27. Everyone laughed when he took ________the teacher so well.

A. over B. up C. off D. out

28. Students can ________a lot of information just by attending class and taking good notes of the
lectures.
A. absorb B. provide C. transmit D. read
29. Although he claimed to have left his job voluntarily, he was actually ________for misconduct.
A. dismissed B. released C. resigned D. dispelled
30. The ball ________two or three times before rolling down the road.
A. sprang B. bounced C. leap D. hoped
31. In my opinion, it's common ________to wear a seat belt in a car.
A. judgement B. sense C. intelligence D. wit
32. Our plane has just ________safely. Would passenger go to gate 4?
A. landed down B. touched down C. fallen down D. knocked down
33. Despite their effort, they were unable to stop the ________of typhoid.
A. breakout B. breakdown C. breakthrough D. outbreak
34. I am ________the habit of reading in bed.
A. in B. on C. from D. with
35. He never stops criticizing me. He's a real ________in the neck.
A. ache B. pain C. hurt D. itch
36. Mrs.Smith decided to give up her job for the ________of her children
A. case B. sake C. reason D. concern
37. Tom never makes mistakes because he does his work so ________
A. meticulously B. superficially C. tactfully D. essentially
38. Stop making that noise! You’re getting on my ________!
A. muscles B. brains C. nerves D. blood
39. Six novels a year, you say? He's certainly a ________writer.
A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile D. prolific
40. What university will you take an ________examination into?
A. entry B. entrance C. admission D. attendance
41. The politician tried to arouse the crowd, but most of them were ________to his arguments.
A. closed B. careless C. indifferent D. dead
42. Non-native speakers of English now ________native speakers by three to one.
A. pass B. overtake C. outnumber D. dominate
43. Unfortunately, the company closed down because it couldn’t keep ________with rapidly
changing technology.
A. speed B. time C. fast D. pace
44. I was quite taken ________by his critism of me. He’s never done that before.
A. away B. aback C. above D. over
45. The people who ________the survey said that they had examined over 1,000 accidents.
A. gave B. proceed C. set D. conducted
PART 1: WORD FORM (0.5 pts – 0.05/ each)
Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.
46. I'll have to cook them a meal or they'll think I'm ……………………………. . (hospitable)

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 …………… 57. …………………………………….…  ………………………………………….…
…………… 58. …………………………………….…  ………………………………………….…
…………… 59. …………………………………….…  ………………………………………….…
…………… 60. …………………………………….…  ………………………………………….…
PART 3: PREPOSITIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS (0.5 pts – 0.05/ each)
Supply each space with a suitable preposition or adverbial particle to complete each of the
following sentences.
61. As a scientist, I specialize ……………. marine biology.
62. The restaurant will be crowded ……………. tourists next week.
63. There is no food left. Someone must have eaten it ……………..
64. They were late for work because their car broke ……………..
65. Frankly speaking, your daughter does not take ……………. you at all.
66. The authority knocked ……………. that building to build a supermarket.
67. The increase ……………. ice cream sales is due to good weather conditions.
68. There is still doubt ……………. our supplier's ability to deliver on time.
69. Tony's insistence ……………. getting finance for the project has proved important.
70. We have no intention ……………. entering a new market without market research.

PART 1: READING (2 pts - 0.1/ each)

Task 1: GUIDED CLOZE TEST
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each blank in the following passage.
Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say they like the taste (71) ________ say
they can think better if they chew gum. Some people chew it when they have some boring work to
(72) ________. Others chew gum when they are nervous. Gum is a (73) ________ of things. For
many years gum companies made gum from chicle. Chicle is a natural gum from a tree in Mexico
and Central America. Now companies use plastic and rubber made from petroleum (74) ________
of chicle. Gum must be soft (75) ________ you can chew it. A softener keeps it soft. The gum
company makes the softener from vegetable oil. A sweetener makes the gum sweet. The sweetener
is usually sugar. Then the company (76) ________ the flavor. Thomas Adams made the first gum
from chicle in 1836. (77) ________, chewing gum was not new. The Greeks chewed gum from a
tree (78) ________ 2,000 years ago. Mayan Indians in Mexico chewed chicle. Indians in the
Northeastern United States taught Europeans to chew gum from a tree there. People first made
bubble gum in 1928. Children like to (79) ________ bubble with bubble gum. Some university
students do (80) ________.
71. A. The other B. Others C. The others D. Other
72. A. make B. get C. do D. carry
73. A. mixture B. roll C. fix D. connection
74. A. aside B. apart C. inside D. instead
75. A. so that B. then C. for D. that
76. A. puts B. places C. adds D. fits
77. A. However B. More C. But D. Though
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 A. political propaganda in wartime B. amusing people all the time
C. educating ordinary people D. spreading Western ideas
83. The major differences between Chinese cartoons and Western cartoons come from
their ______.
A. styles B. values C. purposes D. nationalities
84. The pronoun “this” in paragraph 4 mostly refers to ______.
A. an educational purpose B. a piece of art
C. a funny element D. a propaganda campaign
85. The passage is intended to present ______.
A. an opinion about how cartoons entertain people
B. an outline of Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons
C. a description of cartoons of all kinds the world over
D. a contrast between Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons
86. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. A Very Powerful Force in Influencing People
B. Chinese Cartoons and Western Cartoons
C. An Excellent Way of Spreading Propaganda
D. Cartoons as a Way of Educating People
87. In general, Chinese cartoons are now aiming at ______.
A. disseminating traditional practices inChina and throughout the world
B. spreading the Chinese ideas and cultural values throughout the world
C. bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people in the world
D. illustrating the truth of Chinese great men’s famous sayings
88. The word “imbalance” in paragraph 6 refers to ______.
A. the discrimination between the West culture and the East culture
B. the influence of the East cartoons over the West cartoons
C. the mismatch between the East cartoons and the West cartoons
D. the dominant cultural influence of the West over the East
89. Which of the following is most likely the traditional subject of Chinese cartoons?
A. Jokes and other kinds of humour in political and social matters.
B. The philosophies and sayings of ancient Chinese thinkers.
C. The illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China.
D. The stories and features of the lives of great men the world over.
90. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. Cartoons will replace other forms of writing.
B. Language barriers restricted cartoons.
C. Cartoons can serve various purposes.
D. Western cartoons always have a serious purpose.

PART 2: WRITING (2 pts)

For questions 91–100, finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it has the same
meaning as the first sentence
91. The house was so badly damaged in the fire that it couldn’t be repaired.
 The house was too......................................................................................................................................................................................
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 Please, ………………………………………………………………………….. while I am speaking
108. The last Olympic Games were held in Seoul. (took)
 The last ………………………………………………………………………….. in Seoul.
109. I’d like you to advise me what to do. (advice)
 Could you ………………………………………………………………………….. what to do?
110. The numbers of cars on the roads must be reduced (down).
 We must ………………………………………………………………………….. of cars on the roads.

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