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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.
1. A. therapy B. respiratory C. medical D. vessel
2. A. allergy B. imagine C. sugar D. oxygen
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.
3. A. significant B. ability C. political D. sympathetic
4. A. prevention B. implement C. fertilize D. enterprise
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.
5. Fertilizers are used primarily to enrich soil and increasing yield.
A B C D
6. Coastal and inland waters are inhabited not only by fish but also by such sea creature as
A B C D
shrimps.
7. An unexpected raise in the cost of living as well as a decline in employment opportunities
A B
has resulted in the rapid creation by the new government programmes for the unemployed.
C D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
8. The teacher as well as his students at the school meeting yet.
A. arrived B. hasn’t arrived C. haven’t arrived D. not arriving
9. The bridge connecting Potsdam to Suffern will open traffic on Tuesday.
A. to B. at C. as D. from
10. He really deserved the award because he performed what was expected of him.
A. much better which B. much better than
C. much more as D. the most that
11. What’s the point here if you don’t have anything to tell them?
A. getting them all come B. in getting them all come
C. to get them all come D. in getting them all to come
12. on several different television programmes, the witness gave conflicting
accounts of what had happened.
A. Appears B. He appeared C. Who appeared D. Appearing
13. Because it was so closely related to communication, art form to develop.
A. drawing was probably the earliest B. to draw early was probably
C. early drawing probably D. the earliest drawing
14. Because of the of hospital employees at that hospital, the head of the
administration began advertising job openings in the newspaper.
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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.
26. Calling Jim is pointless because his phone is out of order.
A. It’s useless calling Jim because his phone is out of order.
B. It’s worth not calling Jim because his phone is out of order.
C. It’s no use to call Jim because his phone is out of order.
D. There’s no point in calling Jim because his phone is out of order.
27. Max delayed writing the book until he had done a lot of research.
A. It was only when Max had written the book that he did a lot of research.
B. Only after Max had done a lot of research did he begin to write the book.
C. Max delayed writing the book as he had already done any research.
D. Max did a lot of research after he finished writing the book.
28. I got bored with the match halfway through.
A. I lost my interest in the match halfway through.
B. Through the match, I got bored halfway.
C. The halfway through match made me boring.
D. I found the match bored halfway through.
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.
29. This is a rare opportunity. You should take advantage of it to get a better job.
A. You should take advantage of this opportunity, that is rare to get a better job.
B. This is a rare opportunity that you should take advantage of to get a better job.
C. You should take advantage of this rare opportunity, which is to get a better job.
D. This is a rare opportunity what you should take advantage of to get a better job.
30. We had planned to walk right round the lake. The heavy rain made this impossible.
A. In spite of the fact that we had planned to walk right round the lake, the heavy rain made
this possible.
B. We had planned to walk right round the lake, therefore, the heavy rain made this
impossible.
C. We had planned to walk right round the lake, but the heavy rain made this impossible.
D. Even though we had planned to walk right round the lake, but the heavy rain made this
impossible.
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 31 to 35.
Culture Clash
In Africa a famous food company tried to sell its baby food by advertising it with the picture
of a baby on the label. They did not know that this particular country used labels only to (31)
a picture of the food inside. When Pepsico used the slogan ‘Come alive with Pepsi’
in Taiwan, they had no idea that it would be translated into Chinese as ‘Pepsi (32)
your ancestors back from the dead’.
Misunderstandings such as these about language or about culture are sometimes comical but
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can also cause genuine hurt or anger. Business styles (33) widely in different
countries and what is normal in one culture can be completely unacceptable in another.
Socialising in different countries can be tricky. In Arabic countries, for example, people do
not discuss business (34) meals. Giving gifts is another potential problem: in the UK
most people take presents to a dinner party, but in many countries this is not polite because it (35)
you think the host is poor.
31. A. show B. express C. record D. display
32. A. leads B. returns C. brings D. takes
33. A. vary B. disagree C. differentiate D. exchange
34. A. in B. over C. about D. through
35. A. proposes B. recommends C. indicates D. suggests
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.
Traveling in the Future
These days, if you want to travel from New York to Beijing, the flight takes about 16 hours.
You also have to wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer onto a different airplane.
If you add all of that extra time, the trip takes at least 20 hours. But in the future, the trip from
New York to Beijing might only take two hours.
Right now, a private company is developing something called ET3. ET3 stands for “evacuated
tube transport technology”. Here is how it works. A tube goes all the way from New York to
Beijing. The tube is only a few meters wide. Capsules move through the tube. Six people can sit
in one capsule. The capsules use electricity instead of gasoline. For international travel, the
capsules can travel at about 6,500 kilometers per hour. That is much faster than airplane — most
modem airplanes usually only fly at about 800 kilometers per hour.
So how is this possible? How can these capsules travel so fast? The answer is that there is no
air inside the tube. When airplanes fly, they have to move through the air. The air slows the
airplanes down. Because there is no air in the ET3 tubes, the capsules are able to move at a very
high speed. Besides, the capsules are quite light. They only weigh 183 kilograms.
There are other advantages to ET3. Because it uses electricity, it is quite clean. In addition, it
is much quieter than airplanes and cars. Finally, ET3 tubes and capsules don't require very much
building material.
Of course, ET3 doesn’t exist yet. The technology is still being developed. Developers still
have to solve a lot of problems. The biggest problem is that right now, ET3 would be far too
expensive. In order to make ET3 cheaper, we will need much better technology.
It is exciting to think of how ET3 will change travel in the future. Maybe someday, you will
be able to have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.
36. Which of the following is NOT true about travelling at present?
A. Modern planes fly at about 800 kilometers per hour.
B. We use mostly gasoline for transportation.
C. Flights make little noise thanks to modem technology.
D. Traveling takes place in the air.
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