Structure 1 – 12

Complete the sentences below with the suitable phrase.

1. My brother and I always go to school the bus.
A. By C. In
B. On D. At
2. If my car stuck in a traffic jam, I would be very angry but I my horn.
A. Is, won’t bang C. Was, don’t bang
B. Were, won’t bang D. Were, wouldn’t bang
3. I to learn English as soon as possible.
A. Must C. Should
B. Have got D. Would rather
4. His life if he had worn the seat belt.
A. Would be saved C. Could have been saved
B. Could be saved D. May be saved
5. No one seemed to know .
A. Why was he angry C. When the festival was due to start
B. Which party has won D. What is his latest decision
6. She doubts anybody knows how to solve the academic problem in China.
A. Whether C. Why
B. Which D. What
7. When television ?
A. Did, invent C. Was, invented
B. Was, invent D. Is, invented
8. We you were in hospital last week.
A. Don’t know C. Didn’t know
B. Am not known D. Wasn’t know
9. How much does ?
A. An egg sandwich cost C. The egg sandwiches cost
B. Egg sandwiches cost D. Egg sandwich cost
10. Susan’s condition improved .
A. Steady C. Steadiness
B. Steadily D. Very steady
11.There was a improvement in her condition.
A. Steady C. Steadiness
B. Steadily D. Very steady
12. The policeman is talking to two ________
A. Women C. Woman’s
B. Woman D. Women’s

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13. Oil-base house paint is neither easy to work with or quick to clean up.
A B C D
14. Perhaps the most unique thing about carbon atoms are their ability to combine with
themselves.
A B C D
15. Organisms and their cells live by maintaining a constant exchange of elemental, ions,
A B C D
minerals, and gases.
16. For the past few years, researchers have perfecting their control over the movements
A B C
of cells and microbes.
D
17. The different layers of the Grand Canyon contains a variety of fossils, including algae
A B
and seaweed from early historical periods.
C D
18. The U.S. government use price supports and cost subsidies to raise farm prices.
A B C D

19. Fission tracking is a new artifact dating method who promises to have important
A B C D
archeological applications in the future.

20. When attempt to explain children's food preferences, researchers are faced with
A B C D
contradictions.

21. Human infants are not usually able to walk by himself until they reach eleven or
twelve A B C
months of age.
D
22. Scholars of historical change feels that the velocity of history has been greatly
A B C D
accelerated.
23. Psychologists and psychiatrists are trained to encourage them patients to talk
A B C
about the things that are causing them difficulty.
C D
24. Food and Drug Administration periodically conducts controlled strictly inspections of
A B C
foodstuffs.
D
25. Herman Melville has had a interest in the sea since long time ago.
A B C D
Reading 26 – 50
This passage is for number 26 – 30
British towns suffer from the same traffic congestion, noise and polluting fumes as
all towns in the western world, but as yet only London, Newcastle, Glasgow and to a
small extent Liverpool, have useful railways going underground through the central
areas. Elsewhere there are plans for building underground railways but they have little
hope of making any progress with them so long as public expenditure is restricted. In
general, the north has better public transport than the south, with cheaper and
regular bus services using better roads shared fewer cars.
26. As it is pointed out in the passage, most British towns have no underground
railway system ....
A. as the system is felt to cause a great deal of pollution
B. since the majority of people have their own private means of transport
C. because there is not sufficient public money available for such project
D. simply because the people need no need for one.
27. We can understand from the passage that ...
A. London has the most developed underground trains system in Britain
B. the north of Britain suffers less from traffic problems than the south does
C. the south of Britain enjoys cheap and highly efficient bus services
D. British cities have much less air pollution than other cities in the west
28. Underground railways are a brilliant means of transport since ...
A. they are a much cheaper means of transport than buses
B. they do not pollute the streets of a city with noise and petrol fumes.
C. the building and maintenance of them is comparatively cheap
D. the numbers who use them can easily be restricted.
29. The word progress in the passage is closest in meaning to …
A. Advancement C. Announcement

B. Innovation D. Backward
30. Which parts of British that have little hope of making any progress related to building
underground railways?
A. London, Newcastle, Glasgow
B. Liverpool
C. London, Newcastle, Glasgow and to a small extent Liverpool
D. Any parts of British except London, Newcastle, Glasgow and Liverpool

This passage is for number 31 – 35

An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal
with its thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long
white tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk.
The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature, but it has various uses. The elephant
draws up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can
also lift leaves and puts them, into its mouth. In fact, the trunk serves the elephant as a
long arm and hand. An elephant looks very-clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very
quickly.
The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great
strength makes it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in
various ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.
31. The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that …
A. elephants are strong C. elephants are servants elephants are
very useful
B. elephants can lift logs
32. Which of the following is NOT part of the elephant described in the first paragraph?
A. It looks strange. C. It is wild.
B. It is heavy. D. It has a trunk.
33. It is stated in the text that the elephant uses the trunk to do the following, EXCEPT ...
A. to eat B. to push
 C. to drink D. to carry things
34. "The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature ..." (Paragraph
2) The underlined word is close in meaning to ...
A. Large C. Tough
B. Strange D. Smooth
35. The phrase Its intelligence in the last paragraph refers to ...
A. Animal’s C. Elephant’s
B. Feature’s D. Man’s
This passage is for number 36 – 42
Stars have been significant features in the design of many United States coins and
their number has varied from one to forty-eight stars. Most of the coins issued from
about 1799 to the early years of the twentieth century bore thirteen stars representing
the thirteen original colonies.
Curiously enough, the first American silver coins, issued in, 1794, had fifteen stars
because by that time Vermont and Kentucky had joined the Union. At that time, it was
apparently the intention of mint officials to add a star for each new state. Following the
admission of Tennessee in 1796, for example, some varieties of half dimes, dimes, and
half-dollars were produced with sixteen stars.
As more states were admitted to the Union, however, it quickly became apparent
that this scheme would not prove practical and the coins from 1798 on were issued with
only thirteen stars-one for each of the original colonies. Due to an error at the mint, one
variety of the 1828 half cent was issued with only twelve stars. There is also a variety of
the large cent with only 12 stars, but this is the result of a die break and is not a true
error.
36. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The teaching of astronomy in state universities
B. Stars on American coins
C. Colonial stamps and coins
D. The star as national symbol of the United States
37. The word "their" in the first sentence refers to
…
A. stars C. coins
B. features D. coloni
38. The word "bore" in the second sentence is closest in meaning to which of the
following?
A. Carried C. Cost
B. Drilled D. Symbolized
39. The expression “Curiously enough” is used in the beginning of paragraph
two because the author finds it strange that …
A. silver coins with fifteen stars appeared before coins with thirteen
B. Vermont and Kentucky joined the Union in 1794
C. no silver coins were issue until 1794
D. Tennessee was the first state to use half dimes
40. Which of the following can be inferred about the order in which Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Vermont joined the Union?
A. Vermont and Kentucky joined at the same time.
B. Kentucky joined before Tennessee and Vermont.
C. Tennessee joined after Vermont and Kentucky.
D. Vermont joined after Tennessee and Kentucky.
41. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the denomination of an American coin?
 A. Half cent C. Half dime
B. Half nickel D. Half- dollar
42. Why was a coin produced in 1828 with only twelve stars?
A. There were twelve states at the time. C. Tennessee had left the Union.
B. There was a change in design policy. D. The mint made a mistake.

This passage is for number 43 – 45

The largest lake in the western United States is the Great Salt Lake, an inland saltwater
lake in northwestern Utah, just outside the state capital of Salt Lake City. Rivers and
streams feed into the Great Salt Lake, but none drain out of it; this has a major influence
on both the salt content and the size of the lake.

Although the Great Salt Lake is fed by freshwater streams, it is actually saltier than the
oceans of the world. The salt comes from the more than two million tons of minerals that
flow into the lake each year from the rivers and creeks that feed it. Sodium and chloride
— the components of salt—comprise the large majority of the lake's mineral content.

The Great Salt Lake can vary tremendously from its normal size of 1,700 square miles,
depending on long-term weather conditions. During periods of heavy rains, the size of
the lake can swell tremendously from the huge amounts of water flowing into the lake
from its feeder rivers and streams; in 1980 the lake even reached a size of 2,400 square
miles. During periods of dry weather, the size of the lake decreases, sometimes
drastically, due to evaporation.
43. How is the information in the passage organized?
A. Two unusual characteristics of the Great Salt Lake are discussed.
B. Contrasting theories about the Great Salt Lake's salt levels are presented.
C. The process by which the Great Salt Lake gets its salt is outlined.
D. The reasons for the variations in the Great Salt Lake's size are given.
44. The third paragraph contains information on …
A. How the size of the lake affects weather conditions.
B. The effects of contrasting weather conditions on the size of the lake.
C. The effects of changes in the size of the lake.
D. The causes of the varied weather conditions in the area of the lake.
45. The word “swell” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ….
A. Expand C. Evaporate
B. Decrease D. Disappear

This passage is for number 46 – 50

When we accept the evidence of our unaided eyes and describe the Sun as a
yellow star, we have summed up the most important single fact about it at this moment
in time. It appears probable, however, that sunlight will be the color we know for only a
negligibly small part of the Sun's history. Stars, like individuals, age and change. As we
look out into space, we see around us stars at all stages of evolution. There are faint
blood-red dwarfs so cool that their surface temperature is a mere 4,000 degrees
Fahrenheit, there are searing ghosts blazing at 100, 000 degrees Fahrenheit and almost
too hot to be seen, for the great part of their radiation is in the invisible ultraviolet
range. Obviously, the "daylight" produced by any star depends on its temperature;
today (and for ages to come) our Sun is at about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and this
means that most of the Sun's light is concentrated in the yellow band of the spectrum,
falling slowly in intensity toward both the longer and shorter light waves. That yellow
 "hump" will shift as the Sun evolves, and the light of day will change accordingly. It is
natural to assume that as the Sun grows older, and uses up its hydrogen fuel-which it is
now doing at the spanking rate of half a billion
tons a second. It will become steadily colder and redder.
46. What does the author say that is especially important about the Sun at the present
time?
A. It appears yellow C. It has a short history
B. It always remains the same D. It is too cold
47. Why are very hot stars referred to as "ghosts"?
A. They are short- lived C. They are frightening.
B. They are mysterious. D. They are nearly invisible.
48. According to the passage as the Sun continues to age, it is likely to become what
color?
A. Yellow C. Red
B. Violet D. White
49. In the sentence “It will become steadily colder and redder”, to which of the following
does "it" refer?
A. yellow "hump" C. Sun
B. Day D. hydrogen fuel
50. What is the closest definition of spectrum in “…in the yellow band of the spectrum…”
?
A. Circle C. Color
B. Hue cycle D. Spectacular