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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that has its underlined part
pronounced differently from the other three in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. apple
B. absent
C. applicant
D. any
Question 2: A. thread
B. breath
C. break
D. tread
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. colloquial
B. however
C. collision
D. fellowship
Question 4: A. deficiency
B. definite
C. delicacy
D. deference
Question 5: A. individual
B. extinction
C. opposition
D. universal
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following
questions.
Question 6: Since Elgin was fired from the university, he has been forced to work in the market to earn his
____.
A. wage
B. debt
C. livelihood
D. poverty
Question 7: Policemen are sometimes on ________ at night.
A. force
B. alert
C. cover
D. patrol
Question 8: How do you do? ________
A. Im very fine, thanks!
B. With my brother.
C. Thanks to my mother!
D. How do you do?
Question 9: The school principle____ that all students hand in their mobile phones to teachers during school
hours. A.
strongly advised
B. urgently asked
C. firmly told
D. firmly insisted
Question 10: Tom doesnt know much about computing ________ his brother is an expert at it.
A. however
B. whereas
C. therefore
D. in contrast
Question 11: This is the third time James ________ the volunteer program to the village.
A. joins
B. joined
C. has joined
D. has been joining
Question 12: Well, I hope you enjoyed your meal. ________
A. Oh, absolutely delicious. B. No problem.
C. Yes, thats very interesting. D. Yeah, thats
right.
Question 13: John hasnt studied hard this year, so, in the last couple of months, hes had to work ___ just to
catch up.
A. vaguely
B. randomly
C. barely
D. intensely
Question 14: The baby does nothing but ________ all day.
A. to sleep and to eat
B. to sleep and eat
C. sleep and eat
D. sleeping and
eating
Question 15: Excuse me! Im looking for the library. ________
A. Wherere your eyes? Its in front of you.
B. Look no further!
C. Find it yourself. Im busy.
D. Oh, nice to meet you.
Question 16: The criminal knows the ________ of successful robberies.
A. trash and treasure
B. part and parcel
C. ins and outs
D. close all
Question 17: Do you have a minute, Dr Keith? ________
A. Sorry, I havent got it here. B. Well. Im not sure when.
C. Good, I hope so. D. Sure. Whats problem?
Question 18: She went to college to study history, but changed ________ and is now a doctor.
A. for a better B. horses in midstream C. her tune D. hands
Question 19: She had an ________ crisis when she was sixteen.
A. identity B. image C. inclination D. implication

Question 20: You dont have to worry. We still have ________ time.
A. plenty of B. lot C. little D. a wide rage of
Question 21: Follow me ________ a very popular English teaching program on television in the 80s.
A. used to be B. was used to C. was used to being D. used as
Question 22: Im the only person here who went to state school, ________?
A. am I? B. arent I C. do I D. didnt I?
Question 23: Goodbye, Susie! ________.
A. So so B. The same C. So long D. Yeah
Question 24: You stepped on my toes! ________
A. Are you sure? Its understandable C. Im sorry but I meant it
B. Really? Im glad D. Im terribly sorry. I didnt mean it
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST
meaning
to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 25: I hope to have the privilege of working with them again.
A. honor B. advantage C. favor D. right
Question 26: Everything was in a thorough mess.
A. utter B. full C. complete D. appalling
Question 27: The service station at Shiel Bridge has a good range of groceries.
A. coach station B. railway station C. power station D. petrol station
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs corrections
in
each of the following questions.
Question 28: The decrease of the infant mortality rate is the results of better health care services.
A. of B. is C. of D. services
Question 29: All junk food, especially those sold at the canteen, should be avoided.
A. especially B. those C. at D. should
Question 30: I was sure that some players had taken the money, even though they all denied.
A. that B. taken C. though D. denied
Question 31: With tears in our eyes, we watched her train slowly depart the platform.
A. With B. in C. slowly D. depart
Question 32: Her family had great difficulty to get her transferred to another hospital.
A. difficulty B. to get C. transferred D. another
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE
meaning
to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 33: His extravagant ideas were never brought to fruition.
A. impressive B. exaggerated C. unacceptable D. practical
Question 34: This shouldnt be too taxing for you.
A. comfortable B. demanding C. easy D. relaxing
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate
the correct word for each of the blanks
SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY
Sport as a spectacle and photography as a way of recording action have developed together. At the turn of the
20th century, Edward Muybridge was experimenting with photographs of movement.
His pictures of a runner (35)_____ in every history of photography. Another milestone was when the scientist
and

photographer Harold Edgerton (36)_____ the limits of photographic technology with his study of a (37)_____
of milk
hitting the surface of a dish. Another advance was the development of miniature cameras in the late 1920s,
which made
it possible for sports photographers to (38)_____ their cumbersome cameras behind.
The arrival of television was a significant development in the transmission of sport. Paradoxically, it was of
benefit
to still photographers. People who watched a sports event on TV, with all its movement and action, (39)_____
the still
image as a reminder of the game.
Looking back, we can see how (40)_____ sports photography has changed. (41)_____ sports photographers
were as interested in the stories behind the sport as in the sport itself. Contemporary sports photography
(42)_____ the
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glamour of sport, the colour and the action. But the best sports photographers today do more than simply tell
the story of
the event, or make a (43)_____ of it. They (44)_____ in a single dramatic moment the real emotions of the
participants
emotions with which people looking at the photographs can identify
Question 35: A. feature B. exhibit C. demonstrate D. show
Question 36: A. enlarged B. prolonged C. extended D. spread
Question 37: A. drip B. drop C. splash D. dash
Question 38: A. keep B. leave C. lay D. put
Question 39: A. chose B. pointed C. valued D. cheered
Question 40: A. extremely B. severely C. highly D. radically
Question 41: A. First B. Early C. Initial D. Primary
Question 42: A. outlines B. emphasizes C. forms D. signals
Question 43: A. store B. preservation C. record D. mark
Question 44: A. capture B. seize C. grasp D. secure
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 45 to 54.
Cities develop as a result of functions that they can perform. Some functions result directly from the
ingenuity of the
citizenry, but most functions result from the needs of the local area and of the surrounding hinterland (the
region that
supplies goods to the city and to which the city furnishes services and other goods). Geographers often make a
distinction
between the situation and the site of a city. Situation refers to the general position in relation to the
surrounding region,
whereas site involves physical characteristics of the specific location. Situation is normally much more
important to the
continuing prosperity of a city. If a city is well situated in regard to its hinterland, its development is much
more likely to
continue. Chicago, for example, possesses an almost unparalleled situation: it is located at the southern end of
a huge

lake that forces east-west transportation lines to be compressed into its vicinity, and at a meeting of significant
land and
water transport routes. It also overlooks what is one of the worlds finest large farming regions. These factors
ensured
that Chicago would become a great city regardless of the disadvantageous characteristics of the available
site, such as
being prone to flooding during thunderstorm activity.
Similarly, it can be argued that much of New York Citys importance stems from its early and continuing
advantage of
situation. Philadelphia and Boston both originated at about the same time as New York and shared New Yorks
location at
the western end of one of the worlds most important oceanic trade routes, but only New York possesses an
easy-access
functional connection (the Hudson-Mohawk Lowland) to the vast Midwestern Hinterland. This account does
not alone
explain New Yorks primacy, but it does include several important factors. Among the many aspects of
situation that help
to explain why some cities grow and others do not, original location on a navigable waterway seems
particularly
applicable. Of course, such characteristic as slope, drainage, power resources, river crossings, coastal shapes,
and other
physical characteristics help to determine city location, but such factors are normally more significant in early
stages of
city development than later.
Question 45: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The development of trade routes through United States cities.
B. Contrasts in settlement patterns in United States.
C. Historical differences among three large United States cities.
D. The importance of geographical situation in the growth of United States cities.
Question 46: The word ingenuity in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. wealth B. resourcefulness C. traditions D. organization
Question 47: According to the passage, a citys situation is more important than its site in regard to the citys
_____.
A. long-term growth and prosperity B. ability to protect its citizenry
C. possession of favorable weather conditions D. need to import food supplies
Question 48: The author mentions each of the following as an advantage of Chicagos location EXCEPT its
_____.
A. hinterland B. nearness to a large lake
C. flat terrain D. position in regard to transport routes
Question 49: The word characteristics in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. choices B. attitudes C. qualities D. inhabitants
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Question 50: The primary purpose of paragraph 1 is to _____.
A. summarize past research and introduce a new study
B. describe a historical period
C. emphasize the advantages of one theory over another

D. define a term and illustrate it with an example

Question 51: According to the passage, Philadelphia and Boston are similar to New York City in _____.
A. size of population B. age
C. site D. availability of rail transportation
Question 52: The word functional in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. usable B. unknown C. original D. alternate
Question 53: The word it in paragraph 2 refers to _____.
A. account B. primacy C. connection D. hinterland
Question 54: The word significant in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. threatening B. meaningful C. obvious D. available
Read the following passage then mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct
answer to each the questions
Etymologically, anthropology is the science of humans. In fact, however, it is only one of the sciences of
humans, bringing together
those disciplines the common aims of which are to describe human beings and explain them on the basis of
the biological and cultural
characteristics of the populations among which they are distributed and to emphasize, through time, the
differences and variations
of these populations. The concept of race, on the one hand, and that of culture, on the other, have received
special attention; and
although their meaning is still subject to debate, these terms are doubtless the most common of those in the
anthropologist's
vocabulary.
Anthropology, which is concerned with the study of human differences, was born after the Age of Discovery
had opened up
societies that had remained outside the technological civilization of the modern West. In fact, the field of
research was at first
restricted to those societies that had been given one unsatisfactory label after another, "savage," "primitive,"
"tribal," "traditional," or even
"preliterate," "pre-historical," and so on. What such societies had in common, above all, was being the most
"different" or the most
foreign to the anthropologist; and in the early phases of anthropology, the anthropologists were always
European or North
American. The distance between the researcher and the object of his study has been a characteristic of
anthropological
research; it has been said of the anthropologist that he was the "astronomer of the sciences of man."
Anthropologists today study more than just primitive societies. Their research extends not only to village
communities
within modern societies but also to cities, even to industrial enterprises. Nevertheless, anthropology's first
field of research, and
the one that perhaps remains the most important, shaped its specific point of view with regard to the other
sciences of man and
defined its theme. If, in particular, it is concerned with generalizing about patterns of human behavior seen in
all their
dimensions and with achieving a total description of social and cultural phenomena, this is because
anthropology has observed

small-scale societies, which are simpler or at least more homogeneous than modern societies and which
change at a slower pace.
Thus they are easier to see whole.
What has just been said refers especially to the branch of anthropology concerned with the cultural
characteristics of
man? Anthropology has, in fact, gradually divided itself into two major spheres, the study of man's biological
characteristics and the study of his cultural characteristics. The reasons for this split are manifold, one being
the rejection of the
initial mistakes regarding correlations between race and culture. More generally speaking, the vast field of
19th century
anthropology was subdivided into a series of increasingly specialized disciplines, using their own methods
and techniques, that
were given different labels according to national traditions.
Question 55: According to the passage, anthropology is most likely defined as the study of______.
A. the biological and cultural characteristics of human beings B. one of the sciences of humans
C. the lives of peoples all over the world D. the distribution of human beings the world over
Question 56: Which of the following is NOT stated in the passage?
A. Anthropologists are agreed on the meaning of race and culture.
B. Anthropology gives special attention to the concept of race.
C. Anthropology is concerned with the study of human differences.
D. Anthropology has been subdivided into specialized disciplines
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Question 57: It is implied in the passage that the early anthropologists did research only on______.
A. racial minorities B. modern groups
C. large societies D. civilized societies
Question 58: It can be inferred from the passage that anthropology was first developed in______.
A. Europe and North America B. some primitive societies
C. some tribal societies D. some prehistoric societies
Question 59: Anthropologists of the early phases were regarded as the "astronomers of the sciences of man"
because______
A. they did not belong to the societies into which they did research.
B. they also studied our planets as the sciences of man C. they also studied the sun, moon, stars, planets, etc
D. they applied the sciences of man to astronomy
Question 60: According to the passage, modern anthropologists study______.
A. both primitive and modern societies B. both communities and modern societies
C. only modern industrial enterprises D. only primitive and tribal societies
Question 61: The phrase "first field of research" in paragraph 3 most likely refers to the study of______.
A. primitive societies B. modern societies C. large societies D. industrial societies
Question 62: Small societies are preferable to anthropological research because they are______.
A. simple, homogeneous, and change slowly B. small, isolated, and easy to study
C. ancient, exotic, and interesting D. similar to primitive societies
Question 63: It is mentioned in the passage that the split of anthropology into two major areas is partly due
to______.
A. the interpretation of race and culture B. the development of the sciences of humans
C. more knowledge to be gained D. the development of modern anthropology

Question 64: It is mentioned in the passage that anthropology began to divide into various disciplines
in______.
A. the 19th century B. the Age of Discovery C. the 20th century D. prehistoric times
PART 2: WRITING TASK (2.0p)
Part I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed
before it. (0.5p)
1. The death of over fifty people was caused by the storm.
The storm resulted......................................................................................................................................
2. It wasnt nice of you not to invite me to your party.
I might .......................................................................................................................................................
3. Gmail accounts are generally better than other email services.
Other email services are generally ...............................................................................................................
4. I had no sooner closed the door than somebody knocked.
Hardly ........................................................................................................................................................
5. People believe that the Chinese invented paper in 105 A.D.
Paper ........................................................................................................................................................
Part II. You should spend about 30 minutes on this task. (1.5p)
Write about the following topic:
Some universities require students to take the entrance examination with the English subject. Other
universities do not. Which is better? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Write at least 140 words.
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