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g questions.
Mark ~he A, B, C or Don your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each ofthe followin _ _ _ and the
of the pond, _
pon s ocatton. V
<;,VIL frO
+iv
Qued~tioln •. e type of plant and animal lifel'ving in and around a pond
dependS
,(Y\eu
_..
;on th~ soil
h t O'n.l,/
-') "fi. how is the wallr quality
~;.W!at ~..9~1 ity of the water is
~3AhL~S!!li!Y of wat~ D. what is the water quality
Question 2: I m really sleepy today. I wish I _ _ to class.
)3, hadn'tio gq C. have to go D. hadn't gone
~- weren '~ having to go
than ___ _ air pollutio n.
Question 3: Noise pollution generally receives less attention
B. it does C. is D. it is
.
he went to __ Indiana State Univers ity.
Question 4: After he left_ University of Massachusetts, D. 0-0
B. the - the C. 0 - the
Question 5: Our school ___ _ about 600 new students every year.
C. allows D. gets
!ti.& B. accepts
visits. r.
Question 6: It is a good idea for them to exchange ___ _ before the
A. respect B. regards C:
corresQ ondenc~ J1w µ D. condolences
d over 1,000 acciden ts.
Question 7: The people who _ _ the survey said that they had examine
A. gave B. enacted C. set D.B1l!tE (~Pv.. J,
.;ome ~ds, chairs, tables, etc.
Question 8: The house we have rented is __. So we will have to buy D. undecorated
A. unrestored B. unrepair ed ~:...J.PJ.ffirnis.1!9g
Question 9: There are fast-growing _ _ _ _ of fir tree h~re in this park. D. variations
B. variances e,½ Stl"" · C. variants
Question 10: These painkiller pills will _ _,.,,.......,.....,---your p~in.
D. revitalize
A. exacerbate ii. C. vilify
Question 11: She studied hard and got a degree with _ _ _ _ colors.
A. scarlet B. red C. soaring
Question 12: \Vho is the - - D. minister
A. top C. leader
n.
Question 13: The police are _ _ an incident which took place this afternoo
A. inspecting B. searchin g C. probing
Question 14: Susan panicked when the fire broke out. She -n-==-ti
. .
A. took her breath away
C. had a lump in her throat
.,_ ," ., * ___ r!J-,¼;~·1n
D. lost.;her. J!~!Q ,~
B.Jumped out of her skm
j d- r;J-tL/JJ
P~ - J
l±
. having som.e friends over for lunch this Saturday. Would~ou ,ike
}Yl.Ct;r
Question 15: I'm {JI! u 7 ,{ah
B. Corpn on. It's your ~- i~(_µ ) trn r ~, /
ITCan I ilike.a rai 'ch8':k "
C. Thanks, but I mustn't put1,- """Jf/""' D.)As a matteroffact, I do.

tion or adverb particle to complete each oftJ

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct preposi
following questions.
Question 16: _ _ _ _ the contrary, optimists believe that life will be
much better than it is today.
B. At D. Beyond
A. By I/

all her life __ helping the disabled and the poor.

Question 17: The kind- hearted woman d ~
A. into B. for C. in
girls. /
Question 18: He's really shy _ _ _ D.1w1ffl /,.
A. by B. at C. for / J~,wt . ... ~1/r
Question_ 19: His lawyers have decided not t? pr~ed + _Jhq ,.. ~, ,
JT . i"'°f C\£~ •.
• ~. 1 • D. for
A. m J (, B\~\ic 7 will work.
Question 20: rtie jur:ti_s still tu;L \<:_\\ &l whe1the the new healthcare system
A. in for B. up to C. away from
Question 21: You should e>££,hang,e your ounds _ _ _ _ <dollars before going to New York.
:e C. as I n•,;. ,r fJ ,J ~- __ 0
A. into
Question 22: The weather is going to change soon; I ~eel it
my _bo~es. ~L-t f,h ~'1
tr!:~ :~ ~ltt11~ +
(J.&
B. on C. w1thm . ms1de
Question 23: Heavy rains have ~n,_ri ~ , flooding over a large area.
C. at D. of
A. in
Question 24: For my peace r} mind,_please check that the door is locked.

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j
 • B_. ort' C. Both A and B
D. None is correct
A. m
Question 25: Rebecca always excelled _ _ _ _ languages at school.
A. for B. with C. on -:: CJfJ al
The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Identify them an~write t~teir correct forms in tire space prov~d~d in the \ol~mns~he
The role of the presenter is currently acting as a aead~ weight on !he advance of n~ture televis_ion. What S 1
argument that personable presenters help draw viewers into shows is ~ow _by !~ fashto~, for makm,~ them ~he focus m!
the programmes. This isn't confined to macho croc wrestlers and bramless celebrities lo(l)I ~or a green on th~tr CVs. One
of the most awesome pieces of film fi:ei~i made of British wildlife - the dusk roosting flights of a mtlhon starhngs over the
Somerset Levels - was all thou&!j ruined by the director's insistence@ interrupting the geo~etry of th~performance ev.ery five
se<!o'iui with a cut-off of the presenter waving his arms as ifhe were conducting them, or as tf we were 2-.f&
ofknowmg how
to respond without a presenter's cue.
No Line Mistakes Correction
26 1 deadly dead
27 2 less more
28 3 weighed outweighed
29 3 on of
30 4 look looking
31 5 never ever
32 6 though but
33 6 m on
34 7 second seconds
35 8 capable incapable

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct phrasal verb to complete each ofthe following
sentences.
Question 36: ~s its sales have increase~,.~~t computer c~rppany is going to _ _ _ _ more staff.
A. take m H· tak~.b'ff r£t,r"i'I C. take over D. take up
Question 37: I couldn't quite ____ what they were doing because they were so far away.
A. bear out B. make out -::: C. think out D. try out
Question 38: For all the arguments a~yson, there is no getting _ _ from the fact that it exists.
awa~ ::= /tv.. Cul\'1-q&-~ i. tflt C. back D. over
Question 39: Never _ _ _ _ till to~r:!:o~ wha~ou can do today.
A. put out

A. up to
JE.RYt.Pff
Question 40: He wants to be a rapper, but I think he'll grow &J- v;y M it.
B. without C. into
/"'
,~
L_ D. Pttt do~wn ~ ·
C

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f ','cf:
Question 41: What chemical is this? It's giving _ _ _ _ a horrible smell. , n,
_,D. out yre-Ul f, . Jv
fn-T;;;: ()(}_ / ; • J1CUf
A. over C. down r
Question 42: Don't run away _ _ _ _ the idea that this work is easy. . J
J,e.evt;..~w, K..,,,i1- /? ./ "!JlJri---
A. from B. towards t ..;witli .-::: (l,Vt (} D. orl f-}'f}U
Question 43: All that time she'd been leading him _ __, but she was only interested in his money.
A. out B. up c. ~uJt J
k,Q;ll~ ~ / l ~ .

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits
each ofthe numbered blanks.
In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase in research into happiness. The researchers have come up a
number of factors which contribute to a definition of happiness.
First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be happy, in other words, happiness (44)
in families. And happiness seems ~o correlate 9.uiters~pngJy with ~main dimensipns_Rf,person~ties: extroverts are
generally happier, rwurotic,s are less so. i f ~ ' -~~Ji 4-wc JNtlr ~"', &,-~ /F::,tli qua; ,
Second, people often report good ~ocial relations as a reason for their appin~ss. In particuhtr, friends are a great (45)
___ of joy, partly becau~ the agrpy$lble things they do together, partly because of the way friends use posit~ve n~n-
verbal (46) ___ such as cares~d'1in-'cMt3uching, to affirm their friendship. Marriage and similar (47) ___ relat1onsh1ps
can also form the basis of lastmghappiness.
Third, job satisfaction undoubtedly (48) ___ overall satisfaction, and vice versa - perhaps this is why some people
are happy in boring jobs: it (49) ___ both ways. Job satisfaction is caused not only by the essential nature of the work, but
(50) _ _ by social interactions with co-workers. Unemployment, on the contrary, can be a serious cause of unhappiness.
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of happiness.
fourth, leisure is important because it is more under individual (51) ___ than most other causes
of various kinds, can give great
Acrivi~es. (52) - - sport and music, and participation in voluntary work and social clubs
support of other group members - it is
joY• 'flus 1s ~artly because of the (53) ___ themselves, but also because of the social
verJ strong m the case of religious groups.
Question 44: ~. rfuis B. arrives C. goes D. descends
Question 45: k\r. souroi B. origin C. base D. meaning
Question 46: A. movements B.
signals C. slogans D. motions
Question 47: A. near B. tight c.clo~ D. heavy
Question 48: A. consists of B. applies to C. counts on i>. contributes tq
Question 49: lt. works B. effects C. makes
,.--,
D. turns
Question 50: A. too B. as well ~l~q D. plus
Question 51: A. check B. power C. choice n?contr:oJ
Question 52: A. so B. such C.lik] D. thus
Question 53: A. facilities B.
a_2iiviti~ C. exercises D. amenities

the other
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from
three in pronunciation in each ofthe following questio11s,
Question 54: A. sp~trum B. sp~cial n1q1i§
Question 55: A. chIDTiber B. ~ncient C. d~ger
Question 56: A. application " .. .hfentifli C. chemistry
t' C. dictation D. co-oper~tion
Question 57: A. organi~tio n
Question 58: A. mastery B. baggx ~iv@ ft. D. sxmbol

ofthe
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose primary stress differs from that
other three in each of.. the following questions.
D. depend
Question 59: ~-;missi<>g B. encourage C. occasion
Question 60: A. participant B. publicity C. com12etitive p;:indhtldua\
D. interactive
Question 61: A. limitation
Question 62: A. assimilate
B. documentary
B. committee
r:;. governmen
C. tomorrow
t
D:lrelative
--...,.....,.

D. elephant
__
Question 63: ~r.iih,i&if B. separate C. president

to each of
Read the fiol/owing passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indica,t!J,ht!!ooect answer
the questions. u,
and utilizes
The history of clinical nutrition, or the study of the relationship between health an<yhow th body takes in
eras: the first began in the nineteen9.' century and extended into the early
food substances, can be divided into four distinct
the first time that food contained constituent s that were essential for human
twentieth century when it was recognized for
different amounts of these essential agents. Near the end of this era, research
function and that different foods provided
pro;vifj.ing
studies demonstrated that rapid weight loss was associated with nitrogen imbalance and could only be r~tifiedpl;>~
adequate dietary protein associated with certain foods. Mc&~~/ ni:..'ci.dt;.../
vitamin period."
The second era was initiated in the early decades of the twentieth century and might be called "the
became recognized as
Vitamins came to be recognized in foods, and deficiency syndromes were described. As vitamins
disease and condition for which
essential food constituents necessary for health, it became tempting to suggest that every
medical schools
there had been no previous effective treatment might be responsive to vitamin therapy. At that point in time,
<M}n~pts i!!to the basic sciences. Much of the
started to become more interested in having their curricula integrate nutrition<;11-
focus of this education was on the recognition of deficiency symptoms. H~n 'fay thf ~inning of what ultimately turned
medicine. Reckless claims were made for effects of vitamins
from ignorance to denial of the value of nutritional therapies in
h,~ t.£;
that we~ fqr beyond what could actually be achieved from the use of them.
to mid-1960's , vitamin therapy began to fall into djsrepute.
~third era of nutritional history in the early 1950's
schools also became less popular. It was just a decade before this that
/)f Concomitant with this2..nutrition education in medical
were quick to supply practicing physicians with
maiiy° drug companies had found their vita~e.i!h~~~I~.~ ~.~r~~t}J !~,and
'Hev3~ ofs14l>plem entation for a variety of ~th-relat ed conditions.
generous samples of vitamins and literature ~xiof1nig'i
ect vitamin and
Expectations as to the success of vitamins in disease control were exaggerated. As is known in retrbs
s conditions than when applied to I ng-term problems
mineral therapies are much less
of under nutrition that lead to
effective
chronic
when
health
applied
problems.
to health-crisi
f _ ,, f ref;
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Question 64: What does the Qassage mainly discuss?
- -o~'lI /
~:-The stages of development of clinical nutrition as a field of study
B. The history of food preferences from the nineteenth century to the present •a~Q'-1 cJ}.) 1 Ir~
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C. The effects of vitamins on the human body

D. Nutritional practices of the nineteenth century . h fi · th
Question 65: It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following discoveries was made durmg t e rrSt era tn e
history of nutrition?
A. Certain foods were found to be harmful to good health.
B. Vitamins were synthesized from foods.
C. Effective techniques of weight loss were determined.
;9. Protein was recognized as an ess~ntial component of dietj
Question 66: The word "Reckless" is closest in meaning to?
A. recorded n~~Timtf~iljli! c. informative D. urgent
Question 67: Why did vitamin therapy begin losing favor in the 1950's?
A. Medical schools stopped teaching nutritional concepts
B. Nutritional research was of poor quality
C. The ~blic lost interest in vitamins
D. Clauns for the effectiveness of:;;wv-:i:-ta;..,m..--:-in-ili-:-e-m....R.... ..,w-e""r'e-seffi!!e~n-J....o-:,b-e_e_xa-.;-.,-g-g-,e~ra~'l--;;ed
iY.
....
,

Question 68: The phrase "concomitant with" is closest in meaning to _ .w

, A. in dispute with B. prior to ~.:1n.c'oiiffin&ip~J-YJIB D. in regard to

Question 69: The word "skyrocketing" is closest in meaning to
A. internationally popular B.1ncreasing !~Pid~ C. surprising D. acceptable
Question 70: The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses
A. Why nutrition education lost its appeal B. Problems associated with undernutrition
~. The fourth era of nutritio!! histon; D. How drug companies became successful

II. PHAN TU LUAN . .

Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space.
71. Katherine Curtis's water ballet club attracted both national and international _ _ _ _ _ _. (PUBLISH)
72. The _______ of books were the hand-written books since centuries BC, including clay tablets, wood or bamboo
tablets tied with cord. (RUN)
73. A century ago average life _ _ _ _ _ _ in Europe was 45, today it is 70. (EXPECT)
74. Because of the nuclear leakage, a large area of land needs _ _ _ _ _ _. (CONTAMINATE)
75. He talked _ _ _ _ _ _ of the past and his youth. (ROMANCE)

71. publicity 72 73. expectancy 74. decontaminating

,. 75. romantically

Read the following passage andfill in each of the blanks with ONE suitable word.
When the day comes give yourself plenty of time to do everything: have breakfast but don't drink (76)
_ _ _ _ _ _ much; go to the toilet; arrive on time, but not too early or you will find yourself getting more and more
nervous while you wait to start. Try not to talk (77) _ _ _ _ _ _ the exam before you go in. In the exam, calm (78)
_ _ _ _ _ _ down by breathing deeply and thinking positively. Read (79) _ _ _ _ _ _ exam questions carefully and
underline all of the key instruction words (80) _ _ _ _ _ _ indicate how the questions should (81) ------:--
answered. If possible start with the ones (82) _ _ _ _ _ _ can do easily to give you confidence. Remember what you've
learnt from practising questions and doing mock exams previously and plan your use of time. Don't panic (83)
_ _ _ _ _ _ everyone around you seems to start writing furiously straight away and don't be tempted to follow their
example. Finally, after the exam, don't join in a discussion about (84) _ _ _ _ _ _ everyone else did, (85) _ _ _ _ __
you want to frighten yourself, and drain your self-confidence for the next exam. Above all, remember that exams are not
designed to catch you out, but to find out what you know, what you understand and what you can do.

76. too 77. about 78. yourself 79. the 80. that/which

81. be 82.you 83. if/when 84. what 85. unless

Read the following passage and complete the given task.

WHALE CULTURE
 A Mo~t soc~al scientists stubbornly resist the idea that animals have culture. Even such advanced cetacean mammals as
whales and .olphms clearly don't have art. literature, or architecture. But patient observation over many years has begun to
reveal be;av~ors that can only have been learnt from other whales. And that, say whale biologists, constitutes culture.
B k0. ar, humpback and killer whales provide the best evidence of culture in cetaceans, and the song of the male
htunpbac ts among the most striking examples. Humpback populations in different oceans sing different songs, but within the
same ocean they all stick to the same one. However, during the breeding season the sounds change, as it appears that females
are drawn to novel songs. One male might add an extra set of groans; another might drop a series of grunts. Soon all the other
males have altered their own rendition to incorporate the changes until they are once again singing the same song. Since this
oc~urs ~on~ thousands of whales spread across a vast part of the planet, the change cannot be in response to any factor in the
animals environment. The latest version of the song can be learnt only from other whales - almost certainly by imitation.
C. Cultu_re plays an even bigger part in the life of killer whales. Nowhere is this more obvious than along the north-west
coast of America, where killer whales are split into two distinct populations - 'residents' and 'transients'. They live in the same
~tretc~ of water, but they don't mingle. In effect, they belong to two quite separate cultures. Residents live in stable groups, or
pods , made up of two or three mothers and their offspring - perhaps 20 whales in all. C • • the
thr.®ghout adul~d, andjn many years of observation no one has ever seen a whale swi~ ods Trans,·e9ts tJ:avel in smaller,
more changeable groups of between three and six. - Dt
D. One of the most obvious distinctions between the transient and resident societies IS the way the impart information.
,_ \~ci, ill~.whalos-detect prey with a range of echolocating clicks, but converse with a vocabulary of squeaks, whistles and whin_es.
-. rari~~~ s e onl a few such calls~ and all transient societies share the same ones. R~Gh-more_extens1ve
'I}!<'_ ,, ~rtoue,_ and each family group has its own unique and distinctive set of calls. es ite re lar interaction betw th m, each
_resident od sticks rm own ialect. Research shows these dialects are maintained for at least 40 years. -
\ E. To qualify as part of killer whale culture, dialects mus e earn from other members of ti1hpQ4. Animals with
diffe_rent dialects share the same waters, so the variations can't be a product.of the physical enviroomen~ Jlnd we can throw
out the notion that the dialects are inherited," says Lance Barrett-Lennard of the University of the British Columbia. He has
spent the past seven years analyzing DNA from 270 whales. His paternity tests reveal that female killer whales invariably
attract mates from outside their own pod - males with a very different dialects. If dialects were programmed by genetics, call
patterns from both father and mother would be passed on the cafl. "A calf uses the calls of its maternal pod very precisely.
There's no input from the father,' says Barrett-Lennard.
F. The question still remains - is this culture? It is, according to Frans de Waal ofEmory University in Atlanta, who
argues that culture is just another biological adaptation that has evolved in many creatures. One benefit of viewing culture in
this way is that you can start to understand how and why it might have arisen in these creatures. Whales have several biological
attributes that give them an advantage in social learning. Apart from their advanced mental abilities, they are adept at
recognising sounds: ideal for communication in the marine environment. Many species spend years rearing their offspring, and
live in small, stable, multi-generational societies, a social system that provides ample opportunity for teaching and learning.
G. But why have cetaceans evolved the ability to learn from other group members? Experts in whale biology believe that
ecological factors and the need to adapt to sudden changes in the environment played a large part in the emergence of culture.
Although the ocean is a relatively stable habitat in many ways, it is highly changeable in one crucial respect - the availability
of food. One moment there might be a plentiful supply of fish, the next they've disappeared. When that happens, the past
experience of the senior members of the group - and the ability to share this knowledge - is a huge asset. The dialects of killer
whales allow members of the groups to identify each other, enabling them to share information about food hot spots. Among
resident killer whales, it also allows females to avoid inbreeding by picking out a mate with a strange dialect from outside their
pods, says Barrett-Lennard.
H. The importance of share information seems to have led to biological changes in at least some species of whale.
Female killer whales, like humans, are very unusual in that they live up to a quarter of a century after they had their last
offspring. This only makes sense if they have something useful to give their descendants. And what whale matriarchs offer is
the most important thing of all - cultural knowledge, vital for the group's survival, passed directly from one generation to the
next.
Questions 86-90
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? In boxes 86-90 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE ifthe statement agrees with the information.
FALSE ifthe statement contradicts the information.
NOT GIVEN ifthere is no information on this.
r.---

86. Resident killer whales appear to remain with their maternal group for life } r.--
87. Resident killer whales have a more restricted range of calls than transients.
88. There is a vocabulary of sounds which is common to all transient killer whales
rr "'
89, Resident killer whales share the dialects of other resident communities living in the same waters. '-f-
90. The dialects of transient killer whales remain constant over time {Ve;- ,
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Finish the second sentence in such a way t!,at its meaning is similar to that of the original one.
91. P~le no longer smoke so mantcigarettes as they used to.
The smokiqg of cigarettes is no longer as popular as it used to be
92. The third time he asked her to marry him, she accepted.
Only on h_is third proposal did she accept him/agree to m~--h-im ..... !
93. I left without saying &oodbye as I didn't want to disturb the meeting.
Rather ilfu,n disturb the meeting, I left withm~ sayJng gpodb~
94. The only reason the ~rty was a success was that a famous film star attended. ,, ..
Had it not been for the attendance of a famous film star, the~~ WOfil.Q..!lOt ha"e.been successfuVa suq,ceS§
95. The company have been reviewing their recruitment policy for the last three months.
The company's recruitment policy h,as been under revie~ for the last three months,

Rewrite each ofthe sentences below in such a way that its meaning is similar to that ofthe original one, using the word
given in brackets. Do not change this word in any way.
96. I left my last job because I didn't really agree with my manager'~.approach. (EYE)
[left my last job because I didn't really see eye to eye,.with my manag~
97. No one listened to what the politician was saying last night. (EARS)
~at the politician WAS gying felI on deaf ears last'nigfil
98. They have discovered some interesting new information. (LIGHT)
~o~e intere,_Ltin_g new infofI!!ation pas come to ~ght
99. Thanks for the invitation, but we prefer staying at home and watching it all on TV. (SOON)
Thanks for the invitation~ but we' qj!!§!.!.s soon stay at home and watch it all on rvl
100. I am going to write and complain to the council. (COMPLAINT)
I intend· to make a written complaint to the council.
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