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A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
l. WORD CHOICE
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
1. His efforts, though futile, are still ..............
A. refined

B. intimidated

C. pious

D. commendable

2. The vegetation on the island was ..............
A. exuberant

B. chivalrous

C. overcast

D. ingenious

3. Ronald had the .................. to blame his teachers for his failure.
A. concern

B. chivalry

C. regard

D. audacity

4. Many poets have .............. the beauties of the countryside.
A. extolled

B. feared

C. excited

D. inhibited

5. The plague, otherwise known as the Black Death, was a .............. disease.
A. contingent

B. contiguous

C. contagious

D. congenial

6. It was obvious that the child suffered from a serious speech ..............
A. handicap

B. hindrance

C. inhibition

D. impediment

C. hampered

D. compelled

7. His heavy boots .............. him at work.
A. repelled

B. stemmed

8. His driving license has been .............. on the grounds of drink driving.
A.repealed

B. revoked

C. nullified

D. recalled

9. Mary is a(n) .............. liar. She was even arrested for lymg to a pohce officer
A. physical

B. congenital

C. naive

D. abnormal


10. The Prime Minister will decide whether to release the prisoner or not; thats
his ..............
A. prerogative

B. derogatory

C. abdication

D. humanity

ll. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
1. .............. the town posted notices urging people to boil their water.
A. The pollution of the municipal well having been discovered,
B. The municipal well‘s pollution being discovered,
C. After discovering pollution in the municipal well,
D. When having made the discovery of the pollution of the water in the

municipal well;
2. .................. to Rose is unclear, but the letter would definitely have giyen her
morale a boost.
A. That Charles in fact sent the e-mail
B. Whether in reality Charles sent the e-mail or did not
C. The actuality ofthe sending ofthe e-mail by Charles
D. Whether Charles in fact sent the e-mail or did not.
3. An event in Richard’s life story that moved me greatly was .............. .
A. when he was separated from the family
B. his separation from the family
C. when he and the family were separated
D. the separating from the family


4. Not all athletes who ........................ in a sport can be assured of a place on an
Olympic team.
A. are highly motivated or significantly talented

B. have high motivation or are significantly talented
C. have either high motivation or else talent in significant amounts
D. are highly motivated or who have significant talent instead
5. Nuclear waste disposal is a growing problem .............. .
A. considering that no state permits radioactive material transported on its
roads or to bury it inside its borders
B. considering that no state permits neither radioactive material transported
on its roads or buried inside its borders
C. because no state permits radioactive material transported on its roads or
buried inside its borders
D. because no state will permit radioactive material not only to be carried on
its roads but in addition also buried inside its borders
6. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the college ................
A. honoring those alumni who had graduated fifty years ago
B. ceremonies for graduates of fifty years ago were held in honor of these
alumni
C. alumni graduating fifty years ago received honors
D. alumni who had graduated fifty years ago were honored
7. Carbon dioxide may be absorbed by trees or water bodies, or it may stay in
the atmosphere when ……………. while it is only in the atmosphere that
clorofluorocarbons find the home.
A. cars that release emissions
B. released from car emissions


C. by releasing emissions from cars
D. emissions are released by cars
8. In the eastern part of NewJersey ……………………………… a major
shipping and manufaturing center.
A. around the city of Elizabeth around lies

B. the city of Elizabeth lies there
C. there lies the city of Elizabeth around
D. lies the city of Elizabeth
9. …………….. parrots are native to tropical region is untrue.
A. Since all

B. That all

C. Why all

D. All

10. Good erasers are soft enough not to damage paper………….. .they crumble
gradually when used.
A. so hard are they
C. and they are so hard that
B. and hard enough so that
D. but hard enough so that

II. PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
1. If a child knows that he can never a bad behavior, then he is less likely to do
it.
A. make out

B. put through

C. keep up

D. get away with

2. My mother always told me that I should. the things I believe in, regardless of
how others perceive them.
A. stand up for

B. get on with

C. put up with

D. come up to


3. The doctor told him to keep.... sweets and chocolate to lose weight.
A. up

B. at

C. off

D. back

4. Some of our volunteers would for teachers in the event of a strike.
A. act up

B. fill in

C. fit in

D. work out

5. She got a bit hot ……….. the collar when a colleague started criticizing her
work.
A. under

B. on

C. beyond

D. from

6. She bought ………….. the deal even though nobody thought she was capable
of doing it.
A. in

B. down

C. out

D. off

7. Let’s find a place where we can……. the storm.
A. wait out

B. wear off

C. shrug off

D.pull through

8. The boss was away, so his assistant had to…... him and make a speech.

A. make off with B. do away with

C. stand in for

D. take up on

9. Beaches were ………… as police searched for canisters for toxic waste from
the damaged ship.
A. sealed off

B. cut off

C. washed

D. kept out

10. I thought she was being serious, but she only having me…………….
A. up

B. on

C. over

D. round

IV. COLLOCATIONS AND IDIOMS
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences
1. It .............. that the best way to learn to speak a foreign language is to practice
using it.
A. stands in relation

B. is a wake-up call
C. stands to reason
D. agrees to differ
2. Police are warning the public to be on the .............. for suspicious packages.
A. care
B. alert
C. guard
D. alarm
3. Vietnam’s Got Talent is the game show that has taken audiences ................
A. by heart

B. by night

C. by wind

D. by storm

4. Clinics will be subject to a new .............. of conduct and stronger controls by
local authorities.
A. ground

B. system

C. code

D. set

5. My mother ..............when she found out that I’d forgotten to do the washing

up again.
A. made my blood boil

B. felt off color

C. hit the ceiling

D. stood her ground

6. You shouldn’t ................ other people’s problems, even if you don't consider
them to be very serious.
A. shed light upon

B. come to light

C. make light of

D. see the light

7. A journalist is .............. on a politician in order to damage his image.
A. digging it out

B. digging up out of the earth

C. digging up dirt

D. digging his own grave

8. We were having dinner in a restaurant last night when this guy at the next
table .............. because the waiter brought the wrong thing.

A. flew into the face of danger

B. flew off the handle

C. flew by the seat of his pants

D. flushed out of some place


9. Losing my job was ............... I never would have found this one if it hadn’t
happened.
A. a bone to pick with

B. a breath of fresh air

C. a bleeding heart

D. a blessing in disguise

10. The inquiy is by no means ............... .
A. chop and change

B. cut and dried

C. head and shoulders

D. tooth and nail

V. READING PASSAGE
Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question.

A folk culture is small, isolated, cohesive, conservative, nearly self-sufficient
group that is homogeneous in custom and race, with a strong family or clan
structure and highly developed rituals. Order is maintained through sanctions
based in the religion or family, and interpersonal relationships are strong.
Tradition is paramount, and change comes infrequently and slowly. There is
relatively little division of labor into specialized duties. Rather, each person is
expected to perform a great variety of tasks, though duties may differ batman the
sexes. Most goods are handmade, and a subsistence economy prevails.
Individualism is weakly developed in folk cultures, as are social classes.
Unaltered folk cultures no longer exist in industrialized countries such as the
united States and Canada. Perhaps the nearest modern equivalent in Anglo
-America is the Amish, a German American farming sect that largely renounce
the products and labor saving devices of the industrial age. In Amish areas,
horse- drawn buggies till serve as a local transportation device, and the faithful
are not permitted to own automobiles. The Amish's central religious concept of
Demut, “humility" clearly reflects the weakness of individualism and social
class so typycal of folk cultures, and there is a corresponding strength of Amish
group identity. Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect. The religion, a
variety of me Mennonite faith, provides the principal mechanism for
maintaining order.
By contrast, a popular culture is a large heterogeneous group, often highly ,
individualistic and constantly changing. Relationships tend to be impersonal,


and a pronounced division of labor exists, leading to the establishment of many
specialized professions. Secular institutions, of control such as the police and
army take the place of religion and family in maintaining order, and a money based economy prevails. Because of these contrasts, "popular" may be viewedas
clearly different from "folk".
The popular is replacing the folk in industrialized countries and in many
developing nations, Folk-made objects give way to their popular equivalent

usually because the popular item is more quickly or cheaply produced is easier
or time saving to use, or lends more prestige to the owner.
1.What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Two decades in modern society
B. The influence of industrial technology
C. The characteristics of "folk" and "popular" societies
D. The specialization of labor in Canada and the United States
2. The word "homogeneous” is closest in meaning to
A. uniform

B. general

C. primitive

D. traditional

3. Which of the following is typical of folk cultures?
A.There is a money-based economy.
B. Social change occurs slowly.
C. Contact with other cultures is encouraged.
D. Each person develops one specialized skill.
4. What does the author imply about the United States and Canada?
A. They value folk cultures
B. They have no social classes
C. They have popular cultures
D. They do not value individualism


5. The phrase "largely renounces" is closest in meaning to ………
A. generally rejects

B. greatly modifies

C. loudly declares

D. often criticizes

6. What is the main source of order in Amish society?
A. The government

B. The economy

C. The clan structure

D. The religion

7. Which of the following statements about Amish beliefs does the passage
support?
A. A variety of religious practices is tolerated ha
B. Individualism and competition are important.
C. Pre-modern technology is preferred.
D. People are defined according to their class
8. Which of the following would probably NOT be found in a folk
A. A carpenter

B. A farmer

C. A weaver

D. A banker

9. The word "prevails" is closest in meaning to
A. dominates

B. provides

C. develops

D. invests

10. Which of following is NOT given as a reason why folk-made object are
replaced by mass-produced objects?
A. cost

B. prestige

C. quality

D. convenience

VI. READING PASSAGE 2
Read the text below and choose the best answer to each question.
FINDING THE CAREER THAT FITS YOUR PERSONALITY


If you've finished your exams and have absolutely no idea what to do next,
you're not alone.' says Sheridan Hughes, an occupational psychologist at Career
Analysts, a career counseling service. 'At 18, it can be very difficult to know
what you want to do because you don't really know what you're interested in.’
Careers guidance, adds Alexis Hallam, one of her colleagues, is generally poor

and 'people can end up in the wrong job and stay there for years because they're
good at something without actually enjoying it.’
To discover what people are good at, and more fundamentally, what they
will enjoy doing. Career Analysts give their clients a battery of personality
profile questionnaires and psychometric tests. An in-depth interview follows, in
which the test results are discussed and different career paths and options are
explored with the aid of an occupational psychologist. Career Analysts offers
guidance to everyone, from teenagers to retirees looking for a new focus in life.
The service sounded just what I needed. Dividing my time as I do between
teaching and freelance journalism, I definitely need advice about consolidating
my career.
Being too ancient for Career Analysts' student career option guidance and
not, unfortunately, at the executive level yet, I opted for the career management
package. This is aimed at people who are established in their jobs and who either
want a change or some advice about planning the next step in their careers.
Having filled in a multitude of personality indicator questionnaires at home. I
then spent a rather grueling morning being aptitude-tested at Career Analysts’
offices. The tests consisted of logical reasoning followed by verbal, mechanical
and aptitude papers. Logical reasoning required me to pick out the next shape in
a sequence of triangles, squares and oblongs. I tried my best but knew that it was
really a lost cause. I fared rather better when it came to verbal aptitude - finding
the odd one out in a series of words couldn't be simpler. My complacency
was short-lived, however, when I was confronted with images of levers and
pulleys for the mechanical aptitude papers. My mind went blank. I had no idea
what would happen to wheel X when string Y was pulled.
At home, filling in questionnaires, I had been asked to give my instinctive
reaction (not an over – considered one) to statements like: ‘It bothers me if
people think I’m being odd or unconventional', or ‘I like to do my planning
alone without interruptions from others.’ I was asked to agree or disagree on a
scale of one to five with 'I often take on impossible odds', or 'It is impossible for

me to indicate how important I consider status to be in a job, and how important
money and material benefits.


The questions attempt to construct a picture of the complete individual.
Using aptitude tests alongside personality profiling, occupational psychologists
will, the theory goes, be able to guide a client towards a rewarding, fulfilling
career. Some questions are as straightforward as indicating whether or not you
would enjoy a particular job. Designing aircraft runways?
Preparing legal documents? Playing a musical instrument? Every career
going makes an appearance and, as I was shown later, the responses tend to form
a coherent pattern.
Having completed my personality and aptitudes tests, I sat down with
Sheridan Hughes, who asked me fairy searching personal and professional
questions. What do my parents and siblings do for a living? Why had I chosen to
do an English degree? ‘I need to get picture of you as a person and how you’ve
come to be who you are, ‘I need to get a picture of you as a person and how
you’ve come to be who you are,’ she explained. ‘What we do works because it’s
a mixture of science and counseling. We use objective psychometric measures to
discover our clients’ natural strengths and abilities and then we talk to them
about what they want from life.’
There were no real superises in my own test results, nor in the interview that
followed it. 'We're interested in patterns,'Mrs Hughes explained, 'and the pattern
or you is strongly verbal and communicative.' This was putting it rather kindly
ad come out as average on the verbal skills test and below average in logic,
numerical, perceptual and mechanical reasoning. My spatial visualization was so
bad it was almost off the scale. 'A career in cartography, navigation, tiling or
architecture would not be playing to your strengths, she said delicately.
Mrs Hughes encouraged me to expand the writing side of my career and
gave me straightforward, practical suggestions as to how I could go about it.

'Widen the scope of your articles' she said. ‘You could an interest and
psychological fields’. These latter, she said, would sit comfortably with a
interest in human behavior indicated on my personality-profiling questionnaires.
She suggested that I consider writing e-learning content for on-line course
avenue that would never have occurred to me.
1. Which of the following is mentioned in the first paragraph?
A. people underestimating their own abilities
B. people accepting inappropriate advice


C. people being unwilling to take risks
D. people constantly changing their minds
2. What does the writer say about Career Analysts in the second paragraph?
A. It is about to offer a service for people at executive level
B. The range of services it offers is unique
C. She was initially doubtful that it could be useful to her.
D. Only one of its services was relevant to her
3. What happened when the writer took the aptitude tests?
A. She found two of the papers extremely difficult.
B. She put in very little effort on any of them.
C. She didn't understand what she was required to do on one of them
D. The papers were not what she had been expecting.
4. The phrase "a lost cause " in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ……
A. a dead-end

B. a shortcut

C. a vain attempt

D. a misjudgement

5. What does the writer say about the statements on the questionnaires?
A. She thought about them for longer than she was supposed to
B. She found some of them rather strange.
C. One of them focused on her attitude to risk.
D. One of them concerned her current situation only
6. The writer says that the idea behind the questionnaires is that
A. people will find some of the questions quite hard to answer.


B. the answers to them and the aptitude tests will provide all the necessary
information.
C. they will encourage people to have new ideas about possible careers
D. they will give a more accurate picture of people than the aptitude tests
7. Some of the questions Sheridan Hughes asked concerned the writer’s
A. opinions of the tests and questionnaires.
B. relationships with family members.
C. main regrets
D. progress through life
8. The writer felt that during the interview, Mrs Hughes
A. was keen not to upset her concerning her test results.
B. seemed surprised at how badly she had done in the tests.
C. was being honest about her strengths and weaknesses.
D. preferred to avoid talking about her test results.
9. The Phrase “off the scale” In paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ……
A. unsatisfactory B. not so good

C. worrying

D.immeasurably now

10. The advice Mrs Hughes gave to the writer included the suggestion that she
should
A. think about taking a course on writing.
B. concentrate only on writing and not on any other kind of work.
C. increase the number of subjects she writes about.
D. do something she had previously considered unappealing.
VII. GUIDED CLOZE 1
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space.
There can be no (1) .............. that online shopping is of huge benefit to the
consigner. Far from becoming (2) .............. , online shoppers are very


demanding. Overpriced merchants with poor services should beware. Gone are
the days when stores could charge what they liked for goods and get away with
it. The game, too, for shady manufacturers: smarter consumers know which
products have a good (3)......... and which do not, because online they now read
not only the sales (4) ............ but also reviews from previous purchasers. And if
customers are disappointed, a few (5) .............. of the mouse will take them to
places where they can let the world know. Nowadays there is nothing more
damning than a flood of negative comments on the internet.
However, the big boys, as always, are ahead of the game. Some companies
already adjusting their business models to take account of these trends. The
stores run by Sony and Apple, for instance, are more like brand showrooms than
shops. They are there for people to try out (6) .............. and to ask questions to
knowledgeable staff. Whether the products are ultimately bought online or
offline is of secondary importance.
Online traders must also adjust. Amazon, for one, is (7) .............. turning
from being primarily a bookseller to becoming a (8) ............. retailer by letting
other companies sell products on its site, rather like a marketplace. During

America's Thanksgiving weekend last November, Amazon‘s sales of consumer
electronics in the United States (9) ............ its book sales for the First time in its
history. Other transformations in the retail business are (10) .............. to follow.
1. A. query

B. examination

C. question

D. proposal

2. A. complacent B. dissatisfied

C.competent

D. compassionate

3. A. distinction

B. resolution

C. opinion

D. reputation

4. A. bubble

B. message

C. blare

D. blurb

5. A. taps

B. clucks

C. clicks

D. prods

6. A. devices

B. tools

C. emblems

D. schemes

7. A. mistakenly

B. rapidly

C. unreasonably D. secretly

8. A. mass

B. block

C. lump

D. chunk

9. A. receded

B. excluded

C. repressed

D. exceeded

10. A. tied

B. secured

C. bound

D. fastened


VIII. GUIDED CLOZE
Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each space.
Greenhouse gases are being released into the atmosphere 30 times faster than the
time when the Earth experienced a (l) .............. episode of global Warming.
Study comparing the rate at which carbon dioxide and methane are being,
(2) .............. now, compared to 55 million years ago when global warming also
occurred, has found dramatic differences in the speed of release. James Zachos,
professor of earth sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said the
speed of the present buildup of greenhouse gases is far greater than during the
global warming after the (3) .............. of the dinosaurs. "The emissions that

caused this past episode of global warming probably lasted 10.000 years,"
Professor Zachos told the American Association for the Advancement of Science
at a meeting in St. Louis. "By burning fossil fuels. we are likely to emit the same
amount over the next three centuries." He warned that studies of global warming
events in the geological past (4) .............. the Earth's climate passes a
(5) ............. beyond which climate change accelerates with the help of positive
feedbacks-vicious circles of warming. Professor Zachos is a leading (6) ..............
on the episode of global warming known as the palaeocene-eocene thermal
maximum when average global temperatures increased by up to 5°C due to a
massive release of carbon dioxide and methane.
His research into the deep ocean (7) .............. suggests at this time that about 4.5
billion tons of carbon entered the atmosphere over 10.000 years. ”This will be
the same amount of carbon released into the atmosphere from cars and industrial
emissions over the next 300 years if present (8)……. continue", he said.
Although carbon can be released suddenly and naturally into the atmosphere
from volcanic activity, it takes many thousands of years for it to be removed
permanently by natural processes. The ocean is capable of removing carbon, and
quickly. but this natural (9) .............. can be easily (10) ............. which is
probably what happened 55 million years ago. "It will take lens of thousands of
years before atmosphere carbon dioxide comes down to preindustrial levels," the
professor said. "Even after humans stop burning fossil fuels, the effects will be
long-lasting."
l. A. prearranged

B. premier

C. previous

D. fundamental

2. A. emitted

B. exhaled

C. incorporated

D. digested

3. A. dementia

B. demolition

C. detachment

D. demise

4. A. comment

B. mark

C. compliment

D. indicate

5. A. barricade

B. verge

C. threshold

D. perimeter


6. A. autocrat

B. authority

C. administrator

D. proprietor

7. A. dusts

B. sediments

C. dirt

D. powder

8. A. trends

B. gadgets

C. fads

D. crazes

9. A. capacity

B. competence

C. intelligence

D. bulk

10. A. overcharged B. overstated

C. overshadowed D. overwhelmed

B. WRITTEN TEST
1. CLOZE TEST: Read the texts below and think of the word which best
fits each space. Use only ONE WORD for each space.
OPEN CLOZE 1
As petrol prices continue to (l) .............. many people are looking for ways to
reduce the (2) .............. of higher prices while still doing the driving necessary to
their work and other activities. (3) .............. are some suggestions which will
save you a (4) .............. amount of money on petrol.
1. Ask yourself every time you (5) .............. to use your car, truck, SUV. or
van.
"Is this trip really necessary?" Every mile you drive your vehicle will cost
you at least an (6) .............. of 36 cents. If the trip is not necessary. think twice
before using your vehicle.
2. Drive at a (7) ................. speed on the motorway. According to the
Department of Energy. most automobiles get about 20 percent more miles per
gallon on the motorway at 55 miles per hour than they do at 70 miles per hour.
3. Consider (8) .............. an automobile which gets the best petrol mileage.
For example, generally, the following get better petrol mileage: lighter weight
vehicles. vehicles with smaller engines. vehicles with manual transmissions,
those with four cylinders. and those with fewer accessories. Check the “fuel
economy" labels (9) .............. to the windows of new automobiles to find the

average estimated miles per gallon for given makes and models.
4. Decrease the number of short trips you make. Short trips (10)……. petrol
mileage. If an automobile gets 20 miles per gallon in general, it may get only 4
miles per gallon on a short trip of 5 miles or less.
OPEN CLOZE 2


A Nobel Prize-winning scientist has proposed a controversial method for
protecting Earth from global warming: (l) .............. the atmosphere with sulfur
to reflect the sun’s rays. Paul Crutzen of Germany's Max Planck Institute for
Chemistry suggests (2) .............. particles of sulfur into the (3) .............. - the
Upper layer of the atmosphere to cool the planet and buy time for humans to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The sulfur (4) .............. would be dropped
from high-altitude balloons or fired into the atmosphere with heavy artillery
shells. Once airborne the particles would act like tiny mirrors. (5) .............. the
sun's light and heat back into space. Crutzen’s plan would imitate the cooling
effects of volcanic eruptions, which send large sulfur-rich clouds into the
atmosphere.
This is not the first time that scientists have suggested (6) .............. with the
Earth‘s climate in order to reduce the impact of global warming. John Latham
and his colleagues had put forward a plan to (7) ....................... up seawater to
encourage cloud formation in the lower atmosphere. (8) .............. reflecting
radiation back into space. Latham, who has commented on Crutzen's idea,
believes that his plan is (9) ............. , but that further investigation is needed.
Crutzen admits that there is risk of the sulfur becoming a health hazard if it
rained back down on earth. In addition there could be an increase in damage to
the ozone layer and a whitening of the sky. On the (10) .............. . sunsets and
Sunrises would become more spectacular.
II. WORD FORMATION.
PART I:

Complete each sentence. using the correct form of the word in parentheses.
l. Patrician and charming, he controls his empire with quiet .............. from his
office in St. Rémy. his native town. (PATERNAL)
2. At the beginning of the 19th century. Britain‘s ............. was France.
(ENEMY)
3. There is an .............. (CURRENT) of menace and barely suppressed violent
that gives the picture of symbolic edge.
4. Its .............. makes food distribution difficult. (ACCESS)
3. She stood there completety .............., so I had no idea at all what she was
thinking. (EXPRESS) .
6. The majority of infected people are .............. and unaware of their condition.
(SYMPTOM).
7. .............. conditions can be diagnosed from the early stage. (CANCER)


8. The new law represents a/an .............. intrusion into the privacy of the
individual. (JUSTIFY)
9. The draft law was passed by 134 votes to 19, with 5 .............. . (ABSTAIN)
10. Behavior, such as ........ and cooperation is not bred in the bone.
(RECIPROCATE).
PART 2:
Complete the passage with appropriate forms of the words given in the box.
hold

credit

cogitative

allegation

controvert

celerity

hospitality

predict

rely
derequisition

With the rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves, nuclear power is back on the
political agenda as the greenest and most realistic energy source for the future,
not without ( l) .............. , though. Until recently, disasters such as Three Mile
Island and Chernobyl underpinned the commonly-held view that the technology
was fundamentally (2) ............... However, as traditional fossil fuel counterparts
choke the atmosphere and climate change reduces workable pasture land to
(3) .............. deserts, a new tolerance may have to be (4) .............. . Those who
once (5) .............. it face the unsettling realization that nuclear power may be the
least harmful for future energy needs and the most viable in comparison with
renewable energy sources like wind, wave, and solar power.
(6) ........... highlight the fact that nuclear power has no regulated air
emissions. which means no greenhouse gases; in terms of radioactivity, they
(7) .............. that fossil fuel equivalents, such as coal, release far more radiation
than nuclear power plants. They also list the number of deaths per year that can
be (8) ............ to mining operations and question a (9).............. on fossil fuel
combustion that has brought the Earth to the brink of ecological catastrophe.
According to these arguments, nuclear power is the key to the (10)..... ....... ..
demands of our energy- intense society.
III. ERROR CORRECTION

The following passage contain 10 errors. Identify and correct them.
1

An environmental history of mankind would have to be a history of the
exploitation of abundant natural resources, the spiral demand for these


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10

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in resources. and their inevitable depletion. As humanity spread over the
globe, leaving colonies in their wake. essential resources such as coal,
oil, and even fresh water were extracted through industrial mining and
manufacturing operations that had a massive impact on the Earth itself.
That was once a plethora of riches has inexorably declined, and
entrepreneurs are now looking into the limits of land, sea, and sky; the
new target is the stars and, more especially. asteroids. Spinning around
the Sun are tens of thousands of asteroids, and scientists have convinced
that these mountain-like formations contain a treasure trove of minerals
and metals. The asteroid 16 Psyche has enough iron-nickel ore to sustain
the Earth for several million years. Even a comparatively small asteroid
could contain more than 2.000 million metric tons of serviceable
mineral metal reserves. In addition, some asteroids have a high ice
content which means that they could be an economically viable source
of fresh water. Large-scale mining of asteroids is possibly the key to
solve many of our
escalating environmental problems. Any mining venture contains an

element of risk, however. Asteroids have traditionally been considered
dead perils lurking out in the dark depths of space, bided their time
before smashing headlong into our insignificant planet. In order to
transplant mining operations from the Earth to the stars, we need to find
solutions to extensive safety and logistical problems.

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6.___________________

2.___________________

7.___________________

3. ___________________

8.___________________

4.___________________

9.___________________

5. ___________________

10.__________________


IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Rewrite the following sentences using the words given.

1.Coming second didn't make her feel any better because she only wanted to
win. (CONSOLIDATION)
Coming second ...................................................................................................
2. His analysis of the situation was far too complex for me to grasp. (HEAD)
His analysis of the situation.............................................................................
3. The committee members said that they would remain loyal to the chairman
(PLEDGED)
The committee members_.................................................................................
4. I can spend more time with my grandchildren when I retire. (FREE)
Retirement.......................................................................................................
5. in the area, Thailand is much better than all other countries in football.
(ABOVE)
In the area, ......................................................................................................
6. They’ve been having discussions on the issue for over two weeks.
Discussions......................................................................................................
7. What put me off the idea was simply how expensive it was going to.
The sheer.........................................................................................................
8. Every possible effort was made by orphanage to find the boy’s parent.
The Orphanage left no stone ..........................................................................
9. Whatever the methods used to obtain the results. drugs were definitely not
involved.
There was no question __.................................................................................
10. He threatened the officers with violence.
He made...........................................................................................................


TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN PHAN NGỌC HIỂN – CÀ MAU
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 pts)
1. WORD CHOICE (10 pts).
I. When the ship docked at Hamburg, they found a .......................................in

the hold.
A. gate-crasher

B. stowaway

C. interloper

D. trespasser

2. Although Vicky looked pretty much the same after all those years, I noticed
........................................ changes which made her look even more beautiful
than I remembered.
A. subtle

B. sensitive

C. fair

D. joint

3. Several of the advertising hoardings had been............................................
anti-exist slogans
A. deleted

B. mutilated

C. erased

by

D. defaced

4. The smoke __ from the burning tyres could be seen for miles.
A. bulging

B. radiating

C. billowing

D. sweeping

5. The cat slept peacefully............ in the long grass.
A. nestled

B. huddled

C. snuggled

D. cuddled

6. It was decided that the cost of the project would be................................... and
so it was abandoned.
A. repressive

B. prohibitive

C. restrictive

D. exclusive

7. Pulling the contract out of the envelope, she ripped it to ...........................
A. smithereens

B. tiny pieces

C. shreds

D. half