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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. a. facial b. communicate c. contact d. carpet
2. a. sometimes b. gestures c. interests d. examples

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the
position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
3. a. medicine b. endanger c. addition d. survival
4. a. derive b. provide c. modern d. depend
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. Life is getting ________.
a. more and more complicated b. more than complicated
c. most and most complicated d. least and least complicated
6. Thousands of cranes ________.
a. will be returned the spring b. will return the spring
c. will be returned in the spring d. will return in the spring
7. Mary told me _______ home at that moment she _______ her parents with the farm work.
a. that if she was / had helped b. if she were / will have helped
c. that if she had been / would have helped d. that she had been / would have helped
8. ______ want to get a god job have to have certain qualifications and experience.
a. Who b. Those which c. Those who d. Those whom
9. _______the phone rang later that night did Anna remember the appointment.
a. No sooner b. Just before c. Not until d. Only
10. The two countries have reached an agreement through dialogues described as ________.
a. counterproductive b. unproductive c. productivity d. productive
11. The job requires certain_____. You have to be good at operating computers and dealing with people.
a. skills b. techniques c. qualifications d. knowledge
12. The AIDS _______ continues to spread around the world. Up to 4,000 people are infected
with the HIV virus every single day.
a. treatment b. epidemic c. tsunami d. damage
13. Scientific _______ help to explore some places and discover more and more remote parts of the world.
a. survey b. lead c. research d. expedition
14. The __ of women in the profession staff of our university has risen to 17.3%.
a. proportion b. most c. sum d. total
15. She got angry when they started to………. her private life.
a. ask for b. enquire after c. ask about d. enquire with 16.
She ran in a marathon last week but………. after ten kilometers.
a. dropped out b. closed down c. broke up d. made up

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to each of

the following exchanges.
17. “....................” “not at all.”
a. Is it ok if I sit here. b. Would it be possible for me to sit here?
 c. Mind if I sit here? d. Can I sit here.
18. “Females are better at learning a foreign language than males.” - “....................”
a. I am not sure I agree. Males learn foreign languages as well as females.
b. I don't like it.
c. It's important to learn a foreign language.
d. Me too. It's good to learn English.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) SIMILAR in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
19. She is always diplomatic when she deals with angry students.
a. strict b. outspoken c. firm d. tactful
20. Roget's Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged by the
ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order.
a. restricted b. as well as c. unless d. instead of
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
21. There has been no discernible improvement in the noise levels since lorries were banned.
a. clear b. obvious c. thin d. insignificant
22. These investments have remained dormant for several years.
a. clever b. active c. energetic d. invisible

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
23. Higher vocational education and training that combines teaching of both practical skills and theoretical expertise.
a b c d
24. We all know that we have to work hardly to earn a living ourselves and support the family.
a b c d
25. Pure nitric acid is colorless, but it acquires a yellow color when it is exposed of air.
a b c d
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the
following questions.
26. I will agree to these conditions provided that they increase my salary.
a. They did not increase my salary so I quit the job.
b. I will only agree these conditions if they give me more money.
c. They give me more money or I will only agree these conditions.
d. Unless they give me more money, I will only agree these conditions.
27. That young man is bound to fail in this test.
a. There is no way that young man can succeed in this test.
b. Certainly, that young man will pass this test.
c. It would be impossible for that young man to fail this test.
d. That young man almost failed in this test.
28. It was your assistance that enabled us to get achievement.
a. But for you assistance, we could not have, got achievement.
b. Your assistance discouraged us from get achievement.
c. If you assisted us, we could not get achievement.
 d. Without your assistance, we could get achievement.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences
in the following questions.
29. "Why don't you ask the teacher for help?" Peter asked me.
a. Peter advised me to ask the teacher for help.
b. Peter recommended me not to ask the teacher for help. ,
c. Peter told me the reason why I did not ask the teacher for help.
d. Peter suggested that he should ask the teacher for help.
30. John Smith is a farmer. I bought his land. .
a. John Smith, whose land I bought, is a farmer.
b. John Smith, who is a farmer, whose land I bought.
c. John Smith, whom I bought his land, is a farmer.
d. John Smith, a farmer, bought his land.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
The current global extinction rate is (31) _____ at about 20,000 species per year, exponentially greater than
the background extinction rate. Many biologists believe that we are in the middle of the greatest mass
extinction episode since the (32) _____ of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
From what is known about present-day populations and from (33) _____ theory, the change in either the
physical or the biological environment is the key to extinction. However, the vulnerability of a species depends
on a wide variety of factors, such as its total population size, geographical (34) _____, reproductive ability,
ecological relations with other species, and genetic characteristics. For example, more emphasis is put on the
greater vulnerability of species that reproduce slowly as contrasted with those that reproduce (35) _____. Other
factors, such as food-plant specialization, may make many fast reproducers more vulnerable than species that
reproduce more slowly. No matter how fast an insect species that depends on a certain plan can reproduce; it
will still go extinct if that plant's habitat is destroyed.
31. a. increased b. distributed c. estimated d. added
32. a. disappearance b. remain c. disposal d. limitation
33. a. evolve b. evolution c. evolutionary d. evolutionist
34. a. opportunity b. follow c. spread d. distribution
35. a. rapidly b. cheaply c. cheerfully d. lastly

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions.
Probably the most famous film commenting on the twentieth-century technology is Modern Times, made in 1936.
Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe
the working conditions in industrial Detroit. Chaplin was told that healthy young farm boys were lured to the city to
work on automotive assembly lines. Within four or five years, these young men’s health was destroyed by the stress
of work in the factories. The film opens with a shot of a mass of sheep making their way down a crowded ramp.
Abruptly, the film shifts to a scene of factory workers jostling one another on their way to a factory. However, the
rather bitter note of criticism in the implied comparison is not sustained. It is replaced by a gentle note of satire.
Chaplin prefers to entertain rather than lecture. Scenes of factory interiors account for only about one-third of
Modern Times, but they contain some of the most pointed social commentary as well as the most comic situations.
No one who has seen the film can ever forget Chaplin vainly trying to keep pace with the fast-moving conveyor
belt, almost losing his mind in the process. Another popular scene involves an automatic feeding machine brought
to the assembly line so that workers need not interrupt their labor to eat. The feeding machine malfunctions, hurling
food at Chaplin, who is strapped in his position on the assembly line and cannot escape. This serves to illustrate
people’s utter helplessness in the face of machines that are meant to serve their basic needs. Clearly, Modern Times
has its faults, but it remains the best film treating technology within a social context. It does not offer a radical social
message, but it does accurately reflect the sentiment of many who feel they are victims of an over-mechanised
world.
36. According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for Modern Times from ______.
a. a movie b. a conversation c. a newspaper d. fieldwork
37. The young farm boys went to the city because they were ______.
a. promised better accommodation c. attracted by the prospect of a better life
b. driven out of their sheep farm d. forced to leave their sheep farm
38. The phrase “jostling one another” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.
a. jogging side by side c. hurrying up together
b. pushing one another d. running against each other
39. According to the passage, the opening scene of the film is intended ______.
a. to reveal the situation of the factory workers c. to produce a tacit association
b. to introduce the main characters of the film d. to give the setting for the entire plot later
40. The word “vainly” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.
a. recklessly b. carelessly c. hopelessly d. effortlessly
41. According to the author, about two-thirds of Modern Times ______.
a. entertains the audience most c. was shot outside a factory
b. is rather discouraging d. is more critical than the rest
42. The author refers to all of the following notions to describe Modern Times EXCEPT “______”.
a. satire b. entertainment c. criticism d. revolution
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions.
Very few people in the modern world obtain their food supply by hunting and gathering in the
natural environment surrounding their homes. This method of harvesting from nature’s provision
is the oldest known subsistence strategy and has been practised for at least the last two million
years. It was, indeed, the only way to obtain food until rudimentary farming and the
domestication of wild animals were introduced about 10,000 years ago.
Because hunter-gatherers have fared poorly in comparison with their agricultural cousins,
their numbers have dwindled, and they have been forced to live in marginal environments, such
as deserts and arctic wastelands. In higher latitudes, the shorter growing seasons have restricted
the availability of plant life. Such conditions have caused a greater dependence on hunting, and
on fishing along the coasts and waterways. The abundance of vegetation in the lower latitudes of
the tropics, on the other hand, has provided a greater opportunity for gathering a variety of plants.
In short, the environmental differences have restricted the diet and have limited possibilities for
the development of subsistence societies.
Contemporary hunter-gatherers may help us understand our prehistoric ancestors. We know
from the observation of modern hunter-gatherers in both Africa and Alaska that a society based
on hunting and gathering must be very mobile. While the entire community camps in a central
location, a smaller party harvests the food within a reasonable distance from the camp. When the
food in the area has become exhausted, the community moves on to exploit another site. We also
notice seasonal migration patterns evolving for most hunter-gatherers, along with a strict division
of labor between the sexes. These patterns of behavior may be similar to those practised by
mankind during the Paleolithic Period.
43. The word “domestication” in the first paragraph mostly means ______.
a. hatching and raising new species of wild animals in the home
b. adapting animals to suit a new working environment
c. teaching animals to do a particular job or activity in the home
d. making wild animals used to living with and working for humans
44. According to the passage, subsistence societies depend mainly on ____________.
a. agricultural products b. hunter-gatherers’ tools c. nature’s provision d. farming methods
45. In the lower latitudes of the tropics, hunter-gatherers
a. have better food gathering from nature c. harvest shorter seasonal crops
b. can free themselves from hunting d. live along the coasts and waterways for fishing
46. According to the passage, studies of contemporary subsistence societies can provide a ______.
a. further understanding of prehistoric times
b. broader vision of prehistoric natural environments
c. further understanding of modern subsistence societies
d. deeper insight into the dry-land farming

47. The word “conditions” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

a. the environments where it is not favorable for vegetation to grow
b. the situations in which hunter-gatherers hardly find anything to eat
c. the places where plenty of animals and fish can be found
d. the situations in which hunter-gatherers can grow some crops
48. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned?
a. The number of hunter-gatherers decreases where farming is convenient.
b. Hunting or fishing develops where there are no or short growing seasons.
c. Harvesting from the natural environment had existed long before farming was taken up.
d. The environmental differences produce no effect on subsistence societies

49. According to the author, most contemporary and prehistoric hunter-gatherers share ______.
a. only the way of duty division c. some methods of production
b. some restricted daily rules d. some patterns of behavior

50. Which of the following would serve as the best title of the passage?
a. Hunter-gatherers: Always on the Move c. Evolution of Humans’ Farming Methods
b. Hunter-gatherers and Subsistence Societies d. A Brief History of Subsistence Farming
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KEY 01
1. a 11. a 21.d 31. c 41. c
2. c 12. b 22.b 32. a 42. d
3. a 13. d 23. b 33. c 43. d
4. c 14. a 24. b 34. d 44. c
5. a 15. c 25. d 35. a 45. a
6. d 16. a 26.b 36. b 46. a
7. c 17. c 27. a 37. c 47. a
8. c 18. a 28. a 38. b 48. d
9. c 19. d 29. a 39. c 49. d
10.d 20. d 30. a 40. c 50. b