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To complete each item, choose the best word or phrase from among
1 the four choices. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the
question and mark your answer.

(1) The police officer stopped the man and gave him an alcohol breath test because
he was driving his motorcycle very ( ).
1 erratically 2 cordially 3 scrupulously 4 deftly

(2) The professor warned his students not to submit essays copied from the
Internet, as such ( ) would get them expelled from the university.
1 invective 2 introversion 3 plagiarism 4 stratification

(3) A: Do you know what the boss is planning to say at the shareholders meeting?
B: If I could ( ) you, I would, but he hasnt said anything to me about
the matter.
1 glamorize 2 idolize 3 hasten 4 enlighten

(4) Alice and Charles thought their new plum tree would not survive the hot, dry
summer, but it proved to be more ( ) than they had expected.
1 verbose 2 impertinent 3 malicious 4 robust

(5) A: Are you looking forward to visiting Brazil, Setsuko?

B: Yes, but I dont ( ) the thought of the journey. Twenty-four hours
on an airplane wont be much fun.
1 relish 2 fete 3 torment 4 jeer

(6) By the time firefighters arrived at the familys home, it was completely
( ). Although no one was hurt, the house could not be saved.
1 jovial 2 ablaze 3 paltry 4 aloof

(7) Bill attends an elite university, so his professors are among the most
( ) people in their fields. He feels honored to be taught by such highly
respected scholars.
1 volatile 2 eminent 3 assailable 4 repugnant

(8) The police formed a ( ) in front of the government building to stop the
angry protesters from entering and physically attacking the president.
1 shoal 2 hoax 3 gorge 4 cordon

(9) When the kings daughter married the prince of a neighboring country, the king
said, This ( ) occasion represents the union of two nations!
1 copious 2 momentous 3 voracious 4 extraneous

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( 10 ) A: Do I really have to stay in the hospital another night, Doctor?

B: Unfortunately, yes. There seems to be an ( ) in your blood test
results, Mr. Peters. Id like to do more tests to find out what the problem is.
1 insurrection 2 anomaly 3 increment 4 oracle

( 11 ) When the war memorial was completed, a ceremony was held to ( ) it

to the memory of the soldiers who had given their lives for their country.
1 encapsulate 2 consecrate 3 envelop 4 conscript

( 12 ) After ( ) in prison for 20 years, Jake was finally released. He greatly

regretted both his crime and the years of his life that had been wasted because of
it.
1 languishing 2 gargling 3 lurching 4 disembarking

( 13 ) The new chief editor told her staff it was time to ( ) the fashion
magazine to win back readers. The new look should be bold and stylish, she
said.
1 rebuff 2 revile 3 revamp 4 retard

( 14 ) A: Wilson, if I fall asleep during the principals speech, will you give me a
( ) to wake me up?
B: Sure, Sofia. But only if I dont fall asleep as well!
1 ledge 2 stitch 3 pitch 4 nudge

( 15 ) After several people died from taking the new flu medication, it was banned by
the government. It turns out the medication can be ( ) if taken with
certain other drugs.
1 vexing 2 covetous 3 lethal 4 unequivocal

( 16 ) This travel guide for Hawaii has information on a wide range of

accommodations, from the most ( ) resort hotels to basic discount motels.
1 jaded 2 foolhardy 3 opulent 4 plaintive

( 17 ) More than 260 awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, were ( ) on
Nelson Mandela for his work in fighting racial discrimination in South Africa.
1 bestowed 2 exonerated 3 pollinated 4 masqueraded

( 18 ) Allen knew his comic book collection would someday be valuable, so he kept it
in ( ) condition, refusing to let anyone touch it.
1 unwitting 2 debonair 3 poignant 4 pristine
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 ( 19 ) In exchange for acting as a witness against his former crime boss, the gangster
was granted ( ) from prosecution and allowed to go free.
1 immunity 2 undertone 3 turmoil 4 transgression

( 20 ) Although western Colorado is usually quite dry throughout the summer, the
amount of ( ) this year has been unusually high.
1 voltage 2 precipitation 3 leverage 4 annexation

( 21 ) It is the courage and selflessness ( ) by fine soldiers like you that

form the core of our national spirit, the general told the troops at the victory
parade.
1 rankled 2 trudged 3 exemplified 4 exasperated

( 22 ) After ignoring his work for most of the semester, Enrique ( ) and
studied hard for the last two weeks. It was too late, though, and he received poor
grades.
1 buckled down 2 polished off
3 ironed out 4 flaked off

( 23 ) While the other runners went as fast as possible from the start of the race, Tom
( ) and waited. Then, when the others were tired, he ran at full speed and
passed them.
1 hung back 2 rode on 3 beefed up 4 roped in

( 24 ) A: What do you think of my idea for a TV commercial, Hank?

B: Well, it would be a lot of work. Youd better ( ) the manager to
see what he thinks about starting such a big project.
1 pine for 2 cave in 3 bunch up 4 sound out

( 25 ) The new employee stayed at the office very late working on the report he had
been asked to write. He did not want to ( ) his first chance to impress his
boss.
1 sift through 2 louse up
3 reel in 4 hinge on

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Read each passage and choose the best word or phrase from
2 among the four choices for each blank. Then, on your answer sheet,
find the number of the question and mark your answer.

The Neanderthal Extinction

The extinction of Neanderthals, close relatives of modern humans, has long
been attributed to climate change. Around 40,000 years ago, temperatures started
dropping across Europe. As the theory goes, this forced both Neanderthals and
their animal food sources southward to warmer regions. Neanderthals had relied
on the concealment offered by the northern forests to stealthily approach large
prey animals and spear or club them at close range. On the sparsely vegetated
southern plains, however, this strategy was both hazardous and ineffectual, and
they gradually succumbed to starvation. The ( 26 ) was therefore assumed to
have caused Neanderthals to go extinct. Recent improvements in techniques for
dating bones and artifacts, however, have revealed that Neanderthals were mostly
gone by the time the cooling trend began, casting doubt on the climate change
theory.
Early humans, it seems, are the most likely culprits in Neanderthals
disappearance. Recent research indicates they edged out Neanderthals largely
thanks to ( 27 ). Professor Richard Horan of Michigan State University cites
excavations of human and Neanderthal dwellings as evidence of a fundamental
difference in lifestyle. According to Horan, human habitations were partitioned
for different functions, whereas those of Neanderthals were not. This is evidence
that individual humans were devoting time and resources to tasks they excelled at,
thereby increasing efficiency. Humans tendency toward societal organization
likely granted them an enormous competitive advantage as the two groups vied to
acquire finite resources.
Furthermore, Neanderthals lived in scattered bands of just a few individuals
and lacked the extended social networks that allowed humans to trade for distant
resources and engage in other economic activities. Some researchers now say
( 28 ). The Neanderthal brain was about 10 percent larger than that of a
modern human. Fossil evidence strongly suggests that the area of the brain
responsible for processing visual stimuli was particularly large in Neanderthals,
which would have allowed for optimal visual perception and therefore been
advantageous when hunting in the dim light of the northern latitudes. As a
consequence, however, less space was allocated to the brains frontal lobe the
area responsible for social cognition. The resulting inferior social capacity would
have severely reduced the species ability to compete.

( 26 ) 1 decision to modify their diet

2 failure to adapt to new circumstances
3 decrease in animal populations
4 loss of plains in the south

( 27 ) 1 a lucky coincidence 2 being protected from the weather

3 their division of labor 4 their more aggressive nature

( 28 ) 1 this was not always the case

2 there was a clear reason for this
3 population sizes were not affected
4 Neanderthals engaged in trade as well
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Marriage and Social Class

Daniel Schneider of the University of California, Berkeley, has been
investigating the decline in marriage rates that has been occurring since the 1970s
in the United States. Not only are the ranks of the unmarried growing, but
marriage rates for those with lower education levels and those who lack wealth
have undergone a dramatic plunge. Schneider worries that anything that makes
disadvantaged people less likely to tie the knot also makes them less able to reap
the social and economic benefits marriage has been shown to provide, and that
they will face ever-increasing obstacles in their struggle to break the cycle of
poverty. Data from the United States Census Bureau suggest that ( 29 ).
Adults with a doctorate or masters degree are almost four times as likely to marry
someone who also has one, and college graduates are twice as likely to marry
another college graduate. Moreover, marriage rates for male high school dropouts
are less than half those of male college graduates. In short, low-income individuals
with lower education levels are marrying less, and there has been a decline in
marriage across educational and class lines.
The latter trend has ( 30 ) college-educated people from lower-class
backgrounds. Research by Cornell University sociologist Kelly Musick, who
examined long-term data on 3,200 Americans from widely varying social
backgrounds, indicates that college is advantageous in terms of raising individuals
earning potential, regardless of their socioeconomic background. There was also a
high correlation between college attendance and heightened odds of getting
married for people from the middle and upper classes. Statistics on individuals
from lower-class backgrounds, however, indicated that college was an impediment
to marriage, diminishing mens odds by 38 percent and womens by 22 percent.
Musick attributes this to what she calls the marriage market mismatch. On the
one hand, people from lower-class backgrounds may be reluctant to marry down
to a less educated partner from the same background, but on the other, their
ability to find a partner with a similar level of education from a more privileged
background may be impeded. According to Musick, therefore, although education
can overcome income disparity among socioeconomic classes, other differences
may ( 31 ).

( 29 ) 1 such concerns are valid 2 wealth is not an advantage

3 this could easily be prevented 4 it is too early to be certain

( 30 ) 1 created new opportunities for 2 led to higher marriage rates for

3 made things difficult for 4 interfered with the working habits of

( 31 ) 1 be advantageous to the lower classes

2 continue to fade as time goes on
3 persist in social and family relationships
4 disappear in spite of education levels
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Read each passage and choose the best answer from among the
3 four choices for each question. Then, on your answer sheet, find the
number of the question and mark your answer.

The Origin of Paper Money

In the early eleventh century, the government of the Song dynasty of China began
producing the worlds first official paper currency. Like many great innovations, paper
currency resulted from a complex chain of historical coincidences. Indispensable to its
development was a conception of the fundamental nature of money that was in stark
contrast to the one held in the West. European countries, believing that the worth of a
currency should be based on the intrinsic value of the commodity it was made from,
tended to employ gold- and silver-based currencies. The monetary system in China prior
to the development of paper currency, however, utilized coins minted from low-value
metals such as copper. Though not particularly rare, these metals had to be extracted from
the ground and refined. By controlling the mining and minting processes, the government
wielded enormous influence over the money supply. In the Chinese conception, money
became worth what the state said it was worth, and was thus a tool the government could
utilize to prevent severe fluctuations in the price and supply of commodities caused by
surpluses or shortages of food, textiles, and other goods.
It was in this context that the worlds first paper currency, called jiaozi, was initially
developed as a private bill of exchange for goods in the early tenth century. The notes
did not enter into broad use, however, until a peasant uprising broke out in the isolated
province of Sichuan in the year 993; the rebels seized the capital city of Chengdu, which
was a coin-producing hub for the region. Though the rebellion was put down within three
years, the coin-producing mints remained closed for some time, and private merchants
issued jiaozi as a stopgap measure. As the Song government began to reassert political
and economic control after the rebellion, it designated 16 merchants as issuers of jiaozi
and regulated the notes appearance and production methods in order to increase their
legitimacy. Jiaozi began to be used for trade between cities in the region, but this led to
the proliferation of irresponsible issuers who failed to back their notes, and to a surge in
counterfeit bills. The government therefore took over the administration of the notes,
issuing the first official bills in 1023.
Though paper had become an accepted currency in Sichuan, jiaozi were still
regarded as a mere supplement to coins. In the late eleventh century, however,
landowners with large estates were evading their tax payments, and peasant farmers were
being taxed disproportionately. To address this disparity, imperial counselor Wang Anshi
instituted a number of economic reforms, including paying all government employees in
cash and allowing peasants to pay their taxes with money rather than through unpaid
labor or by giving up a share of their crops. The resulting demand for coinage outstripped
the supply, prompting officials to greatly increase the distribution of paper money.
Although inflation led to devaluation of the jiaozi, eventually causing it to be replaced by
a new form of paper currency, Wangs radical social and economic ideas brought paper
currency to prominence in Sichuan. From there, it spread throughout China, eventually
reaching the West in the fourteenth century.
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 ( 32 ) Why did the Song dynasty government prefer to use low-value metals for its
coins?
1 The relatively unsophisticated mining technology that was available in
China at the time made it impossible to use precious metals as currency.
2 The ability to manage both the supply and value of its currency was an
important tool that officials could utilize to help stabilize the economy.
3 Coins that were made of fairly common metals reflected the low values of
the commodities the currency was generally used to purchase.
4 In order to counter Western influence on trade and economic exchange, the
government chose to utilize a completely new form of currency.

( 33 ) What is true of the currency known as jiaozi?

1 It was originally developed to address problems relating to the counterfeiting
of coins among merchants in the city of Chengdu.
2 It resulted from an agreement between official mints and individual business
owners who wanted to produce a single, standardized form of currency.
3 It was a cash alternative implemented by rebels who were seeking to
damage the status of the metal coins being issued by the Song government.
4 It was used as a temporary solution to a local crisis in Sichuan and went on
to become officially recognized and controlled by the government.

( 34 ) One consequence of Wang Anshis economic reforms was that

1 owners of large estates were required to begin paying their taxes in the
form of paper money so that the state could increase its revenues.
2 officials began printing and distributing jiaozi to show wealthy landowners
the government was committed to helping them maintain their status.
3 the most widely exchanged form of currency became harder to get, forcing
people to utilize paper money on a far broader scale than ever before.
4 the government became aware that the widespread use of jiaozi had made
business transactions more difficult to tax.

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Arguing about Prohibition

In 1920, the US government adopted the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution,
outlawing the manufacture, sale, and transport of intoxicating liquors. Many supporters of
the constitutional ban, widely known as Prohibition, believed it would be permanent, but
a mere 13 years later it became the first amendment ever to be repealed. In the ensuing
years, Prohibition was vilified as a failed, unrealistic attempt by religious extremists to
impose their values on the public. According to this view, Prohibition foundered because
US citizens simply continued to drink as before, as consumption was driven underground.
Meanwhile, the legitimate liquor industry was decimated, and illegal alcohol sales became
a huge new source of income for organized-crime groups. Today, Prohibition has become
a byword for the mistake of attempting to eliminate sin and vice through oppressive
legislation, casting a shadow over later discussions of government social initiatives.
Advocates of gun control are routinely compared to prohibitionists, and the tobacco
industry is said to have benefited from the bad taste that Prohibition left in the publics
mouth.
Historians such as Jack S. Blocker Jr. of the University of Western Ontario,
however, argue that common perceptions of Prohibition arise from ignorance of historical
facts. Blocker holds that Prohibition functioned as a public health initiative in a period
before the emergence of modern civic health policies, and he maintains that the
Eighteenth Amendment was a rational move that enjoyed widespread support. While
admitting that the anti-alcohol movement originated in Protestant churches, he says its
proponents came to place a greater emphasis on the medical and social dangers of alcohol
consumption. In this, the movement gained backing from physicians and economists
worried about the dramatic rise in alcohol consumption in the early 1900s. Moreover,
Blocker offers data showing that Prohibition did in fact reduce drinking, and that rates did
not return to pre-Prohibition levels until the 1960s.
Author Daniel Okrent offers an alternative view of Prohibition. Okrent says that an
unlikely coalition, which included anti-immigration activists and advocates of
implementing an income tax, was responsible. At a time when millions of immigrants
were flooding into the country, native-born, white Protestant Americans saw their political
power diminishing and sought to weaken the political clout of saloon owners, who had
enormous influence over immigrant voters. Fueled by anti-German propaganda during
World War I, they also saw breweries, which were largely German-owned, as a menace
to society. Prohibition became a stand-in issue that could be used to stem the rising tide
of immigrants political influence. Similarly, income-tax advocates seized on Prohibition
as a means for depriving the government of a crucial revenue source. About half the
federal governments revenue came from an excise tax on alcohol, and Prohibition would
make the implementation of the first US income tax a necessity. Okrent argues that
though many people who voted for Prohibition were drinkers themselves, they voted for
it as a means to an end that was not what it appeared to be on the surface.
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 ( 35 ) According to the author of the passage, the view of the Eighteenth Amendment
among modern Americans is that it
1 was initially a failure but had long-term positive effects on future
generations attitudes toward alcohol consumption.
2 clearly demonstrated the need for stricter legislation to prevent organized
crime from spreading throughout society.
3 served to firmly establish the sale and manufacture of alcohol as a
cornerstone of business in the United States.
4 contributed to making the public doubtful of government legislation aimed
at correcting social problems.

( 36 ) How does Jack S. Blocker Jr. characterize the twentieth-century Prohibition

movement?
1 It evolved from a religious movement to one motivated by concerns about
alcohols effect on public health and social welfare.
2 Its supporters were motivated more by the damage that alcohol consumption
was doing to the economy than by health concerns.
3 It gained popularity for its promised solution to the alcohol problem despite
warnings from experts about the negative political consequences.
4 It reflected the general belief that prevention of illness has a more positive
effect on the economy than medical treatment by physicians.

( 37 ) Daniel Okrent believes the members of the unlikely coalition responsible for
putting Prohibition into effect were
1 united in the belief that alcohol was such a threat to the US immigrant
population that drastic measures were required to help them.
2 dominated by white Protestants who voted for the movement because they
felt it was unethical that alcohol was not being taxed.
3 receiving funding from immigrant groups who brought ideas about the
sinfulness of alcohol with them from their home countries.
4 taking advantage of the movement to further their own political agendas
even though they did not necessarily believe in it.

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 Language and Thought
Does language shape the
thought and worldview of its
speakers, or is it human thought
that determines language? Those
debating the issue have long been
divided into two camps: the rela-
tivists and the universalists. Re-
lativists maintain that language in-
fluences thought, and that the
nearly infinite grammatical and
lexical differences between lan-
guages give rise to the multitude
of worldviews possessed by hu-
manity. Universalists, on the other
hand, believe language is shaped
by cognition, and that all languages
share the same limited, universally
available range of expression.
In the early twentieth century,
as the field of linguistics was
emerging, relativist thinkers such
as Edward Sapir and Benjamin
Lee Whorf held sway. We see
and hear and otherwise experience
very largely as we do because the
language habits of our community
predispose certain choices of inter-
pretation, Sapir stated in his 1929
essay on language. Though in-
triguing, this theory had little em-
pirical research to support it, and
by the 1960s, universalism had be-
gun to gain ground. In 1967,
American scholar Noam Chomsky
proposed his Universal Gram- tion. In one study, deaf children
mar, which revolutionized the
study of linguistics. According to
Chomskys theory, the human
mind is hardwired to create
speech, and as a result, all lan-
guages share certain traits and
grammatical features.
In the following decades, the
field of linguistics turned away
from formal explorations of the
linkages between culture and lan-
guage in favor of in-depth analysis
of the commonly held underlying
linguistic structures proposed by
Chomsky. Studies of color recog-
nition in infants, for example,
showed that even before they can
speak, babies can perceive color
categorically, suggesting that some
sort of innate ability affecting per-
ception of colors exists in the
brain, without any influence of
learned language.
Other studies examining the
way sign language is used also lent
support to the idea of a universal
capacity for grammatical organiza-
born to hearing parents who were
unable to use sign language none-
theless began linking gestures to-
gether to communicate. Another
study followed a deaf boy born to
parents who were also deaf but
who had not learned American
Sign Language properly. Although
he had no models for correct
grammatical usage in American
Sign Language, the child was
nonetheless able to use grammar
and complex sentence structures
accurately. For example, the par-
ents often used verbs of motion in-
correctly, but the child signed
them without mistakes nearly all
the time. Cases like this gave
many scientists cause to believe
there were innate elements to lan-
guage acquisition.

( 38 ) What might a proponent of universalism say in response to Edward Sapirs

statement regarding language?
1 The idea that thought shapes language is difficult to believe because there
are so many different types of languages in existence.
2 Worldviews are not determined by language, but rather language is
determined by inherent characteristics of the human mind.
3 Thought processes are affected more by an individuals unique speech
pattern than by the community in which that individual grows up.
4 While the number of different worldviews is limited, there is no limit to the
range of language that humans are capable of producing.

( 39 ) What was suggested by the results of the study involving the deaf boy?
1 Children possess the capacity to use language with grammatical correctness
regardless of whether they have been shown how to do so.
2 The degree to which a child will be able to acquire language can be
predicted by the parents ability to use grammar correctly.
3 Children who can hear have difficulty learning sign language because of
grammatical differences between signed languages and spoken languages.
4 A childs ability to recognize colors is affected not only by the language the
child has been taught but also by the words the child uses on a regular basis.

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 In recent years, however, rela-
tivism has begun to return to favor
among linguists, due in part to in-
creased access to speakers of little-
known languages in remote areas.
Cognitive scientist Lera Borodit-
sky of the University of California,
San Diego, has surveyed thousands
of speakers of several different
languages to obtain empirical data
on how language shapes cognition.
According to Boroditsky,
speakers of an Australian Aborigi-
nal language called Kuuk Thaay-
orre indicate location by using
compass directions north, south,
northwest, etc. rather than rela-
tive terms like left or right. To the
question, Where is the pen?, an
English speaker standing on one
side of a table would reply, Its to
the left of the book, but a speaker
standing on the opposite side of
the table would answer, Its to the
right of the book. Kuuk Thaay-
orre speakers, however, would say,
Its southeast of the book, no tribe members ability to under-
matter where they stood in the
room. This aspect of their lan-
guage means Kuuk Thaayorre
speakers must maintain constant
awareness of their physical orien-
tation and how it relates to their
surroundings.
Another researcher, Daniel
Everett, who spent decades in the
Brazilian Amazon with a tribe of
hunter-gatherers called the Pirah,
claims his experiences contradict
Chomskys Universal Grammar.
Everett posits that the culture of
the Pirah has imposed restrictions
on their language, which in turn
has limited their ability to grasp
certain concepts. For example, the
Pirah are a hunter-gatherer soci-
ety with an extremely present-
focused worldview: they have no
interest in the distant past or fu-
ture. Consequently, they do not
store food for future consumption,
and as a result, their language con-
tains hardly any words to express
quantity. This in turn has limited
conversation about language and
stand the concept of counting.
Everett believes their focus on the
immediate present is reflected in
their language, which has no verb
conjugations for past or future
tenses and contains few words re-
lating to time.
A group of researchers led by
Terry Regier of the University of
California, Berkeley, having re-
cently investigated the debate over
language and thought in the con-
text of color cognition, proposes
that the division between univer-
salism and relativism is a blurry
one. They acknowledge that some
aspects of language, such as distin-
guishing and naming colors, have
universal tendencies; at the same
time, they say language has an un-
deniable effect on perception.
While they realize the debate is
likely to continue, the researchers
suggest the dichotomy between
universal and relativist perspec-
tives is only useful as a means of
starting, rather than pursuing, a
thought.

( 40 ) Which of the following points is made regarding speakers of certain little-

known languages?
1 The emphasis on compass directions in the culture of Kuuk Thaayorre
speakers has little to do with the influence of their language.
2 Pirah tribe members would find it easier to grasp the concept of counting
if they were instructed in their native language.
3 Speakers of Kuuk Thaayorre have strong directional skills as a result of
certain characteristics of their language.
4 As Pirah tribe members adapted to a more modern lifestyle, more concepts
relating to time began to be reflected in their language.

( 41 ) What is the main point put forth by Terry Regiers research team?
1 Color cognition is one of many areas in which there seems to be a clear
winner in the debate between universalists and relativists.
2 The relationship between language and thought is too complex to be
explained solely by either of the viewpoints of relativism or universalism.
3 Humans ability to distinguish and label colors has little to do with either
acquired language or innate cognitive ability.
4 The universalist argument is superior in that it better explains the reason for
tendencies found in most of the worlds languages.

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4 English Composition

Write an essay on the given TOPIC.

Give THREE reasons to support your answer.
Structure: introduction, main body, and conclusion
Suggested length: 200 240 words
Write your essay in the space provided on Side B of your answer sheet.
Any writing outside the space will not be graded.

TOPIC
Agree or disagree: World peace is an achievable goal

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Listening Test

There are four parts to this listening test.

Part 1 Dialogues: 1 question each Multiple-choice

Part 2 Passages: 2 questions each Multiple-choice
Part 3 Real-Life: 1 question each Multiple-choice
Part 4 Interview: 2 questions Multiple-choice

Listen carefully to the instructions.

Part 1
No. 1 1 Terry should discuss his problems with his teacher.
2 Terry should spend less time studying vocabulary.
3 Terry should use a different method to learn words.
4 Terry should let her help him study for the test.

No. 2 1 He worked late the night before.

2 He had an early morning meeting.
3 He has been working alone too often.
4 He did not finish the advertising contract.

No. 3 1 They like to take turns shopping.

2 They prefer to stay at home on weekends.
3 They enjoy doing activities separately.
4 They do not enjoy each others company.

No. 4 1 He goes there to talk with old friends.

2 He enjoys taking his family there.
3 He hopes to attend next year.
4 He thinks there are too many spectators.

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 No. 5 1 The house is too big for them.
2 The neighborhood is too crowded.
3 The nearby station will be noisy.
4 The rent will make it hard to save money.

No. 6 1 Cancel the appointment with Mr. Lloyd.

2 Reschedule the appointment.
3 Ask Monica to participate.
4 Meet with Mr. Lloyd as planned.

No. 7 1 Delay her holiday by a month.

2 Go away at the usual time.
3 Go on vacation by herself.
4 Visit job fairs around the country.

No. 8 1 The woman should have done her paper sooner.

2 He does not have time to go to lunch.
3 The woman should not go to Jims party.
4 He cannot meet the woman later.

No. 9 1 She is neglecting the students needs.

2 She ordered the wrong model of computer.
3 She sometimes fails to consult others.
4 She tends to ignore budget limitations.

No. 10 1 The womens input will be ignored.

2 It will probably be the last one they have to complete.
3 His boss wants to see it before human resources does.
4 It could lead to changes in the workplace.

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Listening Test

Part 2

(A) No. 11 1 Few of them suffered from oral health problems.

2 Most of them were not involved in agriculture.
3 They had learned to store grain surpluses.
4 Some of them could not digest certain proteins.

No. 12 1 It helps control weed growth on farmland.

2 It provides more energy than grains do.
3 It can kill potentially harmful bacteria.
4 It was used as a food preservative in ancient times.

(B) No. 13 1 They are a threat to marine organisms.

2 A chemical they release can help sustain life.
3 They are not affected by volcanic activity.
4 The energy they produce is used in photosynthesis.

No. 14 1 They have no defense against hydrogen sulfide.

2 They rely on microbes for their survival.
3 They sometimes consume other tubeworms.
4 They can regrow their external organs.

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 (C) No. 15 1 They were constructed by unregistered building companies.
2 They were intended to house incoming migrants.
3 They were built to protect people in the event of war.
4 They were created as shelters from extreme weather.

No. 16 1 They are often discriminated against.

2 Most of them now prefer living underground.
3 The government fines them if they refuse to move out.
4 Many of them want to bring their families to Beijing.

(D) No. 17 1 By helping to rebuild nerve endings.

2 By removing harmful chemicals from the skin.
3 By increasing production of new skin.
4 By blocking a chemical essential for muscle movement.

No. 18 1 It can cause pain for some patients.

2 Its effects over time are unknown.
3 It may cause cancer in young patients.
4 It can negatively affect some brain functions.

(E) No. 19 1 The degree to which a person feels tired.

2 The profession a person works in.
3 The amount of time a person has to make a decision.
4 The number of times a person wakes up each night.

No. 20 1 Caffeine made people more willing to take orders.

2 Coffee drinkers more easily tell lies to strangers.
3 Caffeine helped people maintain their sense of morality.
4 Drinking two cups of coffee a day can cause depression.

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(F) No. 21 Situation: You are a student and want to see a movie this
weekend. You want the cheapest option and will go
alone. You call the cinema and hear this recorded
message.
Question: What should you do?

1 Watch a midnight screening.

2 Go on Sunday evening.
3 Watch an afternoon screening.
4 Join the Rewards Club.

(G) No. 22 Situation: An airport information-desk clerk is telling you about

transportation to the Regent Bay Hotel. You want to
get there as cheaply and quickly as possible.
Question: What should you do first?

1 Take the Airport Monorail to Newark.

2 Take the Skytrain to Rossport Station.
3 Take a taxi to Rossport Station.
4 Take the Airport Monorail to Statham Station.

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 (H) No. 23 Situation: You have bought an expensive photograph to hang
in your restaurant. You want to protect the photograph
from UV rays, and glare reduction is important. A
clerk is explaining framing options.
Question: What type of glass should you choose?

1 Museum-grade.
2 See-All.
3 Clear View.
4 Acrylic.

(I) No. 24 Situation: You have some arthritis pain that is not responding
to low doses of an over-the-counter painkiller. You
have a history of stomach problems. Your doctor is
advising you.
Question: What should you do?

1 Take your over-the-counter painkiller in the morning.

2 Start taking Cozanet.
3 Increase the dose of your current medication.
4 Start taking Sensamyl.

(J) No. 25 Situation: You receive the following voice mail from the
coordinator of an English speech contest. You were a
judge last year. You will be overseas from August 15
to 19.
Question: What should you do first?

1 Send Hisako an e-mail regarding your attendance.

2 Recommend a qualified judge.
3 Fill out all of the necessary documents.
4 Go to the orientation meeting.

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No. 26 1 Some elements of its training should have been more

comprehensive.
2 It is too focused on regulations, which has led to
inefficiency.
3 Its support network was inadequate in some countries he
visited.
4 Changing demands in various countries have affected its
selection process.

No. 27 1 He was glad to be taught about various cultures around the

world.
2 He realized that the cultural education he was receiving was
limited.
3 His main concern was simply getting a good qualification.
4 Having a tutor from Morocco led to his interest in that
country.

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