Listening 36. A.

Their voice box is not positioned

correctly yet.
1. A. The man should go to the museum by 37. D. When children lear to associate sounds
shuttle bus. with meaning.
2. D. The man should have studied for the 38. B. How children are able to learn language.
exam.
39. B. Communication over long distances in
3. A. A new building.
North America.
4. B. Use computer in the lab. 40. C. The fees of several couriers were
5. A. She got her watch where his sister works. included in the charge.
6. A. Find out if classes are cancelled 41. D. A funeral.
7. B. She is spending a lot of time in the 42. C. Attracting birds.
library. 43. B. They like to eat them.
8. A. Try to fix what is wrong with the 44. D. They are baked in the oven.
computer.
45. A. It makes the clean and free of germs.
9. B. She wants the man to choose quickly.
46. C. She collects birds nests.
10. B. She can return the CD to Tom later.
47. A. How to prevent landslides in populated
11. B. Make an appointment at the clinic soon.
areas.
12. C. Look at other apartments before deciding. 48. B. They can reveal unsafe conditions for
13. D. He is not on the basketball team. building.
14. B. Buy the green shirt. 49. B. It helps keep the soil in place.
15. C. The woman is planning to start a new job. 50. D. A wall that stops water from draining.
16. D. See a play with her aunt.
17. C. She thinks she will not need financial aid.
18. B. The woman does not have to pay extra
Structure
for it.
19. A. A small town can have negative qualities. 1. Neither Professor Johnson nor any other faculty
20. D. He will not able to coordinate the member __________ to apply for the dean’s position.
program again. A. intend
21. C. He is late for an appointment with the B. intends
man and woman. C. are intending
22. B. She can get the materials they gave out at D. has intend
the meeting.
2. E. Coli has proven to be __________ most
23. A. He probably will not able to follow the
dangerous bacteria that can be acquired from food
professor’s advice. and water, even in developed countries.
24. B. He doubts that the theater group will A. one of the
perform a musical next year. B. one of
25. C. He wants an appartment near his work. C. one
26. D. The elections would be held later. D. of one
27. A. He did not recommend the lecture.
28. D. She intends to go see the movie. 3. The death toll would __________ much higher if
29. C. Ways should he found to use less water. immediate action had not been
taken.
30. C. The new manual has not been completed
A. probably being
yet.
B. probably be
31. C. The class reading list. C. probably been
32. D. The main character gets into trouble. D. be probable
33. A. Some British reviewers wrote favorably
about it. 4. A fire in the __________ building could be a
34. C. Phases of language development in problem for firefighters.
young children. A. ninety-story-tall
35. C. They are among the first sounds babies B. ninety-tall-story
make. C. ninety-stories-tall
D. ninety stories 12. A congressional committee has been appointed to
study a new procedure
5. Their office consisted of three rooms, __________ __________ to eliminate some costly expenditures.
was used as a conference room. A. that is expected
A. larger of which B. what is expected
B. the largest of which C. which expects
C. the largest of them D. that expected
D. largest
13. Some people send job applications even when
6. In the past six months, the company has already they are reasonably happy in their
received twice __________ in jobs, __________ improving their position.
gross revenues as it earned in the entire preceding A. with hoping to
year. B. hoping that
A. as much C. with hopes of
B. more D. hoping to
C. as many
D. as more 14. Swimming is a beneficial exercise, __________
aerobic activity and uses a
7. __________ better, the team would have been able number of muscle groups.
to defeat the opponent. A. not only because it provides
A. If it prepares B. because it both provides
B. If prepares C. for provision
C. Preparing D. as result of providing
D. Had it prepared

8. Nobody knows why __________ postponed until 15. The professor instructed the students __________
next week. the essay without preparing an outline first.
A. the meeting A. to not write
B. was the meeting B. not to write
C. did the meeting C. do not write
D. the meeting was D. to no write

9. The curriculum at the public school is as good 16. It is not clear when __________, although there
__________ of any private are many different theories.
school. A. dinosaurs becoming extinct
A. or better than B. dinosaurs extinction
B. as or better that C. dinosaurs became extinct
C. as or better than that D. did dinosaurs become extinct
D. as or better than those
17. If the driver’s own car __________ damaged, the
10. Being a private university, __________ a well- favorite probably would have won the race.
organized charitable giving A. had not been
program in order to offer a sufficient number of B. not
quality courses and activities. C. no had been
A. development of D. has no be
B. it developed
C. develop 18. The soldiers were unable to determine where
D. developing __________.
A. the jeep had been left
11. The greater the number of bacteria attacking the B. had been leave the jeep
system, __________. C. had the jeep been left
A. the sooner treatment must be begun D. had the jeep left
B. sooner must begin treatment
C. begin treatment as soon as possible 19. The manager was angry because somebody
D. must begin treatment sooner _________.
A. had allowed the photographers to enter the A. in more numbers B. more numerously
building C. greater in numbers D. in greater
B. had let the photographers to enter the building numbers
C. permitting the photographers enter the building
D. the photographers let into the building 28. The company president wrote an e-mail and
planned to send __________ as soon as the vote was
20. The committee members resented __________ of complete.
the meeting. A. to all directors the message
A. the president that he did not tell them B. the message by all directors
B. the president not to inform them C. message to all directors D. the
C. the president’s not informing them message to all directors
D. that the president had failed informing themselves
29. As the result of Diane’s illness and the effects of
21. __________ did Arthur realize that there was the medication, __________ to curtail her work and
danger. public speaking activities.
A. Upon entering the store A. has B. had
B. When he entered the store C. she has had D. she will had
C. After he had entered the store
D. Only after entering the store 30. __________ did Arthur realize that there was
danger.
22. The company sustained an angry reaction from its A. Upon entering the store B. When
employees after announcing how __________ to he entered the store
reduce operating costs. C. After he had entered the store
A. it planned B. planned D. Only after entering the store
C. did it plan D. was planned
31. Hardly __________ the office when he realized
23. The gymnasium facilities of this public school are that he had forgotten his wallet.
__________ those of the finest private school in the A. he had entered B. had entered C.
county. entered D. had he entered
A. second after B. second only to
C. first except forD. second place from 32. Once the employees had begun receiving
financial information on the company, __________
24. The more the horse tried to free itself from the income.
restraint, __________. A. they diligently assisted in reducing costs and
A. the tighter it became B. it increasing
became tighter B. it made the employees more eager to assist in
C. the horse could not escape reduce costs and increase
D. it was unable to move C. diligently they assist to reduce costs and increase
D. with extreme diligence helped lower costs and
25. __________, that runner is likely to be the first increase
one chosen.
A. Due to her agility and speed B. 33. The plumber attempted to loosen the nut with
Because of she is agile and fast regular pliers but then decided he needed to retrieve
C. Because agile and rapid D. his toolbox in order to use __________.
Because her agility and speed A. another pliers B. others pliers C. the
others ones D. another pair
26. It was not until the students were seated
__________ the proctor realized he had 34. The committee has met and __________.
the wrong test booklets. A. have approve the budget
A. that B. when C. as B. budget was approved
soon as D. and C. its approval of the budget
D. approved the budget
27. As a result of the additional rain with so much
flooding already having occurred,
residents were seeking shelter __________ than in Reading
previous years.
Practice Passage 1 b) ocean
c) state
The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the d) village
Arctic Ocean. It stretches southward across the
largest and northernmost state in the United States, 3. According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil
ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly 800 can travel through the pipeline each
miles from(5) where it begins. It is massive in size a) day
and extremely b) week
complicated to operate. The steel pipe crosses c) month
windswept plains and endless d) year
miles of delicate tundra that tops the frozen ground. It
weaves through crooked canyons, climbs sheer (10) 4. The phrase "Resting on" in line 15 is closest in
mountains, plunges over rocky crags, makes its way meaning to
through thick forests, and passes over or under a) consisting of
hundreds of rivers and streams. The pipe is 4 feet in b) supported by
c) passing under
diameter, and up to 2 million barrels (or 84 million
d) protected with
gallons) of crude oil can be pumped through it daily.
(15) Resting on H-shaped steel racks called "bents," 5. The author mentions all of the following as
long sections of the pipeline follow a zigzag course important in determining the pipeline's route
high above the frozen earth. Other long sections drop EXCEPT the
out of sight beneath spongy or rocky ground and a. climate
return to the surface later on. The pattern of the b. lay of the land itself
pipeline's up-and-(20) down route is determined by c. local vegetation
the often harsh demandsof the arctic and subarctic d. kind of soil and rock
climate, the tortuous lay of the land, and the varied
compositions of soil, rock, or permafrost 6. The word "undertaken" in line 31 is closest in
(permanently frozen ground). A little more than half meaning to
of the pipeline is elevated above the ground.(25) The a. removed
remainder is buried anywhere from 3 to 12 b. selected
feet,depending largely upon the type of terrain and c. transported
the properties of the soil.One of the largest in the d. attempted
world, the pipeline cost approximately $8 billion and
7. How many companies shared the costs of
is by far the biggest(30) and most expensive
constructing the pipeline?
construction project ever undertaken by private
a. three
industry. In fact, no single business could raise that
b. four
much money, so 8 major oil companies formed a c. eight
consortium in order to sharethe costs. Each company d. twelve
controlled oil rights to(35) particular shares of land in
the oil fields and paid into the pipeline-construction 8. The word "particular" in line 35 is closest in
fund according to the size of its holdings. Today, meaning to
despite enormous problems of climate, supply a. peculiar
shortages, equipment breakdowns, labor b. specific
disagreements, treacherous (40) terrain, a certain c. exceptional
amount of mismanagement, and even theft, the d. equal
Alaska pipeline has been completed and is operating.
9. Which of the following determined what
1. The passage primarily discusses the pipeline's percentage of the construction costs each member of
a) operating costs the consortium would pay?
b) employees a. How much oil field land each company owned
c) consumers b. How long each company had owned land in the
d) construction oil fields
c. How many people worked for each company
2. The word "it" in line 5 refers to d. How many oil wells were located on the
a) pipeline company's land
10. Where in the passage does the author provide a talented early Jazz musicians changed the way we
term for an earth covering that always remains look at music.
frozen?
a. Line 4 b. Line 15 c. Line 23 d. Line 3 1. The Passage answers which of the following
Jazz has been called “the art of questions?
expression set to music”, and “America’s great (a) Why did Ragtime, marching band music, and the
contribution Blues lose popularity after
to music”. It has functioned as popular art and about 1900?
enjoyed periods of fairly widespread public (b) What were the origins of Jazz and how did it
response, in the “jazz age” of the 1920s, in the differ from other forms of music?
“swing era” of the late 1930s and in the peak (c) What has been the greatest contribution of cornet
popularity of modern jazz in the late 1950s. The players to music in the
standard legend about Jazz is that it originated twentieth century?
around the end of the 19 th century in New (d) Which early Jazz musicians most influenced the
Orleans and moved up the Mississippi Memphis, development of Blues music?
St. Louis, and finally to Chicago. It welded
together the elements of Ragtime, 2. According to the passage, Jazz originated in
marching band music, and the Blues. However, (a) Chicago
the influences of what led to those early (b) St. Louis
sounds goes back to tribal African drum beats (c) along the Mississippi river
and European musical structures. Buddy (d) New Orleans
Bolden, a New Orleans barber and cornet player, is
generally considered to have been the first 3. The word “welded” in line 6 is closest in meaning
real Jazz musician, around 1891. to
What made Jazz significantly different from (a) squeezed
the other earlier forms of music was the use of (b) bound
improvisation. Jazz displayed a break from (c) added
traditional music where a composer wrote an entire (d) stirred
piece of music on paper, leaving the musicians
to break their backs playing exactly what was 4. Which of the following distinguished Jazz as a
written on the score. In a Jazz piece, however, new form of musical expression?
the song is simply a starting point, or sort of (a) the use of cornets
skeletal guide for the Jazz musicians to (b) “hot Jazz”
improvise around. Actually, many of the early (c) improvisation
Jazz (d) New Orleans
musicians were bad sight readers and some
couldn’t even read music at all. Generally 5. The word “skeletal” in line 15 is closest in
speaking, these early musicians couldn’t make meaning to
very much money and were stuck working (a) framework
menial jobs to make a living. The second wave of (b) musical
New Orleans Jazz musicians included such (c) basic
memorable players as Joe Oliver, Kid Ory, and (d) essential
Jelly Roll Morton. These men formed small
bands and took the music of earlier musicians, 6. Which of the following can be inferred from the
improved its complexity, and gained greater passage?
success. This music is known as “hot Jazz” due (a) many early Jazz musicians had poor sight
to the enormously fast speeds and rhythmic (b) there is no slow music in Jazz
drive. (c) many early Jazz musicians had little formal
A young cornet player by the name of musical training
Louis Armstrong was discovered by Joe Oliver (d) the cornet is the most common musical
in instrument used in Jazz
New Orleans. He soon grew up to become one of
the greatest and most successful musicians 7. The word “menial” in line 18 is closest in
of all time, and later one of the biggest stars in meaning to
the world. The impact of Armstrong and other (a) mens
(b) attractive
(c) degrading
(d) skilled
8. According to the passage, which of the following
belonged to the second wave of New
Orleans Jazz musicians?
(a) Louis Armstrong
(b) Buddy Bolden
(c) St. Louis
(d) Joe Oliver
9. All of the following are true EXCEPT
(a) the late 1930s was called the “swing era”
(b) “hot Jazz” is rhythmic
(c) Jazz has been said to be America’s greatest
contribution to music
(d) Joe Oliver is generally considered to be the
first real Jazz musician
10. The word “its” in line 21 refers to
(a) small bands
(b) earlier music
(c) men
(d) earlier musicians
11. Which of the following terms is defined in the
passage?
(a) “improvisation” (line 12)
(b) “traditional” (line 12)
(c) “composer” (line 12)
(d) “score” (line 14)
The Moon has been worshipped by primitive
peoples and has inspired humans to create
everything from lunar calendars to love sonnets, but
what do we really know about it? The
most accepted theory about the origin of the Moon is
that it was formed of the debris from a
massive collision with the young Earth about 4.6
billion years ago. A huge body, perhaps the
size of Mars, struck the Earth, throwing out an
immense amount of debris that coalesced and
cooled in orbit around the Earth.
The development of Earth is inextricably
linked to the moon; the Moon’s gravitational
influence
upon the Earth is the primary cause of ocean tides. In
fact, the Moon has more than twice the
effect upon the tides than does the Sun. The Moon
makes one rotation and completes a
revolution around the Earth every 27 days, 7 hours,
and 43 minutes. This synchronous rotat ion
is caused by an uneven distribution of mass in the
Moon (essentially, it is heavier on one side
than the other) and has allowed the Earth’s gravity to
keep one side of the Moon permanently
facing Earth. It is an average distance from Earth of
384,403 km.
Moon has no atmosphere; without an
atmosphere, the Moon has nothing to protect
it from meteorite impacts, and thus the surface of the
Moon is covered with impact craters, both
large and small. The Moon also has no active tectonic
or volcanic activity, so the erosive effects
of atmospheric weathering, tectonic shifts, and
volcanic upheavals that tend to erase and reform
the Earth’s surface features are not at work on the
Moon. In fact, even tiny surface features
such as the footprint left by an astronaut in the lunar
soil are likely to last for millions of years,
unless obliterated by a chance meteorite strike. The
surface gravity of the Moon is about onesixth that of
the Earth’s. Therefore, a man weighing 82 kilograms
on Earth would only weigh
14 kilograms on the Moon.
The geographical features of the Earth most
like that of the Moon are, in fact, places such as the
Hawaiian volcanic craters and the huge meteor crater
in Arizona. The climate of the Moon is
very unlike either Hawaii or Arizona, however; in
fact the temperature on the Moon ranges
between 123 degrees C. to –233 degrees C.
12. What is the passage primarily about?
(a) the Moon’s effect upon the Earth
(b) the origin of the Moon
(c) what we know about the Moon and its
differences to Earth
(d) a comparison of the Moon and the Earth
13. The word “massive” in line 4 is closest in
meaning to
(a) unavoidable
(a) dense
(b) huge
(c) impressive
14. The word “debris” in line 5 is closest in meaning
to
(a) rubbish
(b) satellites
(c) moons
(d) earth
15. According to the passage, the Moon is
(a) older than the Earth
(b) protected by a dense atmosphere
(c) composed of a few active volcanoes
(d) the primary cause of Earth’s ocean tides
16. The word “uneven “ in line 11 is closest in
meaning to
(a) Heavier
(b) Equally distributed
(c) Orderly
(d) Not uniform
17. Why does the author mention “impact craters” in
line 16?
(a) to show the result of the Moon not having an
atmosphere
(b) to show the result of the Moon not having active
tectonic or volcanic activity
(c) to explain why the Moon has no plant life
because of meteorites
(d) to explain the corrosive effects of atmospheric
weathering
18. The word “erase” in line 19 is closest in meaning
to
(a) change
(b) impact
(c) obliterate
(d) erupt
19. A person on the Moon would weigh less than on
the Earth because
(a) of the composition of lunar soil
(b) the surface gravity of the Moon is less
(c) the Moon has no atmosphere
(d) the Moon has no active tectonic or volcanic
activity
20. All of the following are true about the Moon
EXCEPT
(a) it has a wide range of temperatures
(b) it is heavier on one side than the other
(c) it is unable to protect itself from meteorite
attacks
(d) it has less effect upon the tides than the Sun
21. Which of the following can be inferred from the
passage?
(a) the Moon is not able to support human life
(b) if the Moon had no gravitational influence, the
Earth would not have tides
(c) people living in Hawaii and Arizona would feel
at home on the Moon
(d) Mars could have been formed in a similar way to
the Moon
People of Hispanic origin were on the
North American continent centuries before
settlers arrived from Europe in the early 1600s and
the thirteen colonies joined together to form
the United States in the late 1700s. The first
census of the new nation was conducted in 1790,
and counted about four million people, most of
whom were white. Of the white citizens, more
than 80% traced their ancestry back to England.
There were close to 700,000 slaves and about
60,000 “free Negroes”. Only a few Native
American Indians who paid taxes were included in
the census count, but the total Native American
population was probably about one million.
By 1815, the population of the United
States was 8.4 million. Over the next 100 years,
the country took in about 35 million immigrants,
with the greatest numbers coming in the late
1800s and early 1900s. In 1882, 40,000 Chinese
arrived, and between 1900 and 1907, there
were more than 30,000 Japanese immigrants. But
by far, the largest numbers of the new
immigrants were from central, eastern, and southern
Europe.
An enormous amount of racial and ethnic
assimilation has taken place in the United States.
In 1908, play-write Israel Zangwill first used the
term “melting pot” to describe the concept of a
place where many races melted in a crucible and
re-formed to populate a new land. Some years
during the first two decades of the 20 th century,
there were as many as one million new
immigrants per year, an astonishing 1 percent of the
total population of the United States.
In 1921, however, the country began to
limit immigration, and the Immigration Act of
1924
virtually closed the door. The total number of
immigrants admitted per year dropped from as
many as a million to only 150,000. A quota system
was established that specified the number
of immigrants that could come from each country.
It heavily favored immigrants from northern
and western Europe and severely limited
everyone else. This system remained in effect
until
1965, although after World War II, several
exceptions were made to the quota system to
allow
in groups of refugees.
22. Why did the author write the passage?
(a) to outline the ways immigration has been
restricted
(b) to emphasize the impact of migrants from
Europe
(c) to explain and give examples of the concept of a
“melting pot”
(d) to summarize the main features of
immigration
 (b) during the 1900s immigrants numbered 1
23. According to the passage, which ancestry percent of the total population
predominated at the time of the first census? (c) settlers of Hispanic origin arrived centuries
(a) Native Americans before those from Europe
(b) Negroes (d) numbers began to be limited from 1921
(c) English
(d) Hispanic 31. Which of the following can be inferred from the
passage
24. The word “ancestry” in line 5 is closest in (a) preserving a developing “American” culture
meaning to was a major factor leading to the
(a) origins introduction of the quota system
(b) inheritance (b) racial and ethnic assimilation did not occur as
(c) color planned
(d) freedom (c) racial and ethnic tensions would have increased if
the quota system had not been
25. The word “their” in line 5 refers to which of the introduced
following (d) the quota system was introduced to limit
(a) immigrants population growth
(b) people of Hispanic origin
(c) white citizens
(d) Native Americans

26. Which of the following is true, according to the

passage?
(a) a quota system was in place from 1908
(b) a peak period of immigration was in the late
1800s and early 1900s
(c) slaves were not counted in the first census
(d) only those who paid taxes were included in the
first census

27. The number of immigrants taken in over the 100

years to 1915 was
(a) probably about 1 million
(b) about 35 million
(c) 8.4 million
(d) about 4 million

28. The word “concept” in line 16 is closest in

meaning to
(a) location
(b) type
(c) complexity
(d) thought

29. The word “virtually” in line 21 is closest in

meaning to
(a) effectively
(b) occasionally
(c) thoroughly
(d) undeservedly

30. Which of the following is NOT true about

immigrants
(a) they were subjected to an official quota in the
Immigration Act from 1924