You will hear a conversation between two senior students who have to organize a competition

for the university’s Open Day. First you have some time to look at questions 1 – 5 and choose the
answer that best fits according to what you hear. (10 pts)
1. Clare and Grant must arrange a competition which will especially interest
A. school students.
B. Open Day committee members.
C. Open Day visitors.
2. What will the prize be?
A. an iPod
B. an iPad
C. an iPhone
3. Who will be responsible for buying the prize?
A. a university department
B. Clare and Grant
C. Rick Smith
4. What is the most important aspect for entrants in the competition?
A. fun
B. guesswork
C. ability
5. In the science fiction series on television, what is on the other side of the gateway?
A. a portal
B. a new world of education
C. a different time period
Listen to a talk on insomnia – the inability to sleep properly. Complete the following notes on the talk
about insomnia. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (20
pts)
CAUSES
People may have trouble falling asleep due to worries about exams or a (1) job interview
It can be due to (2) ………………………………….factors: noise, light, no privacy.
It can be due to occupational factors: working irregular hours, overworking, too much (3)
traveling, high stress.
SOLUTIONS
In situations where the patient is suffering from illness and physical discomfort, a doctor may
give them (4) pain killer or (5) sleep impale
(6) Relax before going to bed.
Watch your diet. Don’t eat a large meal in the evening. Avoid alcohol, cola and coffee.
Drink herbal tea (e.g. camomile) or (7) exercise
Don’t take naps during (8) the day
Take a (9) warm bath before bed or after exercise.
Cut down on (10) smoking in the evening.

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. proverbial B. photography C. magnicicent D. advantageous
Question 2:A. contaminate B. consultancy C. architecture D. chronology
Question 3:A. presentation B. acquaintance C. enthusiasm D. suspicious
Question 4:A. district B. harrow C. tobacco D. peasant
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. attention B. situation C. instance D. obtain
Question 2: A. educate B. concentrate C. communicate D. appropriate
Question 3: A. schedule B. schema C. scholastic D. chronic
Question 4: A. booth B. bacoon C. smooth D. brooch
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
1. They spend so much time arguing that, when it comes to the _______, decisions are often deferred.
A. crunch B. outcry C. panic stations D. uproar
2. Take care that your love for him doesn't _______ your judgement.
A. cloud B. darken C. topple D. shadow
Question 3: Our lew house is very........for the office as I can get there in five minutes.
A. available B. convenient C. comfortable D. suitable
Question 4: Children can be difficult to teach because of their short attention.........
A. duration B. limit C. span D. time
Question 5: The new regime determined to........compulsory military service.
A. break off B. phase out C. end up D. stop off
Question 6: As the managing director dictating the letter, his secretary......what he wassaying in
shorthand.
A. took up B. took down C. took on D. took off
Question 7: Technology is advancing so quickly that machines becomes.....almost overnight.
A. stale B. obsolete C. archaic D. second-hand
Question 8: You can........me the details; I don’t want to know all about your arguments with your boss.
A. deprive B. avoid. C. save D. spare
Question 9: The group’s image......to young people in general and the less well-off in particular.
A. draws B. attracts C. appeals D. excites
Question 10: This new law will take.....from the beginning of next month.
A. influence B. effect C. force D. power
Question 11: This jacket would be ideal in winter: it has a fur......
A. lining B. backing C. coating D. filling
Question 12: If you bathe your finger in cold water, that should......the pain.
A. blunt B. curb C. deaden D. restrain
Question 13: She wanted a cake, ........one with chocolate.
A. preferable B. preferably C. preferentially D. preferential
14. These tires are highly ……………….. because of their durability.
A. recollected B. recommended C. recompensed D. reconciled
15. The field staff was ……………. articulate in expressing its dissatisfaction with the company’s
restructuring.
A. greatly B. keenly C. moreover D. quite
16. By ………….. what the public liked and didn’t like, we were able to fine-tune our ads.
A. sighting B. focussing C. predicting D. pinpointing
17. The recent economic crisis has brought about a …………… in world trade.
A. sag B. slump C. droop D. tilt
18. The students visited the museum and spent several hours with the …………. who was very helpful.
A. commissioner B. bursar C. curator D. steward
19. The rest of the family were respectable, honest people but he was always in trouble. I’m afraid he was
a ...
A. black sheep B. red cock C. grey bird D. white horse
20. The famine is so bad in that area that the people haven’t seen a single …………… of rice for weeks.
A. grain B. crumb C. item D. piece
21. Few people can do creative work unless they are in the right …………….. of mind.
A. trend B. frame C. attitude D. tendency
22. In times of …………. unemployment figures usually rise dramatically.
A austerity B severity C sobriety D gravity
23.It was decided that the cost of the project would be ………………….and so it was abandoned.
A. repressive B. prohibitive C. restrictive D. exclusive
24. The _____ in our building often falls asleep at the front desk.
A. caretaker B. stockbroker C. undertaker D. bookmaker
25. Police blamed a small hooligan _____ in the crowd for the violence which occurred.
A. constituent B. element C. division D. portion
26. The police arrested the wrong man mainly because they _____ the names they had been given by the
witness.
A. bewildered B. merged C. confused D. puzzled
27. He was arrested for trying to pass _____ notes at the bank.
A. camouflaged B. fake C. counterfeit D. fraudulent
28. The safe deposit box _____ a high-pitched sound when it was moved.
A. ejected B. excluded C. expelled D. emitted
29 _____ you should do first is to make a list of all the things you have to do.
A. That B. What C. As D. If
30. _____, he couldn’t finish that test in 60 minutes.
A. As the boy was intelligent B. Intelligent as the boy was
C. As intelligent the boy was D. Intelligent as was the boy
31. _____ with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn’t want to answer his phone call.
A. Having quarreled B. Because having quarreled
C. Because of she quarreled D. Had quarreled
32. Everyone in both cars _____ injured in the accident last night, _____?
A. were / weren’t they B. was / weren’t they
C. was / wasn’t he? D. were / were they
33. She _____ the flowers. If she had, they wouldn’t have died.
A. may not have watered B. shouldn’t have watered
C. can’t have watered D. might not have watered
34. My parents live between my job and my home, so sometimes on the way home from work I stop
_____ for a visit.
A. in B. at C. on D. off
35. Our daughter has decided to get her nose pierced, there’s no way we can talk her _____ it.
A. out of B. into C. about D. of
36. Tom has been passed _____ for promotion in favour of a younger man.
A. on B. down C. through D, over
37. He offered me $500 to break my contract. That’s _____.
A. bribery B. blackmail C. compensation D. reward
38. It was such a shock to receive a letter like that _____.
A. in the red B. out of the blue C. in the pink D. over the moon
39. Mr Well bred went to a school which _____ good manners and self-discipline.
A. blossomed B. planted C. harvested D. cultivated
40. The smell of the burnt cabbage was so _____ that it spread to every room.
A. pervasive B. effusive C. extensive D. diffuse
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of
the following exchanges from 1 to 2.

Question 1: Blake and Ryan is preparing for their party.

- Blake: "Let me prepare food while you are mixing up drinks."
- Ryan: " "
A. Thanks very much. Enjoy your time. B. Yes, please. But I can manage.
C. No problem. Make yourself at home. D. Good idea. It will save us much time.
Question 2: Dan and Emma are walking on the beach.
- Dan: "Do you think flyboarding is a dangerous water sport?”
- Emma: " "
A. Of course, that’s fantastic! B. Yes, it is very exciting.
C. No, it is quite frightening. D. No, I don’t think so.
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 1: Much to the dismay of their parents, the phone lines were busy for hours.
A. satisfaction B. hesitance C. disappointment D. unhappiness
Question 2: The employee reluctantly came clean about breaking the new computer and
confessed to his boss.
A. admitted B. denied C. allowed D. accepted
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 1: You are now in an ideal position to help things go as smoothly as they ever will.
A. completely B. efficiently C. carelessly D. untidily
Question 2: There has been overwhelming public support for the proposed shopping development.
A. considerable B. modest C. limited D. indirect
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: The picture of soldiers bring back many memories.
A. The B. of C. bring D. many
Question 2: Jolie joined the office, worked hard, and gets a pay rise.
A. gets B. hard C. rise D. joined
Question 3: There has been an appreciative drop in the number of homeless people since
the new government came to power.
A. power B. appreciative C. has D. number
4. Because it is a healthy way to exercise, aerobic dancing is considered an excellent
(A) (B) (C)
 method for release tension.
(D)
5. The most substances expand in volume when they are heated .
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6. The authorities are worried about the increase of drug abuse .
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7. One of the most difficult questions in defining sleep is " What is the functions of
sleep?"
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8. Per capita income is a nation's entire income dividing by the number of people in the
(A) (B) (C)
nation.
(D)
9. The worlds oceans have risen on average of 6 inches over the past 100 years, which
has
(A) (B)
been considered as evidence that global warming has an effect.
(C) (D)
10. The diary it was kept secret until the end of the war in fear of reprisals by the
occupying
(A) (B) (C) (D)
army.
Supply the correct form of the words in the parentheses
1. She prefers wearing clothes made of _____ cotton in hot weather. (ABSORB)
2. He is very _____ There is always a mess in his room. (ORGANIZATION)
3. It is important to realize that vegetarianism has more to do with teenage _____ than a real moral
standard. (REBEL)
4. The government considers it necessary to _____ this training center. (MILITARY)
5. We are trying to create our own computerized _____. (DATA)
6. They are talking about a general who was _____ for his brutality. (FAME)
7. The company has established total _____ over its rivals. (SUPREME)
8. Suddenly the _____ happened and he drew out a gun. (THINK)
9. Vehicles should be parked as close as possible to the edge of the _____ (CARRIAGE)
10. The pregnant woman is looking at the collection of _____ clothes. (MATERNAL)
Fill in each blank with proper word .
As part of Project Pelagos, a marine (1) _____ covering the same area as Switzerland and located in
the Ligurian Sea is being planned. The programme was devised by environmentalists from the University
of Genoa in (2) _____ to growing concern about the number of whales and dolphins being harmed in
those waters.
Every year large numbers of dolphins, rorquals and finback whales migrate to this area from Atlantic
waters in (3) _____ of food. (4) _____, studies estimate that correspondingly large numbers never return
to mate in native waters. The deaths are being caused by the (5) _____ of DDT, a pernicious insecticide
voluntarily banned in Britain, in the seas off the Ligurian coast. Its effect on marine animals is cumulative
rather than instantaneous, so whales returning to the same area year after year are particularly vulnerable.
The other major problem is the use of large fishing nets to trap dolphins and whales. Very recent laws (6)
_____ Italy’s fishing boats, some of which have drag nets up to 10 kilometres in length, from entering the
area, but as yet – there is (7) _____ to prevent foreign boats from fishing them. The nets are a particular
problem and it has been estimated that approximately 400 dolphins perish in them each year.
The project (8) _____ to develop a safe area for these animals, but the administrators admit that
funding is a problem. To remedy this, they have (9) _____ up an adoption scheme for which there is a
fixed registration fee. Donations have been averaging £25 and for this participants receive certification of
their involvement in the scheme, an information pack about their dolphin or whale, plus regular updates.
In addition, there are plans afoot to allow some volunteers to (10) _____ scientists going out on
observation trips.
Read the following passages and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Baseball evolved from a number of different bail- and slick games (paddle ball, trap ball, one-old-cat,
rounders, and town ball) originating in England. As early as the American Revolution, it was noted that
troops played “ baseball” in their free time. In 1845 Alexander Cartwright formalized the New York
Knickerbockers’ version of the game : a diamond shaped infield, with bases ninety feet apart, three
strikers - you’re - out, batter out on a caught bail , three outs per inning , a nine man team. “ The New
York Game” spread rapidly , replacing earlier localized forms. From its beginning, baseball was seen as a
way of satisfying the recreational needs of an increasingly urban - industrial society. At its inception it
was played by and for gentlemen. A club might consists of 40 members. The president would appoint two
captains who would choose teams from among the members . Games were played on Monday and
Thursday afternoons, with the losers often providing a lavish evening’s entertainments for the winners.
During the 1850 - 70 period the game was changing, however, with increasing commercialism
(charging admission), under - the - table payments to exceptional players, and gambling on the outcome
of games. By 1868 it was said that a club would have their regular professional ten , an amateur first -
nine , and their” muffins “ (the gentlemently duffers who once ran the game) . Beginning with the first
openly all - salaried team (Cincinnati’s Red Stocking Club) in 1869, the 1870 - 1890 period saw the
complete professionalization of baseball , including formation of the National Association of Professional
baseball players in 1871. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed in 1876, run by
business-minded investors in joint-stock company clubs. The 1880s has been called Major League
Baseball’s “ Golden Age”. Profits soared, player’s salaries rose somewhat , a season of 84 games became
one of 132, a weekly periodical “ The sporting News” came into being, wooden stadiums with double-
deck stands replaced open fields, and the standard refreshment became hot dogs, soda pop and peanuts. In
1900 the Western League based in the growing cities of the Mis west proclaimed itself the American
League
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. the origin of baseball
B. the commercialization of baseball
C. the influence of the “ New York Game” on baseball
D. the development of baseball in the nineteenth century
2. Which of the following can be inferred from the. passage ?
A. the wealthy gentlemen who first played baseball, later needed to find another recreational
opportunity if they did not want to mix with other or become a “muffin”
B. hot dogs would not have become as popular as they did, without the professionalism and
commercialism that develop in baseball
C. the “ New York “ spread rapidly because it was better formalized
D. business - minded investors were only interested in profits
3. The word “ INCEPTION” in line 8 is closest in meaning to
A. requirements B. beginning C. insistence D. rules
4. The word “ LAVISH” in line II is closest in meaning to
A. prolonged B. very generous C. grand D. extensive
5. Which of the following is true of the way the game was played by wealthy gentlemen at its
inception
A. a team might consist of 40 members
B. the president would choose teams from among the members
C. they didn’t play on weekend
D. they might be called “ duffers” if they didn’t make the first nine
6. According, to the second paragraph , all of the following are true except:
A. commercialism became more prosperous
B. the clubs are smaller
C. outstanding players got extra income
D. people gamed on the outcome of games
7. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a feature of the 1880s “ Golden Age”
A. wooden stadiums replaced open fields
B. a weekly periodical commenced
C. the National Association of Professional Baseball Players was formed
D. profits soared
8. The word” SOMEWHAT” in line 21 is closest in meaning to
A. to a significant extent B. to a minor extent
C. to not the same extent D. to some extent
9. The word “ITSELF’ in line 24 refers to
A. the Western League B. growing cities
C. the Midwest D. the American League
10. WHERE IN THE PASSAGE DOES THE AUTHOR FIRST MENTION PAYMENTS TO
PLAYERS?
A. lines 4-7 B. lines 8-12 C. lines 13-17 D. 18-22
Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks .
For the Japanese, Mount Fuji has long been the ultimate symbol of beauty. It is incredibly beautiful
when seen from any (1) _____ at all times of day and in any season. But the mountain does not only play
a major part in the landscape - it has also inspired poets and artists for centuries and has come to be (2)
_____ with Japan itself. From the top, the sides of the mountain (3) _____ away then flatten out before
reaching the ground. Here, at ground (4) _____ the foot of the mountain (5) _____ an almost perfect
circle.
To the north of Mount Fuji (6) _____ the famous ‘Five Lakes’. The lakeside area is a sea of colour in
spring, when the fruit trees are flowering, and it is also a stunning (7) _____ in autumn, when the leaves
turn first brilliant red, then many shades of brown. (8) _____ many of the best views of Mount Fuji are
from these lakes, whose still waters reflect the mountain’s beautifully symmetrical outline like a mirror.
Both Mount Fuji and its lakes are volcanic in (9) _____ and that is probably why traditional stories say
that Mount Fuji appeared overnight; and, for the same reason, it may one day(10) _____ just as suddenly!
1. A. edge B. angle C. corner D. curve
2. A. identified B. named C. recognised D. considered
3. A. lean B. give C. slope D take
4. A. floor B. level C. height D. position
 5. A. forms B. does C. shapes D. arranges
6. A. situate B. locate C. lie D. exist
7. A. appearance B. impression C. look D. sight
8. A. Especially B, Given C. Indeed D. Nevertheless
9 A. basis B. cause C. origin D. beginning
10. A. fade B. vanish C. withdraw D. cease
Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar its possible in meaning to the
original sentence. Use the word given and other words as necessary. Do not change the form of the
given word.
1. They had practically no chance of joining the final tournament. NIL
.........................................................................................................................
2. He became exhausted because he not only worked too hard but ate too little. WHAT
.........................................................................................................................
3. His excuse for such bad behavior has little effect on her. CUTS
.........................................................................................................................
4. Your story is different from the facts. WITH
.........................................................................................................................
5. The tax you pay depends on the size of your property. (PROPORTION)

The tax you pay ………………………………………………………………… property.

6. Woren outnumber men by two to one on the computer course. (TWICE)

There....... ............................................................ on the computer course

7. Mr Henderson said the class was like a troop of monkeys at a tea party. (ANALOGY)
Mr Henderson .......... a troop of monkeys at a tea party.

8. You can't compare fresh asparagus to the tinned variety. (BETWEEN)

There …………………………………………………………………….tinned asparagus
9. I had underestimated the changes | would find in my home town. (THAN)

There …………………………………………………………………………find in my home town