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THE 7th EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
Part 1: Vocabulary
This part supplies some questions. Please choose the word, phrase or sentence
that best completes each unfinished sentence below.
Question 1: The book gives a brief …………… of the history of the castle and details of the art
collection in the main hall.
A. outline B. reference C. article D. research
Question 2: As the car is small, it is much more ………… on gas.
A. expensive B. poor C. economical D. economic
Question 3: The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of medical profession
women are in a ………….
A. rarity B. minority C. scarcity D. minimum
Question 4: He put salt in her coffee to …………. her.
A. revenge B. begrudge
C. retaliate D. spite
Question 5: What vegetables would you like? …………………, please.
A. peaches and carrots B. peas and potatoes
C. tomatoes and peas D. beans and apples
Question 6: Any employee who has a complaint or…………should take the matter to his or her
manager.
A. resentment B. bitterness C. grievance D. revenge
Question 7: ……tax is a tax on the money people in.
A. earning B. income C. paying D. salary
Question 8: The soldiers………… the building, so no one could escape.
A. fixed B. cycled C. halted D. surrounded
Question 9: He bought a coffee and a ………… of biscuits.
A. packet B. container C. barrel D. cargo
Question 10: ………. is the amount you must pay to ride the bus.
A. fare B. fee C. charge D.debt
Part 2: Grammar and structure
In this part, you read the question carefully and choose the best answer

Question 11: Susan is interested in ……… a bus.
A. drive B. driving
C. to drive D. driven
Question 12: Would you like ……… to the party?
A. to come B. come
C. coming D. to have come
Question 13: I told the man that he……….to see a doctor about his bad leg.
A. may B. could
C. ought D. must
Question 14: Could you lend me ten pounds? I am a bit …… of money at the moment.
A. short B. broke
C. empty D. poor
Question 15: She …………… swim in this river when she was a little girl.
A. used to B. is used to
C. use to D. is used to
Question 16: If I …… you, I would not do that.
A. am B. was
C. were D. would be
Question 17. The doctor says he will take a long time to get …… the shock.
A. past B. above
C. through D. over
Question 18: I am ……………of listening to your complaints.
A. uninterested B. bored
C. tired D. disappointed
Question 19: Unfortunately, the taxi got ………… in a traffic jam.
A. stuck B. fixed
C. pressed D. sealed
Question 20: Do you mind …………… such a long way to work every day?
A. to travel B. come C. coming D. to have come
Question 21: The man pretended to be very …………. in the puzzle.

A. interested B. attended C. directed D. attracted
Question 22: Maria is on a(n) ………… . She has to eat less in order to lose weight.
A. exercise B. practice C. slimming D. diet
Question 23: He thinks he is going there to ……………… part in a discussion programme.
A. take B. join C. have D. play
Question 24: I’d rather you ………… in the car.
A. not to smoke B. no smoking C. wouldn’t smoke D. didn’t smoke
Question 25: They … here last Sunday.
A. must go B. must went C. had to go D. must to go
Part III: Reading comprehension
In this section you will find a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage,
each with four suggested answers or ways of finishing. Choose the best answer.
The most important celebration holiday in China is the New Year. At this time shops are closed. The
people celebrate by feasting, by paying friendly calls to their neighbors, and by visiting the temples to
make promises for the New Year. Children parade through the streets carrying colorful lanterns and paper
figures. Firecrackers similar to those used in the United States Fourth of July are set off. In fact, on the
night that the New Year’s celebration begins, the exploding fireworks make so much noise that no one is
able to sleep.
The time of the New Year is also the time at which Chinese people refresh their homes. For example, the
windows, which are made of thick rice paper, are torn down, and new ones are put up. This is also the
time during which people pay their debts. Everyman tries to settle all his bills before the beginning of the
New Year.
Question 26: No one is able to sleep on the night that the New Year’s celebration begins
because………………… .
A. they pay their debts
B. they explode fireworks
C. fireworks make noise
D. their children carry colorful lanterns and paper figures.
Question 27: The word “ones” in the second paragraph refers to……………………
A. windows B. homes

C. Chinese people D. rice paper
Question 28: This article as a whole is about………………………
A. New Year’s promises
B. paying their debts
C. The Chinese New Year
D. rice paper
Question 29: Which of the following sentences is not true?
A. Everyone explodes fireworks.
B. Chinese people try to pay debts before the New Year.
C. Children parade through the streets.
D. People feast and call to their neighbors friendly.
Question 30: Firecrackers similar to those used in………………
A. The United Kingdom
B. Germany
C. America
D. Japan
Part IV: Gap filling
Read the passage carefully and choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space.
Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say (31)…………like the taste (32)………say they can
think better if they chew gum. Some people chew it when they have some boring work to (33)
……… Other chew gum when they are nervous.
Gum is a (34)…………of things. For many years gum (35)……… made gum from chicle. Chicle is sa
natural gum from a tree in Mexico and Central America. Now companies use plastic and rubber (36)
…… …from petroleum (37)…………….of chicle.
Gum must be soft (38)………………you can chew it. A softener keeps it (39)…………. . The gum
company makes the softener from vegetables oil. A sweetener makes the gum sweet. The sweetener is
usually sugar. Then the company (40)…….the flavor.
Thomas Adams made the first gum from chicle (41)………… 1836. (42)……., chewing gum was not
new. The Greeks chewed gum from a tree (43)……………20 years ago. Mayan Indians in Mexico
chewed chicle. Indians in the Northeastern United States taught Europeans to chew gum from a tree there.

People first made bubble gum in 1928. Children like to (44)…………bubble with bubble gum. Some
university students do (45)……………. .
Question 31. A. they B. it C. them D. their
Question 32. A. the other B. others C. the others D. other
Question 33. A. make B. get C. do D. carry
Question 34. A. mixture B. roll C. fix D. connection
Question 35. A. company B. companies C. factory D. factories
Question 36. A. make B. made C. makes D. to make
Question 37. A. aside B. apart C. inside D. instead
Question 38. A. so that B. then C. for D. that
Question 39. A. tough B. softness C. thick D. soft
Question 40. A. puts B. places C. adds D. fits
Question 41. A. on B. in C. since D. from
Question 42. A. however B. more C. but D. though
Question 43. A. more B. over C. above D. than
Question 44. A. turn B. set C. pass D. blow
Question 45. A. so B. too C. then D. same
Part V: Error identification
In this part, you need to identify one error in each of the question. Read the sentences carefully.
Question 46: As secretary of transportation from 1975 to 1977, William Coleman worked to
A B
help the bankrupt railroads in the northeastern United States solved their financial problems.
C D
Question 47: Faults in the Earth’s crust are most evidently in sedimentary formations, where
A B C
they interrupt previously continuous layers.
D
Question 48: Many flowering plants benefit of pollination by adult butterflies and moths.
A B C D
Question 49: A number of the American Indian languages spoken at the time of the European

A B C
arrival in the New World in the late fifteen century have become extinct.
D
Question 50: George Gershwin was an American composer whose concert works joined
A B
the sounds of jazz with them of traditional orchestration?
C D
Question 51: Early European settlers in North America used medicines they made from plants
A B C
native to treat colds, pneumonia, and ague, an illness similar to malaria.
D
Question 52: One of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the United States is the wildly
A B C
and lovely Magnolia Gardens near Charleston, South Carolina.
D
Part IV: Sentence transportation
Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) which has a similar meaning to the original sentence.
Question 53: They have lived here for six years now.
A. They moved here for six years.
B. They moved here six years ago.
C. They are living here for six years now.
D. They were having here since six years ago.
Question 54: He finished his homework in two hours.
A. It took him two hours to finish his homework.
B. It took two hours he did homework.
C. It took he two hours to finish the homework.
D. It took him two hours finish the homework.
Question 55: She visited a friend of hers yesterday.
A. She visited her friends yesterday.
B. She paid a visit a friend of hers yesterday.

C. She paid a visits to one of her friends yesterday.
D. She paid a visit to a friend of hers yesterday.
Question 56: He walked to the station in half an hour.
A. It took him half an hour to walk to the station.
B. It takes him half an hour to walk to the station.
C. It took half an hour for him to walk to the station.
D. It took him half an hour walking to the station.
Question 57: They have lived here for six years now.
A. They moved here for six years.
B. They moved here six years ago.
C. They are living here for six years now.
D. They were living here since six years ago.
Question 58: We usually help Tom. His family is poor.
A. We usually help Tom, whose family is poor.
B. We usually help Tom, whom family is poor.
C. We usually help Tom of whom family is poor.
D. We usually help Tom, who’s family is poor.
Question 59: My sister can’t speak Germany.
A. I wish my sister to speak Germany.
B. I wish my sister could speak Germany.
C. Speaking Germany is a wish.
D. My sister wishes to be spoken Germany.
Question 60: They came to the concert late , so they didn’t have good seats.
A. If they come to the concert late, so they will have a good seats.
B. If they come to the concert late, so they would have a good seats.
C. If they hadn’t come to the concert late, they would have had a good seats.
D. If they had come to the concert late, so they would have a good seats.
Question 61: The employer has made her work like a horse.
A. She has been made work like a horse by the employer.
B. She has been made working like a horse by the employer.

C. She has made to be worked like a horse by the employer.
D. She has been made to work like a horse by the employer.
Question 62: He was very tired but he kept on working.
A. Despite he was very tired, he kept on working.
B. In spite of he was very tired, he kept on working.
C. Though his tiredness, he kept on working.
D. Although he was very tired, he kept on working.
Question 63: She doesn’t usually have many days off.
A. She usually has more days off.
B. She usually has little days off.
C. She usually has few days off.
D. She usually has lots of days off.
Question 64: My friend can’t speak English so he can’t apply for a job.
A. If my friend can speak English, he can apply for a job.
B. If my friend can’t speak English, he couldn’t apply for a job.
C. If my friend could’t speak English, he could apply for a job.
D. If my friend could speak English, he could apply for a job.
Question 65: She didn’t know you were ill, so she didn’t visit you.
A. If she had known you were ill, she would have visited you.
B. If she had knew you were ill, she would have visit you.
C. If she knew you were ill, she would visit you.
D. If she had knew you are ill, she would visit you.
Question 66: There are hardly any tourists here.
A. There are no tourists here.
B. There aren’t any tourists here.
C. There are some tourists here.
D. There are very few tourists here.
Question 67: He didn’t send her flowers last Sunday.
A. She wishes she had sent her flowers last Sunday.
B. She wishes she sent her flowers last Sunday.

C. She wishes she sends her flowers last Sunday.
D. She wishes him sending her flowers last Sunday.
Question 68: Someone is painting one of her rooms.
A. One of her rooms are being painted.
B. One of her rooms is being painted.
C. One of her rooms is painted.
D. One of her rooms are being painted one.
Question 69: The coffee was too hot for her to drink.
A. The coffee was so hot that she could drink it.
B. The coffee was so hot for her to drink it.
C. The coffee was so hot that she couldn’t drink it.
D. The coffee was so hot that she couldn’t drink it.
Question 70: She was tired, but she stayed up to watch the late night film on TV.
A. Although she was tired, she stayed up to watch the late night film on TV.
B. Although she is tired, she stayed up late to watch the film.
C. Although she was tired, but she stayed up to watch the late night film on TV.
D. Although she was tired, she stays up late to watch the film on TV.
Question 71: Unless you told him the truth, he would be angry with you.
A. If you told him the truth, he would be angry with you.
B. If you didn’t tell him the truth, he would be angry.
C. If you didn’t tell him the truth, he would be angry with you.
D. If you hadn’t told him the truth, he would be angry with you.
Question 72: They have determination to study a foreign language.
A. They are determined to study a foreign language.
B. They are trying to study a foreign language.
C. They are decided to study a foreign language.
D. They don’t want to study any foreign language.
Question 73: Shall we go for a swim?
A. What about going for a swim?
B. What about to go for a swim?

C. What about go swimming?
D. Shall we to go for a swim?
Question 74: People think that Jack London’s writings represent the American love of
adventure.
A. It is thought that the American love of adventure is representing Jack London’s writings.
B. It is thought that Jack London’s writings are represented the American love of adventure.
C. Jack London’s writings are thought to represent the American love of adventure.
D. Jack London’s writings are thought that they represent the American love of adventure.