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Answer Sheet.: Choose The Word or Phrase (A, B, C, or D) That Best Completes The Sentence. (10 PTS)
Answer Sheet.: Choose The Word or Phrase (A, B, C, or D) That Best Completes The Sentence. (10 PTS)
USE OF ENGLISH
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence. (10 pts)
1. Although they tried hard, they seemed to get ________.
A. somewhere B. nowhere C. everywhere D. anywhere
2. It is kind of you ______ me a hand with that job.
A. giving B. having given C. to give D. to have given
3. ______ the apple she had eaten were all over the place.
A. cores B. middles C. stones D. centres
4. Take this to the rubbish dump, ________?
A. will you B. won’t you C. do you D. should you
5. You should clean the cut thoroughly ______ prevent any infection.
A. so that B. so as to C. with a view to D. in order for
6. My dog as well as my cats ______ twice a day.
A. eat B. eats C. has eaten D. have eaten
7. This class quite _______ the one we attended last month.
A. outnumbers B. outclasses C. overdoes D. supersedes
8. They decided not to _______ any news to the public.
A. release B. show C. leak D. collect
9. It’s a common _______ for doctors to take a patient’s temperature before an examination.
A. habit B. custom C. regulation D. practice
10. Why don’t you just feel confident _______ your future success?
A. of B. for C. about D. in
11. These days I have my _______ full with organizing workshops.
A. face B. neck C. eyes D. hands
12. _______ than waiting, we should do something about it soon.
A. More B. Other C. Rather D. Better
13. If only they _______ us a little earlier.
A. might have informed B. informed
C. had informed D. should have informed
14. He redecorated the house ________ selling it to get money for his son studying abroad.
A. with a view to B. because of C. on condition that D. his goal was to
15. She is the most _______ woman I’ve ever known. She’s really thoughtful.
A. caring B. careless C. uncared D. careful
16. As a teacher, she _______ the responsibility for the welfare of her students.
A. achieves B. assumes C. makes D. keeps
17. Mike’s injury did not ________ after a week.
A. cure B. treat C. heal D. mend
18. Owing to our lack of money, financial ________ is needed for the project to be carried out.
A. agreement B. backing C. analysis D. plan
19. They were accused of match _______.
A. fixing B. mending C. holding D. repairing
20. Don’t worry! I’m _______ that you will get the job.
A. aware B. happy C. disappointed D. confident
Use the correct form of the word given to fill in each blank . (10 pts)
1. His __________ knocking on the table disturbed me a lot. (CONTINUE) continually
2. The machine ____________, so the workers were allowed to go home. (FUNCTION) malfunctioned
3. If you are physically _________, you won’t feel fit for your work. (ACTION) inactive
4. Many women feel __________ traveling home at night alone. (PANIC) panicked
5. Hundreds of unemployed __________ could be pushed back towards crime by the closure of job training
programs. (PRISON) ex-prisoners
6. It is _______________ to gamble in Vietnam. (LEGAL) illegal
7. Isn't the weather _______________ today? (HORROR) horrible
8. You really deserve a(n) ___________ vacation for what you have been doing. (EARN) well-earned
9. Don’t be so __________. Go straight to the point, please. (RELEVANCE) irrelevant
10. I can’t stand the sound of the toy. Can you __________ it? (ACTIVATE) deactivate
Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space. (15 pts)
Consulates (1)_________ to help citizens abroad to help themselves. Every year millions of people go
abroad for (2)________ or profit. There are consular officers ready to do what they can to help if people get
into difficulties, but for all sorts of reasons there are (3)________ to what they can do. Most of the (4)________
things go well for travelers abroad but occasionally things go wrong.
So, (5)________ you are an experienced traveler or a first timer, going by yourself, with a family or a
group, there are things you should do before you go. Think about money and tickets well in (6)________. Take
enough money including enough to pay your return (7)________, and hold on to it. Better (8)________, buy
return tickets in the first place. In a(n) (9)________ a Consul will (10)________ relatives or friends and ask
them to help you with money or tickets. But there’s no (11)________ that says a Consul has to lend you money
and if he (12)________ does (and it will have to be repaid) he will want to be (13)________ first that you really
are penniless and that there is no one else you know who can help.
It is also important to take out proper insurance for everything from car breakdowns to (14)________ of
life. A Consul cannot pay your medical or any other (15)__________, nor can he do the work of local travel
representatives or motoring organizations.
1. A. maintain B. live C. exist D. support
2. A. joy B. pleasure C. play D. distraction
3. A. hints B. limits C. problems D. obligations
4. A. time B. moment C. condition D. situation
5. A. when B. whether C. if D. although
6. A. advance B. precedent C. prediction D. caution
7. A. price B. transport C. account D. fare
8. A. much B. then C. yet D. still
9. A. danger B. emergency C. annoyance D. problem
10. A. contact B. talk C. face D. force
11. A. law B. force C. authority D. power
12. A. initially B. after that C. eventually D. consequently
13. A. pleased B. confirmed C. satisfied D. argued
14. A. loss B. miss C. absence D. damage
15. A. papers B. salaries C. documents D. bills
Fill in each of the blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word. (15 pts)
Twice a year, all the clocks in the United States are changed by one hour. In the spring, clocks are
moved (1) forward an hour. This is called daylight savings time. In the fall, clocks are set back an hour to (2)
normal / usual time. People remember how to change their clocks by remembering this saying: Spring
forward, (3) fall back. It seems Benjamin Franklin was the first person to propose the (4) idea / change of
daylight savings time, back in the 1790s. At the time, people thought he was joking. They couldn’t believe he
was (5) serious. Many years later, during World War I, people realized (6) how innovative an idea he’d had. In
the spring and summer, the sun (7) rises earlier. By moving the clock ahead, people can take (8) advantage
of the extra daylight and save energy. Energy is an important (9) resource / thing, of course, especially during
wartime. The United States operated (10) the / this daylight savings time during World War I and again during
World War II. After that, some (11) parts of the country observed daylight savings time and some didn’t.
Beginning and ending dates (12) vary from place to place. This confusion ended in 1966, when the Congress
(13) passed / enforced the Uniform Time Act, standardizing the process and (14) made daylight savings time
a federal law. Since (15) then, some lawmakers have proposed that the United States go to year-round
daylight savings time.