Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

Circle A, B, C or D to
indicate your answer. (20 pts)
11. Assembly lines are useful for producing a large _____ of identical products.
A. quality B. quantity C. quandary D. qualification
12. Only the _____ of the building is going to be remodeled.
A. insides B. interior C. indoors D. inner
13. Whether the sports club survives is a matter of complete _____ to me.
A. indifference B. disinterest C. importance D. interest
14. After years of neglect there was a huge _____ program to return the city to its former glory.
A. restoration B. preservation C. conservation D. refurbishment
15. The assistant suggested _____ the next day when the manager would be there.
A. we are coming back B. to come back
C. we will come back D. we came back
16. I never get a _____ of sleep after watching a horror film.
A. wink B. blink C. night D. ounce
17. As it was Christmas, the _____ at church was much larger than usual.
A. audience B. convention C. congregation D. grouping
18. The sheep were huddled into a _____ to protect them from overnight frosts.
A. cage B. kennel C. hutch D. pen
19. The jury _____ the defendant “not guilty”.
A. gave B. returned C. subscribed D. found
20. Many _____ crafts such as weaving are now being revived.
A. customary B. habitual C. traditional D. ordinary
21. He managed to finish his thesis under the _____ of his tutor.
A. guidance B. help C. aid D. assistance
22. Mr. Henry was given a medal in _____ of his service to his country.
A. gratitude B. knowledge C. recognition D. response
23. Everyone knows about pollution problems, but not many people have _____ any solutions.
A. thought over B. come up with C. looked into D. got round to
24. You _____ as well seek for a fish in the tree as try to do that.
A. must B. would C. should D. might
25. _____ calculations have shown that the earth’s resources may run out before the end of the
next century.
A. Raw B. Rude C. Crude D. Blunt
26. By the time you receive this letter, I _____ for China.
A. will have left B. have left C. would have left D. will leave
27. Prizes are awarded _____ the number of points scored.
A. resulting from B. adding up C. presented to D. according to
28. The needs of gifted children in schools have long been _____ neglected.
A. dolefully B. woefully C. idly D. pathetically
29. I must take this watch to be repaired; it _____ over 20 minutes a day.
A. increases B. gains C. accelerates D. progresses
30. It had been a trying afternoon, _____ at about six o’clock in the television breaking down.
A. culminating B. leading C. arriving D. finalizing
 Part 2: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space
provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example. (10 pts)
According to some (0) _____ (SCIENCE), high-risk sports can be scientists
particularly (31) _____ (VALUE) for certain types of people. Such 31.
activities help them to learn that being (32) _____ (FRIGHT) doesn’t ________________
mean that they have to lose control. The recent fashion for jumping from 32.
bridges attached to a (33) _____ (LONG) of elastic rope, known as ________________
“bungee jumping”, has now been tried by over one million people (34) 33.
_____ (WORLD) and interest in it is continuing to grow. ________________
Before the special elastic rope (35) _____ (TIGHT) around them, jumpers 34.
reach speeds of nearly 160kph. First-timers are usually too (36) _____ ________________
(TERROR) to open their mouths, and when they are finally (37) _____ 35.
(LOW) safely to the ground, they walk around with broad smiles on their ________________
faces, saying (38) _____ (REPEAT) how amazing it was. However, for 36.
some people, it is only the (39) _____ (EMBARRASS) of refusing to jump ________________
at the last minute that finally persuades them to conquer their fear of 37.
(40) _____ (HIGH) and push themselves off into space. ________________
38.
________________
39.
________________

40.
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Part 3: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write
their correct forms in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an
example. (10 pts)
Traditional, mental tests have been divided into two types. 0. traditional →
Achievement tests are designed to measure acquiring skills and traditionally
knowledge, particularly those that have been explicitness taught. 41.
The proficiency exams required by few states for high school _____________________
graduation are achievement tests. Aptitude tests are designed and 42.
measure a person’s ability to acquire new skills but knowledge. For _____________________
example, vocation aptitude tests can help you decide whether you 43.
would do better like a mechanic or musician. However, all mental _____________________
tests are in some sense achievement tests because they 44.
assumption some sort of past learning or experience with certainly _____________________
objects, words, or situations. The difference between achievement 45.
and aptitude tests is the degree and intention use. _____________________
46.
_____________________
47.
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 48.
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49.
_____________________
50.
_____________________
Part 4: Fill in each of the gaps with the correct preposition or particle. Write your
answers in the numbered spaces provided below the passage. (10 pts)
The show was fully booked (51) _____ for weeks, and when it opened last night, the
public poured (52) _____ and very soon the London Arts Center was packed (53) _____. But
why? What did they come to see? They came to see human beings take (54) _____ circus
animals, men in cat suits who stood (55) _____ for real lions and tigers. The show was put (56)
_____ by its creators to protest (57) _____ traditional circuses and to send a message about
cruelty to animals. The show was timed to tie (58) _____ with the National Protection of
Animals Week. It was a good idea, but the standard of the performances was third-rate and an
embarrassing number of people simply walked (59) _____ before it ended. There were some
amusing moments when the performers sent (60) _____ typical circus folks, but overall it was a
dismal show. Despite the large turnout for the show’s first night, I doubt it will attract many
people during the rest of its seven-day run.
Part 5: Complete each sentence with the correct form of ONE of the phrasal verbs
below. Write your answers in the numbered spaces provided below the passage. Each verb is
used only once. (10 pts)
try out slip up carry get by put out
on
take after get down look up go through turn down
61. If you’re finding it difficult to _____ on your salary, why don’t you ask for a raise?
62. I know what you’re _____ and I feel really sorry for you.
63. In many ways you _____ your father.
64. If you _____ you’ll get into trouble.
65. I proposed to her but she _____ me _____.
66. You’d better _____ your cigarette because smoking isn’t allowed in here.
67. If you _____ working so hard, you’ll make yourself ill.
68. Stop worrying about it. Don’t let this failure ____ you _____.
69. The car’s in quite good condition but you can _____ it _____ before you make any decision
to buy,
70. When I was in New York, I was able to _____ several old friends I hadn’t seen for years.
Part 6: Insert A, AN, THE or Ø (zero article) where necessary. Write your answers in the
numbered spaces provided below the passage. (10 pts)
Suddenly (71) _____ blackbird flew to (72) _____ top of (73) _____ beach. She perched way up
on (74) _____ topmost twig that stuck up thin against (75) _____. Then she commenced to
sing.
Her little black body seemed only (76) _____ tiny dark speck at that distance. She looked like
(77) _____ old dead leaf. But she poured out her song in (78) _____ great flood of rejoicing
through (79) _____ whole forest. And (80) _____ things began to stir.
 III. READING COMPREHENSION
Part 1: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits
each gap. Circle A, B, C or D to indicate your answer. (10 pts)
The ability to weep is a uniquely human form of emotional response. Some scientists
have suggested that human tears are (81) _____ of an aquatic past – but this does not seem
very likely. We cry from the moment we enter this world, for a number of reasons. Helpless
babies cry to persuade their parents that they are ill, hungry or uncomfortable. As they (82)
_____, they will also cry just to attract parental attention and will often stop when they get it.
The idea that having a good cry do you (83) _____ is a very old one and now it has scientific
validity since recent research into tears has shown that they (84) _____ a natural painkiller
called enkaphalin. By fighting sorrow and pain this chemical helps you feel better. Weeping can
increase the quantities of enkaphalin you (85) _____.
Unfortunately, in our society we impose restrictions upon this naturally (86) _____ activity.
Because some people still regard it as a (87) _____ of weakness in men, boys in particular are
admonished when they cry. This kind of repression can only increase stress, both emotionally
and physically.
Tears of emotion also help the body (88) _____ itself of toxic chemical waste, for there is more
protein in them than in tears resulting from cold winds or other irritants. Crying comforts, calms
and can be very enjoyable – (89) _____ the popularity of highly emotional films which are
commonly (90) _____ “weepies”. It seems that people enjoy crying together almost as much as
laughing together.
81. A. witness B. evidence C. result D. display
82. A. evolve B. change C. develop D. alter
83. A. better B. fine C. good D. well
84. A. contain B. retain C. hold D. keep
85. A. construct B. achieve C. provide D. produce
86. A. curing B. treating C. healing D. improving
87. A. hint B. symbol C. feature D. sign
88. A. release B. rid C. loosen D. expel
89. A. consider B. remark C. distinguish D. regard
90. A. named B. entitled C. subtitled D. called
Part 2: Read the following passage and fill the blank with ONE suitable word. Write
your answer in the space provided below the passage. (10 pts)
New technologies, like all technologies, are morally neutral. (91) _____ their advent
makes the world a better place or not depends on the uses to which they are (92) _____. And
that, (93) _____ turn, depends upon the decisions of many people, especially of politicians,
managers, trade (94) _____ leaders, engineers and scientists. The new technologies, cheap,
flexible, dependent on knowledge and information as their main input, can (95) _____ human
being from many of their current constraints for example constraints of resources and
geography. (96) _____ the new technologies could also (97) _____ those with power to control
their fellow citizens even more effectively than in the (98) _____ efficient dictatorships of the
past. The new technological society will (99) _____ colossal demands on our imagination and
ingenuity and on the capacity (100) _____ our institutions to respond to new challenges.
Part 3: Read the following passage and answer the questions from 101 to 110. (10 pts)
 Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil War (1861-1865) a
government train carrying oxen traveling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was
caught in a snowstorm and had to be abandoned. The driver returned the next spring to see
what had become of his cargo. Instead of the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his
oxen, living, fat, and healthy. How had they survived?
The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans lands trampled underfoot in their haste
to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the
eastern parts of the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew
well with enough rain, then when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for
winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands of the West that familiar bluejoint grass was often
killed by drought. To raise cattle out there seemed risky or even hopeless. Who could imagine a
fairy-tale grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle to feed
themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had
wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses.
Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune
to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They
were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not
need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground. When they dried in
this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. Cattle left outdoors
to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the fresh
grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by
the melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them
much as storing in a barn cured the cultivated grasses.
101. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. A type of wild vegetation B. Western migration after Civil War
C. The raising of cattle D. The climate of the Western United States
102. What can be inferred by the phrase “Legend has it” in line 1?
A. Most history book include the story of the train.
B. The story of the train is similar to other ones from that time period.
C. The driver of the train invented the story.
D. The story of the train may not be completed factual.
103. The word “they” in line 4 refers to _____.
A. plains B. skeletons C. oxen D. Americans
104. What can be inferred about the “Great American Desert” mentioned in line 7?
A. Many had settled there by the 1860’s.
B. It was not originally assumed to be a fertile area.
C. It was a popular place to raise cattle before the Civil War.
D. It was not discovered until the late 1800’s.
105. The word “barren” in line 7 is closed in meaning to _____.
A. lonely B. uncomfortable C. infertile D. dangerous
106. The word “preferred” in line 8 is closed in meaning to _____.
A. favored B. available C. ordinary D. required
107. Which of the following can be inferred about the cultivated grass mentioned in the second
paragraph?
 A. Cattle raised in the Western United States refused to eat it.
B. It had to be imported into the United States.
C. It would probably not grow in the western United States.
D. It was difficult for cattle to digest.
108. Which of the following was NOT one of the names given to the western grasses?
A. Mesquite grass B. Bluejoint grass C. Buffalo grass
D. Grama grass
109. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a characteristic of western grasses?
A. They contain little moisture B. They have tough stems
C. They can be grown indoors D. They are not affected by dry weather
110. According to the passage, the cattle help promote the growth of the wild grass by_____.
A. eating only small quantities of grass. B. continually moving from one grazing area to
another.
C. naturally fertilizing the soil. D. stepping on and pressing the seeds into the ground.

IV. WRITING (6/20 points)

Part 1: Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the
sentence printed before it
111. Customs officials are stopping more travelers than usual this week.
→ An increased ________________
112. I left without saying goodbye as I didn’t want to disturb the meeting.
→ Rather ________________
113. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band’s decision to stop playing.
→ The moment ________
114. He never suspected that the bicycle had been stolen.
→ At no time ________________
115. How could I help, except to offer to lend her some money?
→ Other ________________
Part 2: Use the word(s) given in the brackets and make any necessary additions to
complete a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the
original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word(s).
116. To this day no one has equaled his achievements in the field of technology. (unsurpassed)
→ To this day ………………………………………………………… in the field of technology.
117. Peter grimaced as he swallowed the foul-tasting medicine. (pulled)
→ Peter ……………………………………………………………….the foul-tasting medicine.
118. It’s unfortunately that the construction of the building will not be finished as originally
planned. (longer)
→ The construction of the building ………………………………………………………… unfortunate.
119. What he told me made me very curious to hear the rest of the history. (appetite)
→ What he told me ………………………………………………………………………….. the story.
120. They chose not to drive because they thought there would be too much snow. (fear)
→ They chose …………………………………………………………………….…. too much snow.