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A. PHONETICS
I. Pick out the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. uncertain B. unbeatable C. unanimated D. unaffected 6. A. climber B. subtle C. debt D. probable
2. A. loan B. shoulder C. wonder D. owner 7. A. butcher B. ruthless C. truth D. Dutch
3. A. houses B. faces C. horses D. places 8. A. addict B. addicted C. addition D. additional
4. A. concern B. concert C. concerto D. concertina 9. A. comparison C. companion C. company D. compartment
5. A. shown B. brown C. cow D clown 10. A. foreign B. brain C. painter D reign
II. Choose the word with the different stress pattern.
1. A. viable B. deposit C. telegraph D. violent 6. A. documentary B. exploration C. communicate D. disadvantage
2. A. persuade B. advance C. label D. deny 7. A. compulsory B. unpolluted C. communicate D. environment
3. A. properly B. advantage C. invention D. tradition 8. A. electronic B. miraculous C. additional D. capacity
4. A. serious B. another C. colourful D. industry 9. A. absent B. homework C. routine D. painting
5. A. computer B. scholarship C. difference D. company 10. A. impossible B. conditional C. professional D. scientific
B. VOCABULARY - GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best word or phrase.
1. Let’s just ______ our differences and be friends.
A. forget B. leave C. stop D. rid
2. Do you mean the cinema ______ the station?
A. front B. on C. to D. opposite
3. Once the fire ______ out we had to sit in the cold.
A. went B. fell C. lit D. came
4. The sudden noise made me ______.
A. frighten B. jump C. startle D. shudder
5. Many scientists are sure there is ______ on other planets.
A. life B. existence C. people D. creature
6. The army claimed that during the invasion there was no ______ of life.
A. loss B. murder C. killing D. death
7. California, ______ more populous state than any of its Western neighbours, has greater representation in the House.
A. it is a B. a C. that a D. is a
8. The average spoken sentence in conversational English takes 2.5 seconds ______.
A. for to complete B. to complete C. completing D. by completing
9. Microwaves are used for cooking, telecommunications, ______.
A. and to diagnose medically B. and medical diagnosing C. and diagnosed medically D. and medical diagnosis
10. The New England states have had ______ serious earthquakes since the Ice Age.
A. none B. not any C. not D. no
11. The Concorde aircraft consumes a great amount of fuel.
A. needs B. wastes C. leaks D. uses
12. We have been conducting a survey on the dietary habits of university graduates.
A. examining B. condemning C. running D. discussing
13. Susan was subjected to Tony’s cooking last night.
A. converted B. diverted C. exposed D. opposed
14. Life expectancy is the measure of the average life span of a particular group of people.
A. condition B. mortality C. age D. range
15. Watermelon crops must be rotated periodically with other crops to avoid fungal disease.
A. regularly B. simultaneously C. constantly D. rarely
16. The ancestors of Australian aborigines settled in Australia more than 30,000 years ago.
A. became calm B. made an arrangement C. became restless D. became established
17. Some medicines should be dissolved before they are taken.
A. boiled B. sweetened C. prepared with food D. mixed with a liquid
18. A good auditorium will assure that the sound is able to be heard.
A. superior B. genuine C. audible D. contained
19. Variations in the colour of sea water from blue to green seem to be caused by high or low concentrations of salt.
A. Descriptions B. Changes C. Measures D. Clarity
20. Tides are caused by the gravitational influence of the moon on ocean level.
A. impact B. involvement C. coercion D. levitation
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II. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the words in the brackets.
1. The (America) War of (depend) was won in 1776. …………………………………..
2. I was not really (surprise) that he became a successful writer because even as a child he …………………………………..
showed remarkable (able) in that direction. …………………………………..
3. The price of the book is 10 pounds, including (post) and (pack). …………………………………..
4. After months of (investigate), the police finally managed to solve the (murderer) case. …………………………………..
5. In my opinion, a large number of parents are quite (fit) and (experience) to bring up children. …………………………………..
6. He was not a (particular) good teacher, but his students loved him because he had such a …………………………………..
lively (person). …………………………………..
7. Low (consume) of animal fats (generation) means a low risk of heart disease. …………………………………..
8. How could there (possibility) be any (relate) between these two separate incidents? …………………………………..
9. Kite is a very (talk) young man. He has been talking (continue) since he entered the room. …………………………………..
10. In Sweden, it is (custom) at a dinner party for the person sitting on the left of the hostess to …………………………………..
make a (speak). …………………………………..
III. Fill in one suitable word.
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1 ………………………
Franklin Roberts was a commercial airline pilot with (0) than 21,000 hours of flying time behind him. 2 ………………………
However, in (1) of his great experience, he could not explain something (2) happened to him in the 3 ………………………
summer of 1981. As he was flying over lake Michigan, an object appeared in the sky, which took him 4 ………………………
completely (3) surprise. Whatever it was, it raced through the sky ahead (4) his plane and then turned 5 ………………………
across his path, before finally disappearing (5) the distance. 6 ………………………
(6) is the kind of incident that fascinates Richard Haines, a psychologist (7) works at a research Institute 7 ………………………
in California. and investigates reports like these (8) a hobby. Over the last twelve years, he (9) collected 8 ………………………
thousands of reports on UFO seen-by plane crews. He has concentrated (10), the stories told to him by 9 ………………………
pilots, (11) he believes they are more likely to be accurate. Pilots are trained in observation and make 10 ………………………
reliable witnesses. They would generally know what they were looking at (12) it were something familiar. 11 ………………………
Critics of Haines's work say that there is, in fact, (13) special about pilots. They claim that pilots are as 12 ………………………
capable of making mistakes as (14) else. However none of this has stopped Haines, who continues to 13 ………………………
investigate UFO reports (15) enthusiasm. 14 ………………………
15 ………………………
IV. Put the correct prepositions in the gaps below.
1. She found the letters ___ a pile ___ books. ……………………
2. Please apologise ___ your teacher and tell him the reason ___ your absence. ……………………
3. His father hid all his savings ___ his old age ___ the floor. ……………………
4. I had to check the wages ___ addition ___ my normal work. ……………………
5. ___ her childhood she lived ___ misery. ……………………
6. The manager handed ___ his resignation after being accused ___ dishonesty. ……………………
7. There has been a reduction ___ 10% ___ the amount ___ money available for buying new clothes & books. ……………………

V. There are TEN mistakes in this passage. Please find & correct them.
I just have received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australian. He has been there for six months. Tim is a engineer. He is working
for a big film and he has already visited a great number of different place in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and have gone
to Alice Springs, a small town in the central of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From here, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never
been to abroad before, so he is finding this trip very excited.
LINES MISTAKES CORRECTIONS LINES MISTAKES CORRECTIONS

VI. Read the following newspaper report and use a suitable form and tense of each verb.
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Several cars (1. involve) in the pile-up because no one (2. try) (3. phone) the police for help. If someone (4. call), the police
immediately, they (5. be) able to send an ambulance and also direct the traffic, thus (6. prevent) the other accidents. A passer-by (7. tell)
police that he (8. decide) to free the trapped driver before (9. phone) the police. He said that the (10. trap) driver (11. beg) him (12. not
leave) him. If he (13. go off) to look for a phone or to seek help the driver (14. be) in the car when it (15. hit) by the second car.
1. 4. 7. 10. 13.
2. 5. 8. 11. 14.
3. 6. 9. 12. 15.
VII. Identify the one underlined word or phrase A, B, C, or D that should be or rewritten.
1. Not only the small birds have larger wings than bigger ones but they move them much more rapidly.
A B C D
2. The speed at which a given amount of work is performed effects the energy required.
A B C D
3. Not until recently has interest of tidal electric power plants been revived.
A B C D
4. By making objects appear and disappear, magicians generate allusion.
A B C D
5. When a gallon of fuel oil burns it produces enough energy to rise one ton to a height of 10 miles.
A B C D
6. The first capital of United States was located in New York.
A B C D
7. In the three centuries since Newton worked out his theory of gravitation, it has been modified and changed only once - by A.Einstein.
A B C D
8. There a few drugs are today that are valued more than penicillin.
A B C D
9. Plants are known to need about the same vitamins for grow and development as do animals.
A B C D
10. The vitamin content of fish may be considered in general as similar as beef.
A B C D
C. READING
I. Read the following text carefully and choose the answer which best fits each space.
If you are an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or snarl. It has become a (1) of our wasteful, throwing-away
society. But there seems little (2), it is here to stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastics have brought enormous (3), even
environmental ones. It is not really the plastic themselves that are the environmental evils- it is the way society chooses to use and abuse
them. Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal non-renewable natural (4). We import well
over three million tonnes of the stuff in Britain each year and sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (5) of our natural
consumption is in the (6) of packaging and this constitutes about seven per cent by weight of our domestic refuse. Almost all of it could be
recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling (7) is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energetic-rich, they
have a higher calorific (8) than coal and one method of recovery strongly (9) by the plastic manufacturers is the (10) of waste plastic into a
fuel.
1. A. symbol B. mark C. sign D. detail 6. A. way B. kind C. form D. type
2. A. evidence B. likelihood C. concern D. doubt 7. A. industry B. plant C. factory D. manufacture
3. A. pleasures B. benefits C. savings D. profits 8. A. degree B. value C. demand D. effect
4. A. resources B. processes C. products D. fuels 9. A. desired B. argued C. favoured D. presented
5. A. portion B. amount C. proportion D. rate 10. A. change B. melting C. conversion D. replacement
II. Read the passage, then choose the answer that fits best.
One step beyond automated machines is the industrial robots, the heart and brain of which is the microcomputer. Unlike most automated
machines, industrial robots can he programmed to do a variety of tasks that are usually accomplished by human factory workers. Like
their human counterparts, industrial robots ca switched from one job to another and can be programmed to handle new tasks. Thus far,
robots have found their greatest use in assembling mechanical components. However, they are swiftly branching from basic assembly
operation to construction and mining, and their glamourous use of all, the exploration of oceans and outer space.
1. The author's main purpose is to ______.
A. describe the industrial robot and its uses B. narrate a story about the industrial robot
C. compare the industrial robot to human factory workers D. argue the advantage of the industrial robot
2. The paragraph following this passage would most likely be about ______.
A. types and uses of automated machines B. how industrial robots are used in exploration
C. the uses of microcomputer D. how robots assemble mechanical components
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3. This passage would most likely be found in ______.

A. an entertainment magazine. B. a medical journal C. a book of short stories D. a popular science journal
4. It can be concluded from this passage that ______.
A. robots will never replace human factory workers B. industrial robots are not as versatile as automated machines
C. this microcomputer will soon be used in automated machines D. additional uses will be found for the industrial robots
5. The word ‘swiftly’ is closest in meaning to ______.
A. gradually B. eventually C. rapidly D. virtually
D. WRITING
I. Complete these sentences so that they keep the same meaning.
1. I was sitting on a chair. It suddenly collapsed. The chair ……………………………………………………………….
2. We didn’t wish to waste lives in another war. We had …………………………………………………………………
3. I'm absolutely sure that they weren't playing in this weather. They can’t ………………………………………………………………
4. I want to see the manager, not his assistant. It is ……………………………………………………………………...
5. There’s something wrong with the fax machine. It needs repairing. I think I ………………………………………………………………….
6. He drank five litres of beer, which surprised nobody. Nobody …………………………………………………………………
7. Everything I told you was true. I told you a lot of things, all …………………………………………..
8. She had hardly begun to speak when people started interrupting her.
Hardly …………………………………………………………………………………………..
9. The demand was so great that they had to reprint the book immediately.
So ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. My husband didn’t leave the car keys, so I couldn’t pick him up at the station.
If …………………………………………………………………………………………………
II. Rewrite these sentences using the word given exactly.
1. He told me that delivery of the goods before Thursday would be quite impossible for him. unable
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2. He asked me if I thought it would be a good thing to buy the secondhand car. worth
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3. He next said that there were, of course, exceptions. went
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4. That’s not your business. nothing
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5. He lost his job because he was often absent. result
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6. Returning the same day would be senseless. sense
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7. He has not only written the words of the songs but he has also set some of them to music. besides
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8. Don’t pay any attention to what she says. Notice
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9. The fridge is completely empty. Left
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10. Can you tell me where the nearest station is? Direct
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III. Complete each of the following sentences, using the words given.
1. why / you / not / turn / on / light / room?
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2. matter / hard / she / work / she / often / have / work / late / home.
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3. No sooner / I / tell / her / news / she / burst / cry.
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4. you / think / number / two-child / family / increase / VN?
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5. you / feel like / stay / home / or / go out / a while?
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