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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the
following exchanges.

Question 1: Tom and his classmate, Mary, are talking in the class.
Tom: -"In my opinion, Mr. Alex is the best teacher in our school.
Mary: -"_______. He always inspires his students to greater efforts."
A. It's my pleasure B. I may have an opposing idea
C. I can't agree with you more D. It's very kind of you

Question 2: Mrs. Susan is telling Mrs. Lovett about her son's exam result.
- Mrs Susan: "My son was unsuccessful in the exam last week."
- Mrs. Lovett: "_______."
A. Great! You must be proud B. I am sorry to hear that
C. Well, he should have known it before D. Congratulations. So was my son

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 3: Lego is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group.
A. diminished B. celebrated C. heightened D. produced

Question 4: He is making progress at a snail's pace with his job. I don't think he can keep the job.
A. possibly B. slowly C. seriously D. promisingly

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 5: An immense amount of money has been spent on the project, but it seems still insufficient.
A. small B. big C. long D. wide

Question 6: Their son went bananas when he was told that their family would go on holiday in Japan.
A. was depressed B. was indifferent C. was excited D. was curious

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 following questions.

Question 7: A. feels B. lets C. taps D. looks

Question 8: A. tone B. lone C. bone D. gone

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 primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 9: A. instruction B. material C. business D. successor

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Question 10: A. president B. serious C. tragedy D. express

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.

Question 11: America has increased tax on some imports from China recently, and China has also decided
to _______ in kind.
A. react B. respond C. reflect D. restore

Question 12: The secretary neglected _______ her boss about the important meeting.
A. inform B. to inform C. informing D. to informing

Question 13: She did very well in the _______ knowledge quiz.
A. widespread B. normal C. general D. ordinary

Question 14: The teacher complimented him on his composition and said he had an excellent _______ of
the subject.
A. embrace B. distribution C. grasp D. ability

Question 15: He left the village 3 years ago, and he _______ since then.
A. hasn't returned B. didn't returned C. won't returned D. isn't returned

Question 16: Nobody was warned about the danger of the rattan bridge, _______?
A. were they B. wasn't he C. didn't they D. did he

Question 17: The girl over there is almost identical _______ the one I met a few week ago.
A. for B. on C. to D. at

Question 18: They have three sons; one lives with them in the countryside, and _______ live far away.
A. another B. the others C. others D. the other

Question 19: The beef in the fridge has _______ ; it should not be cooked anymore.
A. taken off B. put off C. set off D. gone off

Question 20: The _______ victory over the opposing party enabled their party to take more control of power
at the Congress.
A. decide B. decisive C. decision D. decisively

Question 21: Most of her classmates don't like her as she is a _______ girl who always looks down on
others.
A. big-headed B. thick-headed C. hot-headed D. hard-headed

Question 22: Items _______ at the trade fair belong to famous companies.
A. exhibit B. exhibiting C. exhibited D. having exhibited

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.

Question 23: The teacher along with some students are visiting the boy who has been absent from class
A B C D
for a week.
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Question 24: When the explorers reached the top of the mount, a view of successful mountains stretching
A B C D
to the horizon appeared.

Question 25: Amphibians, such as frogs, can live both on land and in water but must produce its
A B C D
eggs in water.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
each of the following questions.

Question 26: Not only did she give the children a lift, but she also left them some money.
A. She didn't give the children a lift but also left them some money.
B. She gave the children a lift, but she didn't also leave them some money.
C. She not only gave the children a lift but left them some money as well.
D. She only gave them a lift after she had left them some money.

Question 27. The teacher said to his students: "I really want you to try harder."
A. The teacher reminded his students to try harder.
B. The teacher encouraged his students to try harder.
C. The teacher invited his students to try harder.
D. The teacher begged his students to try harder.

Question 28. The table was too heavy for the girl to move.
A. The table was heavy but the girl managed to move it.
B. It was such a heavy stable that the girl was able to move it.
C. The heavy table isn't too hard for the girl to move.
D. The table was so heavy that the girl couldn't move it.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair
of sentences in the following questions.

Question 29. He spent much time on stamp collecting. He found it increasingly interesting.
A. Although he spent much time on stamp collecting, he wasn't interested in it.
B. As he spent much time on stamp collecting, the number of his interesting stamps was increasing.
C. He found interesting stamps when he spent much time on stamp collecting.
D. The more time he spent on stamp collecting, the more interesting he found it.

Question 30. He knew the truth about the company. He decided to quit his job at once.
A. It was not until he quit his job that he knew the truth about the company.
B. Having known the truth about the company, he decided to quit his job at once.
C. Without knowing the truth about the company, he still decided to quit his job at once.
D. He decided to quit his job even before he knew the truth about the company.

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 31 to 35.

African Americans have their own unique naming history and culture. In the days of slavery, a slave
owner often renamed his slaves something not generally used by whites; Greek mythology names were
commonly used or a slave’s full name was (31) _______ into a diminutive cognate of another white-owned
name. Slave owners also granted biblical names (32) _______ their attempts to convert slaves to Christianity;
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however, to (33) _______ their heritage, slaves often gave their children ethnically based names, which they
used secretly in their communities.

It wasn’t until the Civil War that most African Americans had complete control in naming their
children; with (34) _______ freedom, slaves immediately bestowed previously prohibited names on their
children and also changed their shortened names to the formal versions. African Americans also adopted the
style of creating unique names, (35) _______ took off even further during the 1960s as individual names,
distinct from the white community, surfaced.

Question 31: A. altered B. converted C. exchanged D. transferred

Question 32: A. at B. on C. in D. from

Question 33: A. freeze B. tighten C. forbid D. preserve

Question 34: A. new-found B. newly-finding C. new-find D. newly-founding

Question 35: A. who B. which C. that D. what

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

Taking education reform seriously since the 1970s, Finland has climbed the international education
ratings by doing several things: it bets on highly competent teachers, recognizes the huge importance of early
childhood education, gives local schools the autonomy to address local needs by decentralizing administration,
and guarantees a uniform and free (including meals, transportation and school materials) education for all
students. As a result, Finnish students score higher than most of their peers on international assessment tests,
despite peculiarities like having minimal homework and tests, and also a curriculum that puts a big emphasis
on music, the arts, and outdoor activities.

In its latest efforts to keep improving the curriculum and making its pupils more equipped to succeed
in the modern world, Finland has rethought the concept of a subject for its basic schools. With its new National
Curriculum Framework 2016 (NCF), Finland emphasizes the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to
education and introduces the concept of “phenomenon-based” teaching, which will result in classes on broader
topics such as European Union, Climate Change, Community.

Phenomenon-based teaching will teach students how to apply a variety of skills and knowledge in a
single class. This approach resembles much more closely real-life problem solving and will give pupils a more
clear understanding of the complexity of the world. Schools across the country will have to introduce at least
one such class or project during the school year. One of the most innovative parts of the NCF is that students
must be involved in the planning of phenomenon-based study periods and that they must have voice in
assessing what they have learned from it.

Finland's constant efforts towards innovating and improving on its educational system is truly
commendable. As Ms Irmeli Halinen, Head of curriculum development with Finnish National Board of
Education explains:“We are often asked why improve the system that has been ranked as top quality in the
world. But the answer is: because the world is changing. We have to think and rethink everything connected
to school. We also have to understand that competencies needed in society and in working life have changed.”

Question 36: What is the passage mainly about?

A. Modern education methods in Finland. B. Education reform in Finland in the past.
C. Educational problems in Finland. D. Finland's solutions to educational ranking.
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Question 37: The word "their" in paragraph 1 refers to _______.

A. tests B. students C. peculiarities D. activities

Question 38: According to paragraph 1, which of the following is NOT what Finland does for their
education reform?
A. It relies on very good teachers.
B. It allows local schools to make their own decision.
C. It paid slight attention to early childhood education.
D. It grants all students free education.

Question 39: The word "concept" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.

A. idea B. confusion C. prediction D. proof

Question 40: According to the passage, phenomenon-based teaching helps students _______.
A. solve their own problems completely
B. create a project suitable for themselves
C. know how to increase their academic skills
D. have a broader perception of the real world

Question 41: The word "constant" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .

A. selective B. continuous C. flexible D. vital

Question 42: According to Ms Irmeli Halinen, education in Finland _______.

A. will always be ranked as top quality in the world
B. can change education all over the world
C. causes their schools to rethink everything
D. is always adjusted to adapt to most changes

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 43 to 50.

Globally, roughly 13 million hectares of forest are destroyed each year. Such deforestation has long
been driven by farmers desperate to earn a living or by loggers building new roads into pristine forest. But
now new data appears to show that big, block clearings that reflect industrial deforestation have come to
dominate, rather than these smaller-scale efforts that leave behind long, narrow swaths of cleared land.
Geographer Ruth DeFries of Columbia University and her colleagues used satellite images to analyse tree-
clearing in countries ringing the tropics, representing 98 per cent of all remaining tropical forest. Instead of
the usual ‘fish bone' signature of deforestation from small-scale operations, large, chunky blocks of cleared
land reveal a new motive for cutting down woods.

In fact, a statistical analysis of 41 countries showed that forest loss rates were most closely linked with
urban population growth and agricultural exports in the early part of the 21st century - even overall population
growth was not as strong an influence. ‘In previous decades, deforestation was associated with planned
colonisation, resettlement schemes in local areas and farmers clearing land to grow food for subsistence,'
DeFries says. ‘What we’re seeing now is a shift from small-scale farmers driving deforestation to distant
demands from urban growth, agricultural trade and exports being more important drivers.’

In other words, the increasing urbanisation of the developing world, as populations leave rural areas to
concentrate in booming cities, is driving deforestation, rather than containing it. Coupled with this there is an
ongoing increase in consumption in the developed world of products that have an impact on forests, whether
furniture, shoe leather or chicken feed. ‘One of the really striking characteristics of this century is urbanisation
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and rapid urban growth in the developing world,’ DeFries says, ‘People in cities need to eat.’ ‘There’s no
surprise there,’ observes Scott Poynton, executive director of the Tropical Forest Trust, a Switzerland-based
organisation that helps businesses implement and manage sustainable forestry in countries such as Brazil,
Congo and Indonesia. ‘It’s not about people chopping down trees. It's all the people in New York, Europe and
elsewhere who want cheap products, primarily food.’

Dearies argues that in order to help sustain this increasing urban and global demand, agricultural
productivity will need to be increased on lands that have already been cleared. This means that better crop
varieties or better management techniques will need to be used on the many degraded and abandoned lands in
the tropics. And the Tropical Forest Trust is building management systems to keep illegally harvested wood
from ending up in, for example, deck chairs, as well as expanding its efforts to look at how to reduce the ‘forest
footprint’ of agricultural products such as palm oil. Poynton says, ‘The point is to give forests value as forests,
to keep them as forests and give them a use as forests. They’re not going to be locked away as national parks.
That’s not going to happen.’

Question 43: Which of the following best serves as the title for the passage?
A. Deforestation - the new causes of the modern world.
B. Deforestation - the extent of losses.
C. Deforestation - the solution to urbanisation.
D. Deforestation - the problem along with population growth.

Question 44: The word "fish bone" in paragraph 1 is used to describe _______.
A. the amount of deforestation B. the influence of deforestation
C. the causes of deforestation D. the shape of deforestation

Question 45: According to paragraph 2, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Population growth is the most important factor in deforestation.
B. Farmers have stopped clearing land to grow food.
C. The agents of deforestation has shifted from old drivers to new ones.
D. There were only 41 countries facing deforestation.

Question 46: The word "it" in paragraph 3 refers to _______.

A. urbanisation B. deforestation C. the world D. consumption

Question 47: According to Scott Poynton, the new causes of deforestation are mainly because _______?
A. many people want cheap products B. many people want to live in New York
C. many people chop down trees D. many people grow less and less food

Question 48: The word "sustain" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.

A. reduce B. develop C. support D. discourage

Question 49: The word "this" in paragraph 4 refers to _______.

A. Dearies's argument on sustainable agriculture.
B. the increasing urban and global demand.
C. the clearing of lands that once sustained agricultural demand.
D. the increased agricultural productivity on cleared lands.

Question 50: According to paragraph 4, forests can be protected better if _______.

A. they are used to make deck chairs. B. they have more agricultural products.
C. they become national parks. D. they are used as their true value.