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PRONUNCIATION: pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest:
1. A. eternal b. expectation c. ethical d. explanation
2. A. glorious b. gorgeous c. spacious d. our
3. A. imitate b. expectation c. fathom d. pay
4. A. drowse b. cow c. narrow d. however
5. A. due b. drunkard c. useful d. contribute
II. In this section you choose the word or phrase which best complete each sentence:
6. In contrast, parenting in the post-modern world is perceived as a -----technique with
specific strategies for dealing with particular issues.
A. learning B. learnd C. learned D. learndly
7. The target has shifted from the whole child to developing the child's -----sense of self-
esteem
A. Enthusiastic B. negative C. willing D. positive
8. The directive post-modern techniques may be easier for parents but the child may be
deprived of ----- treatment
A. Customized B. customatic C. customable D. customary
9. The impact of modern science and technology upon the traditional cultural
community forces it to take -----of itself
A. Cognizance B. aware C. consideration D. troubles
10. All societies are of course ---- of families, but the Philippine society coheres
primarily by way of family ties.
A. Combined B. composed C. consisted D. included
11. Respect of elders is demanded ------the younger,
A .By B. of C. from D. on
12. Elders are ------not by their proper names but by their title owing to the position they
occupy in the line of generation
A. Respected B. looked up C. obeyed D. Addressed
13. Leisure is very important and necessary for the people's------.

A. Many- side development B .Much- side-self-development
C. many-sided self-development D. multilateral development
14. $ 507 $707 let’s -----the difference and say $60.
A. Avoid B. Split C. Agree D. Decrease
15. There is a lot of friendly --- between the supporters of the two teams.
A. Contest B. rivalry C. contention D. defiance.
16. He read it through quickly so as to get the -----of it before settling down to a
thorough study.
A. detail B. run c. core D. gist.
17. The purpose of the survey was to ----the inspectors with local conditions.
A. inform B. acquaint C. instruct D. notify
18. My wife’s being ----- for migraine headaches at the clinic.
A. cured b. healed C. operated D. treated
19. Despite the high divorce rate, the ------of marriage remains popular.
A. practice B. habit C. institution D. state
20. He drove fast and arrived an hour-----of schedule
A. In advance B. Ahead C. abreast D. in front
21. They were awaiting official-----of the news they had heard from a friend.
A. Recommendation B. Statement C. Confirmation D. Announcement.
22. Although they usually did their own painting and papering, on this occasion they
brought in a firm of-----decorators.
A. Inside B. Inward C. Interior D. Internal
23. In my opinion standards of workmanship have-----over the past twenty years.
A. Aggravated B. Diminished C. Deteriorated D. eroded.
24. He tries to ----himself with everyone by paying their compliments.
A. gratify B. please C. ingratiate D. commend.
25. When the police examined the house they found that the lock had been ----with
A. Touched B. tampered C. broken D. hindered
26. In those days the girl could not get married if her father-----his consent
A. forbade B. upheld C. rejected D. withheld

27. The zoo attendant opened the cage and tried to----the animal back in
A. coax B. induce C. seduce D. convince
28. The ruling party is worried in case they lose------control of the City Council in the
forthcoming election.
A. overall B. whole C. unanimous D. mass
29. I liked the coat but was rather-----off by the price.
A. shaken B. put C. set D. held
II. Choose A, B,C or D for the best one:
FIRST PASSAGE:
It being not only possible but even easy to predict which ten-year old boys are at
greatest risk of growing up to be persistent offenders, what are we doing with the
information? Just about the last thing we should do is wait until their troubles have
escalated in adolescence and then attack them with the provision of the new Criminal
Justice Bill.
If this bill becomes law, magistrates will have the power to improve presidential care
orders. More young people will be drawn into institutional life when all the evidence
shows that this worsens rather than improves their prospect. The introduction of short
sharp shocks in detention centers will simply give more young people the taste of
something else they don’t need; the whole regime of detention centers is one of
toughening delinquents, and if you want to train someone to be anti- establishment, “I
can’t think of a better way to do it”, says the writer of this report.
The Cambridge Institute of Criminology comes up with five key factors that are likely
to make for delinquency: a low-income family, a lager family, parents deemed by social
workers to be bad at raising children , parents who themselves have criminal record, and
low intelligence in the child. Not surprisingly, the factors tend to overlap. Of the 63 boys
in the sample who had at least three of them when they were ten, half became juvenile
delinquents- compared with only a fifth of the sample as a whole.
Three more factors make the prediction more accurate: being judged troublesome by
teachers at the age of ten, having father with at least two criminal convictions and
having another member of the family with a criminal record. Of the 35 men who had at

least two of these factors in their background,18 became persistent delinquents and 8
more were in trouble with the law.
Among those key factors, far and away the most important was having a parent with
a criminal record, even if that had been acquired in the distant past, even though very
few parents did other than condemn delinquent behavior in their children.
The role of the school emerges as extremely important. The most reliable prediction
of all on the future of the boys came from teacher’s rating of how troublesome they
were at the age of ten. If the information is there in the classroom there must be a
response that brings more attention to those troublesome children: a search for things
to give them credits for other than academic achievement, a refusal to allow them to go
on playing truant, and a fostering of ambition and opportunity which should start early in
their school careers.
30. According to the author, delinquency should be dealt with
A. Before adolescence.
B. During institutional treatment.
C. During adolescence.
D. When the problem becomes acute.
31. The number of young offenders can be reduced by
A. New legal measures.
B. Better residential care.
C. Brief period of harsh punishment.
D. Examination of their backgrounds.
32. What is the result of putting young offenders into detention centers?
A. They become more violent.
B. They receive useful training.
C. They become used to institutions.
D. They turn against society.
33. Ten-year-old children likely to become offenders are often
A. Spoilt child from small families
B. Bright child in a poor family.

C. Dull children with many brothers and sisters.
D. Children whose parents have acquired wealth dishonestly.
34. Most parents of young offenders
A. Deny that their child is a delinquent.
B. Blame their own criminal activities.
C. Disapprove of their child’s behavior.
D. Blame the school for the child’s behavior
35. The writer concludes that potential offenders could be helped by
A. Spending more time at school.
B. More encouragement at school
C. More activities outside school.
D. Stricter treatment from teachers.
SECOND PASSAGE
“Here we are!” William flung open the door of his office and we went in. Two elderly
grey me were sitting at the table, one with a bag of sweets which he hastily put away
into a drawer, the other with a card-index which he naturally did not attempt to conceal.
William did not acknowledge them in any way nor did they take any notice of him. He
sat down at an enormous desk in the centre of the room, which had two telephones on it
and a line of wire baskets, importantly labeled and stacked with files.
“This is a nice room,” I said, going to the window,’ and what a lovely desk you
have.” I felt embarrassed at the presence of the grey men and did not quite know what
to say. But suddenly a rattling sound, as if a trolley was being wheeled along the
corridor, was heard and the two men leapt up, each carrying a china mug.
“Oh, excuse me,’ said William, leaping up too and taking a china mug from a drawer
in his desk,” I think I hear the tea.’”
He did not offer to get me any, nor did I feel I really wanted any as it was barely
three o’clock. I wondered why the grey men, who were obviously of a lower status than
William, had not fetch his tea for him, but perhaps there was a right etiquette in these
matters. Also, knowing William’s fussiness, it was quite likely that he would insist on
fetching his own tea.

I went on standing by the window and looked out at the view, which was of another
office building, perhaps the same Ministry. Grey men sat at the desk, their hands moving
among files; some sipped tea, one read a newspaper, another manipulated a typewriter
with the uncertain touch of two fingers. A girl leaned from a window; another combed
her hair, a third typed with expert speed. A young man embraced a girl in a rough
playful way and she pulled his hair while the other occupants of the room looked on
encouragingly ---I watched, fascinated, and was deep in contemplation when William and
his underlings came back with their steaming mugs.
36. What would best describe the behavior of the man with the sweets?
A. guilty B. efficient C. mean D. childish
37. The narrator commented on William’s desk because she
A. was impressed by its size B. felt she had to say something
C. wanted to see his files. D. wanted to make the grey men talk
38. The narrator supposed that William fetched his tea because
A. The grey men disliked him. B. He wanted to leave the office for a moment.
C. He wanted his tea to be just right D. each man had his own mug.
39. The narrator is fascinated by the other office block because
A. The people there are not working properly.
B. So many activities are going on there.
C. The people seem much friendlier than in William’s office
D. She wonders what kind of work they are doing.
III. FILLING EACH OF THE NUMBERED BLANKS IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE WITH
ONE SUITABLE WORD.
How would you write today’s date in figures/ Current practice varies considerably and a
“great debate” is now in ------------(40) to establish---------(41) universally acceptable
method, in Britain---------(42)usually puts the day--------(43), followed by the month and
then the year,----------(44)in America it’s the other way--------(45), so that the nineteenth
of June 1984 would be written 6-19-84.---------(46)such variations can -------(47) confusion
in the computerized international world of industry, businessmen are now
pressing---------(48) a uniform procedure for the numerical writing of dates.

The problem is:--------(49)country’s method-----------(50)be adopted? Britain’s?
America’s? or something dreamed----------(51) by a committee ? Understandably,----------
(52) country is all------(53)keen to give up its-----------(54)tradition and adopt somebody’s
else. The French International Organization for Standardization has come up with a
possible solution. It proposes that----------(55)numerically written dates should appear in
descending---------(56) with the year first, then the month and--------(57)the day. The
drawback here is that--------(58 any countries seem in favor of this idea and the majority
are most------(59) to implement it.
III. FIND THE INCORRECT LETTER AND POINT IT OUT:
60.The brilliantly colored rhinoceros viper has two or three horns above its nostrils.
A B C D
61. Most of the outer planets has large swarms of satellites surrounding them
A B C D
62. Historical records show that Halley’s Comet has return about every seventy-six
years for the past 2,000 years A B C
D
63 Robert Heinlein was instrumental in popularizing science fiction with a series of
stories that is first published in the Saturday Evening Post.
64.Each number on the Richter scale represent a tenfold increase in the amplitude of
waves of ground motion recorded during the earthquake
65. Lake Tahoe, located in the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada range, is feed by
more than thirty mountain streams.
66. Established in 1789 and operated by the Jesuits, Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C. is the older Roman Catholic institution of higher learning in the
United States.
67. The surface of the planet Venus is almost completely hid by the thick clouds that
shroud it
68. Present in rocks of all types, hematite is particular abundant in the sedimentary
rocks known as red beds
69.Tropical cyclones, alike extra tropical cyclones, which derive much of their energy

from the jet stream, originate far from the polar front
V. FILL EACHOF THE BLANKS WITH A SUITABLE WORD OR PHRASE:
70. Give…………………...tomorrow evening. My number is 367 2215
71. What time do you call this? We…………..for you for nearly half an hour!
72. My sister wasn’t in Paris last month, so you…………..seen her there.
73. The occupant of the burning flat was taken to hospital-----…….shock.
74…………..those books to the library immediately, you’ll have to pay a fine.
75. He deserves a maximum penalty……………….
76. The trains are very infrequent, you’d………….off taking a bus.
VI. REWRITE THESE SENTENCE BELOW WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR MEANINGS:
77. It’s hardly possible to make her catch up with what I mean.
I find--------------------------------------------(THROUGH)
78. She got dressed as an Indian princess .
She was-------------------------------(UP)
79. That wicked man is always resorting to “playing tricks” to get whatever he
desires for.
Whenever he desires---------------------(CORNER)
80. His manner was appalling before he got married, but his wife was soon
succeeded in familial stereotyping him.
His manner was appalling before he got married, but--------------------(HOUSE)
81. Have you noticed how he tries to keep flattering touch with his boss
Have you---------------------------------(IN)

IV. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE WORD OR GROUP OF WORDS THAT BEST
COMPLETES THE SENTENCE.
56.The president of the U.S appoints the cabinet members,-------appointments are
subject to Subject approval.
A. Their B. with their C. because their D. but their.
57.The prisoner were prevented from speaking to reporters because--------
A. Not wanting the story in the papers. B. the story in the papers the

superintendent did not want.