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HOMEWORK FOR UNIT 31
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A.

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B.

c

h oice
C.

c

h ief
D.

2.
A.

depends
B.

years
C.

temples
D.

3.
A.

nake

d
B.

sacre

d
C.

raise

d
D.

hatre

d

4.
A.

natu r e
B.

futu r e
C.

pictu r e
D.

5. A.

guilty B.

busy C.

bury D.

build
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n t f r

o m that of

the

oth ers

.
6.
A.

innovation
B.

disappear
C.

understand
D.

identify
7.
A.

accompany
B.

category
C.

interviewer
D.

8.
A.

B.

enthusiast
C.

subordinate
D.

9.
A.

university
B.

veterinary
C.

D.

10
A.

popular B.

dangerous C.

magazine D.

applicant
Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets (10p)
1. By May 5
th
, we (live) in this city for ten years.
2. The boy with his two companions (split) the cherry tree now.
3. I didn’t get home until after midnight last night. Otherwise, I (return)
your call.
4. There are a lot of students (sit) in the playground.
5. I’m really sleepy today. I wish I (not take) Bob to the airport late last
night.
6. I demand that I (retake) the exam.
7. Tom was the last person (leave) the classroom yesterday.
8. His greatest ambition is (choose) to take part in the Olympics.
9. It looks as if this light (burn) all night. I (forget) to switch it off before
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I went to bed last night.
Choose

the best

answer from A, B, C or D.
1.

Eighty

kilometers

is

the



fifty

miles.
A.

equivalent

of B.

equivalent

from C.

equal

of D.

equal

to
2.

We

are

prepared

to

overlook

the

error

on

this

occasion

your

previous

good

work.
A.

thanks

to B.

with

a

view

to C.

in

the

light

of D.

with

regard

to
3.

He

is

not

under

arrest,

nor

have

the

police

placed

any

on



his

movements.
A.

restriction B.

obstacle C.

veto D.

regulation
4.

I'd

rather

you



anyone

what

I

said.
A.

don't

tell B.

won't

tell C.

didn't

tell D.

not

to

tell
5.

He

completely



with

what

I

said.
A.

agreed B.

complained C.

argued D.

accepted
6.





of

the

workers

has

his

own

work.
A.

All B.

Each C.

Every D.

Other

7.

There’s

a

beautiful



of

the

old

city

from

the

terrace

of

their

mountain

house.
A.

view B.

aspect C.

vision D.

appearance
8.

Peter

was

really



at

the

prospect

of

starting

work.
A.

exciting B.

excited C.

interesting D.

interested
9.

As

soon

as

you

buy

a

car,

it

starts

falling

in

.
A.

cost B.

worth C.

value D.

price
10.

It

is

vital

that

we



a

change

in

people's

attitudes.
A.

bring

down B.

bring

back C.

bring

about D.

look

after
11.

You

can

drive

my

car



you

drive

carefully.
A.

unless B.

as

long

as C.

because D.

although
12.

it

were

well

paid,

I

would

accept

this

proposal.
A.

Providing B.

Unless C.

But

for D.

If

only

13.

The

police

carried

out

a

search

for

the

missing

diplomat.
A.

thorough B.

through C.

throughout D.

thoughtful

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14.

Is

he



enough

to

take

on

so

much

responsibility?
A.

elderly B.

ancient C.

ripe D.

mature
15.

But

for

your

help,

we

in

trouble.
A.

would

have

been B.

would

be C.

had

been D.

were
16. But for the rain we our destination ages ago.
A. reached B. would reach C. would have reached D.
had reached
17. I was offered lamb or chicken, I like.
A. neither of that B. neither of which C. of that neither D. of
which neither
18. David: You really have a nice dress, Kathy. I’ve never seen such a
perfect thing on you.
Kathy: . I bought it at the shop near my house
yesterday.
A. I’m sure you like it B. I suppose it is not bad

C. I’m glad you like it D. I myself like it very
much
19. My son didn’t feel well. , he didn’t go to work yesterday.
A. However B. Therefore C. So D. But
20. Don’t let me disturb you; please get your writing.
A. on with B. in with C. with D. in
21. I don’t like this chocolate. I like chocolate.
A. some others B. another C. some other D. one other
22. Her blouse didn’t fit her well.
A. So her skirt didn’t B. So didn’t her skirt
C. But her skirt didn’t D. But her skirt did
23. Physics and mathematics interest him almost ……….
A. alike B. the same C. similarly D. equally
24. I admit I suffer from a ………… of patience with such people.
A. shortage B. lack C. emptiness D. limit

25. Don’t start the next page you have finished the last test
question.
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A. until B. while C. when D. since
26. They turned …………at the party, despite the awful weather.
A. round B. in C. back D. up
27. - “Do you like frog’s legs?”
- “……………them, I don’t really know.”
A. Never try B. Not to have try
C. Never having tried D. Never had tried
28. The between the rich and the poor countries of the world is
increasing.
A. space B. gap C. distance D. interval
29. Although he was completely _______ as a furniture-maker, he
produced the most beautiful chairs.
A. unable B. uneducated C. incapable D. untrained
30. My grandmother takes better photographs than
A. my B. I take C. me D. me take
31. There were many big trees, between me and the river and now they
all fell down into the water.
A. one another B. one after anotherC. each other D. a lot
32. Just keep on the baby while I cook the dinner, will you?
A. a look B. a glance C. an eye D. a
care
33. There lots of furniture in the furniture department.
A. are / to display B. are / displaying
C. is / displaying D. is / on display
34. I want to keep
A. the room tidy B. the room tidily C. the tidy room D. the
tidily room

35. Although most car can travel much faster, the speed limit in
the UK is 70 mph (110 kph).
A. maximum B. greatest C. highest D. biggest
There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and
correct it.
26. It was suggested that Pedro studies the material more thoroughly
before attempting to pass the exam.
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27. Tom has not completed the assignment yet and Maria hasn’t, neither.
28. The United States receives a large amounts of revenue from taxation
of tobacco products.
29. Not only cigarettes and alcohol is believed to be harmful to one’s
health.
30. She has changed a lot of jobs since she has graduated from
university five years ago.
31. John could have gotten that job if he had applied it.
32. Because they had spent too many time considering the new contract,
the students lost the opportunity to leave the appartment
33. Whistling or clapping our hands to get the person’s attention are
considered impolite.
34. Despite the time of the year, yesterday’s temperature was enough hot
to turn on the air conditioning.
35. Found in the 12th century, Oxford university ranks among the
world’s oldest universities.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the
first one.
1. I only recognized him when he came into the light.
→ Not
until

2. I didn’t study French at school and now I regret it.
→ I
wish

3. Timmy has become confident as a result of his success.
Timmy’s success has
turned

4. You can call me up at anytime you make up your mind.
→ Whenever
…………………………………………………………………

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5. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
→ The
man………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………
7. Lan did not reach home until midnight.
It
8. The cost of living has gone up considerably in the last few years.
There………………………………………………….
9. Experts say that the fall in the birth rate between 1964 and 1977
caused the drop in the number of school leavers.
The drop………………………………………………
10. The boy became so confused and worried that he left home.
So
11. You think that fat people are always jolly, but you are wrong.
Contrary
12. I’m on the tenth page of the report I am writing.
So far I

13. She asked John how he liked her new dress.
"How ?"
14. On receipt of your cheque, we shall send the goods to you.
As soon
15. These new machines have put an end to queuing.
Before these
16. Have you ever used gestures to communicate before?
Is it ?
Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to
write a new sentence in
such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original
sentence. Do NOT change
the form of the given word(s).
66. The cost of excursions is part of the price of the holiday.
(includes)
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→
……………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………
67. Paula said I had caused the accident. (blamed)
→
……………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………
68. The stereo was so powerful that I usually went deaf. (such)
→
……………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………
69. The last Olympic Games were held in Seoul. ( took)
→
……………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………
70. “I wouldn’t trust Frank with your money if I were you, Carl” I said.
(advised)
→
……………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………
Fill each blank with the correct form of the words given. (10p)
1. She left school with good (QUALIFY)
2. The bride was …………dressed in white. (STYLE)
3. The…… of the agriculture in our country is very necessary.
(ELECTRIFY)
4. Jim’s of the crime only made matters worse. (Deny)
5. You can raise your hand to show that you need
(ASSIST)
6. We had the phone… because we are moving tomorrow.
(CONNECT)
7. …………., there are black holes in space . (theory)
8. One of the aims of the organization is to
provide aid to the refugees. (HUMAN)
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9. Dozens of are injured on the city road each year.
(CYCLE)
10. It was of him to leave the children on their own in the pool.
(RESPONSE)
Complete the passage by supplying the correct form of the words in
brackets:
Levels of job satisfaction amongst employees have plummeted
during the past decade because of (increase) (1)_____________ long
working hours and mounting levels of stress. 75% of office workers in
the UK are fed up, according to recent research, because they feel

(pressure) (2)____________ and exhausted by the demands of their jobs.
Only 20% of men expressed complete satisfaction with their working
hours compared with 25% ten years ago. Amongst women, satisfaction
levels were only (margin) (3) ___________ better with 29% saying they
were happy.
The study showed that the most (satisfy) (4) __________group were
actually the (high) (5) __________ qualified professionals, who were
more likely to be embedded in what has become known as ‘long-hours
culture’. Nonetheless, the (major) (6) ___________ of the 2,500 workers
questioned, whether professional or manual workers, said that they
would not be prepared to take a pay cut in return for shorter hours. At the
same time, people’s (willing) (7) _____________ to go on doing their
best at work, (respect) (8) _____________ of the consequences for their
personal lives, has also declined in direct proportion to their perceived
level of job (secure) (9) ____________ and, according to one firm of
consultants, the imminent arrival of computers fitted with an (attach) (10)
__________ that can heat up food, thereby obviating the need for office
workers to take a lunch break, was hardly likely to improve the situation.
Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word for
each space.
CONVERSATIONAL TURNS
Probably the most… (1)…….recognized conversational convention
is that people take……(2)… speaking. But how do they know when it is
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their turn? Some… (3)… must be present, otherwise conversations
would be continually breaking down into a disorganized jumble of
interruptions and simultaneous talk.
Turn-taking cues are usually quite subtle. People do not simply ….
(4)… talking when they are ready to yield the floor. They usually signal
in advance that they are about to conclude. The clues may be semantic “

So anyway,…” or “Last but not least,…”; but more commonly the
speech itself can be modified to show that a turn is about to … (5)…
typically, by lowering its pitch, loudness, or speed.
Body movements and patterns of eye……(6)……are especially
important. While speaking, we look at any away from our listener in
about equal……(7)……; but as we approach the end of a turn, we look at
the listener more steadily.
Listeners are not passive in all of this. Here too there are several
ways of …(8)… that someone wants to speak next. One way is through
an observable increase in body tension by learning forward or producing
an audible intake of breath. A less subtle approach is simply to… (9)
…… a strategy that may be tolerated, if the purpose is to … (10)….what
the speaker is saying, but that more usually leads to social disapproval.
1. A. widely B. completely C. easily D. largely
2. A. sides B. care C. interest D. turns
3. A. regulations B. rules C. norms D. laws
4. A. stop B. end C. start D. give up
5. A. end B. stop C. complete D. final
6. A. movement B. contact C. look D.
appearance
7. A. parts B. shares C. turns D. proportions
8. A. signing B. signaling C. hinting D. saying
9. A. break B. cut C. interrupt D. interfere
10. A. clear B. paraphrase C. repeat D. clarify
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 following
questions from 51 to 60 .
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The ocean bottom- a region nearly 2.5 times greater than total land
area of the Earth- is a vast frontier that even today is largely

unexplored and uncharted. Until about a century ago , the deep-ocean
floor was completely inaccessible, hidden beneath waters averaging
over 3,6000 meters deep. Totally without light and subjected to
intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the Earth’s surface,
deep-ocean bottom is a hostile environment to humans , in some ways
as forbidding and remote as the void of outer space.
Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks and
sediments for over a century, the first detailed global investigation of
the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1968, with the beginning
of the National Science Foundation’s Deep Sea Drilling Project
(DSDP). Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil gas
industry, the Dad’s drill ship , the Glomar Challenger, was able to
maintain a steady position on the ocean’s surface and drill in very
deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean
floor.
The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15 –year research
program that ended in November 1983. During this time, the vessel
logged 600,000 kilometers and took almost 20,000 core samples of
seabed sediments and rocks at 624
drilling sites around the world . The Glomar Challenger’s core
samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked
like hundreds of millions of years ago and to calculate what it will
problem look like millions of years in the future. Today , largely on
the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger’s
voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate
tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geological
processes that shape the Earth.
The cores of sediment drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also
yielded information critical to understanding the world’s past
climates . Deep-ocean sediments provide a climatic record stretching

back hundreds of millions of years, because they are largely isolated
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from the mechanical erosion and the intense chemical and biological
activity that rapidly destroy much land-based evidence of past
climates. This record has already provided insights into the patterns
and causes of past climatic change-information that may be used to
predict future climates
Question 51: : The author refers to the ocean bottom as a “frontier”
because it___
A. attracts courageous explorers B. is not a popular area for scientific
research
C. contains a wide variety of life forms D. is an unknown territory
Question 52: The word “inaccessible” is closest meaning to ___ .
A. unusable B. unreachable C. unrecognizable D. unsafe
Question 53: The author mention outer space in the first paragraph
because___ .
A. it is similar to the ocean floor in being alien to the human
environment
B. techniques used by scientists to explore outer space were similar to
those used in ocean exploration .
C. the Earth’s climate millions of years ago was similar to condition in
outer space.
D. rock formations in outré space are similar to those found on the
ocean floor
Question 54: Which of the following is True of the Glmmer
Challenger ?
A. It is a type of submarine . B. It has gone on over 100 voyages .
C. It made its first DSDP voyage in 1968. D. It is an ongoing project .
Question 55 : The word “extracting” in the second paragraph is closest
in meaning to ____.

A. locating B. breaking C. analyzing D. removing
Question 56: The Deep Sea Drilling Project was significant because it
was ____.
A. attempt to find new sources of oil and gas
B. funded entirely by the gas and oil industry
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C. the first extensive exploration of the ocean bottom
D. composed of geologists from all over the world
Question 57: The word “strength” in the third paragraph is closest in
meaning to ____.
A. endurance B. basis C. discovery D. purpose
Question 58: The word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ____.
A. sediments B. cores C. climates D. years
Question 59: The DSDP can be said to be ____in terms of geological
exploration.
A. a total flop B. a west of time and effort C. a great success
D. of crucial importance
Question 60: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage
as being a result of the Deep Sea Drilling Project ?
A. Geologists were able to determine the Earth’s appearance hundreds
of millions of years ago.
B. Two geological theories became more widely accepted by scientists.
C. Geologists observed forms of marine life never before seen
D. Information was revealed about the Earth’s past climatic changes .
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 following questions from 61 to 70.
Are organically grown foods the best choices ? The advantages
claimed for such foods over conventionally grown
and marketed food products are now being debated. Advocates of

organic foods – a term whose meaning varies greatly – frequently
proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.
The growing interest of consumers in the safety and more nutritional
quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome
development . However, much of this interest has been sparked by
sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in
meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these claims are not
supported by scientific evidence, the preponderance of written
material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general
public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a
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diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures
disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely
publicized and form the basis for folklore.
Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for “no-aging” diets,
new vitamins, and other wonder foods. There are numerous
unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic
ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to fertilized eggs,
that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains and the like. One
thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in
common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But
in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can
maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than
conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if
consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the
regular food and buy only expensive organic foods instead
Question 61: The word “Advocates” is closest in meaning to which of
the following ?
A. Proponents B. Inspectors C. Consumers D. Merchants
Question 62: In the first paragraph, the word “other” refers to ___.

A. advocates B. products C. advantages D. organic foods
Question 63: The “ welcome development” mentioned is an increase
in___.
A. the amount of health food grown in North American
B. interest in food safety and nutritional quality of the typical North
American diet
C. the number of consumers in North American
D. the nutritional quality of the typical North American diet
Question 64: According to the first paragraph , which of the following
is true about the terms “ organic foods” ?
A. It has been used only in recent years. B. It is seldom used by
consumers.
C. It has no fixed meaning. D. It is accepted by most
nutritionists .
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Question 65: The word “unsubstantiated” is closest in meaning to ___.
A. uncontested B. unbelievable C. unverified D. unpopular
Question 66: The word “maintain” is closest in meaning to ___.
A. preserve B. retire C. improve D. monitor
Question 67: Who does the author think should NOT buy organic
foods ?
A. Advocated of organic food B. Wealthy people
C. Concerned consumers D. Low income consumers
Question 68: The author implies that there is cause for concern if consumers with
limited incomes buy organic foods
instead of conventionally grown foods because ___.
A. too many farmers will stop using conventional method to grow food
crops
B. many organic foods are actually less nutritious than similar
conventionally grown foods

C. conventionally grown foods are more readily available than organic
foods
D. organic foods can be more expensive but are often no better than
conventionally grown foods
Question 69: According to the last paragraph, consumers who believe that
organic foods are better than conventionally grown
foods are often ___.
A. wealthy B. mistaken C. thrifty D. careless
Question 70: What is the author’s attitude toward the claims made by
advocates of health foods?
A. Very enthusiastic B. Neutral C. SkepticalD.
Somewhat favorable
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 from 71 to 75 .
Question 71: His handwriting is so small that I can hardly read it.
A. His handwriting is too bad to read. B. He is
used to small writing so I can hardly read it
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C. His handwriting is the smallest I have ever read. D. He has
such small writing that I can hardly read it.
Question 72: The only student who failed the exam was John.
A. Everyone passed the exam. B.
Together with other students, John failed the exam.
C. With the exception of John, everyone passed the exam. D.
Everyone, apart from John, failed the exam
Question 73: “Why don’t you get your hair cut , Gavin?” said Adam.
A. Adam advised Gavin to cut his hair B. Gavin was suggested to
have a haircut.
C. It was suggested that Adam get Gavin’s hair cut. D. Adam

suggested that Gavin should have his hair cut
Question 74: You are all welcome to take any food you like .
A. Any food welcome to take if you like. B. It’s my pleasure to take
any food you like.
C. You don’t have to pay for any food that you like. D. Please help
yourselves to any food you like.
Question 75: Without skilful surgery he would not have survived the
operation.
A. With skilful surgery he would have survived the operation.
B. Had it not been for skilful surgery he would not have survived the
operation.
C. But for skilful surgery he would not have survived the operation.
D. He wouldn’t have survived the operation if he hadn’t had skilful
surgery.
-Mark the letter A, B, C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following
questions from 76 to 80.
Question 76: It is important that _________.
A. an exact record should be kept B. an exact
record to be kept
C. to keep an exact record D. keeping an exact record
Question 77: _________the book, please return it to me.
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A. Should you find B. Will you have found C. Will you
be finding D. Will you find
Question 78: ______.we went swimming.
A. So hot was the day B. It was a hot day C. Being a hot
day D. Due to a hot day
Question 79: I know Jimmy ______him.
A. too well so as to trust B. so well as to trust C. too well to

trust D. well enough as to trust
Question 80: _____ is the price of this car .
A. What interested in us B. That we are interested in
C. That interested us D. What we are interested in
Supply the most suitable word for each blank (10 points)
Deserts cover about one fifth of the Earth’s land area. A desert is a region
with ( 1 ) plant and animal life because it is a very dry and harsh
environment. There are extreme temperatures and very little rainfall, so
( 2 ) desert plants like cacti are not abundant, ( 3 ) is animal life.
Many deserts are very hot during the day and very cold during the night,
when temperatures can fall well ( 4 ) freeing point. Some deserts, on
the other hand, are always cold. The Gobi Desert in Asia and the desert
on the continent of Antarctica ( 5 ) good examples of deserts of this
type.
Different animals live in different types of deserts, and all animals that
live in the desert have to adapt to their environment in order to ( 6 ).
For example, to avoid extreme daytime ( 7 ), many desert animals are
nocturnal. They burrow beneath the surface or hide in the shade during
the day and emerge at night to ( 8 ) food. Some desert animals get all
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the ( 9 ) they need from their food, so they do not have to drink at all.
It’s also probably because of the shortage of food that most ( 10 )
animals are small.
Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the
following passage.
The (41) of book knowledge is one part of school education but this kind
of learning can be and often is carried to (42) in many countries so
that no time for other interests is (43) to young people. Not only must
they attend school (44) five-hour periods on six days of the week,
studying possibly as many as thirteen different subjects, but in addition

they may even go to afternoon institutes for (45) instruction. They
have almost no chance of taking (46) any of their own hobbies or
becoming familiar with the plants and (47) life of the countryside
except during their summer holidays. Early youth should be a time
of exploration and adventure, of reading books for (48) as well as
study, of freedom to enjoy life before the responsibilities of working for
a living and (49) a family (50) an end to study, to freedom and only
too often to carefree enjoyment.
41
A.
B. collection
C. obtaining
D.
42
A.
B. excess
C. limits
D. boundary
43
A. available
B. provided
C. devoted
D. reserved
44
A. during
B. for
C. throughout
D. in
45
A. farther

B. additional
C. extra
D. further
46
A. on
B. up
C. back
D. over
47
A. untamed
B. original
C. wild
D. natural
48
A. pleasure
B. amusement
C. joy
D.
49
A. creating
B. bringing
C. building
D. raising
50
A. hold
B. put
C. indicate
D. mark
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I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently

from that of the others.
1. D 2. D 3. C4. D5. C
II. Identify the word whose stressed pattern is different from that of the
others.
6. D7. A8. D9. B10. C
1. will have been living 2. is splitting 3. would have returned 4. sitting
5. hadn’t taken
6. retake 7. to leave 8. to be chosen 9. has been burning / must
(could) have forgotten
SECTION B – VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.
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1. A 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. C 11. B 12. A 13.
A 14. D 15. A
16- C 17- B 18- C 19- B 20- A 21- C 22- D 23-
D 24- B 25- A 26- D 27- C 28- B 29- D 30- B
31- A 32- C 33- D 34- A 35- A
II. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences. Find and correct it.
Mistake
Correction
Mistake
Correction
26
studies
(should)
31
had
had applied
27
neither

either
32
many
much
28
amounts
amount
33
are
is
29
and
but also
34
enough
hot enough
30
has
graduated
35
found
founded
1.

Not

until

he

came

into

the

light

did

I

recognize

him.
2.

I

wish

I

had

studied

French

at

school.
3.

Timmy’s

success

has

turned

him

into

a

confident

person.
4.

Whenever

you

make

up

your

mind,

you

can

call

me

up.
5.

The

man

is

believed

to

have

escaped

in

a

stolen

car.

7. It was not until midnight that Lan reached home.
8. There has been a considerable increase in the cost of living in the last
few years.
9. The drop in the number of school leavers is said to have been caused
by the fall in the birth rate between 1964 and 1977.
10. So confused and worried did the boy become that he left home.
11. Contrary to your opinion / what you believe / what you think, fat
people are not always jolly.
12. So far I have written ten pages of the report.
13. “How do you like my new dress, John?” she said to John.
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14. As soon as we receive your cheque, we shall send the goods to you.
15. Before these new machines were invented, people had to queue.
16. Is it the first time you used gestures to communicate?
Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to
write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change
the form of the given word(s).
66.

The

price

of

the

holiday

includes

the

cost

of

excursions.
67.

Paula

blamed

me

for

causing/

having

caused

the

accident.
68.

It

was

such

a

powerful

stereo

that

I

usually

went

deaf.
69.

The

last

Olympic

Games

took

place

in

Seoul.
70.

I

advised

Carl

not

to

trust

Frank

with

his

money
III
1. qualifications 2. stylishly 3. electrification 4. denial 5.
assistance6. disconnected
7. theoretically8. humanitarian 9. cyclists 10. irresponsible
Complete the passage by supplying the correct form of the words in
brackets(0.25 x 10 = 2.5 pts):
=>1.increasingly 2. pressurized 3. marginally 4.
dissatisfied 5. highly
6. majority 7. willingness 8. irrespective 9.
security 10. attachment
CONVERSATIONAL TURNS
1. A 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.A 6.B 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.D
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51 D 61 A 71 D
52 B 62 D 72 C
53 A 63 B 73 D
5
4 C
6
4 C 74 D
55 D 65 C 75 C
56 C 66 A 76 A
57 B 67 D 77 A

58 A 68 D 78 A
59 C 69 B 79 C
60 D 70 B 80 D
1. little / limited
2. even
3. nor / neither
4. below
5. are
6. survive / exist
7. heat
8. find
9. water
10. desert
41.

D 42.

B 43.

A 44.

C 45.

D
46.

B 47.

C 48.

A 49.

D 50.

B
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