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of the carnival festivities of last year. is made from artifici4l material.

(A) concise (A) naturdl

(B) pleasing (B) synthetic
(C) accurate (C) man-made
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risks in life. insults across the floor, the Chairman tried
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(A) Wealthy
(B) Selfish (A) hurled restore
(c) Cautious (B) spoke impose
(D) Knowledgeable (C) gave............maintain
(D) exchanged.......conserye
7. When parents display a .......... for one child,
the others are likely to feel
10. Are you hying to ............... that all along he
knew of the plot to oust the committee?
(A) concern ... unsympathetic
(B) dislike... indifferent (A) clarifu
(c) preference ... jealous (B) accuse
(D) fondness ... lonely (c) persist
(D) insinuate
An attack on someone when that person
is most vulnerable may be .......... but is
always

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inappropriate.......... thoughttul
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(C) disnessin!
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Insfructions: Each sentence in this section is followed by four sentences A, B, C and D. Choose the
one NEAREST IN MEANING to the original sentence.

lr. Recent floods have made the route 13. The accident may have been due to the
impassable. wetness of the road and not necessarilv to
careless driving.
(A) People are unable to havel because
ofthe floods. (A) The wetneBs,of the road and
(B) Theroad cannotbe usedas aresult the careless driving caused the
of the floods. accident.
(C) Because of heavy showers, (B) The accident was caused more by
commuters were forced to detour. the wet road than by the driver's
(D) Travelling has been brought to a unn€qg$giagr f ar, elessness.
standstill because of floods. (C) Carelessdriviag hafl,nothing to do
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on the wetrogfl,
t2. An interest in their nation's development (D) The driver wry.involved in the
plans should be displayed by its young
accident not necessarily because
people.
he was careless but probably
because the road was wet.
(A) Young people should take an
interest in plans for national
development. t4. At one time or another every one of
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The nation will advance through
cold.
plans proposed by its young (c)
people.
All of us eventually will contraot
the cold.
(D) All of us will be able to resist the
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succeed.

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ends, as you prepare for your
examinations this week, You will
fail because you have been tardY
during the last two months.

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Instmctions: In the following sentences one of the underlined words may be misspelt. Choose from
the three options A, B, C, the word that is misspelt. If no word is misspelt, choose option D.

16. The secretary had made up a qalendgr of 19. His rntelligqnsg rather than his lliqght was
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events but there was not enough statiorlery the dpci4,i,ng factor when considering him
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17. After em_b?rrass,ing his co-lleag,ue his 20. The repeiB! ofhis letter assured me that such
AB A
concience bothered him and he eventuallv an o.ccurenpe would not be experie,rlcgd.
C BC
apologised. No efror Ng efror
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18. After the inci.4ent the boys traveled a

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Instructions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer items 2l-28 on the basis of what
is stated or implied.

The Oceans

To the prejudiced eyes of land-bound humans the oceans seem like one continuous mass as
homogeneous as outer space. To some extent they are, and some marine creatures treat the
whole maritime world as their oyster. Some of the great whales, for instance, lunge from the
surface to the depths as a matter of course, and divide their feeding and breeding between the
5 poles and the tropics.

Equally striking to the marine scientist, however, is the variousness of the oceans. Each sea
embraces several or indeed many distinct environments, each of which occupies a discrete
zone. Some of these zones also vary markedly with time - through the day; with the tides, and
therefore with the phases of the moon; by season; ancl sometimes in cycles of several years.
10 And superimposed on all these variations in space and time are the more erratic influences of
currents and of the influx of rivers.

In short, patchiness, in space and time, is as much a feature of the oceans as it is of land; indeed,
'patchiness' is a great principle in ecology - though it is rarely singled out as such. Each
oceanic zone has its characteristic creatures - sometimes a huge variety of different types, and
15 sometimes only a few; but many creatures, of all kinds, spend part of their lives in one kind
of environment, and part in another. And because there iue so many different ways of making
a living in the oceans - so many permutations of habitats there is a correspondingly hugi
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variety of creatures; and many creatures take quite different forms, and live in quite different
ways, at different stages of their lives. There are far fewer species in the oceans than on land,
however, because there are no marine equivalents of the forest trees; and it is the trees that
provide such a myriad of habitats for land-based creatures.

Colin Tudge, "The Oceans", The Museum of Natufal H.istory.

'991.

21. The writer's MAINpurpose in this passage 22. The word "prejudiced" (line l ) is NEAREST
is to in meaning to

(A) show that the ocean is very diverse (A) racial

(B) convince the reader to visit the (B) biased
ocean (C) negative
(C) describe the beauty of the ocean to (D) unpleasant
humans
(D) discuss the different creatures that
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the oceans as being "as homogeneous as the type of writing in this passage?
outer space" (lines 1-2). This description
suggests that the oceans seem to be (A) Critical

(A) veryraraway [3] ]:ffiff",

(B) full of shiny objecrs (D) Argumenrative
(C) full of different zones
(D) the same continuous stretch of
water 27. According to the passage, which of the
following statements is EALSE?
24. The statement "some marine creatures treat
(A) There are more species in the ocean
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(lines 2-3) suggests thatthey (B) There are more species on land than
(A) live in oysters in the ocean.
(B) feed on oysters (C) Many ocean creatures divide their
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(A) variation 28. The clause "there ar€ so many different

(B) confusion ways of making a living in the oceans"
(C) movement (lines 16-17);refers to
(D) piecing together
(A) tourftts
(B) fishermen
(C) scientists
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Instructions: Read the following passage carefully and then answer the items on the basis of what
is stated or implied.

There were three chimpanzees; I came

The chimpanzees showed interest
to know them well. They were young and
in the mechanics of writing; more so in the
nimble, yet with that over-anxious, ancient of
process of drawing. One evening when I
days expression of their kind; they would play
was sketching in the plantation, I felt those
5 for hours around a sapling outside my door,
questing reflective eyes on me again, and a
climbing and falling and wrestling with the 40 group ofleathery fingers reached out gently
exaggerated and over-emphatic tumbling of forthe crayon. Itoccurred to me thatwhatever
professional acrobats; it was impossible to
the chimpanzee did with it would scarcely be
believe in their naivetd, so obviously did they
more futile than what I was doing myself, and
10 show offto any passerby.
I surrendered it. The effect was gripping. To
begin with, the chimparvee darted and slashed
They developed for myself first a
at the paper in an uncontrolled way, tearing
powerful curiosity, which caused them to peer
forever through a window, Wrapped around each
the sheet, sqmetimes missing. it altogether;
other in.intricate patterns; and then, I rather surprisingly soon a kind of intention came
over him, and on the third or fourth fresh lead
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he began to draw. There is no other word to
at which stage they would knock on the door to
be admitted. describe what in fact the ape was doing.

(Source unknown).
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stir quietly, nudging each other. To change my zv. Which of the following phrases is used in
trousers in these circumstances became also an (lines 1-15) to compare the chimpanzees
)1 embarrassment, so intensely was the process with professional acrobats?
observed.
(A) Young and nimble (lines 2-3)
There was one lenuinely startling (B) Over-anxious ... expression (lines
moment; I was working beside the window, 34)
grinding out from the typewriter whatever (c) Exaggerated and over-emphatic
30 contemporary nonsbnse was required (in fact tumbling (line 7)
a fragment of this book) when I glanced round (D) Wrapped... in intricate patterns
and there were the riionkeys'in a row, by the (lines 13-14)
doorway, beating ouidiragged tattoo with their
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30. When the author says that he "came to feel g4. As used in line 39, "questing" means the
very warmly about the apes" (lines 18-19) silne as
he means that he
(A) clever
(A) developed a genuine liking for the (B) trusttul
chimpanzees (C) inquisitive
(B) became enthusiastic about the (D) mischievous
chimpanzees' interest in writing
(C) grew embarrassed by the
chimpanzees' close observation 35. The writer surrendered the crayons to the
of him chimpanzee because he
(D) became unhappy because the I
chimpanzees constantly watched (A) had completed his own drawing I
him with sorrowful eves (B) felt that the chimpanzee could do
no worse than himself
(C) knew tlrat the effect would be
31. The " genuinely startling rRoment" referred exciting
to in (lines 27-28) was caused by the (D) sensed that the,chiurpan'ee might
be able to draw quite well
(A) monkeys'tunefuldrummingonthe
floor
(B) imitation of the writer's typing by 36. We can infer from, "The effect was
the monkeys glpping" (line 44) that the author was
(C) intemrption of the writer's typing
by the monkeys (A) .arwzpdatlhq dfawines created by
(D) writer's discoVery of the monkeys thp chimpanzee .

sitting in a row in the doorway (B) inferested in,findng out what the
chimpanzee would do next
(C) afraid that the chimpanzee might
32. "Aragged tattoo" (line 33) means the same become engaged in a futile
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exercise
(D) impressed by the chimpanzee's
(A) a tuneful rhythm uncontrollable darting and
(B) an irritating noise slashing at the paper
(C) arhythmical tapping
(D) an irregular drumming
37. The passage can best be described as

33. When the author says that the monkeys (A) narrative
showed interest in the "mechanics of (B) scientific
writing" (line 36) he means that they (C) explanatory
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(A) looked at the way the typewriter

worked
(B) were curious about how things are
put on paper
(C)' took away his pens, pencils and
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Instructions: Read the fillowing extract carefuliy and then answer the items on the basis of what is

stated or implied.
Accounting
Nights too warm for TV
we're flung outdoors to the Porch,
citronella candles scenting the space
between us, our faces aglow
5 in gold light. She crowds the card table
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I count, line the coins in neat rows,

10 the abacus clicking out our worth,
how much can we save, stack up
against the seasons - winter coming,
her tightly braided hair turning white;
her hands quick, filling the paper casings
15 like homemade sausage.

There's money in the bank downtown,

but this we'll keep at home
buried in jars bdneath the house,
the crawlspace filling up, packed solid
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* a device for makine calculations

N.D. Trethewey, "Accounting", Callgloo, V:,o|. 19. No.12

Spring 1996, p.349

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(A) playing cards (A) repetition

(B) counting money (B) assonance
(c) making sausages (c) alliteration
(D) viewing television (D) euphemism

41. "She crowds the card table ..." (line 5)

39. 'She'in the poem is MOST likely suggests that

(A) thrifty (A) the card table is packed

(B) miserly (B) there are many card tables
(c) mercenary (C she sits close to the card table
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and homemade sausages (lines 14-15) is a
to
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(A) keeP it safe
(B) package in paper casing
(A) weight (C) place in the bank downtown
(B) colour (D) safeguard against need in winter
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(D)quantity,ill'
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as any fdundation"
0ioes 19-20) suggests
43. The ..crawrspace" (line lg) Mosr likely (A)
refers to how fragile the jars were
(B) what a huge fortune was buried
(A) a large container (C) how secure it made the owners feel
(B) area
a low, cramped (D) that the foundations needed rein-
(C) very slow movement forcement
(D) the foundation of the house

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Instnfcfipns: Read the following passage carefully and then answer items 46-54 onthe basis of
whrt is stated or implied.

MUSIC TOO LOUD, I CAN'T STUDY

THE EDIToR: I just can't take it anymore. I just can't take the noise forced
on me by a
restaurant and bar located across the street. The noise is unbearable
and I cannot concenftate on
my studies. I am writing the clc.exalns inJr4ay/June this year
and I must pass arl ray sublects.
Iam attending a reputable girls'school and I want to achieve good grades
class' I work hard and every report so far indicates that I am an
to get into th" iere
above-averagi student.

. I want to make my motherproud. she is a hard-working woman, especialry since my father

passed away two years ago. we have been
struggling to make ends meet withoui nut
I must complain now because the restaurant ani-barIs "o.pt"irrt. trr"
intent on frustrating my ambitiin,
sacrifices my mother is making- I appreciate the
help of the Governm.", il p."riai"g -o
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toie fi:tile unless'iris fossible to take full advantage of them.
can you.imagine having toitruggle with a Math probtJmwittr
thunderous noise bombarding
your.eardrums and everything in the house jumping
up and down as if the place is haunted? can
you imagine speaking to a classmate auorri'o-eiurl
and you can,t hear each other? can you
imagine stuffing cotton your
in ears in order to get so-" rr*riz can you imagine
to your teacher that you didn't do your homework ,"-*pr"r.
"yirgofthe noise
or that you sleep in class because
coming from the restaurant and bar?

lfe noi;e
t am seeking 9o$ng from this place is a serious obstacle that I am unable to overcome and
help in dealing with it.
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20 daughter going to this place in the midst
ofriotous drinking to ask them to turn down the
music becauJe I want to study orjust to get
sleep? I understand that residents have some
been calling ;ilil; but the response has been ineffec_
this retter lsunoay-rs, ut s::b a-; th"y;";l;;,-c
;'nrfi:T,Tiffl|;?nt"r "."", "n*
under the guise of camivar they wilr continue
t{ their mercrress onslaught. From camivar
Friday night right up until Ash wednesday
total madness.
morni.g toJi;il
continue non-stop. There will be

lV, Sunon, " Music too loud, I can? study,,,

Newsda:t
February 23, 2006.

46. The words, ..I just can,t take it anymore,,

47. The repetition of ..I" in the first paragraph
(line l), imply that the writer is
can be BEST interpreted as highlighting
the writer's
(A) crying
(B) arguing (A) protest
(C) hurting (B) frustration
(D) shouting (C) disapproval
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writer use in paragraph 2 to explain her she says "Qan you imagine my mother and
plight? her l6-year-old daughter going to this place
in the midst of riottius drinking..." (lines
(A) Pun r9-20)?
(B) Litotes
(C) Contrast (A) Admiration from the reader for the
(D) The rhetorical question women's courage
(B) Shock from the reade.r that the
women should cgnsider going
49. Which of the following words BEST there
conveys the ernotion that the writer is (c) Criticism for their acti,ons in going
seeking to arouse in the reader? to abar
(D) Scsrn for the women's behaviour
(A) Pity in going into a bar
(B) Love
(C) Horor
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(A) Simile
(B) Paradox
(C) Irony
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Instructions: Read the.following information carefully end then answer items 5ff0 on the bssis
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A Jamaica Kincaid Chronology

"I became a writer out of desperation . . . I started to

write about my own life and I came to see that this act
saved my life" (My Brother)

1949 Born in Antigua, May 25, as Elaine Potter Richardson

1965 Sent to US as a domestic helper
1969 Studies photography at New School of Social Research, NYC,
and Franconia College, New Hampshire, then takes various
short-term jobs and freelance writing assignments (Ingenue,
Ms., Village Voice)
1973 Changes name to Jamaica Kincaid
1974 First piece published in The New Yorker
1976 Staffwriter at The New Yorker
1979 Marries composerAllen Shawn
1983 At the Bofiom of the River, Morton Dauwen ZabelAward
1985 Writes Annie John; moves to Bennington, Vermont; daughter
Annie bom
1986 Annie, Gwen, Lilly, Pam, and Tulip; revisits Antigua
1988 A Small Place (book)
1989 Guggenheim Fellowship; son Harold bom
1990 Lucy;Annre Drew v.isits Vermont
1994 Joins African American Studies Department at Harvard
1995 Leaves The New Yorker
1996 The Autobiography of My Mother (book)
1997 tr4y Brother (book)
1998 My Favourite Plant (editor)
1999 My Garden (book)
2001 TalkStories(book)
2002 Mr Potter (book)

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(C) Elaine Richardson (B) re74
(D) Jarnaica K-incaid (c) 1e8s
(D) 1986
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author's publishing career start? 59. According to the chronology, how many
years separated the author's two children?
(A) 1973
(B) r974 (A) 3 years
(c) \976 (B) 4 years
(D) 1988 (c) 5 years
(D) l0 years

57. What was the author's firstjob in the United

States? 60. Under which name did the author publish
the b o ok Th e Au t g b i o gr ap ht) o_f. A4v Mo! ke r?
(A) Awriter
(B) Ajournalist (A) Arurie Drew
(c) Aresearcher (B) Elaine Shawn
(D) A domestic helper (C) Elaine Richardson
(D) Jamaica Kincaid

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