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A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

I. PHONOLOGY(5points)
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced diferently from the others.
1. A. mu tter B. clu msy C. rou gh D.mu tual
2. A. ch olera B. psych ology C. mach ine D.stomach
3. A. fatigue B. mosquito C. alumni D. marine
4. A rein B. seize C.deepen D. deceive
5. A engage B. postage C. massage D. privilege

B. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1.A. advantageous B. photography C. proverbial D. magnificent
2.A. magnetic B. substitute C. refusal D. phenomenon
3.A. referee B. engineer C. absentee D. attitude
4.A. contractor B. phonetic C. Pacific D. character
5.A. mature B. nature C. culture D. measure

II. READING COMPREHENSION

PASSAGE 1: Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or answer
the question. (10 points)
Since the world became industrialized, the number of animal species that have either become extinct
or have neared extinction has increased. Bengal tigers, for instance, which once roamed the jungles in
vast numbers, now number only about 2,300. By the year 2025, it is estimated that they will become
extinct.
What is alarming about the case of the Bengal tiger is that this extinction will have been caused
almost entirely by poachers who, according to some sources, are not always interested in material gain
but in personal gratification. This is an example of the callousness Id that is contributing to the problem
of extinction. Animals such as the Bengal tiger, as well as other endangered species, are valuable parts of
the world's ecosystem. International laws protecting these animals must be enacted to ensure their
survival - and the survival of our planet.
Countries around the world have begun to deal with the problem in various ways. Some countries, in
an effort to circumvent the problem, have allocated large amounts of land to animal reserves. They then
charge admission prices to help defray the costs of maintaining the parks, and they often must also
depend on world organizations for support. This money enables them to invest in equipment and patrols
to protect the animals. Another response to the increase in animal extinction is an international boycott
of products made from endangered species. This has had some effect, but by itself it will not prevent ani-
mals from being hunted and killed.
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The Bengal tiger B. International boycotts
C. Endangered species D. Problems with industrialization
2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "alarming" in line 5?
A. Dangerous B. Serious C. Gripping D. Distressing
3. Which of the following could best replace the word "case" as used in line 5?
A. Act B. Situation C. Contrast D. Trade
4. The word "poachers" as used in line 6 could be best replaced by which of the following?
A. Illegal hunters B. Enterprising researchers
C. Concerned scientists D. Trained hunters
5. The word "callousness" in line 7 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. Indirectness B. Independence C. Incompetence D. Insensitivity
6. The previous passage is divided into two paragraphs in order to contrast:
A. A problem and a solution B. A statement and an illustration
C. A comparison and a contrast D. Specific and general information
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 7. What does the word "this" in line 7 refer to in the passage?
A. Bengal tigers B. Interest in material gam
C. Killing animals for personal satisfaction D. The decrease in the Bengal tiger population
8. The word "defray" in line 13 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. Lower B. Raise C. Make a payment on D. Make an investment toward
9. What does the term "international boycott" in line 15 refers to?
A. Buying and selling of animal products overseas
B. A refusal to buy animal products worldwide
C. A global increase in animal survival
D. Defraying the cost of maintaining national parks
10. Which of the following best describes the author's attitude?
A. Forgiving B. Surprised C. Vindictive D. Concerned

PASSAGE 2: Read the following passage and choose the best option to complete the blank or answer
the question. (10 points)
Until recently, hunting for treasure from shipwrecks was mostly fantasy: with recent technological
advances, however, the search for sunken treasure has become more popular as a legitimate endeavor.
This has caused a debate between those wanting to salvage the wrecks and those wanting to preserve
them.
Treasure hunters are spurred on bv the thought of finding caches of gold coins or other valuable objects
on a sunken ship. One team of salvagers, for instance, searched the wreck of the RMS Republic, which
sank outside the Boston harbor in 1909. The search party, using side-scan sonar, a device that projects
sound waves across the ocean bottom and produces a profile of the sea floor, located the wreck in just two
and a half days. Before the use of this new technology, such searches could take months or years. The
team of 45 divers searched the wreck for two months, finding silver tea services, crystal dinnerware, and
thousands of bottles of wine, but they did not find the five and a half tons of American Gold Eagle coins
they were searching for.
Preservationists focus on the historic value of a ship. They say that even if a shipwreck's treasure does not
have a high monetary value, it can be an invaluable source of historic artifacts that are preserved in nearly
mint condition. But once a salvage team has scoured a site, much of the archaeological value is lost.
Maritime archaeologists who are preservationists worry that the success of salvagers will attract more
treasure-hunting expeditions and thus threaten remaining undiscovered wrecks. Preservationists are
lobbying their state lawmakers to legally restrict underwater searches and unregulated salvages. To
counter their efforts, treasure hunters argue that without the lure of gold and million-dollar treasures, the
wrecks and their historical artifacts would never be recovered at all.
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Searching for wrecks is much easier with new technologies like side- scan sonar.
B. Maritime archaeologists are concerned about the unregulated searching of wrecks.
C. Tile search of the RMS Republic failed to produce the hoped-for coins.
D.The popularity of treasure seeking has spurred a debate between preservationists and salvagers.
2. The word "sunken" in line 2 is closest in meaning to which of the following words?
A. Broken B. Underwater C. Ancient D. Hollow
3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "legitimate" in line 3?
A. Justified B. Innocent C. Prudent D. Fundamental
4. What does the second paragraph mainly discuss?
A. How side-scan sonar works to find a shipwreck.
B. How the Boston salvage team located the ship's gold.
C. A specific salvage operation that took place in 1909.
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D. A specific salvage operation that used new technology to locate a shipwreck.
5. Which of the following statements is best supported by the author?
A. The value of a shipwreck depends on the quantity of its artifacts.
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 B. Preservationists are fighting the use of technological advances such as side-scan sonar.
C. Side-scan sonar has helped to legitimize salvaging.
D. The use of sound waves is crucial to locating shipwrecks.
6. The author uses the word 'services" in line 11 to refer to which of the following?
A. Cups B. Sets C. Containers D. Decorations
7. The author uses the phrase "mint condition" in line 16 to describe:
A. Something perfect B. Something significant
C. Something tolerant D.Something magical
8. All of the following were found on the RMS Republic EXCEPT:
A. Wine bottles B. Silver tea services
C. American Gold Eagle coins D. Crystal dinnerware
9. From the passage, you can infer that a preservationist would be most likely to
A. Shun treasure-seeking salvagers B. Be a diver
C. Put treasures in a museum D. Do archaeological research
10. The word "scoured" in line 16 is most similar to which of the following?
A. Scraped away B. Scratched over C. Scrambled around D. Searched through

III. GUIDED CLOZE

Read the following passage and choose the options that best complete the blanks. (10 points)
Ours is a vanishing world, one in which the familiar is constantly disappearing and technological
change is often difficult to cope with. So it should come (1) ________.no surprise to most of us to
hear that yet another part of everyday life is about to go for ever. Apparently, within the next decade,
money as we (2)_______ it will probably (3) _______ to exist in technologically advanced countries.
(4)_________Professor Gerry Montague of the Institute for Economic Reform, the familiar coins and
banknotes will soon be replaced entirely by credit cards of various kinds. And the shop of the future
will be linked directly to the network of banking computers. The assistant will simply key in your
bank account code number and the amount you have spent, and thank you politely. You won't have to
dig (5)_________ in your pockets for change. You may not even have a number for your account as
such, as the computer may by then be able to read your handprint. So no more instances of credit card
(6)_________. But I am afraid that I shall miss money. I have felt (7)_______attached to it, ever since
I received my first pocket (8) __________.When I was five, and kept it in a money-box. Even if my
credit card of the future will be able to tell me exactly how much spending (9)_________I have left in
the computer files, even if it lights up and plays a happy (or sad) tune at the same time, nothing will be
able to replace the (10)_________ pleasure I gained from rattling the coins in my moneybox.
1. A. with B. as C. to D. in
2) 2. A. have B. see C. know D. believe
3) 3. A .cease B. stop C. fail D. conclude
4) 4. A .With reference to B. Further to C. According to D. Owing to
5) 5. A.far B. long C. tall D. deep
6) 6. A.deceit B. trickery C. pretence D. fraud
7) 7. A. heavily B. strongly C. widely D. largely
8) 8. A cash B. coins C. money D. gold
9) 9. A. capacity B. potential C. capability D. power
1 110. A. sheer B. complete C. entire D. downright

B. WRITTEN TEST
I. VERB FORM / TENSES (10 points)

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 Put the verbs into the correct forms
My parents and I came to live in the United States when I was five years old. Although my family is
now very comfortable, at first we had a hard time adjusting to life there. We (1. think) ________ that
everybody in the United States was very rich. Imagine our surprise when we learnt that it was hard for
many people, my father (2. include) ________, to make a living. My father (3. work) ________as a
dentist in Europe before we came here twenty years ago. Here he couldn't work as a dentist right away
because he (4. not pass) ________ the state examinations yet. While he was studying for the dentist
examinations, he worked in a dental laboratory in order (5. support) ________his family.
Within a year, he had passed the examinations and had established himself in practice with a local
dentist. He (6. practise) ________here for twenty years now and (7. gain) ________ some recognition. On
the fifteenth of next month, his colleagues (8. have) ________a diner to honor him for his work with poor
immigrants.
My mother, too, has been happy here. She got a degree in finance five years ago and now (9. own)
________ and operates her own profitable copy center. She (10. take) ________courses for a long time
before she actually got her degree. She took only one or two courses a semester because she was busy
looking after my father, my brother and me.

II. PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (10 points)

Part 1: Complete each of the following sentences with (a) suitable prepositions or particles from the
box.
off from up down by
across at without on through
1. His honesty is _____ question; Nobody can doubt it.
2. The building of the new road has been held ______ by bad weather.
3. Judging ______ the time of the days when something is done, one can decide how important an event
is.
4. People faint when the normal blood supply to the brain is suddenly cut _____ .
5. She established the school in 1960 and since then tens of thousands of children have passed _____ her
school.
6. He’s sometimes bad tempered but he’s a good fellow _____ heart.
7. We can get ____ with eight computers in the lab at the moment, but we’ll need a couple more when
the new staff arrive.
8. The teacher tried to explain the problem, but the explanation did not get _____ to the class.
9. A convict escaped from prison and shook ____ the officers trying to follow him.
10. Frequently single-parent children take ______ some of the functions that the absent adult in the house
would have served.

Part 2:
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, the polar bear could be faced (1)__________
extinction and a large number of other animals reduced to very small remnant populations by global
warming in Arctic regions.Warmer winters are responsible (2) __________the thinning or disappearance
of ice sheets in many parts of the Arctic, resulting in situation where polar bears are at risk of starvation
because they cannot travel to their normal breeding and hunting grounds Even in places where there is
still much ice around, polar bears are (3) __________ threat because they rely on snow caves to rear
their young. Due to the warmer weather, these caves are prone (4) __________sudden collapse, burying
the youngsters (5) __________.
Other effects of the changes in climate are also being noticed. Animals such as reindeer (also known
(6) __________'caribou' in North America) have adapted to the extreme cold and are able to cope with
the Arctic climate. For millions of years they have been migrating to places where they can breed and find
food. These migrations coincide (7) __________ the growing season for the plants they feed on
Ecologists have found, however, that they are now a i m i n g ( 8 ) __________their spring feeding
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grounds too late. The plants they eat have grown and gone to seed. This is having a serious impact ( 9 )
__________ the herds of caribou. A substantia! number of calves are being lost and there is already a
substantial reduction in herds. Scientists are concerned, but powerless to do anything in response to the
situation - everything they have tried has been ( 1 0 ) __________vain. It is simply one of the unforeseen
consequences of global warming.

III. OPEN CLOZE TEST

Fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word. (20 points)
Passage 1:
The future of television

The increase in the number of available TV channels world wide is bound to have far reaching
effects. Up to now, television has been a uniquely unifying national phenomenon. Never before have so
many people had such a common core of shared cultural experiences. (1) ________creates a durable
communal bond. You may not know the names of your next-door (2) ________ but you can be fairly
sure that over the past few days they have seen some of the same programmes you have.
Before long with the vast expansion of television programming, everyone will be able to watch (3)
__________different _ "Me TV" perhaps - just as each Internet user (4)________explore a different
selection of websites. The television will become a personal (5) __________of equipmentmore like a
mobile phone than a communal source of entertainment. But it is also possible that on these personalised
machines, people will actually (6) ________ up watching fewer programmes: that television will become
more like the movie business with a number of blockbusters attracting vast global (7) __________ .
Viewers in all countries will one day be able to pick their programmes in a global market. People
may still choose to watch their own national programmes since programmes (8) _____ at international
markets, with the partial exception of those from America, (9) ___________ to have smaller audiences
than do national products. But. armed (10) ___________ a credit card and a remote control, people "will
eventually order television programmes from anywhere they choose. The television business will then
become truly global. So, perhaps, will thecultural values it instils

Passage 2:
Most people I know would never go to a martial arts movie, even if you paid them, but I defy anyone
not to enjoy 70 minutes in the dark with Jackie Chan. For a start, Chan is simply interested in evading the
bullies who want to do him over - and if he bumps into someone as he's running away, he's (1)
___________ apologetic. His screen persona is never (2) _________ to bombast. Chan is a likeable,
bumbling Everyman who tries to extricate himself from scrapes with his astounding athletic
(3)__________: as he leaps up the side of a building, you would swear he was on wires. With the kind of
lightness and agility (4) ________ limited to monkeys and flies, Chan seems (5) _________ of scuttering
up any surface. And it is extremely (6) ________ for him to go on the offensive. The films of lesser
action stars like Jean- Claude Van Damme provide a diet of relentless violence, punctuated every now
and then by some semi-moronic 'witticism', but Chan's balletic altercations with his enemies are as a (7)
___________ oriented around the art of comic evasion. True, nobody (8)___________ever win a
screen-writing Oscar for one of his films: they're the sort of film where villains very frequently deliver
lines like 'I'm sorry we didn't get the tape, four of our guys got blown up'. They (9) ________ to be a
series of stunt sequences, all devised by Chan himself, wrapped around the most tenuous of plots. He uses
no stunt double or state of the art technology or computer-generated tricks. He is simply a person ofgreat
charm with an enormous flair for physical comedy. And what is so(10) ________ is that this seasoned
campaigner should still be making such films at the age of fifty.

IV. WORD FORMATION

Part 1: Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the given words. (10 points)
Antonio Vivaldi, an Italian composer and a violinist, was the most (1) ____ (INFLUENCE) of his age.
He was born March 4, 1678, in Venice, and was trained by his father, a violinist at Sa Mark’s Cathedral.
(2) ____ (ORDAIN) a priest in 1703, Vivaldi began teaching that year at the Ospedale della Pietà, a (3)

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_____ (CONSERVE) for orphaned girls. He was associated with the Pietà, usually as music (4) ____
(DIRECT), until 1740, training the students, composing concertos and oratorios for (5) _____ (WEEK)
concerts, and meanwhile establishing an international reputation. From 1713 on, Vivaldi was also (6)
_____ (ACT) as an opera composer and producer in Venice and traveled to Rome, Mantua, and (7) _____
(ELSE) to oversee performances of his operas. In about 1740 he accepted a position at the court of
Empire Charles VI in Vienna. He died in Vienna on July 28, 1741.
Vivaldi’s concertos provided a model for this genre throughout Europe, affecting the style even of his
older contemporaries. Vivaldi was the first composer who (8) ____ (CONSISTENT) used the ritornello
form that became standard for the fast movements of concertos. The ritornello was a section that recurred
in (9) _____ (DIFFER) keys and was played by the full orchestra. It alternated with soloist-dominated
sections (episodes) that in his works were often virtuosic in character. He virtually established the three-
movement format for the concerto and was among the first to introduce cadenzas for soloists. His opus 8
concertos entitled The Four Seasons are early examples of (10) ____ (ORCHESTRA) program music.
Like much of his music, they are marked by vigorous rhythms and strong contrasts.

Part 2: Complete the following passage with the correct forms of the given words. (10 points)
It’s 8.30 at the headquarters of the Boogy Woogers dance group,
a (1) ______ studio in Geneva. Dancers of all shapes REHEARSE
and sizes begin to tumble (2) ______ through the doors. ENERGY
Some begin lumbering up, others splinter off into groups to try
Out new moves. One woman, lost in her own (3) ______ THINK
Sits with her headphones on, preparing for the punishing routines
To follow. A long-haired man with a goatee beard puts a tape in
the hi-fi, and rap music blares out of the (4) _______ SPEAK
Soon the room is alive with whirling, spinning bodies and
(5) _______ fills the air. LAUGH
The Boogy Woogers are the brainchild of Tomas Seeler, who
Handpicked many of his troupe from local street dancers. Seeler’s
Own (6) _______ was in my gymnastics, but others come BACK
from the worlds of martial arts, bodybuilding and ballet. Many
different (7) ______ are represented in the group, NATIONAL
including Chilean, Fijian and Europe, most notably in Paris,
where they became (8) ______ celebrities> Famous NIGHT
for their (9) ______ and novel interpretations, the CREATE
Boogy Woogers have made several (10) ________ on TV, APPEAR
and look set to remain the “in” thing for many years to come.

V. ARTICLES
Read this text and decide for each gap if you need to add nothing (the zero article) l a l an l the.
FUNNY HONEY
In 1642 (1) ________ General Assembly of Virginia solemnly passed (2) ________law declaring tobacco
the only valid currency in the colony. (3) ________ tobacco then remained the basis of Virginian
currency for over a century. This was not such a strange aberration as it might seem. (4) ________ history
shows that virtually anything scarce, durable and desirable can become money.
In more recent times, the most varied objects have functioned as money, from dogs' teeth in New Guinea
to drums on (5) ________island of Alor in Indonesia. In Thailand, most parts of a tiger could be used as
cash, including (6) ________ claws and the tongue. In the course of time, as in China, the real thing was
replaced by (7) ________replica. Pieces of silver in the shape of (8) ________ tiger's tongue were still
changing hands in Thailand only (9) ________few years ago.
But the greatest success story among strange currencies was undoubtedly the cowrie shell. For many
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remained an acceptable currency for paying taxes until 1907, when they at lat succumbed to (10)
________ relentless advance of paper money and coins.
V. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Rewrite the sentences with the given words or beginning in such a way that their meanings remain
unchanged.
1. I only called the police when I had tried everything else. Resort
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Women in this factor) work under the same conditions as men. Terms
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. 1 don't think he's likely to telephone this late at night. Doubt
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. 1 assumed that you would ask for a reference. Granted
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Any correspondence from the London office must he dealt 1 other matters. priority
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. The workers only called off the strike after a new pay offer.
Only after ……………………………………………………………………………………………
7. It wasn’t a bit surprised to hear that Karen had change her job.
It came. ………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. The only reason the party was a success was that a famuos film star attended.
Had .……………………………………………………………………………………………………
9. The only thing keep us out of prison was the way he spoke the local dialect.
But for .……………………………………………………………………………………………
10. It’s sad , but unemployment is unlikely to go down this year .
Sad ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
VI. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Identify 10 errors in the following passage and correct them.
THE BIG SLEEP
Since the time immemorial we have put our trust in a good night'ssleep to 0. the
help us look and feel better. And with good reason: sleep restores the body, 00. 
builds out muscles, strengthens bones and the immune system and helps with 000. out
skin cells to regenerate. But just how much sleep we really need is a matter 0000. with
of debate. Back in the 9lh century King Alfred the Great was the first to 1. ………..
decide that a third of the day - eight hours - should be spent in asleep. 2. ………..
Though we still use Alfred's idea as a yardstick, but we all find the sleep 3. ………..
patterns which suit us best While it's true that too much or too little of sleep 4. ………..
can cause he daches, drowsiness, lack of energy and irritability, it's the 5. ………..
quality of sleep or rather than the quantity, which matters. Since man's 6. ………..
earliest days, all sorts of medicines and drugs has been tried to achieve 7. ………..
deep, untroubled sleep. However, to get away from artificial methods, 8. ………..
exercising during the day and avoiding such indigestible food, 9. ………..
caffeine-filled drinks and alcohol just before bedtime can help you to 10. ………..
sleep better. And the right environment is very important. You need to
be in darkness, warm - but not too warm - and comfortable.

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