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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the work whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1. A. watches B. loves C. oranges D. classes
Question 2. A. geology B. frequency C. classify D. photography
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D 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. paddle B. ladder C. highland D. typhoon
Question 4. A. category B. compulsory C. accessible D. deliberate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5. It is expected that man ___________ on several planets by the end of this century.
A. would have landed B. will be landing
C. will have been landed D. will have landed
Question 6. The human skin forms ___________ against the action of physical, chemical, and bacterial
agents on the deeper tissues.
A. how protective a barrier is B. a protective barrier
C. a barrier protects D. and which a barrier protects
Question 7. _________ the company’s high profits this year, the employees did not receive a bonus.
A. Because of B. Due to C. As D. Despite
Question 8. I wish that you __________ such a bad headache because I’m sure that you’d have enjoyed the
party.
A. didn’t have B. hadn’t had C. wouldn’t have D. won’t have
Question 9. Water is a compound whose molecule consists of two atoms of _______ hydrogen and one
atom of ______ oxygen.
A. the/the B. a/the C. 0/0 D. 0/the
Question 10. Good parents don’t put their children ______________, they give them constructive criticism
which helps them to become better people.
A. down B. off C. up D. forward
Question 11. She would do anything for her youngest son. He was the ___________ of her eye.
A. plum B. centre C. star D. apple
Question 12. At the meeting he gave a long speech trying to display his ____________ skills.
A. verbal B. non-verbal C. talking D. sociable
Question 13. You will __________ a lot of useful knowledge if you go to these lectures regularly.
A. gain B. win C. get D. learn
Question 14. Many private schools in Western countries have retained considerable academic and social
_____________.
 A. prestige B. stature C. standing D. importance
Question 15. You can always rely on Max’s Garage; they never _________________.
A. get you down B. take you down C. let you down D. put you down
Question 16. For any _____________ to make a really strong bond, the surfaces to be glued must be
absolutely clean and free from moisture or grease.
A. adhering B. adherent C. adhesion D. adhesive
Question 17. Only after Jackie acquired considerable facility in speaking ____________.
A. finally came reading and writing
B. then he learned reading and writing
C. did he learn to read and write
D. eventually reading and writing were learned
Question 18. Before every presidential election in the United States, the statisticians try to guess the
proportion of the population that ______________.
A. are very on behalf of each candidate
B. the candidates can support themselves
C. the candidates will be elected for them
D. will vote for each candidate
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSET in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
Question 19. Yesterday I ran into Daniel at the grocery store. I had not seen him for years.
A. met unexpectedly B. paid a visit to
C. said goodbye to D. made friends with
Question 20. As the evening went on she became quite animated, talking and laughing merrily with the
other girls.
A. quiet and unhappy B. full of interest
C. fond of animation D. smart and humorous
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 21. Excessive exposure to sunlight is one of the most common causes of skin cancer.
A. wasteful B. regular C. extravagant D. moderate
Question 22. I always had a soft spot for Maria despite the fact that she often let me down.
A. liked B. hated C. feared D. respected
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best completes each of the following
exchanges.
Question 23. –: “What kind of music do you like?”
-: “_________________”
A. I don’t like either one. B. Why? I can’t stand music.
C. Oh, mostly pop. D. Really? Me, too.
Question 24. -: “I’ve been awarded a scholarship to study in Sweden.”
-: “Uh, really? ______________!”
A. Take care of yourself B. Congratulations
C. You are always lucky D. How good it is
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word of phrase
that best fits each of the blanks from 25 to 29.
 THE CAR OF THE FUTURE
Driving along the motorway in busy traffic, the driver suddenly presses a button on his steering wheel.
The car is now driving itself. This may (25) _________________ like something from the future, but driverless
cars are already in reality on California’s roads. Many cars can already park themselves on the roadside,
brake automatically when the car needs to slow down, and warn the driver (26) __________ they are slipping
out of the right lane, so going driverless is just the next step towards automated driving.
Driverless cars are equipped with fast broadband, allowing them to overtake other cars (27), and even
communicate with traffic lights as they approach junctions. Being stuck in traffic jams could become a thing
of the past, as driverless cars will be able to drive at speed (28) ___________ to each other.
More than fifty million people die or are injured in road accidents every year, and the majority of these
accidents is caused by human (29) _________________. Google’s driverless car sticks of to the speed limit and
doesn’t get tired. So wouldn’t it be a great idea if all cars were driverless.
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Question 25. A. look B. sound C. feel D. sense
Question 26. A. if B. where C. why D. what
Question 27. A. nicely B. quickly C. harmlessly D. safely
Question 28. A. too closer B. much closer C. very closely D. so closet
Question 29. A. inaccuracy B. offence C. error D. crime
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each
of the questions from 30 to 34.
There are many thoughts on the origins of civilization. One of the major factors involved was the
increase in population. The development of techniques, primarily irrigation and food control, which
permitted agriculture in special areas such as the flood plain of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, made
possible the support of large population. Once populations reach a certain number, the older pattern of
social organization breaks down and new ones develop. Specifically the older system whereby each
individual participated in food production and maintained a similar standard of living, and whereby
kinship served as the basic method of social organization, was replaced by the occupational division of
labor, political and religious hierarchies, public works such as road and public building construction, class
systems, codes of law, markets, new forms of warfare, and urban centres. Allied with these important
sociological traits are material traits, such as monumental architecture and development of science and, in
many cases, metallurgy and writing systems.
The earliest civilization, Sumer, developed in the Middle East. This was the Bronze Age of the Old
World, during which people first developed the art of metallurgy, civilization also arose in other parts of
the Old World first in Egypt, China and India, and later in Europe and Africa. At this time, civilization also
developed independently in the New World, in the Mexican area and in Peru and its neighboring areas.
In the Old World the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age, which saw the rise and fall of great
empires and the shift of power from the Middle East to Greece and Rome and then to Western Europe. In
the 1700s the Industrial Age began, leading directly to the modern civilization of today.
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Question 30. The author of this passage ______________.
A. gives a comparison between ancient civilization and modern civilization
B. suggests that population increase is most important in the development of civilization
C. explores the relation between agriculture and industry
D. tries to explain how civilization developed in human history
Question 31. According to the first paragraph, the increase in population ___________.
A. resulted in the development of agricultural technology
B. resulted from the breakdown of old social organization
C. caused the occupational division of labor
D. was impossible without the development of agriculture
Question 32. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The Bronze Age is one of the earliest civilizations.
B. The Industrial Age started in the Middle East.
C. The Bronze Age developed into the Iron Age.
D. The use of metal instruments started from the Bronze Age.
Question 33. The underlined word “which” in the passage refers to ________________.
A. Middle East B. Bronze Age C. Old World D. metallurgy
Question 34. Which of the following is Not included in the expression “the Old World” used in the
passage?
A. American continent B. Western and Eastern Europe
C. African continent D. Asian countries
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each
of the questions from 35 to 42.
Because the low latitudes of the Earth, the areas near the equator, receive more heat than the latitudes
near the poles, and because the nature of heat is to expand and move, heat is transported from the tropics
to the middle and high latitudes. Some of this heat is moved by winds and some by ocean currents, and
some gets stored in the atmosphere in the form of latent heat. The term “latent heat” refers to the energy
that has to be used to convert liquid water to water vapor. We know that if we warm a pan of water on a
stove, it will evaporate, or turn into vapor, faster than if it is allowed to sit at room temperature. We also
know that if we hang wet clothes outside in the summertime they will dry faster than in winter, when
temperatures are colder. The energy used in both cases to change liquid water to water vapor is supplied
by heat – supplied by the stove in the first case and by the Sun in the latter case. This energy is not lost. It
is stored in water vapor in the atmosphere as latent heat. Eventually, the water stored as vapor in the
atmosphere will condense to liquid again, and the energy will be released to the atmosphere.
In the atmosphere, a large portion of the Sun’s incoming energy is used to evaporate water, primarily
in the tropical oceans. Scientists have tried to quantify this proportion of the Sun’s energy. By analyzing
temperature, water vapor, and wind data around the globe, they have estimated the quantity to be about
90 watts per square meter, or nearly 30 percent of the Sun’s energy. Once this latent heat is stored within
the atmosphere, it can be transported, primarily to higher latitudes, by prevailing, large-scale winds. Or it
can be transported vertically to higher levels in the atmosphere, where it forms clouds and subsequent
storms, which then release the energy back to the atmosphere.
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Question 35. The passage mainly discusses how heat ______________.
A. is transformed and transported in the Earth’s atmosphere
B. is transported by ocean currents
C. can be measured and analyzed by scientists
D. moves about the Earth’s equator
Question 36. The passage mentions that the tropics differ from the Earth’s polar regions on which of the
following ways?
 A. The height of cloud formation in the atmosphere.
B. The amount of heat they receive from the Sun.
C. The strength of their large scale winds.
D. The strength of their oceanic currents.
Question 37. The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refers to _______________.
A. pan B. water C. stove D. temperature
Question 38. Why does the author mention “the stove” in the first paragraph?
A. To describe the heat of the Sun.
B. To illustrate how water vapor is stored.
C. To give an example of a heat source.
D. To show how energy is stored.
Question 39. According to the passage, most ocean water evaporation occurs especially _______________.
A. around the higher latitudes
B. in the tropics
C. because of large-scale winds
D. because of strong ocean currents
Question 40. According to the passage, 30 percent of the Sun’s incoming energy _____________.
A. is stored in clouds in the lower latitudes
B. is transported by ocean currents
C. never leaves the upper atmosphere
D. gets stored as latent heat
Question 41. The underlined word “prevailing” in the second paragraph is closet in meaning to
__________.
A. essential B. circular C. dominant D. closet
Question 42. All of the following words (in the first paragraph) are defined in the passage EXCEPT
_______.
A. low latitudes B. latent heat C. evaporate D. atmosphere
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Question 43. By the beginning of next year, many of the people who live in that area may have difficulty
A B C
to find employment.
D
Question 44. Does he prefer playing outdoor games to stay at home to listen to music?
A B C D
Question 45. Because of the availability of trucks and easy access to modern highways, the locate of
A B
farms has become relatively unimportant with respect to their distance from markets.
C D
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 46: The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.

A. Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.

 B. Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.

C. The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.

D. The plan is as impractical as it is ingenious.

Question 47: He did not remember the meeting. He went out for a coffee with his friends then.

A. Not remembered the meeting, he went out for a coffee with his friends.

B. Not to remember the meeting, he went out for a coffee with his friends.

C. Not remember the meeting, he went out for a coffee with his friends.

D. Not remembering the meeting, he went out for a coffee with his friends.

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 48: I’m sure it wasn’t Ms. Katie you saw because she is in Norway.

A. It couldn’t be Ms. Katie you saw because she is in Norway.

B. It can’t have been Ms. Katie you saw because she is in Norway.

C. It mustn’t have been Ms. Katie you saw because she is in Norway.

D. It mightn’t be Ms. Katie you saw because she is in Norway.

Question 49: She asked if I had passed the English test the week before.

A. “Had you passed the English test the week before?” she asked.

B. “Have you passed the English test the week before?” she asked.

C. “Did you pass the English test last week?” she asked.

D. “If you passed the English test last week?” she asked.

Question 50: They stayed for hours, which tired us.

A. We are tiring from their staying for hours.

B. That they stayed for hours made us tired.

C. Staying for hours with us made them feel tired.

D. We are tired so they stayed for hours.