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PART A. LISTENING
Section 1. Listen to the conversation and complete the table below. Write NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. (10 pts)
TIM JANE

Day of arrival Sunday (1) Friday

Subject History (2) Biology

Number of books to read (3) 57 (4) 43

Day of first lecture Tuesday (5) Wednesday

Section 2. You will hear part of a seminar given at a Hotel Management School.
Circle the letter beside the most suitable answer for each of the questions below.
The first one has been done for you as an example. (10 pts)
Example: How many major career areas does the lecturer mention?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
1. The reception desk in a hotel is described as:
A. impressive at first B. a switchboard operating system
C. the nervous centre of the hotel D. the first point of contact with a guest
2. It is essential in front desk and reception work to have:
A. a foreign language B. a good dictionary
C. switchboard operation skills D. none of the above
3. The lecturer says that a member of a drink and bar service team:
A. need not have a thorough knowledge of wine
B. must not drink on the job
C. can eventually become a wine maker
D. can eventually manage a cellar dealing only with wines
4. The most experienced cook is a:
A. Grade 3 chef B. Grade 1 chef C. Grade A chef D. Grade 10 chef
5. The seminar was given:
A. by the Principal of the school
B. to introduce the school to potential students
C. to introduce students to the course options available
D. to introduce the staff to new students
Section 3. Listen to the recording and decide whether the following statements are
true (T) or false (F). (10 pts)
1. F Scientists have already found one answer to the problem of water shortages.
2. T They got their idea from a small beetle that is an expert at surviving in hot and dry
conditions in Afiran desert.
3. F Scientist designed the shape and material like those of the beetle’s bumps to
collect water from the air.
4. T The scientists believe this new technology could be helpful in many dry places.
5. T One of the scientists, Philseok Kim, said their design could help speed up the
process of quickly converting steam to liquid water in thermal power plants.
PART B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Section 1. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to complete the following
sentences. (20 points)
Question 1: The way the film eventually got made _____ , like the story itself, a
certain ring of destiny to it.
A. looks B. has C. indicates D. feels
Question 2: The man was________of manslaughter by the jury.
A. blamed B. arrested C. charged D. convicted
Question 3: Although the new library service has been very successful, its future is
______ certain.
A. by all means B. by no means C. by any chance D. at any rate
Question 4: You have to be______certain before you decide.
 A. deathly B. deadly C. deadened D. dead
Question 5: With _____ 5,000 tigers remaining in the world today, time is quickly
running out for this beautiful animal.
A. as fewer than B. so few as C. as few as D. not fewer than
Question 6: Mary is_________still somewhere inside the building, but we can’t be
certain that our information is correct.
A. apparently B. accidentally C. mainly D. definitely
Question 7: Cigarette smoking has been ______ breast as well as lung cancer.
A. concerned to B. originated from C. caused by D. associated with
Question 8: The hospital owes ___________for the construction of the new wing.
A. twenty millions of dollars to the government
B. for the government twenty million dollars
C. the government twenty million dollars
D. to the government twenty million dollars
Question 9: _________ Nam Cao is a realistic writer, but he still used a lot of romance
in his stories.
A. On the whole B. On the contrary C. On my part D. On the other hand
Question 10: “Well, cats are very good at catching mice around the house.”
- “__________.”
A. No, dogs are very good, too B. Yes, I hope so
C. You can say that again D. Nothing more to say
Question 11: A giraffe is a (n) _____ animal. It has quite a long neck.
A. long-neck B. neck long C. long- necked D. lengthened-neck
Question 12: It is a serious operation for a woman as old as my grandmother. She's
very frail. I hope she______
A. comes round B. gets away C. puts through D. pulls through
Question 13: People in this village have got an_________appetite for the news.
A. insatiable B. inevitable C. inedible D. inexorable
Question 14: His change of job has ____________ him with a new challenge in life.
A. led B. presented C. initiated D. introduced
Question 15: The little girl is carrying a________bag on her arm.
A. canvas heavy striped shopping B. heavy striped canvas shopping
C. striped shopping heavy canvas D. striped heavy canvas shopping
Question 16: The modern automobile is a_______composed of more than 14,000
parts.
A. system of complex technical B. complex technical system
C. complex technical system that D. system is technically complex
Question 17: ________ when they learned that the chairman would not be able to join
the meeting.
A. When they realized why they were all there in that early time of the day
B. Hardly had the committee learned the reason of the meeting
C. However professional they tried to be seen
D. It wasn’t until they got a phone call about an urgent meeting the next day
Question 18: Most whole milk undergoes homogenization, ______hot milk is pumped
through valves to break up and permanently disperse the fat globules.
A. a process B. which process
C. a process in which D. which is a process
Question 19: ________ seemed a miracle to us.
A. That he recovered so soon B. His being recovered so soon
C. When he had recovered so soon D. His recover after so soon
Question 20: The invention of the compound microscope (which allowed much higher
magnification through multiple lenses) made _____ the great strides in life sciences.
A. it possible B. possibly C. possible D. it was possible
Section 2. Choose the option A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs
correcting. (10 points)
1. Some dentists advocate the use of salt for brushing teeth rather than buying
A B C
commercial teeth powder or paste
D
2. The fascinating students watched the great variety of fish in the aquarium
 A B C
for hours on end.
D
3. Anyone reproducing copyrighted works without permission of the holders
A B
of the copyrights are breaking the law.
C D
4. The arthropods, including insects and spiders, are great economic and
A B C
medical significance.
D
5. The concentration of hemoglobin in branchiopod blood varies
A
inverse with the oxygen content of the surrounding waters.
B C D
6. Should we really speak of the “breakdown” of families when we are perhaps
A B
witnessing new family forms and a new social structure arising late capitalism?
C D
7. Economy is heavy dependent on industry, and economic growth has always been
A B
of greater concern than environmental preservation.
C D
8. On the bottom of the New York MetroCard have three arrows and little white letters
A B
that say "Insert this way/This side faces you." What is it about that instruction that is
C D
so impossible to understand?

9. Televisions are now an everyday feature of most households in the United States,
 A B
and television viewing is the number one activity leisure.
C D
10. In general, novels are thought of extended works of prose fiction depicting the
A B
inner and outer lives of their characters.
C D
Section 3. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or
particle. (10 points)
1. He expected his daughter to fetch and carry for him all day.
2. She’s got the business of buying birthday present down to a fine art.
3. A: I’ve got some questions I’d like to ask you.
B: Right, fire up!
4. With several of their planes temporarily above of commission, the airline is losing
money.
5. The statue stood up well to the passing of time.
6. I’ve only had time to dip into the report.
7. Our first sight of the dingy little hotel did not inspire us with much confidence.
8. I just can’t manage for just £50 a week.
9. You can’t expect promotion to be handed to you for a plate.
10. When he listens to music, he’s lost to the world.
Section 4. Give the correct form of the word in capital in the following passage.
(10 points)
1. Jenny has sent me a very apologetic letter explaining why she didn’t do what she
promised. APOLOGY
2. The pagination of this document is wrong! There’s no page 13. PAGE
3. For the sake of convenience, please do not disconnect the Internet after use.
CONNECT
4. In delivery of goods, several kinds of soft materials are now used to avoid outbreak
of glassware. BREAK
5. The general director was blamed for his mishandling of the company’s business.
HANDLE
6. You must realize that such disobedience can not be tolerated. OBEY
7. It’s essential that the application forms be sent back before the ______. LINE
8. His work brought him fame, but little monetary reward. MONEY
9. Scientists are beginning to believe that the colonial of the planets in this century is
not impossible. COLONY
10. It is dangerous for an inexperienced driver to drive a car in the center of Paris
during the mid-day rush. EXPERIENCE
PART C. READING COMPREHENSION
Section 1. Choose the option A, B, C, or D that best fits each blank in the
following passage. (15 points)
In the north-west corner of the island paradise Isla Perlita, nestling in the shadow
of Mount Machu, lies the sleepy village of San Lorenzo . Off the beaten (1)_______ ,
there is nothing out of the ordinary about this quaint little village -nothing, that is,
apart from the magnificent five-star Bay Hotel. The Bay, as it is known locally, is a
recent development catering for (2)_______travellers who enjoy luxury holiday-
making. Famous throughout the island for the outstanding quality of its
accommodation and the excellence of its cuisine, the Bay (3)_______ 30 guest suites,
each with a charm and character of its own. Each suite looks (4)_______ Falmer
Beach, commanding breathtaking views of the four miles of white sand, which gently
shelves into the crystal clear waters of the Crepuscan Sea. At the heart of the Bay Hotel
is personal, efficient and unobtrusive service. (5)_______ staff anticipate your every
need in an atmosphere of quiet professionalism and genuine friendliness. (6)_______ ,
the Bay Hotel is a place to get away from the stresses of everyday life, and whether it
is (7)_______ away the hours soaking (8)_______ the sun or taking advantage of the
wide range of recreational activities that the hotel has on offer, you can be sure that a
holiday at the Bay truly is the holiday of a lifetime. Air Perlita flies direct to Isla Perlita
once a fortnight from Gatwick. It is advisable to book well in (9)_______ , especially
during high season (January through March) as flights fill up quickly. For air
(10)_______, hotel tariffs and general terms and conditions, please see pages 67 and 68
of this brochure.
1. A. path B. track C. road D. way
2. A. disconcerting B. distinctive C. discerning D. discriminated
3. A. announces B. claims C. asserts D. boasts
4. A. back on B. onto C. into D. down
5. A. Preoccupied B. Attentive C. Concentrated D. Undivided
6. A. All over B. For all C. Above all D. All along
7. A. whiling B. wearing C. wending D. winding
8. A. up B. in C. out D. off
9. A. anticipation B. time C. hand D. advance
10. A. fees B. rates C. fares D. tenders
Section 2. Read the text and think of a word that best fits each gap. Use ONLY
ONE word in each gap. (15 points)
Most people I know would never go to a martial arts movie, even if you paid
them, but I defy anyone (1) 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 always apologetic. His screen
persona is never (2) prone to bombast. Chan is a likeable, bumbling everyman who
tries to extricate himself from scrapes with his astounding athletic (3) ability as he
leaps up the side of a building, you would swear he was on wires. With the kind of
skills and agility normally (4) only to monkeys and flies, Chan seems capable of
scuttering up any surface. And it is extremely rare for him to (5) 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 (6) 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 could ever win a screen-writing
Oscar for one of his films: they're the sort of film where villains will frequently deliver
lines like “I'm sorry we didn't get the tape, four of our guys got blown up”. They (8)
tend 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 of great charm with an enormous
flair (9) for physical comedy. And what is so amazing is that this seasoned campaigner
should still be making (10) such films at the age of fifty.

Section 3. Read the passage and choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the
questions. (15 points)
The human criterion for perfect vision is 20/20 for reading the standard lines on
a Snellen eye chart without a hitch. The score is determined by how well you read
lines of letters of different sizes from 20 feet away. But being able to read the bottom
line on the eye chart does not approximate perfection as far as other species are
concerned. Most birds would consider us very visually handicapped. The hawk, for
instance, has such sharp eyes that it can spot a dime on the sidewalk while perched on
top of the Empire State Building. It can make fine visual distinctions because it is
blessed with one million cones per square millimeter in its retina. And in water,
humans are farsighted, while the kingfisher, swooping down to spear fish, can see well
in both the air and water because it is endowed with two foveae – areas of the eye,
consisting mostly of cones, that provide visual distinctions. One foveae permits the
bird, while in the air, to scan the water below with one eye at a time. This is called
monocular vision. Once it hits the water, the other fovea joins in, allowing the
kingfisher to focus both eyes, like binoculars, on its prey at the same time. A frog’s
vision is distinguished by its ability to perceive things as a constant motion picture.
Known as “bug detectors”, a highly developed set of cells in a frog’s eyes responds
mainly to moving objects. So, it is said that a frog sitting in a field of dead bugs
wouldn’t see them as food and would starve.
The bee has a “compound” eye, which is used for navigation. It has 15,000
facets that divide what it sees into a pattern of dots, or mosaic. With this kind of vision,
the bee sees the sun only as a single dot, a constant point of reference. Thus, the eye is
a superb navigational instrument that constantly measures the angle of its line of flight
in relation to the sun. A bee’s eye also gauges flight speed. And if that is not enough to
leave our 20/20 “perfect vision” paling into insignificance, the bee is capable of
seeing something we can’t – ultraviolet light. Thus, what humans consider to be
“perfect vision” is in fact rather limited when we look at other species. However, there
is still much to be said for the human eye. Of all the mammals, only humans and some
primates can enjoy the pleasures of color vision.
Question 1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. limits of the human eye C. different eyes for different uses
B. perfect vision D. eye variation among different species
Question 2. The word “criterion” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A. standard B. need C. expectation D. rule
Question 3. The phrase “without a hitch” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A. unaided B. without glasses C. with little hesitation D. easily
Question 4. According to the passage, why might birds and animals consider humans
very visually handicapped?
A. humans can’t see very well in either air or water
B. human eyes are not as well suited to our needs
C. the main outstanding feature of human eyes is color vision
D. human eyes can’t do what their eyes can do
Question 5. The word “that” in paragraph 1 refers to
A. foveae B. areas of the eye C. ones D. visual distinctions
Question 6. According to the passage, “bug detectors” are useful for
A. navigation C. avoiding bugs when getting food
B. seeing moving objects D. avoiding starvation
Question 7. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true
A. kingfishers have monocular vision
B. bees see patterns of dots
C. hawks eyes consist mostly of cones that can allow it to scan with one eye at a time
D. humans are farsighted in water
Question 8. Where in the passage does the author discuss that eyes are useful for
avoiding starvation?
A. lines 1-5 B. lines 7-10 C. lines 14-18 D. lines 21-24
Question 9. The phrase “paling into insignificance” in paragraph 2 is closest in
meaning to
A. fading away C. without colored light
B. of less importance D. being reduced to little importance
Question 10. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. eyes have developed differently in each species
B. humans should not envy what they don’t need
C. bees have the most complex eye
D. perfect vision is not perfect
PART D. WRITING
Section 1. Rewrite each sentence so that it begins with the words and the meaning
stays the same. (10 points)
1. Julia soon calmed down and explained her problem.
 Julia soon pulled herself together and explained her problem.
2. If you should get caught doing this. You will go to prison.
 Were you caught doing this, you would go to prison.
3. I didn’t realise how much he was influenced by his brother.
 I didn’t realise the extent to which he was influenced by his brother.
4. It was more of an argument than a discussion.
 It was not so much a discussion as an argument.
5. It is hardly likely that he took poison.
 He is unlikely to take poison.

Section 2. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in brackets and the
meaning stays the same. (10 points)
1. However unfavorable our position is, we mustn’t surrender. (face)
 However unfavorable our position is, we must put a bold face on it.
2. Stanley is rather fearful of the new teacher. (awe)
………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. The young policeman was completely unaware that he was in danger. (oblivious)
………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Should anything happen to make you change your mind, let me know. (chance)
 If you should by any chance happen to change your mind, let me know and I'll
come running.
5. I happen to know the manager of the firm. I can recommend you if you like. (word)
 … I can put in a good word for you if you like.
Section 3. Paragraph writing (20 points)
Some people think that it is necessary to install video cameras inside the
classrooms. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Write a paragraph of 150-200
words to express your opinion.

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