All presidents elected in years ending in zero have died in office.. Only presidents from Ohio have died in office.[r]
(1)MA DE 093
Choose the word which has different stress pattern:
1 A primitive B particular C continuous D connected
2 A intensify B summary C philosophers D instruction A pressure B medical C immortal D lightning
4. A language B lyrical C evidence D disadvantage A sedentary B available C additional D majority
Choose the best option:
6 It is a pity you didn't tell us about this
A I wish you have told us about this B I wish you would tell us about this C I wish you had told us about this D I wish you would have told us about this Within a couple of hours, a very important _ on the new tax policy will be made
A announce B announcement C announcer D announcing Look out! There’s a car coming!
A The car is behind you, so you should run B Don’t go away because the car is coming C Hurry up or you will be late for the car D You should be careful because the car is coming 9, One _ of public transport is its unreliability
A benefit B disadvantage C harm D drawback 10 Let's have a _ of tennis after lunch if you're not tired, shall we?
A match B play C game D party
11 How you start the computer?
A How does the computer turn on? B How you turn on the computer? C How you turn the computer on? D Both B and C are correct 12 The noise from the traffic outside stopped me from _ to sleep
A falling B starting C beginning D going 13 She _ down completely on hearing of her friend's death
A broke B turned C put D fell
14 I/ not accept/ offer/ turn down/
A I couldn’t accept his offer to avoid turning down him B I couldn’t accept his offer because he was turned down
C I couldn’t accept his offer, so I turned it down D I couldn’t accept his offer whether I was turned down
15, I've never gone to the car wash before
A This is the first time I have had my car washed B This is the first time I have washed my car C Never have I washed my car before D Never has my car been washed
16 "Is that a new coat?" "Yes, what _ it?”
A are you thinking of B you think of C is your idea about D did you think about 17 After he had finished the report, he submitted it to the director
A Finishing the report, it was submitted to the director B Having finished the report, it was submitted to the director
C Having finished the report, he submitted to the director D Having finished the report, he submitted it to the director
18 The girl _ is my neighbor
A talks to the lady over there B is talking to the lady over there
C was talking to the lady over there D talking to the lady over there 19 Jean could not help weeping when she heard the bad news
A Jean could not stop herself from weeping at the bad news B Jean could not allow herself to weep at the bad news
C Jean could not help herself and so she wept at the bad news D Jean could not help herself because she was weeping
20 The best solution was thought of by the monitor
A The monitor came up with the best solution B The monitor was good with the best solution
C No one could solve the problem except the monitor D The best solution was monitored by the thought
21 My father asked me _ of the film
A what did I think B what I think C what I thought D what I did thought 22 Everyone in both cars _ injured in the accident last night, ?
(2)A the much confused B the many confusing C the more confusing D the more confused
Not only _ us light, but it also gives us heat
A the sun gives B the sun has given C has the sun given D does the sun give 24 If you hadn't stayed up so late last night, you sleepy now
A wouldn't have felt B wouldn't feel C wouldn't fell D wouldn't have fallen Read the passage and choose the best answer:
Within the last century the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (26) dramatically, largely (27) people burn vast amounts of fossil fuels - coal and petroleum and its derivatives Average global temperature also has increased - by about 0.6 Celsius degree within (28) past century
Atmospheric scientists (29) found that at least half of that temperature increase (30) attributed to human activity They predict that (31) dramatic action is taken, global temperature will continue (32) by A to 5.8 Celsius degrees over the next century Although (33) increase may not seem like a great difference, during the last ice age the global temperature (34) only 2.2 Celsius degrees cooler than it (35) presently
26 A has risen B rose C has raised D raised 27 A because of B although C despite D because
28 A a B some C the D any
29 A had B have C are D ought to
30 A should be B is being C had been D can be
31 A unless B if C provided D as long as
32 A be rising B to rise C to be risen D to be rising
33 .so much B so C such an D such
34 A had been B has been C is D was
35 A is B has been C was D will be
Identify one mistake in the following sentences:
36 The United States celebrate the birth of its independence every Fourth of July
37 Laminated safety glass is produced with combining alternate layers of flat glass and plastic
38 In one type of laminating, alternate layers of wood are placed with their grains running at night angles to each others
39 In general, prawns live shallow coastal waters or in streams
40 The zenith provides a means for making various calculates in astronomy
41 (A) Mined over 2,000 years (B) ago, copper is one of (C) the earliest (D) know metals 42 (A) The average adult (B) has got from two (C) to five (D) colds each year
43 Computers (A) have made (B) access to information (C) instantly available just (D) by push a few buttons
44 Some gorillas (A) beat their chests (B) as an (C) express of (D) high spirits
45 Because vitamins (A) contained (B) in a wide (C) variety of foods, people seldom (D) lack most of them
Choose the best option: 46 Simon…… physics at all
A was hardly not interested in B was hardly interested in C was hardly not interesting on D was not hardly interested in
47 If a student it is very unlikely that he will receive a good education A behaves badly arid who is lazy, B who behaves badly and was lazy, C who behaves badly and is lazy, D behaves badly and is lazy, 48 The audience, enjoyed the performance
A most of them were students, B most of whom were students, C they were mostly students, D they themselves were students,
49 The tests in this book are arranged
A in order of difficult B in order of difficulty C in orderly difficult D in the order of difficulty
50 The success of the play was due to
A the actors and how it was produced B the acting and the production
C the actors and its production D how they acted and the production Read the passage and choose the best answer:
(3)Abraham Lincoln was one of four presidents who were assassinated He was elected in 1860, and his untimely death came just five years later James A Garfield, a former Union army general from Ohio, was shot during his first year in office (1881) by a man to whom he wouldn't give a job While in his second term of office (1901), William McKinley, another Ohioan, attended the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York During the reception, he was assassinated while shaking hands with some of the guests John F Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas only three years after his election
Three years after his election in 1920, Warren G, Harding died in office Although it was never proved, many believe he was poisoned Franklin D Roosevelt was elected four times (1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944), the only man to serve so long a term He had contracted polio in 1921 and eventually died of the illness in 1945
Ronald Reagan, who was elected in 1980 and reelected four years later, suffered an assassination attempt but did not succumb to the assassin's bullets He was the first to break the long chain of unfortunate events Will the candidate in the election of 2020 also be as lucky?
51 All of the following were election years EXCEPT
A 1960 B 1930 C.1888 D.1824
52 Which president served the shortest term in office?
A Abraham Lincoln B Warren G Harding C William McKinley D William H Harrison
53 Which of the following is true?
A All presidents elected in years ending in zero have died in office B Only presidents from Ohio have died in office
C Franklin D Roosevelt completed four terms as president D Four American presidents have been assassinated
54 How many presidents elected in years ending in zero since 1840 have died in office?
A B C D
55.The word "inauguration" in the first paragraph means most nearly the same as
A election B acceptance speech
C swearing-in ceremony D campaign
56 All of the following presidents were assassinated EXCEPT A John F Kennedy B Franklin D Roosevelt C Abraham Lincoln D James A Garfield
57 The word "whom" in the second paragraph refers to
A Garfield B Garfield's assassin C a Union army general D McKinley 58 The word "assassinated" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to
A murdered B decorated C honored D sickened
59 In the third paragraph, "contracted" is closest in meaning to
A communicated about B developed C agree about D notified 60 How long did Warren G, Harding work as a president?
A years B years C years D years Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one:
61 Anne Frank, whose diary tells of how she spent more than two years in hiding from the Nazis in Holland, sadly died before the war ended
A Anne Frank managed to hide her diary from the Nazis in Holland for a little over two years, but unfortunately, she was eventually caught with it and skilled
B Anne Frank’s wartime diary was not found by the Nazis in Holland until more than two years after she had died
C Anne Frank wrote a diary explaining how she hid from the Nazis for over two years in Holland, but unfortunately she died during the war.
D Holland is where Anne Frank hid her diary from the Nazis for two years until the end of the war
62 Amongst other things, Leonardo da Vinci drew plans for a machine that looked like an early helicopter A As well as his other work, Leonardo da Vinci drew up some designs for something that resembled later helicopters.
B A different kind of helicopter was invented by Leonardo da Vinci, along with many other things C It was Leonardo da Vinci who designed and drew the earliest helicopter, besides his other inventions
D In addition to other things, Leonardo da Vinci drew designs for a machine that was to be used in making helicopter
63 There is nothing anywhere that can compare with the Himalayas as a scenic wonder
A The Himalayas are one of the greatest scenic wonders to be found any where in the world B The Himalayas are such a scenic wonder that hardly anything in the world can be as beautiful C The Himalayas must be the most beautiful sight in the world
(4)64 There are too many words in English for any one person to know all of them A Only an exceptional person could know all the words in the English language
B There are so many words in the English language that it is impossible for a person to now all of them.
C There are a lot of words in the English Language, and it would be unusual for anyone to know all of them
D There is no one who knows all of the words in the English language
65 In 1848 Niagara Falls temporarily stopped flowing for more than 24 hours when the river that fed it became frozen over
A 1848’s freezing of Niagara Falls lasted over a day when the river feeding it also froze
B The falls in Niagara froze over for one whole day in 1848, causing a stop in the flow of the river it fed
C For over day, Niagara Falls failed to flow as a result of its supply river freezing over in1848.
D One day in 1848, Niagara Falls froze, and it failed to supply water to the river for a while Read the passage and choose the best answer:
The U.S Census ”
Every ten years, in years ending with a zero, the U.S Census Bureau counts all the people in the United States The creation of a census is a process required by the U.S Constitution The results of the census are used to distribute government money and to allocate seats in Congress The seats in the House of Representatives are allocated according to population The population of your state determines how many seats your state has
The first census of the United States was taken in 1790 At that time, there were an estimated 3,929,214 people in the United States This estimate is low because the census records for five states were missing In addition, slaves and Indians were not counted At that time, the census was intended to show how many men were available for military service By the time of the tenth census in 1890, the population was estimated to be 50,189,209 In 1920, at the time of the fourteenth census, the population first topped 100 million The 1920 population was estimated to be 106,021,537 1950 was the first time a computer was used for the census The new room–sized computer named ENIAC was used for parts for the count In fact, the Census Bureau acquired its own computer, named UNIVAC, during that era By the year 2000, there were 281,421,906 people in the United States That information was gathered using high–speed supercomputers, quite a difference from the 200 men who traveled throughout the country on horseback gathering information for the first census!
The census is important because the results are used to decide how federal money will be distributed throughout the country Money for education, health care for older people, and funds for community development and housing is sent to the states according to the number of people in each state Local and state governments use the results of the census to help them decide where to build schools, libraries, bridges, highways, and other public projects Businesses use the numbers to help them determine where to open new businesses
It is completely safe to give information to the U.S Census Bureau The law does not allow the Census Bureau to give out information about individuals There is a 72–year waiting period The waiting period is enforced so that people will feel free to tell the truth on the census questionnaires The last census for which information is available is the 1930 census Census workers may not give out personal information about people If they break this law, they can go to prison for five years and pay $5,000 in fines
The official census is taken on April of each census year During March of the census year, the U.S government counts people who not live at a specific address It counts students in
dormitories, people in nursing homes, prisons and other places where transient people stay It sends out questionnaires to most residences Then census enumerators – people who count people – go from door to door to count people who not respond to the questionnaires Census workers must count migrant workers, seasonal farm workers, and people who live outdoors or in vehicles They must also count people who live on ships, military bases, or in remote areas The Census Bureau sets up help centers and toll–free phone numbers to help people fill out the census forms The Census Bureau really wants to get accurate information about the people living in the U.S The Bureau spends years preparing each census It now costs billions of dollars to conduct a U.S Census The total cost of the 2010 census will be about 14 billion dollars!
66 When was the first U.S Census?
A 1780 B 1790 C 1870 D 1890 67 How many enumerators worked on the first census?
(5)A 1950 B 1970 C 1990 D 2000
69 If a census worker gives out personal census information, he or she…
A could be forced go to jail B could be forced to pay a fine C must leave the U.S D Both A and B are correct
70 When will the results of the 2010 census be available?
A 2011 B 2028 C 2082 D 2110 E 2092 71 The best synonym for distribute is…
A tax B give out C count up D charge 72 The best synonym for acquired is…
A obtained B built C made D rejected 73 The best synonym for determine is…
A refuse B decide C pay for D compromise 74 Transient people are people who…
A live at the same address all the time B move from place to place C count other people D None of the above
75 Residences are…
A toll–free phone numbers B places where people live C places where people eat D people who live on boats
Part 1: Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group (5 points)
76 A pronounce B other C won D ton
77 A headache B flame C shame D shadow 78 A research B resent C recent D reservoir 79 A guilty B suitcase C suitable D recruit