Dr Bach passed away peacefully in 1936, leaving behind
him a system of remedies which are now used all over the
world.
Flower Remedies
Q What is the likelihood of reactions and
rashes, e.g. to Crab Apple, and how are they
caused?
A Crab Apple floods out negative emotions. On
very rare occasions this can result in a rash
or unexpected feelings being stirred up.
Where such things do occur they can be
disregarded and there is no reason to stop
taking the remedies.
Q In your personal experience is it safe to take
remedies if you are pregnant?
A Yes, it is safe but if you have any worries on
this score, we would advise you to talk to
your doctor or midwife.

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C D
Q&A In Nature’s Hands
‘I feel down – what should I take?’ Edward Bach was inspired by his work with
Gentian is for a mild despondency after a setback – maybe homoeopathy, but wanted to find remedies that
you want to improve your career prospects, you’ve would be purer and less reliant on the products of
applied for a job and haven’t got it. disease. He was convinced that nature held the
Gorse is effective when you feel very pessimistic – you keys to unblocking people’s negative moods and
decide to give up applying for jobs and tear the application anxieties and to restoring a holistic equilibrium.
form up. After moving to Mount Vernon in Oxfordshire,
Sweet Chestnut is a different thing altogether. It’s to be he used the fields and lanes in the different
recommended when all avenues really are closed off. seasons to gather the plants. He would suffer an
Imagine someone who has tried and tried to get a job. All emotional state that he needed to cure and then
the savings are gone, the rent’s not paid, the family’s try drinking the extracts from the various plants
hungry. This is absolute despair, the dark night of the soul. and flowers until a particular one helped. The
Finally, mustard is effective when you’ve got the job but process required a high degree of selfsacrifice
you still feel gloomy, see the cloud hanging over you. and was often slow and painstaking.
In which text does the writer
86: respond to specific queries?
87: use an analogy to explain?
88: outline Bach’s research methods?
89: seek to allay fears?
90: qualify a recommendation?
Which text is saying the following?
91: Emotional and physical states are inseparable.
92: It’s important to comprehend the degrees of an illness.
93: Bach reversed conventional medical thinking.
94: Bach didn’t feel the need to use guinea pigs.
95: Remedies sometimes produce unexpected effects.

Choose the sentence A, B, C, or D which is closest in meaning to the first sentence of each of the questions
from 96 to 100.
96: Surely someone must have seen the thief leave the building.
A. It seems unlikely that the thief left the building without being seen.
B. When the thief left the building, someone saw him.
C. It seems that no one saw the thief as he left the building.
D. The thief left the building before someone saw him.
97: We were already late for the show by the time we had found a taxi.
A. We found a taxi in order not to be late for the show.
B. The taxi was late, so we missed the start of the show.
C. We eventually found a taxi to go to the show, which had already begun.
D. It took a long time to find a taxi but the show began later than expected.
98: It is not worth having a party if you do not have time to organise it.
A. Organising a party takes less time than you might expect.
B. Do not have a party because it will take too much time to organise.
C. You need time to arrange a party, otherwise it is better not to have one.
D. Unless you enjoy organising parties, you should not have one.
99: George meets his old friends whenever he goes to London.
A. When George goes to London, he will meet his old friends.
B. Each time George is in London, he meets his old friends.
C. George goes to London in order to meet his old friends.
D. George is meeting old friends while he is in London.
100: I wish I were as good at learning languages as Julia is.
A. Julia is good at learning languages and so am I.
B. Julia is better at learning languages than I am.
C. I am not good at learning languages and neither is Julia.
D. No one is as good at learning languages as Julia.
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