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PART TWO: READING COMPREHENSION

Read the following text and choose the best answer.

Until recently, women in advertisements wore one of three things – an

apron, a glamorous dress or a frown. Although that is now changing,
many women still feel angry enough to deface offending advertisements
with stickers protesting, “This ad degrades women”. Why does this sort
of advertising exist? How can advertisers and ad agencies produce,
sometimes after months of research, advertising that offends the
consumer?
The Advertising Standards Authority (the body which deals with
complaints about print media) is carrying out research into how women
feel about the way they are portrayed in advertisements. Its conclusions
are likely to be what the advertising industry already knows: although
women are often irritated by the way they are seen in ads, few feel
strongly enough to complain.
Women are not the only victims of poor and boring stereotypes – in
many TV commercials men are seen as either useless, childish oafs who
are unable to perform the simplest household tasks, or as inconsiderate
boors, permanently on the lookout for an escape to the pub. But it is
women who seem to bear the brunt of the industry’s apparent inability to
put people into an authentic present-day context.
Yet according to Emma Bennett, executive creative director of a
London advertising agency, women are not infuriated by stereotypes and
sexist advertising. “It tends to wash over them; they are not militant or
angry – they just find it annoying or tiresome. They reluctantly accept
outdated stereotypes, but heave a sigh of relief when an advertisement
really gets it right.”
She says that it is not advertising’s use of the housewife role that
bothers women, but the way in which it is handled. “Researchers have
often asked the wrong questions. The most important thing is the
advertisement’s tone of voice. Women hate to be patronised, flattered or
given desperately down-to-earth advice.”
In the end, the responsibility for good advertising must be shared
between the advertiser, the advertising agency and the customer.
Advertising does not set trends but it reflects them. It is up to the
consumer to tell advertisers where they fail, and until people on the
receiving end take the business seriously and make their feelings known,
the process of change will remain laboriously slow.
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1. Despite recent changes in attitudes, some advertisements still fail to
A. change women’s opinions of themselves.
B. show any understanding of people’s feelings.
C. persuade the public to buy certain products.
D. meet the needs of the advertising industry.

2. According to the writer, the commonest fault of present-day

advertising is to
A. condemn the role of the housewife.
B. ignore protests about advertisements.
C. present a misleading image of women.
D. misrepresent the activities of men.

3. Research suggests that the reaction of women towards

misrepresentation by advertisements is
A. apathy.
B. hostility.
C. approval.
D. relief.

4. Emma Bennett suggests that advertisements should

A. give further emphasis to practical advice.
B. change their style rather than their content.
C. use male images instead of female ones.
D. pay more complements to women than before.

5. Ultimately the advertising industry should

A. take its job seriously.
B. do more pioneering work.
C. take notice of public opinion.
D. concentrate on the products advertised.

PART THREE: ENGLISH IN USE

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I. VOCABULARY

Read the text below and decide which word best fits each space.
Mark your choice in the Answer Sheet.

Australia Day, which is a national public holiday, is ---(6)--- on January

26th, in the middle of the Australian summer. It commemorates the
---(7)--- of Sydney in 1788.
Australia Day is a ---(8)--- day, and many families go out for a
picnic. Some people go to the beach, where they go surfing or sunbathe,
but the ---(9)--- of Sidney ---(10)--- for The Rocks, the oldest ---(11)---of
Sidney and the site of the first colonial settlement. The Rocks, which
---(12)--- Sydney Harbour, is packed on this day. Parades with brass
---(13)--- march through the narrow ---(14)--- and hundreds of small
boats ---(15)--- part in races in the harbour.
Wherever people go, it is ---(16)--- to have a barbecue and drink
beer. The traditional ---(17)--- is ‘Pavlova’, a sweet cake made of
meringue with fruit on the top, and ‘damper’, a bread made with flour,
water and sugar and cooked in the fire.
The festivities in Sydney ---(18)--- with a huge firework---(19)---.
The yellows, blues and greens light up the sky and fall like shooting stars
into the water ---(20)---. It’s a memorable sight.

6. A. performed B. enjoyed C. held D. celebrated

7. A. finding B. foundation C. beginning D. creation
8. A. family B. household C. domestic D. familiar
9. A. tenants B. neighbours C. citizens D. residents
10. A. go B. start C. head D. aim
11. A. part B. place C. region D. spot
12. A. glimpses B. views C. overlooks D. observes
13. A. groups B. bands C. orchestras D. musicians
14. A. avenues B. ways C. routes D. streets
15. A. take B. make C. play D. have
16. A. ordinary B. regular C. general D. usual
17. A. course B. food C. meal D. plate
18. A. stop B. complete C. end D. halt
19. A. exhibition B. demo C. show D. display
20. A. below B. under C. down D. underneath

II. STRUCTURE
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Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Mark
your choice in the Answer Sheet.

21. Henry Adams, born in Boston, ----------- famous as a historian and

novelist.
A. became C. he was
B. and became D. and he became

22.This time tomorrow ----------- some foreigners for his school’s

newsletter.
A. my brother will interview C. my brother interviews
B. my brother will be interviewing D. my brother’s interviewed

23. At the end of this year ---------- English for six years.
A. I'll have been studying C. I study
B. I'm studying D. I'll be studied

24.The English teacher's gradually getting ---------- a bad cold, which

kept her off school for nearly a week.
A. over B. up C. on D. from

25. Researchers have long debated ------------ Saturn’s moon Titan

contains hydrocarbon oceans and lakes.
A. over B. whether the C. whether over D. whether

26. ---------- range in colour from yellow, red and blue to bright orange,
black and green.
A. Parrots C. The parrots
B. Parrots which D. Parrots that are

27. According to Bernoulli’s principle, the higher the speed of a fluid gas,
------------- the pressure.
A. it will be lower C. the lower
B. lower than the D. lower it is

28. Don’t you think that Deborah is --------- interested in her cats than in
her children?
A. further B. far more C. much D. most

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29. It was ----------- cold day that we decided to stay indoors and watch
television.
A. a such B. such C. a so D. such a

30. ----------- squeezed, the orange juice in a one-cup serving provides

twice the minimum daily requirement for vitamin C.
A. It is freshly C. You freshly
B. If freshly D. If is freshly

31. ----------- George was being interrogated by the police his partner was
sitting on a plane bound for Australia.
A. Despite B. As soon as C. While D. Whenever

32. I ---------- surfing the Net when my mother knocked at the door.
A. just started C. have started
B. had just started D. was started

33. After a long search, the missing ---------- girl was found alive and well
in a friend's house.
A. ten-year C. ten-year-old
B. ten-year's-old D. ten-years-old

34. ----------- to get in touch with Jack for a week. Either he's away or his
phone's out of order.
A. I tried C. I'm trying
B. I had tried D. I've been trying

35.The other motorist was driving in the wrong lane, trying to overtake a
van. I couldn't avoid ---------- his car.
A. to hit C. hit
B. hitting D. from hitting

36. My new trainers, ----------- have started leaking already.

A. which I bought only last month,
B. that I bought only last month,
C. which I bought them only last month,
D. I bought only last month,

37. The students ---------- thought he was too messy.

A. which he lived with
B. with which he lived
C. with who he lived
D. he lived with

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38. I had to turn ------------ my neighbours’ invitation to dinner as I had a
previous engagement.
A. over B. out C. up D. down

39. ----------- variety of flowers in the show, from simple carnations to the
most exquisite roses.
A. A wide B. There was a wide C. There was D. Many

40. I have to sleep in the living room. My room ---------.

A. is redecorating C. is redecorated
B. redecorates itself D. is being redecorated

41.Would you answer the urgent messages first, please? The others
---------- answered immediately.
A. aren't C. don't have been
B. haven't to be D. don't have to be

42. Located behind ---------- the two lacrimal glands.

A. each eyelid there are C. each eyelid are
B. is each eyelid D. each eyelid which is

43.The children --------- on the grass staring at the sky and counting the
clouds.
A. lay B. laid C. lain D. lied

44.You ---------- to visit the British Museum. It has a marvellous

collection of artefacts from all over the world.
A. should B. must C. could D. ought

45. ----------- his exhaustion, he won the marathon by nearly three

minutes.
A. Although B. In spite C. Despite D. Nevertheless

46.This test is very important, so ---------- better be careful what you

write.
A. you B. you had C. you would D. you should

47. I ---------- formal dress - everyone else was very casually dressed.
A. needn't wear C. mustn't have worn
B. mustn't wear D. needn't have worn

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48. In June, it is already ---------- to swim in the sea.
A. warm enough C. so warm
B. enough warm D. warm

49. Despite the fog and the traffic jam, most pupils ---------- get to their
schools in time.
A. could B. couldn't C. were able to D. almost

50. Potassium has a valence of positive one because it usually loses one
electron when --------- with other elements.
A. does it combine C. in combining
B. it combines D. combination

51. I wish I -------- sing like Gena Dimitrova.

A. can B. might C. could D. am able to

52. The police investigator warned ---------- anyone what I had told him.
A. that I didn't tell C. me to not tell
B. that I told D. me not to tell

53. Since immediate change was needed, ----------- by the principal to

curtail materials expenditure.
A. so it was proposed C. because of the proposal
B. was proposed D. it was proposed

54. My parents expect me to --------- the exams, but I am not so

optimistic: there were several very difficult questions.
A. be taken B. sit C. have passed D. succeed

55. Some teachers --------- their students repeat the new words over and
over again until they memorise them.
A. tell B. make C. have D. get