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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 1. The bank announced that it was to merge with another of the high street banks.
A. separate B. associate C. cooperate D. assemble
Question 2. They are fighting to eradicate the legacy of starvation caused by the civil war.
A. get rid of B. indicate C. create D. distinguish

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 3. The package containing books and records were delivered last week.
A B C D
Question 4. Can't you think of anything more intelligent to tell?
A B C D
Question 5. The air that surrounds our planet is both odourless, colourless, and invisible
A B C D
Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly
cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group
organization and attitudes.
In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains
nearly all of each individuals life. The rewards of the groups work are shared with each member.
There is an interlocking identity of individual, group and task performed. Means and goals become one,
for cooperation itself is valued.
While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterature societies, secondary
cooperation is characteristic of many modern societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote
only part of their lives to the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Most members of the group feel
loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that they
can separately enjoy the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power. Business
offices and professional athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation.
In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the
shared work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic: the organization is loose
and fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals: it breaks down
when the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly speaking,
cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes
used for this relationship.
Question 6: What is the authors main purpose in the first paragraph of the passage?
A. To urge readers to cooperate more often
B. To show the importance of group organization and attitudes
C. To explain how cooperation differs from competition and conflict
D. To offer a brief definition of cooperation
Question 7: The word cherished in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______
A. defined B. prized C. agreed on D. set up

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Question 8: Which of the following statements about primary cooperation is supported by information
in the passage?
A. It is usually the first stage of cooperation achieved by a group of individuals attempting to cooperate
B. It is most commonly seen among people who have not yet developed reading and writing skills
C. It is an ideal that can never be achieved
D. It was confined to prehistoric times
Question 9: According to the passage, why do people join groups that practice secondary cooperation?
A. To get rewards for themselves
B. To associate with people who have similar backgrounds
C. To experience the satisfaction of cooperation
D. To defeat a common enemy
Question 10: Which of the following is an example of the third form of cooperation as it is defined in
the fourth paragraph?
A. Students form a study group so that all of them can improve their grades
B. Members of a farming community share work and the food that they grow
C. Two rival political parties temporarily work together to defeat a third party
D. A new business attempts to take customers away from an established company
Question 11: Which of the following is NOT given as a name for the third type of cooperation?
A. Tertiary cooperation B. Antagonistic cooperation
C. Accommodation D. Latent conflict
Question 12: The word fragile in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A. easily broken B. poorly planned C. inefficient D. involuntary

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 13: If he doesnt apologize, I will never invite him here again.
A. Unless he apologizes, then I will never invite him here again.
B. Unless he apologizes, I will never invite him here again.
C. Unless he apologizes, or I will never invite him here again.
D. Unless he apologizes, otherwise I will never invite him here again.

Question 14: After Louie had written his composition, he handed it to his teacher.
A. Handed the composition to his teacher, Louie wrote it.
B. Having written his composition, Louie handed it to his teacher.
C. Writing the composition, Louie handed it to his teacher.
D. Handing the composition, Louie had written his composition.

Question 15. I whispered as I didnt want anybody to hear our conversation.

A. So as not to hear our conversation I whispered.
B. Since nobody wanted to hear our conversation I whispered.
C. Because I whispered, nobody heard our conversation.
D. I lowered my voice in order that our conversation couldnt be heard.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 16. Im a bit wary of giving people my address when I dont know them very well.
A. willing B. upset C. cautious D. capable
Question 17. I received housing benefit when I was unemployed.
A. out of work B. out of fashion C. out of order D. out of practice

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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.

The English channel

Engineers have been dreaming of an underwater link between Britain and France since1802.
Finally in 1994 the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed The Chunnel by the English) was (18)_____ opened.
This fifteen billion dollar project took seven years to complete. It is about 50 km long and built
45 metres under the seabed. The trains which go through the Chunnel can travel at up 300 km/h due to
the (19) _____ electrical system.
The journey from London to Paris via the Chunnel takes just three hours. It is also (20) _____ for
drivers since they can load their cars onto the trains. They dont need to book in advance , as trains
depart every few minutes. However, while on the train, there isnt much to do and many (21) _______
the Chunnel for this.
(22) ______ the ferries, there is no duty-free shopping, no videogame parlou or refreshment stand, nor
can you look outside and enjoy the view. As a result, many would find the Chunnel unappealing and
would take the ferry instead.

Question 18: A. officially B. regularly C. correctly D. typically

Question 19: A. forward B. advanced C. higher D. increased
Question 20: A. benefit B. handy C. advantage D. spare
Question 21: A. criticise B. accuse C. complain D. blame
Question 22: A. Opposite B. Not alike C. Unlike D. Dissimilar

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
Question 23.Tom: Goodbye, Susie! - Susie: ____________!
A. So so B. The same C. Yeah D. So long
Question 24: Jane: Well, it was nice talking to you, but I have to dash. - Mary: __________
A. Thats nice B. Well, another time.
C. Ok, see you. D. Yes, I enjoyed talking to you, too.

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 25: She heard the news of the death of her mother. She fainted.
A. On hearing the news of her dead mother, she fainted.
B. She fainted and then she heard the news of the death of her mother.
C. She fainted so she heard the news of the death of her mother.
D. On hearing the news of her mothers death, she fainted.

Question 26: Jane was on the verge of leaving the airport. Her luggage showed up.
A. Jane was just about to leave the airport when she saw her luggage.
B. Jane was leaving the airport when her luggage showed her up.
C. Jane took the luggage and left the airport immediately.
D. Jane left the airport and had her luggage taken home.

Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of
extreme heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Suns rays.
Desert mammals also depart from the normal mammalian practice of maintaining a constant body
temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would

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involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what
would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured in
Grants gazelles. The overheated body then cools down during the cold desert night, and indeed the
temperature may fall unusually low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel. This is an
advantage since the heat of the first few hours of daylight is absorbed in warming up the body, and an
excessive buildup of heat does not begin until well into the day.
Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be
fatal for non-adapted animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without
harm to itself, whereas human beings die after losing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight. An
equally important adaptation is the ability to replenish this water loss at one drink. Desert animals can
drink prodigious volumes in a short time, and camels have been known to imbibe over 100 liters in a few
minutes. A very dehydrated person, on the other hand, cannot drink enough water to rehydrate at one
session, because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and because a too rapid dilution of the body
fluids causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water loss is of obvious advantage in the
desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from grazing sparse and
far-flung pastures. Desert-adapted mammals have the further ability to feed normally when extremely
dehydrated, it is a common experience in people that appetite is lost even under conditions of moderate
thirst.
Question 27: What is the main topic of the passage?
A. Weather variations in the desert. B. Adaptations of desert animals.
C. Diseased of desert animals. D. Human use of desert animals.
Question 28: According to the passage, why is light coloring an advantage to large desert animals?
A. It helps them hide from predators.
B. It does not absorb sunlight as much as dark colors.
C. It helps them see their young at night.
D. It keeps them cool at night.
Question 29: The word maintaining is closest in meaning to _________.
A. measuring B. inheriting C. preserving D. delaying
Question 30: The author uses of Grants gazelle as an example of
A. an animal with a low average temperature
B. an animal that is not as well adapted as the camel
C. a desert animal that can withstand high body temperatures
D. a desert animal with a constant body temperature
Question 31: The word tolerate is closest in meaning to _________.
A. endure B. replace C. compensate D. reduce
Question 32: What causes water intoxication?
A. Drinking too much water very quickly. B. Drinking polluted water.
C. Bacteria in water. D. Lack of water.
Question 33: Why does the author mention humans in the second paragraph?
A. To show how they use camels.
B. To contrast them to desert mammals.
C. To give instructions about desert survival.
D. To show how they have adapted to desert life.
Question 34: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an adaptation of large desert animals?
A. Variation in body temperatures. B. Eating while dehydrated.
C. Drinking water quickly. D. Being active at night.

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.

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Question 35: A. repeats B. attacks C. amuses D. coughs
Question 36: A. whom B. honest C. healthy D. heal

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 37. Tony Blair is believed _____ for Liverpool last week.
A. leaving B. to leave C. having left D. to have left
Question 38: You look exhausted. You __________ in the garden all day.
A. cant have worked hard B. must have worked hard
C. should have worked hard D. couldnt have worked hard
Question 39. Do you have __________ to take that bicycle?
A. allowance B. exception C. willingness D. permission
Question 40: ______ should a young child be allowed to play with fireworks without adult
supervision.
A. Under no circumstances B. No sooner than
C. Always D. Only when
Question 41: I wish Tom worked as hard as Mary ________ .
A. will B. can C. did D. does
Question 42: The book would have been perfect __________ the ending.
A. it had not been for B. had it not been for
C. hadnt it been for D. it hadnt been for
Question 43: Thanks to the laser beams, at last, he could get rid of the __________birthmark on his
face.
A. normal B. abnormal C. abnormality D. abnormally
Question 44: The _______ at the football match cheered the team on .
A. audience B. onlookers C. congregation D. spectators
Question 45: He always takes full__________of the mistake by these competitors.
A. benefit B. advantage C. profit D. advice
Question 46.The boys ________ that he had had anything to do with the break-in.
A. refused B. denied C. objected D. reject
Question 47: Learning English isn't so difficult once you_______ .
A. get on it B. get off it C. get down to it D. get down with it
Question 48: You shouldnt live ____ your means.
A. beyond B. without C. into D. on

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.
Question 49: A. attract B. decide C. reject D. beauty
Question 50: A. delicate B. promotion C. volcanic D. resources

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