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Read the following passages and choose the best word to fill in each of the blanks
 EXERCISE 1
he traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability
to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading
and writing at a level (1) _____ for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and
communicate ideas in a literate society,' so as to take (2)_____ in that society. The United Nations,
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has drafted the following definition:
“Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using
printed and written' materials (3) _____ with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of
learning to enable an Individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his, or her (4) _____ and
potential, and to participate fully in the wider society."
Many policy analysts consider literacy rates a crucial measure of a region's human capital.
This claim is made on the (5) _____ that literate people can be trained less expensively than illiterate
people, generally have a higher socio-economic (6) _____ and enjoy better health and employment
prospects. Policy makers also argue that literacy increases job opportunities and access to higher
education. In Kerala, India, for example, female and child mortality rates declined (7) _____ in the
1960s, when girls who were educated in the education reforms after 1948 began to raise families.
Recent researchers, (8)_____, argue that correlations such as, the one listed above may have more to
do with the effects of schooling rather than literacy in general. Regardless, the (9) _____ of
educational systems worldwide includes a basic (10) _____ around communication through test and
print, which is the foundation of most definitions of literacy.

Question 1: A. adaptable B. suitable C. adequate D. important
Question 2: A. comfort B. control C. part D. honor
Question 3: A. associated B. worked C. appropriated D. related
Question 4: A. ability B. knowledge C. performance D. behavior
Question 5: A. foundations B. ways C. grounds D. basics
Question 6: A. condition B. request C. state D. status
Question 7: A. dramatically B. extremely C. actually D. accurately
Question 8: A. additionally B. however C. therefore D. consequently
Question 9: A. focus B. demand C. majority D. main
Question 10: A. content B. concept C. contact D. context
 EXERCISE 2
ublic transport plays a central role in any (1)________ urban transport system. In developing
(2)____________ where at least 16 cities are expected to have more than 12 million people
each by the end of this decade, failing to give priority to public transport would be (3)________
. The term ‘public transport’ covers many different types of vehicles, but most commonly refers to
(4)________ and trains. Rail services fall into four major categories, rapid rail (also called the
underground, tube, metro, or subway), which operates on exclusive rights-of-in (5)________ or on
elevated tracks; trams, which more with other traffic on regular
(6) ________; light rail, which is a quieter, more modern version of trams that can run either
on exclusive rights-of-way or with other traffic; and suburban or regional trains, which (7)________ a
city with surrounding areas. The recent trend in many (8)________ is toward light rail over ‘heavy’
rapid rail systems. Whereas metros require exclusive rights-of-way, which often means building costly
elevated or underground lines and stations, light rail can be build on regular city streets.
Public transport modes vary in fuel use and emissions and in the space they require, but if
carrying reasonable (9)_______of passengers, they all perform (10)________than single-occupant
private cars on each of these counts.
Question 1: A. efficient B. ancient C. rural D. western
Question 2: A. schools B. roads C. countries D. villages
Question 3: A. costly B. cheap C. disastrous D. impossible
Question 4: A. cars B. bicycles C. buses D. horses

Question 5: A. tunnels B. burrows C. caves D. dungeons
Question 6: A. rails B. streets C. rivers D. footpaths
Question 7: A. connect B. glue C. send D. subordinate
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Question 8: A. villages B. trams C. cities D. governments
Question 9: A. amounts B. numbers C. weights D. luggage
Question 10: A. faster B. slower C. worse D. better
 EXERCISE 3
he most famous diary in English was written by Samuel Pepys. It gives a detailed and
interesting (1)_____ of everyday life in England (2)_____ 1660 and 1669. Pepys writes about
important news stories of the time, like disease, an enemy navy (3)_____ up the river Thames,
and the Great Fire of London.
He also writes about himself, even about his (4)_____ he often slept during church or
(5)_____ at the other people. He describes his home life – a (6)_____ with his wife and how they
became friends again, his worry about her illness. As well as books, he liked music, the theatre, card
(7)_____, and parties with good food and (8)_____ of fun.
Pepys was a busy man who had many important (9)_____ - he was a Member of Parliament
and President of the Royal Society. He is (10)_____ for his work for the British Navy.
Question 1: A. description B. letter C. notice D. story
Question 2: A. between B. from C. through D. to
Question 3: A. driving B. flying C. running D. sailing
Question 4: A. accidents B. plans C. tastes D. faults
Question 5: A. looked B. prayed C. talked D. thought
Question 6: A. conversation B. discussion C. quarrel D. talk

Question 7: A. battles B. games C. matches D. plays
Question 8: A. amount B. plenty C. much D. some
Question 9: A. acts B. hobbies C. jobs D. studies
Question 10: A. reviewed B. remembered C. reminded D. reported
 EXERCISE 4
he first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being an
employee? The schools teach a (1)____ many things of value to the future accountant, doctor or
electrician. Do they also teach anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach the
one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employee to know. But very few students
bother (2)____ it. This basic is the skill ability to organize and express ideas in writing and in
speaking. This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to communicate,
with people and to (3)____ your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (4)____ understand what
you are driving at and be persuaded.
Of course, skill in expression is not enough (5)____ itself. You must have something to say in
the first place. The effectiveness of your job depends (6) ___ your ability to make other people
understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.
Expressing one's thoughts is one skill that the school can (7)___ teach. The foundations for
skill in expression have to be (8)____ early: an interest in and an ear (9)____ language; experience in
organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of verbal
expression. If you do not lay these foundations (10) ____ your school years, you may never have an
opportunity again.
Question 1: A. large B. great C. far D. lots
Question 2: A. learning B. to learn C. with learning D. learn
Question 3: A. interpret B. give out C. transfer D. present
Question 4: A. both B. not C. as well D. either
Question 5: A. on B. for C. by D. in
Question 6: A. on most B. most on C. much on D. on much
Question 7: A. quite B. hardly C. truly D. really
Question 8: A. lied B. laid C. lain D. lay
Question 9: A. by B. in C. for D. of

Question 10: A. during B. of C. for D. when
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lean freshwater resources are essential for drinking, bathing, cooking, irrigation, industry, and
for plant and animal (1)_______. Unfortunately, the global supply of freshwater is (2)_______
unevenly. Chronic water shortages (3)_______ in most of Africa and drought is common over
much of the globe. The (4)_______ of most freshwater supplies - groundwater (water located below
the soil surface), reservoirs, and rivers - are under severe and (5)_______ environmental stress because
of overuse, water pollution, and ecosystem degradation. Over 95 percent of urban sewage in
(6)_______ countries is (7)_______ untreated into surface waters such as rivers and harbors.
About 65 percent of the global freshwater supply is used in (8)_______ and 25 percent is used
in industry. Freshwater (9)_______ therefore requires a reduction in wasteful practices like
(10)_______. irrigation, reforms in agriculture and industry, and strict pollution controls worldwide.
Question 1: A. survive B. survived C. surviving D. survival
Question 2: A. delivered B. distributed C. provided D. given
Question 3: A. exist B. lie C. show D. stay
Question 4: A. resources B. springs C. sources D. starting
Question 5: A. increasing B. growing C. climbing D. ascending
Question 6: A. growing B. miserable C. poverty D. developing
Question 7: A. recharged B. discharged C. charged D. discharging
Question 8: A. farming B. planting C. agriculture D. growing
Question 9: A. reservation B. conservation C. preservation D. retention
Question 10: A. ineffective B. illogical C. irrational D. inefficient
 EXERCISE 6

ealth is something we tend to (1)___ when we have it. When our body is doing well, we are
hardly (2)____ of it. But illness can come, even (3)___ we are young. In fact, childhood has
been a very susceptible time. Many diseases attack children in particular, and people know
very little (4)____ to cure them once they struck. The result was that many children died. About a
century ago, (5)____, scientists found out about germs, and then everything changed. The (6)____ of
many diseases was found, and cures were developed. As this medical discovery spread, the world
became (7)___ safer for children. The result is that (8)____ a hundred years ago, the average man
lived for 35 years, nowadays, in many areas of the world, people can (9)___ to live for 75 years. And
what do we expect by the year 2020? Undoubtedly, medical science will continue to (10)___. Some
people will be able to avoid medical problems that are unavoidable today.
Question 1: A. forget B. ignore C. give up D. throw away
Question 2: A. awake B. keen C. aware D. concerned
Question 3: A. if B. so C. when D. while
Question 4: A. how B. what C. which D. when
Question 5: A. therefore B. however C. although D. moreover
Question 6: A. reason B. origin C. source D. cause
Question 7: A. more B. much C. very D. quite
Question 8: A. where B. when C. why D. whereas
Question 9: A. desire B. hope C. want D. expect
Question 10: A. speed up B. advance C. accelerate D. run
 EXERCISE 7
EXAM ADVICE
n Part Three of the Speaking Section you work with a partner. You have to do a (1)____ task
which usually (2)_____ about 3 minutes. One possible task is “ problem (3)____”, which means
you have to look at some (4)____ information and then (5) ____ the problem with your partner.
You maybe show photos, drawings, diagrams, maps, plans, advertisements or computer graphics and it
is (6)_____ that you study them carefully. If necessary, check you know exactly what to do by
(7)_____ asking the examiner to (8)____ the instructions or make them clearer.
While you are doing the task, the examiner will probably say very (9)_____ and you should
ask your partner questions and make (10)_____ if he or she is not saying much. If either of you have

any real difficulties the examiner may decide to step in and (11)_____ . Normally, however, you will
find plenty to say, which helps the (12)_____ to give you a fair mark. This mark depends on your
success in doing the task by (13)_____ with your partner, which includes taking (14)_____ in giving
opinions and replying appropriately, although in the end it may be possible to “ agree to (15) _____”.
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Question 1: A. single B. lonely C. unique D. once
Question 2: A. exists B. lasts C. stays D. maintains
Question 3: A. solving B. working C. making D. finding
Question 4: A. optical B. obvious C. noticeable D. visual
Question 5: A. argue B. discuss C. talk D. have
Question 6: A. essential B. needed C. helpful D. successful
Question 7: A. formally B. officially C. politely D. sincerely
Question 8: A. insist B. copy C. tell D. repeat
Question 9: A. little B. much C. few D. many
Question 10: A. ideas B. statements C. speeches D. suggestions
Question 11: A. complain B. help C. suggest D. fail
Question 12: A. judge B. referee C. assessor D. observer
Question 13: A. competing B. struggling C. opposing D. co-operating
Question 14: A. changes B. sides C. turns D. sentences
Question 15: A. contrast B. disagree C. argue D. object
 EXERCISE 8
t is estimated the (1)___ number is not known that worldwide some 60,000 newspapers exist with
a (2)____ circulation of nearly 500 million. However, the number of readers is (3)____ greater-as

many as three times the circulation figure.
This is because newspapers are shared, some are posted, and (4)___ placed in libraries and
other (5)____ places. Worldwide, about 8,000 of these newspapers are dailies. About a third of all
newspapers are published in North America, (6)____ third in Europe, and the (7)___ third in the rest
of the world. Countries with the highest newspaper (8)____ are Britain, Norway, Denmark, Sweden,
Japan, and the United States. Europe has nearly half of the world's total newspaper circulation, North
America about a quarter, and the rest of the world another quarter. Taking the world (9)____, the
average circulation of dailies per 1,000 persons is about 100, but there are many parts of the world
where the modern newspaper is (10)____ ever seen.
Question 1: A. exact B. correct C. precise D. right
Question 2: A. mixed B. combined C. connected D. linked
Question 3: A. even B. far C. more D. very
Question 4: A. another B. the others C. others D. the rest
Question 5: A. open B. common C. shared D. public
Question 6: A. the other B. the next C. another D. the last
Question 7: A. extra B. left C. spare D. remaining
Question 8: A. readers B. buyers C. readership D. subscribers
Question 9: A. as a whole B. generally C. on general D. in all
Question 10: A. almost B. not C. seldom D. scarcely
 EXERCISE 9
n a word where 2 billion people live in homes that don’t have light bulbs, technology holds the key
(1)_____ banishing poverty. Even the simplest technologies can tranform lives and save money.
Vaccines, crops, computers and sources of solar energy can all reduce poverty in developing
countries. For example, cheap oral-rehydration therapy developed in Bangladesh has dramatically cut
the death (2)____ from childhood diarrhoea.
But even when such technologies exist, the depressing fact is that we can’t make them (3)____
for those who most need them. Solar panels, batteries and ligh bulbs are still beyond the purse of
many, but where they have been installed they change lives. A decent light in the evening gives
children more time for homework and extends the productive day for adults.
Kenya has a thriving solar industry and six years ago Kenyan pioneers also (4)____

connecting schools to the Internet via radio links. These people were fortunate (5)____ being able to
afford solar panels, radios and old computers. How much bigger would the impact be if these things
(6)____ and priced specifically for poor people?
Multinationals must become part of the solution, because (7)____ they own around 60 percent
of the world’s technology, they seldom make products for poor customers. Of 1,223 new drugs
marketed worldwide from 1975 to 1996, for example, just 13 were for tropical diseases.
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People think those enterprises should do more to provide vital products such as medicines
(8)____ different prices around the world to suit (9)____ people can afford. Alternatively, they could
pay a percentage of their profit towards research and development for (10)____.
Question 1: A. for B. with C. at D. to
Question 2: A. toll B. penalty C. amount D. number
Question 3: A. cheaply enough B. enough cheap C. cheap enough D. enough cheaply
Question 4: A. were starting B. started C. had started D. have been starting
Question 5: A. by B. in C. at D. on
Question 6: A. have been made B. are made C. made D. were made
Question 7: A. while B. when C. however D. unless
Question 8: A. at B. with C. on D. to
Question 9: A. where B. that C. what D. which
Question 10: A. the rich B. the wealthy C. the better-off D. the poor
 EXERCISE 10
ost people feel that when they dream, they are (1)___ off to another world. On the (2)___,
dreams are often connected to our daily lives. When our whole (3)___ is filled with
something, when we are either very upset (4)___ when we are in good spirit, a dream will
represent this reality in symbols. It is often (5)___ that we benefit from dreams because they help the
spirit to heal itself, when things (6)___ wrong. Dreams are therefore a kind of escape, almost a holiday

from (7)___ life, with its fears and responsibilities. It is, however, a strange kind of holiday because
whether we have a wonderful time or whether it turns (8)___ to be a nightmare, we quickly forget it.
Most dreams disappear forever, (9)___ you are one of those people disciplined enough to write them
down as soon as you (10)___.
Question 1: A. taken B. guided C. brought D. carried
Question 2: A. contrast B. contrary C. other side D. opposite
Question 3: A. spirit B. mind C. brain D. soul
Question 4: A. unless B. but also C. or else D. or
Question 5: A. said B. spoken C. declared D. started
Question 6: A. become B. go C. turn D. get
Question 7: A. real B. factual C. genuine D. actual
Question 8: A. off B. up C. out D. down
Question 9: A. except that B. therefore C. thus D. unless
Question 10: A. wake up B. arise C. awake D. rise up
 EXERCISE 11
f you’re an environmentalist, plastic is a word you tend to say with a sneer or a snarl. It has
become a symbol of our wasteful, throw-way society. But there seems little (1)___ it is here to
stay, and the truth is, of course, that plastic has brought enormous (2)___ even environmental
ones. It’s not really the plastics themselves that are the environmental (3)___ – it’s the way society
choose to use and (4)___ them.
Almost all the 50 or so different kinds of modern plastic are made from oil, gas or coal – non-
renewable natural resources. We import well over three million tones of the stuff in Britain each year
and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away. A high (5)___ of our annual consumption is in the
(6)___ of packaging, and this constitutes about seven per cent by weight of our domestic (7)___
Almost all of it could be recycled, but very little of it is, though the plastic recycling industry is
growing fast.
The plastics themselves are extremely energy-rich – they have a higher calorific (8)___ than
coal and one (9)___ of ‘recovery’ strongly favoured by the plastic manufacturers is the (10)___ of
waste plastic into a fuel.
Question 1: A. evidence B. concern C. doubt D. likelihood

Question 2: A. pleasures B. benefits C. savings D. profits
Question 3: A. poison B. disaster C. disadvantage D. evil
Question 4: A. dispose B. store C. endanger D. abuse
Question 5: A. portion B. amount C. proportion D. rate
Question 6: A. way B. kind C. form D. type
Question 7: A. refuse B. goods C. requirements D. rubble
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Question 8: A. degree B. value C. demand D. effect
Question 9: A. measure B. mechanism C. method D. medium
Question 10: A. conversion B. melting C. change D. replacement
 EXERCISE 12
o you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always (1)___ to be successful?
Having someone around who always fears the worst isn't really a lot of (2)___ - we all know
someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says, 'It looks like rain.' But if you catch
yourself thinking such things, it's important to do something about it.
You can change your view of life, according to psychologist. It only takes a little (3)___, and
you'll find life more rewarding as a (4)___.Optimism, they say, is partly about self-respect and
confidence but it's also a more positive way of looking at life and all it has to (5)___. Optimists are
more (6)___ to start new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks.
Upbringing is obviously very important in forming your (7)___ to the world. Some people are
brought up to depend too much on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything
(8)___ wrong. Most optimists, on the (9)___ hand, have been brought up not to (10)___ failure as the
end of the world - they just get on with their lives.
Question 1: A. counted B. expected C. felt D. waited
Question 2: A. amusement B. play C. enjoyment D. fun

Question 3: A. energy B. effort C. work D. effect
Question 4: A. result B. reason C. purpose D. product
Question 5: A. supply B. suggest C. offer D. propose
Question 6: A. possible B. likely C. hopeful D. welcome
Question 7: A. opinion B. attitude C. view D. position
Question 8: A. goes B. falls C. comes D. turns
Question 9: A. opposite B. others C. other D. far
Question 10: A. regard B. respect C. suppose D. think
 EXERCISE 13
xford is a city with such a ____(1) 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 ____(2) to
water. Find themselves return again and again, the college lawns provide a gorgeous ____(3)
to serious study, and in the light night, on a sunny winter’s morning says, one feels as if one is ____(4)
on air, such is the sense of unreality. Oxford may like to ____(5) that it is at the intellectual ____(6) of
things but in many ways , it is no more than a sleepy ____(7) where to mix metaphors, transitory
students, the ____(8) their generation, wait in the ____(9) allowing their talents to ____(10) before
moving off into the industrial or political ____(11). Much of this is a myth, of course. Hardship and
hard work are very much part and ____(12) of student life .The ____(13) get through the three years’
hard ____(14) by simply putting their shoulders to the ____(15) before going on to fairly average jobs.
Only for the tiny minority is Oxford the first step on the ladder to fame and future.
Question 1: A. mind- blowing B. clearheaded C. backhanded D. broken- hearted
Question 2: A. fish B. duck C. boat D. swimmer
Question 3: A. backdrop B. curtain C. scene D. screen
Question 4: A. flying B. gliding C. floating D. swimming
Question 5: A. pretend B. act C. resemble D. produce
Question 6: A. wheel B. engine C. spoke D. hub
Question 7: A. backwater B. stream C. tributary D. watershed
Question 8: A. from B. cream C. fat D. caviar
Question 9: A. pavilion B. dressing- room C. wings D. foyer
Question 10: A. flourish B. open C. spread D. float

Question 11: A. beak B. abattoir C. dead-end D. fast-lane
Question 12: A. package B. section C. province D. parcel
Question 13: A. level- headed B. hot- headed C. hot- blooded D. kind-hearted
Question 14: A. push B. pull C. grind D. roughage
Question 15: A. cart B. wheel C. engine D. boat
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tress is our body’s reaction to events or conditions that we cannot easily manage or control.
When we are troubled by something, we usually experience some types of (1)____. There are
thousand conditions that (2)____us to become tense. These may be major and horrible fighting
for our lives in a war, being imprisoned or facing death. On the other hand, minor (3)____ in our daily
lives cause stress as well: waiting in lines, taking a quiz, or asking for or accepting a date. Although
we usually think of stress as something caused by (4)____ events, pleasant happenings also bring
stress.
As a new (5)____is done on the effects of stress, new techniques are developed to help
(6)____ with anxiety. One aid is to plan for situations that we know will be stressful. Some imagine
the event before it happens, thus preparing their minds and bodies (7)____ the tension. Others pretend
they are on a pleasant beach (8)____ in the sunshine; soon their bodies relax and tension melts away.
Other people believe strenuous exercise helps the body handle the problems of daily life. It (9)____
very little which method we use to relax; what does matter is finding the time to temporarily reduce
the (10)____ of modern life on our brain and body.
Question 1: A. anxiety B. strain C. stress D. pressure
Question 2: A. take B. enable C. bring D. cause
Question 3: A. events B. things C. occasions D. conditions

Question 4: A. unnecessary B. unpleasant C. unimportant D. stressful
Question 5: A. research B. questionnaire C. work D. experiment
Question 6: A. manage B. come C. confront D. cope
Question 7: A. for B. of C. with D. about
Question 8: A. lie B. lying C. to lie D. which lies
Question 9: A. helps B. attends C. determines D. matters
Question 10: A. results B. value C. effects D. affects
 EXERCISE 15
sk anyone over forty to make a comparison (1)____ the past and the present and nine (2)____
ten people will tell you that things have been getting (3)____ worse for as long as they can
remember. Take the weather for example, which has been behaving rather strangely lately.
Everyone remembers that in their childhood the summers were (4)____ hotter, and that winter always
included abundant falls of snow just when the school holidays had started. Of course, the food in those
days was far superior too, as nothing was imported and everything was fresh. Unemployment was
negligible, the pound really was worth something, and you could buy a sizeable house even if your
means were limited. And above all, people were (5)____ better in those days, far more friendly, not
inclined to crime or violence, and spent their free time making model boats and tending their stamp
collections (6)____ than gazing at the television screen for hours on end. As we know that this picture
of the past (7)____ cannot be true, and there are plenty of statistics dealing with health and prosperity
which prove that it is not true, why is it that we all have a (8)____ to idealize the past ? Is this simply
nostalgia? Or is it rather that we need to believe in an image of the world which is (9)____ the
opposite of what we see around us? Whichever it is, at least it leaves us with a nagging feeling that the
present could be better, and perhaps (10)____ us to be a little more critical about the way we live.
Question 1: A. between B. from C. with D. in
Question 2: A. to B. out of C. or D. from
Question 3: A. virtually B. so C. steadily D. out
Question 4: A. considerably B. at least C. rarely D. not only
Question 5: A. more B. somehow C. whatsoever D. as
Question 6: A. usually B. different C. other D. rather
Question 7: A. especially B. hardly C. simply D. specifically

Question 8: A. tendency B. custom C. habit D. practice
Question 9: A. utterly B. widely C. quite D. rather
Question 10: A. makes B. encourages C. reassures D. supports
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nterpreting the feelings of other people is not always easy, as we all know, and we (1)___ as much
on what they seem to be telling us, as on the actual words they say. Facial (2)___ and tone of voice
are obvious ways of showing our (3)___ to something, and it may well be that we unconsciously
express views that we are trying to hide. The art of being (4)___ lies in picking up these signals,
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realizing what the other person is trying to say, and acting so that they are not embarrassed in any way.
For example, we may understand that they are in fact (5)___ to answer our question, and so we stop
pressing them. Body movements in general may also indicate feelings, and interviewers often pay
particular attention to the way a candidate for a job walks into the room and sits down. However it is
not difficult to present the right kind of appearance, while what many employers want to know relates
to the candidate’s character traits, and (6)___ stability. This raises the awkward question of whether
job candidates should be asked to complete psychological tests, and the further problem of whether
such tests actually produce (7)___ results. For many people, being asked to take part in such a test
would be an objectionable (8)___ into their private lives.
After all, a prospective employer would hardly ask a candidate to run a hundred meters, or
expect his or her family doctor to provide (9)___ medical information. Quite apart from this problem,
can such tests predict whether a person is likely to be a (10)___ employee or a values colleague?
Question 1: A. reckon B. rely C. trust D. estimate
Question 2: A. manner B. image C. expression D. looks

Question 3: A. notion B. feeling C. view D. reaction
Question 4: A. successful B. humble C. good at D. tactful
Question 5: A. hesitant B. reluctant C. tending D. used
Question 6: A. psychological B. physical C. similar D. relevant
Question 7: A. reliable B. predictable C. faithful D. regular
Question 8: A. invasion B. infringement C. intrusion D. interference
Question 9: A. confidential B. secretive C. reticent D. classified
Question 10: A. laborious B. particular C. thorough D. conscientious
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cientists are making new (1)___ about the universe all the time. Every day, we read about new
(2)___ that they say will have a huge (3)___ on our everyday lives. In a few year’s time,
everyone will (4)___ a mobile phone, have an email (5)___ and know (6)___ to surf the
Internet. The jobs of people like postmen and even teachers will (7)___ change completely or
disappear. Most (8)___ will be computer based. One of the most basic (9)___ for getting a job is to be
able to use computer. In the future, if you can’t use a computer you will be (10)___.
Question 1: A. discoveries B. creations C. inventions D. journeys
Question 2: A. techniques B. inventions C. facts D. finds
Question 3: A. result B. different C. change D. effect
Question 4: A. hold B. own C. take D. owe
Question 5: A. computer B. letter C. address D. direction
Question 6: A. what B. how C. which D. whose
Question 7: A. neither B. also C. not D. either
Question 8: A. lessons B. classrooms C. studying D. educations
Question 9: A. qualifications B. experiences C. training D. occupations
Question 10: A. illegal B. illiterate C. illegible D. illogical
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aster is a holiday in late March or early April, the first Sunday after the first full moon after 21
March. Many people (1)____ it with their family or have a short holiday/ vacation. It is also an
important Christian (2)____. Easter Sunday, the day of the Resurrection, is the end of Lent
(3)____ the most important date in the Christian year. Many people who do not go to church at other

times go on Easter Sunday. It was once (4)____ for people to wear new clothes to church on this day.
Women (5)____new hats, called Easter bonnets. Today, people sometimes make elaborately decorated
Easter bonnets for fun. A few people send Easter (6)____with religious symbols on them or pictures of
small chickens, lambs, rabbits and spring flowers, all traditionally associated (7)____Easter.
The Friday before Easter Sunday is called Good Friday and is (8)____ as the day Christ was
crucified (= hanged on a cross to die). On Good Friday many people eat hot cross buns (= fruit buns
decorated with a simple cross). The Monday after Easter is called Easter Monday. In Britain, Good
Friday and Easter Monday are both (9)____ holidays. In the US, each company decides for itself
(10)____ to close or remain open on those days.
Question 1: A. take B. use C. spend D. expend
Question 2: A. fair B. festival C. parade D. carnival
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Question 3: A. for B. as C. and D. nor
Question 4: A. familiar B. ordinary C. common D. regular
Question 5: A. put on B. take on C. bore D. wore
Question 6: A. letters B. envelopes C. cards D. notes
Question 7: A. toward B. with C. to D. from
Question 8: A. missed B. recalled C. reminded D. remembered
Question 9: A. family B. nation C. school D. bank
Question 10: A. if B. how C. why D. whether
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eople’s personalities (1)____ considerably from one another as there are no two alike. Our
ingrained characteristics which (2)____ the patterns of our behavior, our reactions and
temperaments are unparalleled on (3)____ of the diversified processes that (4)___ our

personality in the earliest (5)____ of human development.
Some traits of character may, to some (6)____, be hereditary stimulating the attributes that
(7)___ our parents. Others may stem from the conditions experienced during pregnancy and infancy in
this way reflecting the parents’ approach towards (8)___ their offspring. Consequently, the
environmental factor (9)___ a crucial role in strengthening or eliminating behavioral systems making
an individual more prone to comfort to the patterns that (10)____ a prize.
Question 1: A. distinguish B. coverage C. differentiate D. vary
Question 2: A. denote B. resolve C. inflict D. determine
Question 3: A. account B. means C. token D. event
Question 4: A. mould B. design C. conceive D. fabricate
Question 5: A. states B. instants C. stages D. terms
Question 6: A. scope B. area C. extent D. length
Question 7: A. pertain B. recognize C. associate D. identify
Question 8: A. breeding B. rearing C. growing D. yielding
Question 9: A. makes B. does C. finds D. plays
Question 10: A. yearn B. deserve C. wish D. necessitate
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verybody has heard about the Internet, do you know what an “intranet” is? It is this: just as the
Internet connects people around the world, intranets connect people within a (1)____ company.
In fact, intranets make use of the same software programs as the Internet to (2)____ computers
and people. This (3)____ that you do not have to buy a lot of additional programs to set up an intranet
service. If your intranet is working properly, it can link together a huge amount of (4)____ which is
stored in different places in the company. In this way, people can get the information they need,
regardless (5)____ where it comes from. A company intranet can, of course, be used for unimportant
information like office memos or canteen menus. But an intranet should (6)____ important
information which people need to make decision about new products, costs and so on. The intranet is
(7)____ to share their information with other people. (8)____, many departments don’t want to share
their specialist knowledge with others. Another problem which often occurs is (9)____ top managers
like to use the intranet to “communicate down” rather than to “communicate across”. That is, they use
the intranet to give orders, not to (10)____ information between themselves and others working in the

same organization.
Question 1: A. branch B. jointed C. single D. large
Question 2: A. contact B. compare C. distinguish D. introduce
Question 3: A. indicates B. is C. means D. is said
Question 4: A. information B. properties C. elements D. parts
Question 5: A. to B. on C. with D. of
Question 6: A. provide B. take C. give D. bring
Question 7: A. going B. willing C. likely D. happened
Question 8: A. However B. Luckily C. Unfortunately D. Consequently
Question 9: A. which B. it C. what D. that
Question 10: A. enjoy B. provide C. share D. divide
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rom the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides - The Green Revolution
regimen depend heavily on technology. One (1)___ , however, depends much (2)___ on
technology - organic farming. Many organic farmers use machinery, but (3)___ chemical
fertilizers or pesticides. (74) ___ chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not
used as food ,natural, organic fertilizers that are clearly a renewable (5)___. Organic farmers also use
alternatives for pesticides; for example they may rely (6)___ natural predators of certain insect pests.
(7) ___ the need arises, they can buy the eggs and larvae of these natural predators and introduce them
into their crop fields. They use (8) ___ techniques to control pests as well, like planting certain crops
together because one crop repels the other's pests. Organic farmers do not need a lot of land; (9)___
organic farming is perfectly (10)___ to small farms and is relatively inexpensive. Finally, many
organic farmers' average yields compare favorably with other farmers' yields.

Question 1: A. alternative B. alternate C. alteration D. alternation
Question 2: A. more B. less C. better D. worse
Question 3: A. also B. for C. not D. all
Question 4: A. In spite of B. On account of C. In favour of D. Instead of
Question 5: A. resource B. source C. matter D. substance
Question 6: A. of B. to C. on D. in
Question 7: A. Then B. If C. Because D. Though
Question 8: A. others B. another C. the others D. other
Question 9: A. instead B. in one way C. on one hand D. in fact
Question 10: A. suitable B. open C. likely D. suited
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n “Cerealizing America”, Scott Bruce and Bill Crawford remark that the cereal industry uses 816
million pounds of sugar per year. Americans buy 2.7 billion packages of breakfast cereal each
year. If (1)___ end to end, the empty cereal boxes from one year’s consumption would (2)___ to
the moon and back. One point three (1.3) million advertisements for cereal are broadcast on American
television every year at a(n) (3)___ of $762 million for airtime. Only automobile manufacturers spend
more money on television advertising than the makers of breakfast cereal.
(4)___ of the boxed cereals found in supermarkets contain large amounts of sugar and some
contain more than 50% sugar. Cereal manufacturers are very clever in their marketing, making many
cereals appear much healthier than they really are by “fortifying” them with vitamins and minerals.
Oh, (5)___ - you now have vitamin-fortified sugar!
Before you eat any cereal, read the ingredient list and see how (6)___ sugar appears on the
ingredient list. Then check the “Nutrition facts” panel.
There are actually only a small handful of national commercially-branded cereals that are
made (7)___ whole grains and are sugar-free. If you shop at a health food store instead of your local
supermarket, you (8)___ to find a healthy, whole grain, sugar-free (or very low sugar) cereal. But
(9)___! Some of the health food store boxed cereals are sweetened with fruit juice or fructose.
Although this may be an improvement (10)______ refined white sugar, this can really skyrocket the
calories.
Question 1: A. to lay B. laying C. lay D. laid

Question 2: A. reach B. prolong C. stretch D. contact
Question 3: A. charge B. everage C. cost D. expense
Question 4: A. Most B. Mostly C. Almost D. Furthermost
Question 5: A. charming B. lovely C. gorgeous D. beautiful
Question 6: A. tall B. large C. high D. many
Question 7: A. by B. from C. at D. in
Question 8: A.
are more likelier
B. are much more likely C. would be able D.
could more or less

Question 9: A. see through B. keep alert C. watch out D. look up
Question 10: A. at B. from C. with D. on
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nowledge of economy is one where (1)___ and people acquire, create, disseminate and use
knowledge more effectively for greater economic and social (2)___ Increased importance of
knowledge provides great (3)___ for countries to strengthen their economic and social
development by providing more efficient ways of producing goods and services and (4)___ them more
effectively and at lower costs to a greater number of people. Wealth creation through (5)___ of human
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knowledge and (6)___ is steadily outpacing wealth creation through (7)___ and processing of
natural resources. Knowledge has increasingly become an important means for value creation.
Knowledge has become a vital (8)___ to countries, businesses and (9)____ in the 21

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century - age of
the (10)___ economies (KBE). Tangible evidence suggests that knowledge and information are
capable of helping nations to achieve (11)___ goals. To capitalize on the knowledge revolution to
improve their (12)____ and welfare, developing countries need to build on their strengths and
carefully plan (13)____ investments in human capital, (14)___ institutions, (15)___ technologies
and innovative and competitive enterprises.
Countries such as Korea, Ireland, Malaysia and Chile illustrate the rapid progress that can be
made. According to Houghton and Sheehan (2000), knowledge society. This could be blended with
the new methods of developments, spread of knowledge and acquisition. Another important feature
proposed by NDP is that knowledge societies must foster knowledge sharing. This is due to the
recognition given to knowledge as public incentives and must be made available to every
individual of the society.
Question 1: A. groups B. societies C. organizations D. communities
Question 2: A. progress B. benefits C. betterment D. development
Question 3: A. talent B. genius C. resource D. potential
Question 4: A. delivering B. supplying C. offering D. serving
Question 5: A. the use B. utilizing C. application D. applying
Question 6: A. experiences B. qualifications C. aspirations D. creativity
Question 7: A. elicitation B. extraction C. derivation D. eradication
Question 8: A. commodity B. property C. treasure D. fortune
Question 9: A. people B. citizens C. individuals D. residents
Question 10: A.
knowledge- founded
B. knowledge-basing C. knowledge- basis D. knowledge-based
Question 11: A. Developing B. developmental C. developmentive D. developed
Question 12: A. competition B. competitiveness C. competency D. competence
Question 13: A. appropriate B. applicable C. concordant D. improper
Question 14: A. cogent B. efficient C. sufficient D. effective
Question 15: A. admissible B. relevant C. consonant D. consistent

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NEIGHBORS INFLUENCE BUYING DECISIONS
owever objective we believe ourselves to be, most of us do not judge a product solely on its
merits, considering quality, value and style before making a decision. (1)___, we are easily
influenced by the people around us.
There is nothing (2)____ with this. It is probably a smarter way to make decisions than (3)___
on only our own opinions. But it does make life hard for companies. They have long understood that
groups of friends and relatives tend to buy the same products, but understanding the reasons has been
tricky. It is because they are so similar with (4)____ to how much money they make and what
television ads they watch that they independently (5)___ at the same decision? Or do they copy one
another, perhaps (6)___ envy or perhaps because they have shared information about the products?
Research in Finland recently found overwhelming evidence that neighbours have a big
influence on buying decisions. When one of a person’s ten nearest neighbours bought a car, the
chances that that person would buy a car of the same brand during the next week and a half (7)____ by
86 per cent. The researchers argued that it was not just a (8)____ of envy. Used cars seemed to attract
neighbours even more than new cars. This suggested that people were not trying to (9)___ up with
their neighbours, they were keen to learn from them. Since used cars are less reliable, a
recommendation of one can (10)____influence a buying decision.
Question 1: A. What’s more B. Instead C. Unlike D. In place
Question 2: A. wrong B. silly C. bad D. daft
Question 3: A. basing B. trusting C. supposing D. relying
Question 4: A. connection B. regard C. relation D. concern
Question 5: A. reach B. come C. arrive D. get
Question 6: A. for B. as to C. out of D. about
Question 7: A. boosted B. rose C. enlarged D. lifted
Question 8: A. thing B. point C. matter D. fact
Question 9: A. keep B. stay C. hold D. follow
Question 10: A. fiercely B. strongly C. firmly D. intensely
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 EXERCISE 25
magine you are studying English at a small college in the Midwestern United States. The local
newspaper rarely has news about your native country. (1)______, it prints very (2)_____ foreign
news, but this does not bother you (3)______. You sit comfortably in your apartment, turn on your
(4)______ computer, and ask for the foreign news. The screen is immediately (5)______ with news
from (6)______ the world.
Computers have (7)______ an information “superhighway”. Today, computers can work
together - they can network with (8)______. The worldwide computer (9)______ is called the Internet.
(10)______ the Internet, you can find all kinds of information and news from people and countries
around the world.
Question 1: A. Despite B. In fact C. Because D. Although
Question 2: A. little B. many C. few D. a lot
Question 3: A. ever B. already C. at all D. nothing
Question 4: A. person B. personified C. personally D. personal
Question 5: A. filled B. full C. made D. taken
Question 6: A. in B. on C. all above D. all over
Question 7: A. written B. created C. composed D. invented
Question 8: A. itself B. themselves C. each other D. together
Question 9: A. keyboard B. laptop C. CPU D. network
Question 10: A. Use B. Using C. Used D. To using
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