bring up cut down onget on with do with put off go into take after give up take off settle down put up with
1. The flight took off two hours ago.
2. I’m trying to lose weight by ________________ bread and sweet things.
3. How do you ________________ your boss? Is he as unfriendly as people say?
4. You have almost solved the crossword puzzle. You mustn’t ________________
now!
5. If you have anything important to do, do it straightaway. Don’t _____________it__________.
6. When Kathy finishes her studies, she’ll probably ________________ teaching. I think she would be a very good teacher.
7. Jane plays the piano beautifully. She ________________ her father who used to be a concert pianist.
8. Jeff is over forty and still a bachelor. I don’t think he will ever ________________.
9. I’m hot and tired. I could ________________ a cold shower.
10. I can’t ________________ the hammering from the flat above much longer. It’s giving me a headache.
11. Jim’s parents were killed in an air crash when he was very young. An aunt _______________him_________.
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PART C. READING (3.0 points)
I. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. Put a tick (√) next to the correct answer. There is an example at the beginning (0).(1.0 p)
It is well-known that (0) ______ expectancy is longer in Japan than in most other countries. A (1) ______ report also shows that Japan has the longest health expectancy in the world. A healthy long life is the result of the (2) ______ in social environment. Scientists are trying to work (3) ______ exactly what keeps elderly Japanese people so healthy, and whether there is a lesson to be learnt from their lifestyles for the rest of us. Should we (4) ______ any changes to our eating habits, for instance, or go jogging each day before breakfast? Is there some secret ingredient in the Japanese diet that is particularly (5) ______ to the human body?
Another factor (6) ______ to the rapid population aging in Japan is a decline in birthrate. Although longer life should be celebrated, it is actually considered a social problem. The number of older people had doubled in the last half century and that has increased pension and medical costs. The country could soon be (7) ______ an economic problem, if there are so many old people to be looked (8) ______, and relatively few younger people working and paying taxes to support them.
(9) ______ the retirement age from 65 to 70 could be one solution to the problem. Work can give the elderly a (10) _____ of responsibility and mission in life.
It’s important that the elderly play active roles in the society and live in harmony with all generations.
1. A. living √ B. life C. alive D. live
2. A. late B. recent C. contemporary D. new
3. A. increase B. progress C. growth D. improvement
4. A. for B. out C. in D. off
5. A. do B. make C. set D. give
6. A. helpful B. supportive C. advantageous D. beneficial
7. A. contributing B. helping C. resulting D. causing
8. A. facing B. meeting C. adopting D. encountering
9. A. for B. after C. over D. out
10. A. Putting B. Moving C. Rising D. Raising
11. A. sense B. sentiment C. feeling D. characteristic II. Read the passage and put a tick (√) next to the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each of the questions below. There is an example at the beginning (0). (2.0 p)
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Throughout history, pigs have been useful to humans. Their bodies work much like ours. Doctors have used chemicals from pigs’ bodies to help treat diseases in people. We also use pigs for food. We even make objects from their skin, such as bogs and balls. Domestic pigs live on farms. These kinds are useful for people. Wild pigs live in the mountains and forests. They are causing big problems in the United States.
In the early 1990s, wild pigs – called boars – were brought from Europe to North Carolina. Boars have two sharp horns, or tusks, on each side of their mouth.
They are aggressive and mean. At first, people kept the boars together in a forest.
Hunters enjoyed trying to shoot them. But by the 1920s, some boars had escaped.
Boars have lived in the mountains of North Carolina ever since. Problems began when the boars entered a national park. They dug holes in the soil and destroyed plants that other animals need for food.
California has the same problem. (*) Wild pigs in that state are not just hurting national parks. They are destroying the grass on golf courses and eating plants in people’s gardens. (**) Some more of these pigs came from North Caroline in 1925. Some hunters brought them. They built a fence around the boars. However, several pigs escaped. (***) Later, some of the wild pigs mated with escaped domestic pigs. Today, the number of wild pigs keep growing. (****) They are ruining lots of land. A scientist found 2,000 rare flowers in the stomach of one dead boar.
How can people stop these hungry pigs? There are no easy answers. One national park in Hawaii built a 15-meter fence around its entire 28,000 acres. Other states encourage hunters to kill the animals. However, pigs are intelligent, stubborn, and tough. We domesticated them for use on the farm. Now, our challenge is to control them when they leave the barnyard.
1. The word “ours” in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
A. pigs √B. people C. bodies D. doctors
2. All of the following are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT
A. how boars come to the US B. how boars got to Europe C. the types of damage boars cause D. the characteristics of boars
3. How long have wild pigs been a problem in the US, according to the passage?
A. 20-25 years B. 80-85 years C. 90-95 years D.
more than 100 years
4. What is the topic of paragraph 3?
A. Differences between domestic pigs and wild pigs B. How Californian pigs are different from other pigs C. The problems pigs are making in one state
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D. Why people in California like wild pigs
5. What does the word “them” in the last sentence refer to?
A.hunters B.national parks C.pigs D.states
6. Which statement best reflects the author’s opinion?
A. Wild pigs are a necessary part of nature. B. All wild boars should be killed.
C. Domestic pigs are dangerous. D. Controlling wild pigs is a difficult challenge.
7. From paragraph 3, we can infer that ______.
A. there are many farms in North Carolina B. wild pigs first came from Europe C.North Carolina is not very beautiful D. wild pigs eat flowers
8. The word “escaped” could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. got away B. become lost C. rebelled D. died
9. The word “rare” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. beautiful B. exquisite C. common D. special
10.The word “entire” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. very large B. whole C. make sleepy D. hot
11.Where would the sentence “Some of these boars are descendants of domestic pigs the Spanish settlers brought with them in the 1760s.” be best added to the passage?
A. (*) B. (**) C. (***) D. (****)
PART D. WRITING (3.0 points)
I. Finish each second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence, using the clues at the beginning of each sentence. There’s an example at the beginning (0). (1.0p)
1. It takes him at least three hours a day to chat on facebook.
Everyday he spends at least three hours chatting on facebook.
2. ‘I think you ought to see a doctor,’ he said.
He suggested………..……….
3. Could you tell me the time of the last train to London?
Could you tell me when………..………
4. It’s thought that the Prime Minister is considering raising taxes.
The Prime Minister………..………
5. Next Sunday is our tenth wedding anniversary.
We will have been………..………..
6. I do not intend to discuss this matter any further.
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I have………..…….……….
7. He did not pass his driving test until he was nearly 30.
It was not..………
8. It began to pour with rain as soon aswe had started our walk.
No sooner.………..
9. It’s pointless to appeal against your sentence.
There’s no………..…………..
10. It was the weakness of the foundations that led to the collapse of the building.
If the………..………
11. Basically, a couple’s happiness depends on their ability to communicate.
Basically, the more………..….……