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1. He was helping her to ________ (break into) the film industry.


establish herself in
enter by force
initiate
reform


2. The American rocket, Columbus XIV, ________ (broke up) and fell to
Earth yesterday.

stopped flying
ceased functioning
broke into pieces
heated up


3. I don't believe him. There are too many _________ (fantastic) stories
in his report.

wild and strange
wonderful
imaginative
imaginable


4. He was tired out. No sooner had he set up his tent than he just

__________ (rashed out.)

slept (somewhere) temporarily
lost consciousness
lay down
relaxed











5. I am planning to walk across the polar ice-cap, _______ (via) the
North Pole.

through
around
near
behind


6. ____________ (at intervals), she would stop for a rest.


At the stations

On the way
All along
Now and then


7. He put the camera on a ________ (tripod).


window-sill
support with three legs
luggage rack
arm-rest


8. I've been exploring ________ (remote) places for the last twenty years.


dangerous
strange
distant
secret


9. I had been travelling for 12 days and stopped at a small ________
(clearing) for the night.

open space
station
inn
camp

10. Both Melbourne in Victoria and Adelaide, 400 miles away in South
Australia, were ________ (ringed) by fire.

surrounded
destroyed
burnt up
attacked


11. Framton Huttel ___________ (endeavoured) to say something
correct.

endangered
risked
tried
endured


12. Americans have become ______________ (overwhelmingly) an urban
people.

successfully
luckily
dominantly
surprisingly

13. The colonial farmers employed primitive ___________ (implements)
and methods.

machines
devices
tools
appliances


14. The noise of labour-saving appliances can cause ___________
(irritability) and tension.

annoyance
soreness
anger
itching


15. Last summer was so hot that the _________ in the woods actually
dried up.

pond
bath
bowl
flood


16. The new secretary in the sales department is a fast typist but her

letters are full of spelling _________.

wrongs
faults
tricks
mistakes


17. The ___________ were told to fasten their seat belts as the plane
began its descent.

customers
riders
flyers
passengers


18. It's a good idea to see your doctor regularly for _____________.


revision
a control
an investigation
a check-up


19. The shop assistant was __________ helpful, but she felt he could have
given her more advice.

entirely

exactly
quite
totally


20. ___________ from Bill, all the students said they would go.


Except
Only
Apart
Seperate


21. It is easy for cars to ____________ on wet roads after a dry spell.


skate
slither
skid
slick


22. The ________ (yearly) growth of the gross national product is often
used as an indicator of a nation's economy.

sluggish
routine
haphazard
annual

23. The 132 islands in the Hawaiian chain _________ (extended across)
388 miles of Pacific Ocean.

enhance
claim
guard
span


24. Flamingos were about to ________ (die out) until laws were passed to
protect them.

become confined
become infected
become extinct
become deformed




25. As he always said he took scientific __________ in the unexplained.


attraction
love
interest
concern

26. He even turned down a free trip to the Continent because it would
________ with his housework.

interfere
connect
concern
construct


27. In the early 1920s, Hollywood was __________ by a series of scandals
involving major stars and directors.

turned
moved
swung
rocked


28. The Hays Code was often the _________ of jokes, very often because
it was so specific.

role
subject
function
direction


29. Men still expect their jobs to take ___________.

forward
priority
privilege
order




30. I've always felt that it is a very narrow __________ of life to value a
person purely in terms of job status.

thought
ideology
view
comment


31. You must __________ asleep in the train.


be tired if you have been fallen
be tired if you had fallen
have been tired if you fell
have been tired if you fall


32. Isn't it about time you _________ your coat off?

took
take
will take
are taking


33. Scarcely ____________ when the fight broke out.


he arrived
he had arrived
did he arrive
had he arrived


34. ______________ that you have worked so hard, you can take
tomorrow off.

Seen
In view
Just now
Seeing





35. You remind me ______ my aunt's parrot when you talk like that.

of
for
about
with


36. Would you like to elaborate ____________ your last answer?


with
over
about
on


37. Fortunately, _____________ single nation has to have the task of
learning all we need to know about the ocean.

no
not
none
never


38. ______ some cultures, openness is considered in a very negative light.


From
In
At

On


39. ________________, often of a religious character, were developed
from fundamental African forms.

Ancient dancing of Egyptians
Ancient Egyptian dancing
Ancient Egyptian dance
Ancient Egyptian dances





40. ___________ some satellites have retrograde motion is not yet
understood.

Why
Whenever
What
Although


41. It was as if the whole town __________ asleep.


fell
had fallen
would have fallen

should fall


42. You'll be all right __________ you've had something to eat.


as soon
once
the time
so long


43. It suddenly dawned _______ me where I had seen her before.

in
to
over
on


44. ________ few people have heard of him, Bert Marshall was one of the
greatest engineers of the century.

Although
Since
As
Once

45. He died two years later, an unhappy man ___________ his money.


excluding
outside of
irrespective
in spite of


46. Often a team of engineers are ____________________.


work on one project
on one project work
working on one project
to working on one project.


47. A vacuum will neither conduct heat nor ____________________.


transmit sound waves
transmitting sound waves
sound waves are transmitted
the transmission of sound waves


48. To relieve pain caused by severe burns, prevent infections, and treat

for shock, ________________.

taking immediate steps
to take immediate steps
taken steps immediately
take immediate steps


49. We had hoped ____________________ the game, but the other team
played very well.

State University to win
State University would win
the State University win
State University's winning





50. The principle of a rocket motor is simple, _______________ rockets
are very complicated machines.

large but which powerful
but large, powerful
large although powerful
so large, powerful


51. A child in the first grade tends to be ________________ all of the

other children his class.

the same old to
as old like
the same age than
the same age as


52. The universe _______ we know it might have begun with a great
explosion.

as
that
and which
and


53. An earthquake is a shaking of the ground ________________ when
masses of rock beneath the surface of the earth change position.

which occuring
it occurs
and therefore occuring
that occurs


54. Nervous about flying in planes,
_________________________________.

thirty years ago people knew nothing of space travel

people knew nothing of space travel thirty years ago
space travel was unknown by people thirty years ago
because people knew nothing of space travel thirty years ago


55. Pictures _________ with a telescope are inverted.


taken
they took them
to take
are taken


56. __________________________, Harry S.Truman was our nation's
thirty-third President.

He was born and raised in Missouri
Born and raised in Missouri
Because he was born and raised in Missouri
That he was born and raised in Missouri


57. In Australia, where fertile farmland is limited, crops
_____________________________.

are on the sides on mountains often grown
often are on the sides of mountains grown
are grown on the sides often of mountains
are often grown on the sides of mountains

58. ____________________ is called erosion.


The wearing away of land
When land wears away
Land which wears away
Wearing away land


59. Firstborn children in a family seem to have a stronger desire to
succeed _________________.

than do later-born children
but later-born children do
as children born later
if later-born children do


60. ______________________, we drove the horses into the stable.


Aware that a tornado was brewing
Because a tornado brewing
Although a tornado was brewing
A tornado was brewing


61. Questions 61-63:

In the primary school, a child is in a comparatively simple setting and
most of the time forms a relationshipwith one familiar teacher. On
entering secondary school a new world opens up and frequently it is a
much more difficult world. The pupil soon learns to be less free in the
way he speaks to teachers and even to his fellow pupils. He begins to lose
gradually the free and easy ways of the primary school, for he senses the
need for a more cautious approach in the secondary school where there
are older pupils. Secondary staff and pupils suffer from the pressures of
academic work and seem to have less time to stop and talk. Teachers
with specialist roles may see hundreds of children in a week, and a pupil
may be able to form relationships with very few of the staff. He has to
decide which adults are approachable; good schools will make clear to
every young person from the first year what guidance and personal help
is available- but whether the reality of life in the institution actually
encourages requests for help is another matter.
Adults often forget what a confusing picture school can offer to a child.
He sees a great deal of movement, a great number of people_ often
rather frightening-looking people_ and realises that an increasing
number of choices and decisions have to be made. As he progresses
through the school the confusion may become less but the choices and
decisions required will increase. The school will rightly expect the pupil
to take the first steps to obtain the help he needs, for this is the pattern of
adult life for which he has to be prepared, but all the time the
opportunities for personal and group advice must be presented in a way
which makes them easy to understand and within easy reach of pupils.

61. According to the passage one of the problems for pupils entering
secondary school is that

they are taught by many different teachers.

they do not attend lessons in every subject.
the teachers do not want to be friendly.
the teachers give most attention to the more academic pupils.









62. In secondary schools every pupil having problems should


know how to ask for help.
be freed from any pressure of academic work.
be able to discuss his problems in class.
be able to discuss his problems with any teacher.


63. In this passage about secondary schools, the author is mainly
concerned about

academic standards
the role of specialist teachers.
the training of the individual teachers
the personal development of pupils

64. Questions 64-72:
Between 1977 and 1981, three groups of American women, numbering 27
in all, between the ages of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests to
determine how they would respond to conditions resembling those
abroad the space shuttle.
Though carefully selected from among many applicants, the women were
volunteers and pay was barely above the minimum wage. They were not
allowed to smoke or drink alcohol during the test, and they were
expected to tolerate each other's company at close quarters for the entire
period. Among other things, they had to stand pressure three times the
force of gravity and carry out both physical and mental tasks while
exhausted from strenuous physical exercise. At the end of ten days, they
had to spend a further twenty days absolutely confined to bed, during
which time they suffered backaches and other discomforts, and when
they were finally allowed up, the more physically active women were
especially subject to pains due to a slight calcium loss.
Results of the tests suggest that women will have significant advantages
over men in space. They need less food
and less oxygen and they stand up
to radiation better. Men's advantages in terms of strength and stamina,
meanwhile, are virtually wiped out by the zero-gravity condition in
space.

64. For how long was each woman tested?

four days
twenty days
twenty seven months
one month

65. What was the average number of women in each group tested?


9
27
33
50


66. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

The tests were not carried out abroad the space shuttle.
The women involved had had previous physical fitness training.

The women were tested once a year from 1977 to 1981.
The tests were carried out on women of all ages.


67. Which would be the most suitbale title for the passage?


Older Women, Too, Can Travel in Space
Space Testing Causes Backaches in Women
Poor Wages for Women Space-test Volunteers
Tests Show Women Suited for Space Travel


68. What can be said about the women who applied?

They were 27 in all.
They were anxious to give up smoking or drinking.

They had previously earned the minimum wage.
They choose to participate in the tests.


69. According to the passage, physical and mental tasks were carried out
by the women

prior to strenuous exercise.
following strenuous exercise.
before they were subjected to unusual pressure.
after they were subjected to unusual pressure.







70. The calcium loss particularly affected

all the women tested.
those who had been particularly active in the previous ten days.

those who were generally very active.
those who had suffered backaches.

71. Which of the following is suggested as being least useful in space?


high resistance to radiation
unusual strength
low food intake
low oxygen intake


72. The physical advantages men enjoy in normal conditions are
counteracted by

conditioning
virtue
zero gravity
food and oxygen


73. Questions 73-78:
In 1626, Peter Minuit, governor of the Dutch settlements in North
America known as New Amsterdam, negotiated with Indian chiefs for
the purchase of Manhattan Island for merchandise valued at sixty
guilders or about $24.12. He purchased the island for the Dutch West
India Company.
The next year, Fort Amsterdam was built by the company at the extreme
southern tip of the island. Because attempts to encourage Ducth
immigration were not immediately successful, offers, generous by
standards of the era, were extended thoughout Europe. Consequently,
the settlement became the most heterogeneous of the North American
colonies. By 1637, the fort had expanded into the village of New

Amsterdam, and other small communities had grown up around it,
including New Haarlem and Stuyvesant's Bouwery. By 1643, it was
reported that eighteen different languages were heard in New
Amsterdam alone.
When the English acquired the island in 1664, the village of New
Amsterdam was renamed New York in honor of the Duke of York. By
the onset of the Revolution, New York City was already a bustling
commercial center. After the war, it was selected as the first capital of
teh United States. Althought the government was eventually moved, first
to Philadelphia and then to Washington, D.C., New York City remained
the unofficial commercial capital. Three centuries after his initial trade
with the Indians, Minuits's tiny investment was worth seven billion
dollars.

73. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A History of New York City
An Account of the Dutch Colonies
A Biography of Peter Minuit
The First Capital of the United States


74. What did the Indians receive in exchange for their island?


Sixty Dutch guilders
$24.12 U.S
Goods and supplies
Land in New Amsterdam

75. Where was New Amsterdam located?


In Holland
In North America
On the island of Manhattan
In India


76. Why were so many languages spoken in New Amsterdam?

Because the Dutch West India Company was owned by England.
Because the Dutch West India Company allowed freedom of speech.
Because the Dutch West India Company recruited settlers from
many different countries in Europe.
Because the Indians who lived there before the the Dutch West India
Company purchase spoke many languages


77. Which city was the first capital of the new United States?


New Amsterdam
New York
Philadelphia
Washington


78. On what date was Manhattan valued at $7 billion?

1626
1726
1656
1926


79. Questions 79-83:
The Richter scale is a numerical logarithmic scale developed and
introduced by Charles R. Richter in 1935 to measure the amplitude of
the largest trace recorded by a standard seismograph one hundred
kilometers from the epicenter of an earthquake. Tables have been
formulated to demonstrate the magnitude of any earthquake from any
seismograph. For example, for a one-unit increase in magnitude, there is
an increase of times thirty in released energy. The Richter scale
considers earthquakes of 6.75 as great and 7.0 to 7.75 as major. An
earthquake that reads 4 to 5.5 would be expected to cause localized
damage, and those of magnitude 2 may be felt. It is estimated that almost
one million earthquakes occur each year, but most of them are so minor
that they pass unnoticed.

79. What does this passage mainly discuss?

Earthquakes
The Richter scale
Charles R. Richter
Seismography

80. In what kind of textbook would this passage most likely be found?


History
Biography
Geology
Mathematics


81. According to information in teh passage, what does the Richter scale
record?

The distance from the epicenter
The amplitude of the largest trace
The degree of damage
The location of the epicenter


82. What is the value of the tables?

They allow us to interpret the magnitude of each earthquake.

They help us to calculate our distance from earthquakes.
They record all earthquakes.
They release the energy of earthquakes.


83. According to the Richter scale, which of the following numbers would
indicate that there had probably been damage to the immediate area
only?

7.0
6.0
5.0
2.0


84. Questions 84-90:
Charles Ives, now acclaimed as the first great American composer of the
twentieth century, had to wait many years for the recognition he
deserved. The son of a bandmaster, Ives entered Yale at twenty to study
composition with Horatio Parker, but after graduation,
he did not choose
to pursue a career in music. He suspected correctly that the public would
not accept the music he wrote. Even the few conductors and performers
he tried to interest in his compositions felt that they were unplayable.
Instead, he became a successful insurance executive, building his
company into the largest agency in the country in only two decades. Even
during that busy time, he still dedicated himself to composing music in
the evenings, on weekends, and during vacations. Although he
occasionally hired musicians to play one of his works privately for him,
he usually heard his music only in his imagination.
After he recovered from a serious heart attack, he became reconciled to
the fact that his ideas, epecially the use of disonance and special effects,
were just too different for the musical mainstream. Determined to share
his music with the few people who might appreciate it, he publishedhis
work privately and distributed it free.
In 1939, when Ives was sixty-five, American pianist John Kirkpatrick
played Concord Sonata in Town Hall. The reviews were laudatory. One
reviewer proclaimed it "the greatest music compsoed by an American."

By 1947, Ives was famous. his Second Symphony was presented to the
public in a performance by the New York Philharmonic, fifty years after
it had been written. The same year, Ives received the Pulitzer prize. He
was seventy-three.

84. What does the passage mainly discuss?

Modern musical composition
Charles Ives's life
The Pulitzer prize
Career choice


85. How did Ives make a living for most of his life?


He conducted a band.
He taught musical composition.
He owned an insurance company.
He published music.


86. Why didn't the public appreciate Ives' music?

Because it was not performed for a long time.
Because it was very different from the music of the time.

Because the performers did not play it well.
Because he did not write it down.

87. How did Ives first share his music?


By publishing free copies.
By playing it himself
By hiring musicians to perform
By teaching at Yale.


88. Where was Ives' work first publicly performed?


New York
Europe
Yale University
Town Hall







89. How was the performance of Concord Sonata received?


There were no reviews.
The musicians felt it was unplayable.
The public would not accept it.

It established Ives as an important composer.


90. In what year did Ives receive the Pulitzer prize?


1939
1947
1965
1973


91. Questions 91-100:
Loneliness is a curious thing. Most of us can remember feeling most
lonely when we were not in fact alone at all, but when we were
surrounded by people. Everyone has experienced, at some time, that
utter sense of isolation that comes over you when you are at a party, in a
room full of happy laughing people, or in an audience at a theatre or a
lecture. It suddenly seems to you as if everybody knows everybody else,
everybody is sure of himself, everybody knows what's going on;
everybody, that is, except you.
This feeling of loneliness which can overcome you when you are in a
crowd is very difficult to get rid of. People living alone - divorced,
widowed or single people - are advised to tackle their loneliness by
joining a club or society, by going out and meeting people. Does this
really help? And what do you do if you are already surrounded by
people?
There are no easy solutions. Your first day at work, or at new school or
university, is a typical situation in which you are likely to feel lonely. You
feel lonely because you feelleft out of things. You feel that everybody else

is full of confidence and knows what to do, but you are adrift and
helpless
. The fact of the matter is that, in order to survive, we all put on a
show of self-confidence to hide our uncertainties and doubts. So it is
wrong to assume that you are alone.
In a big city it is particularly easy to get the feeling that everybody except

you is leading a full, rich, busy life. Everybody is going somewhere, and
you tend to assume that they are going somewhere nice and interesting,
where they can find life and fulfilment. You are also going somewhere,
and there is no reason at all to believe that your destination is any less,
or, for that matter, any more exciting than the next man's.
The trouble is that you may not be able to hide the fact that you are
lonely, and the miserable look on your face might well put people off.
After all, if you are at a party you are not likely to try to strike up a
conversation with a person with a person who has a gloomy expression
on his face and his lips turned down at the corners. So trying to look
reasonably cheerful is a good starting point in combating lo
neliness, even
if you are choking inside.
The next thing to avoid is finding yourself in a group where in fact you
are a stranger, that is, in the sort of group where all the other people
already know each other. There is a natural tendency for people to stick
together, to form "cliques". You will do yourself no good by trying to
establish yourself in a group which has so far managed to do very well
without you. Groups generally resent intrusion, not because they dislike
you personally, but because they have already had to work quite hard to
turn the group into the functioning unit. To include you means having to
go over a lot of ground again, so that you can learn their language, as it
were, and get involved in their conversation at their level. Of course if

you can offer something the group needs, such as expert information,
you can get in quickly.
In fact the surest way of getting to know others is to have an interest in
common with them. There is no guarantee that you will then like each
other, but at least part of your life will be taken with sharing experiences
with others. It is much better than always feeling alone. If all this seems
to be a rather pessimistic view of life, you have to accept the fact that we
are all alone when it comes down to it. When the most loving couple in
the world kiss and say goodnight, as soon as the husband falls asleep, the
wife realises that she is alone, that her partner is as far away as if he
were on another planet. But it is no cause for despair: there is always
tomorrow.

91. You can feel isolated at a party because

nobody smiles at you.
you think that everyone else is arrogant.
you think that other people are laughing at you.
everyone else feels at home


92. The usual advice for overcoming loneliness is to


get married
join a club
avoid crowds
try to forget everything

93. When we start a new job, we try to hide our sense of loneliness by
trying to

appear sure of ourselves.
be as friendly as possible with other people.
do our job very well.
look cheerful


94. In a city it is easy to believe that other people


have a better job than you do.
are too busy to talk to you.
lead a more interesting life than you do.
have more money than you do.


95. Other people are unlikely to want to talk to you if


you interrupt their conversation.
you look miserable.
you tell them that you are feeling lonely.
you talk too much.


96. People who have formed a group tend to

be interested in newcomers.
refuse to talk with newcomers.
be rude to newcomers.
ignore newcomers.


97. The reason that people who have formed a group resent intrusion is
that they

have already got enough people.
think that you have nothing interesting to say.
would have to make an effort to include you.
do not like miserable-looking people.


98. In order to join an established group you would need to be able to


get someone to introduce you.
speak very carefully and clearly.
understand what they were talking about.
become an expert.


99. According to the writer, if you have an interest in common with other
people you are likely to

become friends with them.
get to know them well.
get over your loneliness.

spend most of your time with them.


100. According to the writer, the wife feels lonely


when her husband falls asleep.
because she is not sure that he really loves her.

as soon as he stops kissing her.
whenever her husband goes away.