PREPARATION COURSE FOR UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM

REVISION 1
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
1.

A. project

B. support

C. secure

D. believe

2.

A. approach

B. attract

C. decent

D. install

3.

A. education

B. compulsory

C. academic

D. independent

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is
pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
4.

A. sacred

B. cooked

C. naked

D. learned

5.

A. excited

B. excuse

C. exchange

D. example

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
6.

She received several compliments _______ her speech.

A. to

B. on

C. for

D. about

7. Phone me before ten; _______ Ill be too busy to talk to you.

A. otherwise

B. however

C. unless

D. moreover

8. Shaking hands is the _______ way of greeting business counterparts in Europe.

A. convenient
9.

B. customary

C. practical

D. absolute

_______ marriages, which are usually decided by the parents, are usually seen in Indian and African

cultures.
A. Romantic

B. Arranged

C. Broken

D. Open

10. He got an excellent grade in his examination _______ the fact that he had not worked particularly hard.
A. on account of

B. because of

C. in spite of

D. although

11. If she let this chance slip, she _______ it for the rest of her life.
A. would regret

B. will regret

C. regrets

D. would have regretted

12. Alexs plane _______ at 10:15 tomorrow morning, but I cant pick him up.
A. will arrive

B. is arriving

C. will be arriving

D. arrives

13. Sensible _______ he is, he has acted foolishly in this case.

A. even though

B. how

C. as

D. if

14. _______ Jason became famous, he has ignored his old friends. He shouldnt do that.
A. If

B. Ever since

C. Even though

D. Due to

15. Imagine _______ when the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. How would you life have been
different?
A. youd been living

B. youre living

C. you live

D. youve been living

16. She is _______ Im surprised she didnt go into music professional

A. such good pianist

B. so good at pianist that

C. too good a pianist that

D. a pianist so good

17. Havent you repaired the car yet?

- _______

A. Yes. I will do it later.

B. Yes, Im sorry. I havent had time

C. No, Im sorry. I havent had time

D. No, I did it yesterday.

18. My father always _______ the crossword in the newspaper before breakfast.
A. writes

B. works

C. does

D. makes

19. When I arrived at the meeting the first speaker _______ speaking and the audience _______.

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A. just finished were clapping

B. had just finished had clapped

C. had just finished were clapping

D. just finished had clapped

20. They _______ in that company for two years from 2003 to 2005.
A. are working

B. have worked

C. worked

D. had worked

21. Nowadays, both domestic and imported automobiles must _______ anti-pollution devices.
A. equip with

B. be equipped with

C. equip by

D. be equipped by

22. I wish you _______ me a new one instead of having it _______ as you did.
A. had given repaired

B. gave to repair

C. would give to repair

D. had given to be repaired

23. Your kids are very cute.

_______

A. Arent they?

B. Do you think so? Thanks.

C. I dont think so, either.

D. No problem.

24. No one can play football as well as Bill.

______

A. Youre right. He doesnt pay it well

B. Yes, hes a professional player.

C. No, he doesnt like football

D. Yes, about once a week.

25. If pupils are to understand the notice, the instructions must be _______ clearer.
A. done

B. got

C. wrote

D. made

26. To be offered a pace at such a good university is quite a(n) _______.

A. proficiency

B. preference

C. achievement

D. benefit

27. If you had taken my advice, you _______ in such difficulties now.
A. wont be

B. hadnt been

C. wouldnt be

D. wouldnt have been

28. When he passed me in the street, he _______ a hand in greeting.

A. clapped

B. rose

C. shook

D. raised

29. Family _______ later took on a much greater significance in his life.
A. relations

B. relatives

C. relationships

D. relation

30. Mark enjoys having fun by causing trouble. Hes a very _______ boy.
A. stubborn

B. mischievous

C. obedient

D. well-behaved

31. If were going to live _______ the same roof, we need to get along.
A. under

B. in

C. over

D. beneath

32. The young Americans are usually _______ with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a
husband.
A. concerned

B. interested

C. conscious

D. critical

33. Carbon dioxide _______ as one of the main contributors to the greenhouse effect.
A. has been identified

B. has identified

C. had identified

D. had been identified

34. We have always had to take _______ extra staff at Christmas.

A. on

B. up

C. over

D. in

35. All the members of _______ were asked to attend the meeting.
A. employees

B. company

C. workers

D. staff

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Located in the elegant 18th-century building in London is the nerve (36) _______ of one of the
worlds most prolific companies. It (37) _______ by the name eBay. Not only has the company gone from
Internet hobby site to potent economic force, with 95 million users in just ten years, it is (38) _______
regarded as having altered the (39) _______ of commercial life as we know it.

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If you want to buy anything, from a nail file to an airliner, eBay is the Internet site to go to. A
million items appear for sale each day in what is effectively an online auction. If you like the description of
an item, you make a bid within a given time limit; if you (40) _______ to be the highest bidder, you become
the proud winner of the goods in question. But the most astounding factor behind eBay is not the range and
value of the goods on (41) _______, but the fact that the whole business is based on mutual trust. Rarely do
you find people so willing to buy unseen goods from an unknown sources.
Part of the explanation for this (42) _______ in the fact that 95% of eBay buyers and sellers are
private individuals. The company has expanded through word of mouth recommendations rather than smart
marketing, and theres a real (43) _______ of community about it. Whats more, using eBay (44) _______ to
that instinctive sense of satisfaction people get from the process of bargaining and from actually getting a
bargain at the end of it. (45) _______, it puts the fun back into shopping.
36.

A. middle

B. heart

C. focus

D. centre

37.

A. goes

B. calls

C. knows

D. greets

38.

A. largely

B. deeply

C. greatly

C. widely

39.

A. route

B. course

C. flow

D. trend

40.

A. check in

B. turn out

C. show up

D. send off

41.

A. offer

B. supply

C. question

D. issue

42.

A. finds

B. draws

C. lies

D. comes

43.

A. feel

B. sense

C. touch

D. mood

44.

A. entices

B. attracts

C. appeals

D. tempts

45.

A. Otherwise

B. In short

C. Instead

D. Despite that

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
46. Americans found themselves with less free time over the past few decades even though they are earning
A

more money.
47. His teacher, together with his parents, object to his behavior both in school and at home.
A

48. Would you please let him to speak about the new plan?
A

49. When I crossed the road, I saw two men whose car was broken down.
A

50. He reminded his brother to remember to feed the goldfish.

A

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
51. You will have to get someone to see to it. (passive)
__________________________________________________________________________________
52. We havent gone to a concert for ages.
Its _______________________________________________________________________________
53. Social services should have taken more action to protect children at risk. (criticize)
They _____________________________________________________________________________
54. But for the view, this would be a lovely room.
If ________________________________________________________________________________
55. Someone saw him breaking into the house. (passive)
__________________________________________________________________________________
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