C - READING COMPREHENSION: PARAGRAPH ONE: Read the following paragraph and choose the best answer.. In New York State, for example, twenty inches of snow in one year would be recorded a
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Name: ………
Total marks:
A – PHONETICS:
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group:
II/ Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the other words in each group:
B – VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE:
1) The definition for “gram calories” or “calories” is _ for most engineering work
2) The motorbike was badly smashed up but the rider escaped without any _
3) The rotten oranges should be _ so as not to affect the others in the basket
4) There has been a great _ for motorbikes in Vietnam for the last 10 years
5) I am bringing an umbrella in _ it rains in the evening
6) Jane was full of towards her stepmother
7) When Wilson’s company was hit by the recession, he decided to take early
8) I presume you declare any private _ to the appropriate authorities
9) There were no lifeboats on the ship because it was _ to be unsinkable
10) I wish they _ change their mind so often!
11) Many countries have sent medicines for _ of the latest fighting
12) As soon as the supplies arrive, they will be _ to the starving people
13) Education is desperately needed in many countries where a high percentage of the population is
14) I am sorry that I giggled so much I was in rather a silly _
15) The film didn’t really _ our expectations, unfortunately
16) The government is building a nuclear power _ not far from here
17) After the dentist extracted my tooth, I was in _
18) Metal pipes _ if you heat them
19) It is by no _ certain that Margaret Jones will win the election
20) After the dentist extracted my tooth, I was in _
21) Tim never comes here now We only see him once in a _ moon
22) She’s not a teenager any more She looks quite _ now
23) John was _ something under his breath, but I didn’t catch what he said
24) I didn’t go to the party as I felt a bit under _
25) It’s a small black dog and _ to the name of “Emily”
26) More than 200 police officers are _ in the investigation
27) The meeting didn’t _ until late
28) At the end of the match the players were _ exhausted
29) After its engine failed, the small boat _ with the current
30) I bought a new stereo but I didn’t have enough money for new _
31) One of the superstitions related to weddings is that the bride should wear something blue
C - READING COMPREHENSION:
PARAGRAPH ONE: Read the following paragraph and choose the best answer
or snow which reaches the ground The average annual precipitation over the whole of the United States is thirty-six inches
It should be understood however, that a foot of snow is not equal to a foot of precipitation A general formula for computing
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the precipitation of snowfall is that ten inches of snow is equal to one inch of precipitation In New York State, for example, twenty inches of snow in one year would be recorded as only two inches of precipitation Forty inches of rain would be recorded as forty inches of precipitation The total annual precipitation would be recorded as forty-two inches
The amount of precipitation is a combined result of several factors, including location, altitude, proximity to the sea, and the direction of prevailing winds Most of the precipitation in the United States is brought originally by prevailing winds from the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Great Lakes Because these prevailing winds generally come from the West, the Pacific Coast receives more annual precipitation than the Atlantic Coast Along the Pacific Coast itself, however, altitude causes some diversity in rainfall
1) What does this passage mainly discuss?
2) Which of the following is another word that is often used in place of precipitation?
3) The term “precipitation” includes
4) What is the average annual rainfall in inches in the United States?
5) If a state has 40 inches of snow in a year, by how much does this increase the annual precipitation?
6) Where is the annual precipitation highest?
PARAGRAPH TWO: Read the following paragraph and choose the best answer
Over a period of time, many habitats change with respect to the types of plants and animals that live there This change
is known as succession
Succession occurs because plants and animals cause a change in the environment in which they live The first weed and grasses that appear on a bare field, for example, change the environment by shielding the soil from direct sunlight As these plants spread, the ground surface becomes cooler and moister than it was originally Thus, the environment at the ground surface conditions favour the sprouting of shrubs As shrubs grow, they kill the grasses by preventing light from reaching them and also build up the soil in the area In addition, they attract animals that also enhance the soil Pine seedlings soon take hold and as they grow, they in turn shade out the shrubs They are not able to shade out oak and hickory seedlings, however, that have found the forest floor suitable These seedlings grow into large trees that eventually shade out the pines
1) What is the best title of this passage?
2) Which is the correct order of plant succession in the example in the passage?
3) According to the passage, how do weeds and grasses affect the soil?
4) It can be inferred from the passage that
5) Which of the following is a stage of succession as described in the passage?
PARAGRAPH THREE: Read the following paragraph and choose the best answer
Rainforests circle the globe for twenty degrees of latitude on both sides of the equator In that relatively narrow band of the planet, more than half of all the species of plants and animals in their world make their home Several hundred different
varieties of trees may grow in a single acre, and just one of those trees may be the habitat for more than ten thousand kinds
of spiders, ants, and other insects
Unfortunately, half of the world’s rainforests have already been destroyed, and at the current rate, another 25 percent will be lost by the year 2000 Every sixty seconds, one hundred acres of rainforests is being cleared By the time you finish reading this passage, two hundred acres will be destroyed! When this happens, constant rains erode the former forest floor, and the ecology of the region is altered forever Thousands of species of plants and animals are condemned to extinct ional and, since we aren’t able to predict the ramifications of this loss to a delicate global ecology, we don’t know what we may be doing to the future of the human species as well
1) What is the point of view that the author expresses in this passage?
A The author believes that the rainforest will survive
B The author believes that preserving the rainforest is important to the global ecology
C The author believes that he can predict the future of global ecology
D The author believes that the extinction of species is a natural process
2) According to the passage, more than half of all the species of plants and animals
3) What is the meaning of the word “just” in line 3?
4) How many of the world’s rainforests are projected to be destroyed if the current rate continues?
C Half of them will be gone by the year 2000 D One-quarter of them will be gone by the year 2000
5) What is the current rate of destruction?
6) What will NOT happen if the rainforest continues to be cleared?
C Many species of plants and animals that depend on the rainforest will become extinct
D The rainforest will grow, but at a much slower rate
PARAGRAPH FOUR: Read the following paragraph and choose the best answer for each blank
running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing, boxing, and horse and chariot racing were held individual cities, and the
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D - WRITING: Which is the best transformation of the given sentence?
1) No sooner had he been appointed to the post than the new director fell ill
A Immediately after his appointment to the post, the new director fell ill
B Because he had been appointed to the post, the new director fell ill
C After the new director fell ill, he had been appointed to the new post
D The new director had no sooner been appointed to the post when he fell ill
2) She would have sung for us if he had asked her
C She was going to sing for us but then changed her mind
D He asked her to sing but she refused
3) They would have never accepted his money if they had known his plan
A They knew what he wanted to do, so they refused his money
B They agreed with his wishes because they were glad to have his money
C They took the money he offered them without realizing his purposes
D They didn’t know his plan and never took the money from him
4) “Let’s go on a walking holiday!” said Jane
5) It was difficult for us not to laugh at Tom’s joke
6) She had only just begun to speak when people started interrupting
A She hardly had begun to speak when people started interrupting
B Hardly she had begun to speak when people started interrupting
C Hardly had she begun to speak when people started interrupting
D She hadn’t begun to speak when people started interrupting
7) It’s not the job I’m interested in; it’s the people