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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 1 to 7.
Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for
reducing the effects of extreme heat.
One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Sun’s rays.
Desert mammals also depart from the normal mammalian practice of maintaining a
constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep
inside the body, which would involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert
mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what would normally be fever height, and
temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured in Grant’s gazelles. The
overheated body then cools down during the cold desert night, and indeed the
temperature may fall unusually low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel.
This is an advantage since the heat of the first few hours of daylight is absorbed in
warming up the body, and an excessive buildup of heat does not begin until well into the
day.
Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a
point that would be fatal for nonadapted animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of
its body weight as water without harm to itself, whereas human beings die after losing
only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight. An equally important adaptation is the ability
to replenish this water loss at one drink. Desert animals can drink prodigious volumes in a
short time, and camels have been known to imbibe over 100 liters in a few minutes. A very
dehydrated person, on the other hand, cannot drink enough water to rehydrate at one

session, because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and because a too rapid
dilution of the body fluids causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water
loss is of obvious advantage in the desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water
hole but can obtain food from grazing sparse and far-flung pastures. Desert-adapted
mammals have the further ability to feed normally when extremely dehydrated, it is a
common experience in people that appetite is lost even under conditions of moderate
thirst.
Question 1: What is the main topic of the passage?
A. Diseases of desert animals.
C. Human use of desert animals
B. Weather variations in the desert
D. Adaptations of desert animals
Question 2: According to the passage, why is light coloring an advantage to large desert
animals?
A. It helps them see their young at night.
C. It does not absorb sunlight, as much as
dark colors.
B. It keeps them cool at night.
D. It helps them hide from predators.
Question 3: The author uses of Grant’s gazelle as an example of ________
A. A desert animal that can withstand high body temperature.
B. An animal with low average temperature
C. A desert animal with a constant body temperature.
D. An animal that is not as well adapted as the camel.
Question 4: When is the internal temperature of a large desert mammal lower?
A. in the middle of the day
C. just before sunrise
B. just after sunset
D. just after drinking
Question 5: The word “tolerate” is closest in meaning to _________.



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A. reduce
B. endure
C. replace
D. compensate
Question 6: What does the author imply about desert-adapted mammals?
A: They do not need to eat much food.
B: They easily lose their appetites.
C: They can eat large quantities quickly.
D: They can travel long distances looking for
food.
Question 7: Why does the author mention humans in the second paragraph?
A: To show how they have adapted to desert life.
B: To contrast them to desert
animals.
C: To give instructions about desert survival.
D: To show how they use camels.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
Question 8: For many people, business socializing is a very important aspect of working
life, but some people find it quite tricky, especially if English isn’t their first language.
A. ingenious
B. endurable
C. difficult
D. strict
Question 9: The professor tried to stimulate interest in archaeology by taking his

students on expeditions.
A. diminish
B. simulate
C. encourage
D. fake
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 10: Having resided in New Mexico for many years, painter Georgia O’Keefe
employs such as Southwestern motifs as bleached bones, rolling hills, and desert
blooms.
A. such as
B. for
C. Having resided
D. rolling hills
Question 11: Although the United States experienced rapidly growth in the first half of
the nineteenth century, it was still predominantly concerned with agriculture and
forestry.
A. rapidly growth B. first half
C. concerned with
D. still
Question 12: The Yukon River, which flows into the Bering Sea, gives its name to a
region of Alaska and a territory of the Canada.
A. flows
B. of the
C. its
D. and a
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase
that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following
questions.
Question 13: In large classes, it is hard for teachers to get small children under control.

A. out of laws
B. out of hand C. out of dispute
D. out of order
Question 14: His career advancement was slow and he did not gain any promotion until
he was 40, when he won the position of the company’s Chief Executive.
A. elevation
B. progress
C. decrease
D. rise
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 from 15 to 19.
If you want to prepare yourself for great achievement and have more to contribute to your
education or your work, try reading more books. (15) ______ up some of the interestingly
informative books and search for well-researched material that can help you grow.


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We should (16) _________ our children to read more books and spend less time watching TV.
Some people have commented that this is inconsistent. "Why is the written word a
superior way to get information than television?" That is an interesting point of view worth
further exploration. Reading is a skill that is in much greater demand than the demand for
watching TV. There are no jobs that (17) ____________ a person to be able to watch TV but
reading is an integral part of many jobs. The written word is an incredibly flexible and
efficient way of communication. You can write something down and, in no time, it can be
communicated to many different people. Not only that, we can (18) __________ vast
amounts of information through reading in a very short time. A good reader can acquire
more information in reading for two hours than someone watching TV can acquire in a full
day. You are able to gain a lot of information quickly because you are a fast reader with

good (19) ____________ skills. It will save you massive amounts of time and you will be able
to assimilate vast quantities of information.
Question 15: A. Make
B. Set
C. Pick
D. Take
Question 16: A. suggest
B. define
C. encourage
D. discuss
Question 17: A. tell
B. inquire
C. ask
D. require
Question 18: A: breathe
B: eat
C: inhale
D: digest
Question 19: A. apprehension B. enjoyment
C. comprehension D. entertainment
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions
Question 20: A. crow
B. down
C. crowd
D. browse
Question 21: A. southern
B. growth
C. within

D. although
Question 22: A: superstar
B: respectful
C: introvert
D: sensitive
Question 23: A: peninsula
B: appreciate
C: sympathetic
D: ambitious
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer
to each of the following questions.
Question 24: This is __________ in my bedroom.
A: a square wooden old table
B: a wooden old square table
C: a square old wooden table
D: an old square wooden table
Question 25: The air inside a house or office building often has higher concentration of
contaminants ________ heavily polluted outside air.
A: like of
B: as some that are
C: more
D: than does
Question 26: Ninety ____ the maximum length of time allowed for entrance exams to this
school.
A. minute is
B. minutes are
C. minute are
D. minutes is
Question 27: The more challenging the exercises are, _____ we feel.
A. the least boring

B. the less bored
C. the less boring D. the least bored
Question 28: He ___________ to the doctor after the accident, but he continued to play
instead.
A. didn’t have to go
B. couldn’t go
C. must have gone D.
should
have gone
Question 29. - “What do you think of your new bookkeeper?”
– “He works ___ his figures never need ________.”
A. such an efficient that/ to be checked
C. so efficiently that/ to be checked
B. such efficiently that/ to check
D. so efficient that/ checking
Question 30. Most tangerine trees and their flowers and fruits resemble _____ the orange.
A. which of those
B. those of
C. which are of
D. of those


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Question 31. Kathy was as pleased as ______ when she heard she had passed the exam.
A. a poppy
B. a sunflower
C. pound notes
D. punch
Question 32. “My daughter, Mary, tries to _____ to see me at least once a week.” Mrs.

Jones told the social worker.
A. call up
B. drop in
C. go up
D. come on
Question 33. Early forms of life on Earth, _____ in the absence of oxygen, required
elements such as sulfur instead.
A. whose life
B. were living
C. lived
D. which
lived
Question 34. ____ classified as a carnivore, the North American grizzly bear eats berries
and even grass.
A. Although
B. Either
C. Just as
D. Because of
Question 35. _________ for the fact that he was working abroad, he would have helped
with the project. A. Had it been B. If it hadn’t been
C. If it had been
D. Hadn’t it been
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 36. Mary: “Peter, your job is pretty routine, then?”
Peter: “_______.”
A. Yeah, it’s very exciting.
C. Yeah, I love exciting work
B. Yeah, every day is different.
D. Yeah, sometimes it’s a little boring.

Question 37. – Foreigner: “___________”
- Hoa: “Go straight. It’s on the corner of Holly and Rose. Next to the library.”
A. Could you show me the way to the 3D Museum?
C. Can you take me to the 3D
Museum?
B. I know it’s rude but where’s the 3D Museum?
D. Can I get to the 3D Museum by
car?
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that
best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 38. The painting displayed in the museum has been stolen. They are rumouring
about that.
A. There is a rumour that the painting displayed in the museum has been stolen.
B. The displayed painting is rumoured to be stolen.
C. Displaying in the museum, the painting was rumour to be stolen.
D. As being displayed and rumoured, the painting has been stolen.
Question 39. The human brain is ten times the size of a baboon’s which is about 1,400
grams weigh.
A. The size of human brain is ten times that of a baboon’s which is about 1,400 grams
weigh.
B. The size of a baboon’s brain is 1,400 grams, ten times that of the human size.
C. The weigh of a baboon’s brain is 1,400 grams, ten-fold than that of the human one.
D. The human brain which weighs about 1,400 grams is ten times the size of a baboon’s.
Question 40. Apart from being conveniently located near the beach, that hotel has
nothing about it to make me recommend it to you.
A. The only feature of that hotel that I can recommend to you is that it’s close to the
beach.
B. As regards a hotel, nothing is more important for me than its being close to the beach.
C. The beach near that hotel doesn’t have anything special that I can recommend to you.



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D. The hotel I’ve recommended to you is very comfortable as it is near the beach.
Question 41. For reason of hygiene, it’s forbidden to try on the earrings in the jewelry
department.
A. Because it is not hygienic, customers in the jewelry department are not allowed to try
on the earrings.
B. Earrings are considered unhygienic and so forbidden for sale in this jewelry
department.
C. Customers who care for hygiene are advised in the jewelry department not to try on
any earrings.
D. Being hygienic in the jewelry department is the decision of the customers and not the
management.
Question 42. Sometime having the professional assistance with your CV can increase
your chances of finding a job.
A. Having your CV professionally prepared determines whether you’ll get the job or not.
B. The prospects for finding employment can possibly be enhanced by a professionallyproduced CV.
C. Without a professional CV, it is impossible to find a job.
D. Having a professional help with your CV is a sure way to find a job.
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 43 to 50
In the early decades of the United States, the agrarian movement promoted the
farmer as society’s hero. In the minds of agrarian thinkers and writers ,the farmer was a
person on whose well-being the health of the new country depended .The period between
the Revolution, which ended in 1783,and the Civil War, which ended in 1865 ,was the age
of the farmer in the United States .Agrarian philosophers, represented most eloquently by
Thomas Jefferson, celebrated farmers extravagantly for their supposed centrality in a good
society, their political virtue ,and their Superior morality .And virtually all policy makers,
whether they subscribed to the tenets of the philosophy held by Jefferson or not,

recognized agriculture as the key component of the American economy .Consequently
,government at all levels worked to encourage farmers as a social group and agriculture as
economic enterprise.
Both the national and state governments developed transportation infrastructure,
building canals, roads, bridges, and railroads, deepening harbors, and removing
obstructions from navigable streams. The national government imported plant and animal
varieties and launched exploring expeditions into prospective farmlands in the West. In
addition, government trade policies facilitated the exporting of agricultural products.
For their part ,farmers seemed to meet the social expectations agrarian philosophers
had for them, as their broader horizons and greater self-respect, both products of the
Revolution ,were reflected to some degree in their behavior .Farmers seemed to become
more scientific ,joining agricultural societies and reading the farm newspapers that sprang
up throughout the country .They began using improved implements, tried new crops and
pure animal breeds, and became more receptive to modern theories of soil improvement.
They also responded to inducements by national and state governments .Farmers
streamed to the West, filling frontier lands with stunning rapidity. But farmers responded
less to the expectations of agrarians and government inducements than to growing market
opportunities. European demand for food from the United States seemed insatiable. War,
industrialization, and urbanization all kept demand high in Europe. United States cities and


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industries grew as well; even industries not directly related to farming thrived because of
the market, money, and labor that agriculture provided.
Question 43: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The role of the national government in the development of agriculture
B. Improvements in farming techniques
C. The impact of the increased importance of the farmer
D. The agrarian philosophy of Thomas Jefferson

Question 44: The author mentions Thomas Jefferson in paragraph 1 as an example of
A. a leader during the Revolution
B. a farmer who guided the agrarian movement toward an emphasis on economic
development
C. a philosopher who believed farmers were essential to the creation of a good society
D. an inventor of new farming techniques
Question 45: The phrase “subscribed to” is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. expanded on
B. contributed to
C. agreed with
D. thought about
Question 46: Which of the following statements is supported by the information in
paragraph 1?
A. All government policy makers accepted Jefferson’s views of agriculture and farmers.
B. Agriculture was a vital part of the nation’s economy.
C. The majority of farmers worked for the government.
D. Agricultural production declined between 1783 and 1861.
Question 47: According to the passage, the national and state governments did all of the
following EXCEPT __________.
A. give farmers money for their crops
C. build roads
B. import new plant varieties
D. develop policies that helped farmers export
their products.
Question 48: All of the following are mentioned as examples of farmers’ meeting the
expectations of agrarian philosophers EXCEPT ______________.
A. accumulating personal wealth
C. obtaining information from farm newspapers
B. becoming more scientific
D. planting new crops

Question 49: The word “stunning” is closest in meaning to _______.
A. predictable
B. gradual
C. famous
D. impressive
Question 50: Which of the following statements is best supported by paragraph 4?
A. Agricultural development contributed to development in other parts of the economy.
B. European agricultural products were of a higher quality than those produced in the
United State
C. Farmers were influenced more by government policies than by market opportunities.
D. The growing settlement of the West led to a decrease in agricultural production.