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I. PHONETICS
a. Choose one word whose stress pattern is dijJerent. Identify your answer by circling the
corresponding letter A, B,
C.
or D.
1. A. compulsory B. curriculum C. catenary D. calculation
2. A. certificate B. nursery C. typical D. primary
3. A. Chemistry B. Mathematics C. History D. Germany
4. A. electronics B. statistics C. physically D. academic
5. A. Algebra B. actually C. commence D. method
b. Choose one word whose underlined part ispronounced dijJerently from the rest. Identify
your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B,
C.
or D.
6. A. invite B. shrine C. village
7. A. househQld B. secQndary C. cIQse
8. A. appeal .B. headquarters C. l~e
9. A. m~dical B. f~deration C. ~pidemic
10.A. i§olate B. e§cape C. i§land
n.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1. Circle the best answer A, B, Cor D and write

it
up to complete the sentence.
11. Henry into the restaurant when his friend was drinking coffee.
A. was going B. has gone C. went D. goes
12. The player is veryskilIful playing football on the left side.
A.
on
B.
at
C.
in
D.
up
13. It's kind you to help me do this terrible work.
A. of B. to C. for D. with
14.
In
the future many things by computerized control.
A. will be done B. will done C. are done D. will do
15. That house isn't big enough for us, and , it's too expensive.
A. furthermore B. hence C. although D. even
16.A good basic knowledge of English is essential advanced work.
A. with B. for C. towards D. by
17. She wanted home but the boss made her _ uotiI she
finished those contracts.
A. to go / stay / typing B. going / to stay / to type
C. to go / staying / type D. to go / to stay / typing
18. This year's sales figures go our expectations. What a marvelous thing!
A. for B. along with C. beyond D. away from
19. I'd rather to Elvis Presley than BeatIes' music.

A. listen B. listening C. to listen D.listened
20. I want to sing this song to ~_all of my friends.
A. dedicated B. dedication C. dedicate D. dedicating
21. He refused to take what he had said even though he knew he was wrong.
A. in B. back C. off D. out
22. people go to the movies now than 10 years ago.
A. Fewer B. Few C. Lesser D. Less
23. Supposing they her the job, would she it.
A. offered! accept B. offered! accepted C. offer/ accept D. offer/ accepted
D·primary
D.leftQver
D. treatment
D. d~vote
D. e§Pecial
24. When I reached the place, I found that the man _
A. death B. was died C. was death D. was dead
25. "Are you taking this term? "Yes, I like cooking and embroidering.
That's why I'm taking this course."
A. housewarming B. homecoming C. housing D. home economics
26. The weather was terrible. we decided to delay our trip.
A. Furthermore B. Besides C. Therefore D. However
27. The train was an hour late. .,I managed to get to the meeting in time.
A. While B. In spite of C. However D. Because
28. He was punished because he was to the teachers.
A. impersonal B. disrespectful C. unfriendly D. inattentive
29. She feels when she speaks in front of the crowds.
A. informal B. impersonal C. inconsequent D. insecure
30. I was just walking along the street when I someone I hadn't seen for years.
A. came across B. came over C. came b D. came off
2. Givethe co~etfonn of the wordsgivenandjill in the blanks tocompletethe sentences.

A new study carried out by (0)
-!,esearchers_
at the University of
O.
RESEARCH
Warwick claims to show (31) _ : :- that money can buy 31. CONCLUDE
you happiness. The study, which is based on the (32) 32. RESPONSE
_______ of 9,000 families in the 1990s, looked at the
effects of windfalls - such as a lottery win or the receipt of an (33) 33. INHERIT
______ on people's wellbeing. It found that receiving
just £ 1,000 is enough to change the average person's (34) 34. LOOK
______ on life, though it would take at least 1 million to
jump from being very unhappy and (35) ~ to being very 35. SATISFY
happy and contented. However, it seems the' happiness gained from
money does not last and the (36) wears off as you 36. PLEASE
get used to it. Professor Andrew Oswald, who led the research, also
points out that money is not the only source of (37)
______ ', and other factors, such as a strong marriage, 37. CONTENT
play an important role.
3. Give the co"ect tense andform of the verbs in the brackets.
Millions of powids' worth of damage (38. cause) by a storm which (39. sweep) across
the North of England last night. The River Ribble (40. burst) its banks after heavy rain.
Half an hour later, many people (41. rescue) from the floods by fire-fighters, who (42.
receive) hundreds of calls for help. Wind speed (43. reach) ninety miles an hour in some
places. Roads (44. block) by fallen trees, and electricity lines (45. bring) down, leaving
thousands of homes without electricity all that night. "Everything possible (46. do) to get
things back to normal," a spokesman (47. say).
38. 39. 40. 41. 42. _
4. Replace the underlined part in each sentence with the suitable form of aphrasal verb.
48. Can I depend on you to water the flowers when I am away?

5. Fill in the numbered blank with one suitable word.
In 1846 an Irish immigrant in New York named Alexander opened a business called
the Marble Dry-Goods Palace. By (0) doing so, he gave the word something completely
new - the department store. Before this, no one had tried to bring together suchawide
(53) of goods wxler a single roof. The business did very well. It (54) rapidly and soon had a staff of two thousand.
For Stewart even that was not enough, however. In 1862 he (55) to an eight-storey building nearby, (56) he
renamed AT. Stewart's Cast-Iron Palace. It was, and for many years would
rern8in,
the largest shop in the world. OtherS followed Stewart's
example and soon there were stores (57) his in many nuYor cities in the United States. We don't know when people started
(58) them department stores. The expression wasn't used (59) print mtil1893, when it appeared in Harper's
magazine, but the way that it is used there (60) it clear that it was already widely understood. (61) is certain is that
department stores completely changed the shopping experience for millions of people. They offered not only an enonnous range of goods, but
also levels (62) comfort, luxury and excitement previously unknown to customers. Almost from the start they had restaurants,
toilets and many other facilities, so there was no need to go elsewhere for anything.
ID.READlNG
a.Read thefollowing mtlgaDne artic/e about a book and choose one best answer A, B, Cor Dfor each question. •
Each month we ask one of our experts to tell us what wildlife book- noveL guide or textbook- has· most influenced on him or her. Here,
Martba Holmes, marine biologist, TV presenter and film producer, reveals all. "I'm very keen reader, but selecting the book with a natural-
history theme which has influenced on me most was some challenge, mtil I thought back to my childhood. Then it was easy. Where the book
came from is a mystery, and I have never met anyone who has heard ofa It is Rita Richie's 'The Golden Hawks ofGenghis Khan'. I read it
when I was 10years old and I remember to this day the effect it had on me. Set in 1218, it is a story of a rich boy whose parents ate dead. He is
growing up in the splendid city of Samarkand and has a fascination for hawks, those magnificent hmting birds. There is a great deal of
mystery surromding his' past, but he is led to believe that a band of Mongols killed his father to steal a rare type of bird-the golden hawks.
Detennined to get these birds back, he nms, away :from Samarkand and joins a group of people traveling to the comtry of Mongolia. What
follows is a grand adventure centered on the city ofKarakorum, where the great Mongol chiefGenghis Khan was then based.
The book combines adventure, mystery, honor, mendship, danger, suffering - all seen through the eyes of the young hero, JaIair. I still find
this fantasy athrilling read. Jalair's great love for the birds was enviable and inspiring. But most of all it was the sense of place that stayed with
me. The book gives the reader an idea of the vast open spaces of central Asia and its huge skies, without the use of the long descriptive
passages. The emptiness of the Gobi Desert, the

TJaIl
Shan Momrtains and the excitement of riding through forests and over rolling hills
fascinated me. The book gave me more than hawks, horses and a desire for wild places. It also gave me a set of values. The Mongols in 'The
Golden Hawks' were totally uninterested in possessions, a characteristic that is absolutely essential for people who spent their lives traveling
:from place to place. They were never mean. Generosity, goodwill and optimism were highly valued, hard woJt was enjoyed and the rest was
pure ftm. They simply loved life. Two years ago, I fulfilled a life-long ambition and went riding in Mongolia's mountains. I was not
inted."
63. Whenfirst asked to choose a book, Martha Holmes __ .
66.
The main interest of the hero of the book is :
A. was influenced by the experts A what happened to his parents
B. chose one she had read recently B. the desire to see different countries
C. had difficulty in making a decision C. the beauty ofhis homeland
D. was pleased to have been approached D. his passion for particular birds
64. What does "t!."refer to? -
c
67. Where does most of the story take place? - :
A. the choice C. the book AIn Samarlcan C. On the way to Karakonnn
B. Martba's childhood D. the theme B. In Karakorum D.1n the Tian Shan mountains
65. Martha say.vthe book 'The
Golden
Hawks ofGenghis
68.
What did Martha enjoy about the book? - '
Khan '
A. The range of characters C. The descriptive writing
A was recommended by a mend B. The geographical settings D. The changes of atmosphere
B. was very popular when she was a child 69.
What
values

did Martha learn
from
the book? - ,- '
C. is known to very few people A The importance of a sense of hum
Or
C. The need to protect your goods
D. is one of many mystery books she has read B. How to be a successful traveler D. How to get1he most out of life
be
70
-75.
Read thefoUowing text about Children
Using
Cotnouter
Games. The reading passage below has
six
paragraphs ~-F). The
opening sentence in each paragraph has been taken out. Comp1etethe ardcIe byputting the sentences
1- 7
into the IobeIedgapsA-F:
There isone extra sentI!1Ice.
70. A . The computer games range from high educational, creative, delightful ones such as Sim City, which is training a
whole new generation of enlightened city plarmers, via games of skills such as ski, flight, skateboard, and sailing simulations, to pretty
disgusting violent ones such as the Carmageddon series and Carpocalypse Now and Tom Raider, artfully designed to lure teenagers and
alanns parents. It always amazes me to hear the parents of a nine or ten-year-old saying 'He's up playing games.' And when you ask which
games he likes they do not know. Would these people, if asked who was babysitting, say 'Oh, some guys from the parlc'?
71. B . Walk past, discuss what the game is about while you· get on with the supper. Encourage sharing with other
children. Any game using two controllers is better than the lonely one.
72. C . Give warning, let a level be finished, but enforce it
73. D . If you have a teenager who spends a lot of time playing computer games, you probably need the software that
records every website via time spent, you may want one of the 'filter' programmes out dodgy sites. Unfornmately, these appear to cave- \

man simple things such as cutting out anything with the word ~sex' in it, which can seriously rot your A-level bio student's research
material and cause undue resentment
74. E . This, during teenager years, can be a problem but it is worth preserving it If a parent or relative is aromd
enough time, slow to leap to judgment or hysteria and willing to listen, then important issues eventually come up.
75. F . So is an alternative, sociable,physical pastime.We all know how a healthy small child gets more
fun
out of a
sociablegame and relishesa round-and-twnblegaming than a televisionprogramme. We need to extend commonsenseinto olderages
too.
Lbt of_diD&!:
1. Probably the
bell
guarantee against damage or confusion is the normal communication you have with your child
2. Enforce screen breaks for the sake of the eyes and the nerves.
3. When the children get to the age for games, try to
know
what they are playing.
4. Indeed, personal happiness and reasonable self-esteem are best weapons against any kind of computer brain invasion.
5. As aparent, ensure that your child only use computer for educational purposes.
6. As with television set, keep the computer gaming in one of the shared parts of the house.
7.It is self-evidenced thatparental responsibility has to be applied to Web-surjingjust as it must to every other kind of encounter.
IV. WRITING·
a.
!d!£k.
the incorrect part in thefollowing sentences (A, B,
C
or
Dj
and ~ them.
76. Everybody in the house (A) comes to help of the shopping (B) on Saturday, except Brad.(C) because he has to do (0)

football practice.
77. 'Twelfth Night'
was written CA)by Shakespeare in (B)
10
days after he invited (C) to write (0) a play for Queen Elizabeth
1.
78. Evidence has been put forward (A) showing (B) that astronauts exposed (C) to long periods of weightlessness have
effected (0) quite severely.
79. After the social science lecture (A) all students are invited to take part in (B) a discussion of the issue (C) which were
raised in (0) the talk.
- 80.
Passports are legal (A) documents issued by (B) governments to give their bearers an authorization cross nation borders (C)
and seek protection (0) in an emergency.
b. RewriU tlurjoUowing sentences using the words in bold, in such a way that it means tlursame as tlurone given.
Do not alter
the"
words in any way. .
81. Pauline isn't trying to solve her financial problems. (etJort)
c.'86-100. "East or West, home is the best". How do you understand thiS English statement? ExPress
ytJIll'
opinion in
200 words inside this space.