A23 I.SECTION I: LISTENING II.SECTION II: LEXICO- GRAMMAR: Part 1: Choose the word or phrase which best completes these sentences. Write your answers in the space provided: 1.One……adults takes physical exercise at least once a week. a.from five b.in five c.at five d.with five 2.You should be on your……against pickpockets in this part of the town. a.protection b.watch c.guard d.care 3.Noise pollution generally receives less attention than…….air pollution. a.does b.it does c.over d.it does over 4.After letting the phone ring…….times,the receptionist finally answered it. a.few b.some c.couple d.several 5.Dr. Richardson told Mary that the work would be arduous. a.interesting b.loving c.hard d.dangerous 6.Within the first ten minutes, the chairwoman knew the meting…… a.would nothing come to b.would come to nothing c.would come nothing d.nothing would come to 7.If you are qualified for this……job, we would like to hear from you. a.demand b.demanded c.demanding d.being demanding 8.The world’s highest peak,… ,is in the Himalaya. a.Mount Everest b.this is Mount Everest c.it is Mount Everest d.being Mount Everest 9……., “Alice in the Wonderland” appeals to many adult readers,too. a.Though it written for children b.Though for children written c.Though written for children d.It was written for children 10.Because of its warm tropical climate, Hawaii…….subzero temperatures. a.almost experiences never b.experiences never almost c.experiences almost never d.almost never experiences 11.The librarian told the students…….to find the book. a.who b.what c.which d.where 12.The shipment will not arrive for……four days. a.many b.other c.another d.several 13.Only if you promise to study hard………to tutor you. a.will I agree b.agree I c.I agree d.I will agree 14.High in the sky a…….of birds was flying southward. a.flock b.pack c.swarm d.herd 15.Phone me before ten;…….I’ll be too busy to talk to you. a.unless b.whether c.otherwise d.if 16.He…….me to buy my air ticket immediately or it would be too late. a.convinced b.insisted c.advised d.suggested 17.When you…….him,give him my best wishes. a.will visit b.would visit c.visit d.have visited 18……more help, I could call my neighbor. a.Needed b.Should I need c.I have needed d.I should need 19. “What was your advice to Marvin?” “Well, I recommended that he…….” a.study b.studies c.studying d.studied 20.Some flowers have…….petals. a.bright colour b.bright coloured c.brightly coloured d.colour-bright Your answers: 1 ……………… 6. ……………… 11……………… 16……………… 2……………… 7……………… 12……………… 17……………… 3. ……………… 8……………… 13. ……………… 18……………… 4……………… 9……………… 14……………… 19……………… 5……………… 10……………… 15……………… 20……………… Part 2: Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Write your answers in the space provided: Ask hundreds of people what they(1)……(do) on certain day in August next year, or the year after, and there(2)……(be) only one reply. Provided of course that the people you(3)……(ask) (4)……(belong) to the Elvis Presley Fan Club. Although the King of Rock and Roll(5)…….(die) nearly two decades ago,his fans(6) ……(meet) every year since then outside his home in Memphis, Tennessee, to show respect for the singer they(7)……(love) so much. Fans like Jean Thomas, from Catford in South London, Jean(8)……(visit) Gracelands, the house where Elvis(9)……(suffer) his fatal heart attack, twice in the past five years. “The first time I(10)…….(borrow) the money from my Mum, as I(11)……(not work) then. But two years ago I(12)…… (get) married and since then I(13)…….(work) in my husband Chris’s garage. Chris and I(14)……(go) together last year, and we(15)…….(think) of spending two or three months in the USA next year. I(16)…….(always want) to visit some of the places where Elvis(17)…….(perform). Like Las Vegas for example.” Jean says that Elvis(18)……(be) her obsession ever since she(19)…….(be) ten years old, and she(20)………(own) every single one of his records, good or bad. Your answers: 1……………… 6.……………… 11……………… 16……………… 2……………… 7……………… 12……………… 17……………… 3. ……………… 8……………… 13.……………… 18……………… 4……………… 9……………… 14……………… 19……………… 5……………… 10……………… 15……………… 20……………… Part 3: Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition or particle: 1.Julia has nothing …….common with Bill. They’re quite different. 2.You can take my word…….it. 3.The brothers are so alike. I can’t tell one……the other. 4.I know him…….sight but not to speak to. 5.I memorized the speech word…….word. 6.Ann was putting…….airs when she got the first prize. 7.Would you please check……my composition before I hand it in to my teacher? 8.A true friend never lets you…… Your answers: 1……………… 5……………… 2……………… 6……………… 3……………… 7……………… 4……………… 8.……………… Part 4: Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate form of the word in block capitals. Write your answers in the space provided: Some recent research into (1) CONVERSE between men 1……………… and women has produced results which will surprise few women. Men are always interrupting women when they talk. One (2) RESEARCH feels that men regard female talk 2……………… as a kind of conversational(3) HOUSE. They expect 3……………… women to play a supporting role. So a man interrupts in a display of (4) DOMINATE or control. Men also have a 4……………… much more (5) PLEASANT listening style. Whereas a 5……………… woman uses gestures or say: “mm”, a man will say such thing as “right” or “okay” thus settle the stage for an (6) INTERRUPT . Conversation of this kind, then, hardly has 6……………… (7) MEAN communication. Male talk is often 7……………… (8) ARGUE while women are more tentative, asking 8……………… more questions and tending to build up their replies on what the other person had said. The research would indicate that women are better (9) LISTEN than men. 9……………… Yet, listening secretly to conversation between groups of women, one has the (10) IMPRESS of several 10……………… simultaneous monologues into which no man would be able to get a chance to speak Part 5: In most lines of the text,there is an extra word. Write the extra word or put a tick ( ކ) in the gap if a line is correct: 1. In many cities nowadays, food shopping takes up very little time. ……………… 2. In the past, the people used to go to a different shop for each item. ……………… 3. For example, you bought most meat at a butcher’s shop and fish at ……………… 4. a fish market. A fruit market used to be sell fruit and vegetables. ……………… 5. For dry foods like rice or beans, you had to go to a grocery stores. ……………… 6. Today, you get all these things at a supermarket. Many supermarkets ……………… 7. make a lot of money in these days. But times are changing. Soon, ……………… 8. people will drive in their cars to huge out-of-town stores which called ……………… 9. “hypermarkets” to buy from everything. And who knows? Sometime ……………… 10. in the future, everyone is going to have a computer at home. People ……………… 11. might have use them to purchase everything from food to furniture, ……………… 12. from legal advice to medical help. In some places it’s happening already ……………… SECTION III: READING Part 1: Choose the best options to complete the following passage. Write your answers in the space provided: The food we eat seems to have profound (1)……on our health. Although science has made enormous (2) ……in making food more fit to eat. It has at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has (3) ……that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, (4)……cancer of the colon. People of different cultures are more prone to (5)……certain illnesses because of the characteristic foods they consume. That food is (6)……to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites (commonly used to(7)……colour in meats) as well as other food additives caused cancer. (8) ……these carcinogenic additives (9)……in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which ingredients on the (10)……labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives that we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to cattle and poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been (11)……in the milk of (12)……cows. Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medicinal purposes, but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to(13)……the animals in order to (14)……a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried (15)……to control these procedures, the practices continue. 1. a.affect b.effect c.effects d.affects 2. a.steps b.things c.advance d.technique 3. a.stated b.said c.expressed d.shown 4. a.specially b.especially c.generally d.especial 5. a.contract b.meet c.infect d.affect 6. a.connecting b.associated c.attached d.related 7. a.conserve b.protect c.preserve d.keep 8. a.Yet b.However c.But d.Although 9. a.remain b.stay c.exist d.contain 10. a.package b.packaging c.packaged d.packet 11. a.seen b.found c.tasted d.smelled 12. a.treating b.treatable c.treated d.untreated 13. a.fattening b.fatten c.fat d.fatter 14. a.obtain b.profit c.make d.earn 15. a.repeatly b.repeatingly c.repeatedly d.repetition Your answers: 1.……………… 6……………… 11……………… 2……………… 7……………… 12……………… 3……………… 8……………… 13……………… 4……………… 9……………… 14……………… 5……………… 10……………… 15……………… Part 2: Read the following passage and circle the answer which is most accurate according to the information given in the passage: After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United States have started to face harder times. Only Harvard’s MBA School has shown a substantial increase in enrollment in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have seen decreases in their enrollments. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degrees, has dropped about 3 percent to 75,000, and the trend of lower enrollment rates is expected to continue. There are two factors causing this decrease in students seeking an MBA degree. The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush job on Wall Street, or in other financial districts of major American cities. Many of the entry-level management jobs are going to students graduating with Master of Arts degrees in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBA degrees. Students have asked the questions, “Is an MBA degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting a good job?” The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry-level jobs being offered. Business needs are changing, and MBA schools are struggling to meet the new demands. 1.What is the main focus of this passage? a.jobs on Wall Street b.types of graduate degrees c.changes in enrollment for MBA schools d.how schools are changing to reflect the economy 2.The phrase “two decades” in line 1 refers to a period of a.10 years b.20 years c.50 years d.100 years 3.The word “prosperity” in line 2 could best be replaced by which of the following? a.success b.surplus c.nurturing d.education 4.Which of the following business schools has NOT shown a decrease in enrollment? a.Princeton b.Harvard c.Stanford d.Yale 5.The phrase “trend of” in line 8 is closet in meaning to which of the following? a.reluctance of b.drawback to c.movement toward d.extraction from 6.As used in line 11, the word “seeking” could best be replaced by which of the following? a.examining b.avoiding c.seizing d.pursuing 7.Which of the following descriptions most likely applies to Wall Street? a.a center for international affairs b.a major financial center c.a shopping district d.a neighborhood in New York 8.According to the passge,what are two causes of declining business school enrollments? a.lack of necessity for an MBA and an economic recession b.low salary and foreign competition c.fewer MBA schools and fewer entry-level jobs d.declining population and economic prosperity 9.The word “cutting” in line 19 could be replaced by which of the following? a.wounding b.reducing c.dividing d.carving 10.As used in line 21, the word “struggling” is closest in meaning to a.evolving b.plunging c.starting d.striving Your answers: 1……………… 6.………………. 2……………… 7……………… 3. ……………… 8……………… 4……………… 9……………… 5……………… 10………………. Part 3: Read the text and then choose from the list A-J the best phrase to fill in each blank: English was forst written down in the 6 th century. At that time, writers had to use the twenty-three letters of the Latin alphabet (0) H. Because English has sounds that do not exist in Latin, they added letters (1)…… . This resulted in some irregular spelling. After the Norman invasion of England in 1066, French became the language spoken by the king and other people in positions of power and influence. Many French words were introduced and the spelling of many English words changed(2)…… . The result was rich and irregular mix of spellings. The printing press was invented in the 15 th century. Many early printers of English texts spoke other first languages, especially Dutch. They often paid little attention(3)…… . Sometimes technical decisions were make to give columns of print straight edges. To do this, letters were taken of the ends of words and sometimes added to words. With time, people became used(4)…… . Fixed spellings were therefore created by the printers’ decisions. Spoken English, however, was not fixed. It continued (5)…… . It is no wonder that English spelling seems irregular. Words such as although, through and cough, for example, all have the same spelling at the end, but are pronounced differently. Words such as feet, meat and seize, on the other hand, are spelled differently but have the same sound in the middle. A. to have a great influence B. to seeing words spelled in the same way C. To follow French patterns D. To change, as it still does E. To show the spellings F. To influence the French G. To how English words were spelled H. To represent the forty-four sounds of English I. To give columns of print straight edges J. To write down what they heard Your answers: 1.……………… 2.……………… 3.……………… 4.……………… 5.……………… SECTION IV: WRITING: Part 1: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it: 1.I was very annoyed by his refusal to listen to reason. What………………………………………………………………………………. 2.He didn’t pass his driving test until he was nearly 30. It…………………………………………………………………………………… 3.If you changed your mind, you’d be welcome to join us. Were you………………………………………………………………………… 4.I was going to leave, but because of what she said, I didn’t. She persuaded…………………………………………………………………… 5.Everyone believed that the house had been sold. The house…………………………………………………………………………. Part 2: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given and other words as necessary. Do not change the form of the given word 1.What exactly do the letters AM and PM mean? (stand) ……………………………………………………………………………………. 2 She is determined to become a doctor. (heart) ……………………………………………………………………………………. 3.They’ll have to take the dog on holiday with them. (behind) . come to 7.If you are qualified for this……job, we would like to hear from you. a.demand b.demanded c.demanding d.being demanding 8.The world’s highest peak,… ,is. d.dangerous 6.Within the first ten minutes, the chairwoman knew the meting…… a.would nothing come to b.would come to nothing c.would come nothing d.nothing would