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Choose the option that best completes the sentence or best answer the question The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal, smaller only than the elephant and the rhinoceros.. rese

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Choose the part that needs correcting in each of the questions below

Question 1: My brother has a French elegant clock which he considers his property.

A B C D

Question 2: He is not able to define the process in which the body is protect by the immunologic system.

Question 3: We should have played much better than we do.

A B C D

Question 4: Nick has been working more harder since he was promoted.

Question 5: Williams not only took three showers a day and washed his clothes twice.

Choose the option that best completes the sentence or best answer the question

The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal, smaller only than the elephant and the rhinoceros

Its name comes from two Greek words which mean “river horse” The long name of this animal is often

shortened to the easier to handle term “hippo.”

The hippo has a natural affinity for the water It does not float on top of the water; instead, it can easily

walk along the bottom of a body of water The hippo commonly remains underwater for three to five minutes and has been known to stay under for up to half an hour before coming up for air

In spite of its name, the hippo has relatively little in common with the horse and instead has a number

of interesting similarities in common with the whale When a hippo comes up after a stay at the bottom of

a lake or river, it releases air through a blowhole, just like a whale In addition, the hippo resembles the

whale in that they both have thick layers of blubber for protection and they are almost completely

hairless

Question 6: The topic of this passage is

A the characteristics of the hippo B the largest land animal.

C the relation between the hippo and the whale D the derivations of animal names.

Question 7: It can be inferred from the passage that the rhinoceros is

A smaller than the hippo B one of the two largest types of land animals.

C equal in size to the elephant D a hybrid of the hippo and the elephant.

Question 8: The possessive “Its” in line 2 refers to

Question 9: It can be inferred from the passage that the hippopotamus is commonly called a hippo

because the word “hippo” is

A scientifically more accurate B the original name

C simpler to pronounce accurately D easier for the animal to recognize.

Question 10: The word “float” in line 4 is closest in meaning to _

Question 11: According to the passage, what is the maximum time that hippos have been known to stay

underwater

A three minutes B thirty minutes C ninety minutes D five minutes

Question 12: The expression “has relatively little in common” could be best replaced by

A shares few similarities B has minimal experience C has few interactions D is not

normally found

Question 13: The passage states that one way in which a hippo is similar to a whale is that

A they both live on the bottoms of rivers B they both breathe underwater.

C they both have blowholes D they are both named after horses.

Question 14: The word “ blubber” in line 12 is closest in meaning to

Question 15: The last line states that the hippo does not

C have a protective coating D resemble the whale

Choose the answer which is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each questions below

Question 16: He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the

annual meeting in May

A politeness B measurement C encouragement D rudeness

Question 17: Childbearing is the women’s most wonderful role.

A bring up a child B having no child C educating a child D giving birth to a

baby

Question 18: Moving to a new town brought about many changes in his life.

A speeded up B resulted from C resulted in D prevented

Choose the answer which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the word in capitals

Question 19: Fruit and vegetables grew in ABUNDANCE on the island The islanders even exported the

surplus

A large quantity B excess C small quantity D sufficiency

Question 20: Cancer is becoming one of the COMMON diseases.

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following questions

Question 21: I try to be friendly but it is hard to _ some of my colleagues.

A stand in for B get on with C come up with D watch out for

Question 22: A keystone species is a species of plants or animals _ absence has a major effect on

an ecological system

Question 23: We _ won the game if we had had a few more minutes.

Question 24: The box of disks for the computer _ misplaced.

Question 25: - “ I couldn’t take the history class I wanted last semester.”

- “ Why didn’t you talk to your advisor? She _ able to help you get in.”

A might have been B might be C couldn’t have been D wasn’t

Question 26: He had his car _ this morning.

Question 27: _ high school, Nam attended a university in the city centre.

A Having been finished B Having finished C To finish D To have finished

Question 28: Jack _ chess before, so I showed him what to do.

A didn’t play B wasn’t playing C hadn’t been playing D hadn’t played

Question 29: I _ for this book since a long time ago.

Question 30: I was in two _ about taking the flat because it is very good but the rent was rather high.

Question 31: I promise that the matter will _.

A be taken care B take care C be taken care of D taken care of

Question 32: In order to be a good salesperson, you should have good communication .

Question 33: It is reported that humans are the main reason for most species decline and habitat

A destructor B destructive C destruction D destroy

Question 34: She built a high wall round her garden _

A to enable people not taking her fruit B in order that her fruit not be stolen

C to prevent her fruit from being stolen D so that her fruit would be stolen

Question 35: _, we tried our best to complete it.

A Difficult as the homework was B Thanks to the difficult homework

C As though the homework was difficult D Despite the homework was difficult

Question 36: John, Fred and some other old friends are in a pub talking about their family and jobs.

John: “Do you work in an office, Fred?” Fred: “ _”

A Yeah, but I’m out of work now B Not anymore I’m an English teacher now.

C No, I work as a bank clerk D Yes, I am But I don’t like it.

Question 37: I am bored with doing the _ chores.

Question 38: Shop assistant: “ ” Customer: “ Yes, I want to send some flowers to my wife in

Italy.”

A Do you like flowers B What do you like C Can you help me D How can I help you Question 39: Be careful with your gun! You _ wound somebody.

Read the passage and choose the best answer to fill in each of the blanks

If you are (40) in having a trip of a life time, but also doing something useful at the same time, then why not try joining a Greenforce expedition as a volunteer Greenforce, which was (41) in

1997, is an international research agency that gathers information about the wildlife and natural habitats

in various parts of the world There is a qualified biologists in (42) of each team of volunteers and these carry surveys all year (43) in some of the world’s remotest and most beautiful places

Volunteers come from all walks of life The minimum age is 18 years old, but there is no upper age (44) No previous experience is necessary as Greenforce provides full training in animal identification and survey methods You will need to be somebody who enjoys the outdoors life, however,

as working in remote locations can be challenging You will also need to be (45) on wildlife ands prepared to learn a lot about the place (46) you visit

Each expedition (47) for ten weeks and training begins in the UK with a residential weekend where you can get taste of expedition life and (48) up with some of your teammates as well as learning about basic survival skills Each volunteer (49) £2,500 towards the cost of he expedition, but past volunteers say it is worth every penny

Question 40: A fascinated B decided C determined D interested

Question 49: A combines B affords C agrees D contributes

Choose the option that best completes the sentence or best answer the question

Most Americans still get married at some point in their lives, but even that group is shrinking Among

current generations of adult American – starting with those born in 1920s – more than 90 percent have

married or will marry at some point in their lives However, based on recent patterns of marriage and mortality, demographers calculate that a growing share of the younger generations are postponing

marriage for so long that an unprecedented number will never marry at all.

More Americans are living together outside of marriage Divorced and widowed people are waiting longer to remarry An increasing number of single women are raising children Put these trends together with our increasing life expectancy, and the result is inevitable Americans are spending a record low proportion of their adult lives married

Married rates for unmarried men and women have dropped from their post-1950s high to record lows Part of this fall is due to the change in the age at which people first marry The median age at first marriage is the age by which half the men or women who will ever marry have done so It fell almost continuously from the time it was first measured, in 1890, at 22.0 years for women and 26.1 for men, to a

low of 20.3 for women and 22.6 for men between 1947 and 1962 Since then, it has risen at a rapid pace,

to a record high for 23.8 for women and 26.2 for men in 1994

The length of time between marriages is also increasing, and more divorced people are choosing not to remarry In 1990, divorced men had waited an average of 3.8 years before remarrying, and divorced women had waited an average of 3.5 years, an increase of more than one year over the average interval in 1970

Data on cohabitation and unmarried childbearing suggest that marriage is becoming less relevant to

Americans 2.8 million of the nation’s households are unmarried couples, and one-third of them are

caring for children, according to the Census Bureau

Question 50: The passage supports all of the following statements EXCEPT

A Americans are spending fewer years married than they did in the past.

B Divorced Americans are waiting longer to marry.

C Americans are having fewer children than they did in the past

D Most Americans get married at least once.

Question 51: The word “those” in paragraph 1 refers to _

A younger generations B married Americans C adult Americans D American men

Question 52: The word “unprecedented” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _

A impossible to count B unbelievable C decreasing D never before seen

Question 53: According to the passage, recent demographic patterns suggest that _

A most young people delay marriage for personal reasons.

B 90 percent of younger generations will marry.

C an increasing number of young people will never marry.

D young people prefer to marry in order to have children.

Question 54: Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to paragraph 2?

A More Americans are living together without marrying.

B There are more and more single mothers in America.

C Americans are spending less years in their adult lives married.

D It takes divorced and widowed people less years before they get married again than in the past.

Question 55: Between 1890 and the 1950s, the age at which men first married _

A decreased by less than 2 years B remained about the same.

C increased by almost 2 years D decreased by more than 3 years.

Question 56: In paragraph 3, the author shows that the median age at first marriage _

A rose then fell between 1890 and 1962 B reached a record high for women in the early

1960s

C fell continuously between 1947 and 1962 D rose between the 1960s and 1990s.

Question 57: The word “rapid” in paragraph 3 could be best replaced by _

Question 58: Which of the following is TRUE about divorced people in America?

A More divorced people want to remarry.

B Divorced women had waited longer before remarrying than divorced men.

C Divorced people waited longer to remarry in the past than today.

D Less divorced people want to remarry.

Question 59: The word “them” in the last paragraph refers to .

A Americans B divorced women C unmarried couples D single women

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others

Question 60: A worked B caused C forced D stopped

Question 61: A roofs B chairs C hats D grapes

Question 62: A devote B event C element D dedicate

Choose the word which is different from the others in the position of the stress syllable

Question 63: A enthusiast B minority C admiration D discriminate

Question 64: A explain B purpose C advise D involve

WRITING

Part 1: Rewrite these sentences without changing the meaning

Question 65: It took him two hours to drive to London.

 He spent _

Question 66: My mother is now a manager of a department store Her first job was filling shelves in a

supermarket

 My mother, _

Question 67: “It was very kind of you to drive me home Thank you very much!” said Laura to Joe.

 Laura thanked

Question 68: Thanks to Laura’s support, I was able to finish the project.

 Had it

Question 69: Although he was very tired, he managed to finish the marathon race.

 In spite of _

Part 2: In about 100-120 words, write a paragraph about your family.

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