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Part 2. You will hear information on some mobile phone companies and the services they offer. Complete the
table.
Part 2. Fill each blank in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb particle. Write your
answers on your answer sheet. (10 pts)
a. We arrive at the airport [1] on time to get [2] on the plane.
b. The man was arrested [3] for throwing stones [4] at the moving trains.
c. [5] In return [6] for food, the boy had to do all the work in the house.
d. Don't interfere [7] in my work. It's none [8] of your business.
e. The problem with drinks [9] like that is they are full [10] of sugar.
f. They put all the blame [11] on the driver [12] for the accident.
g. She can’t make [13] out the professor’s explanation; it’s quite [14] beyond her
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h. We walked quietly [15] in fear [16] of being discovered.
i. The village is well [17] below sea level, and [18] at risk of being flooded when the tide is
high.
j. [19] For the time being, they are looking [20] at the cause of the Malaysian missing plane.
Part 3. The passage below contains 10 mistakes in spelling, grammar and word form. UNDERLINE the
mistakes and WRITE THEIR CORRECT FORMS in the space provided. (10 pts)
Dictionaries are among the most important tool of self-education. When Samuel Johnson wrote his influential
English dictionary in the eighteenth century, the work kept him busy for seven years. At the end of that period he has
written the meanings of over forty thousand words. Most modern dictionaries require a great number less time and
effort to write because writers often use earlier dictionaries like a source of reference.
Nowadays, most dictionaries are put together by teams of writers, or lexicographers. Sometimes they need to work
together in meetings; at others times they work independent of each other, on different parts of the dictionary.
At one time, the starting point for deciding on which words to include used to be the lexicographer’s own knowledge.
These days, teams make use of a large collection of examples of not only writing but also every day speech, who is
known as a corpus.
Teams also refer to books and articles about language as well as asking experts in particular subjects about the
more specialised words. Finally, ordinary people are asked to say how they think about the way the words are defined
and whether they find the examples providing helpful or not.
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Why did the huge, seemingly successful mammoths disappear? Were humans connected with their extinction?
Perhaps, but at that time, although they were cunning hunters, humans were still widely scattered and not very
numerous. It is difficult to see how they could have prevailed over the mammoth to such an extent.
1. With which of the following is the passage primarily concerned?
A. Migration from Siberia to Alaska
B. Techniques used to hunt mammoths
C. The prehistory of humans
D. The relationship between man and mammoth in the New World
2. The word "implements" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
A. tools B. ornaments C. houses D. carvings
3. The phrase "these early migrants" in paragraph 2 refers to
A. mammoths B. humans C. dogs D. mastodons
4. Where were the imperial mammoths the dominant type of mammoth?
A. In Alaska B. In the central portion of North America
C. In the southern part of North America D. In South America
5. It can be inferred that when humans crossed into the New World, they
A. had previously hunted mammoths in Siberia
B. had never seen mammoths before
C. brought mammoths with them from the Old World
D. soon learned to use dogs to hunt mammoths
6. Which of the following could best substitute for the word "remains" in paragraph 2?
A. Bones B. Drawings C. Footprints D. Spear points
7. The word "seemingly" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A. tremendously B. apparently C. formerly D. obviously
8. The passage supports which of the following conclusions about mammoths?
A. Humans hunted them to extinction.
B. The freezing temperatures of the Ice Age destroyed their food supply.
C. The cause of their extinction is not definitely known.
D. Competition with mastodons caused them to become extinct.
9. The word "cunning" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A. clever B. determined C. efficient D. cautious
10. Which of the following is NOT true about prehistoric humans at the time of the mammoths' extinction?
A. They were relatively few in number. B. They knew how to use bows and arrows.
C. They were concentrated in a small area. D. They were skilled hunters.