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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase
is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 1: That competition was sponsored by the host country.
A. limited
B. financed
C. finished
D. tested
Question 2: On completion of the activities you will have to continue answering some questions.
A. Completing of the activities
B. When you have completed the activities
C. Because you complete the activities
D. As if you completed the activities
Question 3: The most striking technological success in the twentieth century is probably the com
revolution.
A. productive
B. dangerous
C. prominent
D. recent
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that di
from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 4: A. tremendous
B. flexible
C. validity D.commercial
Question 5: A. procedure
B. financial
C. enormous D. recommend

Question 6: A. photocopy
B. enthusiasm
C. particular D. economy
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.
Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually
more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used
the knowledge gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels. In 1837, 5 at the age
of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his
Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for
the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841 Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South
Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the 10 islands of Tahiti and Moorea.
This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years
away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern
United States around Cape Horn. The novel White-Jacket(1850)describes this lengthy voyage
as a navy 15 seaman. With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed
a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations.
However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville's popularity started to diminish.
Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white 20 whale, was also a heavily
symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of man against the universe. The public was not ready
for Melville's literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It
is ironic that the novel that served to diminish Melville's popularity during his lifetime is the
one for which he is best known today.
Question 7:' The main subject of the passage is ___________ .
A. Melville's travels
B. Melville's personal background
C. the popularity of Melville's novels
D. Moby Dick
Question 8: According to the passage, Melville's early novels were ____________ .
A. published while he was traveling

B. completely fictional
C. all about his work on whaling ship
D. based on his travel experience
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Question 9: In what year did Melville's book about his experiences as a cabin boy appear?
A. 1837
B. 1841
C. 1849
D 1847
Question 10: The word “basis" is closest in meaning to _______
A. foundation
B. message
C. bottom
D. theme
Question 11: The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because ________ .
A. he had unofficially left his ship.
B. he was on leave while his ship was in port.
C. he had finished his term of duty.
D. he had received permission to take a vacation in Tahiti.
Question 12: A "frigate" is probably __________.
A. an office
B. a ship
C. a troop

D. a train
Question 13: How did the publication of Moby Dick affect Melville's popularity?
A. His popularity increased immediately. B. It had no effect on his popularity
C It caused his popularity to decrease.
D . His popularity remained as strong as
Question 14: According to the passage, Moby Dick is _________
A. a romantic adventure
B. a single-faceted work
C. a short story about a whale
D. symbolic of humanity fighting the env
Question 15: The word "metamorphosis" is closest in meaning to _________
A. change
B. circle
C. mysticism
D. descent
Question 16: The passage would most likely he assigned reading in a course on _________ .
A. nineteenth-century novels
B. American history
C. oceanography
D. modern American literature
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions
Question 17: He showed me a photo of the museum _________ I had visited some months before.
A. whom
B. which
C. what
D. where
Question 18: _________ of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
A. In place
B. On account

C. Instead
D. On behalf
Question 19: - A: "You look nice in that red hat." - B: "_________”
A. I am interesting to hear that.
B. It's nice of you to say so.
C. Oh, poor me.
D. Am I ? Thanks.
Question 20: _________ down to dinner than the telephone rang again.
A. Not only I sat
B. No sooner I sat
C. Not only had I sat D. No sooner had I sat
Question 21: Li has _________; he loves cakes, chocolate, ice-cream - anything which is sweet.
A. a sweet mouth
B. sweet lips
C. a sweet tooth
D. a sweet tongue
Question 22: The bank won't lend you the money without some _________ that you will pay it
back.
A. profit
B. interest
C. guarantee
D. charge
Question 23: Elderly people, _________ , require constant attention.
A. many of whom are financially dependent on the government
B. a large number's depending on government aid
C. and many of them depend on the government to finance them
D. who are dependent many of them on the financing from the government
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Question 24: Here _________.
A. comes the teacher
B. the teacher comes
C. the teacher is coming
D. is coming the teacher
Question 25: Feeling tired after a long day of hard work, __________.
A. the housework was of no interest to me.
B. my mother helped me with the housework.
C. I asked my mother to help me with the housework.
D. the housework was too much for me.
Question 26: If I were you, I would regard their offer with considerable __________ because it
seems too
good to be true.
A. disbelief
B. reservation
C. doubt
D. suspicion
Question 27: A: "Could you tell me how to get to the nearest post office?”
B: “__________”
A. Sorry for this convenient
B. I have no clue.
C. Not at all.
D. Sorry, I’m a new comer here.
Question 28: If you don't hurry, the train __________ without you.
A. will leave

B. will left
C. leaves
D. has left
Question 29: Now that they have read it in __________, they believe me.
A. red and blue
B. blue and red
C. white and black
D.black and white
Question 30; The boy always does his homework before class __________ be the teacher.
A. so that not to be punished.
B. so as not to be punished
C. so as to be punished
D. in order that not to be punished
Question 31: He is tired now. He __________ for a long time.
A. learned
B. learns
C. has learned
D.had been learning
Question 32: Under no circumstances __________ phone the police.
A. you should
B. shouldn’t you
C. should you
D. you shouldn’t
Question 33: - “Hello, I’d like to speak to Mrs. Smith.” – “__________”
A. Who are you?
B. Sure
C. Hang on, please, I will put you through. D. Of course, you can.
Question 34: The children said that they __________ the game for about an hour __________.
A. had just started/ago
B. had just started/ before

C. just started/ before
D. just started/ ago
Question 35: I couldn't believe that they were brothers. They were as different as __________.
A. Mars from Jupiter
B. chalk from cheese
C. salt and sugar
D. milk from honey
Question 36: Our country has large areas of __________ beauty.
A. unhurt
B. undamaged
C. unharmed
D. unspoilt
Question 37: It is raining __________ .
A. cats and mice
B. goats and sheep
C. horses and goats
D. cats and dogs
Question 38: “John always goes home before the party ends.” “He has a preference __________
leaving
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early.”
A. to
B. by

C. for
D. with
Question 39: I found it difficult to follow what was __________ because of the noise from the
engine
room.
A. having said
B. said
C. being said
D. saying
Question 40: He had spent __________ time writing an essay on his childhood.
A. a great deal of
B. a large number of
C. a few
D. many
Question 41: He hardly helps anybody, __________?
A. hasn't he
B. has he
C. doesn’t he
D. does he
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part is pronounced differently from that of rest in each of the following
questions.
Question 42: A. takes
B decides
C. completes
D. talks
Question 43: A. result
B. lunch
C. subject
D. student

Question 44: A. watched
B.looked
C. laughed
D. Lived
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.
Every culture has its own (45)_____ list of behavior that is acceptable. Every society (46)_____
has its taboos, or types of behavior that are considered a violation of (47)_____ manners. If you
travel to (48)_____ country, on business or vacation, it is really (49)____ to learn some of that
country’s customs so that you (50)_____ insult the local people there. The word “taboo” comes
from the Tongan language and is used in (51)_____ English to describe verbal and non-verbal
behavior that is forbidden or to be (52) _____. In spite of people’s common thought, taboos are
not universal and they tend to be (53)_____ to a certain culture or country, and usually form
around a community’s values and beliefs. (54)_____, what is considered acceptable behavior in
one country may be a serious taboo in another.
Question 45: A. spoken
B. unwritten
C. written
D. unspoken
Question 46: A. also
B. already
C. although
D. always
Question 47: A. wonderful B. terrific
C. good
D. excellent
Question 48: A. another
B. the other
C other
D. one another

Question 49: A. thankful
B. helpful
C. doubtful
D. grateful
Question 50: A. mustn’t
B. don't
C. needn't
D. can' t
Question 51: A. instant
B. ancient
C. modern
D. classical
Question 52: A. completed B. performed
C. received
D. avoided
Question 53: A. special
B. specified
C. specific
D. specialized
Question 54: A. Therefore B. Then
C. However
D. Together

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