After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer.. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space
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meeting
(B) He's disappointed that he'll have to
miss the meeting
(C) He often works extra hours
(D) He's afraid the meeting won't end on
time
2 (A) The man will take the camera to be
repaired
(B) The woman will take a picture of the
man
(C) The woman will show the man how to
use the camera
(D) The woman will borrow the man’s
camera
3 (A) He'd like to apply for a replacement
card
(B) He needed to see a doctor two weeks
ago
(C) He's pleased that the woman found
the card
(D) He's glad he was finally able to get an
appointment
4 (A) She doesn't understand the man's
question
(B) She doesn't have time to repeat the
explanation now
(C) She doesn't mind answering questions
(D) Shell return soon
5 (A) The woman doesn't accept the man's
apology
(B) The woman wasn't bothered by the
delay
(C) The man didn't realize the woman was
waiting
(D) The man waited a long time for the
bus
6 (A) The coat isn't warm enough to wear in
cold weather
(B) She bought the coat last winter
(C) She needs to have the coat cleaned
before next winter
(D) The coat is the only warm coat she
owns
7 (A) She won't be a candidate next year
(B) She doesn't believe the news
(C) The news doesn't upset her
(D) The news will disappoint Mary
8 (A) Try to find the woman's roommate
(B) Buy tickets for the film festival
(C) Give the woman a ride to the bookstore
(D) Get a schedule for the woman
9 (A) He doesn't know many composers of classical music
(B) Annie might spend a lot of money on * classical music
(C) He has known Annie's neighbor for many years
(D) Annie should try not to get sick
10 (A) She'll probably be late for her
appointment with the dentist
(B) She won't be riding with her class to the museum
(C) She'll meet the man in front of the library
(D) She forgot that her class was going
to the museum
11 (A) She thinks it will rain today
(B) Her hobby is collecting coins
(C) She'll change the money for the man (D) She's keeping the money for an emergency
12 (A) He studies engineering
(B) He has only recently become interested in philosophy
(C) He wasn't at the lecture
(D) He thinks Professor Warner is a good teacher
13 (A) The reports should have been
completed by today
(B) Only the first part of the report is due next Friday
(C) Some students didn't finish their reports on time
(D) Some students haven't started their reports yet
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(B) Sell one of his paintings
(C) Look for a fess expensive painting
(D) Buy ‘he painting without the frame
15 (A) Exercise less frequently
(B) Take less medicine each day
(C) Visit him as soon as possible
(D) Take a new kind of headache
medicine
16 (A) His job starts next week
(B) He's eager to start his new job
(C) His professor was mistaken about
the job
(D) He believes the job interview went
well
17 (A) Janet didn't attend
(B) Janet's friends did a lot of the work
(C) The man wasn't invited
(D) It was canceled at the last minute
18 (A) He's looking for another roommate
(B) He's sharing the room with his
brothers
(C) He hasn't met his roommate yet
(D) He doesn't think the room is too
small
19, (A) The train to Middletown is often late
(B) The man has missed the train to
Middletown
(C) The next train to Middletown leaves
in eleven minutes
(D) Trains don't stop at Middletown in
the evening
20 (A) Wear his suit
(B) Prepare for cold weather
(C) Find out who's going to the party
(D) Dress informally
21 (A) She's not sure she'll be seeing Julia
(B) She'll phone Julia later in the week
(C) She doesn't know Julia's phone number
(D) She doesn't think Julia knows about registration
22 (A) Most of them were written near the
end of the author's lifetime
(B) Many of them aren't included in the library's collection
(C) They were all highly praised by literary critics
(D) Many readers like to collect them
23 (A) The man is a good student
(B) The man shouldn't work overtime
(C) She wishes that she had a job
(D) She doesn't want to work with the man
24 (A) She doesn't expect to meet with
Kevin today
(B) She can't wait any longer for Kevin
(C) Kevin is often late * (D) Kevin has probably overslept
25 (A) The books are all required for the
history course
(B) Some of the books are for courses other than history
(C) He plans to read more than just the books that are required
(D) He's worried he may not finish the required reading
26 (A) Watch a movie on television
(B) Go out to dinner with the man
(C) Go to the tennis court
(D) Play in the tournament
27 (A) She wishes she could help the man
(B) She has a bigger problem than the man has
(C) She knows a mechanic who can fix the man's car
(D) The man should buy a new car
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(B) She can't offer the man a flexible (B) Professor Lane never gives high
(C) Whoever works at the front desk (C) The man deserves the grade he
must have a flexible schedule received
(D) She doesn't need anyone else to (D) The man should phone Professor
29 (A) He wants the woman to repeat her
question
(B) He agrees with the woman
(C) He wants to talk about the movie
(D) He wants to see the movie again
Part B Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear longer conversations After each conversation,
you will hear several questions The conversations and questions will not be repeated
After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best
answer Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that
corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen
Remember, you are not allowed to take notes or write in your test book
31 (A) How different kinds of pepper are
produced
(B) Why white pepper is superior to
black pepper
(C) How the pepper plant is grown
(D) How various peppers are used in
cooking
32 (A) He read about it in a cookbook
(B) He grows his own herbs and spices
(C) He heard about it from a friend
(D) He studied it in cooking school
33 (A) It's preserved in liquid
(B) The skin is removed
(C) It's dried in the sun
(D) It's freeze-dried
34 (A) It's more pure than other types of
pepper
(B) It helps maintain the color of certain dishes
(C) It has a fruity flavor
(D) It's easier to grow
35 (A) He answered all her questions
correctly
(B) He received a good grade in cooking class
(C) She likes what he has just cooked
(D) She's impressed with his knowledge
of pepper
36 (A) A Story in prose
(B) A poem that rhymes
(C) A translation of a short literary work
(D A journal about the process of writing
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(B) He was able to read it in French (B) To write without using it is difficult
(C) He isn't sure it's available in English both in English and in French
(D) He thinks it's an example of what the (C) Every word in the French author’ s
(D) It's commonly used in English to make poetry rhyme
Part C
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks After each talk, you will
hear some questions The talks and the questions will not be repeated
After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best
answer Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that
corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen
Here is an example
On the recording, you hear:
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In your test book, you read: (A) To demonstrate the latest use of computer
graphics, (B) To discuss the possibility of an economic depression
(C) To explain the workings of the brain
(D) To dramatize a famous mystery story
The best answer to the question "What is the main purpose of the program?" is (C),"To explain
the workings of the brain." Therefore, the correct choice is (C)
Now listen to another sample question Sample Answer
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In your test book, you read: —_ (A) It is required of all science majors
(B) It will never be shown again
(C) It can help viewers improve their memory skills
(D) It will help with course work
The best answer to the question "Why does the speaker recommend watching the program?" is
(D), "It will help with course work." Therefore, the correct choice is (D)
Remember, you are not allowed to take notes or write in your test book
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Earth's atmosphere
(B) As the result of the Earth's rotation
(C) As the horizontal movement of air
(D) As the vertical movement of air
40 (A) It's the ultimate cause of winds
(B) It causes vertical movements of air
(C) It réduces differences in air pressure
(D) It's used to predict weather patterns
41 (A) Air pressure
(B) Temperature
(C) Humidity
(D) Wind direction
42 (A) How winds affect temperature
(B) Reasons for sudden increases in
wind
(C) The origin of storm systems
(D) How vertical air movement
influences weather
43 (A) Factors that affect the ability to
remember
(B) The influence of childhood
memories on adulthood
(C) A proposal for future psychological
research
(D) Benefits of a busy lifestyle
44 (A) The need to exercise the memory
(B) How the brain differs from other
body tissues
(C) The unconscious learning of a
physical activity
(D) How nerves control body
movement
45 (A) Repeat it aloud
(B) Write it down
(C) Make a mental picture of it
(D) practice recalling it
46 (A) Ask questions about the assigned
reading
(B) Give an example of active learning (C) Explain recent research on recalling childhood memories
(D) Make an assignment for the next class session
47 (A) How they behave toward ants from
other nests
(B) What they usually eat
(C) Why they are becoming extinct
(D) Why they were brought to California
48 (A) They protect Argentine ants that live
in neighboring nests
(B) They gather food with Argentine ants from other nests
(C) They fight Argentine ants from other nests
(D) They generally build larger nests than other ant species do
49, (A) They attack members of their own
nests
(B) They recruit ants from other species into their nests
(C) They form large colonies made of several nests
(D) They hide from insects that attack their nests
50 (A) They share the same few ancestors
(B) They can't be distinguished from native Californian ants
(C) They are evolving faster than native Californian ants
(D) Their future survival is in doubt
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Geothermal energy is a potentially
inexhaustible energy source - been
tapped by humans for centuries but, until
recent years, only on a small scale
(A) has it
(B) has
(C) that has
(D) that it has
The importance of the hand, and more
generally of the body, in children's
acquisition of arithmetic —
(A) can hardly be exaggerated
(B) hardly exaggerated can be
(C) can be exaggerated hardly
(D) exaggerated can be hardly
is present in the body in greater
amounts than any other mineral
(A) Calcium
(B) There is calcium
(C) Calcium, which
(D) It is calcium
the evidence is inconclusive, it is
thought that at least some seals have an
echolocation system akin to that of bats,
porpoises, and shrews
(A) Rather
(B) Despite
(C) Although
(D) Why
The total mass of all asteroids in the solar
mass of Earth's
system is much less
Moon
(A) than that is the
(B) than the
(C) the
(D) is the
Like bacteria, protozoans — - by splitting
in two
(A) reproducing
(B) reproduce
(C) to reproduce
(D) reproduction
c + main processes involved in virtually all manufacturing: extraction, assembly, and tteration
(A) There are three (B) Three
(C) The three (D) Three of the Most documentary filmmakers use neither actors
(A) or else (B) but not (C) nor (D) and
- studio settings
Salamanders are sometimes confused with lizards, but unlike lizards - no scales
or claws
(A) that they have (B) to have (C) they have (D) are having
10 The province of Alberta lies along three
11
12
of the major North American flyways used by birds - between their winter and summer homes
(A) the migration (B) migrating (C) migrate (D) and migrate Astronomers estimate — - called the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus is
415 light-years away from Earth
(A) that a loose cluster of stars (B) a loose cluster of stars is (C) that is a loose cluster of stars (D) there is a loose cluster of stars Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, - the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, is best known for her novels about China
(A) won (B) winner of (C) to win (D) who the winner of
it
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13 Stage producers Klaw and Erlanger were 15 Forests stabilize and retain
the first to eliminate arguments among precipitation, thereby helping to prevent leading performers -— in order of erosion and regulate the flow of streams
appearance, instead of prominence (A) to the soil (A) of whom list the program (B) the soil
(C) for them the program listed (D) the soil is (D) by listing them on the program
14 During the decades after the United
States Civil War, a host of technical advances made possible and uniformity of railroad service
(A) a new integration (B) for a new integration (C) that anew integration
(D) and a new integration
Written Expression Directions: In questions 16-40 each sentence has four underlined words or phrases The four
underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D) Identify the one underlined
word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct Then, on your
answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter
of the answer you have chosen
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Guppies are sometimes call rainbow fish because of the males' bright colors
The sentence should read, "Guppies are sometimes called rainbow fish because of the males’
bright colors." Therefore, you should choose (A)
Serving several term in Congress, Shirley Chisholm became an important United
States politician
D The sentence should read, "Serving several terms in Congress, Shirley Chisholm became an
important United States politician.” Therefore, you should choose (B)
Now begin work on the questions
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16 Modem societies are such complex that they could not exist without a well-developed
system of law
D
17 Altitude, climate, temperature, and the length of the growing season both determine
where plants will grow
D
18 The bathyscaphe, a free-moving vessel designed for underwater exploration, consists of a
flotation compartment with a observation capsule attached underneath it
19 Water constitutes almost 96 percent of the body weight of a jellyfish, so if a jellyfish were
to dry out in the sun, it would virtually disappeared
20 The most important parameters affecting a rocket's maximum flight velocity is the
A relationship between the vehicle's mass and the amount of propellant It can carry
21 There were once only eight major lakes or reservoirs in Texas, but today there are over 180, :
many built to storing water against periodic droughts
22 All harmonized music that is not contrapuntal depends from the relationship of chords,
which are either consonant or dissonant
D
23 Expressionist drama often shows the influence of modern psychology by reflecting the
24 It is the number, kind, and arrange of teeth that determine whether a mammal is classified
as a carnivore—not the food that the animal actually eats
D
25 The sea otter is well adapted at its marine existence, with ears and nostrils that can be
closed under water
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supplies More commercial energy than any another source
27 Someone may refuse to recognize the seriousness of an emotionally threatening situation
and perceive as less threatening
D
28 Through experiments with marine organisms, marine biologists can increase our knowledge
of human reproductive and development as well as our understanding of the nervous
system
29 When swollen by melting snow or heavy rain, some rivers routinely overflow its banks
30 In 1884 Belva Lockwood, a lawyer who had appeared before the Supreme Court, became
the first woman was nominated for President of the United States
31 The taller of all animals, a full-grown giraffe may be eighteen feet or more high
32 Physicists have known since the early nineteenth century that all matter is made up of
tiny extremely particles called atoms
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33 Rain is slight acidic even in unpolluted air, because carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
and other natural acid-forming gases dissolve in the water
34 In a stock company, a troupe of actors performs in a particular theater, presenting plays
from its repertory of prepare productions
35 Established in 1860, the Government Printing Office prints and binds documents for all
department of the United States government
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scientifically study of the origin and functioning of humans and their cultures
37 The one-fluid theory of electricity was proposing by Benjamin Franklin, a man famous for
his wide interests and great attainments
38 Probably not speech of so few words has ever been as celebrated as Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address
39 Generally, Abstract Expressionist art is without recognizable images and does not
adhere the limits of conventional form
40 Although complete paralysis is rare with neuritis, some degree of muscle
weakness common
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