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I 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.

II 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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3: A research B composer C machine D champion

Question 4: A supermarket B fascinating C photography D separated

Question 5: A acquaintance B profession C supportive D sacrifice

III Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 6: They are tired They for two hours.

A had been running B were running C had run D have been running

Question 7: Suddenly, a helicopter.

A there flew over the hill B over the hill flew

C it flew over the hill D flew over the hill

Question 8: I don’t like to ask people for help as a rule but I wonder if you could _me a favour.

Question 9: Mary: “Can I have some more meat?”

John: “ .”

A It’s delicious B Enjoy your meal C No, it’s my round D Help yourself

Question 10: You should at least _ an effort to find the boy’s address if you don’t want to lose your last

hope

Question 11: The government was finally _down by a minor scandal.

Question 12: Tom: “Thank you for your help.” Mary: “ _.”

A With all my heart B Never mind me C It’s my pleasure D Wish you

Question 13: Having been delayed by the heavy traffic, .

A her being late was tolerable B she was unable to arrive on time

C it was difficult for her to arrive on time D it was impossible for her to arrive on time

Question 14 They searched _for the missing documents but they were never found.

A to and fro B up and down C high and low D back to back

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Question 15: Buy me a newspaper on your way back, ?

Question 16: Can you help me sort these clothes into different sizes?

Question 17: He always complains about my _to cook.

Question 18: I am from 6a.m till midnight.

Question 19: _have made communication faster and easier through the use of email and Internet is widely

recognized

A It is that computers B That computers

Question 20: the phone rang later that night did I remember the appointment.

Question 21: Tears contain an antiseptic _helps protect our eyes from infection.

Question 22: If my feet so big, I wouldn’t have a problem of buying shoes.

Question 23: It’s about time care of yourself.

Question 24: _he was sick, he still turned up for his guitar lesson.

IV Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 25: The twentieth century saw a rapid rise in life expectancy due to improvements in public health,

nutrition and medicine

Question 26: Ignoring something will not make it go away.

A taking an interest in B Looking closely at

C Paying no attention to D Studying the causes of

Question 27: The holiday crowds littered the park.

Question 28: The initial step is often the most difficult.

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Question 29: It is useless to flee from every danger; some risks must be taken.

A hide oneself B run away C protect oneself D hesitate

V 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.

Question 30: Every city in the United States has traffic problems because the amount of cars on

American streets and high ways is increasing every year

D

Question 31: However types of raw materials are used in making paper, the process is essentially

the same

D

Question 32: Research in the United States on acupuncture has focused on it use in pain relief and

anesthesia

Question 33: The office furniture that was ordered last month have just arrived, but we are not sure

whether the manager likes it

Question 34: There were too many books on the shelf that I didn’t know which one to choose.

VI 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.

Body Language

Language is commonly believed to be a system of communication that consists of sounds and written symbols We can also communicate in other ways by using our facial expressions, our tone of voice and even our (35) body Actually, in many situations, non-verbal communication can (36) _ more accurately what a person is feeling Body language always speaks the truth, (37) _ words may often be (38) _ For successful communication both at the office and at home, an understanding of body language is important At work, non-verbal communication is (39) to power For example, people (40) charge tend to lean back in their chairs, fold their hands behind their heads and put their feet up on the desk or table They often (41) _ conversations, both talking and interrupting more than others Those who (42) _ orders, on the other hand, are much less relaxed and tend to sit on the (43) _ of their chairs with

Body language plays an equally important role at home The interesting thing is that children are particularly quick to pick up on non-verbal signals and can distinguish (44) _ what is said and what is really meant

Question 37: A except B so C whereas D therefore

Question 38: A misleading B hopeless C mistrustful D senseless

Question 39: A associated B related C combined D reserved

VII 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 below.

Long before they can actually speak, babies pay special attention to the speech they hear around them Within the first month of their lives, babies' responses to the sound of the human voice will be different from their responses to other sorts of auditory stimuli They will stop crying when they hear a person talking, but not

if they hear a bell or the sound of a rattle At first, the sounds that an infant notices might be only those words

that receive the heaviest emphasis and that often occur at the ends of utterances By the time they are six or

seven weeks old, babies can detect the difference between syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections Very soon, these differences in adult stress and intonation can influence babies' emotional states and

behavior Long before they develop actual language comprehension, babies can sense when an adult is playful

or angry, attempting to initiate or terminate new behavior, and so on, merely on the basis of cues such as the rate, volume, and melody of adult speech

Adults make it as easy as they can for babies to pick up a language by exaggerating such cues One researcher observed babies and their mothers in six diverse cultures and found that, in all six languages, the mothers used simplified syntax, short utterances and nonsense sounds, and transformed certain sounds into baby

talk Other investigators have noted that when mothers talk to babies who are only a few months old, they

exaggerate the pitch, loudness, and intensity of their words They also exaggerate their facial expressions, hold

vowels longer, and emphasize certain words

More significant for language development than their response to general intonation is observation that tiny babies can make relatively fine distinctions between speech sounds In other words, babies enter the world with the ability to make precisely those perceptual discriminations that are necessary if they are to acquire aural language

Babies obviously derive pleasure from sound input, too: even as young as nine months they will listen to songs or stories, although the words themselves are beyond their understanding For babies, language is a sensory-motor delight rather than the route to prosaic meaning that it often is for adults

Question 45 What does the passage mainly discuss?

A How babies differentiate between the sound of the human voice and other sounds

B The differences between a baby's and an adult's ability to comprehend language

C How babies perceive and respond to the human voice in their earliest stages of language development

D The response of babies to sounds other than the human voice

Question 46 Why does the author mention a bell and a rattle in paragraph 1?

A To contrast the reactions of babies to human and nonhuman sounds

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B To give examples of sounds that will cause a baby to cry

C To explain how babies distinguish between different nonhuman sounds

D To give examples of typical toys that babies do not like

Question 47 Why does the author mention syllables pronounced with rising and falling inflections in

paragraph 1?

A To demonstrate how difficult it is for babies to interpret emotions

B To illustrate that a six-week-old baby can already distinguish some language differences

C To provide an example of ways adults speak to babies

D To give a reason for babies' difficulty in distinguishing one adult from another

Question 48 The word "noted" in bold type is closest in meaning to _.

Question 49 The word "They" in bold type refers to

Question 50 The passage mentions all of the following as ways adults modify their speech when talking to

babies EXCEPT _

A giving all words equal emphasis B speaking with shorter sentences

C speaking more loudly than normal D using meaningless sounds

Question 51 The word "emphasize" in bold type is closest in meaning to

Question 52 Which of the following can be inferred about the findings described in paragraph 2?

A Babies who are exposed to more than one language can speak earlier than babies exposed to a single language

B Mothers from different cultures speak to their babies in similar ways

C Babies ignore facial expressions in comprehending aural language

D The mothers observed by the researchers were consciously teaching their babies to speak

Question 53 What point does the author make to illustrate that babies are born with the ability to acquire

language?

A Babies begin to understand words in songs

B Babies exaggerate their own sounds and expressions

C Babies are more sensitive to sounds than are adults

D Babies notice even minor differences between speech sounds

Question 54 According to the author, why do babies listen to songs and stories, even though they cannot

understand them?

A They understand the rhythm

B They enjoy the sound

D They focus on the meaning of their parents' words.

VIII 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 below.

In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States had tremendous natural resources that could be exploited in order to develop heavy industry Most of the raw materials that are valuable in the manufacture of machinery, transportation facilities, and consumer goods lay ready to be worked into wealth Iron, coal, and

oil ― the basic ingredients of industrial growth ― were plentiful and needed only the application of technical

expertise, organizational skill, and labor

One crucial development in this movement toward industrialization was the growth of the railroads The

railway network expanded rapidly until the railroad map of the United States looked like a spider's web, with

the steel filaments connecting all important sources of raw materials, their places of manufacture, and their centers of distribution

The railroads contributed to the industrial growth not only by connecting these major centers, but also

by themselves consuming enormous amounts of fuel, iron, and coal Many factors influenced emerging modes

of production For example, machine tools, the tools used to make goods, were steadily improved in the latter part of the nineteenth century ― always with an eye to speedier production and lower unit costs The products

of the factories were rapidly absorbed by the growing cities that sheltered the workers and the distributors The increased urban population was nourished by the increased farm production that, in turn, was made more productive by the use of the new farm machinery American agricultural production kept up with the urban demand and still had surpluses for sale to the industrial centers of Europe

The labor that ran the factories and built the railways was recruited in part from American farm areas

where people were being displaced by farm machinery, in part from Asia, and in part from Europe Europe now began to send tides of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe ― most of whom were originally poor farmers but who settled in American industrial cities The money to finance this tremendous expansion of the American economy still came from European financiers for the most part, but the Americans were approaching the day when their expansion could be financed in their own “money market”

Question 55 What does the passage mainly discuss?

A The history of railroads in the United States

B The major United States industrial centers

C Factors that affected industrialization in the United States

D The role of agriculture in the nineteenth century

Question 56 Why does the author mention “a spider's web” in paragraph 2?

A To emphasize the railroad's consumption of oil and coal

B To describe the complex structure of the railway system

C To explain the problems brought on by railway expansion

D To describe the difficulties involved in the distribution of raw materials

Question 57 The word “themselves” in bold type refers to .

A sources B centers C railroads D places

Question 58 According to the passage, what was one effect of the improvement of machine tools?

A Lower manufacturing costs B Better distribution of goods

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C More efficient transportation of natural resources D A reduction in industrial jobs

Question 59 Which of the following is NOT true of United States farmers in the nineteenth century?

A They lost some jobs because of mechanization

B They were unable to produce sufficient food for urban areas

C They raised their productivity by using new machinery

D They sold food to European countries

Question 60 The word “ran” in bold type is closest in meaning to .

A operated B hurried C constructed D owned

Question 61 The word “ingredients” in bold type is closest in meaning to _.

 Question 62 According to the passage, all of the following were true of railroads in the United States in the

nineteenth century EXCEPT that

A they connected important industrial cities

B they were necessary to the industrialization process

C they were expanded in a short time

D they used relatively small quantities of natural resources

Question 63 According to the passage, who were the biggest consumers of manufactured products?

A Railway workers B Farmers C City dwellers D Europeans

Question 64 According to the passage, what did the United States supply to European cities?

A Machine tools B Money C Raw materials D Agricultural produce

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