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I. Choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D!

1. Being a writer is __________________________________ feelings: __________, despair, hope,

frustration, ___________ and depression—and not all separately!
A. about managing a galaxy of contradictory, elation, satisfaction
B. for managing a galaxy of contradictory, elated, satisfied
C. about managing a galaxy of contradictor , elation, satisfaction
D. for about managing a galaxy of contradicted, elated, satisfactory

2. After the trauma _____________________ and ______________________, it is time to show the

text to other people, friends perhaps, for appraisal.
A. of self-editing, looking at howlers
B. of self-editing, look for howlers
C. of self-edification, looking into howlers
D.of self-editing, looking for howlers

3. Which sentence is correct?

A. It was my father who prevented me to ride a motor bike.
B. Sally accused me for causing the accident.
C. The authorities forbid people from travelling abroad.
D. The police are urging people stay at home.

4. Which sentence is incorrect?

A. We’ve decided to look for a hotel in a more desirable part of the city.
B. I daren’t to ask my parents for more money.
C. Leo has an intensely competitive attitude.
D. He has shown the degree of commitment needed to become a researcher.

5. Scientific breakthroughs ____________________________________ every year. But the

medical advances which now make it possible to contemplate living to a very great
age also raise ___________________________ issues.
A. means that life expectancy continues to rise, profound practical and ethical
B. mean that life expectancy continues to raise, profound practice and ethic
C. mean that life expectancy continues to rise, profound practical and ethical
D. means that life expectancy continues to raise, profound practice and ethics

6. Which sentence is incorrect?

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A. The drug may make you lost your appetite for a while.
B. Unfortunately, I’m allergic to all kinds of shellfish, so I never eat prawns.
C. There’s no better way to relax than having a massage after a hard day at
work.
D. If this diet is to work, you must pursue it very strictly.

7. He suddenly saw Sue _______________ the room. He pushed his way _______________ the
crowd of people to get her.
A. across, through B. over, through
C. across, across D. over, along

8. When Bod saw Vanya taking photographs of the plane, _____________________________.

A. dawned on him that she was a spy
B. it dawned him that she was a spy
C. it dawned on him that she was a spy
D. it dawned on that she was a spy

9. Which sentence is incorrect?

A.With the high altitude in Mexico City, even climbing a a few stairs can leave
you out of breath.
B. Even now the illness has gone away, I still experience the occasional dizzy
spell.
C. In an attempt to improve his physique, Gants has decided to take up weight-
training.
D. Lighting is one of the many factors that can adversely effect people’s mood.

10. Which sentence is correct?

A. The illness left Debby extremely weak and inclined to other infections.
B. Irene has been under so much pressure at work recently that she feels
completely stressed out.
C. Many people who are searching spiritual advice find it helpful to speak to
the local priest.
D. Mr Smith denied accusation for drunken behaviour at the awards ceremony.

11. I wish we ____________________ go out tonight, but we have no choice. I ___________ to

stay in and watch the film on television. If only we ___________. If only your boss
___________________ us!
A. didn’t have to, would have liked, could, hadn’t invited
B. didn’t have to, would have liked, could, didn’t invite
C. didn’t have to, would like, could, hasn’t invited
D. don’t have to, would like, could, hadn’t invited

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12. Tom used the business profits to ____________ his own nest. His employees gained
nothing.
A. fill B. feather
C. enrich D. build

13. Diana is so quick to criticise other people. I think _______________________________ first.

A. she should learn to set her own house in order
B. she should learn to set her own place in order
C. she should learn to set her own cars in order
D. she should learn to set her own home in order

14. Leo paid an absolute fortune for a really tiny flat. There’s not enough
_________________________________.
A. room to swing a cat B. room to swing a monkey
C. rooms to swing a handbag D. rooms to swing a rope

15. My car has just about had it. It’s ________________________________.

A. on its last life B. on its last legs
C. on its last way D. on its last routes

16. Some people __________________________ their surroundings. They seem

_______________________ simply having a ______________________.
A. are indifferent to, quite satisfied with, roof over their head
B. indifferent with, are quite satisfied, roof above their head
C. are indifferent with, quite satisfied by, roof on their head
D. are indifference by, are quite satisfied with, roof over their head

17. Gants has a reputation __________________________________________________________________.

A. of being able to make any room into a home from home
B. of having been able to make any rooms into a home to home
C. to being able to make any room into a home to home
D. to have been able to make any rooms into a home by home

18. The only thing Jessica ______________________________________. She spends hours

___________________________________.
A. is particular with is her appearance, preens herself in front of mirrors
B. is particular about is her appearance, preens herself in front of the mirror
C. is particular with is her appearance, preening herself in front of mirror
D. is particular about is her appearance, preening herself in front of the mirror

19. Which sentence is incorrect?

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A. Leo will never allow himself to be deceived in such a manner again.

B. Gants couldn’t persuade her in any way to see the foolishness of her plan.
C. As soon as Patrick settles down to read the paper, the doorbell rang.
D. One rarely finds a person of such integrity as Matthew.

20. Which sentence is incorrect?

A. If life on other planets was ever found, there would probably be no means
of communication.
B. I’d never have bought the house if I’d known a motor way is going to be
built on the bottom of the garden.
C. A nuclear war is a calamity which, it is hoped, will never occur.
D. Dee stormed out of the house, swearing that she would never come back.

21. Lord Brown, _____________________ the best prime minister of the century, and whose
memoirs, ____________________________ last year, caused a scandal, got married today
____________________ fifty-five years ago, when they were both at school together.
A. who many people look on as, which was published, to a woman he first met
B. who many people look as, which was published, with a woman he first met
C. who many people look on as, which were published, to a woman he first met
D. who many people look up as, which were published, to a woman he first met

22. Which sentence is correct?

A. There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a well-dig vegetable patch.
B. The company has an impressive record, with an annual turn-over of over
five million dollars.
C. Living within your means is a principle I have been always living for.
D. The escape prisoner hasn’t been seen since he knocked out a guard and ran
away.

23. I wish people wouldn’t ________________ George just because he’s a famous pop star.
A. crawl around
B. creep around
C. lounge around
D. push around

24. If you live in a city as big as Medan, you just have to ___________________________ at
rush hour.
A. Come up with traffic jams
B. Get away with traffic jam
C. Miss out on traffic jam
D. Put up with traffic jams

25. Which sentence is incorrect?

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A. If we are to win, it’s essential that the manager stick with the same group of
players.
B. I want to know what happened last night. Will you please stop beat
around the bush and tell me the truth?
C. How was I to know Lesley was going to storm out of the room as soon as I
mentioned her ex-husband?
D. David had just failed all his exams, so he is a bit down at the moment.

II. Read the text and decide which option (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

One of the groups of consumers targeted by advertisers is, oddly enough, a group
with very little money of its own, but which has a huge (26) _________________ the way
others spend their money. And in some ways, children and advertisers could have
been made for (27) __________________. After all, it is easy to fool younger children into
believing (28) ___________________ anything and if an advertisement shows them how
Coco breakfast cereal will help them run faster than their friends, then (29)
_____________ they are concerned, that is the truth. They also have strong feelings of
admiration for action heroes or cartoon characters or sport stars, and will want to
be (30) ________________ their favourite star, and drink the same cola or eat the same
sweets. And when children want something badly enough, they won’t stop nagging
their parents until they (31) _______________ it. Advertisements will even (32)
______________ them with the arguments they can use when they are told that a water-
firing robot or a giant chocolate bar is not good (33) _______________, or too expensive,
or not available in the supermarket. This is why most EU countries place (34)
_______________ upon television advertising aimed at children. Some countries have
(35) ________________ ban on ads promoting toys during children’s programmes.
Others restrict the advertising of of unhealthy food, or ads involving anything
dangerous. This seems to be a sensible way of preventing advertisers from taking
(36) _______________ of children, but in some ways it also helps to make a more
damning (37) ________________. If it is generally agreed that children need (38)
__________ from some kinds of advertising, then this (39) ______________ to definite
proof that advertising strongly influences children’s behaviour. In that case, why
should any advertising aimed at children be allowed? After all, isn’t it just another
form of brain-washing? Adults may (or may not) resist the (40) _____________ claims
of advertisers, but children clearly have not yet learn to do this. This is why an EU-
wide ban on advertising targeting children, or depicting children, is being called for
in some quarters.

26. A. cause of B. reason why

C. influence upon D. outcome which

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27. A. each other B. the worst

C. ever D. the time being

28. A. more and more B. all in all

C. as good as D. just about

29. A. unless B. whatsoever

C. as far as D. supposing

30. A. just like B. exactly the same

C. as is D. in imitation

31. A. stop B. achieve

C. gain D. get

32. A. offer B. explain

C. fill D. supply

33. A. at it B. for them

C. with them D. to it

34. A. handicaps B. rules

C. restrictions D. conditions

35. A. a total B. an utter

C. a sheer D. a thorough

36. A. advantage B. pity

C. an interest D. responsibility

37. A. change B. profit

C. point D. contribution

38. A. care B. preservation

C. safeguards D. protection

39. A. comes B. amounts

C. indicates D. refers

40. A. sceptical B. suspicious

C. doubtful D. questioning

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III. Choose which one of the underlined parts of the following sentences is
incorrect!

41. (A) The groundwork for keeping creative ability in check begins at school. (B)
School, later university and then work, teach us to regulate our lives, (C)
imposing a continuous process of restrictions, (D) which is increasing
exponentially with the advanced of technology.

1. To combat (A) the consequent difficulty of access to people on a physical level, (B)
we have now developed technological access. Computers sit on every desk and
are linked to one another, (C) and in many cases to an external universe of other
computers, (D) so that messages can be passed to and fro.

2. (A) Telecommunication systems offer people a direct line, which means that
individuals can be contacted(B) without the caller having to talk to anyone else.
(C) Voice-mail and the answer-phone mean that individuals can communicate(D)
without ever actually talk to one another.

3. The truly creative mind (A) is often seen as totally free and unfetter. But a better
image is of a mind, (B) which can be free when it wants, and (C) one that
recognises that rules and regulations are parameters or barriers, (D) to be raised
and dropped again at will.

4. (A) Even allowing for the power of agricultural science, (B) advanced in food
distribution and changes in food economics (C) to alter the ethnocentric
properties of food, it is still possible for a country ‘to be famous for’ a particular
food (D) even if it is widely available elsewhere.

5. (A) The distinction makes between a behavioural contingency and a cultural

contingency (B) is crucial to our understanding of culture. Whilst a piece of
behaviour (C) may take place very often, involve a network of people and (D) be
reproducible by other networks who do not know each other, the meaning of the
behaviour does not go beyond the activity itself.

6. (A) The geographical dimensions work through agriculture (B) to particularise and
to limit locally produced ingredients. Ethnic diversity in the population works
through the role of cuisine in social identity (C) to create ethnically distinction
cuisines (D) which may not converge into a national cuisine.

7. Newspaper headlines and TV or radio news bulletins (A) would have us believe
erroneously that a new age has come upon us. (B) People are being assailed not
just (C) with contemporary doomed, or past gloomed, but (D) with prophecies of
disasters about to befall.

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8. We have turned the world into a large machine of information, (A) a veritable
vortex into which we are being inexorably sucked. (B) People beaver away
amassing raw data, (C) labouring under the misapprehensive (D) that they are
doing something worthwhile, when all that is really happening is the movement
of information from one place to another.

9.Mankind cannot live by contentment alone. And so, a world (A) awash with
anxieties and (B) pessimism has been created. Being optimistic is a struggle, but
(C) survival dictates that (D) mankind remaining ever sanguine.

10. In the 80s, (A) with an increased consciousness of equal opportunities, the focus
on the further education colleges (B) moved to widening participation, (C)
encouraging into colleges (D) students from previously under-representing
groups, particularly from ethnic minorities.

11. The Audit Commission report (A) coincided with government moves to privatise
the functions of the state as much as possible; (B) and to the decision to remove
further education from the control of local government and (C) give it quasi-
dependent status, where colleges were governed by independent boards of
governors (D) bidding to the state for funding to run educational provision.

12. An additional complexity was that (A) colleges had been slow to computerise
their student data and (B) most colleges were in the position to not knowing
what their retention rates were or (C) any patterns involved. Where data did
exist it was held separately by either administrative or academic staff (D) with
poor communication between these groups.

13. Emotional awareness can lead to managing one’s emotions. (A) This involves
dealing with emotions, (B) like jealousy, resentment, anger, etc, (C) that one may
have difficulty accepting (D) by, perhaps, giving oneself comfort food, or do nice
things when one is feeling low.

14. Other factors (A) fuelling demand of leisure activities are (B) rising prosperity,
(C) increasing longevity and a more active elderly population. Hence, (D) at the
forefront of leisure spending are not just the young or the professional classes.

15. Suppression is an option, (A) but unwittingly some people have managed to make
use (B) of the ability to their advantage. While the condition of synaestheia (C)
may hamper many people because of its disorienting effects, (D) it can also open
up a range of new skill.

16. (A) It is unlikely, at least in the West, that propaganda will ever be rehabilitated
(B) as a neutral concept. (C) The very word is now so loaded with sinister
connotations (D) that they evoke an immediate and visceral sense of outrage.

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17. (A) Inevitably, the media is alive to this hypersensitivity (B) and the ‘p’ word has
become a potent weapons in their arsenal. (C) It is used pejoratively, with intent
to discredit and wound, (D) as governments are painfully aware.

18. At the time of the European Renaissance, (A) it was considered possible for the
educated, well-reading man, so-called Renaissance man, (B) to possess the sum
total of human knowledge. Admittedly, the body of knowledge then available (C)
was restricted, being held firmly in check by several important factors: (D) the
paucity of books in circulation at that time; the difficulty of acquiring copies of
the texts; the need to copy texts by hand; and the cost of doing so.

19. All too often, (A) when politician want to change the status quo, (B) they take
advantage of people’s fears (C) of the unknown and (D) their uncertainties about
the future.

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