THI TH S 6

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 1: A. education
B. graduate
C. soldier
D. Indian
Question 2: A. danger
B. landscape
C. hand
D. nature
Question 3: A. ecosystem B. knowledge
C. technology
D. commodity
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 the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 4: A. accident
B. reference
C. coincide
D. formulate
Question 5: A. envelope
B. amazing
C. passenger
D. decorate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 6: - Jane: "It's going to rain". - Mary: "
"
A. I hope not so
B. I don't hope either C. I don't hope so
D. I hope not
Question 7: I thought you said she was going away the next Sunday,
?
A. wasn't she
B. didn't you
C. didn't I
D. wasn't it
Question 8:
to his brother's graduation party, George wouldn't have met Mary.
A. Had he not gone B. Hadn't he gone
C. If he has not gone D. If he shouldn't have gone
Question 9: Since they aren't answering the phone, they
A. need have left
B. can't have left
C. must have left
D. should have left
Question 10: - "Who wrote the poem?"
- "It is said
written by one of the Bronte sisters"
A. to be
B. to being.
C. to have been
D. to having been
Question 11: The salary of a computer programmer is
a teacher.
A. as twice much as B. as much as twice of C. twice as higher as that D. twice as high as that of
Question 12: I'd sooner they
deliver the new furniture tomorrow.
A. mustn't
B. shouldn't
C. didn't
D. wouldn't
Question 13: The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted
a good answer.
A. put up with
B. keep pace with
C. made way for
D. came up with
Question 14: The planes were delayed and the hotel was awful but we
still had a good time.
A. on the top of all that B. on the contrary C. for all that
D. by the same token
Question 15: My sister is a woman of
age.
A. marriage
B. married
C. marrying
D. marriageable
Question 16: In one year's time, she
in this company for 15 years.
A. will be working
B. will have been working C. will work
D. has worked
Question 17: Would you mind
me a favour and posting this letter for me?
A. making
B. doing
C. getting
D. giving
Question 18:
of the financial crisis, all they could do was hold on and hope that things would improve.
A. In the end
B. At the height
C. On the top
D. At the bottom
Question 19: Recently, the company has received a
of complaints from the customers about poor
products.
A. pack
B. barrage
C. pool
D. bank
Question 20: I know you have been working very hard today. Let's and
go home.
A. pull my leg
B. call it a day
C. put your back up D. pros and cons
Question 21: We
today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it.
A. were checked our homework
B. had our homework checked
C. have our homework checking
D. had checked our homework
Question 22: She must
in the garage when we came that's why she didn't hear the bell.
A. have been working B. be working
C. have worked
D. work
Question 23: If we had known
, we could have invited him to speak at our ceremonies.
A. whom was
B. who he was
C. who was he
D. he was who
Question 24: You can go to the party tonight
you are sober when you come home.
A. as long as
B. as far as
C. as soon as
D. as well as
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 25: Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars
according to brightness.
A. shine
B. record
C. categorize
D. diversify
Question 26: Father has lost his job, so we'll have to tighten our belt to avoid getting into debt.
A. earn money
B. save money
C. sit still
D. economize
Question 27: S. Mayo Hospital in New Orleans was so named in recognition of Dr. Mayo's outstanding
humanitarianism.
A. exhaustive
B. charitable
C. remarkable
D. widespread

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 28: Mr. Smith's new neighbors appear to be very friendly.
A. amicable
B. inapplicable
C. hostile
D. futile
Question 29: The mountain region of the country is thinly populated.
A. sparsely
B. densely
C. greatly
D. crowded
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer for each of the blanks from 30 to 39.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international (30)
governmental organization for
the (31)
, research, and restoration of the environment. The organization was (32)
as a
charitable trust on September 11, 1961, in Merges, Switzerland, under the name World Wildlife Fund.
It was an initiative of Julian Huxley and Max Nicholson.
.
It is the world's largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million (33)
worldwide, working! in more (34)
90 countries, supporting 100 conservation and environmental
projects around the world. It is a charity, with (35) 9% of its funding coming from voluntary (36)
by
private individuals and businesses.
The group says its mission is "to halt and reverse the (37)
our environment". Currently, much of
its work focuses on the conservation of three biomes that contain most of the world's biodiversity: forests,
freshwater ecosystems, and oceans and coasts. Among other issues, it is also concerned (38)
endangered species, pollution, and climate change. The organization (39)
more than 20 field
projects worldwide. In the last few years, the organization set up offices and operations around the world.
Question 30: A. non
B. not
C. no
D. nor
Question 31: A. challenge
B. keeping
C. conservation
D. awareness
Question 32: A. produced
B. discovered
C. used
D. formed
Question 33: A. supporters B. residents
C. inhabitants
D. citizens
Question 34: A. as
B. than
C. to
D. as to
Question 35: A. generally
B. individually
C. commercially
D. approximately
Question 36: A. deposits
B. donations
C. refunds
D. loans
Question 37: A. destroy
B. destructive
C. destruction
D. destroyed
Question 38: A. on
B. by
C. with
D. upon
Question 39: A. goes
B. walks
C. reaches
D. runs
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined, part that needs correction.
Question 40: Emotions are complicated psychological phenomena those we cannot sum up in everyday terms.
A
B
C
D
Question 41: Neither of the men arresting as terrorists would reveal information about his group.
A
B
C
D
Question 42: Without the particularly habitat, the species could not survive.
.
A
B
C
D
Question 43: However type of raw materials is used in making paper the process is essentially the same.
A
B
C
D
Question 44: The Mediterranean, a large sea surrounded by land, is a mile deep on the average and more than
2000 miles length. A
B
C
D
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 45 to 54.
Animals have an intuitive awareness of quantities. They know without analysis the difference between a
number of objects and a smaller number. In his book "The Natural History of Selboure" (1786), the naturalist
Gilbert White tells how he surreptitiously removed one egg a day from a plover's nest, and how the mother
laid another egg each, day to make up for the missing one. He noted that other species of birds ignore the
absence of a single egg but abandon their nests if more than one egg has been removed. It has also been
noted by naturalists that a certain type of wasp always provides five - never four, never six-caterpillars for each
of their eggs so that their young have something to eat when the eggs hatch. Research has also shown that
both mice and pigeons can be taught to distinguish between odd and even numbers of food pieces.
These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other than humans can
actually count. They also point to dogs that have been taught to respond to numerical questions with the correct
number of barks, or to horses that seem to solve arithmetic problems by stomping their hooves the proper
number of times.
Animals respond to quantities only when they are connected to survival as a species - as in the case of the
eggs - or survival as individuals - as in the case of food. There is no transfer to other situations or from concrete
reality to the abstract notion of numbers. Animals can "count" only when the objects are present and only when
the numbers involved are small - not more than seven or eight. In lab experiments, animals trained to "count"
one kind of object were unable to count any other type. The objects, not the numbers, are what interest them.
Animals admittedly remarkable achievements simply do not amount to evidence of counting, nor do they reveal

more than innate instincts, refined by the genes of successive generations, or the results of clever, careful
conditioning by trainers.
Question 45: What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers
B. Animals cannot "count" more than one kind of object.
C. Of all animals, dogs and horses can count best.
D. Although animals may be aware of quantities, they cannot actually count.
Question 46: Why docs, the author refer to Gilbert White's book "The Natural History of Selboure "?
A. To show how attitudes have changed since 1786.
B. To contradict the idea that animals can count.
C. To provide evidence that some birds are aware of quantities.
D. To indicate that more research is needed in this field.
Question 47: The word "surreptitiously" in paragraph one is closest in meaning to
A. quickly
B. secretly C. occasionally
D. stubbornly
Question 48: The word "odd" in paragraph one refers to which of the following?
A. unusual numbers B. numbers such as 1, 3, 5 and so on
C. lucky numbers
D. numbers such as 2, 4, 6 and so on
Question 49:The author mentions that all of the following are aware of quantities in some ways EXCEPT
A. plovers
B. mice
C. caterpillars
D. wasps
Question 50: The word "accounts" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. invoices
B. reasons
C. reports
D. deceptions
Question 51: According to information in the passage, which of the following is LEAST likely to occur as a result
of animals intuitive awareness of quantities?
A. A pigeon is more attracted by a box containing two pieces of food than by a box containing one piece.
B. When asked by its trainer how old it is, a monkey holds up five fingers.
C. When one of its four kittens crawls away, a mother cat misses it and searches for the kitten.
D. A lion follows one antelope in stead of the Herd of antelopes because it is easier to hunt a single prey.
Question 52: How would the author probably characterize the "people" who are mentioned the second
paragraph
A. as mistaken
B. as demanding
C. as clever D. as foolish
Question 53: The word "they" in paragraph three refer to
A. numbers
B. animals
C. achievements
D. genes
Question 54: Where in the passage does the author mention research that supports his own view of animals'
inability to count?
A. In his book " The Natural History of Selboure" (1786), the naturalist Gilbert White tells how he
surreptitiously removed one egg a day from a plover's nest, and how the mother laid another egg each day to
make up for the missing one. (Paragraph I)
B. Research has also shown that both mice and pigeons can be taught to distinguish between odd and
even numbers of food pieces. (paragraph 1)
C. These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other' than humans can
actually count. (Paragraph 2)
D. In lab experiments, animals trained to "count" one kind of object were unable to count any
other type. (Paragraph 3)
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 55 to 64.
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of
women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to
vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne
Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best
contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she
exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little
or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history
books.
Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors
writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their
writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.
During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping
records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women's organizations
compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved
and stored. These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women's history in the United States
one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and the other the Sophia Smith
Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians.
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century, most of

the writing about women conformed to the great women" theory of history, just as much of mainstream
American history concentrated on "great men." To demonstrate that women were making significant
contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else
important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as
reformers, activists working for women's right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great
of ordinary women. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories
being published.
Question 55: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The role of literature in early American histories
B. The place of American women in written histories
C. The keen sense of history shown by American women
D. The "great women" approach to history used by American historians
Question 56: The word "contemporary" in' paragraph one means that the history was
A. informative B. thoughtful
C. written at that time
D. faultfinding
Question 57: In the first paragraph. Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that
A. a woman's status was changed by marriage
B. even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored
C. only three women were able to get their writing published
D. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women
Question 58: The word "celebratory" in the second paragraph means that the writings referred to
A. related to parties B. religious
C. serious
D. full of praise
Question 59: The word "they" in the second paragraph refers to
A. efforts
B. authors
C. counterparts
D. sources
Question 60: In paragraph two, what weakness in nineteenth-century histories 'does the author point out?
A. They put too much emphasis on daily activities.
B. They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.
C. The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.
D. They were printed on poor-quality paper.
Question 61: On the basis of information in the third paragraph, which of the following would most likely have
been collected by nineteenth-century feminist organizations?
A Newspaper accounts of presidential election results.
B. Biographies of John Adams
C. Letters from a mother to a daughter advising her how to handle a family problem.
D. Books about famous graduates of the country's first college.
Question 62: What use was made of the nineteenth-century women's history materials in the Schlesinger
Library and the Sophia Smith Collection?
A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia.
B. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century.
C. They provided valuable information or twentieth- century historical researchers.
D. They were shared among women's colleges throughout the United States.
Question 63: In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenthcentury "great women" EXCEPT
A. authors
B. reformers
C. politicians
D. activists for women's rights
Question 64: The word "representative" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. typical
B. satisfied
C. supportive
D. distinctive
SECTION B (2 points)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Question 1: Because the chemicals were properly combined, the prescription has brought about the
expected result.
Because of the proper combination of chemicals, the prescription has brought about the expected
result.
Question 2: Leave my house now or Ill call the police! shouted the lady to the man
The lady threatened to call the police if the man didnt leave the house.
Question 3: I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.
I object to peoples criticizing me unfairly
Question 4: I'd prefer the successful candidate to have previous experience in the field.
I'd rather the successful candidate had previous experience in the field.
Question 5: Thanks to her uncle's legacy of $15,000, she was able to buy the house she wanted.
Had her uncle not died and left/ given her (a legacy of) $15,000 she would not have been able to buy/ could
not have bought the house she wanted.
II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about your favourite season in a year. Write your paragraph on
your answer sheet.

PRACTICE TEST 6
SECTION 1 (8 points)
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 1: A. education
B. graduate
C. soldier
D. Indian
Question 2: A. danger
B. landscape
C. hand
D. nature
Question 3: A. ecosystem
B. knowledge
C. technology
D. commodity
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 the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 4: A. accident
B. reference
C. coincide
D. formulate
Question 5: A. envelope
B. amazing
C. passenger
D. decorate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to-indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 6: - Jane: "It's going to rain". - Mary: "
"
A. I hope not so
B. I don't hope either C. I don't hope so
D. I hope not
Question 7: I thought you said she was going away the next Sunday,
?
A. wasn't she
B. didn't you
C. didn't I
D. wasn't it
Question 8:
to his brother's graduation party, George wouldn't have met Mary.
A. Had he not gone B. Hadn't he gone
C. If he has not gone D. If he shouldn't have gone
Question 9: Since they aren't answering the phone, they
A. need have left
B. can't have left
C. must have left
D. should have left
Question 10: - "Who wrote the poem?"
- "It is said
written by one of the Bronte sisters"
A. to be
B. to being.
C. to have been
D. to having been
Question 11: The salary of a computer programmer is
a teacher.
A. as twice much as B. as much as twice of C. twice as higher as that D. twice as high as that of
Question 12: I'd sooner they
deliver the new furniture tomorrow.
A. mustn't
B. shouldn't
C. didn't
D. wouldn't
Question 13: The teacher asked a difficult question, but finally Ted
a good answer.
A. put up with B. keep pace with
C. made way for
D. came up with
Question 14: The planes were delayed and the hotel was awful but
we
still had a good time.
A. on the top of all that B. on the contrary C. for all that
D. by the same token
Question 15: My sister is a woman of
age.
A. marriage
B. married
C. marrying
D. marriageable
Question 16: In one year's time, she
in this company for 15 years.
A. will be working
B. will have been working C. will work
D. has worked
Question 17: Would you mind
me a favour and posting this letter for me?
A. making
B. doing
C. getting
D. giving
Question 18:
of the financial crisis, all they could do was hold on and hope that things would improve.
A. In the end
B. At the height
C. On the top
D. At the bottom
Question 19: Recently, the company has received a
of complaints from the customers about poor
products.
A. pack
B. barrage
C. pool
D. bank
Question 20: I know you have been working very hard today. Let's and
go home.
A. pull my leg
B. call it a day
C. put your back up D. pros and cons
Question 21: We
today and I got into trouble because I hadn't done it.
A. were checked our homework
B. had our homework checked
C. have our homework checking
D. had checked our homework
Question 22: She must
in the garage when we came that's why she didn't hear the bell.
A. have been working B. be working
C. have worked
D. work
Question 23: If we had known
, we could have invited him to speak at our ceremonies.
A. whom was
B. who he was
C. who was he
D. he was who
Question 24: You can go to the party tonight
you are sober when you come home.
A. as long as
B. as far as
C. as soon as
D. as well as
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 25: Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars
according to brightness.
A. shine
B. record
C. categorize
D. diversify
Question 26: Father has lost his job, so we'll have to tighten our belt to avoid getting into debt.
A. earn money
B. save money
C. sit still
D. economize
Question 27: S. Mayo Hospital in New Orleans was so named in recognition of Dr. Mayo's outstanding
humanitarianism.

A. exhaustive

B. charitable

C. remarkable

D. widespread

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 28: Mr. Smith's new neighbors appear to be very friendly.
A. amicable
B. inapplicable
C. hostile
D. futile
Question 29: The mountain region of the country is thinly populated.
A. sparsely
B. densely
C. greatly
D. crowded
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer for each of the blanks from 30 to 39.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international (30)
governmental organization for
the (31)
, research, and restoration of the environment. The organization was (32)
as a
charitable trust on September 11, 1961, in Merges, Switzerland, under the name World Wildlife Fund.
It was an initiative of Julian Huxley and Max Nicholson.
.
It is the world's largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million (33)
worldwide, working! in more (34)
90 countries, supporting 100 conservation and environmental
projects around the world. It is a charity, with (35) 9% of its funding coming from voluntary (36)
by
private individuals and businesses.
The group says its mission is "to halt and reverse the (37)
our environment". Currently, much of
its work focuses on the conservation of three biomes that contain most of the world's biodiversity: forests,
freshwater ecosystems, and oceans and coasts. Among other issues, it is also concerned (38)
endangered species, pollution, and climate change. The organization (39)
more than 20 field
projects worldwide. In the last few years, the organization set up offices and operations around the world.
Question 30: A. non
B. not
C. no
D. nor
Question 31: A. challenge
B. keeping
C. conservation
D. awareness
Question 32: A. produced
B. discovered
C. used
D. formed
Question 33: A. supporters B. residents
C. inhabitants
D. citizens
Question 34: A. as
B. than
C. to
D. as to
Question 35: A. generally
B. individually
C. commercially
D. approximately
Question 36: A. deposits
B. donations
C. refunds
D. loans
Question 37: A. destroy
B. destructive
C. destruction
D. destroyed
Question 38: A. on
B. by
C. with
D. upon
Question 39: A. goes
B. walks
C. reaches
D. runs
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined, part that needs correction.
Question 40: Emotions are (A)complicated psychological phenomena (B)those we cannot (C)sum up in
(D)everyday terms.
Question 41: (A)Neither of the men (B)arresting as terrorists (C)would reveal information about (D)his group.
Question 42: (A)Without the (B)particularly habitat, the species (C)could not (D)survive.
Question 43: (A)However type of raw materials is used in making (B)paper the process is (C)essentially (D)the
same.
Question 44: (A)The Mediterranean, a large sea (B)surrounded by land, is a mile deep (C)on the average and
more than (D)2000 miles length
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 45 to 54.
Animals have an intuitive awareness of quantities. They know without analysis the difference between a
number of objects and a smaller number. In his book "The Natural History of Selboure" (1786), the naturalist
Gilbert White tells how he surreptitiously removed one egg a day from a plover's nest, and how the mother
laid another egg each, day to make up for the missing one. He noted that other species of birds ignore the
absence of a single egg but abandon their nests if more than one egg has been removed. It has also been
noted by naturalists that a certain type of wasp always provides five - never four, never six-caterpillars for each
of their eggs so that their young have something to eat when the eggs hatch. Research has also shown that
both mice and pigeons can be taught to distinguish between odd and even numbers of food pieces.
These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other than humans can
actually count. They also point to dogs that have been taught to respond to numerical questions with the correct
number of barks, or to horses that seem to solve arithmetic problems by stomping their hooves the proper
number of times.
Animals respond to quantities only when they are connected to survival as a species - as in the case of the
eggs - or survival as individuals - as in the case of food. There is no transfer to other situations or from concrete
reality to the abstract notion of numbers. Animals can "count" only when the objects are present and only when
the numbers involved are small - not more than seven or eight. In lab experiments, animals trained to "count"
one kind of object were unable to count any other type. The objects, not the numbers, are what interest them.
Animals admittedly remarkable achievements simply do not amount to evidence of counting, nor do they reveal
more than innate instincts, refined by the genes of successive generations, or the results of clever, careful

conditioning by trainers.
Question 45: What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers
B. Animals cannot "count" more than one kind of object.
C. Of all animals, dogs and horses can count best.
D. Although animals may be aware of quantities, they cannot actually count.
Question 46: Why docs, the author refer to Gilbert White's book "The Natural History of Selboure "?
A. To show how attitudes have changed since 1786.
B. To contradict the idea that animals can count.
C. To provide evidence that some birds are aware of quantities.
D. To indicate that more research is needed in this field.
Question 47: The word "surreptitiously" in paragraph one is closest in meaning to
A. quickly
B. secretly
C. occasionally
D. stubbornly
Question 48: The word "odd" in paragraph one refers to which of the following?
A. unusual numbers B. numbers such as 1, 3, 5 and so on
C. lucky numbers
D. numbers such as 2, 4, 6 and so on
Question 49:The author mentions that all of the following are aware of quantities in some ways EXCEPT
A. plovers
B. mice
C. caterpillars
D. wasps
Question so: The word "accounts" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. invoices
B. reasons
C. reports
D. deceptions
Question 51: According to information in the passage, which of the following is LEAST likely to occur as a result
of animals intuitive awareness of quantities?
A. A pigeon is more attracted by a box containing two pieces of food than by a box containing one piece.
B. When asked by its trainer how old it is, a monkey holds up five fingers.
C. When one of its four kittens crawls away, a mother cat misses it and searches for the kitten.
D. A lion follows one antelope in stead of the Herd of antelopes because it is easier to hunt a single prey.
Question 52: How would the author probably characterize the "people" who are mentioned the second
paragraph
A. as mistaken
B. as demanding
C. as clever
D. as foolish
Question 53: The word "they" in paragraph three refer to
A. numbers
B. animals
C. achievements
D. genes
Question 54: Where in the passage does the author mention research that supports his own view of animals'
inability to count?
A. In his book " The Natural History of Selboure" (1786), the naturalist Gilbert White tells how he
surreptitiously removed one egg a day from a plover's nest, and how the mother laid another egg each day to
make up for the missing one. (Paragraph I)
B. Research has also shown that both mice and pigeons can be taught to distinguish between odd and even
numbers of food pieces. (paragraph 1)
C. These and similar accounts have led some people to infer that creatures other' than humans can actually
count. (Paragraph 2)
D. In lab experiments, animals trained to "count" one kind of object were unable to count any other type.
(Paragraph 3)
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 55 to 64.
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the contributions of
women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States. Lacking the right to
vote and absent from the seats of power, women were not considered an important force in history. Anne
Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best
contemporary history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she
exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the United States. But little
or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these centuries, women remained invisible in history
books.
Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts of female authors
writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their
writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.
During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping
records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional, and local women's organizations
compiled accounts of their doings. Personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved
and stored. These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women's history in the United States
one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and the other the Sophia Smith
Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians.
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century, most of
the writing about women conformed to the great women" theory of history, just as much of mainstream

American history concentrated on "great men." To demonstrate that women were making significant
contributions to American life, female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else
important women produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as
reformers, activists working for women's right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great
of ordinary women. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories
being published.
Question 55: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The role of literature in early American histories
B. The place of American women in written histories
C. The keen sense of history shown by American women
D. The "great women" approach to history used by American historians
Question 56: The word "contemporary" in' paragraph one means that the history was
A. informative B. thoughtful
C. written at that time
D. faultfinding
Question 57: In the first paragraph. Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that
A. a woman's status was changed by marriage
B. even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored
C. only three women were able to get their writing published
D. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women
Question 58: The word "celebratory" in the second paragraph means that the writings referred to
A. related to parties B. religious
C. serious
D. full of praise
Question 59: The word "they" in the second paragraph refers to
A. efforts
B. authors
C. counterparts
D. sources
Question 60: In paragraph two, what weakness in nineteenth-century histories 'does the author point out?
A. They put too much emphasis on daily activities.
B. They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.
C. The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.
D. They were printed on poor-quality paper.
Question 61: On the basis of information in the third paragraph, which of the following would most likely have
been collected by nineteenth-century feminist organizations?
A Newspaper accounts of presidential election results.
B. Biographies of John Adams
C. Letters from a mother to a daughter advising her how to handle a family problem.
D. Books about famous graduates of the country's first college.
Question 62: What use was made of the nineteenth-century women's history materials in the Schlesinger
Library and the Sophia Smith Collection?
A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia.
B. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century.
C. They provided valuable information or twentieth- century historical researchers.
D. They were shared among women's colleges throughout the United States.
Question 63: In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenthcentury "great women" EXCEPT
A. authors
B. reformers
C. politicians
D. activists for women's rights
Question 64: The word "representative" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. typical
B. satisfied
C. supportive
D. distinctive
SECTION B (2 points)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Question 1: Because the chemicals were properly combined, the prescription has brought about the
expected result.
Because of _________________________________________________________
Question 2: Leave my house now or Ill call the police! shouted the lady to the man
The lady threatened __________________________________________________
Question 3: 1 dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.
I object ____________________________________________________________
Question 4: I'd prefer the successful candidate to have previous experience in the field.
I'd rather ___________________________________________________________
Question 5: Thanks to her uncle's legacy of $15,000, she was able to buy the house she wanted.
Had her ___________________________________________________________
II. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about your favourite season in a year. Write your paragraph on
your answer sheet.