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I. Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the others in each question.
1. A. brush

B. custom

C. cushion

D. mushroom

2. A. brown

B. flown

C. drown

D. frown

3. A. era

B. eminent

C. emblem

D. emerald

4. A. hear
5. A. excursion

B. deer
B. further

C. mere
C. occur

D. rehearse
D. occurrence

II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question.
6. A. surgeon

B. surface

C. suburb


D. surround

7. A. compare
8. A. reckon
9. A. inability
10. A. ingenious

B. compose
B. protein
B. personality
B. principle

C. company
C. sanguine
C. potentially
C. generous

D. consist
D. technique
D. territorial
D. mineral

III. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be
correct.
11. The Canadian province of Newfoundland has a rocky coast, a moisture climate, and probably the best
A

B


C

cod-fishing areas in the world.
D
12. The eight stripes of red, white, and blue on state flag of Hawaii represent Hawaii’s eight major islands.
A

B

C

D

13. The ability to talk is one of the skill that make humans different from the rest of the animal world.
A

B

C

D

14. With the discovery of gold in the Kiondike in Canada’s Yukon Territory in 1896, people flocked
A

B

C

soon there from all parts of the world.

D
15. In the United States among 60 percent of the space on the pages of newspapers is reserved for
advertizing.

A

B

C

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IV. From the four words or phrases (A), (B), (C), or (D), choose the one that best completes the
sentence.
16. With the start for the penny papers in the 1830’s, the number of people ________ a newspaper rose
considerably.

A. who reading regularly

B. were reading regularly

C. regularly reading what

D. regularly reading

17. The amount of lapsed time between the thunder and lightning can be used to determine ________ .
A. how the thunder and lightning are far away
B. how far away are the thunder and lightening
C. the thunder and lightning are how far away
D. how far away the thunder and lightning are
18. After the great blizzard of 1988 in the northeastern United States, it took some ________ the snow
away from their homes.
A. people several days to shovel

B. days to shovel people several

C. several days people to shovel

D. people to shovel several days

19. The store ________.
A. that had the recently big sale went bankrupt
B. that had the big recently sale went bankrupt
C. that had the big sale went recently bankrupt
D. that recently had the big sale went bankrupt
20. Upon returning from class ________.
A. a letter was in the mailbox

B. a letter was found in the mailbox
C. the mailbox had a letter in it
D. he found a letter in the mailbox
V. Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which is closest in meaning to the one in bold.
21. Jill was walking to school when she found the purse.
A. Jill was walking to school with her purse.
B. Jill bought the purse when she was walking to school.
C. Jill found the purse on the way to school.
D. Jill found the purse at the school.
22. I had to stand in line for two hours to get first-row seat for the performance.
A. The performance lasted two hours.
B. The man got a seat in the front row.
C. The man got a seat in the second row.
D. The man failed to get a ticket to the performance.
23. Dave had to take a cut in pay to keep from losing his job.
A. Dave’s salary was lowered.
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B. Dave lost his job and had to cut pay.
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C. Dave had an accident on the job.

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D. Dave was given a salary increase.

24. I would rather you stopped talking about her.
A. I would rather stop talking about her.

B. I would rather you not talk about her.

C. I want you to talk about her.

D. I prefer you not to talk about her any more.

25. He acts as though nothing matters to him.
A. He acts when there’s no matter for him.

B. He acts although nothing matters to him.

C. He seems not to care about anything.

D. Nothing matters to him when he acts.

VI. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
26. The police are said to be looking ________ the matter.
A. for
B. into
C. up
D. over

27. Please take a message ________ he call.
A. should
B. when
C. will
D. if
28. I would have met you at the bus terminal if I ________ that you ________.
A. knew / were arriving
B. knew / had arrived
C. had known / were arriving
D. would know/ had arrived
29. – “Are you going to visit him?”
- “If she goes ________.”
A. I do so
B. so will I
C. so I go
D. so I do
30. If my aunt had not fallen down yesterday,________.
A. her legs would not be hurting now
B. she can walk normally now
C. she does not have to use a support now
D. she would not have been painful now
31. As________ as a mouse.
A. fast
B. wise
C. quiet
D. poor
32. It turned out that the treasurer along with the secretary ________ held responsible for the
mismanagement of the funds.
A. was
B. were

C. has been
D. have been
33. The advertisements on the front part of a newspaper ________ usually the most expensive.
A. is
B. have been
C. has been
D. are
34. The ________ wounded ________ immediately taken to the hospital.
A. seriously/ were
B. serious / was
C. serious / were
D. seriously / was
35. He found the trousers but ________ clean.
A. it wasn’t
B. they weren’t
C. they wasn’t
D. it weren’t
36. In many homes, ________ children is great problem.
A. disciplinary
B. disciplining
C. discipline
D. disciplined
37. Please describe one of your ________.
A. embarrassed incident
B. embarrassing incidents
C. embarrassed incidents
D. embarrassing incident

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38. I saw a ________ look on his face as he was wheeled into the operating room.
A. frightened
B. frightening
C. frightful
D. fright
39. Most of my friends detest ________ early.
A. to get up
B get up
C. to getting up
D. getting up
40. They ________ a list of all the people interested in the idea.
A. drew up
B. took up
C. called up
D. turned up
41. If she hadn’t gone out in the rain without a raincoat, she ________ in bed now with flu.
A. weren’t

B. wouldn’t have been
C. wouldn’t been
D. wouldn’t be
42. I haven’t had a very ________ week. I seem to have done nothing at all!
A. extensive
B. productive
C. enthusiastic
D. economic
43. It wasn’t ________ she left college that she realized how much she had enjoyed her time there.
A. by the time
B. when
C. until
D. while
44. According to my ________ the meeting starts at ten tomorrow morning.
A. opinion
B. knowledge
C. belief
D. information
45. “I’m very ________ to you for putting in so much hard work,” the boss said.
A. grateful
B. thanking
C. considerate
D. courteous
46. For my birthday I was given a writing set ________ two pens, envelopes and notepapers.
A. comprising
B. involving
C. holding
D. consisting
47. One condition of this job is that you must be ________ to work at weekends.
A. available

B. capable
C. acceptable
D. accessible
48. I am going to ________ my dress dry- cleaned.
A. make
B. send
C. get
D. take
49. Don’t ________ to bring a hairdryer. I’ll lend you mine.
A. mind
B. bother
C. forget
D. worry
50. If you park there, you will have to pay a ________.
A. fee
B. ticket
C. fare
D. fine
VII. Read the following text and choose the correct answer for each question.
The Empire State Building and its occupants suffered a serious trauma one Saturday morning in 1945.
The Empire State Building was, quite suddenly and without warning, struck by an airplane.
That morning, an experienced army pilot named Bill Smith took off from Bedford, Massachusetts in a
B-25 bomber with two passengers on board. He was headed for Newark, New Jersey in very foggy
condition. About an hour into the flight, the plane was in the middle of New York City rather than at its
intended destination. The pilot was able to maneuver the plane around several skyscrapers before it
crashed into the 79th floor of one of the tall buildings, the 102-floor Empire State Building.
When the plane hit the building, there was a huge amount of destruction. There was a big hole in the
outside of the building, and parts of the plane crashed through interior walls on the 78th and 79th floors.
Then, when the fuel tank exploded, six floors of the building went up in flames.
There was also a human toll. Fourteen lives were lost in the crash; the number would have been far

greater, however, if the accident had occurred on a weekday rather than on a Saturday. During working

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hours, there might have 25,000 people in the building.
51. The subject of this passage is ________.
A. an unusual accident
C. a scheduled flight
B. a military attack
D. a visit to a famous building
52. When did this event occur?
A. In the middle of the 19th century.
C. In the middle of the last century.
B. In late 19 century.
D. In late 20th century.
53. Look at the word “struck’ in paragraph 1. This word could be best replaced by ________.
A. flown

B. landed
C. constructed
D. hit
54. How many people, as implied in the passage, were in the plane?
A. l
B.2
C.3
D.4
55. It can be inferred from the passage that fire ________.
A. did not break out anywhere.
B. only engulfed part of the building.
C. spread throughout the whole building.
D. burned down the complete building.
VIII. Choose from the alternatives A, B, C, and D the best way to make meaningful sentences from the
words given about Jack London.
56. Jack London/ life and writings/ represent/ American/ love/ adventure.
A. Jack London’s life and writings represent the American love of adventure.
B. Jack London’s life and writings represents the American love of adventure.
C. Jack London’s life and writings represent for the American love of adventure.
D. Jack London’s life and writings represents for the American love of adventure.
57. He/ quit/ school / fourteen/ become / sailor/.
A. He quitted a school when he was fourteen to become a sailor.
B. He quitted school at the age of fourteen becoming a sailor.
C. He quit school at the age of fourteen and became a sailor.
D. He quit the school at the age of fourteen and became a sailor.
58. He/ travel/ many place/ Europe/ United States/ Far East/.
A. He travelled to many places in Europe, United States and the Far East.
B. He travelled to many places in Europe, the United States and the Far East.
C. He travelled to many places of Europe, the United States and the Far East.
D. He travelled to many places in Europe, the United State and the Far East.

59. experiences/ wild/ northern country provide/ material/ many/ later/ stories/ novels/.
A. His experiences in the wild northern country provided material for many of his later stories and
novels.
B. His experiences in the wild northern country provided with material for many of his later stories and
novels.

C. His experiences in the wild northern country provided material for many from his later stories
and novels.
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D. His experiences of the wild northern country provided material for many of his later stories and
novels.
60. best-known/ novels/ include/ The Call of the Wild/ The Sea-wolf/.
A. His best-known novels include The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf.
B. His best-known novels include with The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf.
C. His best-known novels includes in The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf.
D. His best-known novels include of The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf.

VII. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space.
SALTY OR SQUARE
We know little about how (61) ________ people came to use money, but we (62)________ know
some of the articles which have been used as money. During the days of ancient Rome, salt was hard to
(63)________. Salt for the preparation of food was considered so precious that soldiers were paid
(64)________ it. This salt money was (65)________ as salarium, and from it we get our word salary.
In some regions of Asia, tea was used for money; and the American Indian used a (66) ________ of
shell beads which he called wampum. Perhaps the most common money of all was an animal of some
kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a kind of money. So you see, things highly valued by
everybody may (67)________ as money.
Probably the Greeks or the Chinese began using coins as money. Some scientists think the Chinese
(68) ________ have been first; but it is certain that the Greeks (69)________ coined money over 2,650
years ago.
Today (70)________ coins are round; but the coins of ancient peoples were of many shapes. Some
were round, some were square or rectangular, and (71)________ were even egg-shaped or had square hole
(72) ________ in their centers.
61. A. primary

B. principal

C. primitive

D. antique

62. A. actually

B. indeed

C. can


D. do

63. A. obtain

B. fetch

C. attain

D. acquire

64. A. for

B. with

C. by

D. from

65. A. called

B. named

C. known

D. accepted

66. A. variety

B. shape


C. number

D. form

67. A. act

B. serve

C. make

D. perform

68. A. would

B. should

C. must

D. may

69. A. had

B. have

C. were

D. has

70. A. most of


B. almost

C. most

D. almost of

71. A. another

B. others

C. other

D. the others

72. A. pierced

B. drilled

C. punched

D. cut

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VIII. Read the passage and the questions or unfinished sentences. Then choose the answer - A, B, C, or
D - that you think fits best.
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair—better known to its participants and to history simply as
“Woodstock”—should have been a colossal failure. Just a month prior to its August 15, 1969 opening, the
council of Wailkill, New York, informed the fair’s organizers that it was withdrawing its permission to
hold the festival.
Amazingly, the organizers found a new site, a large field in Woodstock, New York, owned by a local
dairy farmer. Word spread to the public of the fair’s new location. The event drew a larger audience than
the organizers had expected. On the first day of the fair, crowd estimates of 30,000 kept rising, traffic jams
blocked most roads Leading to the area. Some musicians could not reach the site to appear at their
scheduled times. In addition, fences that were supposed to facilitate ticket collection never materialized,
so the organizers abandoned all attempts at taking tickets.
But that was not all: as the large crowd gathered, so did summer storm clouds. It started raining on
opening night and continued for much of the three-day event. To deal with the crowd, which reached an
estimated 500,000 by the third day, helicopters flew in food, doctors, and medical supplies.
Despite all of its problems, the festival featured some of the greatest musicians of the 1960s,
including Janis Joplin; Joan Baez; Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young; Sly and the Family Stone; Creedence
Clearwater Revival; and Jimi Hendrix. Today many people think of Woodstock not only as a milestone for
rock music but as the defining moment for an entire generation.
73. The main idea of this passage is best expressed in which sentence?
A. Most Americans think of Woodstock as a bunch of kids dancing to music in the mud.
B. The organizers underestimated how many people the festival would attract.
C. Despite poor planning, Woodstock was a success and a high point for a generation of Americans.

D. The organizers succeeded in their goal of creating a historically significant event.
74. What was the final crowd estimate?
A. 20,000

B. 500,000

C. 30,000

D. 50,000

75. Which of the following was NOT a problem faced by the event’s organizers?
A. attracting musical talent.

B. blocked access to the site

C. bad weather

D. finding a location for the festival

76. The phrase “defining moment” in paragraph 4 could best be replaced by which word or phrase?
A. belief

B. anecdote

C. fun time

D. symbol

77. Where in the passage does the author describe the weather conditions during the event?
A. at the end of paragraph 2.


B. at the beginning of paragraph 3

C. at the end of 7aragraph 3.

D. at the beginning of paragraph 4

78. The word “facilitate” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. make easier
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B. make more difficult
C. build a facility
D. increase
79. What does the author mean by the statement “the Woodstock Music and Art Fair ... should have been a
colossal failure”?
A. Woodstock should not have happened.

B. Woodstock was a financial failure because the organizers did not collect tickets.
C. When you mix dairy farmers with your g rock fans, you are asking for trouble.
D. The large crowd and other problems could easily have resulted in a crisis.
80. The passage suggests that ________.
A. a free concert would never happen today.
B. area residents thought the rock fans were weird.
C. the impact of the event exceeded expectations.
D. music brings people together in a way other art forms cannot.

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