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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable
response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 1:
James: “It’s was very kind of you to give me a lift home”. - Pete: “
.”
A. As a matter of fact, you’re pretty nice.
B. Oh, don’t do that. I was coming past your house any way.
C. I’m not pleased.
D. Oh, don’t mention it. I was coming past your house any way.
Question 2: Billy and Bobby are in a coffee shop. Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about
the coffee there.
- Billy: “How’s the coffee here?” - Bobby: “
”
A. No, I don’t think so.
B. It’s a little bitter, to tell the truth.
C. It’s a little better now that I’ve got a car.
D. As a matter of fact, I’m not interested.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer
to each of the following questions.
Question 3: Today, many serious childhood diseases
by early immunization.
A. prevent
B. can prevent

C. can be prevented D. are preventing
Question 4:
I’ve cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn’t look new.
A. Because
B. In spite of
C. While
D. Although
Question 5: The Beauty Contest is start at 8:30 a.m our time tomorrow.
A. due to
B. bound to
C. about to
D. on the point of
Question 6: The picture
was beautiful.
A. she was looking B. at it she was lookingC. at which she was looking D. at that she was
looking
Question 7: In this job, experience accounts for more than paper
.
A. background
B. certificates
C. quality
D. qualifications
Question 8:
- Nadine: “I’ve been offered $550 for my stereo. Should I take it or wait
for a better one?”
- Kitty: “Take the $550. .”
A. Actions speak louder than words
B. Kill two birds with one stone
C. The early bird catches the worm
D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Question 9: - Jenny: “What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?”
- Peter: “I did badly on the last test. She
studied for it.”
A. said why I hadn’t B. said why hadn’t I C. asked why I hadn’tD. asked why hadn’t I
Question 10:
summer I spent in
UK was one of
best in my life.
A. A/ a/ the
B. The/ the/ a
C. The/ - / the
D. The/ the/ the
Question 11: Whenever a problem , we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon as
possible.
A. comes by
B. comes off
C. comes up
D. comes in
Question 12: I bought this grammar book I could go over all the things we have studied
this year.
A. that
B. with a view to
C. so that
D. in order to
Question 13: If people paid a little more attention to the environment, the Earth greener.
A. would be
B. will be
C. would have been
D. had been
Question 14: Lessons from the developed countries are worth learning to save our time.

A. economically
B. economic
C. economize
D. economical
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is
closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question 15: We had no sooner got to know our neighbors than they moved away.
A. Soon after we got to know our new neighbors, we stopped having contact with them.
B. If our new neighbors had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better.
C. Once we had got used to our new neighbors, they moved somewhere else.

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D. Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbors when they went somewhere else
to live.
Question 16: There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn’t get a seat.
A. The train was too crowded for Mary not to get a seat.
B. The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for Mary to sit.
C. So crowded the train was that Mary couldn’t get a seat.
D. The crowded train did not prevent Mary from getting a seat.
Question 17: “I’ll speak calmly. I really will!” He said.
A. He promised to speak calmly.
B. He reminded me to speak calmly.
C. He refused to speak calmly.
D. He offered to speak calmly.
Question 18: Jack was overconfident. Therefore, he ruined our plan completely.
A. That was Jack’s overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
B. Jack was overconfident, which ruined our plan completely.

C. It was because Jack’s overconfidence that ruined our plan completely.
D. It was Jack’s overconfidence ruined our plan completely.
Question 19: Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist. She also won
the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
A. Winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Marie Curie became a famous mathematician and
physicist.
B. Marie Curie was a famous mathematician rather than a physicist although she won the Nobel Prize
for chemistry.
C. Marie Curie, a famous mathematician and physicist, also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
D. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for chemistry so she was a famous mathematician and
physicist.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 20: When you change a sound file to an MP3, the file is compressed.
A. transformed
B. precise
C. made bigger
D. made smaller
Question 21: When floodwaters recede, affected areas are often blanketed in silt and mud.
The water and landscape can be contaminated with hazardous materials, such as sharp
debris, pesticides, fuel and untreated sewage.
A. to cover completely with thick layer of something
B. to expose to the open air
comfortably
C. to provide someone with a protective layer
D. to dig out something hidden for
long
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that
differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the
following questions.

Question 22: A. comfortable
B. powerful
C. opinion
D. accurate
Question 23: A. completion
B. understand
C. material
D. behavior
Question 24: A. rained
B. jumped
C. arrived
D. followed
Question 25: A. tea
B. leather
C. leave
D. lead
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered
blanks.
The Rocky Mountain runs almost the length of North America. They start in the NorthWest, but lie only a (26) _______hundred miles from the centre in more southern areas.
Although the Rockies are smaller (27) ______the Alps, they are no less wonderful. There are
many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train. You start
from Vancouver, the most attractive of Canada’s cities. Standing with its feet in the water and
its (28) _____in the mountains, this city (29) ____ its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes
by car from the city centre.
Thirty passenger trains a day used to (30) _______off from Vancouver on the cross-

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continent railway. Now there are just three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure. You
sleep on board, which is funny, but travel through some of the best site at night.
Question 26: A. few
B. many
C. as
D. lot
Question 27: A. from
B. to
C. couple
D. than
Question 28: A. ear
B. head
C. hand
D. nose
Question 29: A. lets
B. allows
C. gives
D. offers
Question 30: A. set
B. get
C. leave
D. take
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 38.
The ideas of John Dewey, philosopher and educator, have influenced American thought for
over one hundred years. Dewey was born in Vermont in 1859, and throughout hi life he kept
the respect for experience, individuality, and fair play that shaped the character of the
nineteenth century Vermonter. He viewed his own life as a continuously reconstructive
process with experience and knowledge building on each other.

By the 1930s, Dewey had simplified his theory of experience to its essence. As the
intellectual leader of the progressive schools, he asserted that there was danger in rejecting
the old unless the new was rooted in a correct idea of experience. He held that experience is
an interaction between what a person already knows and the situation at hand. Previous
knowledge interacting with the present environment influences future experience.
Dewey be1ievd that experience could not be equated with education because all
experiences as not necessarily educative. Experience ids educative only when it contributes
to the growth of the individual, but it can be miseducative if it distorts the growth of further
experience. It is the quality of experience that matters. Thus, productive experience is both
the means and the goal of education. Furthermore, since education is a social process, truly
progressive education involves the participation of the learner in directing the learning
experience.
During his long life, Dewey lectured and published prolifically. These writings were
influential both during his lifetime and after his death at the age of ninety-two. He viewed his
whole life as an experiment which would produce knowledge that would lead to further
experimentation. The range and diversity of Dewey’s writings and his influence on society
place him among American’s great thinkers.
Question 31: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. John Dewey’s professional growth
B. John Dewey’s theory of experience
C. the progressive movement in education
D. the educational methods of John Dewey
Question 32: The author implies that Dewey’s Vermont background .
A. inspired him to become a philosopher
B. limited the types of experiences he had
as a child
C. contributed to his philosophy of experience
D. provided him with an excellent education
Question 33: The word “its” in refers to .
A. the 1930s

B. progressive education C. theory of experience D. the old
Question 34: According to John Dewey, the interplay between a person’s previous
knowledge and the present situation is
.
A. dangerous
B. a correct idea of experience C. education
D. a rejection of the old
Question 35: The word “distorts” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to .
A. deforms
B. balances
C. stimulates
D. mislays
Question 36: All of the following were part of Dewey’s theory of experience and education
EXCEPT
A. knowledge and experience interact
B. experience should develop the individual
C. experience is always educative
D. present experience affects future
experience
Question 37: According to Dewey, progressive education should include
.
A. both positive and negative experiences
B. directing new social processes
C. complete rejection of traditional methods
D. the active participation of the student
Question 38: The word “prolifically” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
.
A. carefullyB. progressively
C. intellectually
D. abundantly

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that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following
questions.
Question 39: Oil is one of the principal sources of energy.
A. most important
B. most difficult
C. most popular
D. most expensive
Question 40: The museum was overrun with tourists, so I decided to go back another day.
A. having no tourists
B. not having enough tourists
C. crowded with tourists D. having tourists running
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part
that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 41: There are many different ways of comparing the culture of one nation with
those of another.
A. There are
B. of comparing
C. those
D. another
Question 42: She only had a twenty-dollars bill with her when she landed at Healthrow
airport.
A. had
B. twenty-dollars bill
C. when

D. at
Question 43: I was very busy lately since the project of designing the new collection started.
A. was
B. since
C. the project
D. the new collection
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.
The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City. For a long time, it
has been the newspaper of record in the United States and one of the world’s great
newspapers. Its strength is in its editorial excellence; it has never been the largest newspaper
in terms of circulation.
The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the
news in a restrained and objective fashion. It enjoyed early success as its editors set a
pattern for the future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual readership instead of a mass
audience. However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more
popular, colorful, if not lurid, newspapers in New York City. Despite price increases, the Times
was losing $1,000 a week when Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896.
Ochs built the Times into an internationally respected daily. He hired Carr Van Anda as
editor. Van Anda placed greater stress than ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and
his reporters maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of international news. The
management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday
magazine section, and reduced the paper’s price back to a penny. In April 1912, the paper
took many risks to report every aspect of the sinking of the Titanic. This greatly enhanced its
prestige, and in its coverage of two world wars, the Times continued to enhance its reputation
for excellence in world news.
In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called “Pentagon Papers,” a secret
government study of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. When it published the report, it
became involved in several lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court found that the publication was
protected by the freedom-of- the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs’s grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger,
introduced sweeping changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff and brought
out a national edition transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants.
Question 44: What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The New York Times publishes the best fiction by American writers.
B. The New York Times became highly respected throughout the world.
C. The New York Times lost its prestige after the Vietnam War.
D. The New York Times broadcasts its news to TV stations via satellite.
Question 45: It can be inferred from the passage that the circulation of the Times is
.
A. not the largest in the world.
B. the worst in the world.
C. not the best in the world.
D. the smallest in the world.
Question 46: Which phrase is closest in meaning to the word “restrained” as it is used in
paragraph 2?
A. With self-control
B. Put in prison
C. Without education
D. In handcuffs
Question 47: What word or phrase does the word “his” as used in paragraph 3 refer to?

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A. Van Anda
B. News of the day C. Reporters
D. International news
Question 48: To improve its circulation, the management of the Times did all of the following

EXCEPT
.
A. increased the number of lurid stories, even if they were not true.
B. added a Sunday magazine section.
C. emphasized good coverage of international news.
D. eliminated fiction from the paper.
Question 49: The passage implies that the newspaper’s reputation .
A. decreased when it lowered its price to a penny.
B. grew because Adolph Ochs bought it in 1896.
C. decreased because it could not compete with other New York papers.
D. increased because of its coverage of the Titanic’s sinking.
Question 50: According to the passage, the Times has a national edition that is .
A. shipped by train and air transport daily.
B. protected by the Supreme Court.
C. printed in the form of a Sunday magazine.
D. transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants.
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