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TEST 27
I. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.(2,5p)
1. A. contribute B. tornado C. category D. tsunami
2. A. diplomacy B. intimacy C. peninsula D. pneumonia
3. A. telecommuting B. notwithstanding C. humanitarian D. nevertheless
4. A. coincident B. indicative C. arithmetic D. prosperous
5. A. Arabic B. lunatic C. prolific D. politic
6. A. individual B. similarity C. professionally D. opportunity
7. A. generous B. permissive C. permanent D. sensible
8. A. historical B. significant C. collaborate D. satisfaction
9. A. endure B.value C. divert D. exhaust
10. A. continental B. revolution C. alcoholic D. contemporary

II. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. (5pts)
1. Apart from the _____cough and cold. I've been remarkably healthy all my life.
A. odd B. opportune C. irregular D. timely
2. I had to take out a bank loan when I started up in business and it took me two years to pay it____
A. out B. up C. over D. off
3. He's applied for a ( an ) ______lot of jobs but he's only been short- listed once.
A. dreadful B. awful C. enormous D. wide
4. I've been working ______quite a lot of pressure lately.
A. in B. with C. on D. under
5. The smoke ______from the burning tyres could be seen for miles.
A. bulging B. radiating C. billowing D. sweeping
6. Several of the advertising hoardings had been _____ by anti- sexist slogans.
A. deleted B. mutilated C. erased D. defaced
7. The theft of my father's camera cast rather a _____on the holiday.
A. blight B. curse C. misfortune D. misery
8. I'm afraid I can't tell you what he said. It would be a _____of confidence.
A. rupture B. break C. rift D. breach
9. There's no point in telephoning him. He's certain _____ by now.
A. to leave B. to have left C. left D. having left
10. If you don't stop smoking, you _____this risk of developing chronic bronchitis.
A. bear B. suffer C. make D. run
11. He'll believe anything. He's so _____.
A. garrulous B. gullible C. credible D. believable
12. At _____ time did I ever promise you a pay rise.
A. any B. no C. all D. some
13. As his aunt's only beneficiary, he came _____ a fortune on her death.
A. upon B. across C. into D. up against
14. As he walked along the landing, he _____ himself in the mirror at the top of the stairs.
A. glimped B. glanced C. gazed D. glared
15. I've got such a ______ headache that I can't concentrate on the lecture.
A. beating B. drumming C. harmering D. throbbing
16. Things are going well. In fact, business is __________.
A. soaring B. rolling C. blooming D. leaping
17. The smoke ___________ from the burning tyres could be seen for miles
A. sweeping B. billowing C. radiating D. bulging
18. I couldn’t tell what time it was because workmen had removed the ________ of the clock .
A. hands B. pointers C. arms D. fingers
19. At the end of the winter, the price of winter clothes in the shop usually _________.
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 A. reduces B. lowers C. sinks D. drops
20. “I can’t remember us ever _________,” replied the stranger.
A. to meet B. to have meet C. being met D. having met

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 1: Dogs that are trained to lead the blind must be loyalty, intelligent and calm
Question 2: Paulo has learnt English for five years ago.
Question 3: Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.
Question 4: A thunder usually follows lightning by five seconds for every mile between the flash and the observer.
Question 5: Foreign students who are doing a decision about which school to attend may not know exactly where the
choices are located.
Question 6: There (A) were (B) too many books (C) on the shelves that I didn’t know which one (D) to choose.
Question 7: Rita enjoyed (A) to be able (B) to meet (C) several Parliament members during (D) her holiday
Question 8: (A) Nutritionists recommend that foods from each of the four basic groups (B) be eaten on a (C) regularly
(D) daily basis.
Question 9: Before TV, the common man (A) seldom never (B) had the opportunity to see and (C) hear his leaders
express (D) their views.
Question 10: All of (A) the book (B) were very interesting. I am (C) surprised you (D) didn’t like it.
Question 11: You can reduce (A) your vulnerability for (B) stress (C) by taking a nap (D) in the afternoon.
Question 12: Paul decided to join (A) the (B) army after the first year at college (C) and he was (D) in it ever since.
Question 13: Globalization poses (A) both opportunities and problems for (B) every industry in (C) a worldwide scale
(D).
Question 14: The (A) director, as well as (B) his wife and two children, were (C) injured in (D) the accident
Question 15: I’m short of (A) money because I am building a house (B). The experts who are doing it (C) for me are
pretty (D) expensive.
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 1: He hates to testify against a friend.
A. gossip B. give evidence C. protest D. spread rumors
Question 2: Their migration may be halted if fog, clouds, or train hides the stars.
A. postponed B. spoiled C. stopped D. endangered
III. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition. (5POINTS)
1. I'm longing ___for_____the summer holidays to arrive, aren't you?
2. John was about to take his wife out to dinner when it occured ___to___him that he was not married.
3. You ought to be ashamed _____of____ yourself !
4. Hamlet is a play _____by_____William Shakespeare.
5. The chairman called _____on______Mr. Smith to second the motion.
6. You can change your job. You can move house. But marriage is _____for_____ life.
7. I'm sorry you have been expelled from the garden, Adam, but _to__ some extent it's your own fault.
8. What do you get if you divide 22 ____by_____7? A complicated number.
9. You can go to the disco tonight______on____condition that you are home by 12 o'clock.
10. Because of a lack ____of_____interest, tomorrow has been cancelled.
11. She was irritated ____by____the way her fianc pick his nose, so she broke it off.
12. Take advantage _____of___ this special offer! 50 percent off list price while stocks last !
13. Because of the increase in number of firms offering financial services, there's a bigger demand than ever
____for_____ qualified accountants.
14. Please give my regards ______to_____ your mother, Oedipus, when you see her again.
15. " I'm Polish ______by______ birth, but I have French nationality"
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16. Congratulations_____on____your thirty-fifth birthday !
17. The railway police have finally arrested the man who has been responsible ___for__biting all the buttons off railway
carriage seats.
18. With reference ___to____ your advertisement in today's Guardian, I should like to apply for the post of Head Clerk
in your Sales Department.
19. He went ____of_____ his own accord: nobody forced him to go.
20. Sarah is studying hard. She is intent _____on______ getting a good degree.
IV. Complete each space in the text with a word formed from the word in capitals (5pts)
Ancient park under threat
Pontefract Heritage Group is so concerned with the level of (0) vandalism (VANDAL) at their ancient park that
it has written to Council Leader Peter Box. asking him to tackle the (1)_____increasingly______(INCREASE) worrying
problem. In one of the most recent incidents, eight birch, ash and maple trees were sawn down. Pontefract’s bowling
club is planning to create an (2)_____exclusion________(EXCLUDE) zone by fencing off the greens to prevent further
(3)_______extensive______(EXTEND) damage to them. These attacks come hot on the heels of damage inflicted on
Pontefract Castle by gangs of youths who have ripped masonry (4)______indiscriminately________(DISCRIMINATE)
from the ruins. Michael Holdsworth? Chairman of the Heritage group, yesterday commented:
(5)____Noticeable______(NOTICE) damage has occurred over several years in the gardens and action taken to stop the
culprits entering at night has so far been (6)______ineffective_______(EFFECT). And it’s not just the bad
(7)_________behavior__________(BEHAVE) of teenagers which is wreaking havoc with the gardens. Adults misuse
them too in the daytime by parking on the grass and flower-beds. Earlier this year, English Heritage gave the gardens
Grade II statas as a site of (8)______historical______(HISTORY) interest in a national register of parks and gardens.
The gardens date back to the 13th century, when the land formed part of the monastery gardens of Pontefract’s
Dominican Friary. Eaming a place in the register means that the local council is required to make
(9)_______provision_________(PROVIDE) for the protection of the gardens.
(10)________Understandably________(UNDERSTAND), this means that more investment is now needed to tackle the
problems facing the gardens and provide much-needed facilities.

PART D: READING (25pts)

I. Choose the words that best complete the sentences in the passage and write your answers in the corresponding
numbered boxes. (7.5pts)
Sleeping disorders like insomnia can (1) ____________ to be a worrying question for many of us. Almost anyone can
easily conjure (2) ____________ at least one sleepless night of (3) ____________ and turning in bed awaiting the bliss
of a deep dream. Most probably, a third of us (4) ____________ the distressing experience at least once a week.
Even though it is possible for people to (5) ____________ without any sleep at all for a certain period of time, such
occurrences are rather few and far (6) ____________ and there is no evidence to (7) ____________ this assumption.
What is sure, however, is the fact that we do need some sleep to regenerate our strength and to (8) ____________ the
brain to its proper activity. No wonder, then, that the tiredness and fatigue that appear after a sleepless night (9)
____________ many of us to go for chemical support in the form of sleep (10) ____________ tablets and powders.
However long the problem of sleepless has afflicted many individuals, very little has been (11) ____________ in the
question of its original causes. We are conscious that it usually (12) ____________ those who are exposed to a great
deal of stress, anxiety or depression. It may also be (13) ____________ by overworking or unfavorable surroundings
with scarcity of fresh air.
Sleeping pills may provide some relief and can act as an alternative in this desperate situation. Yet, they do little to
combat the ailment in full. Consequently, our hopes should be (14) ____________ on the medical authorities to (15)
____________ the root cause of insomnia before we take to being nocturnal leading our noisy lives in the dead of night.
1. A. present B. entail C. realize D. prove
2. A. up B. about C. off D. out
3. A. rolling B. wriggling C. tossing D. spinning
4. A. underpass B. undergo C. underline D. undertake
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 5. A. operate B. process C. function D. perform
6. A. between B. along C. within D. beyond
7. A. proclaim B. endure C. invalidate D. substantiate
8. A. recuperate B. restore C. revive D. resume
9. A. exert B. affect C. enforce D. compel
10. A. inducing B. attaining C. exacting D. contributing
11. A. disparaged B. retrieved C. detected D. originated
12. A. betrays B. besets C. bemoans D. bestows
13. A. engendered B. applied C. instigated D. evolved
14. A. placed B. ascribed C. focused D. attached
15. A. emerge B. release C. determine D. confess
II. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. (0) has been done as an example.
(7.5 pts)
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
There has been a significant shift (0) …………in……………..entertainment trends over the last twenty years or
so. Entertainment used to be public; now it is becoming more and (1) ____more___ private. Formerly, people wanting
to amuse themselves did so in groups; these (2) ___days____, people increasingly entertain themselves on (3) -
____their___own.
Long, long (4) ___ago____, there were storytellers. They used to travel around the country and their arrival was
awaited (5) ____in___eager anticipation. In the more recent (6) ___past____, people used to have musical evening, they
used to play games (7) ____together___or simply sit around the fire and chat.
Nowadays, (8) ____instead___of playing board games in a group, children play video games alone or with one
other person. People of all (9) ___ages____spend their evenings alone watching television, videos and DVDs. And large
numbers of young (and not (10) ____very___ young ) enthusiasts spend their free time surfing the net, (11) -
___which____, by its very nature, tend to be a solitary activity.
Forms of entertainment have always been changing, of course, but (12) ___it____ could be said that these recent
changes–all products (13) ___of____technological development - mark a more fundamental shift. One could further
argue that this shift is symbolized by the earphones that (14) ____are___in evidence everywhere. Can this deliberate
attempt to shut out the rest of the world really be (15) ___called____ entertainment?
III. Read the following passages and choose the best answers.
Passage A: (3pts)
Charlie Stowe waited until he heard his mother snore before he got out of bed. Even then he moved with
caution and tiptoed to the window. The front of the house was irregular, so that it was possible to see a light burning in
his mother's room. But now all the windows were dark, Charlie Stowe was frightened.
But the thought of the tobacconists' shop which his father kept down a dozen wooden stairs drew him on. He
was twelve years old, and already boys at the County School laughed at him because he had never smoked a cigarette.
The packets were piled twelve deep below, and the little shop lay under a thin layer of stale smoke which would
completely cover up his crime. That it was a crime to steal some of his father's stock Charlie Stowe had no doubt, but he
did not love his father; his father was unreal to him, a shadowy figure, pale, thin, indefinite, who noticed him only
occasionally and left even punishment to his mother. For his mother he felt a strong love; from her speech he judged her
the friend of everyone. But his father's affection and dislike were as indefinite as his movements. Tonight he had said he
would be in Norwich, and yet you never knew, Charlie Stowe had no sense of safety as he crept down the wooden
stairs ....
At the bottom of the stairs he came out quite suddenly into the little shop. It was too dark to see his way, and he
did not dare touch the switch. For half a minute he sat in despair on the bottom crept with his chin in his hands. Then the
regular movement of the searchlight was reflected through an upper window and the boy had time to fix in memory the
pile of cigarettes, the counter, and the small hole under it. The footsteps of a policeman on the pavement made him grab
the first packet to his hand and dive for the hole. A light shone along the floor and a hand tried the door, then the
footsteps passed on, and Charlie hid in the darkness.

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 At last he got his courage back by telling himself in his strangely adult way that if he were caught now there was
nothing to be done about it, and he might as well have his smoke. He put a cigarette in his mouth and then remembered
that he had no matches.
1. How could Charlie see that his mother's window was dark?
A. He was standing on tiptoe. B. He had moved to the front of the house
C. He had gone downstairs to see D. He could see her window from his room.
2. Charlie was frightened because _________
A. he was going to steal a cigarette. B. the boys at school might laugh at him.
C. he had never smoked a cigarette before. D. his father was waiting downstairs.
3. How did Charlie feel about his father?
A. He liked him very much. B. He thought he was unpredictable.
C. He was jealous of him. D. He felt safe with him.
4. As soon as he went into the shop Charlie _________
A. switched the light on. B. felt safe.
C. sat down on the stairs. D. could see the cigarette.
5. What did Charlie do when he heard the policeman?
A. He hid under the counter. B. He tried to get out of the door.
C. He ran back upstairs. D. He put the cigarettes down.
6. Charlie did not smoke a cigarette because _________
A. he regretted what he had done. B. he wanted to behave like an adult.
C. he hadn't brought any matches. D. he was afraid of being caught.
Passage B: (2pts)
You would like to take good photographs of real- life situations but you have few ideas for pictures. I suggest you look
around you. The everyday world is full of scenes being played by ever- changing group of actors. You probably passed a
dozen picture situations without noticing on your way to work this morning.
The realistic approach to photography has been perfected in the past by such masters as Henri Cartier- Bresson
and Bill Brandt. But while you can learn a great deal from looking at the work of others, any success you can hope to
achieve in this field has come from developing an individual approach.
The main requirement for any photographer has little to do with technical matters. You must develop an
awareness of the world around you and the people who inhabit it, and you should learn to notice when a situation may
develop to a point where you will be able to take a good picture. Those who have reached this happy state will be
prepared when that moment arises, and will simply raise their camera quickly and shoot. Others who are not so aware
will be struggling with camera cases and lens caps.
Film manufacturers must be delighted at the thought of the inexperienced photographer setting out in search of
the right situation and the right moment. Many miles of costly material have passed through thousands of cameras as
this endless search continues. But although a lot of this waste must be put down to inexperience, you'll find that even the
professionals have to use a lot of film when they are out shooting.
Not every shot is going to be winner. If you look at the work of even the best photographers you'll notice
dozens of pictures have had to be taken only because they lead up to the successful shot of a situation that the
photographer has obviously been observing through the lens. You may find that you have taken one or two pictures after
the right moment has passed as well. There is seldom more than one shot which stands out. There is just one point where
it all comes together, and you often have to waste film to catch that precious moment.
1. How can you become a better real- life photographer?
A. by watching other photographers at work. B. by learning about famous photographers.
C. by just taking a great many photographs. D. by developing skills and ideas for yourself.
2. The best real- life photography depends on
A. going out searching for unusual situations. B. becoming highly skilled in camera techniques.
C. being able to tell when a good situation might arise D. having a camera which is easy and quick to use.
3. The waste of film in real - life photography is
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A. expensive and unnecessary. B. essential to production of good pictures.
C. limited to amateur photographers. D. the result of poor choices of subject.
4. What is likely to be most successful?
A. taking picture without too much preparation. B. taking a whole series of similar pictures.
C. taking great care to set up the situation. D. taking one picture at the right moment.
IV. You will read a passage and then answer the questions that accompany the passage.
Questions 1-10 (5pts)
The following reading passage has twelve paragraphs A-L. Choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B-L from
the list of headings below. Write the appropriate numbers (i-xiv) in the spaces provided.
LIST OF HEADINGS
i What else is needed to fly
ii Hang gliders' German origin
iii Unpowered flying - a flight fancy?
v The function of battens
vi Safer than ballons and airplanes
vii Training of hang glider fliers
viii The British test
ix Flying a hang glider
x What to do in case of emergency
xi Hang gliders can fly hundreds of miles
xii Development of hang gliders in America
xiii Testing systems to ensure safety
xiv The structure of hang gliders
Example: Paragraph A Answer: iii
1. Paragraph B ...........vi.........
2. Paragraph C ............xiv........
3. Paragraph D ...........ii.........
4. Paragraph E ..........xii..........
5. Paragraph F ............xi........
6. Paragraph G ...............ix.....
7. Paragraph H ...........i.........
8. Paragraph I .........xiii...........
9. Paragraph J ..........viii..........
10. Paragraph K ..........vii..........

ON THE WING
Hang gliding has come a long way since participants flew a few hundred feet from the top of a hill to the bottom, and
were lucky to finish up in one piece.
A. Suppose a friend told you he had just spent $4,000 on a new hang glider weighing a mere 60lb
( 27 kilos) which he could transport on top of his car and carry on his shoulders. Would you believe his plan to fly scores
of miles without an engine? A flight of fancy? Not at all, he would explain. Hang gliding no loner deserves its reputation
as a sport for reckless idiots who get a thrill risking life and limb by leaping off cliffs and mountains.
B. Accident still happen, but they are usually caused by pilot error. Equipment failure is rare and most mishaps result in
nothing more than a bit of bent aluminium and a bruised ego. Hang Gliding, a magazine for American enthusiasts,
reckons that for every 100,000 participants the number of fatalities each year for hang gliding is 22. This, it claims,
makes pilots of hang gliders less intrepid than balloonists ( death rate 67) or airline pilots (97).
C. Hang gliders are a marvel of simplicity and strength. A tough framework of aluminium tubing supports a tailored sail
stiffened by lots of alloy battens ( these hold the wing in shape). The whole structure is braced by stainless- steel rigging
wires. Tolerances are so fine that manufacturers have to cut the entire sail on the same day to avoid variations introduced
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by changes in temperature and humidity. And the designs of hang gliders have changed radically from early prototypes
made from bamboo and polythene.
D. This unusual form of unpowered flight traces its origins back the work of a German pioneer, Otto Lilienthal, in the
1890s. He carefully recorded the results of more than 2,000 experimental flights by man- carrying gliders, many of them
made from a 50-foot ( 15 -metre) high purpose- built hill near Berlin.
E. But modern hang gliding owes everything to a pioneer who is still alive: Francis Rogallo. He was employed in
America's space effort during the 1950s to design a steerable parachute for space- capsule reentry. His work was never
used for its intended purpose, but adapted instead by water-skiers to produce a simple kite which could be towed aloft. It
was a small step from this to attempting to make foot- launched flights on these fragile craft, from the gentle and
forgiving sand dunes of coastal California. By the early 1960s, hang gliding was reborn.
F. Since then home-built kits have been replaced by production-line models made by about 20 manufacturers. Flights
used to last a minute or tow. Today's pilot can remain aloft for hours while traveling huge distances. The world distance
record is currently held by an American, Larry Tudor, at 303 miles ( 488 km). It took him nearly nine hours to travel
from Hobbs, New Mexico, to Elkart, Kansas.
G. Once airborne, actually flying requires subtlety rather than strength - one reason why women pilots often perform
better than men. The pilot is suspended prone in a cocoon-like harness and controls direction and speed through gentle
shifts of body weight. Launching the machine demands a committed run of just a few steps down a slope facing the
prevailing wind. Landing is harder. The pilot needs the same kind of precision possessed by large birds when they land
on level ground.
H. The necessary accessories include a helmet, gloves, an emergency parachute and a variety of instruments, including a
variometer. This clever box of electronics detects tiny changes in air pressure, and relays this information as an audio
tone and visual readout. Changes occur as the climbs ( lower pressure) or descends ( higher pressure). The skill is in
loitering in the rising air and avoiding the inevitable sink.
I. All new glider designs undergo rigorous tests before being certified airworthy. There are no internationally agreed
standards, but it is generally accepted that the systems adopted by Germany and Britain are especially stringent.
J. In Britain, the British Hang gliding and Paragliding Association ( BHGPA) employs a mobile test rig upon which the
aircraft is mounted. The whole unit is towed at high speeds behind a suitable vehicle, allowing various flying profiles to
be tested and measured against the required extremes.
K. Training and coaching have also kept pace with technology and design. In Britain, full-time BHGPA offices regulate
training for beginners in commercial schools, and volunteer coaches at the 40 local clubs throughout the country provide
further training for their 3,500 members. Different countries have different systems for rating the proficiency tasks of
pilots, but all aim to measure attainment, skill and knowledge through practical tasks and written examinations.

PART E: WRITING (30pts)

I. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one given. (5pts)
1. It was not until five years had elapsed that the whole truth about the murder came out.
→ Not for another 5 years did the whole truth about the murder come out.
2. She was just as good as they had thought.
→ She quite definitely came up to their expectation.
3. Success in the academic field depends on your ability to amass qualifications.
→ The more qualifications you’re able to amass, the more successful you are.
4. We’ve been trying to sell our house for well over six months.
→ Our house has been on the market for well over 6 months.
5. What Anna hates most about these school reunions is posing for photos.
→ There is nothing about these school union that Anna hates more than posing for photos.

II. Rewrite the sentences with the given words or beginning in such a way that their meanings remain unchanged.
(5pts)
1. Josh is the spitting image of his mother! (RESEMBLANCE)
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Josh bears a strong resemblance to his mother!
2. Maria and her husband disagree strongly about how their daughter should be educated. (EYE)
Maria and her husband don’t see eye to eye on how their daughter should be educated.
3. Kyle is far superior to his brother in terms of technical knowledge. (MATCH)
Kyle’s brother is no match for him in terms of technical knowledge.
4. She did very well on her final exams. (COLORS)
She passed her final exams with flying colors.
5. He did everything possible to save his marriage. (POWER)
He did everything in his power to save his marriage.