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A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (40PTS)

I. WORD CHOICE (5PTS)
Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences
1. It was decided that the cost of the project would be ______ and so it was abandoned.
A. repressive B. prohibitive C. restrictive D. exclusive
2. In any transport system, the safety of passengers should be ______.
A. paramount B. eminent C. chief D. prime
3. It is expected that all members will ______ to the rules of the club.
A. comply B. concede C. conform D. compromise
4. We ______ a friendship the very first time we met.
A. struck B. launched C. cropped D. settled
5. I left the company by ______, not because I was forced to.
A. choice B. option C. selection D. preference
6. He made a number of ______ remarks about my cooking, which upset me.
A. slashing B. stabbing C. chopping D. cutting
7. Recent defeats have ______his confidence in himself as a player.
A. undermined B. disable C. impeded D. hampered
8.The truant was ______ from school for unbecoming behavior.
A. dispelled B. repelled C. expelled D. compelled
9. What he did was the height of bad ______.
A. manner B. conduct C. actions D. behavior
10. Her hands were swollen and wrinkle, but she still had her nails ______ regularly.
A. manufactured B. manicured C. maintained D. managed

KEY: 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B

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II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE (5PTS)
Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences
11. The doctor insisted that his patient _____________.
A. did not work too hard for three months B. to take some vacation for three months
C. take it easy inside of three months D. takes it easy inside of three months
12. I’m not sure if the new tax is __________ good an idea after all.
A. much B. such C. so D. as
13. Nearly all of the reporters _______ the press conference had questions _______.
A. attend / ask B. attended / ask C. attending / to ask D. attend / to be asked
14. I asked the tour representative for help, but received none ______.
A. whatever B. actually C. whatsoever D. absolutely
15. ________ 90% of Asia’s people live in the eastern and southern parts of the continent,
which contain some of the most ______ regions in the world.
A. Almost/ thick-populated B. most/ thick-populated
C. Almost/thickly-populated D. most / thickly-populated
16. He kicked the ball ______ hard; and it broke the window.
A. a very little B. a small amount C. quite a little D. a little too
17. The rents in this area are ______ the highest in the city.
A. far from away B. away by far C. far and away D. far to away
18. I’m ______ my brother is.
A. nowhere like so ambitious B. nothing near as ambitious as
C. nothing so ambitious than D. nowhere near as ambitious as
19. They were ______ tempted to relieve the shopkeeper of this three juiciest-looking apples.
A. badly B. sorely C. powerfully D. utterly
20. “Don’t worry about your sister. I’m sure she’s okay.”
- “But it’s unlike her ______ to me every week.”
A. if she didn’t write B. if not writing
C. not writing D. not to write
KEY:
11. C 12. C 13. C 14. C 15. C 16. D 17. C 18. D 19.B 20. A

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III. PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS (5PTS)
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
21. Many supporters were _______ from the stadium as it was already full.
A. sent off B. turned away C. put off D. played off
22. Even though it was clear that he was wrong, he was unwilling to ______ and admit it.
A. take back B. stand down C. draw back D. back down
23. A half-savage mongrel went ________ the tramp as the man approached the farm.
A. at B. against C. upon D. for
24. He will never be able to come __________ his failure to win the tournament.
A. to terms with B. up with C. down with D. in for
25. You shouldn’t have sent Sebastian that Valentine’s card. I think you’ve scared him ___!
A. back B. down C. off D. through
26. Don’t push me into helping you in the garden now. I’m completely ________ and feel like
having a short snap.
A. filled up B. worn off C. let out D. done in
27. The pupil misbehaved so much that the teacher had to _______ him ______.
A. kick / away B. kick / out C. say / off D. say / away
28. Why don’t you get your homework ________ with so you can enjoy the rest of the
evening?
A. round B. over C. by D. away
29. He was unaware that he was being ______ with out-of-date stock.
A. faded away B. clamped down C. petered out D. fobbed off
30. Our company has spent millions trying to give our brand of toilet cleaners a fashionable
image in the hope that younger households will buy ______ that image.
A. up B. into C. for D. with

KEY:
21. B 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. C 26. D 27. B 28. B 29. D 30. B

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IV. COLLOCATIONS AND IDIOMS (5PTS)
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
31 The books were piled up all over the floor ______.
A. any old how B. as old as hills C. how come D. any how
32. Of course an encyclopedia is not a book you read ______ .
A. from the start to the stop B. from cover to cover
C. from the top to the end D. from page by page
33. You will have to_________if you want to pass the final exam.
A. pull up your socks B. work miracles
C. take the trouble D. keep your hand in
34. I do not believe that John will get here on time. He is always late and the________does
not change its spots.
A. tiger B. lion C. leopard D. zebra
35. I think I understand the nuts and ______ of the operation.
A. screws B. hammer C. nails D. bolts
36. The trip abroad has given her a new _______ on life.
A. rent B. lease C. title D. loan
37. Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. I guess I really put my ______ in my mouth.
A. foot B. hand C. elbow D. knee
38. I've only been here for a week so I haven’t got into the ______ yet.
A. swing of things B. groove of things C. rut of things D. swing of routine
39. She needs to take a vacation. She's been working her ______.
A. fingers to the bone B. fingers to the skin C. blisters D. on the nails
40. I wish you'd be honest with me. Don't lead me down the ______.
A. hiking path B. garden path C. hiking trail D. garden trail

KEY:
31. A 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. D 36. B 37. A 38. A 39. A 40. B

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V. READING PASSAGE 1 (5PTS)
Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question.
  Before the mid-nineteenth century, people in the United States ate most foods only in
season. Drying, smoking, and salting could preserve meat for a short time, but the availability
of fresh meat, like that of fresh milk, was very limited; there was no way to prevent spoilage.
But in 1810 a French inventor named Nicolas Appert developed the cooking-and-sealing
process of canning. And in the 1850's an American named Gail Borden developed a means of
condensing and preserving milk. Canned goods and condensed milk became more common
during the 1860's, but supplies remained low because cans had to be made by hand. By 1880,
however, inventors had fashioned stamping and soldering machines that mass-produced cans
from tinplate. Suddenly all kinds of food could be preserved and bought at all times of the
year.
Other trends and inventions had also helped make it possible for Americans to vary their
daily diets. Growing urban populations created demand that encouraged fruit and vegetable
farmers to raise more produce. Railroad refrigerator cars enabled growers and meat packers to
ship perishables great distances and to preserve them for longer periods. Thus, by the 1890's,
northern city dwellers could enjoy southern and western strawberries, grapes, and tomatoes,
previously available for a month at most, for up to six months of the year. In addition,
increased use of iceboxes enabled families to store perishables. An easy means of producing
ice commercially had been invented in the 1870's, and by 1900 the nation had more than two
thousand commercial ice plants, most of which made home deliveries. The icebox became a
fixture in most homes and remained so until the mechanized refrigerator replaced it in the
1920's and 1930's.
Almost everyone now had a more diversified diet. Some people continued to eat mainly
foods that were heavy in starches or carbohydrates, and not everyone could afford meat.
Nevertheless, many families could take advantage of previously unavailable fruits,
vegetables, and dairy products to achieve more varied fare.

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Causes of food spoilage.
B. Commercial production of ice.
C. Inventions that led to changes in the American diet.
D. Population movements in the nineteenth century.
2. The phrase in season refers to______.
A. a kind of weather B. a particular time of year
C. an official schedule D. a method of flavoring food
3. The word prevent is closest in meaning to_______.
A. estimate B. avoid C. correct D. confine
4. During the 1860's, canned food products were ______.
A. unavailable in rural areas B. shipped in refrigerator cars
C. available in limited quantities D. a staple part of the American diet

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5. The word them refers to_______.
A. refrigerator cars B. perishables C. growers D. distances
6. The word fixture is closest in meaning to______.
A. luxury item B. substance
C. commonplace object D. mechanical device
7. The author implies that in the 1920's and 1930's home deliveries of ice_______.
A. decreased in number B. were on an irregular schedule
C. increased in cost D. occurred only in the summer
8. The word Nevertheless is closest in meaning to_______.
A. Therefore B. Because C. Occasionally D. However
9. Which of the following types of food preservation was NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Drying. B. Canning. C. Cold storage. D. Chemical additives.
10. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
A. Tin cans and iceboxes helped to make many foods more widely available.
B. Commercial ice factories were developed by railroad owners.
C. Most farmers in the United States raised only fruits and vegetables.
D. People who lived in cities demanded home delivery of foods.

KEY:
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. A

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VI. READING PASSAGE 2 (5PTS)
Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question.
MUSICAL TALENT
Among all the abilities with which an individual may be endowed, musical talent
appears earliest in life. Very young children can exhibit musical precocity for different
reasons. Some develop exceptional skill as a result of a well- designed instructional regime,
such as the Suzuki method for the violin. Some have a good fortune to be born into a musical
family in a household filled with music. In a number of interesting cases, musical talent is part
of an otherwise disabling condition such as autism or mental retardation. A musical gifted
child has an inborn talent; however, the extent to which the talent is expressed publicly
will depend upon the environment in which the child lives.
Musically gifted children master at an early age the principal elements of music,
including pitch and rhythm. Pitch- or- melody - is more central cultures, for example, in
Eastern societies that make use of tiny quarter- tone interval. Rhythm, sounds produced at
certain auditory frequencies and grouped according to a prescribed system, is emphasized in
sub- Saharan Africa, where the rhythmic ratios can be very complex.
All children have some aptitude for making music. During infancy, normal children sing
as well as babble, and they can produce individual sounds and sound patterns. Infants as
young as two months can match their mother’s song in pitch, loudness, and melodic shape,
and infants at four months can match rhythmic structure as well. Infants are especially
predisposed to acquire these core aspects of music, and they can also engage in sound play
that clearly exhibits creativity.
Individual differences begin to merge in young children as they learn to sing. Some
children can match large segments of a song by the age of two or three. Many others can only
approximate pitch at this age and may still have difficulty in producing accurate melodies by
the age of five or six. However, by the time they reach school age, most children in any
culture have a schema of what a song should be like and can produce a reasonably accurate
imitation of the songs commonly heard in their environment.
The early appearance of superior musical ability in some children shows that musical
talent may be a separate and unique form of intelligence. There are numerous tales of young
artists who have a remarkable “ear” or extraordinary memory for music and a natural
understanding of musical structure. In many of these cases, the child is average in every other
way but displays an exceptional ability in music. Even the most gifted child, however, takes
about ten years to achieve the levels of performance or composition that would constitute

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mastery of the musical sphere.
Energy generation in music history has its famous prodigies - individuals with
exceptional musical powers that emerge at a young age. In the eighteenth century, Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart began composing and performing at the age of six. As a child, Mozart could
play the piano like an adult. He had perfect pitch, and at the age of nine he was also a master
of the art of modulation - transitions from one key to another - which became one of the
hallmarks of his style. By the age of eleven, he had composed three symphonies and 30 other
major works. Mozart’s well- developed talent was preserved into adulthood.
Unusual musical ability is a regular characteristic of certain anomalies such as autism. In
one case, an autistic girl was able to play “Happy Birthday” in the style of various composers
including Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, and Schubert. For the autistic child, music may be the
primary mode of communication, and the child may cling to music because it represents as a
haven in the world that is largely confusing and frightening.
1. The word precocity in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to______.
A. strong interest B. good luck C. advanced skill D. personal style.
2. Which sentence below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence
in paragraph 1?
A. Children may be born with superior musical ability, but their environment will determine
how this ability is developed.
B. Every child is naturally gifted, and it is the responsibility of the public schools to recognize
and develop these talents.
C. Children with exceptional musical talent will look for the best way to express themselves
through music - making.
D. Some musically talented children live in an environment surrounded by music, while
others have little exposure to music.
3. The author makes the point that musical elements such as pitch and rhythm ______.
A. distinguish music from other art forms B. vary in emphasis in different cultures
C. make music difficult to learn. D. express different human emotions
4. The word predisposed in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. inclined B. gifted C. pushed D. amused
5. According to the passage, when does musical talent usually begin to appear?
A. When infants start to babble and produce sound patterns
B. Between the ages of two and four months
C. When children learn to sing at two or three years old
D. Between ten years old and adolescence

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6. Why does the author discuss Mozart in paragraph 6?
A. To compare past and present views of musical talent.
B. To give an example of a well- known musical prodigy
C. To list musical accomplishments of the eighteenth century
D. To describe the development of individual musical skill
7. In music, the change from one key to another is known as _______.
A. rhythm B. prodigy C. perfect pitch D. modulation
8. All of the following are given as example of exceptional musical talent EXCEPT ______.
A. a remarkable “ear” or perfect memory for music
B. ability to compose major works at a young age
C. appreciation for a wide variety of musical styles
D. playing a single song in the style of various composers
9. The word haven in paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. beautiful art B. safe place C. personal goal D. simple problem
10. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about exceptional musical
ability?
A. It occurs more frequently in some cultures than in others.
B. It is evidence of a superior lever of intelligence in other areas.
C. It has been documented and studied but is little understood.
D. It is the result of natural talent and a supportive environment.

KEY: 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. D

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VII. GUIDED CLOZE 1 (5PTS)
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space.
Stressful atmospheres, pressure of deadlines and long hours dominate office life, according to
a survey published recently.
The majority of those questions said a good salary and career (1) ______were their main
reason for working. But (2) ______ numbers did not believe their employers offered either. In
general the survey found that most felt that quality of life was more important than (3) ______
and company perks. Most would prefer employers to offer (4) ______ hours, challenging
tasks and job (5) ______ rather than perks such as company cars and private health care.
Many employers’ (6) ______ to understand this meant more than a third worried about their
work on holiday, and 40 per cent took days off sick when not ill.
Workers were also (7) ______ by the conditions they had to work in. a fifth struggled with (8)
______ technology, badly lit offices and chairs which caused backache. Half said their (9)
______ would increase if their environment improved.
On the plus side, the biggest (10) ______ was the friendship offered by colleagues, and it
appears that the office also affords the chance to flirt with colleagues, make personal calls to
friends abroad, steal stationery and play computer games.
1. A. outlooks B. odds C. prospects D. views
2. A. important B. impressive C. heavy D. significant
3. A. rank B. status C. degree D. grade
4. A. pliable B. elastic C. amenable D. flexible
5. A. safety B. security C. sanctuary D. protection
6. A. failure B. defeat C. deficiency D. lack
7. A. pestered B. inflamed C. irritated D. ruffled
8. A. behind the times B. expired
C. out-of-date D. invalid
9. A. fertility B. capacity C. value D. productivity
10. A. compensation B. damages C. reimbursement D. atonement

KEY :
1. C 2. D 3.B 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. A

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VIII. GUIDED CLOZE 2 (5PTS)
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space.
In the north-west corner of the island paradise Isla Perlita, nestling in the shadow of Mount
Machu, lies the sleepy village of San Lorenzo . Off the beaten (1)_______ , there is nothing
out of the ordinary about this quaint little village -nothing, that is, apart from the magnificent
(2)_______ Bay Hotel. The Bay, as it is known locally, is a recent development catering for
(3)_______travellers who enjoy luxury holiday-making. Famous throughout the island for the
outstanding quality of its accommodation and the excellence of its cuisine, the Bay
(4)_______ 30 guest suites, each with a charm and character of its own. Each suite looks
(5)_______ Falmer Beach, commanding breathtaking views of the four miles of white sand,
which gently shelves into the (6)_______ clear waters of the Crepuscan Sea. At the heart of
the Bay Hotel is personal, efficient and unobtrusive service. (7)_______ staff anticipate your
every need in an atmosphere of quiet professionalism and genuine friendliness. (8)_______ ,
the Bay Hotel is a place to get (9)_______ from the stresses of everyday life, and whether it is
(10)_______ away the hours soaking up the sun or taking advantage of the wide range of
recreational activities that the hotel has on offer, you can be sure that a holiday at the Bay
truly is the holiday of a lifetime.
1. A. path B. track C. road D. way
2. A. starred B. stars C. star D. starring
3. A. disconcerting B. discerning C. distinctive D. discriminated
4. A. announces B. claims C. asserts D. boats
5. A. back on B. onto C. into D. down
6. A. crystal B. sky C. diamond D. pearl
7. A. Preoccupied B. Attentive C. Concentrated D. Undivided
8. A. All over B. For all C. Above all D. All along
9. A. out B. over C. off D. away
10. A. whiling B. wearing C. wending D. winding

KEY:
1. B 2. C 3.B 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. A

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B. WRITTEN TEST (70PTS)
I. OPEN CLOZE TEST (10PTS)
Read the texts below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
WORD for each space.
Autism is a mental disease which prevents those who suffer from it from
communicating with the (1) ______ world. Victims seem to live in a world of their own
which, (2) ______ now, doctors are unable to penetrate. Thee illness was first (3) ______ a
name in 1943, and yet doctors have made very little progress in their understanding of the
disease since then.
According to statistics, between two and four children out of every 10,000 are born (4)
______. Often victims are not able to (5) ______, read or write. But (6) _______ is most
extraordinary about illness is the fact that in other areas many of the children can perform
almost super-human feats of the (7) ______. One of the more common skills these so-called
autistic savants have is calendrical calculation, that is the ability to say which day of the week
a particular date falls (8) ______. Jackie, for instance, who is now 42 years old, could do this
from the age of six, when she first began to talk. She can tell you what day of the week it was
on 1 April 1933 with (9) ______ a moment’s hesitation. But if you ask her (10) ______ she
does it, she’ll say she doesn’t know.

KEY:
1. outside 2. Even 3. Give n 4. autistic 5. Speak
6. what 7. brain 8. On 9. Scarcely 10. how

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 II. OPEN CLOZE TEST (10PTS)
Read the texts below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE
WORD for each space.
When I was a child it was fairly unusual to go on a foreign holiday. The prices of international
flights were exorbitantly (1) ______ to those offered by today’s budget airlines. Package
holidays to tropical resorts were pretty much unheard-of. Instead my parents would (2)
______ our aged car with the necessary belongings, and our family holiday would begin with
a twelve-hour drive through the night. Our (3) ______ was always the same: exotic Scotland.
Each year my parent booked a different (4) ______ cottage, usually next to an isolated beach
and invariably with no mod cons (5) ______. The beds were always lumpy and damp. There
wouldn’t be even a washing machine, never mind a television.
No doubt we were surrounded by spectacular scenery, but this meant (6) ______ to me or my
sister. Plastic buckets and spades were the (7) ______ of all our holiday entertainments.
Armed with these and a towel, we would tear (8) ______ to the beach every morning. We
built extravagant castles, we buried my father alive, we saved the lives of stranded jellyfish,
we collected jewels, and we dug to Australia. Summer holidays lasted at least a year back
then.
I pity the kids today with their two-weeks breaks in the sun. Who wants (9) ______ resorts
boasting restaurants serving authentic (10) ______ cuisine? Who needs artificial lagoons
featuring wave machines and plastic waterfalls? Show me an eight-year-old girl on a Scottish
beach with a bucket and spade and I’ll show you what real holiday fun is all about.

KEY
1. compared
2. pack
3.destination
4. self-catering
5. whatsoever
6. little
7. basis
8. down
9. all-inclusive
10. local

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II. WORD FORMATION (20PTS)
PART 1: Complete each sentence, using the correct form of the word in parentheses.
1. She’s very efficient, and ______ polite to the customers. (FAIL)
2. The control centre is deep undergrounded and completely______ except by a direct hit
from a nuclear missile. (DESTROY)
3. You won’t persuade him to change his mind. His decision is ______. (REVOKE)
4. Since his bad habits were never broken when he was a child, they are now______.
(CORRECT)
5. Many fabrics are specially treated so as to be _______. (SHRINK)
6. He has many year’s experiences of the criminal______. (MENTAL)
7. If you look on the other side of the cup, you will find a small ________ with the name of
the original manufacturer. (ENGRAVE)
8. The best way to solve this dispute is to find a neutral, ________ third party and follow his
or her suggestions. (INTEREST)
9. Eddie just can't stop working and relax any more, he's turning into a real _______.
(WORK)
10. Without color dyes people would find a lot of processed food rather ______. (APPETITE)

KEY:
1. unfailingly
2. indestructible
3. irrevocable
4. incorrigible
5. unshrinkable
6. mentality
7. engraving
8. disinterested
9. workaholic
10. unappetizing

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PART 2: Complete the passage with appropriate forms of the words given in the box.
concur onset register local fluctuate occur
alarm intense observe convincible

There is now, by and large, (1) __________ among scientists that Global Warming is real.
The fact that an average surface temperature rise of approximately one degree was (2)
____________ during the 20th century, in addition to the fact that the rate of warming (3)
______ in the latter half of same and was nearly double that of the first 50 years to
(4)____________, most scientists. Climate proxies also suggest that, with the exception of (5)
________ warming and cooling events such as Europe’s Little Ice Age, this is the first
significant and prolonged temperature (6) _______ in the best part of 2000 years on a global
level. Further evidence in support of the warming hypothesis comes by way of the fact that,
also during the 20th century, a considerate rise in sea levels was (7) ____________ , and,
across both hemispheres, southern and northern, glaciers went into retreat and remain so.
Oceanic warming, albeit gradual up to now, has also been confirmed, and the (8)_________
rate of melting of polar ice, coupled with a general rise in humidity and the increasing early
(9)______ of spring each year are factors the likelihood of the simultaneous coincidental (10)
______ of which scientists say is virtually nil.

KEY
1.concurrence 2.registered 3. intensified 4. convince
5. localized 6. fluctuation 7. observed 8. alarming
9. onset 10. occurrence

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III. ERROR CORRECTION (10PTS)
The following passage contains 10 errors. Identify and correct them.
The role of the traditional zoo, inheriting from the 19th century, has undergone a
dramatic shift. A growing recognition that zoos ought to be undergone a dramatic shift.
A growing recognition that zoos ought to be in the vanguard of the fight for the
devastation of our natural world has begun a zoologic revolution. The change occurred in
the 1960s, when the Jersey zoo was set off to breed endangered species. As a result, the
breeding of animals in captive has become a complex science, with zoos around the
world co-coordinating their efforts to avoid the genetic dangers of in-breeding small
populations.
The answer for the question of whether zoos can have very much impact on the
preservation of endangered species is, probably, minimally. Zoos do not focus their
education efforts on those people in the strongest positions to affect the future of the wildlife
exhibited. For the most part, conservation education is targeted at children and other non-
decision makers in a process too slow or too far away to address the extinction crisis
which exists now. Furthermore, the efforts of zoos to inform lawmakers and government
authorities are usually low-key or un-existent. Campaigns are more likely to be for an animal
exhibit rather than for the existence of the animal itself.
Nevertheless, it does not do to address the future from a foundation of pessimism. A vision of
the future is embraced in which the human population has leveled off at about 8.8 billion and
wherein human effects upon the environment have been tethered and considerable wildlife
remain. It certainly will not be as rich or abundant as today’s wildlife, but with substantial
diverse and numbers of more or less wild ecosystems, and the zoos’ work, this vision can
become reality.

KEY:
1. inheriting --> inherited
2. for --> against
3. zoologic --> zoological
4. set off --> set up
5. captive --> captivity
6. for --> to
7. minimally --> minimal
8. un-existent --> non-existent
9. remain --> remains
10. diverse --> diversity

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IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20PTS)
Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean almost the same as the sentences
printed before them.
1. A rather nasty problem has appeared.
We’ve come ..……………………………………………………….……………………..
2. I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sales figures.
My purpose ………………………………………………………………………………..
3. Mrs. Wilson says she’s sorry she didn’t attend the meeting yesterday morning.
Mrs. Wilson sends …………………………………………………………………………
4. For further information, please send a self-addressed envelope to the above address.
Further information can ……………………………………………………………………
5. It’s almost nine months since I stopped subscribing to that magazine.
I cancelled …………………………………………………………………………………..

For questions 6-10, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
sentence, using the word given. You must use between three to eight words.
6. He makes sure that he isn't associated with policies he disagrees with. DISTANCES
He makes sure ______________________ policies he disagrees with.
7. Students at the school are not allowed to go into the Rainbow Disco. BOUNDS
The Rainbow Disco _______________________ students at the school.
8. She wasn’t speaking seriously. TONGUE
She was speaking __________________________________.
9. We suddenly decided to go far away for the weekend. SPUR
We decided _______________________________ far away at the weekend.
10. It would be easy to make a film adaptation of Danielle Steel’s latest novel. ITSELF
Danielle Steel’s latest novel __________________________ made into a film.

KEY:
1. We’ve come up against a rather nasty problem.
2. My purpose in calling this meeting is to present the latest sales figures.
3. Mrs. Wilson sends her apologies for now having attended /attending the meeting yesterday
morning.
4. Further information can be obtained by sending a self-addressed envelope to the above
address.
5. I cancelled my subscription to that magazine nine months ago.
6. He makes sure (that) he distances himself from policies he disagrees with.

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7. The Rainbow Disco is out of bounds to students at the school.
8. She was speaking with her tongue in her cheek.
9. We decided on the spur of the moment to go far away at the weekend.
10. Danielle Steel’s latest novel lends itself to being made into a film.

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