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A17
<b>I. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY:</b>

<b>A. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence:</b>

1. Employees who have a ……… are encouraged to discuss it with the management.
A. hindrance B. grievance C. disadvantage D. disturbance
2. The police are ……… certain who the culprit is.

A. in some ways B. more or less C. here and there D. by and by

3. Women’s participation ………….. in the workforce was lower in the countries which had less-developed
economies.

A. scale B. speed C. velocity D. rate

4. Although the patient received intensive treatment, there was no ……… improvement in her
condition.

A. decipherable B. legible C. discernible D. intelligible

5. I’ve been doing my best to reduce the backlog but I must admit that I’ve hardly put ……… in the
problem so far.

A. a dent B. a foot C. a brave face D. damper
6. From time to time he ………himself to a weekend in a five-star hotel.

A. craves B. indulges C. treats D. benefits
7. Men still expect their jobs to take _________.

A. superiority B. imposition C. priority D. seniority

8. According to a recent survey, most people are on good ……… with their neighbours.
A. terms B. relations C. relationships D. acquaintance
9. The police have been ordered not to ……… if the students attack them.

A. combat B. rebuff C. retaliate D. challenge

10. The police finally arrested the ……… criminal

A. famous B. renowned C. respectable D. notorious
11. Can he ……… his extraordinary behaviour?

A. give a good explanation for
B. give for a good explanation
C. give a explanation good for
D. give a for good explanation

12. I don't think you can ……… them; they left two hours ago.

A. catch up with B. run into

C. catch up for D. run after
13._________ the exam, he would have entered a college.

A.If he should pass B. Had he passed
C. Were he passed D. If he passed
14. Archaeology is one of the most interesting scientific…. .

A. divisions B. disciplines C. matters D. compartments

15. It is doubtful whether the momentum of the peace movement can be…. .

A. sustained B. supplied C. supported D. subverted

16. Conversations you strike up with travelling acquaitances usually tend to be…. .

A. trivial B. perverse C. insufficient D. imperative

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A. ancestor B. precursor C. antecedent D. premonition
18. He was in his late fifties, with staring eyes and a …. hairline.

A. straggling B. receding C. bushy D. curly

19. After several hours on the road, they became….to the fact that they would never reach the hotel by
nightfall.

A. dejected B. resigned C. depressed D. disillusioned

20. I'm not serious investor, but I like to…..in the stock market.

A. splash B. splatter C. paddle D. dabble

B. Choose the word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is subtituted for
the underlined word or phrase:

21. It takes roughly 4,000 pounds of petals to make a single point of rose oil.

A. as much as B. amazingly C. more or less D. relatively
22. After attempting to joint a religious order in 1862, Auguste Rodin finally yielded to his inclination to
pursue an artistic career.

A. resisted B. understood C. gave in to D. returned to

23. Translating literally from one language to another works unsatisfactorily at best.

A. pays B. functions C. reads D. labours

24. Adverse reviews in the New York press may greatly change the prospects of a new Broadway
production.

A. additional B. encouraging C. unfavourable D. subversive
25. Some bush fires are set on purpose.

A. deliberately B. at will C. spontaneously D. on impulse
26. The introduction of Ford's ideas revolutionized the auto-making industry.

A. implementation B. publication C. production D. presentation
27. Peat represents the first stage in the development of coal from vegetable matter.

A. era B. phase C. product D. process

28. The powerful rulers suppressed a rebellion and punished the instigators.

A. initiated B. quashed C. supported D. reinstated

29. The toxic material on derailed train contaminated the the atmosphere.

A. polluted B. retain C. intoxicated D. redirect

30. Nations that live in concord are nations that live together in peace.

A. war B. harmony C. conformity D. happiness

<b>C. Use the correct word form of the word in brackets.</b>

31. Andrea's blunder was the cause of much...in the class. (MERRY)
32. Burning coal is an... way of heating a house. Gas is much cheaper. (ECONOMY)
33. When I was a child, I often got a weekly...of 15 dollars. (ALLOW)
34. There are very few...places left on earth. Man has been nearly everywhere. (EXPLORE)
35. Ms. Thoa always knows how to ...the party with her jokes. (LIVELY)
36. Complete ...in one's work can be detrimental to one's health. (ABSORB)

37. I have no ...for him. He deserves to go to prision. (SYMPATHIZE)

38. Although both...were good, we decided on the one with more expercience. (APPLY)
39. I don't want to...you from becoming a nurse, but the hours are long and the pay

isn't good. (COURAGE)

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<b>D. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense.</b>

By the end of last year he(41) ……….. (read) four Shakespeare plays and by next year he (42) ………..
(read) two more. I (43) …………. (not see) him since last Monday, but I (44) ……… (believe) he (45) …………
(write) an easay on Hamlet at present. He (46) ………… (play) the part now if he (47) ………. (not offend) the
producer at the last rehearsal. I wonder why I always (48) ………… (have) trouble with the carburettor
whenever I(49) ………… (decide) to go home by car. I (50) …….. (work) very hard lately.

<b>II. READING </b>

<b>A. GAP-FILL. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word.</b>

<b>ART AS A CAREER</b>

Many celebrated artists have found it hard to make ends meet early on in their career. (51) ……a few
well-known exceptions, however, (poor Van Gogh being perhaps the most famous one) (52) …… went on
to find recognition within their (53) ….. lifetime. Picasso's life story is the kind of (54) …… to-riches tale
which gives hope to many (55) …… unknown artist. In 1904, he was sharing a draughty and primitive
studio complex (56) ……thirty other artists. But by his death, he was a multi-millionaire and probably the
most celebrated modern artist (57) ……. Nevertheless, (58) …… every success story, there must be dozens
of artists (perhaps some potential "greats") (59) …… have endured a lifetime (60) …… hardship in obscurity.
(61) …… they were never recognized because their work was (62) …… of sympathy with the prevailing
fashion, or because they lacked talent, (63) …… impossible to say. Most people see art as a vocation rather
than a career. There (64) ……. indeed be some truth in the idea that artists need to be exceptionally
dedicated to succeed, and even relatively successful artists sometimes have to supplement their income
(65) ……… working in other areas occasionally.

<b>B. Read the following extract about chirlden's fiction. For each Comprehension question, choose</b>
<b>the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.</b>

The population of the world has increased more in modern times than in all other ages of history
combined. World population totalled about 500 million in 1650. It doubled the period from 1650-1850.
Today the population is more than five billion. Estimates based on research by the United Nations
indicate that it will more than double in the twenty-five years between 1975 and the year 2000, reaching
seven billion of the century.

No one knows the limits of population that the earth can support. Thomas Malthus, an English
economist, developed a theory that became widely accepted in the nineteenth centry. He suggested that
because world population tended to increase more rapidly than the food supply, a continual strain was
exerted upon avaible resource. Malthus cited wars, famines, epidemics, and other disasters as the usual
limitations of population growth. With recent advances in science and technology, including improved
agricultural methods and great strides in medicine, some of the limiting factors in population growth have

been lessened, with obvious results. International organizations have recommended programs to
encourage general economic devepoment in target areas along with a decrease in birth rates to effect a
lasting solution.

66. The title below that best expresses the ideas in this passage is ….

A. Thomas Malthus Theory B. The United Nations' Estimate

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67. According to this passage, by the year 2000 the earth's population should exceed the present figure by
how much?

A. 500 million B. Five billion C. Two billion D. Seven billion
68. Who was Thomas Malthus ?

A. A scientist B. A doctor of medicine

C. An economist D. A United Nations representative

69. According to the passage, why has overpopulation been caused?

A. Improved technology B. Disasters

C. Scarcity D. Precaution

70. What do most experts recommend in order to solve problems of overpopulation?
A. Famine and epidemic

B. Medical advance and improved agricultural methods
C. Economic development and a decline in the birth rate
D. Conversation of available recources

<b>C. CLOZE TEST: Fill in each numbered space with one appropriate word:</b>

Famine is a prolonged food shortage that causes (71) ……. hunger and death. Throughout history, famine
has struck at least one area of the world (72) …… few years. Most of the.developing nations of Africa, Asia
and Latin America have (73) ……. enough food for their people. Millions in these countries go hungry.
When food production or imports (74) …… for any reason, famine may strike and thousands or millions of
people may die.

Many famines have more than one cause. For example, the great Bengai famine of 1943 in Eastern
India was caused by both. (75) ……and historical events. World War II (76) …….a general food shortage and
led to the cut-off of rice imports from Burma, which had been occupied by the Japanese. Then a cyclone
(77) …… much

farmland. Famine struck, and more than V'2 million people died.

Nearly all famines (78) ……. from crop failures. The chief causes of crop failure include (a) drought
(prolonged lack of rain), (b) too much I rainfall and flooding, and (c) plant diseases and (79) …. . Many
other (80) …… may also help create a famine.

<b>III.WRITING. </b>

<b>A. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the previous</b>

<b>sentence.</b>

81. Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them.

They had_____________________________________________________________________________
82. That dress has only the slightest mark on it.

I can barely___________________________________________________________________________
83. He insisted on a full apology.

Nothing but___________________________________________________________________________.
84. My decision to get up and dance coincided with the band's decision to stop playing.

The moment__________________________________________________________________________
85. The doctor advised me to rest.

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86. They had to wait for twelve hours before their flight left.

Only after a___________________________________________________________________________
87. Their teacher is making them study hard.

They are_____________________________________________________________________________
88. They were just as good as we had expected.

They certainly lived ___________________________________________________________________
89. Even though I admire his courage, I think he is foolish.

Much ________________________________________________________________________________
90. He is certainly not stupid.

He is by______________________________________________________________________________
<b>B. . Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following sets of words and</b>
<b>phrases, sentences which together make a complete letter:</b>

91. I write / tell / how much / I / enjoy / few hours / I spend / you / your family / yesterday evening
92. I be / England / since / beginning / October / and this be / first invitation / dinner / English family.

93. I / find / conversation / most interesting / and / glad / practise / English

94. I also like / congratulate you / excellent cooking

95. I / very grateful / all / helpful / informtion / you give / course / English
96. I / hope / find / suitable school / next few days

97. And / English courses / will not / too hard / we study
98. You give / best wishes / husband / children ?

99. Thank you again / extremely / pleasant evening
100. I look forward / see / you / next month

Yours sincerely,
Maria

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