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Mark#the#letter#A,#B,#C,#or#D#on#your#answer#sheet#to#indicate#the#word#whose#
underlined#part#differs#from#the#other#three#in#pronunciation#in#each#of#the#following#
questions.#
Question!1:!A.#material! B.!crucial! ! C.!partial! ! D.!financial!
Question!2:!A.!reign! B.#leisure# ! C.!neighbor! ! D.!vein!
Mark#the#letter#A,#B,#C,#or#D#on#your#answer#sheet#to#indicate#the#word#that#differs#from#
the#other#three#in#the#position#of#the#primary#stress#in#each#of#the#following#questions.#
Question!3:!A.!equality!!!!B.!available!!!!!!!!!C.#manufacture!!!!!!!D.!biography!
Question!4:!A.#penalty!!!!B.!attendance!!!!!C.!opponent! !!!!D.!adventure!
Question!5:!A.!intensity!!!B.!congratulate!!C.!philosophy!!!!!!!!!!!!D.#entrepreneur!
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Mark#the#letter#A,#B,#C#or#D#on#your#answer#sheet#to#indicate#the#correct#answer#to#each#
of#the#following#questions.#
Question!6:!As!consumers’!response!to!traditional!advertising!techniques!declines,!businesses!are!
beginning!____!new!methods!of!reaching!customers.!
A.#to#develop! B.!develop! ! !
C.!it!developing! D.!the!development!that!
Question!7:!Where’s!the!____!dress!that!your!grandma!gave!you?!
! A.#lovely#long#pink#silk# ! ! ! B.!lovely!pink!long!silk!
! C.!pink!long!lovely!silk!! ! ! ! D.!long!pink!silk!lovely!
Question!8:!His!handwriting!is!so!bad!I!can’t!make!____!what!he!has!written.!
! ! A.!up! ! ! B.!off! ! ! C.#out# ! ! D.!down!
Question!9:!We!were!going!to!go!by!bus!but!in!the!end!we!____!because!Simon!gave!us!a!lift.!
! A.!needn’t! ! ! B.#didn’t#need#to! C.!needn’t!have! ! D.!needed!not!to!
Question!10:!He!was!already!worried!lest!she!____!someone!what!had!happened.!
! A.#would#tell#!!!!!!!!!B.!told!! C.!might!have!told!! ! D.!had!been!telling!
Question!11:!____!saying!was!so!important!that!I!asked!everyone!to!stop!talking!and!listen.!

! A.#What#the#woman#was#! B.!That!the!woman!was!
! C.!The!woman!was! ! D.!What!was!the!woman!
Question!12:!To!plant!rice,!farmers,!____,!set!young!plants!in!the!mud.!
! A.!whose!bare!feet!wading!in!the!water! ! ! B.!water!wading!in!their!feet!
! C.#wading#in#the#water#in#their#bare#feet# ! ! D.!they!wade!with!bare!feet!in!the!
water!
Question!13:!Not!until!____!home!____!that!he!had!taken!someone!else's!bike.!
! A.!did!he!get/he!realized! !!!!!!B.!did!he!get/did!he!realize!
# C.#he#got/did#he#realize! !!!!!!!D.!he!got/he!realized!
Question!14:!I’d!rather!you!____!anything!for!tonight,!but!I!suppose!it’s!too!late!to!change!things!now.!
! A.!not!arrange! ! ! ! ! ! ! B.#didn’t#arrange! !
! C.!hadn’t!arranged! !!!!!! ! ! ! ! D.!don’t!arrange!
Question!15:![!“Have!you!seen!the!price!of!petrol!these!days?”!
! ! ! [!“____”!
! A.!I’m!amazing,!aren’t!I?! ! ! ! ! B.!Isn’t!it!great?!
# C.#It’s#amazing,#isn’t#it?# ! ! ! ! D.!What!a!l ot !of!petrol?!
Question!16:!_____,!they!slept!soundly.!
A. Hot!though!was!the!night!air!
B. Hot!though!the!night!air!was!
C. Hot!the!night!air!as!was!
D. Hot!although!the!nigh!air!was!
Question!17:! [! "I! apologize! for! keeping! you! waiting! for! 2! hours.! My! car! broke! down! on! the!
way."!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![!"____."!
! A.#Your#apology#is#accepted! B.!You!are!welcome! !
! C.!Thank!you! ! D.!It's!my!pleasure!
Question!18:!When!the!U.S.!and!England!proclaimed!war!against!Iraq,!the!anti!war!protesters!all!!
! ! around!the!world!____!practically!all!the!roads!to!the!famous!squares.!
A.!set!up! ! B.!took!over! ! ! C.!turned!over! #########D.#blocked#off!
Question!19:!!I!don't!think!this!record!will!ever!____.!

! A.!get!out! B.!run!off! C.#catch#on! ! D.!put!down!
Question!20:!!It!was!too!late!to!____!of!the!contract.!
! A.!back!up! B.!back!down! C.#back#out! D.!back!away!
Question!21:!!I’m!_____a!complete!loss!to!understand!why!you!reacted!so!violently!
A. at#
B. in!
C. on!
D. by!
Question!22:!After!hours!of!bargaining!with!the!salesman,!Jake!bought!the!jacket!for!a_____!of!
the!original!price.!
A. fraction#
B. piece!
C. part!
D. sp ot!
Question!23:!Amelia!Earhart!____history!in1928!when!she!became!th e!first !w o m a n!t o!fl y !
across!the!Atlantic!
A. fixed!
B. made#
C. prepared!
D. did!
Question!24:!The!Avicenna!Partnership!is!a!______!company!with!a!long!and!successful!sales!
history.!
A. respectable#
B. respectful!
C. respecting!
D. resp ectiv e!
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Mark!the!letter!A,!B,!C!or!D!on!your!answer!sheet!to!indicate!the!word(s)!SIMILAR!in!meaning!
to!the!underlined!word(s)!in!each!of!the!following!questions.!
Question!25:!Living!in!the!central!Australian!desert!has!its!problems,!of!which!obtaining!water!is!not!

the!least.!
# A.#getting! B.!storing! C.!purifying! D.!controlling!
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Question!26:!The!Industrial!Revolution!marked!the!beginning!of!an!epoch!of!exodus!from!rural!areas!
to!cities.!
! A.!migration! B.#period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!C.!episode! D.!story!
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Question!27:!The!government!is!subsidizing!the!ship!building!industry.!!
! A.!ending! ! ! B.!creating! !!!!!!!!!!!!!C.#aiding! ! !!!!!!!!!!!D.!improving!
Question!28:!We!had!to!list!the!chronology!of!events!in!World!War!II!on!our!test.!
! A.!disaster! B.!discrepancy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!C.!catastrophe! D.#time#sequence#
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Question!29:!The!price!of!gasoline!fluctuates!daily.!
! A.!spin!out!of!control!!!!!!!!B.!run!faster! ! C.#change#frequently!!!!!!!!!!D.!disappear!
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Mark!the!letter!A,!B!C!or!D!on!your!answer!sheet!to!indicate!the!underlined!part!that!needs!
correction!in!each!of!the!following!questions:!
Question!30:!Digital!clocks,!however!precise,!they#cannot!be!perfectly!accurate!because!the!earth’s!!
! ! !!!!!!!A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!C!
rotation!changes!slightly!over!years.!!
! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!C!
Question!31:!At!the!Hermitage,!Andrew!Jackson’s!home!in!Tennessee,!even!his!glasses!have!been!left!
exactly!where!he!lay#them.!
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Question!32:!The!officials!of!the!Board!of!Elections!asked!that!each!voter!present!their#registration!
card!and!a!valid!Texas!driver’s!license!before!receiving!a!ballot.!
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Question!33:!Someone#who!has!ever!tried!to!pick!up!spilled!mercury!will!agree!that!this!element!is!
hard!to!handle.!
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Question!34:!Jaguarundis! are!sleek,!long[tailed!creatures!colored!either!an#uniform!reddish!brown!or!
! ! dark!grey.!
! A.!long[tailed! ! B.!colored! ! C.!an! ! ! D.!or!
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Read!the!following!passage!and!mark!the!letter!A,!B,!C,!or!D!on!your!answer!sheet!to!indicate!
the!correct!word!or!phrase!that!best!fits!each!of!the!numbered!blanks.!
(35)!____!history,!women!have!always!aimed!for!a!recognized!place!in!(36)!____.!Guided!by!their!own!
(37)!____!of!knowledge!and!expertise,!women!like!Marie!Curie!in!science,!Mary!Wollstonecraft!in!
literary!writing,!Simone!de!Beauvois!in!philosophical!existentialist!debate,!and!Marie!Stopes!in!
medicine,!to!name!a!few,!have!brought!about!(38)____!awareness!of!the!role!of!the!women!in!any!
walks!of!life.!These!women!have!helped!redefine!and!(39)____!the!nature!of!women’s!place!in!society.!
Today!the!(40)____!of!global!women’s!organizations!and!the!impact!of!women’s!contributions!(41)____!
society!show!that!progress!has!been!made!and!the!progress!in!furthering!the!role!of!women!in!society!
has!been!some!benefit!to!the!(42)____!woman.!It!is!true!to!say!that!not!all!women!have!the!same!need.!
The!need!of!the!woman!who!stays!at!home!and!(43)____!children!will!differ!widely!from!the!woman!
who!works!outside.!Nonetheless,!in!the!extensive!field!of!equal!opportunities,!it!would!be!good!to!
know!that!access!is!given!to!both!with!equal!measure!according!to!the!true!value!of!respective!
abilities.!It!also!would!be!good!to!know!that!the!woman!at!home!is!recognized!as!a!valued!(44)____!of!
society!just!as!much!as!the!one!who!deals!on!business!outside!the!home.!
Question#35:!A.!Among! B.#Throughout! C.!During! D.!Up on!
Question#36:#A.#society! B.!social! C.!socialize! D.!socialist!
Question#37:!A.!region!! B.!farm! C.#field! D.!path!
Question#38:!A.!a! B.#an! C.!the! D.!(no!article)!

Question#39:!A.!gain!! B.!encourage! C.!force! D.#consolidate!
Question#40:!A.!right! B.!belief! C.!limit! D.#spread!
Question#41:!A.#on! B.!for! C.!to! D.!at!
Question#42:!A.!own! B.!private! C.#individual! D.!personal!
Question#43:!A.!rises! B.#raises! C.!increases! D.!lift!
Question#44:!A.!party! B.!competitor! C.!partner! D.#member!
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!!!!!Music!can!bring!us!to!tears!or!to!our!feet,!drive!us!into!battle!or!lull!us!to!sleep.!Music!is!
indeed!remarkable!in!its!power!over!all!humankind,!and!perhaps!for!that!every!reason,!no!
human!culture!on!earth!has!ever!lived!without!it.!From!discoveries!made!in!France!and!
Slovenia!even!Neanderthal!man,!as!long!as!53,000!years!ago,!had!developed!surprisingly!
sophisticated,!sweet[sounding!flutes!carved!from!animal!bones.!It!is!perhaps!then,!no!
accident!that!music!should!strike!such!a!chord!with!the!limbic!system!–!an!ancient!part!of!
our!brain,!evolutionarily!speaking,!and!one!that!we!share!with!much!of!the!animal!
kingdom.!Some!researchers!even!propose!that!music!came!into!this!world!long!before!the!
human!race!ever!did.!For!example,!the!fact!that!whale!and!human!music!have!so!much!in!
common!even!though!our!evolutionary!paths!have!not!interested!for!nearly!60!million!
years!suggests!that!music!may!predate!humans.!They!assert!that!rather!than!being!the!
inventors!of!music,!we!are!latecomers!to!the!musical!scene.!
!!!!!Humpback!whale!composers!employ!many!of!the!same!tricks!that!human!songwriters!
do.!In!addition!to!using!similar!rhythms,!humpbacks!keep!musical!phrases!to!a!few!
seconds,!creating!themes!out!of!several!phrases!before!singing!the!next!one.!Whale!songs!in!
general!are!no!longer!than!symphony!movements,!perhaps!because!they!have!a!similar!
attention!span.!Even!though!they!can!sing!over!a!range!of!seven!octaves,!the!whales!
typically!sing!in!key,!spreading!adjacent!notes!no!farther!apart!than!a!scale.!They!mix!
percussive!and!pure!tones!in!pretty!much!the!same!ratios!as!human!composers!–!and!
follow!their!ABA!form,!in!which!a!theme!is!presented,!elaborated!on!and!then!revisited!in!a!
slightly!modified!form.!Perhaps!most!amazing,!humpback!whale!songs!include!repeating!
refrains!that!rhyme.!It!has!been!suggested!that!whales!might!use!rhymes!for!exactly!the!

same!reasons!that!we!do:!as!devices!to!help!them!remember.!Whale!songs!can!also!be!
rather!catchy.!When!a!few!humpbacks!from!the!Indian!Ocean!strayed!into!the!Pacific,!some!
of!the!whales!they!met!there!quickly!changed!their!tunes!–!singing!the!new!whales’!songs!
within!three!short!years.!Some!scientists!are!even!tempted!to!speculate!that!a!universal!
music!awaits!discovery.!
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Question!45:!Why!did!the!author!write!the!passage?!
A.!To!describe!the!music!for!some!animals,!including!humans!
B.!To!illustrate!the!importance!of!music!to!whales!
C.#To#show#that#music#is#not#a#human#or#even#modern#invention#
D.!To!suggest!that!music!is!independent!of!life!forms!that!use!it!
Question!46:!The!word!“sophisticated”!in!line!5!is!closest!in!meaning!to:!
A.#compound# ! ! B.!attractive!! ! ! C.!well[
developed!! ! D.!beautiful!
Question!47:!The!word!“one”!in!line!7!can!be!replaced!by:!
A.!the!chord!! ! ! ! B.!the!left!brain!! !
C.!the!right!brain!! ! ! ! D.#the#limbic#system!
Question!48:!According!to!the!passage,!which!of!the!following!is!true!of!humpback!whales?!
A.!Their!tunes!are!distinctively!different!from!human!tunes.!
B.#They#can#sing#over#a#range#of#seven#octaves.#
C.!They!do!not!use!rhyme,!unlike!humans.!
D.!Whale!songs!of!a!particular!group!cannot!be!learned!by!other!whales.!
Question!49:!The!word!“They”!in!line!18!refers!to:!
A.!human!composers!!! B.!whole!songs! ! ! C.!octaves!! # D.#whales!
Question!50:!Which!of!the!following!is!NOT!true!about!humpback!whale!music?!
A.!It!uses!similar!patterns!to!human!songs.!
B.#It’s#comparative#in#length#to#symphony#movements.#
C.!It’s!easy!to!learn!by!other!whales.!
D.!It’s!in!a!form!of!creating!a!theme,!elaborating!and!revisiting!in!rhyming!refrains.!
Question!51:!The!word!“catchy”!in!line!24!is!closest!in!meaning!to:!!

A.!easy!to!catch! ! # B.#easy#to#remember## # !!!!!!!!C.!easy!to!read!!!! !!!!
D.!easy!to!think!
Question!52:!Which!of!the!following!can!be!inferred!from!the!passage?!
A.!The!earliest!human!beings!came!from!France!and!Slovenia.!
B.!Music!helped!to!shape!the!whale!brain.!
C.#Humpback#whales#imitate#the#way#human#composers#so#in#creating#their#own#
music.#
D.!The!research!of!musical!brain!will!lead!to!a!discovery!of!a!universal!music.!
Question!53:!Where!in!the!passage!does!the!author!first!mention!whales?!
A.!Lines!5[9!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!B.!Lines!10[14! ! #########C.#Lines#15"19# ! !!!D.!Lines!
20[24!
Question!54:!The!word!‘their”!in!line!25!refers!to:!!
A.!Indian!Ocean!humpbacks!! ! ! !!!!!!!!!B.!Pacific!Ocean!humpbacks!
C.#all#whales!! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!D.!whale!songs!!
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Read#the#following#passage#and#mark#the#letter#A,#B,#C#or#D#on#your#answer#sheet#to#
indicate#the#correct#answer#to#each#of#the#questions#from#55#to#64.#
!!!!!!!!!!The!food!we!eat!seems!to!have!profound!effects!on!our!health.!Although!science!has!
made!enormous!steps!in!making!food!more!fit!to!eat,!it!has,!at!the!same!time,!made!many!
foods!unfit!to!eat.!Some!researc h !ha s!sho w n !th at !p erh ap s!e igh ty !pe rc en t!o f!all!human!illnesses!
are!related!to!diet!and!forty!percent!of!cancer!is!related!to!the!diet!as!well.,!especially!cancer!of!
the!colon.!People!of!different!cultures!are!more!prone!to!contract!certain!illnesses!because!of!
the!characteristic!foods!they!consume.!
!!!!!!!!!!!That!food!is!related!to!illness!is!not!a!new!discovery.!In!1945,!government!researchers!
realized!that!nitrates!and!nitrites!(comm o nly !u sed!t o!p reserve!co lor!in !m eat )!as!w ell!a s!ot h er!
food!additives!caused!cancer.!Y e t,!these!carcinogenic!additives!remain!in!our!food,!and!it!
becomes!more!difficult!all!the!time!to!know!which!ingredients!on!the!packaging!labels!of!
processed!food!are!helpful!or!harmful.!!
!!!!!!!!!!The!additives!that!we!eat!are!not!all!so!direct.!Farmers!often!give!penicillin!to!cattle!and!
poultry,!and!because!of!this,!penicillin!has!been!found!in!the!milk!of!treated!cows.!

!!!!!!!!!!Sometimes!similar!drugs!are!administered!to!animals!not!for!medicinal!purposes,!but!for!
financial!reasons.!The!farmers!are!simply!trying!to!fatten!the!anim als!in!order!to!obtain!a!
higher!price!on!the!market.!Although!the!Food!and!Drug!Administration!(FDA)!has!tried!
repeatedly!to!control!these!procedures,!the!p ract ices!con t inu e.!
!!!!!!!!!!A!healthy!diet!is!directly!related!to!good!health.!Often!we!are!unaware!of!detrimental!
substances!we!ingest.!Sometimes!well[meaning!farmers!or!others!who!do!not!realize!the!
consequences!add!these!substances!to!food!without!our!knowledge.!!
Question#55.!How!has!science!done!a!disservice!to!peopl e?!
A:!The!scientists!have!preserved!the!color!of!meats,!but!not!of!vegetables.!
B:!It!caused!a!lack!of!information!concerning!the!value!of!food.!
C:#As#a#result#of#scientific#intervention,#some#potentially#harmful#substances#have#been#
added#to#our#food#
D:!Because!of!science,!disease!caused!by!contaminated!food!has!been!virtually!eradicated.!
Question#56.!The!word!“prone”!is!nearest!in!meaning!to!______.!
A:!healthy! ! ! B:#predisposed! ! C:!supine! ! ! D:!unlikely!
Question#57.!What!are!nitrates!used!for?!
A:#They#preserve#the#colour#of#meat.!! ! B:!They!preserve!flavor!in!packaged!foods.!
C:!They!are!the!objects!of!research.! ! ! D:!They!cause!the!animals!to!become!
fatter.!
Question#58.!FDA!means!______.! !
A:!Federal!Dairy!Additives! ! ! ! B:!Final!Difficult!Analysis!
C:!Food!Direct!Additives! ! ! ! ! D:#Food#and#Drug#Administration!
Question#59.!The!word!“these”!refers!to!______.!
A:#nitrates#and#nitrites! B:!researchers! ! C:!meats! ! ! D:!colors!
Question#60.!The!word!“carcinogenic”!is!closest!in!meaning!to!______.!
A:#cancer"causing#! B:!trouble[making! ! C:!money[making! ! D:!color[
retaining!
Question#61.!All!of!the!following!statements!are!TRUE!except!______.!
A:!Researchers!have!known!about!the!potential!hazards!of!food!additives!for!more!than!forty[
five!years!

B:#Drugs#are#always#given#to#animals#for#medical#reasons#
C:!Some!of!the!additives!in!our!food!are!added!to!the!food!itself!and!some!are!given!to!the!
living!animals!
D:!Food!may!cause!forty!percent!of!the!cancer!in!the!world!
Question#62.!The!word!“additives”!is!closest!in!meaning!to!______.!
A:!benign!substances! B:#added#substances! C:!natural!su bsta nces! D:!dangerous!
substances!
Question#63.!What!is!the!best!title!for!this!passage?!
A:!Harmful!and!Harmless!Substances!in!Food.!B:!Avoiding!Injurious!Substances!in!Food.!
C:#The#Food#You#Eat#Can#Affect#Your#Health.! D:!Improving!Health!through!a!Natural!
Diet.!
Question#64.!The!word!“!fit”!is!closest!in!meaning!to!______.!
A:!tasty! ! # B:#suitable! ! ! C:!athletic! ! ! D:!adaptable!
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WRITING#
Part#I.#Finish#each#of#the#following#sentences#in#such#a#way#that#it#means#the#same#as#the#
sentence#printed#before#it.#
Question!65:!I!was!astonished!by!her!confidence.!
! !!What!astonished!me!was!her!confidence.!
Question!66:!I!don’t!really!like!her,!even!though!I!admire!her!achievements.!
! !!Much!as!I!admire!her!achievement,!I!don’t!really!like!her.!
Question!67:!He!speaks!more!persuasively!than!his!brother.!
! !!He!is!a!more!persuasive!speaker!than!his!brother.!
Question!68:!!The!only!way!to!eliminate!world!terrorism!is!by!united!opposition.!!
! !!Only!by!united!opposition,!can!we!eliminate!world!terrorism.!
Question!69:!Someone!has!stolen!the!boss’s!car.!
! !!The!boss!has!had!his!car!stolen/!been!robbed!of!his!car.!
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Part#II.#In#about#140#words,#write#a#paragraph#about#an#important#person#in#your#life.##
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