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Time: 120 minutes ; TOTAL: __________ / 100

PART 1 (5 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 5

1. A. wicked B. wretched C. ploughed D. learned __________

2. A. layer B. prayer C. betrayer D. sprayer __________

3. A. occasion B. conclusion C. confusion D. dimension __________

4. A. girl B. hurt C. murder D. heart __________

5. A. pain B. shade C. letter D. tail __________

6. A. frank B. bandage C. sing D. bank __________

7. A. instinct B. describe C. cosmic D. display __________

8. A. plays B. says C. days D. lays __________

9. A. island B. aisle C. conserve D. debris __________

10. A. exam B. exaggerate C. luxurious D. maximum __________

PART 2 (5 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 5

1. A. excellent B. hospital C. interesting D. direction __________

2. A. international B. industry C. slavery D. moisture __________

3. A. bouquet B. cathedral C. luxurious D. preface __________

4. A. insurance B. integral C. melancholy D. prejudice __________

5. A. aborigine B. agriculture C. theatergoer D. memorable __________

6. A. regional B. respondent C. reservoir D. register __________

7. A. cathedral B. agriculture C. headmaster D. associate __________

8. A. popularity B. beneficial C. continental D. preparatory __________

9. A. influence B. newspaper C. prejudice D. locality __________

10. A. apparently B. insurance C. photographer D. politician __________

PART 3 (10 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 10

1. Last year the potato harvest was very disappointing, but this year it looks as though we shall have a better _____.

A. product B. outcome C. amount D. crop __________

2. When the starter gave the _____, all the competitors in the race began to run round the track.

A. signal B. warning C. shot D. show __________

3. _____ from Bill, all the students said they would go.
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A. Except B. Only C. Apart D. Separate __________

4. The new manager explained to the staff that she hoped to _____ new procedures to save time and money.

A. manufacture B. establish C. control D. restore __________

5. He was in _____ of a large number of men.

A. management B. leadership C. charge D. direction __________

6. When he retired from his job, the directors _____ him with a clock.

A. offered B. pleased C. satisfied D. presented __________

7. When I went to talk to the manager, he told me he could only _____ me a few minutes.

A. provide B. spare C. hear D. let __________

8. If it’s raining tomorrow, we shall have to _____ the match till Sunday.

A. put off B. cancel C. play D. put away __________

9. He was surprised that her English was so _____ as she had never been to England.

A. definite B. liquid C. fluent D. national __________

10. Learners of English as a foreign language often fail to _____ between unfamiliar sounds in that language.

A. separate B. differ C. distinguish D. solve __________

11. I was just _____ to go out when you telephoned.

A. around B. about C. thinking D. planned __________

12. You will become ill _____ you stop working so hard.

A. until B. when C. unless D. if __________

13. When he heard the terrible noise he asked me what was _____ on.

A. happening B. being C. getting D. going __________

14. I don’t think that red dress _____ her.

A. suits B. matches C. cheers D. agrees __________

15. The three friends all _____ for the same job.

A. requested B. applied C. intended D. referred __________

16. She remembered the correct address only _____ she had posted the letter.

A. since B. afterwards C. following D. after __________

17. It’s difficult to pay one’s bills when prices keep _____.

A. rising B. growing C. gaining D. raising __________

18. The dentist told him to open his mouth _____.

A. broad B. much C. greatly D. wide __________

19. Could you lend me some money? I’m very _____ of cash at the moment.

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A. down B. scarce C. low D. short __________

20. His parents never allowed him _____.

A. a smoking B. smoking C. to smoke D. some smoke __________

PART 4 (10 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 10

1. Since ATTEND has been so poor the class is being closed. attention____

2. There are many few INDUSTRY zones in this city. industrial_

3. You survived the air crash. It’s a MIRACULOUS. miracle

4. We should reduce POOR in the area. poverty

5. finger might have proved that the suspect was at the scene of the crime. fingerprints

6. Water VAPOUR when it is boiled. vaporize

7. The wind, bees and butterflies are the agents of POLLEN. pollination

8. Their PERMIT has spoilt their son, to a certain extent. ____________________

9. Dolphins, MAMMAL species, sometimes jump above the surface of the water. ____________________
mammals
10. He is a bad manager in that factory and everyone is in an attempt to FAME him. ____________________

PART 5 (10 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 10

1. I’ll never find _____ the name of that hotel we stayed in. _out_

2. Don’t leave that meat there too long, it’ll go _____. down_

3. I can’t believe how much John takes _____ his father. They look and act exactly the same. ____on______

4. Look! I’m sorry to butt _____ but I think I can help. _in__

5. The management has decided to lay _____ 50 employees. _of

PART 6 (10 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 10

Farmers, as we all 1. KNOW, 2. HAVE a hard time of it in Britain lately, and 3. TURN to new ways of earning income

from their land. This 4. INVOLVE not only planting new kinds of crops, but some strange ways of making money, the

most unusual of which has got to be sheep racing. Yes, you 5. HEAR me correctly! A farmer in the West of England now 6.

HOLD sheep races on a regular basis, and during the past years over 100,000 people 7.TURN UP to watch the

proceedings. ‘I 8.PASS the farm on my way to the sea for a holiday,’ one punter told me, ‘and I 9.THINK I’d have a look.

I 10. NOT BELIEVE it was serious, to tell you the truth.’ According to a regular visitor, betting on sheep is more
interesting than betting on horses. ‘At proper horse races everyone 11. ALREADY STUDY the form of the horses in

advance, and there are clear favorites. But nobody 12. HEAR anything about these sheep! Most people 13. FIND it

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difficult to tell one from another in any case. I 14. STAY to watch the races, and I must admit that I 15. FIND it quite

exciting. In a typical race, half a dozen sheep 16. RACE downhill over a course of about half a mile. Food 17. WAIT for

them at the other end of the track, I ought to add! The sheep 18. RUN surprisingly fast, although presumably they 19.

NOT EAT for a while just to give them some motivation. At any rate, the crowd around me 20. ENJOY their day out at
the races, judging by their happy faces and the sense of excitement.

1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________

6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. __________
11. __________ 12. __________ 13. __________ 14. __________ 15. __________
16. __________ 17. __________ 18. __________ 19. __________ 20. __________

PART 7 (10 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 10

Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological age. But actually the idea

for a computer was 1. out over two centuries ago by a man 2. Charles Babbage.

Babbage was born in 1791 and 3. up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plans for several calculation machines 4.

called ‘engines’. But despite that fact that he 5. building some of these he never finished any of them. Over the years

people have argued 6. his machines would ever work. Recently, however, the Science Museum in London has finished
building 7. engine 8. on one of Babbage’s designs. It has taken six years to complete and more 9. for thousand parts have

been specially made. Whether it works of not, the machine will be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum

to 10. people of Babbage’s work.

1. A. turned B. thought C. invented D. worked __________

2. A. known B. recognized C. called D. written __________

3. A. developed B. grew C. brought D. expected __________

4. A. which B. who C. there D. whose __________

5. A. wanted B. made C. started D. missed __________

6. A. until B. whether C. while D. though __________

7. A. an B. the C. some D. that __________

8. A. depended B. based C. insisted D. influenced __________

9. A. than B. therefore C. when D. then __________

10. A. remind B. say C. inform D. encourage __________

PART 8 (10 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 10

Words are the main thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The 1. we say words is also important. Our

tone of voice can 2. many emotions and show 3. we are pleased or angry, for instance. Speech is a very important way of 4.

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with other people. It’s necessary to speak a language to talk to and to understand other people. Learning a 5. is very

important. But you only have to know about 2,000 6. to speak it well. As well as talking with our voices we can also 7.

with our bodies. This may seem surprising at first, but if you watch 2 people having a 8. you will see that it is true. People

often move their 9. to emphasize what they are saying and to show the person listening to them that they are saying 10.
important.

ANSWER
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. __________

PART 9 (9 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 9

Are organically grown foods the best food choices? The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown

and marketed food products are now being debated. ADVOCATES of organic foods, a term whose meaning varies

greatly, frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than OTHERS.

The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a

WELCOME DEVELOPMENT. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the food supply

is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific

evidence, the preponderance of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to

separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or

cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized and form the basis for folklore.

Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for "no-aging" diets, new vitamins, and other wonder foods. There are
numerous UNSUBSTANTIATED reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are

nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains, and the like.

One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally

grown foods. But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can MAINTAIN health and provide
better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly

those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead.

1. The word ADVOCATES in line 2 is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. Proponents B. Merchants C. Inspectors D. Consumers

2. In line 3, the word OTHERS refers to

A. advantages B. advocates C. organic foods D. products

3. The WELCOME DEVELOPMENT mentioned in line 4 and 5 is an increase in

A. interest in food safety and nutrition among North Americans

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B. the nutritional quality of the typical North American diet

C. the amount of healthy food grown in North America

D. the number of consumers in North America

4. According to the first paragraph, which of the following is true about the term ORGANIC FOOD?
A. It is accepted by most nutritionists. B. It has been used only in recent years.

C. It has no fixed meaning. D. It is seldom used by consumers.

5. The word UNSUBSTANTIATED in line 11 is closest in meaning to

A. unbelievable B. uncontested C. unpopular D. unverified

6. The word MAINTAIN in line 14 is closest in meaning to

A. improve B. monitor C. preserve D. restore

7. The author implies that there is cause for concern if consumers with limited incomes buy organic foods instead of

conventionally grown foods because

A. organic foods can he more expensive but are often no better than conventionally grown foods

B. many organic foods are actually less nutritious than similar conventionally grown foods

C. conventionally grown foods are more readily available than organic foods

D. too many farmers will stop using conventional methods to grow food crops

8. According to the last paragraph, consumers who believe that organic foods are better than conventionally grown foods

are often

A. careless B. mistaken C. thrifty D. wealthy

9. What is the author's attitude toward the claims made by advocates of health foods?
A. Very enthusiastic B. Somewhat favorable C. Neutral D. Skeptical

ANSWER
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________

6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________

PART 10 (10 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 10

1. I found my new contact lenses strange at first, but I got used to them at the end.

A. strange B. first C. got used D. at the end __________

2. Before printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford buying books.

A. presses B. only C. like D. buying books __________

3. The mountain sheep is known for its incredible agility, timid, and ability to withstand severe cold.

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A. is known for B. incredible C. timid D. to withstand __________

4. Most ships move through the Suez Canal by their own power, but large ships must be assisted by a tugboat.

A. move B. by C. their own D. must be __________

5. Children praised for their ability learned to believe that intelligence is a fixed trait over which they had not control.
A. praised B. learned C. which D. not __________

PART 11 (11 POINTS) TOTAL: _____ / 11

1. I won’t agree until Tom’s apologized.

 Only when ______________________

2. Please don’t use the shower after midnight.

 Would you mind _______________________

3. I agree he’s a good worker but I still don’t think he should get the job.

 Despite ______________________________________________________

4. The residents are all very angry when bicycles are left in the hallway.

 The residents all wish bicycles ______________________________

5. “John shouldn’t have behaved so badly”, said Janet.

 Janet objected _________________________________

6. Anna failed to understand how serious her illness was until she spoke to the doctor.
 Not until _________________________________________________________________

7. They set off to climb the mountain in spite of the fog.

 Although _____________________________________

8. I do like carrots, but I don’t want to eat them everyday.

 Much as _______________________________________

9. I was pleasantly surprised at the result of the meeting. CAME

 _______________________________________________

10. Although he has been very determined, he has never managed to defeat his rivals. DETERMINATION

 _________________________________________________________________________

11. The arrival time of the plane has been changed to 3.30 RE-SCHEDULED

 ________________________________________________

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