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complete each of the following exchanges

Question 1: James: “It’s was very kind of you to give me a lift home” - Pete: “ ”

A As a matter of fact, you’re pretty nice

B Oh, don’t do that I was coming past your house any way

C I’m not pleased

D Oh, don’t mention it I was coming past your house any way

Question 2: Billy and Bobby are in a coffee shop Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about the

coffee there

- Billy: “How’s the coffee here?”

- Bobby: “ ”

C It’s a little better now that I’ve got a car D As a matter of fact, I’m not interested

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the following questions

Question 3: Today, many serious childhood diseases by early immunization

Question 4: I’ve cleaned it and polished it, it still doesn’t look new

Question 5: The Beauty Contest is start at 8:30 a.m our time tomorrow

Question 6: The picture was beautiful

A she was looking B at it she was lookingC at which she was looking D at that she

was looking

Question 7: In this job, experience accounts for more than paper

Question 8: - Nadine: “I’ve been offered $550 for my stereo Should I take it or wait for a better

one?”

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- Kitty: “Take the $550 ”

C The early bird catches the worm D A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush Question 9: - Jenny: “What did your grammar teacher want to talk to you about?”

- Peter: “I did badly on the last test She studied for it.”

A said why I hadn’t B said why hadn’t I C asked why I hadn’t D asked why hadn’t I

Question 11: Whenever a problem , we try to discuss frankly and find solutions as soon as possible

Question 12: I bought this grammar book I could go over all the things we have studied

this year

Question 13: If people paid a little more attention to the environment, the Earth greener

Question 14: Lessons from the developed countries are worth learning to save our time

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meaning to each of the following questions

Question 15: We had no sooner got to know our neighbors than they moved away

A Soon after we got to know our new neighbors, we stopped having contact with them

B If our new neighbors had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better

C Once we had got used to our new neighbors, they moved somewhere else

D Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbors when they went somewhere else to

live

Question 16: There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn’t get a seat

A The train was too crowded for Mary not to get a seat

B The train was so crowded that there was nowhere for Mary to sit

C So crowded the train was that Mary couldn’t get a seat

D The crowded train did not prevent Mary from getting a seat

Question 17: “I’ll speak calmly I really will!” He said

A He promised to speak calmly B He reminded me to speak calmly

C He refused to speak calmly D He offered to speak calmly

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each pair of sentences in the following questions

Question 18: Jack was overconfident Therefore, he ruined our plan completely

A That was Jack’s overconfidence ruined our plan completely

B Jack was overconfident, which ruined our plan completely

C It was because Jack’s overconfidence that ruined our plan completely

D It was Jack’s overconfidence ruined our plan completely

Question 19: Marie Curie was a famous mathematician and physicist She also won the

Nobel Prize for chemistry

A Winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Marie Curie became a famous mathematician and

physicist

B Marie Curie was a famous mathematician rather than a physicist although she won the Nobel Prize for

chemistry

C Marie Curie, a famous mathematician and physicist, also won the Nobel Prize for chemistry

D Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for chemistry so she was a famous mathematician and

physicist

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meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

Question 20: When you change a sound file to an MP3, the file is compressed

Question 21: When floodwaters recede, affected areas are often blanketed in silt and mud The

water and landscape can be contaminated with hazardous materials, such as sharp debris, pesticides, fuel and untreated sewage

A to cover completely with thick layer of something B to expose to the open air comfortably

C to provide someone with a protective layer D to dig out something hidden for long

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other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part

differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate

the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

The Rocky Mountain runs almost the length of North America They start in the North-West, but lie only a (26) _hundred miles from the centre in more southern areas Although the Rockies are smaller (27) the Alps, they are no less wonderful

There are many roads across the Rockies, but the best way to see them is to travel by train You start from Vancouver, the most attractive of Canada’s cities Standing with its feet in the water and its (28) _in the mountains, this city (29) _ its residents to ski on slopes just 15 minutes

by car from the city centre

Thirty passenger trains a day used to (30) _off from Vancouver on the cross-continent railway Now there are just three a week, but the ride is still a great adventure You sleep on board, which is funny, but travel through some of the best site at night

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the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 38

The ideas of John Dewey, philosopher and educator, have influenced American thought for over

one hundred years Dewey was born in Vermont in 1859, and throughout hi life he kept the respect for experience, individuality, and fair play that shaped the character of the nineteenth century Vermonter He viewed his own life as a continuously reconstructive process - with experience and knowledge building on each other

By the 1930s, Dewey had simplified his theory of experience to its essence As the intellectual

leader of the progressive schools, he asserted that there was danger in rejecting the old unless the new was rooted in a correct idea of experience He held that experience is an interaction between what a person already knows and the situation at hand Previous knowledge interacting with the present environment influences future experience

Dewey be1ievd that experience could not be equated with education because all experiences

as not necessarily educative Experience ids educative only when it contributes to the growth of the

individual, but it can be miseducative if it distorts the growth of further experience It is the quality

of experience that matters Thus, productive experience is both the means and the goal of education Furthermore, since education is a social process, truly progressive education involves the participation of the learner in directing the learning experience

During his long life, Dewey lectured and published prolifically These writings were influential

both during his lifetime and after his death at the age of ninety-two He viewed his whole life as an experiment which would produce knowledge that would lead to further experimentation The range and diversity of Dewey’s writings and his influence on society place him among American’s great thinkers

Question 31: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A John Dewey’s professional growth B John Dewey’s theory of experience

C the progressive movement in education D the educational methods of John Dewey Question 32: The author implies that Dewey’s Vermont background

A inspired him to become a philosopher B limited the types of experiences he had as a child

C contributed to his philosophy of experience D provided him with an excellent education

Question 33: The word “its” in refers to

Question 34: According to John Dewey, the interplay between a person’s previous knowledge

and the present situation is

A dangerous B a correct idea of experience C education D a rejection of the old Question 35: The word “distorts” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to

A deforms B balances C stimulates D mislays

Question 36: All of the following were part of Dewey’s theory of experience and education

EXCEPT

A knowledge and experience interact B experience should develop the individual

C experience is always educative D present experience affects future experience

Question 37: According to Dewey, progressive education should include

A both positive and negative experiences B directing new social processes

C complete rejection of traditional methods D the active participation of the student

Question 38: The word “prolifically” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

A carefully B progressively C intellectually D abundantly

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CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

Question 39: Oil is one of the principal sources of energy

A most important B most difficult C most popular D most expensive

Question 40: The museum was overrun with tourists, so I decided to go back another day

A having no tourists B not having enough tourists

C crowded with tourists D having tourists running

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correction in each of the following questions

Question 41: There are many different ways of comparing the culture of one nation with those of

another

Question 42: She only had a twenty-dollars bill with her when she landed at Healthrow airport

Question 43: I was very busy lately since the project of designing the new collection started

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the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50

The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City For a long time, it has been

the newspaper of record in the United States and one of the world’s great newspapers Its strength

is in its editorial excellence; it has never been the largest newspaper in terms of circulation

The Times was established in 1851 as a penny paper whose editors wanted to report the news

in a restrained and objective fashion It enjoyed early success as its editors set a pattern for the

future by appealing to a cultured, intellectual readership instead of a mass audience However, in the late nineteenth century, it came into competition with more popular, colorful, if not lurid,

newspapers in New York City Despite price increases, the Times was losing $1,000 a week when

Adolph Simon Ochs bought it in 1896

Ochs built the Times into an internationally respected daily He hired Carr Van Anda as editor

Van Anda placed greater stress than ever on full reporting of the news of the day, and his reporters

maintained and emphasized existing good coverage of international news The management of the paper decided to eliminate fiction from the paper, added a Sunday magazine section, and reduced the paper’s price back to a penny In April 1912, the paper took many risks to report every aspect

of the sinking of the Titanic This greatly enhanced its prestige, and in its coverage of two world

wars, the Times continued to enhance its reputation for excellence in world news

In 1971, the Times was given a copy of the so-called “Pentagon Papers,” a secret government

study of U.S involvement in the Vietnam War When it published the report, it became involved in several lawsuits The U.S Supreme Court found that the publication was protected by the freedom-of- the-press clause in the First Amendment of the U.S Constitution Later in the 1970s, the paper, under Adolph Ochs’s grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, introduced sweeping changes in the organization of the newspaper and its staff and brought out a national edition transmitted by satellite to regional printing plants

Question 44: What is the main idea of the passage?

A The New York Times publishes the best fiction by American writers

B The New York Times became highly respected throughout the world

C The New York Times lost its prestige after the Vietnam War

D The New York Times broadcasts its news to TV stations via satellite

Question 45: It can be inferred from the passage that the circulation of the Times is

Question 46: Which phrase is closest in meaning to the word “restrained” as it is used in

paragraph 2?

A With self-control B Put in prison C Without education D In handcuffs

Question 47: What word or phrase does the word “his” as used in paragraph 3 refer to?

Question 48: To improve its circulation, the management of the Times did all of the following EXCEPT

A increased the number of lurid stories, even if they were not true

B added a Sunday magazine section

C emphasized good coverage of international news

D eliminated fiction from the paper

Question 49: The passage implies that the newspaper’s reputation

A decreased when it lowered its price to a penny

B grew because Adolph Ochs bought it in 1896

C decreased because it could not compete with other New York papers

D increased because of its coverage of the Titanic’s sinking

Question 50: According to the passage, the Times has a national edition that is

A shipped by train and air transport daily B protected by the Supreme Court

C printed in the form of a Sunday magazine D transmitted by satellite to regional printing

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