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Read the four texts below. There are ten questions about the texts. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on
your answer sheet to indicate which text tells you the answer to the question. The same text may be
used more than twice
A B.
Advantages of Time Management: What is Rescue Time?
gains time, motivates and initiates, Rescue Time is a web-based time-management tool that allows
reduces avoidance, promotes review you to easily understand how you spend your time. You install
of work, eliminates cramming for a program on your computer and we magically track all of your
exams, reduces anxiety. time usage.
Keys to Successful Time I always have a lot of different applications and sites open at
Management any given time. How does Rescue Time handle that?
 Self-knowledge and goals: In Rescue Time doesn't really care which applications you have
order to manage your time open, but rather pays attention to which application or site is
successfully, having an awareness of currently "in focus". In other words, we're measuring what's
what your goals are will assist you in what you are paying attention to, not what you have open.
prioritizing. What about when I get up from my computer?
 Developing and maintaining a How are you going to measure that?
personal, flexible schedule: Time Why would you ever want to do that? Seriously, though
management provides you with the Rescue Time has an idle timeout that will stop the data
opportunity to create a schedule that collection process if there hasn't been mouse or keyboard
works for you, not for others. This activity for a certain period of time.
personal attention gives you the How accurate is Rescue Time?
flexibility to include the things that We like to say that Rescue Time is about 95% accurate.
are most important to you. Because of idle detection, Rescue Time can sometimes over-

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 report by a few seconds here and there. We're constantly
working to improve accuracy.
C D
Have you been trying to improve your time Time management is commonly defined as
management skills or overall personal effectiveness? the various means by which people effectively
Do you feel like you are still missing some key use their time and other closely related
details? If so, we've got something for you. resources in order to make the most out of it. It
This personal time management guide refers to principles and systems that individuals
accompanying newsletter are dedicated to building a use to make conscious decisions about the
stronger foundation for your success. One skill at a activities that occupy their time.
time. However, it has been said that you can't
Each section of the guide is an important building manage time, time just is. So "time
block you can put into your foundation right now. management" is a mislabeled problem. What
Take one of the pages and read it: you will gain the you really manage is your activity during time.
key insights and practical tips for one of the core
areas of higher personal effectiveness. Take and the
another page and do the same. Each article will move
you one step forward in something that could be
limiting your success level today

In which text does the writer

Question 1: answer questions?
Question 2: promote a book?
Question 3: define something?
Question 4: address students?
Question 5: claim that time management is good for people who procrastinate?
Which text is saying the following?
Question 6: They can accurately track how you use your time.
Question 7: Certain insights can improve your effectiveness.
Question 8: Time cannot be managed.
Question 9: You need to know your priorities.
Question 10: It's easy to tell when you are not working on the computer

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Mark the letter A, B. C or D on the answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 11 to 30.

Question 11: Don't panic: your key will probably when you least expect it.
A. turn up B. run up against C. come across D. put down
Question 12: John's never happy. He's always about one thing or another
A. grumbling B. finding fault C. criticizing D. considering
Question 13: The retiring firemen received a commemorative gift a set of pens and pencils.
A. involving B. comprising C. composing D. consisting
Question 14: Many children in state schools have expressed frustration at having to with
values they don't share.
A. corroborate B. conceive C. comply D. comprise
Question 15: Experts have discovered a fossil that has been so exceptionally well preserved that even
its tissue is .
A. inflated B. inaudible C. intact D. indiscreet
Question 16: Don't forget to plug in the a cable before turning the printer on.
A. inspection B. connection C. retention D. detection
Question 17: I’ll be back one of these days, and we'll have a meal together.
A. slap down B. slap-bang C. slapdash D. slap-up
Question 18: Sally when she heard that her sister was on the hijacked plane.
A. took aback B. broke down C. put off D. fell out
Question 19: Then I lay there wide until after midnight, thinking about nothing else.
A. woken B. awake C. awoke D. waking
Question 20: "Have you taken everything into account?"-"Yes, I think I've made for just about
everything."
A. acknowledgements B. remedies C. allowances D. deficits
Question 21: Sports journalists are saying that the home side is to win the championship match
tomorrow.
A. resolute B. feasible C. bound D. probable
Question 22: Rising temperatures are said to be the habitats and feeding patterns of penguins.
A. marring B. dotting C. shifting D. altering
Question 23: Recently Tawfiq AI-Sudairi, the deputy minister of Islamic Affairs in Saudi Arabia,
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 his disapproval of the political interpretation of Islam.
A. spoke B. said C. told D. voiced
Question 24: Thus you convince them that this piece is , so no one will attack us outside in an
attempt to steal it.
A. invaluable B. valueless C. priceless D. unworthy
Question 25: The horrific plane crash was pilot error.
A. resulted in B. inflicted by C. attributed to D. admonished by
Question 26: Stop shouting! You're attention to yourself.
A. accepting B. drawing C. paying D. accumulating
Question 27: The President had to her vacation after hearing about the natural disaster.
A. restrain B. restrict C. curtail D. desert
Question 28: Children were taught at home long before public schools were even .
A. in principle B. on the whole C. at liberty D. in existence
Question 29: Economists claim that restricting the free flow of goods will cause global economic
and decline.
A. stagnation B. boom C. capitalization D. regimen
Question 30: Renewable forms of energy are now quite cost .
A. successful B. ignorant C. productive D. effective
While searching for information on road safety for a school assignment, you find this past on a weblog
Read the post carefully and answer the questions that follow.
JAYWALKING
The origins of jaywalking, the illegal crossing of a roadway by a pedestrian, lie in a propaganda
campaign by the motor industry in the early 1900s. The word jaywalker vas first used to describe
someone from the countryside who wasn't accustomed to the rules of the road for pedestrians in the city,
so would attempt to cross the streets anywhere. In 1913, a department store in New York hired a Santa
Claus, who stood on the sidewalk bellowing at people who didn't cross the street properly and calling
them jaywalkers.
The idea of being fined for crossing the road at undesignated areas or without regard for traffic
regulations can confuse foreign visitors to the US. The UK, Norway and France are among the many
developed countries where jaywalking is not an offence, but their rates of pedestrian injuries are lower

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than those of the US. However, a handful of countries have followed the lead of the US and imposed
anti- jaywalking measures. Police in China, for example, began fining jaywalkers in 2013, and in
Singapore, jaywalking can lead to a $1,000 fine or a three-month jail term.
In the US, jaywalking can result in a fine ranging from $190 to $250. As in most countries with anti-
jaywalking legislation, enforcement of the law here is sporadic, often only triggered by repeated
complaints from drivers in certain areas. But jaywalking has been illegal in the US for many decades.
According to Jacob Rath, a history professor at the University of Virginia, a key moment was in 1929
when a petition was signed by the citizens of Cincinnati to limit the top speed of cars to 25mph. Though
the petition failed, car makers scrambled to shift the blame for pedestrian casualties from motorists to
pedestrians. Soon, he adds, they also started influencing school safety education by stressing that "streets
are for cars, not for children". As a result, anti-jaywalking laws were adopted in many cities and had
become the norm by the end of the 1930s.
In the decades that followed, the overriding goal of city planners and engineers was to allow traffic to
circulate unhindered. "For years, pedestrians were essentially written out of the equation when it came
to designing streets," says Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic - Why We Drive the Way We Do. "They
didn't even appear in early computer models, and when they did, it was largely for their role in blocking
vehicle traffic. This has made US cities unusually hostile to pedestrians," says Vanderbilt. Jaywalking
has become an "often misunderstood umbrella term", covering many situations in which the pedestrian
should, in effect, have the right of way.
In the US, resistance to anti-jaywalking legislation 15 growing. When the Los Angeles Police
Department recently advertised an anti-jaywalking campaign on is Facebook page, respondents accused
he police of simply seeking an easy source of revenue. And in New York, in its effort to crack down on
Jaywalking, the mayor's office bas come up against opposition from voters and police officers. Advocates
of jaywalking say careless drivers. not pedestrians, are most often to blame for motorist-pedestrian
accidents, pedestrian deaths and injuries, and that there is no evidence to prove that anti-jaywalking
campaigns are effective. They believe that there is too little experimentation with projects that aim to
make US cities more pedestrian-friendly, such as increasing motorists' awareness of pedestrians and
reducing traffic speeds in urban areas.
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Very interesting facts about jaywalking, but your post is wrong when it states that “it is not an offence in the UK”. Jaywalking is an
offence in Northern Ireland (part of UK), although, fortunately, traffic officers rarely entered the law. But if had when they do, it
can result in either a written warning or a £30 fine.

Question 31: Which of the following is closest in meaning to 'bellowing' in paragraph 1?

A. yelling B. smiling C. staring D. waving

Question 32: Who would most likely be fined for jaywalking in the United States?
A. a person from the countryside who crosses the road at a crosswalk
B. someone who hurriedly crosses the road near a crosswalk
C. a pedestrian standing on the sidewalk outside a department store
D. a motorist who is unaware of the rules of the road for pedestrians

Question 33: What does the author imply in the second paragraph?
A. More countries have anti-jaywalking measures than those that don't.
B. Anti-jaywalking measures don't guarantee low pedestrian injury rates.
C Traffic regulations in the US are confusing for foreign visitors.
D. Jaywalking should not be an offence in any developed country.

Question 34: Who campaigned for the introduction of anti-jaywalking legislation?

A. the auto industry B. the citizens of Cincinnati
C. educationalists D. motorists

Question 35: Which of the following is closest in meaning to 'written out of the equation' in
paragraph 4?
A. frustrated B. disregarded C. deceived D. reprimanded

Question 36: How did early city planners view pedestrians?

A. They thought that they made the roads unsafe for motorists.
B. They regarded them as being vital elements in road design.
C. They considered them to be traffic obstructions.
D. They believed they should have the right of way on the streets.

Question 37: What can be inferred about traffic officers in the US?
A. They want to abolish anti-jaywalking legislation.

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 B. They would like to see a limit on the top speed of cars.
C. They believe that the fine for jaywalking is too high.
D They don't consider fining jaywalkers a top priority.

Question 38: What do people who oppose anti-jaywalking laws believe?

A. The laws help reduce the number of motorist-pedestrian accidents.
B. Jaywalking fines are a necessary source of income for cities.
C. Motorists are unaware of what jaywalking actually is.
D. Pedestrian-friendly projects should be implemented.

Question 39: Why has Ian McInnes left a comment on the weblog?
A. to stress that the fine for jaywalking in his country is avoidable
B. to point out that Northern Ireland is part of the UK
C. lo correct information in Mike Bruberg's post
D. to argue for the rights of pedestrians

Question 40: What best describes the style of Mike Bruberg's post?
A. a public complaint against jaywalking
B. an informative analysis of jaywalking
C. a subjective opinion on jaywalking
D. a sentimental defence of jaywalking

Read the text about homework and mark the letter A, B. C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
families correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 41 to 50.
A study of the impact of homework in different countries claims that the pressure of homework causes
(41) between children and parents. According, to the study, this pressure is most evident in
families where parents are (42) for their children to succeed at school.
The recently released study is a review of research over 75 years, which (43) the impact of
homework in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, Australia and the Middle East. It claims
(44) homework can become a source of tension, particularly when parents try to (45)
too much control.
The study states that parents have the most positive influence when they offer moral support, make
appropriate resources available and discuss general issues, adding that parents should only offer their

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help when their children (46) ask them to. The report also backs the effectiveness of
homework clubs, which have recently (47) popular in many schools. These provide a quiet
(48) where children can study after formal lessons finish, with a teacher (49)
available to help them. Children feel that these clubs (50) homework enjoyable and give
them a better chance of passing exams.

Question 41: A. friction B. impact C. interest D. disaster

Question 42: A. interested B. intense C. encouraging D. keen
Question 43: A. revises B. suggests C. examines D. proves
Question 44: A. that B. what C. how D. when
Question 45: A. bear B. give C. hold D. take
Question 46: A. specifically B. certainly C. critically D. specially
Question 47: A. been B. seemed C. deemed D. become
Question 48: A. place B. period C. time D. point
Question 49: A. whose B. is C. seemingly D. often
Question 50: A. give B. have C. make D. do

Choose the sentence A, B, C, or D which is closest in meaning to the first sentence of each of the
questions from 51 to 55.

Question 51: "You have spoilt my party," she told her brother.
A. She apologized for spoiling her brother's party.
B. She accused her brother of spoiling her party.
C. She has asked her brother to spoil her party.
D. She threatened to spoil her brother's party.

Question 52: She had never been to such a boring party before.
A. She shouldn't have been so bored at the party.
B. Rarely does she go to boring parties.
C. Never before had she been so bored at a party.
D. She avoids going to boring parties.

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Question 53: Cathy had better stop eating so much chocolate.
A. Cathy wishes she could give up eating chocolate.
B. Cathy ought to stop eating so much chocolate.
C. Cathy would prefer to stop eating so much chocolate.
D. Cathy may have given up eating so much chocolate.

Question 54: Bill should have arrived by now.

A. Bill bas just arrived. B. I expected Bill to have arrived before.
C. I think Bill should be here very soon. D. Bill is going to arrive any minute.

Question 55: Without his help, she would not have managed to solve the problem
A. She managed to solve the problem on her own.
B. She's unable to solve the problem without his help.
C. If he hadn't helped her, she wouldn't have been able to solve the problem
D. If he helps her, she'll be able to solve the problem.
Read the text about oil spill and mark the letter A. B. C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 56 to 65.
On an ecologist's list of nightmares, this (56) looked like an easy member of the Top Five. An
Ecuadorian fuel tanker, the Jessica, ran aground in the Galapagos archipelago and slowly spilled its (57)
of 240,000 gallons of oil into the surrounding ocean. The disaster threatened to choke a
unique and delicate (58) ; the islands whose giant tortoises and 15 related species of finch
inspired Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species' in 1859.
The emergency began when the captain of the Jessica, a 30-year-old boat, (59) a buoy for
lighthouse and ran aground off the shore of San Cristobal Island. The ship's cargo was 65% diesel oil
(60) for Baltra Island and 35% bunker fuel, a heavier form of oil used by tour boats. Rescue
teams from the Ecuadorian navy and the state-owned fuel company began (61) vessel, fuel
from the damaged vessel, but after three days of battering by waves up to 2 meters in (62) , the
Jessica began leaking oil into the sea and would (63) pour out over 180,000 gallons.
One week later, the government declared a state of (64) in the Galapagos archipelago,
setting (65) an initial $2 million for cleanup operations.

Question 56: A. one B. only C. was D. had

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 Question 57: A load B. cargo C. produce D. transport

Question 58: A. wildlife B. habitat C. nature D. vicinity

Question 59: A. mistook B. noticed C. confused D. observed

Question 60: A. headed B. directed C. aimed D. sent

Question 61: A. eliminating B. removing C. subtracting D. exporting

Question 62: A. length B. range C. height D. strength

Question 63: A. eventually B. explicitly C. totally D. barely

Question 64: A. alarm B. disaster C. emergency D. tragedy

Question 65: A. down B. up C. off D. aside

Mark the letter A. B. C, or D on the answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
from 66 to 80.

Question 66: The English spoken in Canada is similar the United States.
A. to these in B. with that of C. with that in D. to that of

Question 67: After the eruption, lava out of the volcano and poured down the mountainside.
A. bas spewed B. was spewed C. spewing D. spewed

Question 68: This prestigious university just over $2 million to nanotechnology

research recently.
A. says to allocate B. said to have allocated
C. is said to have allocated D. is said that they allocated

Question 69: According to the investigation, he died not from a blow to the head
A. but of a heart attack B. but his heart failed him
C. only of a heart attack D. instead of his heart attack

Question 70: "Did Celine ever graduate from university?"-"No, at university for 18

months, she dropped out to find work."

A she had been B. after having been C. while being D. since she was

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Question 71: Keith made in his attempt to catch the dog that he strained his back.
A. Such a great effort B. Such was the effort
C. So was the effort that D. So great effort

Question 72: The examinee couldn't understand the question, so he asked from the supervisor.
A for clarification B. to clarify C. for clarifying D. Jo be clarified

Question 73: With the increase in international crime, it is logical to searched at customs

nowadays.
A. assuming that you are B. assume to be
C. assume you will be D. assume being

Question 74: Democrats would have done better in the midterms they run as the peace party.
A. had B. if C. unless D. were

Question 75: Human Rights Watch documented that thousands of orphans and abandoned children

each year.
A. are vanished in B. vanish
C. have been vanished D. get vanished

Question 76: "He needs to go on a strict diet."- "I agree. He does eat much.
A. too much B. that C. much too D. too very

Question 77: "Didn't you hear the doorbell?" -"No, I fast asleep. "
A. had to be B. must be
C. should have been D. must have been

Question 78: There seemed to be a consensus that the new proposal at the meeting.
A. has rejected B. be rejected C. should reject D. was rejected

Question 79: Christine has never to anybody about anything in her life.
A. lied B. laid C. lain D. lay

Question 80: Medical researchers have recently discovered what to be a new strain of

the killer virus.

A. appears B.is appearing C. was appeared D. appears as if

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Mark the letter A. B. C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the questions from 81 to 85.

Question 81: A. chateau B. chain C. chapter D. charm

Question 82: A. courageous B. gaseous C. gorgeous D. cretaceous

Question 83: A. cough B. tough C. hiccough D. rough

Question 84: A. together B. generation C. genre D. genitive

Question 85: A. orphan B. dolphin C. shepherd D. asphalt

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction
in each of the questions from 86 to 95.

Question 86: Nowadays, despite their parents' efforts to keep them innocent, children are growing up
A B
much more quickly than they did a generation ago.
C D

Question 87: In those countries where public health care is available, less unnecessary medical
A B
procedures occur and lawyers are rarely involved in settling disputes.
C D

Question 88: The existence of the Mozart sonatas, unlike his operas, was wholly unsuspected until about
A B C D
the early twentieth century.

Question 89: Julia has discovered that she can express her opinions more freely through her diary
A B C
and not in her letters.
D

Question 90: In the 18th century, careers in medicine and law were prestigious, but it did not require
A B C
practitioners to hold college degrees.
D

Question 91: The director's second movie is quite different from his first and, in continuity at least, is
A B
more superior to it.
C D

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Question 92: Human population, far from being randomly scattered across the continents, appear
A B C
to be distributed in circular patterns.
D

Question 93: Edward Graves was one of a handful of people who committed his life to preserve the
A B C D
pristine wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Question 94: When rumors of a secret wedding began to spread, neither of the movie stars were available
A B C D
for comment.

Question 95: The main rule of the stables is clearly posted and reads as follows: anyone who has not
A B
rode a horse before must be accompanied on by an experienced guide.
C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other
three in the position of the primary stress in each of the questions from 96 to 100.

Question 96: A compulsory B. federation C. parabolic D. mausoleum

Question 97: A. meteorite B. consequently C. preferable D. certificate

Question 98: A. carol B. garnish C. simmer D. promote

Question 99: A. nominate B. compromise C. ultimate D. embroider

Question 100: A. minimize B. applicant C. satellite D. bilingual

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