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SECTION A: MULTIPLE –CHOICE QUESTIONS (8 points) 
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 1: A. oblige B. Maintain C. Extinct D. workforce 
Question 2: A. tremendous B. primary C. Changeable D. regional 
Question 3: A. education B. Confidential C. Disillusioned D. thermometer 
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 4: A. planted B. Naked C. knocked D. mended 
Question 5: A. encompass B. accompany C. comfortably D. exposure 
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: _________ of the shop, my friend Roger went in. 
A. As I came out B. On coming out C. When coming out D. Coming out 
Question 7: She had done more work in one day than her husband _________ in three days. 
A. do B. may do C. could do D. done 
Question 8: He refused to give up work , _________he’d won a million pounds. 
A. despite B. However C. even though D. as though 
Question 9: Man: “He was right!” Woman: “Oh, I know! I really wish I _________ his advice!” 
A. took B. had taken C. have taken D. would take 
Question 10: The mother said by her_________ child’s beside all night. 
A. asleep B. sleep C. sleeping D. overslept 
Question 11: Strong protests were made, _________ with demands for an international enquiry 
A. joined B. added C. coupled D. included 
Question 12: The car burst into_________ but the driver managed to escape. 
A. flames B. burning C. heat D. fire 
Question 13: The bank won’t lend you the money without some_________ that you will pay it back. 
A. profit B. guarantee C. charge D. interest 
Question 14: The job requires a(n) _________ for hard word in difficult conditions 
A. ability B. skill C. faculty D. capacity 
Question 15: Of all the paintings in the gallery, it was this one that really _________ my eye. 
A. grasped B. snatched C. caught D. seized 
Question 16: Please leave this space _________ on the enrolment form. 
A. absent B. Blank C. missing D. undone 
Question 17: What a terrible thing to happen! Just think, if we _________the plane, we_________ in the 
crash. 
A. had missed/ would have been killed B. hadn’t missed/ would have been killed 
C. missed/ would be killed D. had missed/ wouldn’t have been killed 
Question 18: “Frankly, I couldn’t care less!” He said with a _________of his shoulders. 
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A. twitch B. flick C. hunch D. shrug 
Question 19: The Mallorys are the couple_________ . 
A. with which the car dealer is negotiating B. whom the car dealer is negotiating 
C. whom the car dealer is negotiating to D. with whom the car dealer is negotiating 
Question 20: Maria: “I’m taking the final examination tomorrow” Sarah: “_________” 
A. Good luck! B. Have a good day! 
C. Have a good time! D. Have a good chance! 
Question 21: It’s no use _________a language if you don’t try to speak it 
A. to learn B. learned C. learning D. learn 
Question 22: Thanks to Dr. Jones, I’m still alive! If it _________for her, I _________dead for certain! 
A. wasn’t/ would be B. isn’t/ will be 
C. hadn’t been/ would be D. hadn’t been/ would have been 
Question 23: The cheapest way to get from an airport to a hotel is to take an airport bus, but I’m not sure 
if River City has one. _________there is no airport bus, you can always take a taxi. 
A. Unless B. Now that C. In the event that D. Even though 
Question 24: _________the difficulty of the task, I shall be lucky to complete it by May. 
A. Regarding B. Given C. Presuming D. Accepted 
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction 
in each of the following questions. 
Question 25: (A) A number of large insurance companies (B) has (C) their headquarters in the (D) capital 
city. 
Question 26: (A) Could you mind (B) telling me the way(C) to the (D) nearest restaurant? 
Question 27: (A) Modern art is on (B) display at the Guggenheim Museum, (C) the building with an (D) 
unusually design. 
Question 28: For a long time, (A) this officials (B) have been known throughout the country (C) as 
political bosses and (D) law enforcers. 
Question 29: An ambitious person (A) is committed to (B) improve his or her (C) status (D) at work. 
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is CLOSEST in meaning 
to the underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 30: He was sacked on the spot because he showed his shortage of the basic knowledge . 
A. enrolled B. recalled C. dismissed D. relieved 
Question 31: Work efficiency has increased exponentially each year, thanks to computers and their 
ability to multitask. 
A. at a very fast rate B. slightly C. constantly D. at a very slow rate 
Question 32: Typing his boss’s correspondence consumed most of the secretary’s time. 
A. ate or drank B. destroyed C. used up D. wasted 
Question 33: Certain courses are compulsory, others are optional. 
A. voluntary B. free C. pressure D. mandatory 
Question 34: The lost hikers stayed alive by eating wild berries and drinking spring water. 
A. revived B. surprised C. connived D. survived 
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the 
word or phrase that best fits each of the blanks. 
 Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, 
the demand of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women 
entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in 
annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, 
an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, “The 1970s were the decade of women entering 
management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of woman entrepreneur”. What are some of the 
factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the 
corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte 
Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, “In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked 
hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they’ve found out that isn’t going to happen so they 
go out on their own”. 
 In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in “women’s” field: cosmetic and clothing, for 
example. But this is changing. Consider ASK computer system, a $22- million-a-year computer software 
business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife with degrees in math and 
engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspaper 
keep tabs on their newspaper carriers-and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the 
bed to hold the company’s cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several 
bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, 
ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. 
 Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face 
hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still 
dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small. But 
the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzings in the years ahead. 
Question 35: What is the main idea of this passage? 
A. Women today are better educated than in the past, making them more attractive to the business world. 
B. The computer is especially lucrative for women today. 
C. The computer is especially lucrative for women today. 
D. Women today are opening more businesses of their own. 
Question 36: The word “excluded” is closest in meaning to_________ 
A. not permitted in B. often invited to C. decorators of D. charged 
admission to 
Question 37: All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the business 
world EXCEPT _________. 
A. women were required to stay at home with their family. B. women lacked ability to work in 
business 
C. women faced discrimination in business D. women were not trained in business 
Question 38: The word “that” refers to_________ 
A. a woman becomes chairman of the board B. women working hard 
C. women achieving advanced degrees D. women believing that business is a place for 
them 
Question 39: According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in 1970s_________. 
A. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management 
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B. were still more interested in education than business opportunities 
C. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today 
D. were unable to work hard enough to succeed in business 
Question 40: The authors mentioned the “shoebox under the bed” in order to ________. 
A. show the frugality of women in business 
B. show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig 
C. point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig’s business were limited 
D. suggest that the company needed to expand 
Question 41: The expression “keep tabs on” is closest in meaning to _________ 
A. recognize the appearance of B. keep records of 
C. provide transportation for D. pay the salaries of 
Question 42: The word “hurdles” can be best replaced by _________ 
A. fences B. obstacles C. questions D. small groups 
Question 43: It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that businesses operated by 
women are small because_________ 
A. women prefer a small intimate setting B. women can’t deal with money 
C. women are not able to borrow money easily. D. many women failed at large 
businesses 
Question 44: The author’s attitude about the future of women in business is_________ 
A. skeptical B. optimistic C. frustrated D. negative 
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 45 to 54. 
POLAR BEARS 
 Polar bears are in danger of dying out. (45) _________ some other endangered animals, it’s not 
hunters that are the problem, it’s climate change. Since 1979, the ice cap at the Arctic Circle where the 
polar bears live has (46) _________ in size by about 30 percent. The temperature in the Arctic has slowly 
been (47) _________ and this is (48) _________ the sea ice to melt, endangering the polar bears’ home. 
 The polar bears’ main (49) _________ of food are the different types of seal found in the Arctic. 
They catch them by waiting next to the air holes the seals have (50) _________in the ice. (51) _________ 
the bears are very strong swimmers, they could never catch seals in the water. This means that the bears 
(52) _________ do rely on the ice to hunt. 
 Polar bears also need sea ice to travel. They can (53) _________ a huge territory and often swim 
from one part of the ice to another. They have been known to swim up to 100km, but when there is less ice, 
they may have to swim further and this can (54) _________ fatal to the bears. A number of bears have 
drowned in the last few years and scientists believe that it is because they were not able to reach more sea 
ice before they became too tired and couldn’t swim any further. 
Question 45: A. Opposite B. Compared C. Unlike D. 
Different 
Question 46: A. cut B. reduced C. shortened D. 
lost 
Question 47: A. lifting B. gaining C. advancing D. rising 
Question 48: A. resulting B. turning C. Causing D. creating 
Question 49: A. sources B. means C. origins D. materials 
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Question 50: A. placed B. set C. brought D. made 
Question 51: A. Even B. Although C. As D. Despite 
Question 52: A. really B. properly C. surely D. fully 
Question 53: A. pass B. Extend C. Cover D. spread 
Question 54: A. prove B. Happen C. Come D. end 
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. 
 Legend has it that sometime toward the end of the Civil war (1861 – 1865) a government train 
carrying oxen travelling through the northern plains of eastern Wyoming was caught in a snowstorm and 
had to be abandoned. The diver returned the next spring to see what had become of his cargo. Instead of 
the skeletons he had expected to find, he saw his oxen, living, fat and healthy. How had they survived? 
 The answer lay in the resource that unknowing American lands trampled underfoot in their haste to 
cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren. In the eastern parts of 
the United States, the preferred grass for forage was a cultivated plant. It grew well with enough rain, then 
when cut and stored it would cure and become nourishing hay for winter feed. But in the dry grazing lands 
of the west that familiar bluejoint grass was often killed by drought. To cattle out there seemed risky or 
even hopeless. 
 Who could imagine a fairy-tail grass that required no rain and somehow made it possible for cattle 
to feed themselves all winter? But the surprising western wild grasses did just that. They had wonderfully 
convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo 
grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually 
preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, 
but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on 
the ground. When they dried in this way, they remained naturally sweet and nourishing through the winter. 
Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this hay. And the cattle themselves helped plant the 
fresh grass year after year for they trampled the natural seeds firmly into the soil to be watered by the 
melting snows of winter and the occasional rains of spring. The dry summer air cured them much as storing 
in a barn cured the cultivated grasses. 
Question 55: What does the passage mainly discuss? 
A. A type of wild vegetation B. Western migration after Civil War 
C. The raising of cattle D. The climate of the Western United States 
Question 56: What can be inferred by the phrase “legend has it” in paragraph 1? 
A. Most history book include the story of the train 
B. The story of the train is similar to other ones from that time period 
C. The driver of the train invented the story 
D. The story of the train may not be completed factual 
Question 57: The word “they” in paragraph 1 refers to _________. 
A. plains B. skeletons C. oxen D. Americans 
Question 58: What can be inferred about the “Great American Desert” mentioned in paragraph 2? 
A. Many had settled there by the 1860’s 
B. It was not originally assumed to be a fertile area. 
C. It was a popular place to raise cattle before the Civil War 
D. It was not discovered until the late 1800’s 
Question 59: The word “barren” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________ 
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A. lonely B. uncomfortable C. infertile D. dangerous 
Question 60: The word “preferred” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________ 
A. favored B. available C. Ordinary D. required 
Question 61: Which of the following can be inferred about the cultivated grass mentioned in paragraph 
2? 
A. Cattle raised in the Western United States refused to eat it 
B. It had to be imported into the United States 
C. It would probably not grow in the western United States 
D. It was difficult for cattle to digest 
Question 62: Which of the following was NOT one of the names given to the western grasses? 
A. mesquite grass B. Bluejoint grass C. Buffalo grass D. Grama grass 
Question 63: Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a characteristic of western grasses? 
A. They contain little moisture B. They have tough stems 
C. They can be grown indoors D. They are not affected by dry weather 
Question 64: According to the passage, the cattle help promote the growth of the wild grass by 
_________ 
A. eating only small quantity of grass B. continually moving from one grazing area to another 
C. naturally fertilizing the soil D. stepping on and pressing the seeds into the ground 
SECTION B: WRITING (2 points) 
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence 
printed before it. Write your answers on your answer sheet 
Question 1: Charles live quite near his aunt’s house. 
Charles doesn’t. 
Question 2: That’s the last time I go to the restaurant. 
 I certainly.. 
Question 3: It was such a dirty beach that we decided not to stay. 
The beach.. 
Question 4: It isn’t necessary to finish the work today 
You don’t .. 
Question 5: I don’t really want to have lunch yet. 
 I’d rather. 
II. Writing: In about 140 words, write a paragraph about the advantages of self-study.