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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 following questions
Question 1: A. satellites B. challenges C. approaches D. devices
Question 2: A. shame B. drank C. cable D. blaze

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 primary stress in each of the following questions
Question 3: A. fertile B. extinct C. enact D. survive
Question 4: A. appearance B. ambitious C. performance D. telephone

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 5. My friend and I are studying, _________?
A. are they B. aren’t they C. aren’t we D. are we
Question 6: The moon is not a planet______.
A. resembling the planets in many respects
B. which resembles the planets in many respects
C. but resemblance to the planets in many respects
D. although it resembles the planets in many respects
Question 7: She’s annoyed _____ me just because I’m late.
A. for B. with C. of D. on
Question 8: If we leave now for our trip, we can drive half the distance before we stop_______lunch.
A. for having B. having had C. having D. to have
Question 9: _____ further rioting to occur, the government would be forced to use its emergency powers.
A. Were B. Did C. Had D. Should
Question 10: He ______ a teacher when I knew him.
A. has been B. was C. is D. is being
Question 11: She couldn't decide ____________to dive ____________ jump into water.
A. neither/ or B. not only/ but also C. both/ or D. whether/ or
Question 12: Sometimes life must be very unpleasant for ____________ near the airport.
A. those living B. someone to live C. they who live D. people live
Question 13: _______, we tried our best to complete it.
A. Difficult as the homework was B. Thanks to the difficult homework
C. As though the homework was difficult D. Despite the homework was difficult
Question 14: Thanks to my friends’ ______ remarks, my essays have been improved.
A. constructive B. construction C. constructor D. construct
Question 15: When he realized the police had spotted him, the man _______ the exit as quickly as possible.
A. made out B. made for C. made up D. made off

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Question 16: The little boy was _____ to steal the money when he saw it lying on the desk.
A. brought B. attracted C. tempted D. appealed
Question 17: From time to time he __________________himself to a weekend in a five-star hotel.
A. craves B. indulges C. treats D. benefits
Question 18: The case against the bank robbers was _____ for lack of evidence.
A. discarded B. dismissed C. refused D. eliminated
Question 19: The idea ____to nothing because I couldn’t afford to do it
A. went B. came C. turned D. changed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
Question 20: In 1985, the Coca-cola Company altered the secret formula of the drink’s ingredient.
A. proposed B. modified C. enriched D. restored.
Question 21: Maize is Mexico’s lifeblood – the country’s history and identity are entwined with it. But this
centuries-old relationship is now threatened by free trade. Laura Carlsen investigates the threat and profiles a
growing activist movement
A. connected B. excluded C. released D. promoted

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 22: Most of the guests at the dinner party chose to dress elegantly, but one man wore jeans and a
T-shirt; he was later identified as a high school teacher.
A. simply B. decently C. gaudily D. gracefully
Question 23: I had no idea that you and he were on such intimate terms. I thought you were only casual
acquaintances.
A. were hostile to each other B. behaved well toward each other
C. knew each other well D. were such close friends

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the
following exchanges
Question 24: "Your parents must be proud of your result at school." - "______________."
A. Sorry to hear that B. Thanks. It’s certainly encouraging
C. Of course D. I am glad you like it.

Question 25: “We’ll have to hurry if we want to finish this project on time.” “_________ __”.
A. OK. But I’ll call you later. B. I’ll say we will!
C. I’m tired. I’ll go home early. D. What a wonderful idea!

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word
or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.

What we know about music and the brain

Work on the human brain has indicated how different parts are centres of activity for different skills, feelings,
perceptions and so on. It has also been shown that the left and right halves, or hemispheres, of the brain are (26)
___________ for different functions. While language is processed in the left, or analytical hemisphere, music is
processed in the right, or emotional hemisphere. Aspects of music like tone, pitch and melody are all probably
processed in different parts of the brain. Some features of musical experience are processed not just in the auditory
parts of the brain, but in the visual ones. We don’t yet fully understand the (27) _______ of this.

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The tempo of music seems to be directly related to its emotional impact, with fast music often felt as happier and
slower music as sadder. It is the same with the major biological rhythm of the body: our heart rate quickens when
we’re happy, but slows when we’re sad. Military music may have evolved from attempts to get us ready for battle
by using fast drumming to (28) __________ our hearts into beating faster. Music is perhaps one of the most
complex experiences the brain cope with and it has become an absolutely vital part of our rituals and ceremonies. It
has power (29)_________ language to (30) _________ mood and co-ordinate our emotional states.
.

Question 26: A. amenable B. dependable C. responsible D. reliable

Question 27: A. expectations B. implications C. assumptions D. propositions
Question 28: A. activate B. motivate C. stimulate D. animate
Question 29: A. with B. above C. beyond D. over
Question 30: A. notify B. report C. associate D. communicate

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35.

By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered the American language, but ice was still only
beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities.
Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish,
and butter. After the Civil War (1861-1865), as ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it also came into household
use. Even before 1880, half the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one-third of that sold in
Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use. This had become possible because a new household
convenience, the icebox, a precursor of the modern refrigerator, had been invented. Making an efficient ice box
was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat,
which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary. The commonsense notion that the best icebox
was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that
performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early efforts to economize ice included wrapping the ice in blankets, which
kept the ice from doing its job. Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate
balance of insulation and circulation needed for an efficient icebox.
But as early as 1803, an ingenious Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the right track. He
owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which the village of Georgetown was the
market center. When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that customers
would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the tubs of his competitors to pay a premium price for his butter, still
fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox, Moore explained, was that farmers would
no longer have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool.

Question 31: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The influence of ice on the diet B. The development of refrigeration
C. The transportation of goods to market D. Sources of ice in the 19th century
Question 32: According to the passage, when did the word "icebox" become part of the language of the United
States?
A. In 1803 B. Sometime before 1850
C. During the Civil War D. Near the end of the nineteenth century
Question 33: The author mentions fish in line 3 because
A. many fish dealers also sold ice
B. fish was shipped in refrigerated freight cars
C. fish dealers were among the early commercial users of ice
D. fish was not part of the ordinary person's diet before the invention of the icebox
Question 34: According to the passage, which of the following was an obstacle to the development of the icebox?

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A. Competition among the owners of refrigerated freight cars
B. The lack of a network for the distribution of ice
C. The use of insufficient insulation
D. Inadequate understanding of physics.

Question 35: The author describes Thomas Moore as having been "on the right track" to indicate that
A. the road to the market passed close to Moore's farm
B. Moore was an honest merchant
C. Moore was a prosperous farmer
D. Moore's design was fairly successful

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

The Fukushima I nuclear accidents are a series of ongoing equipment failures and releases of radioactive
materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, following the 9.0 magnitude Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on
11 March 2011. The plant comprises six separate boiling water reactors maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power
Company (TEPCO). This accident is the largest of the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents arising from the Tōhoku
earthquake and tsunami, and experts consider it to be the second largest nuclear accident after the Chernobyl
disaster, but more complex as all reactors are involved.
At the time of the quake, reactor 4 had been de-fueled while 5 and 6 were in cold shutdown for planned
maintenance. The remaining reactors shut down automatically after the earthquake, with emergency generators
starting up to run the control electronics and water pumps needed to cool reactors. The plant was protected by a
seawall designed to withstand a 5.7 metres (19 ft) tsunami but not the 14-metre (46 ft) maximum wave which
arrived 41–60 minutes after the earthquake. The entire plant was flooded, including low-lying generators and
electrical switchgear in reactor basements and external pumps for supplying cooling seawater. The connection to
the electrical grid was broken. All power for cooling was lost and reactors started to overheat, due to natural decay
of the fission products created before shutdown. The flooding and earthquake damage hindered external assistance.
Evidence soon arose of partial core meltdown in reactors 1, 2, and 3; hydrogen explosions destroyed the
upper cladding of the buildings housing reactors 1, 3, and 4; an explosion damaged the containment inside reactor
2; multiple fires broke out at reactor 4. Despite being initially shutdown, reactors 5 and 6 began to overheat. Fuel
rods stored in pools in each reactor building began to overheat as water levels in the pools dropped. Fears of
radiation leaks led to a 20-kilometre (12 mi) radius evacuation around the plant while workers suffered radiation
exposure and were temporarily evacuated at various times. One generator at unit 6 was restarted on 17 March
allowing some cooling at units 5 and 6 which were least damaged. Grid power was restored to parts of the plant on
20 March, but machinery for reactors 1 through 4, damaged by floods, fires and explosions, remained inoperable.
Flooding with radioactive water through the basements of units 1–4 continues to prevent access to carry out
repairs.
Measurements taken by the Japanese science ministry and education ministry in areas of northern Japan
30–50 km from the plant showed radioactive caesium levels high enough to cause concern. Food grown in the area
was banned from sale. It was suggested that worldwide measurements of iodine-131 and caesium-137 indicate that
the releases from Fukushima are of the same order of magnitude as the releases of those isotopes from the
Chernobyl disaster in 1986; Tokyo officials temporarily recommended that tap water should not be used to prepare
food for infants. Plutonium contamination has been detected in the soil at two sites in the plant. Two workers
hospitalized as a precaution on 25 March had been exposed to between 2000 and 6000 mSv of radiation at their
ankles when standing in water in unit 3.

Question 36: What is the main topic of the passage?

A. Japanese natural disaster – the nuclear power accident.
B. Fukushima I nuclear accident – the largest nuclear power of all time.
C. The nuclear power accident – Japanese catastrophe.

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D. The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
Question 37: It can be inferred from the passage that_____.
A. The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant is the world’s largest nuclear accident
B. The accident happened in the early part of the year 2011
C. Chernobyl is the world’s largest and most complex nuclear accident
D. Reactor doesn’t involve in the accident
Question 38: The word “ongoing” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
A. old-fashioned B. infrequent C. continuous D. disastrous.
Question 39: All of the following are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT_____.
A. The cause of the accident is the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
B. The earthquake causes a great damage to Japan and the neighboring country
C. The tsunami struck the country after the earthquake had occurred approximately an hour
D. The reactor was barred from external assistance because of the flooding and earthquake damage
Question 40: According to the passage, which of the followings is NOT true?
A. The plant suffered a 14-metre seawall
B. The highest wave was 46 ft in height
C. The reactor 5 and 6 started overheating though they were in cold shutdown for maintenance
D. The flood with water containing radioactivity made it impossible for the machinery to be repaired.
Question 41: The word “inoperable” in the third paragraph could be best replaced by_____.
A. incompatible B. impracticable C. irrepressible D. mysterious
Question 42: When the earthquake occurred, how many plants were inactive?
A. 3 B. 4, 5, 6 C. 5, 6 D. 5.

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

Question 43: Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities today.
A B C D
Question 44: Sydney Laniar achieved fame both as a poet or a symphony musician
A B C D
Question 45: I was merely a uninterested spectator in the whole affair.
A B C D

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of
the following questions
Question 46: Fansipan is the highest mountain in the Indochinese Peninsula.
A. There are some mountains in the Indochinese Peninsula higher than Fansipan.
B. The Indochinese Peninsula includes one of the highest mountains on earth.
C. The highest mountain in the Indochinese Peninsula is exclusive Fansipan.
D. No mountains in the Indochinese Peninsula are higher than Fansipan.
Question 47: “I’m sorry I gave you the wrong number”, said Paul to Susan.
A. Paul apologized to Susan for having given the wrong number.
B. Paul accused Susan of having given him the wrong number.
C. Paul thanked to Susan for giving the wrong number.
D. Paul denied giving Susan the wrong number.
Question 48: It’s possible that Joanna didn’t receive my message.
A. Joanna can’t have received my message.
B. Joanna might not have received my message.
C. Joanna may have received my message.
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D. Joanna might have received my message.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of
sentences in the following questions.
Question 49: We arrived at the airport. We realized our passports were still at home.
A. Not until we arrived at the airport, did we realize that our passports were still at home.
B. We arrived at the airport and realized that our passports are still at home.
C. Not until had we arrived at the airport, we realized our passports were still at home.
D. It was until we arrived at the airport that we realize our passports were still at home.
Question 50: Electronic devices are bad for your eyes. Their radiation is very harmful.
A.Electronic devices, which are bad for your eyes, their radiation is very harmful.
B. Electronic devices, whose radiation is very harmful, are bad for your eyes.
C. Electronic devices that their radiation is very harmful are bad for your eyes.
D. Electronic devices which their radiation is very harmful are bad for your eyes