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Anyone looking for a way to something for the
environment need look no further than their own
home. In its struggle to ___(1)__ with the Kyoto
Protocol of 1997 and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions to ___(2)___ 1990 levels, the EU
___(3)___ to reduce energy consumption in the
home. This is ___(4)___ surprising since the EU's
160 million buildings are ___(5)___ responsible for
a staggering 40% of all energy consumed by its 15
states.
The United States will officially take 70,000
refugees in 2003.___(6)__ the number will be
much lower as many thousands will be caught up
in lengthy ___(7)___ necessitated by post-
th
September 11 security procedures. In 2002, for
example, America ___(8)___ only 30,000 refugees,
the lowest number in 25 years. This is a remarkable
___(9)___ of America's traditional generosity
___(10)___ the world's displaced.

1. 6.
A) coincide A) In place of
B) agree B) In return
C) augment C) In practice
D) compete D) In case
E) comply E) In excess of

2. 7.
A) forward A) distinctions
B) above B) competitions
C) behind C) departures
D) below D) delays
E) back E) resources

3. 8.
A) to have sought A) had accepted
B) would seek B) has accepted
C) having sought C) would accept
D) would be seeking D) is accepting
E) is seeking E) accepted

4. 9.
A) hardly A) reversal
B) nevertheless B) exchange
C) more C) comparison
D) indeed D) expression
E) just E) appreciation

5. 10.
A) nearly A) against
B) apparently B) through
C) therefore C) over
D) likely D) towards
E) permanently E) beyond

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In the pharmaceutical industry, vaccines have long In Britain, firemen have been on partial strike for
been poor stepsisters to big, glamorous drugs. months, demanding a huge pay increase
Immunization campaign; have worked wonders. ___(16)___ bitterly resisting changes to their
___(11)___ scourges such as polio. ___(12)___ working conditions. Tony Blair's labor government
annual global sales of vaccines have fallen off has watched with ___(17)___ alarm as a series of
during ___(13)___ years and the number of major elections has put militant leaders ___(18)___ the
companies ___(14)___ them has shrunk from 20 in top jobs at some of the biggest unions. In April,
the 1980s to just 4. This is a sure sign that it Kevin Curran ___(19)___ the more moderate John
___(15)___ an economic business to be in. Edmonds as leader of the GMB, Britain's fourth-
largest union; and in May a left-winger defeated
the ___(20)___ favored by the Labor Party for the
11. leadership of the powerful T&G union.
A) committing
B) pulling down
C) wiping out 16.
D) interfering with A) when
E) exposing B) while
C) for
12. D) as
A) Yet E) whether
B) Consequently
C) Apparently 17.
D) As far as A) some
E) Regarding B) any
C) such
13. D) an
A) present E) as
B) contemporary
C) latter 18.
D) recent A) over
E) Final B) up
C) past
14. D) into
A) to sell E) by
B) having sold
C) to be selling 19.
D) to have sold A) succeeding
E) selling B) has succeeded
C) would succeed
15. D) having succeeded
A) didn't have to be E) succeeded
B) hasn't been
C) wouldn't be 20.
D) didn't use to be A) candidate
E) shouldn't be B) applicant
C) nominee
D) client
E) participant

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When the rage for orchids hit Europe in the Until the middle of the nineteenth century, most
nineteenth century collectors immediately realized Americans were indifferent to paint. Wood was
that greenhouses were needed to provide plentiful and cheap especially on the frontier;
___(21)___ growing conditions. ___(22)___ ___(26)___ most settlers had to chop down trees
greenhouses were a luxury ___(23)___ the very to dear their land. ___(27)___ eager to start
wealthy. But before long, greenhouses ___(24)___ farming, they used their wood to build their cabins
mass produced, ___(25)___ made them more as cheaply and quickly as possible. If they had
affordable for orchid lovers of modest means. painted their buildings, this ___(28)___ their
durability; ___(29)___ painting was an expensive
and timeconsuming job. There were ___(30)___
21. more urgent calls upon their time and their money.
A) better
B) best
C) as good 26.
D) the most A) on the contrary
E) more B) as if
C) similarly
22. D) in case
A) At times E) in fact
B) At present
C) Eventually 27.
D) Hardly A) Having been
E) At first B) To be
C) To have been
23. D) Being
A) for E) Having to be
B) off
C) about 28.
D) over A) had extended
E) from B) might have extended
C) was extending
24. D) would be extending
A) have been E) might extend
B) were being
C) had been 29.
D) would have been A) but
E) will be B) whether
C) unless
25. D) that
A) what E) if
B) thus
C) which 30.
D) but A) none
E) so B) any
C) anywhere
D) other
E) so

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Satellite-servicing technology is being used to
upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope to perform
beyond its initial design requirements. Twice
astronauts have replaced the telescope's solar
panels ___(31)___ higherperformance ones. The
most impressive improvement, however, has come
with the ___(32)___ of a new camera to record the
images seen by the Hubble . Its increased
sensitivity makes it ten ___(33)___ as powerful as
its predecessor, and it ___(34)___ dramatically
sharper images, some of them of stars and galaxies
that were ___(35)___ to the old Hubble.
31.
A) from
B) with
C) to
D) against
E) over
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803- 1882 ) was a sage,
not a scientist, but he was more keenly interested
in the scientific advances of his day than is
commanly reallzed . One of his early aspirations
was to be "a naturallst", and he started his career
___(36)___ a lecturer- essayist by giving talks on
natural science, ___(37)___ one focused on the
chemical composition of water. ___(38)___
Emerson went on to make his mark primarily in the
areas of literature, religion, philosophy and social
reform, he remained an eager lifelong student of
both traditional and contemporary natural and
social science. To date, however, this side of
Emerson's thought and life ___(39)___ only a
handful of significant scholarly discussions.
Emerson's life in science is the best of books
___(40)___ this aspect of Emerson that have
marked the bicentennial of his birth, and it is one
that will endure.

32. 36.
A) distribution A) more
B) application B) so
C) installation C) such
D) duplication D) as
E) reaction E) only

33. 37.
A) times A) describing
B) figures B) including
C) degrees C) considering
D) periods D) intending
E) points E) defining

34. 38.
A) will produce A) although
B) had produced B) therefore
C) has produced C) so that
D) may produce D) but
E) would produce E) since

35. 39.
A) incapable A) should attract
B) inappropriate B) is attracting
C) inadequate C) will attract
D) indestructible D) has attracted
E) invisible E) had attracted

40.
A) to
B) for
C) on
D) with
E) at

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In the latter part of the Middle Ages, cities created
asylums to cope with the mentally ill. These
asylums were simply prisons; the inmates were
kept on chains in dark, fifty cells and were treated
more as animals ___(41)___ as human beings. it
___(42)___ until 1972, when Phillipe Pinel was
placed in charge of an asylum in Paris, that some
improvements were made in an experiment, Pinel
removed the chains that ___(43)___ the inmates.
Much ___(44)___ the amazement of skeptics, who
thought Pinel was mad to unchain such animals,
the experiments was a success. When placed in
clean, sunny rooms, and treated kindly, many
people who for years ___(45)___ hopelessly insane
improved enough to leave the asylum.
Intellectualization is an attempt to gain
detachment from a stressful situation by
confronting it in abstract, intellectual terms. This
kind of defense is frequently a necessity for people
who must ___(46)___ life-and-death matters in
their daily jobs. The doctor who is continually
confronted with human suffering cannot afford to
become emotionally involved with ___(47)___
patient. In fact, a certain amount of detachment
may be essential ___(48)___ the doctor to function
competently. This kind of intellectualization is a
problem only when it ___(49)___ such a pervasive
life- style ___(50)___ individuals cut themselves off
from all emotional experiences.

46.
41. A) come apart
A) than B) use up
B) like C) show off
C) such D) turn down
D) so E) deal with
E) much
47.
42. A) another
A) has not been B) some
B) had not been C) each
C) was not D) few
D) would not be E) more
E) would not have been
48.
43. A) in
A) compelled B) with
B) restrained C) to
C) overloaded D) for
D) withdrew E) by
E) sustained
49.
44. A) would become
A) to B) becomes
B) of C) became
C) with D) will become
D) for E) used to become
E) at
50.
45. A) when
A) will be considered B) if
B) have been considered C) whether
C) were being considered D) unless
D) had been considered E) that
E) are considered

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I was at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall last week James Joyce was born in Dublin of a middle-class
to hear an all-Byrd programme performed to a Catholic family. ___(56)___ his mother was a
packed hall. This would have been unimaginable devout Catholic, his father was a man who was
___(51)___ 20 years ago. Not surprisingly, a good opposed to the Church and fiercely objected to the
___(52)___ of the audience applauded in the interference ___(57)___ the Catholic clergy in Irish
wrong places. I regard this as good news politics. Joyce attended Clongowes Wood College
___(53)___ bad news. This was a new audience for several years, but ___(58)___ to leave when his
___(54)___ to a concert hall by CD recordings and I family fell upon increasing economic hardship.
___(55)___ the experience of being a part of it. Then, he attended a Christian Brothers school,
Belvedere College and later University College
Dublin, where he ___(59)___ modern European
51. languages. He left Ireland for Paris but returned to
A) for Dublin for a short while ___(60)___ learning that
B) hardly his mother was dying.
C) still
D) yet
E) even 56.
A) Besides
52. B) Since
A) impression C) As if
B) supply D) Though
C) example E) Even
D) proportion
E) quality 57.
A) for
53. B) of
A) apart from C) about
B) so long as D) in
C) rather than E) to
D) in addition to
E) except 58.
A) was forced
54. B) is forced
A) attracted C) has been forced
B) having been attracted D) would have forced
C) having attracted E) would be forced
D) to attract
E) attracting 59.
A) assumed
55. B) studied
A) seemed C) involved
B) abandoned D) established
C) preferred E) affirmed
D) sensed
E) valued 60.
A) whenever
B) until
C) after
D) while
E) as

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All hay fever sufferers will be aware of the pollen Underwater archaeology is beginning to yield a
“rain” that ___(61)___ them in the spring and detailed picture of whaling undertaken by Basque
summer. Pollen grains – the tiny male reproductive fishermen at Red Bay, Labrador, in the 16th
bodies of flowering plants – have an almost century. The Basques were at this time the largest
___(62)___ outer shell(exin that can survive in suppliers to Europe of whale oil – an important
certain sediments for tens of thousands of years. In ___(66)___ used for lighting and in products such
pollen analysis the exines are extracted from the as soap. In 1977, prompted by the discovery in
soil, studied under amicroscope, and identified Spanish archives that Red Bay ___(67)___ a
___(63)___ the distinctive exine shape and surface prominent whaling centre, Canadian archaeologist
ornamentation of different families and genera of James A. Tuck began an excavation on the island at
plants. ___(64)___ quantified, these identifications the mouth of Red BayHarbour. Here he found
are then plotted as curves on apollen diagram. remains of structures for turning blubber
Fluctuations in the curve ___(65)___ each plant ___(68)___ whale oil. ___(69)___, in 1978, the
category may then be studied for signs of climatic nautical archaeologist Robert Grenier led a Parks
fluctuation, or forest clearance and crop planting Canada team in search of the Basque galleon San
by humans. Juan, ___(70)___ the archives said had sunk in the
harbour in 1565.
61.
A) should afflict 66.
B) an afflict A) commodity
C) had afflicted B) refinement
D) would afflict C) artifact
E) afflicted D) hardship
E) settlement
62.
A) intense 67.
B) approachable A) would have been
C) indestructible B) is
D) abundant C) was going to be
E) unsteady D) had been
E) will be
63.
A) according to 68.
B) ahead of A) by
C) with a view to B) about
D) on behalf of C) next to
E) in place of D) upon
E) into
64.
A) Before 69.
B) Whenever A) On the contrary
C) While B) Frequently
D) Until C) Otherwise
E) Once D) Subsequently
E) Conclusively
65.
A) across 70.
B) on A) whose
C) for B) when
D) about C) whom
E) at D) who
E) which

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The term “emotional intelligence” was probably
first used in an unpublished dissertation in 1986. In
1990 it ___(71)___ into the field of scientific
psychology, defined as “the ability to monitor
___(72)___ and others’ feelings, to ___(73)___
among them and to use this information to guide
one’s thinking and action.” The concept developed
___(74)___ a growing emphasis on research into
the ___(75)___ of emotion and thought.
Should a vote in Los Angeles count more than a
vote in Montana? That’s one question raised
___(76)___ an analysis of Census Bureau data
conducted by researchers at the Centre for
Immigration Studies ___(77)___ found that nine
congressional seats ___(78)___ to different states
in 2000, if noncitizens, ___(79)___ illegal aliens,
had been excluded from the counts Congress uses
to ___(80)___ seats.

71. 76.
A) was being introduced A) by
B) had been Introduced B) to
C) would be introduced C) at
D) has been introduced D) onto
E) was introduced E) off

72. 77.
A) one’s own A) whose
B) one another’s B) which
C) oneself C) what
D) the self D) thus
E) each other’s E) whether

73. 78.
A) identify A) would be allotted
B) distribute B) have been allotted
C) justify C) will have been allotted
D) discredit D) would have been allotted
E) discriminate E) were being allotted

74. 79.
A) off A) regardless of
B) against B) concerning
C) without C) pertaining to
D) out of D) excelling
E) under E) including

75. 80.
A) alternation A) select
B) participation B) exchange
C) interaction C) allocate
D) obstruction D) circulate
E) complication E) classify

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To determine a person’s diet history, the doctor
asks what foods ___(81)___ in the previous 24
hours and what types of food are usually eaten.
The person may be asked to keep a food diary, in
which he lists everything he eats for three days.
___(82)___ the physical examination, the doctor
observes the person’s general appearance and
behaviour ___(83)___ the distribution of body fat
and the functioning of body organs. ___(84)___
the doctor suspects severe malnutrition, he orders
a complete blood cell count and blood and urine
tests to measure levels of vitamins, minerals, and
waste products such as urea. Skin tests may also be
ordered to ___(85)___ certain types of immunity.
Bill Clinton’s main legacy for race relations in the
United States is that he helped to sustain and
accelerate the desegregation of the higher circles
of American life. On the psychological plane, he
gently pushed the white American public to accept
something that ___(86)___ many whites today is
___(87)___ more in question than one would like
to believe: that blacks really can be equal or
___(88)___ superior to whites in performing the
most crucial and difficult tasks demanded by our
society. George W. Bush contributed to this
process when he ___(89)___ Colin Powell as
Secretary of State. Through his appointment of
blacks and genuine friendships with them, Clinton
has deepened this ___(90)___ in American life.

81.
A) were being eaten 86.
B) had been eaten A) under
C) will have been eaten B) on
D) were eaten C) with
E) are eaten D) besides
E) for
82.
A) Out of 87.
B) At A) decently
C) By B) still
D) Over C) even so
E) During D) doubtfully
E) excessively
83.
A) as well as 88.
B) but also A) also
C) so as B) more
D) just as C) even
E) so that D) only
E) as
84.
A) While 89.
B) Even though A) appoints
C) If B) had appointed
D) Whether C) has appointed
E) Even if D) appointed
E) would appoint
85.
A) curtail 90.
B) realize A) tendency
C) emphasize B) allocation
D) assess C) exclusion
E) assume D) admission
E) intuition

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Music educators give us many good reasons for Education is both a consumption and an
playing. It is said to feed our intelligence and investment good. The ___(96)___ of knowledge by
___(91)___ our self-esteem. It removes us from reading a book can give pleasure and benefits to an
the anxieties of daily life, placing us in the curious individual equivalent to consuming an ice-cream or
world of self- expression, ___(92)___ the linear seeing a film at the cinema. But education can also
passage of time seems to vanish. Of course, the help advance in a chosen career ___(97)___
roots of British musicianship go far deeper than a success is achieved in specific examinations. If a
list of healthy lifestyle tips. Britain’s history has financial gain is thereby achieved, then the time
shaped a great diversity of musical traditions, spent in the educational process ___(98)___ seen
many of which ___(93)___ flourish. The patchwork as an investment. By investing in yourself you hope
of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic nations, the myths of a that your enhanced skills add to your potential
rural idyll created ___(94)___ rapid urbanization, earning power in the labour market; your
the close relationship with America and the qualifications should help you to compete that
immigration from the West Indies, south Asia and much better against those ___(99)___ qualified for
Africa – all ___(95)___ to the wealth of music a particular job. As far as an employer is
literature and recordings. concerned, your educational qualification is a
means ___(100)___ filtering where there is keen
competition for a post.
91.
A) raise 96.
B) appreciate A) contribution
C) afflict B) exclusion
D) represent C) obscurity
E) provoke D) acquisition
E) continuation
92.
A) wherever 97.
B) which A) even so
C) where B) since
D) how C) if
E) whom D) as if
E) unless
93.
A) then 98.
B) still A) might have been
C) thus B) would be
D) almost C) was
E) too D) had been
E) can be
94.
A) of 99.
B) in A) as much
C) at B) less
D) with C) least
E) by D) the same
E) fewer
95.
A) have contributed 100.
B) would contribute A) of
C) had contributed B) by
D) will contribute C) over
E) to have contributed D) with
E) through

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However hazy their grasp of astronomy may be, 105.
most adults hold several beliefs with some A) accepting
certainty. They believe, for example, that the Earth B) eliminating
is round and that it revolves around another, larger C) recovering
round body (the Sun), ___(101)___ a smaller round D) maintaining
body (the Moon) revolves around it. They also E) overloading
believe ___(102)___ certain familiar phenomena,
such as the day-night cycle and the seasons,
depend on the movements and relative positions
of the Earth, Sun, and Moon. But how do adults
come to form such beliefs? The facts of astronomy
are hardly evident in everyday experience; if
anything, the reverse ___(103)___ to be true.
Children experience an apparently flat earth from
which they see the Sun move ___(104)___ the sky,
and they learn things that seem incompatible with
the notion that people could somehow live on the
surface of a large ball. Is the development of adult-
level understanding, therefore, simply a matter of
suppressing childish beliefs and gradually
___(105)___ the views of modern adult society?

101.
A) after
B) as if
C) where
D) while
E) if

102.
A) in that
B) as
C) those
D) since
E) that

103.
A) must have been argued
B) could be argued
C) will be argued
D) might have been argued
E) would have been argued

104.
A) along
B) about
C) among
D) across
E) aboard

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The Pergamum of Eumenes II is remembered Nearly fifteen years after South Africa’s democratic
___(106)___ for its library. Said to have held more overthrow of apartheid, the country is facing
than 200,000 volumes, the library was a symbol of growing ___(111)___ over the rise of “economic
Pergamum’s social and cultural status. Eumenes apartheid” and the way it ___(112)___ millions of
was a passionate book collector, and his library South Africans in the same, if not a worsening
came to challenge the world’s greatest one in economic position than they endured prior to
Alexandria (700,000 books). Afraid that the 1994. ___(113)___ South African government
Pergamum library ___(107)___ famous scholars statistics, the average black household has become
away from Alexandria, the Egyptians cut off the 15% poorer over the last fourteen years, while an
supply of papyrus from the Nile. Never one to average white household has seen its wealth grow
refuse a challenge, Eumenes set his scientists to ___(114)___ some 19%. There has been a 20%
work and they ___(108)___ pergamen (Latin for decrease in the income of the poorest 50% of
parchment), a writing surface made from animal South Africans, and black South Africans have lost
hides rather than pressed papyrus reeds. ___(115)___ two million jobs over the same
___(109)___ the end, however, it was the period.
Egyptians who had the last laugh. ___(110)___ the
library at Alexandria was damaged by fire, Mark 111.
Antony pillaged the one at Pergamum for books to A) interest
give to his beloved Cleopatra. B) demand
C) encouragement
106. D) criticism
A) with a view E) threat
B) as well as
C) most of all 112.
D) enough A) is leaving
E) just in case B) had left
C) would have left
107. D) left
A) attracted E) was leaving
B) would attract
C) might have attracted 113.
D) will attract A) Because of
E) may attract B) According to
C) Instead of
108. D) In addition to
A) came up with E) Contrary to
B) stepped over
C) stood against 114.
D) ran over A) through
E) carried on with B) for
C) in
109. D) with
A) Off E) by
B) In
C) By 115.
D) Through A) yet
E) To B) mostly
C) hardly
110. D) nearly
A) Even though E) also
B) Until
C) In case
D) Even if
E) When

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The gondola has been a part of Venice since the Ever since Lord Curzon, a member of Britain’s
11th century. ___(116)___ its slim shape and flat World War I cabinet, ___(121)___ that the Allies
underside, the boat is perfectly adapted to “had floated to victory on a sea of oil,” major
manoeuvring in Venice’s narrow, shallow canals. industrialized powers have sought oil security. For
The front of the boat has a ___(117)___ leftward instance, an imperialist surge by Japan to secure oil
curve to prevent it from going around in circles, as supplies in East Asia resulted ___(122)___ the
the gondolier, or operator of the boat, uses the oar fateful attack on Pearl Harbour. The desire to
only on the right side. In 1562, it ___(118)___ that control Middle East oil pushed the Soviet Union
all gondolas should be black to stop people from into Afghanistan, and led to Saddam Hussein’s
making an ___(119)___ show of their wealth. ___(123)___ of Kuwait. And in his 1980 State of the
Today, gondola rides are expensive, and are Union speech, US President Jimmy Carter made
___(120)___ taken only by tourists. clear America’s own oil-security policy ___(124)___
he described what would become known as the
Carter Doctrine: “Any attempt by an outside force
116. to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be
A) About regarded as an assault on the ___(125)___
B) With interests of the United States of America.”
C) Through
D) From 121.
E) Along A) declares
B) declared
117. C) has declared
A) slight D) would have declared
B) habitual E) would declare
C) relevant
D) cheerful 122.
E) favourable A) in
B) within
118. C) on
A) has been decided D) below
B) decided E) of
C) was decided
D) would have decided 123.
E) had decided A) purchase
B) exclusion
119. C) invasion
A) ostentatious D) negotiation
B) affluent E) illusion
C) adjacent
D) omnipresent 124.
E) inescapable A) in case
B) although
120. C) even if
A) possibly D) when
B) obviously E) so far as
C) seldom
D) usually 125.
E) definitely A) tedious
B) irrelevant
C) redundant
D) vague
E) vital

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Saturn and its 47 diverse moons have been Eritrea was part of the first Ethiopian kingdom of
___(126)___ the close watch of the Cassini probe Aksum ___(131)___ its decline in the 8th century.
since 2004. The probe’s main ___(127)___ in its It came under the control of the Ottoman Empire
planned 74 orbits is to gather detailed images of in the 16th century, and ___(132)___ of the
the second largest planet in our solar system, its Egyptians. The Italians ___(133)___ the coastal
icy moons and spectacular rings, ___(128)___ span areas in 1885, and the Treaty of Uccialli, signed on
___(129)___ 272,000 kilometres. So far, the probe 2nd May 1889, gave Italy ___(134)___ over part of
___(130)___ some of the best images we have of Eritrea. The Italians ruled the colony until World
Saturn, and provided astronomers with a wealth of War II. It was made an Ethiopian province in 1962,
new data. but a civil war ___(135)___ against the Ethiopian
government led by rebel groups who opposed the
126. union and wanted independence for Eritrea.
A) under
B) in 131.
C) with A) through
D) through B) over
E) over C) until
D) with
127. E) in
A) stage
B) objection 132.
C) assumption A) subsequently
D) controversy B) widely
E) aim C) unanimously
D) earnestly
128. E) extensively
A) whatever
B) where 133.
C) who A) capture
D) which B) will capture
E) whereas C) have captured
D) captured
129. E) are capturing
A) completely
B) almost 134.
C) largely A) institution
D) adversely B) sovereignty
E) slightly C) treatment
D) opposition
130. E) prominence
A) is capturing
B) captures 135.
C) has captured A) broke out
D) had captured B) took off
E) will capture C) set out
D) kept on
E) went forward

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The portrait, as it is known today, was born in the People who ___(141)___ in malaria-infested areas
Renaissance. In fact, portraits ___(136)___ before or who travel to them can take certain
the Renaissance, of course: ___(137)___ think of ___(142)___ They can use long-lasting insecticide
the Pharaohs with their colossal statues, or the sprays in homes and outbuildings, place screens
busts of the Roman emperors, ___(138)___ those ___(143)___ doors and windows, use mosquito
figures seemed very ___(139)___ .Renaissance netting over their beds, and apply mosquito
artists, by contrast, sought to create not just a repellents on their skin. They can ___(144)___
likeness of their subjects, but also ___(140)___ of wear enough clothing, ___(145)___ after sundown,
their spirit. to protect as much of the skin as possible against
mosquito bites.
136.
A) exist 141.
B) would exist A) reduce
C) have existed B) live
D) would have existed C) discharge
E) had existed D) expose
E) persist
137.
A) Just 142.
B) Already A) precautions
C) Always B) supplements
D) Usually C) occurrences
E) Previously D) setbacks
E) levels
138.
A) whenever 143.
B) when A) beyond
C) but B) of
D) while C) with
E) so far as D) on
E) till
139.
A) principal 144.
B) prospective A) either
C) enthusiastic B) more than
D) recent C) also
E) remote D) as such
E) as well as
140.
A) many 145.
B) anything A) similarly
C) something B) extraordinarily
D) any C) commonly
E) few D) fairly
E) particularly

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___(146)___ there are dozens of indigenous
languages spoken throughout South America, this
is, with the ___(147)___ of Portuguese-speaking
Brazil, a Spanishspeaking continent. However, the
Spanish one hears in South America does not
always conform ___(148)___ what one has learned
in the classroom or heard on a cassette, and even
competent Spanish-speakers find it takes a bit of
getting used to. ___(149)___ the odd differences in
pronunciation, words from native languages as
well as various European languages ___(150)___
the different dialects of South American Spanish,
giving them each their own unique character.
We must not ___(151)___ the element of pleasure
and enjoyment which comes from the reading of
literature. This is surely itself one of the great
benefits which ___(152)___ from being an
educated person. But, over and above that, let us
recognize ___(153)___ certain other fundamental
skills and capacities are developed ___(154)___
the reading of literature, which are important to us
all as educated people, ___(155)___ in our private
pleasures or our personal philosophies, but also in
the day-to-day exercise of our responsibilities.

146. 151.
A) If A) subside
B) Although B) assert
C) When C) interpret
D) Whereas D) witness
E) Just as E) underestimate

147. 152.
A) exception A) had come
B) contribution B) comes
C) involvement C) would have come
D) partition D) came
E) convention E) was coming

148. 153.
A) up A) so that
B) at B) in case
C) by C) just as
D) in D) that
E) to E) although

149. 154.
A) In case of A) at
B) So far as B) in
C) In addition to C) through
D) By means of D) over
E) In accordance with E) to

150. 155.
A) would infiltrate A) not only
B) had infiltrated B) either
C) infiltrated C) both
D) have infiltrated D) more
E) were infiltrating E) as well as

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___(156)___ all the political ideologies of the early Many architects saw a building as a total work of
nineteenth century, nationalism is the most art. They argued that the architect should design
difficult to grasp. Its ___(157)___ are elusive. everything in a building, and this ___(161)___ not
What, exactly, counted as a nation? Who just fittings but also furniture. ___(162)___, many
demanded a nation, and what did their demand modern architects made striking furniture designs
mean? In the early nineteenth century, nationalism for use in their buildings, and these items also
was usually aligned with liberalism. ___(158)___ became ___(163)___ widely used. Mies’s metal-
the century progressed, ___(159)___ it became and-leather Barcelona Chair, ___(164)___ made
increasingly clear that nationalism ___(160)___ to for the German Pavilion at the Barcelona
fit any doctrine. Exposition and then widely copied, is the most
famous example. Gerrit Rietveld’s Red-Blue Chair,
a structure of planes and lines like a three-
156. dimensional Mondrian painting, symbolizes De Stijl
A) By ___(165)___ many people.
B) About
C) From
D) For 161.
E) Of A) has been included
B) must be included
157. C) was included
A) credentials D) had been included
B) comments E) included
C) premises
D) subsidies 162.
E) amendments A) On the other hand
B) However
158. C) Otherwise
A) As D) As a result
B) Because E) Even so
C) Even if
D) If 163.
E) Whether A) just
B) more
159. C) as
A) furthermore D) most
B) however E) such
C) moreover
D) therefore 164.
E) so A) commonly
B) readily
160. C) originally
A) defined D) positively
B) has been defined E) equally
C) is defined
D) could be defined 165.
E) defines A) between
B) by
C) in
D) over
E) for

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Jean Piaget’s training included heavy doses of both
biology and philosophy. From philosophy came
___(166)___ of the content of his work. Piaget’s
goal ___(167)___ his career was to use the study of
children to answer basic philosophical questions
about the nature and origins of knowledge. His
research ___(168)___ shows a consistent focus on
what have long been central topics in philosophy:
the child’s understanding of space, time, and
causality, of number and quantity, of classes and
relations, of invariance and change. Undoubtedly,
one reason Piaget’s studies ___(169)___ so much
attention up till now is that they identify such basic
and important forms of knowledge. Another
reason is Piaget’s surprising, and controversial,
claim that these basic forms of knowledge often
take a long time to ___(170)___.
Mercantilism has been advocated ___(171)___
some eminent politicians and economists,
including Alexander Hamilton and Friedrich List. In
the 1840s, Friedrich List developed a theory of
"productive power" which stressed that the ability
to produce is ___(172)___ important than the
result of producing. In other words, the prosperity
of a ___(173)___ not primarily on its store of
wealth, but on the extent to which it has
developed its "powers of production". A nation
capable of developing its power to
manufacture,___(174)___ it makes use of its
system of production, thus ___(175)___ quite in
the same spirit as the landed proprietor who, by
the sacrifice of some material wealth, allows some
of his children to learn a production trade.

166. 171.
A) few A) by
B) that B) from
C) many C) through
D) much D) in
E) several E) with

167. 172.
A) against A) most
B) at B) as
C) throughout C) the more
D) besides D) more
E) over E) the most

168. 173.
A) thus A) carries
B) quite B) epends
C) rather C) shows
D) although D) decides
E) instead E) agrees

169. 174.
A) will attract A) which
B) have attracted B) that
C) were attracting C) what
D) had attracted D) how
E) are attracting E) if

170. 175.
A) claim A) had acted
B) succeed B) acts
C) ensure C) used to act
D) predict D) were to act
E) develop E) shall act

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A generation ago, few parents would have thought
that teaching their baby to read was a possibility.
But over the past decade or so, many parents have
become convinced that they ___(176)___ their
children for a life-time of success by tutoring them
___(177)___ infancy in reading, math, computer
skills, and the like. Books and articles offering
advice on such matters as teaching babies to read,
and even getting them to pass entrance exams for
exclusive preschools have proliferated. Do parents
who follow all this advice ___(178)___ a smarter
child? ___(179)___ some educators think so, many
are doubtful. For example, there is no evidence
that a child who learns to read unusually early goes
on to experience more success than children who
learn to read at a ___(180)___ normal age.
Dogs are thought to be easier to train than cats,
but this may be because they evolved to hunt in
packs, cooperate with other dogs and be obedient
___(181)___ a leader. Their memory requires
constant reinforcement, ___(182)___ they quickly
forget. Nonetheless, they are often ___(183)___
simply by giving them the attention they need. On
the contrary, cats evolved to hunt solo and are
much more devious. In some cases, they
___(184)___ but do not have the dog’s desire to
please. There is some evidence that cats remember
specific events longer than dogs do, but
___(185)___ their excellent memory for people
and spaces, both species are able to build complex
mental maps of their surroundings and find their
way home.

176. 181.
A) were to prepare A) to
B) used to prepare B) by
C) had prepared C) with
D) should be preparing D) about
E) would have prepared E) over

177. 182.
A) between A) so
B) to B) but
C) from C) instead
D) along with D) otherwise
E) onto E) hence

178. 183.
A) get along with A) substituted
B) stand up to B) perplexed
C) get through C) rewarded
D) stand against D) concealed
E) end up with E) implemented

179. 184.
A) Although A) used to be trained
B) Now that B) can be trained
C) Whenever C) might have been trained
D) As long as D) must be trained
E) Provided that E) should have been trained

180. 185.
A) such A) in comparison with
B) more B) instead of
C) least C) despite
D) as much D) rather than
E) few E) thanks to

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Across Africa, experts estimate that more than 30%
of malaria and tuberculosis medicines are fake. So
over 700,000 people die every year ___(186)___
taking those counterfeit drugs. It is a menace that
___(187)___ urgently, and it is why an initiative by
a Ghana-based network is indispensible
___(188)___ the health of millions of Africans. But
do not mention it to the Ghana Food & Drugs
Board. They are ___(189)___ not interested. They
did not even bother to answer why they are not
involved in the new anti-counterfeit campaign,
___(190)___ this network has committed itself to
tackling the issue of fake medicines by
empowering consumers to get involved in
authenticating pharmaceutical products before
use.
Not long ago, Thomas Cook was examining the
strange and mysterious crop circles that had been
cut into his farm in Lincolnshire, England. His first
thoughts were that they had been created
___(191)___ aliens. ___(192)___ trying to explore
the origin of these unusual shapes, he made a
discovery that was much more down-to-earth. He
discovered a pile of Roman Empire coins in a
buried earthenware pot dating to 270 AD. He did
not find ___(193)___ evidence of a UFO, but he did
find an amazing archaeological site. In accordance
with English antiquities law, the coins ___(194)___
to the British Museum. They were studied and
catalogued in the archives and given what is now
___(195)___ referred to as a full “treasure trove
inquest” by the museum.

191.
186. A) of
A) regardless of B) in
B) in place of C) by
C) in terms of D) over
D) as a result of E) during
E) in spite of

187. 192.
A) was to be defeated A) Until
B) may be defeated B) Whenever
C) would be defeated C) Once
D) can be defeated D) Since
E) has to be defeated E) While

188. 193.
A) towards A) so
B) for B) any
C) into C) that
D) with D) little
E) upon E) no

189. 194.
A) plainly A) are handed over
B) accidentally B) would have been handed over
C) favourably C) were handed over
D) delightfully D) could be handed over
E) moderately E) had been handed over

190.
A) as if 195.
B) when A) commonly
C) even though B) relentlessly
D) so that C) dramatically
E) because D) endlessly
E) deliberately

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Teacher involvement in play has been a Cities, large and small, are at the heart of a fast
controversial subject for many years. A changing global economy – they are a cause of,
longstanding tradition ___(196)___ early childhood and a response to world economic growth. Many
education dictates that teachers should not urban areas are growing ___(201)___ their rural
interfere in children’s play. This tradition hinterlands are depressed, which forces
___(197)___ the psychoanalytic view that play’s impoverished rural people to move to the cities in
main function is to enable children to work out search of work. These newcomers often end up not
their inner conflicts. ___(198)___ this view, the ___(202)___ the opportunities they are looking for,
teacher’s role was to set the stage for play and to so they become part of the urban poor.
observe children. The teachers could then ___(203)___ arrival to the city, they often
___(199)___ monitor their play for clues about encounter lack of housing and infrastructure
their emotional adjustment. However, teachers services. To ___(204)___ the lack of available
were cautioned never to interfere with children’s homes, newcomers often set up shelters on the
play ___(200)___ such interference might disrupt city outskirts, usually on public-owned land. They
play, inhibit children from revealing their true often live without electricity, running water, a
feelings and reduce play’s therapeutic benefits. sewerage system, roads and other urban services.
___(205)___ dealing with poor sanitation and
196. pollution from dirty cooking fuels and primitive
A) by stoves, they are exposed to modern environmental
B) to hazards, such as urban air pollution, exhaust fumes
C) at and industrial pollution.
D) in 201.
E) for A) unless
B) in case
197. C) so that
A) had originated from D) whenever
B) would originate from E) because
C) originates from
D) is to originate from 202.
E) can originate from A) to find
B) finding
198. C) to have found
A) As opposed to D) being found
B) In spite of E) to be found
C) Similar to
D) In place of 203.
E) According to A) about
B) to
199. C) for
A) notably D) upon
B) forcefully E) by
C) abruptly
D) closely 204.
E) generously A) cut down on
B) go in for
200. C) turn back on
A) as D) fall behind with
B) provided that E) make up for
C) but
D) after 205.
E) even if A) Despite
B) Owing to
C) For the sake of
D) In addition to
E) Unlike

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No single country owns Antarctica. ___(206)___ 210.
,countries wishing to have a say in how the A) as
Antarctic (both the continent itself and the B) while
surrounding Southern Ocean) is governed C) if
___(207)___ and agree to abide by, the Antarctic D) until
Treaty. However, prior to the signing of the E) before
Antarctic Treaty in 1959, several countries had
made claims to parts of Antarctica, some of which
overlapped. The Treaty does not ___(208)___
these claims; Article IV of the Treaty states in part,
“No acts or activities taking place while the present
Treaty is in force shall constitute a basis for
asserting, supporting or denying a claim to
territorial sovereignty in Antarctica.” ___(209)___
avoiding the claims issue in this way, it was
possible to produce a treaty that many parties
could sign. Unfortunately, this means that
___(210)___ many countries follow the spirit of
cooperation of the Treaty, there are still disputes
over territory that remain unresolved and come up
from time to time.

206.
A) Instead
B) For example
C) At least
D) In short
E) Similarly

207.
A) were to sign
B) had to sign
C) must sign
D) may sign
E) used to sign

208.
A) jeopardize
B) withdraw
C) underestimate
D) recognize
E) deteriorate

209.
A) By
B) From
C) About
D) Along
E) Without

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