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I. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Find them and correct them. Write your answers in the space provided below the passage. Line 1 As we feel tired at bed-time, it is natural to assume that we sleep because we are tired 2 | The point seems so obviously that hardly anyone has ever sought to, question it, 3 | Nevertheless, we must ask “tired of what?” People certainly feel tied in the end of a 4 | hard day’s manual work, but itis also true that office workers feel equally tired when 5 6 bed-time come. Even invalids, confined to beds or wheelchairs, become tired as the evening wears on. Moreover, the manual workers will still feel tired even after an 7 | evening spent relaxing in front of the television or read a book, activities which ought to 8 _ | havea refreshing effect. There is no proof connection between physical exertion and the 9 1 1 need for sleep. People want to sleep, however little exercises they have had. Nor is the }0 | desire for sleep relating to mental fatigue. In fact, sleep comes more slowly io people 1 | who have had ai intellectual stimulating day, just because their minds are still full in thoughts when they retire. Ironically, one way of sending someone to sleep is to put hi 12 | orher into boring situation where the intellectual effort is minimal. Your answers: Mistakes Correetion ] Line 56. we 9. = (é Y &, AL 30 64. | ‘ 65 66. PARTG READING 1. Fill each of the nu " FI cach ofthe numbered blanks inthe passage with ONE suitable word 2 points) : SPECTATOR SPORTS. A surprising number of popular spectator sports, fr example football o or the USA in (6)... nnetenth century. This did ot happen by che Until then (67) ...:8... people lived in the country than in towns. They worked in smal had (8) 8888 regular cn off All i changed wh th roth of fares and industy in he inet Cent, frst in Europe and then in the USA. 69). Lt the fst time most peopl Bega to live in towns, ‘nd they found themselves with regular fre time. They had more leisure time than ever before. 00 This rested inthe need for organized entertainment. Suitable games developed or (70) ie iment, pial eam games in 7) .= he crowded could tke sds and become involved. This gave People some of the entertainment they needed in (72) ,...\Yi8'C..,Aree time. ‘The recent explosion in TV. ‘with the inetosin ‘of satellite and cable channels, (73) ..."¥.%. caused. fan increase in demand for sports as entertainment. The money TV has brought to games (74) football tennis and bascbll means tat spectator sors (73)... ertainy goon playing an important par ‘in our lives. - 1 Rea and choose the best answer foreach question “There are many theories about the begining of dram in ancient Greece. The one most widely accepted today is based onthe assumption that drama evolved from rival The argument fo this view goes 3s follows. In the bevinnng, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world, even the seasonal changes, 2s unpredictable, and they sough,thvough various means, o contol these unknown and feared powers. Those ‘measures which appeared to bring the desired rests were then retained and repeated until they hardened into fixed rituals Eventually stoves ares which explained or veiled the mysteries ofthe rites. As time passed some rituals were abandoned, but the stories, later called myths, persisted and provided material for ar and drama “Those wo belive tat drama evolved out of tual also argue that those ries contained the seed of theater because music, dance, masks, and costumes were almost alvays used, Furthermore, a suitble site had tobe provided for performances, and when he entre community did not partcpae, clear division was usualy made between the "acting area" and the “auditorium”. In addition, there were performers, and, since considerable importance was atached to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of ites, eligous leaders usually fscumed that task: Wearing masks and costumes they often impersnsted other people, animals. orsupematral beings, and mimed te deste effect success in hunt or bate, the coming an, the revival ofthe Sun an actor might. Eventually such dramatic representations were separated from religious activi. “Another theory traces the theaters origi rom the human intercstin stryteling. According tots view, tales (about the hunt, war, or other feats) are gradually elaborated, at fst through the use of impersonation, action and dialogue by anarator and then through the assumption of each of the roles by a different person. A closely related theory traces theater o those dances that ae primarily rhythmical and eymnastic or that are imitations of animal movements an sounds. 76. What. does the passage mainly 1 basketball, stated in Europe Twas the result of changes it 1 groups and teenth "Teoria of theater” B. Therole of rial in moder dance . The importance ofstonteing The variety of eal eelgus activites 1.TRe word “the refers 0 ‘A setsonal changes B. natural forces C. thes (Dy human beings 78. Whgtaspect of drama does the author discuss in the first paragraph? {The reason drama is often unpredictable B. The seasons in which dramas were performed (The connection between myths and dramatic plots ‘The importance of costumes in early drama i 79, Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a common element ofthe ‘A, Dance B. Costumes €. Music 80, The word "considerable" is closest in meaning to nd ritual? gic “eSabinhment .(Bperfrmance, C. authorization . Rita eis ever performers than dana (D; Rival hs afisk purpose and rama does not Seating can imporant poof dance», D. Dramatic avis require he use of eostumes. A. Lines 8-9 By Lines 10-13 /C. Lines 19-20 D. Li 4 lL. Choose the best option 10 complete the reading text ‘TWO CREATURES OF THE PAST - MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS “The clephant has some distant relatives called mammoth, which lived in the Stone Ave. More than 15,000 years ago people painted pictures of them on eave walls. Then estonishngly. in 1799, a man walking slong the Banks of the River Lena in Siberia (86)___a starhng discovery. Pocring into a-wal of ice, he could (87)___ see the shape of massive, hairy mammoth, apparently (88). He immediately ran (89), teror, but several days later he (90)___the courage to return and cat the mammoth’ s tucks svg enarmous eth ou oth eto sll them, Mannmoth tusks are the biggest tect of any now seers some (91)__a length of five meters. These tusks were (92) 0 good use, protecting the ‘mammoths® young ffom other animals, and brushing away snow. To most of us, mammoths are probably the most (93) of the clephant’s extinct relatives, bu thousands of years earlier, in the woodlands of eastern North America, lived another of the clephant’s relatives called the mastodon. Like mammoths, mastodon may also have had ahaiy coat, but (94), mame D. season () perforiners mainly ate grasson the plains, mastodons (95) ___1 eat twigs and leaves, We do not know why mastodons (961), extinct. However, computer studies of the decrease in mammoth (97) suggest that it was @ particular (68) "of over-humting. by fnumans, and (09). inthe elimate at that time which (100) to their disappearan i 86. made B. took Cid had $87) A. rather quite (Cust ell 88) A. watching out watching over C.looking after (Dh looking out 89. A. across ‘away C, out D. past 90, A. grew felt found D experienced “Ol. A. increasing reaching expanding ). completing 92.(A, put held C.set ‘Dkept 93. A.usual B. frequent C. regular milan 94, Ac when (Bp Deeven 95, (Speers ‘enjoyed elected 96. X-tumed B. went ame 75 Aquatics Snag Ree Smtr 98 bination audition attachment D. connection 99, A¢ transformations (B, ehanges €. diversions D. adjustments 100. A. guided Becaused (Ghar D-inuenced IV. Fill each numbered blank in the following passage with one most suitable sentence given inthe list below For ir ons of he ge tes Set ifn ates, R Stone of nc Ei Spc of olawae colts we felis adopsthe uk msec tascam bal too aoa Wien nse ‘a culture are visibly in contrast, they are most powerful, even when we are not awareof them. (1)) in Ausala sexed ha cvenjone il ak daring 2 mel The aly per fe ore Gea opie ablis¢Oun soko ou ha Ls bes bier SET Soa ar eeelosdone oe By ee Conversations held before or aig the mal ele Ein Ata, whn we aed eing he mn ce We Be an fk acs the © pias of he plate para! to eachother withthe handles facing towards ws. When we are resting during tn id Pai and fo anon theron te mide ofh pain nde sme Ne eer cad i aba oe ates nso eng peta Dat ta none a say do this I the county Consider further where fy ange ot nt ies pone on te able The Chinese ison ofall he dines eng Gy) Ce ee Central dishes is different from the Westem way of having servings on separate plates. Oe Fe the way ives and forks fence in the plates makes ite fram forthe plate and defines Sera nay ot ton alrund the abl rae tht ene common ae ofacton ss thease feu We need to remember that table manners change within cultures FA barbecue ora dinner witha few fiends wil have diferent rls. °G, In China, the chopsticks go crossways across the top of the plate with the handles facing towards the right, as that is the hand that holds the chopstick. HH, Just imagine some of the diferent table manners we might encounter at a class dinner when a range of cultures are represented! PART D. WRITING. 1. Rewrite the following sentence in such a way that they mean almost the same as the ones printed before \donesiais itself ‘1s itselfa very multicultural society, so there may be a number of customs for this within them. 106. He maintained his position against his adversary GROUND ‘9.1... Oop £07) We cannot make any comparison wit her sacrifice. COMPARE Zaye Se a fm, 40S, SOSA... (08) When I heard her speak, it alTectéd me profoundly. IMPACT So EM. L.ogose RL Sool iN. BOE. 22.48 angack On Fe 109. He is becoming quite famous as an interviewer. NAME acoA. AS. COINS, -AMAL,.0. foe. ACC DIMEME.OS..— DAB {10} He is very good st cooking spaghetti Hb 58.0351. Rahsoek Bi 111, Ie wasn't my faull the business failed. = Through no ...faadk of..0084 Cary. UONEL.. LOAD 112. It was easy for us to find the house. = We had ..98... NSN... Any, LDS, (113) You should excuse his bad manners; he’s only a child = You should .. 124s. 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