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Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. arrow B. loud C. moldy D. poultry
2. A. basilisk B. bison C. basic D. basin
3. A. subtlety B. indebtedness C. bombard D. combing
4. A. benevolent B. content C. molecules D. technique
5. A. increase B. widespread C. death D. residential
Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding
letter A, B, C, or D.
6. A. exposure B. terminal C. utterance D. discipline
7. A. economy B. elaborate C. assassinate D. fascinate
8. A. mountain B. sustain C. contain D. retain
9. A. payroll B. accent C. photograph D. regretful
10. A. metropolitan B. entrepreneurial C. hippopotamus D. curiosity
Cloze test 2:
It is now extremely popular to take a gap year between school and university or university and work and to
spend it traveling. There are plenty of reasons to recommend it - travel broadens the mind, you’re (51)
_____ young once, life isn’t a rehearsal and so on. And if you don’t do it, you may always regret that
you didn’t take the (52) ______. In the end, there’s only one response: well, why not?
The idea may have its roots in the 18th century Grand tour once (53) ______ by the young, rich and noble,
but it is the middle classes who have turned it (54) ______ something that 200,000 British youngsters do
every year. (55) ______ has never been so easy and cheap, with more places open to tourists than ever.
Also, the gap year is now (56) ______ by many employers and universities.
The States, the Far East and Australia were among the original (57) _______ and although these remain in
the top five, young explorers are now going even further. The most far-flung corners of the world are
(58) _______ in popularity year by year. About $700 will buy a student ticket (59) _______ for six
months that will take you from London to Calcutta, Singapore, Bangkok, Perth, Sydney, Auckland, Fiji,
Tahiti, Los Angeles and (60) _______ again.
51. A. merely B. only C. slightly D. simply
52. A. occasion B. moment C. chance D. luck
53. A. undertaken B. gone C. done D. given
54. A. up B. out C. over D. into
55. A. Voyage B. Travel C. Excursion D. Tour
56. A. received B. stood C. accepted D. admitted
57. A. destinations B. endings C. landings D. terminals
58. A. spreading B. expanding C. enlarging D. growing
59. A. genuine B. valid C. effective D. legal
60. A. now B. here C. back D. then
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and more effectively. Some of humankind's most serious problems, especially those concerning energy
and food, may be solved with the help of observations made possible by this new technology.
71.With what topic is the passage primarily concerned?
A. Communication among drivers B. Technological advances in oceanography
C. Direct observation of the ocean floor D. Undersea vehicles
72. The word "sluggish" is closest in meaning to
A. nervous B. confused C. slow moving D. very weak
73. Drives have had problems in communicating underwater because
A. the pressure affected their speech organs B. the vehicles they used have not been perfected
C. they did not pronounce clearly D. the water destroyed their speech organs
74.This passage suggests that the successful exploration of the ocean depends upon
A. the limitations of diving equipment B. radios that divers use to communicate
C. controlling currents and the weather D. vehicles as well as divers
75. Undersea vehicles ________________
A. are too small for a man to fit inside B. are very slow to respond
C. have the same limitations that divers have D. make direct observations of the ocean floor
76. The word "cruise" could best be replaced by
A. travel at a constant speed B. function without problems
C. stay in communication D. remain still
77. How is a radio-equipped buoy operated?
A. By operators inside the vehicle in the part underwater
B. By operators outside the vehicle on a ship
C. By operators outside the vehicle on a diving platform
D. By operators outside the vehicle in a laboratory on shore
78.The word information is closest in meaning to
A. data B. articles C. samples D. photographs
79.Which of the following are NOT shown in satellite photographs?
A. The temperature of the ocean's surface B. Cloud formations over the ocean
C. A model of the ocean's movements D. The location of sea ice
80. The words those refers to
A. ships B. vehicles C. problems D. computers
B. WRITTEN TEST: (70PTS)
VII. OPEN CLOZE TEXT: (20 pts )
Fill in each blank in the following passages with ONE suitable word to make meaningful passages.
Open cloze test 1:
Some hundreds years ago there was no equality between men and women because people then
(81)_____women to be the weaker sex. This prejudice (82)______women had its origin in the dawn of
mankind’s (83)_____when men lived in caves and went hunting for food. The task of food gathering and
hunting needed great strength of body. (84)_______, the best place for women was not in the forest, but at
(85)_______where they could satisfactorily do their job, namely feeding the (86) _______and looking after
them. Things have changed much since those early days. In the modern life of the 20th century, (87)
_______ brains are needed not more strength of the muscle. It’s a consequence that women play an
increasingly (88) _______role in the (89) _______society. They have proved repeatedly they are equal and
often superior to men in almost every (90) _______
Open cloze test 2:
The computer has brought nothing (91)______problems to the world of the twentieth century. Chief among
the problems has (92)____the dehumanization of society. People are no (93)____ human. Each of us is a
series of numbers, numbers to be fed into computers. There are our credit card numbers, our bank account
(94)______ , our social security numbers, our telephone and electricity numbers - the computer number
game is endless.
What happens to these computerized numbers ? They are distributed to a network of government
agencies and business (95)______can use them to invade our privacy. The Internal Revenue Service stores
millions of facts about every citizen. Credit agencies exchange (96)____ on the spending and saving
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practices of nearly every American adult. Mailing lists are (97)_____ available by computers to dozens of
organizations, public and private, who bombard us with unwanted mail.
Just let the computer which stores (98)______ concerning our accounts, let us say with a credit card
company, make an error and it is almost impossible to correct it. The result is an avalanche of bills, threads,
and loss of credit standing.
The computer has thrown thousands of people out of (99)______ . The gamut of computer- generated
unemployed runs from highly skilled technicians to typists.
These are some of the reasons why I feel that the (100)______ of the computer has been detrimental to
the quality of our life in the twentieth century.
VIII. WORD FORMATION: (20PTS)
Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the word in parentheses.
101.The ______________ accused the government of an evasion of responsibility. (OPPOSE)
102.Two members of the expedition died from _______________. (EXHAUST)
103.Carol's new catering business turned out to be very ___________. ( BENEFIT)
104.The weather ______________ changes for the worse whenever we go on holiday. (VARY)
105.We have already made ______________ progress towards solving the problem. (SUBSTANCE)
106.You can travel from one end of the park to the other on a ____________ railway. (MINIMISE)
107.At the moment there is no _____________ of the Prime Minister resigning. (LIKE)
108.Is it possible to ______________ between a hobby and an interest ? (DISTINCT)
109.Our city has some open spaces, but they are not very ______________. (ACCESS)
110.Two people have been arrested for illegal possession of ___________ in a police raid. (ARM)
Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column on
the right. (0) has been done as an example.
According to some (0) _____ (SCIENCE), high-risk sports can be particularly scientists
(111) _____ (VALUE) for certain types of people. Such activities help them to 111. ____________
learn that being 112) _____ (FRIGHT) doesn’t mean that they have to lose control. 112. ____________
The recent fashion for jumping from bridges attached to a (113) _____ (LONG) of
113. ____________
elastic rope, known as “bungee jumping”, has now been tried by over one million 114. ____________
people (114) _____ (WORLD) and interest in it is continuing to grow.
Before the special elastic rope (115) _____ (TIGHT) around them, jumpers reach 115. ____________
speeds of nearly 160kph. First-timers are usually too (116) _____ (TERROR) to 116. ____________
open their mouths, and when they are finally (117) _____ (LOW) safely to the 117. ____________
ground, they walk around with broad smiles on their faces, saying (118) _____
118. ____________
(REPEAT) how amazing it was. However, for some people, it is only the (119)
119. ____________
_____ (EMBARRASS) of refusing to jump at the last minute that finally persuades
them to conquer their fear of (120) _____ (HIGH) and push themselves off into 120. ____________
space.