Section I: Reading Comprehension I.

In this section, you will read some short passages followed by some questions. Choose the word or
words that best complete the sentence or answer the question.
Passage 1: Finding the Right Career Whether you’re looking for your first job, unhappy in your present
job, sure about what job you want, or unsure about your choices, a career counselor can help. A career
counselor can help you decide which career path to choose, which jobs you should look for to get on that
path, and how your skills or personality traits fit with certain careers. The field of career counseling
developed in the 1940s in the U.S. A researcher saw that people’s desire for personal and career
development were connected as they made career choices. In other words, a job isn’t just a job - people
want to be happy and fulfilled in their jobs. Today, career counseling is a huge field, and counselors have
many tools to help you find a career that’s right for you. Personality tests, surveys of your interests, and
skill evaluations are just a few of these tools. Knowing what you’re good at and what your personality traits
say about you can be helpful as you search for a job. And counselors can have many contacts in many
fields. These important contacts can help you find the job you want. Who knows? Maybe you’ll even
become a career counselor!
1. How did the field of career counseling start?
a. A researcher found that people wanted to be happy in their jobs.
b. A researcher saw that people wanted to look for jobs.
c. A researcher found that personality tests made people happy.
2. What tools do counselors have to help you find the right career?
a. Interest surveys and personality traits
b. Skill evaluations and personality tests
c. Job contacts and field testing
Passage 2: An East/West Success
Ang Lee is one of the most talented and influential film directors in the world. He was born in 1954 in
Taiwan, graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975, and then moved to the United States
to study film production. When he was 38 years old, he won a contest and directed his first feature film,
Pushing Hands, about a Chinese Tai Chi teacher who moves to the United States to live with his son in New
York. His most famous movie to date is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a fascinating film set in 17th-
century China that featured traditional Chinese martial arts. But Lee is not just famous for his work in
Chinese. The English-language movie Sense and Sensibility adapted from the classic book by Jane Austen
was widely praised by critics as an outstanding film. It received seven Academy Award nominations. Many
say that this movie won Lee the respect of Hollywood as a director who could make any movie. Today, Lee
can choose his own film scripts. He is equally comfortable in Taiwan as he is in Hollywood. He likes to
challenge himself with different types of films, such as the movie about the cartoon hero, The Hulk. When
asked about the future, he says, “I can make movies forever.”
3. What film is Ang Lee best known for?
a. Hulk
b. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
c. Pushing Hands
4. What movie made Ang Lee a respected Hollywood director?
a. Hulk
b. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
c. Sense and Sensibility

II. Which of the sentences below expresses the essential information in the given sentence? Circle the
best answer.
1. Far more devastating for the author than the loss of his house to fire was the destruction of the sole copy
of his latest novel.
a. In his latest book, the author tells of the pain he suffered when he lost his home in a devastating
fire.
b. Even the destruction of his home in the fire was not as hard for the author to bear as the burning
of the manuscript of his new novel.
c. The only thing the author was able to rescue from the flames which destroyed his home was the
sole copy of his latest book.
d. Even more difficult for the author than writing a single book was seeing it destroyed when his
house burnt down.
2. Without his help, the job would have been impossible.
a. Even though he was very helpful, we were still unable to complete the project.
b. Since he wasn’t able to give us a hand, we didn't believe we would be able to finish the job.
c. There's no way the task could have been done if he had not provided assistance.
d. The assignment proved quite easy, even though he refused to give us aid.
3. Having arrived at the church, Martin sat down at the front listening to the music.
 a. After martin had arrived at the church, he heard a lovely music at the front.
b. After he had arrived at the church, Martin sat down at the front and listened to the music.
c. In order to sit down at the front and listen to the music he arrived at the church early.
d. At the church Martin wanted to listen to the music so he arrived at the church early.
Section II: Vocabulary
Circle the correct answer.
1. Brian, stop _______________ Web sites and do your homework!
a. browsing
b. looking
c. clicking
2. Mandy bought a big new ________________. It looks like my television!
a. mouse
b. monitor
c. keyboard
3. People who lose weight _______________.
a. often feel better about themselves
b. get requests for loans from friends
c. feel safer in their homes
4. A: Carmen gives money to every homeless person she meets.
B: Really? I didn’t know she was so ___________.
a. creative
b. level-headed
c. generous
5. Can I borrow $10? = Can you _____________ me $10?
a. save
b. accept
c. lend
6. Manuel is very funny. He’s always_________ jokes.
a. expressing
b. telling
c. offering
7. Please allow me to offer my ________________ on the recent death of your grandfather.
a. sympathy
b. reason
c. apology
8. ____________ people don’t like to give money or things away to other people.
a. Stingy
b. Generous
c. Modest
9. A: I left you three messages. Why didn’t you _________ my phone calls?
B: I’m sorry. I wasn’t home over the weekend.
a. return
b. refuse
c. ask for
10. The completion of the Panama Canal was a great ________________ of technology over nature.
a. triumph
b. mystery
c. disaster
Section III: Language Use
Choose the word or words that best complete each sentence.
1. A: Where are you ______________ for your vacation?
B: We’ll probably go to Athens.
a. will go
b. going to
c. going to go
2. Do I _______________ carry my passport with me in Mexico?
a. must
b. have to
c. ought to
3. Believe it or not, I even use my computer _________________ bills.
a. to pay
b. pay
c. pays
4. In the Caribbean Sea, autumn is __________ terrible storms can develop.
a. the season when
b. a season of
c. the time of
5. When we lived near the ocean, our family _______________ to the beach every summer.
a. were going
b. used to go
c. did go
6. If you marry the right person, ____________ happy for the rest of your life.
a. you’ve been
b. you’ll be
c. you’d be
7. A: I enjoy _______________ out once a week.
B: So do I.
a. eating
b. eat
c. to eat

8. A: This food is terrible.

B: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m not good __________ cooking.
a. at
b. on
c. for
9. I _______________ an injection by the nurse.
a. am giving
b. was given
c. gave
10. I_______________ a haircut when I heard that my brother was in the hospital.
a. got
b. was getting
c. had gotten
Section IV: Writing I.
Circle the letter next to the sentence that contains an error in grammar or usage.
1.
a. It’s a confining day for people whose interests are to be outside in nature altogether with their
friends.
b. The principal likes best students whose ideas come across clearly whether they’re under pressure
or not.
c. I hate it every time I lose my money, my shoelaces get loose, or when I wholly misunderstand
what the professor is trying to convey.
d. I am quite quiet when I am in peace and everyone around me is stationary.
2.
a. Don’t go out of my sight until I know the kidnappers are not there, and that they’re not in their
car anymore.
b. Between the three of you, don’t you think persecution is a cruel thing to do?
c. If you can effect a change on this person and affect him positively, the effect you’ll have
produced will be incredible.
d. Besides her wit, when you sit beside her, have you lately felt any changes in her personality?
3.
a. His hopes have risen by the fact that, despite his low grades, his class attendance and
participation were enviable.
b. The flag was risen every day by the soldiers for a number of hours.
c. The less he tried, the worse he felt, and the more helpless he became.
d. I will lend you my calculator if, after you borrow it, you don’t leave it in your office or let
anyone take it.
II. Circle the letter next to the item that best completes the sentence.
1. The building of the Toshka Canal in Egypt was carefully planned ______________ .
a. if the inlet starts at a point 8 km north of Toshka bay
b. as the mistakes made in earlier canals had proved costly
c. as if the desert could become green
 d. until the amount of water required was agreed on
2. There has been a decrease in deaths from motor vehicle crashes over recent years, ___________.
a. since speed limits would be lowered
b. which is partly due to improved safety features in cars
c. if there were public intolerance of drinking and driving
d. as there has been improved safety design in occupational machinery
3. This conductor offers an orchestral balance quite unlike ________________ .
a. as if some string passages almost get lost
b. as you simply do not hear the violins as the "main line" of the music
c. what we are used to
d. that he adds something of his own