PART 2: LEXICO- GRAMAR (40 POINTS)

1. CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT BEST FITS THE SPACE IN EACH
SENTENCE. (50 POINTS)
1. If you have anything important to do, do it straight away. Don't put it ....... .

A. on B. off C. over D. up

2. The plane from Dallas .......... two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to
London.

A. took off B. took on C. left on D. left out

3. No one liked the new lecturer, so there was a gradual ........ in the attendance st his lectures.

A. fall-through B. fall-out C. fall-off D. fall-in

4. ......., Carol is very punctual, but she was late tonight.

A. For a rule B. Like a rule C. As a rule D. For a rule of thumb

5. 'What did Professor Spencer say when you asked him if the final exam could be postponed?'

' He said that it was out of .......... because there's no time to reschedule the test.'

A. the question B. order C. all proportion D. reach

6. I was talking to my aunt when suddenly my cousin Gorge .... in our conversation.

A, interrupted B. broke C. went D. intervened

7. Solar heat penetrates more deeply into water than ........

A. it is penetrating into soil B. it does into soil

C. does it into soil D. that it does into soil

8. ..... on barren slopes can help prevent erosion.

A. Trees to be planted B. Planting trees

C. Trees being planted D. That trees are planted

9. He has been unable to find a job ..... with his ability as an accountant.

A. appropriate B. suitable C. requisite D. commensurate

10. I ........ my eyes around the room but could not see her.

A. flung B. tossed C. threw D. cast

11. Income tax rates are usually ......... to one's annual income.

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A. related B. dependent C. associated D. adapted

12. They came to inspect the house ......... buying it.

A. in the event of B. with reference to C. with a view to D. on account of

13. As they watched the football match the huge crowd ......... in unison.

A. chanted B. intoned C. crowed D. bellowed

14. Don't count on him. He's liable to ........ out if things get too difficult.

A. let B. be C. opt D. stop

15. The car needs a complete ......... .

A. haul-up B. mending C. check-up D. overhaul

16. They decided to ........ in a visit to their relations when they were on holiday.

A. fill B. fit C. put D. manage

17. In this assignment, we will ......... your work and then give you detailed feedback on how to improve
your writing.

A. assess B. judge C. measure D. test

18. In a seminar or tutorial, everyone should take part rather than allow one person to ........ the
discussion.

A. overwhelm B. dominate C. oppress D. empower

19. Although it is impossible to give a ........ age, we believe that the woman was between 25 and 30 when
she died.

A. clear B. certain C. absolute D. definite

20. Many people were killed instantly at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but thousands more died from .......
radiation sickness.

A. succeeding B. following C. subsequent D. afterwards

2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORD IN

BRACKETS. (10 POINTS)
1. Patricia's skill in playing the piano is quite (compare) ........................... No other child in this group can
play the difficult pieces with similar mastery.

2. Have our arguments convinced you or do you need any more (assure).................?

3. I think Arnold is (use) ...................... his great musical talent by singing in a country band. He should
have become an opera soloist.

4. The central heating system can easily be (active) .................. by turning the green knob.

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5. Let's replace Ann with a more resolute person. I can't stand her being so (hesitate) ............... about her
every decision.

6. The (break) ..................... of an epidemic will be unavoidable unless measures are taken to prevent the
rural population from drinking the contaminated water.

7. We won't be able to buy anything if we don't have any (convert) ...................... currency on us.

8. The destructive criticism has (mine) ................. Paul's confidence. It's improbable that he'll ever put
forward his candidacy again.

9. Due to a huge pile-up, the motorway will remain (pass) ................ until tomorrow.

10. They seem to be quite (concern) .................... and calm even though they have neither a compass nor
a map.

3. UNDERLINE AND CORRECT THE 10 MISTAKES IN THE FOLLOWING

PASSAGE. (10 POINTS)

Although party invitations no longer frightened to me, I still found line 1

making careful preparations for this particularly party. I got a haircut,
....... 2
laid out my best suit, selected a special shirt, tie, and cuff-links. I
recently gone on a diet, but because I didn't want I looked too thin, I ....... 3
discontinued it. What should I bring my hosts? flowers? wine? What
........ 4
kind of the wine? Port? Sherry? Or possibly even champagne? Meeting
new persons was still a major undertaking. ........ 5

It was schedule for this Saturday and I decided to take a cab to the ........ 6
suburb where it was being held. It was early autumn and the weather
........ 7
was mild, but that morning it turned cold and rainy, and as I listened to
the steam hissing in my radiator, it already fell like midwinter. From ........ 8
my newspaper, I learned that a hurricane which had already stricken
........ 9
another state was on its route to New York, though it might veer out to
sea. ......... 10

......... 11

......... 12

......... 13

......... 14

......... 15

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4. FILL EACH BLANK IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH A CORRECT
PREPOSITION OR PARTICLE.(10 POINTS)
1. Mike's interest in karate dropped ............ rather quickly and the boy started to look for a new hobby to
take up.

2. The exact cost of the whole venture is not known yet, but our best accountants have been trying to
work it ..........

3. Danny wished his father could stay ........ good, but the man still had a few months of the military
service to do.

4. The knowledge and eloquence that people gain ............ travelling is usually perceived .......... the best
fulfillment in life.

5. Mr Simpson's illegal practices enabled him to get ........... without paying taxes for almost tow years.

6. We have decided to do ............ our sitting room in August.

7. I'm very sorry to say that I'm leaving your class for sometime. Mr Blackley will take ........... .

8. Alice is going to put ............ ........... the job of a sales assistant in Newcastle.

9. People are prone .......... clichés and unfounded prejudices about other nations.

10. I'll do it tomorrow. No, ................second thoughts, I'll do it today.

PART 3: READING (55 POINTS)

1. CHOOSE THE WORDS THAT BEST COMPLETE THE SENTENCES IN THE

TEXT (15 POINTS)
The elementary means of communicating with other people is ... (1)messages by voice. This fact is
widely .......(2) and we recognize the voice as a ..........(3) characterizing the identity of a person. The array
of voices is immeasurable as no two are exactly similar. They can be nasal, resonant or shrill

produced in .......(4) with the individual physical ........5) of the throat. One possible .......(6) of the art of
voice recognition is voice profiling used by police analysts as a method of ..........(7) court evidence in
trials. Every year thousands of audiotapes with recorded interviews or casual utterances are ......... (8) the
purpose to help identify the probable culprit. Specialists dealing with the voice investigation claim that
people can ........... (9) themselves away by their accents, inflections or other voice attributes like pitch,
intensity and loudness. A recorded sample is usually........(10) into electric impulses and later transformed
into a pictorial recording which is processed by a computer program. Very frequently voice analysts have
a .......(11) at deciphering the relevant information which may be .......(12) with background noise or other
interfering sounds until they ......... (13) the desired results. Thankfully, these efforts help the police detect
individuals who threaten their victims by phone or inform about bomb .......(14) or those who make
offensive calls .....(15) the peace of decent citizens.

1. a) commuting b) discharging c) informing d) conveying

2. a) reassured b) acknowledged c) declared d) reckoned
3. a) feature b) matter c) token d) label
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 4. a) consent b) accordance c) dependence d) support
5. a) tendencies b) credentials c) assets d) properties
6. a) operation b) handling c) implementation d) treatment
7. a) substantiating b) facilitating c) pledging d) withstanding
8. a) used b) put c) employed d) set
9. a) give b) turn c) prove d) tell
10. a) reformed b) exchanged c) adjusted d) converted
11. a) stake b) stag c) stag d) stab
12. a) infused b) mingled c) mingled d) intruded
13. a) attain b) manouevre c) manouevre d) succeed
14. a) situating b) deploying c) deploying d) settling
15. a) distracting b) dismantling c) dismantling d) disturbing

2. READ THE TEXT BELOW AND THINK OF THE WORD WHICH BEST FITS
EACH SPACE. USE ONLY ONE WORD IN EACH SPACE. (15 POINTS)
Although the rise in the global temperature by 4 per cent predicted by many scientists may not sound like
much, it is the difference between now and the last Ice Age, when huge glaciers covered Europe and most
of Britain. Nobody knows (1) …………… what would happen in a warmer world, but we do know some
things. Heat a kettle and the (2) ……….. inside it expands. The (3) ……………. of the world has climbed
more than half a degree this century, and the oceans have (4) ………by at least 10 cm.

But just as it takes several minutes for a kettle to begin warming, (5)…….. it may have taken the ocean
thirty years to swell. This (6) …………. that the global warming we are now experiencing is a result only
of the carbon dioxide we have dumped into the atmosphere (7) ………… to the 1960s. Since then, the
(8) use of fossil fuels has increased rapidly.

Scientists (9) …………. for the United nations and European governments have been warning that (10)
………….. the Dutch and the people of East Anglia will need to do will (11) ……….. to build more
extensive sea defenses. Many of the world’s great cities are (12) ………….. risk, because they are (13)
………….. at sea level. Miami, almost entirely built on a sandbank, could be (14) …………..away. But
the effect of rising sea levels will be much worse for the developing countries. With a meter rise in sea
levels, 200 million could become homeless.

There are other fears too, according to a recent United Nations report. The plight of the hungry in
northern Africa could (15) …………. as rainfall in the Sahara and beyond is reduced by 20 per cent.

3. READ THE PASSAGE THEN CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER TO EACH

QUESTION. (10 PTS)
Line

1 In the folklore of the Navajo people, it was said that frogs and toads fell from the sky
when it rained. The phenomenon that gave rise to this belief involved the spadefoot
toad, which remains dormant beneath the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, avoiding the heat
and drought for as long as eight or nine months. With the onset of summer
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 thunderstorms, however, the roads to respond to the vibrations of drumming raindrops
and emerge, as if fallen from the sky with the rain, to begin their brief and frantic
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mating season.

The male spadefoot sits in a muddy pool and fills the night with his calls, attempting
to attract a female of the same species. Once a female joins him, she may lay as many
as 1,000 eggs in the small pool of life-sustaining rainwater. From that point it's a race
against the elements for the young, who must hatch and mature with remarkable speed
before the pool evaporates beneath the searing desert sun. As the pool grows smaller
and smaller, it became thick with tadpoles fighting for survival in the mud, threatened
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not only by the loss of their watery nest but also by devouring insects and animals. In
as few as nine days after fertilization of the eggs, those lucky enough to survive
develop through each tadpole stage and finally emerge as fully formed toads. After
gorging themselves on insects, the young toads like their parents, burrow
underground, where they will lie dormant awaiting the next summer's storms.
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1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Navajo folklore B. Weather in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona

C. The habits of the spadefoot toad D. The mating rituals of the male spadefoot

2. According to the passage, the spadefoot toad

A. is dormant for as long as nine months B. reproduces during winter rains

C. eats leaves and grasses D. develops very slowly

3. Which of the following is NOT true of the spadefoot?

A. They are active only three to four months a year. B. The female lays their eggs in pools of water.

C. The searing desert sun is their only enemy. D. Many tadpoles die before they reach maturity.

4. It can be concluded from the passage that

A. spadefoot toads could exist for years without rain. B. the Navajo legends are based on acute
observation.

C. spadefoot toads are well adapted to their environment.

D. the chances of a tadpole's becoming an adult are very great.

5. The author is most likely a

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A. botanist B. biologist C. chemist D. geographer

6. This passage is most likely followed by a passage on

A. weather patterns in the Sonoran Desert B. methods of reproduction among insects

C. dwellings of the Navajo people D. other desert animals

7. The word 'frantic' is closest in meaning to

A. lengthy B. excited C. froglike D. dangerous

8. The word 'elements' could be best replaced by

A. weather B. time C. environment D. thunderstorms

9. The word 'gorging' is closest in meaning to

A. mating B. digging C. enjoying D. devouring

10. Where in the passage is the geographic location that the spadefoot toads inhabit mentioned?

A. line 1 B. line 9 C. line 3 - 4 D. line 16 - 17

4. CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE HEADING FROM THE LIST A-H FOR EACH
PART 1-7 OF THE ARTICLE. THERE IS ONE EXTRA HEADING THAT YOU DO
NOT NEED TO USE. (7 POINTS)
A. Too hot for life E. A treat for the amateur

B. A place of contrast F. A distant wanderer

C. Red for danger G. An unseen influence

D. Gases in turmoil H. Fact and fiction

A Family of World

1. ..............

The solar system is a family of worlds. Nearest to the sun is Mercury, a place where the day is hot enough
to melt some metals and the night sufficiently cold to make a rubber ball as brittle as glass. The planet has
no atmosphere to scatter light so the sun glares down from a pitch black sky.

2. .............

Venus, on the contrary, has an atmosphere so thick that no one on its surface could ever see the sun.
Though the sun is concealed, its energy reaches the planet's surface, turning it into a baking desert where
nothing can live.

3. ...............

Beyond the earth and its moon we come to the planet Mars. Its famous redness is due to oxidization - a
sort of rusting process that has taken place over a million of years. According to a now discredited theory,
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intelligent creatures on Mars have dug canals to harness the small amounts of water released when the
planet's polar icecaps melt in the Martian spring.

4. ..................

Jupiter is a giant ice-ball surrounded by an atmosphere of poisonous gases. It is an atmosphere full of

storms and turmoil. The biggest storm of all - visible in the form of the Great Red Spot - has lasted for
over 200 years and shows no sign of dying away.

5. .....................

Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are giant stepping stones leading us into the unseen coldness of outer space.
Saturn is the most distinctive planet of the three, since it has the famous rings which almost everyone has
heard about. They form a halo round its equator and no one knows quite how they were formed. A
spectacular sight when observed through a powerful telescope, they can also be seen and enjoyed with a
simple pair of binoculars.

5. YOU ARE GOING TO READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE SAHARA DESERT.

EIGHT SENTENCES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ARTICLE. CHOOSE
FROM THE SENTENCES A-H THE ONE THAT FITS EACH GAP 1-8. THERE IS
ONE EXTRA SENTENCE THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE. (8 P OINTS)
A Water Crisis

The Sahara's meagre resources are being plundered right to the present day. (1) .............. . The rock is
of a type which hinders easy underground storage so the water supply depends on rainfall. (2) ................ .
However, the seriousness of the situation goes far beyond mere seasonal changes.

There is one district where observations go back at least 125 years. (3) .............. . This way of drawing
water is intended for the irrigation of gardens and small plots and works only if there is water not more
than about five metres below the surface. (4) ......... . They have all been replaced by wells from which the
water has to be raised by draught animals, because it is now 25 metres down. (5) ............... .

In a classic example of a vicious circle, shortages of water has led to the digging of more wells to save
the flocks and birds. As these have been deepened the water supply has been further depleted.
(6) ............ .

The Air region was once regarded as the Switzerland of Africa because of its temperate climate.
(7) .............. . Nowadays, though, there are only a third of the palms which existed there at the turn of the
century. The amount of wildlife has shown a proportional fall. (8) ........... . This is highly dangerous in a
world where the overall population is growing rapidly. We cannot afford to lose fertile land.

A. Here it is known that wells of the balance beam type were once used to cultivate areas.

B. So, too, has the number of human beings who can now survive in the area.

C. This being so, it is easy to understand why it varies.

D. Today, though, not one well of this type exists.

E. This has resulted in soil erosion which then dries out the land still further.

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F. Here, then, the water level has evidently dropped by 20 meters in little over a century.

G. It was crisscrossed by valleys filled with palm trees and was thronged with wildlife.

H. Such are conditions in the Sahara Desert in recent times.

I. This is shown most clearly in the dramatic fall in the region's precious water reserves.

PART IV: WRITING (10 POINTS)

1: FINISH EACH OF THE SENTENCES IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT MEANS

EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE SENTENCE PRINTED BEFORE IT. (5 POINTS)
1. We cannot see animals in a vast area after the forest fire.

There is an ...........................................................................

2.We cannot make any comparison with her sacrifice.

Nothing ................................................................................

3.A huge investment has been put into the field of hydro-electricity.

They......................................................................................

4.He tried his best but he couldn’t succeed.

Although...................................................................................

5. Regular practice will make us skilful.

You....................................................................................

2: FOR EACH OF THE SENTENCES BELOW, WRITE A NEW SENTENCE AS

SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE IN MEANING TO THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE USING
THE WORD GIVEN. THIS WORD MUST NOT BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY. (5
POINTS)
1. He's become very successful . (places)

.........................................................................................................................................

2. They have faced with the choice of two alternatives. (horns)

.........................................................................................................................................

3. The Member of Parliament did everything he could to exploit the situation. (advantage)

.........................................................................................................................................

4. The villagers prepared themselves to withstand the coming storm. (braced)

.........................................................................................................................................

5. All tenants must act in accordance with the regulations about guests. (comply)

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ANSWER KEY
I. LISTENING (20 points)

Section 1:

(1) 12.30

(2) Single/ one-way

(3) THOMSON

(4) 936

(5) 3303 8450 2045 6837

Section 2:

6. B

7. A

8. B

9. C

10.A

Section 3: NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS: (5pts.)

1. British Airway (BA) 2. cabin 3. motorbike 4. Australia 5. helpers

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6. fuel 7. 9(nine) months 8. miles and miles 9. navigation system 10. tired

PART II: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY - 50 points

1. Multiple choice:

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. D

11. A 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. D 16. C 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. C

2. Word form

1. incomparable 2. reassurance 3. misusing 4. activated

5. hesitant 6. outbreak 7. convertible 8. undermined

9. impassible 10. unconcerned

3. Mistake correcting

1. found -> found myself (line 2)

2. recently -> had recently (line 4)

3. I looked -> to look (line 5)

4. the wine -> wine (line 6)

5. persons -> people (line 7) 6. schedule -> scheduled (line 9)

7. weather was -> weather had been (line 11)

8. fell -> felt (line 13)

9. stricken -> struck (line 14)

10. route -> way (line 15)

4. Gap filling with phrasal verbs and prepositions

1. off 2. out 3. for 4. from as 5. away 6. up

7. over 8. in for 9. To 10. On

PART 3. READING 55 points

1. Fill in the blanks with the one of the four options to complete the passage

1. D 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. A

8. B 9. A 10. D 11. D 12. B 13. A 14. C

15. D

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2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each
space. (15 points)

Although the rise in the global temperature by 4 per cent predicted by many scientists may not sound like
much, it is the difference between now and the last Ice Age, when huge glaciers covered Europe and most
of Britain. Nobody knows (1) exactly / precisely what would happen in a warmer world, but we do know
some things. Heat a kettle and the (2) water inside it expands. The (3) temperature of the world has
climbed more than half a degree this century, and the oceans have (4) risen by at least 10 cm.

But just as it takes several minutes for a kettle to begin warming, (5) So it may have taken the ocean
thirty years to swell. This (6) means that the global warming we are now experiencing is a result only of
the carbon dioxide we have dumped into the atmosphere (7) up to the 1960s. Since then, the (8) use of
fossil fuels has increased rapidly.

Scientists (9) working for the United nations and European governments have been warning that (10)
what the Dutch and the people of East Anglia will need to do will (11) be to build more extensive sea
defenses. Many of the world’s great cities are (12) at risk, because they are (13) located / situated at sea
level. Miami, almost entirely built on a sandbank, could be (14) swept away. But the effect of rising sea
levels will be much worse for the developing countries. With a meter rise in sea levels, 200 million could
become homeless.

There are other fears too, according to a recent United Nations report. The plight of the hungry in
northern Africa could (15) worsen, as rainfall in the Sahara and beyond is reduced by 20 per cent.

3. Multiple choice:

1. C 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. C

4. Headline matching

1. B 2. A 3. H 4. D 5. E

5. Sentence filling

1. I 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. F 6. E 7. G 8. B

IV. WRITING 10 points

Part 1: (5 points)

1. There is an absence of animals in a vast area after the forest fire.

2. Nothing can be compared with her sacrifice.

3. They invest a big fund / sum of money into the field of hydro electricity.

4. Although he tried his best, he couldn’t get any success.

5. You will be skilful if you practise regularly.

Part 2: (5 points)

1. He's going places.

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2. They are on the horns of dilemma.

3. The Member of Parliament did everything he could to take advantage of the situation.

4. The villagers braced themselves for the coming storm.

5. All tenants must comply with the regulations about guests.

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