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TEST OF EVALUATING COMPETENCE 8 th

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.

Question 1: A immerses B changes C series D guesses

Question 2: A appear B expand C fortunate D candidate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3: A departure B reasonable C specialize D discipline

Question 4: A corporation B enthusiast C evacuate D associate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 5: I think she will be suitable for the work because she has been working like a teacher for a long time.

Question 6: Some people think that women will neglect family responsibilities if she spends too much time at work.

Question 7: Since the wildlife habitat has been damaged, a lot of species are on the verge of extinct

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 8 The flight instructor, _ by the police, said that orders not to land had been given.

A when interviewed B who interviewed C interviewing D if interviewed

Question 9 She seemed to be exhausted She very hard since dawn.

A was working B has been working C had been working D had worked

Question 10 The local health organization is reported _ twenty-five years ago when Dr Audon became

its first president

A to be setting up B to have been set up C being set up D to be set up

Question 11 The engineers are going through with their highway project, _ expenses have risen.

A despite that fact that B just because C now that D as though

Question 12 Not until the late 1960s _ on the moon.

A that Americans walked B Americans walked C did Americans walk D when Americans walked Question 13 The tourist is prevented from entering a country if he doesn’t have a(n) passport

Question 14 With prices so much, it’s hard for the company to plan a budget.

Question 15 Experts say walking is one of the best ways for a person to _ healthy.

Question 16 I like to go to the cinema when I am in the _ for it.

Question 17 The new secretary has written a concise report only in a few pages but with all the details.

Question 18 It isn’t quite certain that he will _ at the meeting.

Question 19 He is a smart young man He knows _.

A what's what B what is more C what is most D all the moon and sun

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Question 20: Tom: “Hello Can I speak to Nancy, please?” – Nam: “ _”

A I’m sorry she’s out B Excuse me She’s not at home.

C I apologise she’s just gone out D Hello May you take a message?

Question 21: Lisa: “Wow! What a new and nice motorbike you have!” – Nick: “ ”

A Certainly Do you like it, too? B Thank you I like you to say that.

C Yes, of course Just because it’s expensive D Thanks My mother bought it for me.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.

Question 22: Brian and Eliza are having a dispute over which radio station to play at work It would be so much

simpler if they both liked the same kind of music

Question 23: If she believes something is good and true she will hold on to it.

A to remain strong and working effectively

B to keep her own viewpoint firmly

C to not give or sell something to somebody else

D to keep something for somebody else

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 24: My friend and his soccer coach are incompatible They are always debating.

C really disliking each other D getting on well with

Question 25: Steve always manages to get a rise out of me with his racist jokes.

A keep someone calm B prompt an annoyed reaction

C easy to be angry D provoke one to react negatively.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 26: You are in this mess right now because you didn’t listen to my advice in the first place.

A If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t have been in this mess right now.

B If you listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.

C If you listen to my advice in the first place, you will not be in this mess right now.

D If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.

Question 27: “I was not there at the time”, he said.

A He denied to have been there at the time B He denied to be there at the time.

C He denied having been there at the time D He denied that he hadn’t been there at the time.

Question 28: It’s no use asking her for help.

A There’s no point in asking her for help B It’s not worth asking her for help.

C It’s no good to ask her for help D We have no trouble asking her for help.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 29: No member in the team came to his birthday party But Julia did come.

A Every member in the team came to his birthday party.

B Not only did Julia come to his birthday party but also other members did.

C Julia was the only member in the team to come to his birthday party.

D Julia was one of the members who came to his birthday party.

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Question 30: I had never seen her before However, I recognized her from a photograph.

A Although I had never seen her before, I recognized her from a photograph.

B I recognized her from a photograph before I had never seen her.

C Although I had never seen her before but I recognized her from a photograph.

D After I had seen her, I recognized her from a photograph.

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 from 31 to 35.

Not only has the human population exploded in the past two centuries, but the per-person consumption of resources — especially in industrialized nations — has (31) _ exponentially Scientists think that resource shortages will cause an escalation of conflicts during this century, and will widen the (32) _ between the rich and the poor — the haves and the have-nots

No resource is more precious and vital than water, and, according to economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia, there are already parts of the world that, (33) _ the rapidly changing climate, are at a severe crisis point "Take the Horn of Africa for example: Somalia's population has risen roughly fivefold since the middle of the 20th century," Sachs said "Precipitation is down roughly 25 percent (34) _ the last quarter century There's a devastating famine under way right now after two years of complete failure of rains, and [there is] the potential that this is entering a period of long-term (35) change."

Question 33 A despite B thanks to C instead of D because of

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

to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

There have been many famous detectives in literature But one of the first – and certainly the most famous – is Sherlock Holmes Holmes was created by the British writer Sis Arthur Conan Doyle in the late nineteen century

Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance in the work A study in Scarlet, which was published in 1887.

Holmes instantly became a popular literary figure with the general populace, who demanded that Doyle write more stories involving him Doyle complied and eventually wound up writing fifty-six short stories and four novels that featured Holmes While he took a break of several years from creating stories about Holmes, Doyle countinued to

write Holmes stories until 1927 Among the most famous of all the works featuring Holmes are The Hound of the

Baskervilles, The Blue Carbuncle, and A Scandal in Bohemia.

One of the reasons that Sherlock Holmes was popular concerns the method he employs to solve his case: logic Together with his partner, Dr Watson, Holmes uses his powers of observation to detect clues that can help him solve the cases he accepts Holmes has an incredibly sharp mind that enables him to determind who the guilty party

or what the problem is Holmes also is a master of disguise, which he prove many times, and he is skilled at boxing as well as sword fighting

While Holmes often solves cases that are unrelated to one another, he has a nemesis with whom he comes into

both direct and indirect conflict in several stories That person is Professor Moriarty, the leader of a crime ring in

London In one of the stories, The Final Problem, Holmes and Moriarty fight one another and fall to their deaths by

plunging down a steep cliff near a waterfall When he wrote that story, Doyle had tired of Holmes and wanted to kill

off the character He then refrained from writing about Holmes for many years, but public demand for more stories

induced him to bring Holmes back from the dead and to continue writing detective stories

Question 36: What is the best title for the passage?

A Sis Arthur Conan Doyle: The Creator of Sherlock Holmes B The Most Famous Detectives in the World

C Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson D A Brief Biography of Sherlock Holmes Question 37: What does the author say about Sis Arthur Conan Doyle?

A He created more detective stories that any other writer

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B He was a bestelling author during his life.

C He wrote stories about Sherlock Holmes for decades.

D He considered becoming a detective in his youth.

Question 38: Why does the author mention The Hound of the Baskervilles?

A Dr Watson makes his first appearance in that world

B The story is one that involves Professor Moriarty.

C It was the first novel he wrote involving Sherlock Holmes.

D It is the title of one of his well-known Sherlock Holmes stories.

Question 39: According to the passage, which is true about Sherlock Holmes?

A He encouraged Dr Watson to become more observant

B He often resorted to fighting during his investigations.

C He was fluent in several foreign languages.

D He relied upon logic to solve various mysteries.

Question 40: The word “conflict” in pharagraph 4 is closest in meaning to .

A promotion B approval C disagreement D attention

Question 8: The word “refrained from” in pharagraph 4 is closest in meaning to .

Question 41: What does the author imply about Professor Moriarty?

A There is an unknown readon why he engaged in a life of crime.

B Critics consider him to be the greatest literary villain in history.

C Sherlock Holmes and he are related to one another.

D He fails to encounter Holmes in some stories he is involved in.

Question 42: Why did Doyle kill Sherlock Holmes in one of his stories?

A It was too difficult for him to come up with new storylines.

B Killing Holmes would help Doyle increase his sales.

C He had no desire to write about Holmes anymore.

D His fans demanded that Holmes be killed off.

Almost as soon as World War II ended, the debate began over who had actually done the most on the Allied side to ensure the defeat of the Axis powers The Russians only needed to point to their twenty million plus war dead

to justify their rights in Eastern Europe and their new position as a great power on the world stage Yet, Americans could also claim that they had done as much, if not more, as the Russians to defeat the Axis enemy In hindsight, it is obvious that despite its greater number of dead, the Russian effort ranks second place to the American In particular,

the American effort seems greater in light of three crucial points: it was fighting at extreme distances from its home

territory; it simultaneously fought three different enemies on a multitude of complex fronts with air, naval, land forces; and finally, it supplied many other fighting forces, including the Russians, with massive amounts of material

The main fronts of World War II were in North Africa, Italy, Western and Eastern Europe, the Pacific Ocean, China, and India The United States military forces fought on or supported every front, all of which were at extreme distances from the continental United States A great logistical effort required to support both its own forces and those

of many other nations Above all, supply ships were essential because without the supply ships, all would have been

in vain Keeping the world's sea lanes free was one of the great accomplishments of the United States Navy and her allies, especially the British and Canadians This allowed ships to traverse great distances and bring American and other Allied fighting forces to face the Axis powers The Russians, on the other hand, were fighting in their own country for much of the war and were close to their supply lines They fought on one continuous font and did not have to travel far to meet the enemy

The United States fought all three great Axis powers during the war: Germany, Japan, and Italy While it cannot be denied that the Russian did the lion's share of the fighting against Germany and the lesser Axis powers of

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Finland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria for a longer time, it was not until the last days of the war that Russia attacked Japan As for the Italians, the Russians only met the reluctant few whom Hitler managed to coerce for his Russian campaign Another area to take into consideration is the strategic bombing campaign that the Americans and British waged against German industry, something that the Russians did not take part in at all Finally, with the exception of the Baltic Sea, the Russian navy played a very minor role in the war compared to American's navy Despite significant aid from the British, Australians, and New Zealanders, the Americans bore the brute of the Pacific fighting

The Chinese tied down a massive number of Japanese troops on the Asian mainland, but they were supplied almost exclusively by the United States American arms, support equipment, food, and clothing went to the four corners of the world during the war even before American officially entered it in 1941 Indeed, the Russian Red Army rode into Eastern Europe on the wheels of over 300,000 American trucks, fed itself on a diet of American canned ham, and wore American boots Coupled with all this were billion-dollar loans with generous terms of interest, which America gave to its allies American was the only Allied nation that did not need to borrow any money during the war

Russia's combat dead were approximately eight million American's number of combat deal was nowhere near the equal of the Russia's comprising less than five percent of the number of Russian combat deaths This is not only a reflection of the intensity of the fighting in Eastern Europe, but it is also a reflection of the American and Russia commanders' battle tactics, with the former being more with saving lives If the dead alone counted for effort, then Russia surely would be considered the greatest Allied power of the World War II Yet, one only has to consider if Russia would have even able to achieve its victory over Germany without America as a supplier and fighting friend

Question 43: According to paragraph 1, all of the following were a result of World War II for Russia Except:

A The country incurred a great number of the dead during the war.

B The country assumed a greater influence in world affairs.

C The country began a simmering conflict with America.

D The country began expanding into Eastern Europe.

Question 44: The word “crucial” in the passage is closest in meaning to

Question 45: According to paragraph 2, all of the fronts American forces fought on were

A. located at far distances from the American mainland

B. only local in the countries of Europe and Asia

C. in country belonging to nearby American allies

D. located at various sites near the American homeland

Question 46: The word “they” in the passage refers to

A American and other allied fighting forces B Axis powers

Question 47: According to paragraph 3, most of Russia's fighting was done with

A. its navy in the Baltic Sea against shipping B. its army against the European Axis powers

C. its air force against German industries D. its army against the Japanese forces

Question 48: According to paragraph 4, America's greatest support for the Russians was in providing

A. different types of clothing B. a variety of the weapons and ammunition

C. a great number of supply ships D. means of land transportation

Question 49: It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that Russian battle tactics

A. included civilians in the fighting B. took advantage of greater numbers

C. were wasteful of human lives D. were similar to tactics

Question 50: According to paragraph 5, the number of American combat dead was

A. the greatest of all the Allied countries B. much less than the number of dead Russians

C. equal to the number that the Russians lost D. slightly less than the number of dead Russians

THE END

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TEST OF EVALUATING COMPETENCE 8 th

Academic year: 2017 – 2018