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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best way to make the sentence from the cues.
Question 1. The more a boxer fights, the higher the chance that s/he will get brain damage
A. There is a high chance that a boxer will become brain- damaged when s/ he fights
B. Boxers have a higher chance of getting brain damage than other people, as they fight more
C. The boxers that fight too often are the only one at risk of having their brains damaged.
D. The risk of a boxer’s brain being damaged increases with the number of his or her fights.
Question 2. In my whole life, nothing has fascinated me as much as woodcarving has been doing recently
A. Woodcarving is such a fascinating activity that, for the first time in my life, I am actually enjoying doing something
B. I am glad that I have taken up woodcarving, since nothing before has attracted my interest so much
C. I have never been as interested in anything before as I am now in woodcarving
D. I’m really interested in woodcarving, and in fact I have rarely been as happy doing anything as I am doing it
Question 3. There is, in fact, less alcohol in beer than there is in wine, though the former’s taste is more bitter
A. Beer tastes much more bitter than wine because of its lower alcohol content.
B. Despite tasting less bitter, wine actually contains a higher amount of alcohol than beer does
C. Although beer is not as good-tasting as wine, it is just as full of alcohol
D. The more bitter taste of beer as compared with wine indicates that the former does not have as much alcohol as the
latter.
Question 4. The likelihood of suffering a heart attack rises as one becomes increasingly obese.
A. Anyone who is obese is likely to experience a heart attack at any time
B. Heart attacks are happening more and more often, and most of the sufferers are obese
C. Obesity results in only a slight increase in the probability of having a heart attack
D. The more obese one is, the higher the chances for heart attack become.
Question 5. This book is probably the most boring one that I have ever read.
A. I would never have guessed that the book would be so terribly dull
B. Many other books that I have ever read have been as uninteresting as this one.
C. It’s very likely that every other book I have ever read in my life is more interesting than this one
D. A number of books are supposedly as boring as this one, but I have not read any of them
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from other words.
Question 6. A. honest B. home C. vehicles D. heiress
Question 7. A. youths B. maps C. cigarettes D. months
Question 8. A. hole B. nose C. lost D. only

Question 9. A. thorough B. without C. although D. mouths
Question 10. A. permission B. ship C. decision D. inversion
Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from other words.
Question 11. A. escape B. lotion C. prefer D. review
Question 12. A. discourage B. document C. general D. politics
Question 13. A. assure B. behind C. grateful D. regrets
Question 14. A. appointment B. argument C. arrival D. enjoyment
Question 15. A. accommodate B. appreciate C. accessory D. competition
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
The Native American peoples of the north Pacific Coast created a highly complex maritime culture as they invented
modes of production unique to their special environment. In addition to their sophisticated technical culture, they also
attained one of the most complex social organizations of any nonagricultural people in the world.
In a division of labor similar to that of the hunting peoples in the interior and among foraging peoples throughout the
world, the men did most of the fishing, and the women processed the catch. Women also specialized in the gathering of
the abundant shellfish that lived closer to shore. They collected oysters, crabs, sea urchins, mussels, abalone, and clams,
which they could gather while remaining close to their children. The maritime life harvested by the women not only
provided food, but also supplied more of the raw materials for making tools than did fish gathered by the men. Of
particular importance for the native tool than did the fish gathered by the men. Of particular made from the larger mussel
shells, and a variety of cutting edges that could be made from other marine shells.
The women used their tools to process all of the fish and marine mammals brought in by the men. They cleaned the
fish, and dried vast quantities of them for the winter. They sun-dried fish when practical, but in the rainy climate of the
coastal area they also used smokehouses to preserve tons of fish and other seafood annually. Each product had its own
peculiar characteristics that demanded a particular way of cutting or drying the meat, and each task required its own
cutting blades and other utensils.
After drying the fish, the women pounded some of them into fish meal, which was an easily transported food used
in soups, stews, or other dishes to provide protein and thickening in the absence of fresh fish or while on long trips. The
women also made a cheese-like substance from a mixture of fish and roe by aging it in storehouses or by burying it in
wooden boxes or pits lined with rocks and tree leaves.
Question 16. Which aspect of the lives of the Native Americans of the north Pacific Coast does the passage mainly

discuss? A. Methods of food preservation B. How diet was restricted by the environment
C. The contributions of women to the food supply D. Difficulties in establishing successful farms
Question 17. The word “unique” in is closest in meaning to____.
A. comprehensible B. productive C. intentional D. particular
Question 18. The word “attained” in is closest in meaning to____.
A. achieved B. modified C. demanded D. spread
Question 19. It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that the social organization of many agricultural peoples is____.
A. more complex than that of hunters and foragers B. less efficient than that of hunters and foragers
C. more widespread than that of hunters and foragers D. better documented than that of hunters and foragers
Question 20. According to the passage, what is true of the “division of labor” mentioned?
A. It was first developed by Native Americans of the north Pacific Coast. B. It rarely existed among hunting
C. It was a structure that the Native Americans of the north Pacific Coast shared with many other peoples.
D. It provided a form of social organization that was found mainly among coastal peoples.
Question 21. The word “abundant” is closest in meaning to____.
A. prosperous B. plentiful C. acceptable D. fundamental
Question 22. All of the following are true of the north Pacific coast women EXCEPT that they_____.
A. were more likely to catch shellfish than other kinds of fish
B. contributed more materials for tool making than the men did
C. sometimes searched for food far inland from the coast D. prepared and preserved the fish
Question 23. The word “They” in the passage refers to____.
A. women B. tools C. mammals D. men
Question 24. The Native Americans of the north Pacific Coast used smokehouses in order to___.
A. store utensils used in food preparation B. prevent fish and shellfish from spoiling
C. have a place to store fish and shellfish D. prepare elaborate meals
Question 25. The wore “peculiar” in line 19 is closest in meaning to____.
A. strange B. distinctive C. appealing D. biological
Question 26. All of following are true of the cheese-like substance mentioned in paragraph 4 EXCEPT that it was___.
A. made from fish B. not actually cheese C. useful on long journeys D. made in a short period of time
Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct:
Question 27. Each chemical element is characterized to t he number of protons that an atom of that element contains,

called its atomic number. A B C D
Question 28. From 1905 to 1920, American novelist Edith Wharton was at the height of her writing career, publishing of
her three most famous novels. A B C D
Question 29. Although pure diamond is colorless and transparent, when contaminated with other material it may appear in
various color, ranging from Pastels to opaque black. A B C D
Question 30. In the 1970’s, consumer activities succeeded in promoting laws that set safety standard for automobiles,
children ‘s clothing, and a widely range of household products A B C D
Question 31. Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, and the Bronx have become biological parks where animals roams free
and people watch them across a moat. A B C D
Question 32. In human beings, as in other mammal, hairs around the eyes and ears and in the nose, prevent dust, insects,
and other matter from entering the organs. A B C D
Question 33. Because of its vast tracts of virtually uninhabited northern forest, Canada has one of the lowest population
density in the world. A B C D
Question 34. Rice, which it still forms the staple diet of much of the world’s population grows best in hot, wet lands
A B C D
Question 35. Electric lamps came into widespread use during the early 1900’s and have replaced other type of fat, gas or
oil lamps for almost even purpose. A B C D
Question 36. Dinosaurs are traditionally classified as cold- blooded reptiles, but recent evidence based on eating habits,
posture, and skeletal structural suggests some may have been warm-blooded. A B C D
Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
Question 37. The cast____ several times and then left the stage to wild applause.
A. bowed B. ducked C. crouched D. stooped
Question 38. The pilot spoke to the passengers to____ their fears when the plane entered a storm.
A. allay B. deter C. soothe D. placate
Question 36. Then he started out on what ____ to be a very eventful journey
A. proved B. arose C. turned D. developed.
Question 37. I think you are being____ pessimistic and that you’ll do better than you expect
A. additionally B. abundantly C. unduly D. worthlessly
Question 38. She often appears not to care about her work, but appearance can be……
A. cunning B. deceitful C. deceptive D. insincere

Question 39. In ____ to them, it wasn’t their fault that the party went so badly
A. fairness B. justice C. recognition D. sympathy
Question 40. Peter isn’t keen on exercise, but he isn’t ____ to the occasional walk
A. averse B. unwilling C. reluctant D. contrary
Question 41. It is difficult to decide on the best ____ of action in these circumstances
A. measure B. course C. process D. policy
Question 42. He has been with the company for 35 years, but the management has now decided to ____ with his services.
A. discard B. dispense C. disuse D. dismiss
Question 43. Richard is ____ to give up immediately when faced with any problems.
A habitual B. subject C. susceptible D. apt.
Question 44. With the exception of mercury, ____ at standard temperature and pressure.
A. The metallic elements are solid B. which is a solid metallic element
C. metallic elements being sold D. since the metallic elements are solid.
Question 45. The computer has dramatically affected____ photographic lenses are constructed.
A. is the way B. that the way C. which way do D. the way
Question 46. In bacteria and in other organisms, ____ is the nucleic acid DNA that provides the genetic information
A. both B. which C. and D. it.
Question 47. Although thunder and lightning are produced at the same time, light waves travel faster____, so we see the
lightning before we hear the thunder.
A. than sounds do waves B. than sound waves are C. than do sound waves D. sound waves
Question 48. Richard Wright enjoyed success and influences____ among Black American writers of his eras
A. were paralleled B. are unparalleled C. unparalleled D. the unparalleled
Question 49. ____ kind of organization throughout the world uses computers to conduct business,
A. Virtually all B. Virtually every C. Nearly most D. Nearly all
Question 50. One of the first exercises in math class is____ measure the radius of a circle.
A. to learn and B. learning to C. learn to D. to learn how to
Question 51. Which sentence is grammatically true?
A. born in the mid- to late-1980s and the 1990s, children have been labeled the “Internet Generation”: the first
generation growing up in a world where the Internet was always present.
B. born in the mid- to late-1980s and the 1990s, they have labeled the “Internet Generation”: the first generation to

grow up in a world where the Internet was always present.
C. Being born in the mid- to late-1980s and the 1990s, children have been labeled the “Internet Generation”: the first
generation to grow up in a world where the Internet was always present.
D. born in the mid- to late-1980s and the 1990s, children have been labeled the “Internet Generation”: the first
generation to grow up in a world where the Internet was always present.
Question 52. ____ in most of this discourse about the Internet Generation and its transformative potential is the continued
presence and influence of adults in the larger digital landscape inhabited by young people.
A. Neglecting B. Having neglected C. Neglected D. Being neglected
Question 53. The present experiment explored the relationship between academic confidence and performance within a
college setting ____ both self-ratings and peer-ratings.
A. uses B. by use C. used D. using.
Question 54. Finally, this experiment measured evaluations of confidence and performance as rated by participants' peers,
____ a multi-trait multi-method matrix. A. yield B. yielded C. yielding D. yields
Question 55. We explored the caves enthusiastically, ____
A. Jim acted like an experienced guider B acting Jim like an experienced guider
C. Jim acting as an experienced guider D. Jim acted as an experienced guider.
Read the following newspaper article about an expedition and answer questions 45 – 50.
There are very few big adventures left and very few heroes. Children's stories used to specialize in them –
courageous explorers with sun-burnt, leathery skin and eyes narrowed by straining to see into far horizons on their
journeys into the unknown. These days you no longer find such people in fiction, let alone in real life. Or so I
thought until I met Charles Blackmore. Blakemore’s great adventure consisted of leading an expedition across
one of the last unexplored places on earth, the Taklamakan Desert in western China. Its name means `once entered
you never come out', but local people call it the Desert of Death. He recalled the dangers and exhilaration of that
amazing trek, in the calm atmosphere of his family home.
The team he led was composed of four Britons (one of them the party' s medical officer), an American
photographer, four Chinese (all experts on the area), 30 camels and six camel handlers. It later turned out that the
camel handlers had never worked with camels before, but were long-distance lorry drivers: a misunderstanding
that could have cost everyone their lives and certainly jeopardized the expedition's success. This mixed bunch set out to
cross 1,200 kilometres of the world's least hospitable desert and Charles Blackmore has wri tten a mesmerizing account of
their journey.

At the time, he was about to leave the Army after 14 happy years. He launched the expedition for fun, to
fill a gap in his life, to prove something. `I had always assumed I'd spend my whole life in the Army. I had been
offered promotion but suddenly I felt I wanted to see who Charles Blackmore really was, outside all that. It was a
tremendous gamble. Tina, my wife, was very worried that I wouldn't come back as nobody had ever done that
route; we went into it blind. In the event, it took 59 days to cross from west to east, and the desert was very kind to us.'
Anyone reading his extraordinary account of that crossing will wonder at the use of the word `kind'. The team
suffered unspeakable hardships: dysentery; extremes of temperature; severe thirst and dehydration; the loss of part of
their precious water supply. `But', Blackmore explains, `when we were at the limits of our own endurance and the camels
had gone without water for seven days, we managed to find some. We didn't experience the Taklamakan's legendary
sandstorms. And we never hit the raw, biting desert cold that would have totally immobilized us.
That's not to say that we weren't fighting against hurdles the whole time. The fine sand got into everything, especially
blisters and wounds. The high dunes were torture to climb, for us and for the heavily laden camels, which often rolled
over onto us. `What drove me on more than anything else was the need to survive. We had no contingency plan.
Neither our budget nor time allowed one. No aircraft ever flew over us.
Once we got into the sandhills we were completely on our own. `I knew I had the mental stamina for the trip but I
was very scared of my physical ability to do it. I remember day one — we sat at the edge of the desert and it was such an
inferno that you couldn't breathe. I thought, "We've got to do it now!" At that moment I was a very scared man.'
If it was like that at the beginning, how did they feel towards the end? `When you've walked for 1,000
kilometres you're not going to duck out. You've endured so much; you've got so much behind you. We were
very thin, but very muscular and sinewy despite our physical exhaustion. My body was well-toned and my legs
were like pistons. I could walk over anything.'
Midway through the book, Blackmore went on to describe lying in the desert gazing up at a full moon, thinking of
his family. How conscious was he of the ordeal it must have been for them? Inside me there's someone trying to find
peace with himself. When I have doubts about myself now, I go back to the image of the desert and think, well, we
managed to pull that together. As a personal achievement, I feel prouder of that expedition than of anything else
I've done. Yet in terms of a lifetime's achievement, I think of my family and the happiness we share — against
that yardstick, the desert does not measure up, does not compare.'
Has Charles Blackmore found peace? `I yearn for the challenge — for the open spaces — the resolve of it all. We
were buoyed up by the sense of purpose. I find it difficult now to be part of the uniformity of modem life.'
Question 56 Meeting Charles Blackmore changed the writer’s opinion about____.

A the content of children’s fiction. B the nature of desert exploration.
C the existence of traditional heroes. D the activities of explorers.
Question 57 When the expedition members set off, some of the group ____.
A posed an unexpected risk. B disagreed with each other. C were doubtful of success. D went on ahead of the others.
Question 58 Blackmore had decided to set up the expedition because
A he was certain he could complete. B he wanted to write a book.
C his aims in life had changed. D his self-confidence was low.
Question 59 Which of the following best describes the team’s experience of the desert?
A They were not able to have enough rest. B It presented continual difficulties.
C They sometimes could not make any progress at all. D It was worse than they had expected.
Question 60 Which of the following did Blackmore experience during the trip?
A frustration at the lack of funding B regret about the lack of planning
C realization that they would receive no help D fear that he would let his companions down
Question 61 According to Blackmore, what enabled him to finish the expedition?
A his strength of will B his physical preparation C his closeness to his family D his understanding of the desert
Question 62. What put the expedition's success in jeopardy was____.
A. Charles Blackmore’s underestimating the danger level of the adventure
B. His destination was of the world's least hospitable deserts
C. Charles Blackmore mistook long- distance lorry drivers for camel handlers
D. Charles Blackmore’s mesmerizing account of their journey.
Question 63. After 14 happy years in the army, before leaving it; Charles Blackmore launched the expedition with the
purpose____. A. to find something of exhilaration B. to assert himself
C. to prove some meaning of his life D. to fulfill some empty moments in his life
Question 64. The word inferno in the passage is in the closest meaning to____.
A. heaven B. bottomless pit C. hell D. overworld
Question 65. By saying ‘We were buoyed up by the sense of purpose.’ Charles Blackmore implies that
A. They were saved from despair by their purpose B. They were rescued from drowning by the sense of purpose
C. They were defended by the sense of purpose
D. the sense of purpose is something for them to cling on to find something out of ordinary
Circle a letter A, B, C orr D that best fits each numbered gap:

Oxford is a city with such a (66)____ reputation that many who come here find themselves intimidated by the
place and can’t wait to leave. While others, taking to it like a 67)____ to water. Find themselves return again and again,
the college lawns provide a gorgeous (68)____ to serious study, and in the light night, on a sunny winter’s morning
says, one feels as if one is (69)____ on air, such is the sense of unreality. Oxford may like to (70)____ that it is at the
intellectual (71) of things but in many ways , it is no more than a sleepy (72)____ where to mix metaphors, transitory
students, the (73) their generation, wait in the (74)____ allowing their talents to (75)____ before moving off into the
industrial or political (76). Much of this is a myth, of course. Hardship and hard work are very much part and (77)____ of
student life .The (78)____ get through the three years’ hard (79)____ by simply putting their shoulders to the (80)____
before going on to fairly average jobs. Only for the tiny minority is Oxford the first university on the ladder to fame and
future.
Question 66. A. mind- blowing B. clearheaded C. backhanded D. broken- hearted
Question 67. A. fish B. duck C. boat D. swimmer
Question 68. A. backdrop B. curtain C. scene D. screen
Question 69. A. flying B. gliding C. floating D. swimming
Question 70. A. pretend B. act C. resemble D. produce
Question 71. A. wheel B. engine C. spoke D. hub
Question 72. A. backwater B. stream C. tributary D. watershed
Question 73. A. from B. cream C. fat D. caviar
Question 74. A. pavilion B. dressing- room C. wings D. foyer
Question 75. A. flourish B. open C. spread D. float
Question 76. A. beak B. abattoir C. dead-end D. fast-lane
Question 77. A. package B. section C. province D. parcel
Question 78. A. level- headed B. hot- headed C. hot- blooded D. kind-hearted
Question 79. A. push B. pull C. grind D. roughage
Question 80. A. cart B. wheel C. engine D. boat
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