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L MULTIPLE CHOICE (40 PTS

I. PH ONO LOG Y (5PTS)
Pic k ou t the wor d who se und erl ine d par t is pr on ou nc ed d iffe ren tly fr on t tha t
o f the rest.
1. A. chea p B. chick en c. ch ef D. ch ief
2. A. program B. proces s c . promise D. progre ss
3. A. repl ace B. purc hase c . surfac e D. pala ce
4. A. chor us B. cheri sh c. ch ao s D. char acter
5. A. meas ure B. dread ful c . treas ure D. breat he
Pic k o ut t he word whi ch is st ress ed dif fere ntly fr on t t he rest.
6. A. necessi ty B. dignity c . quantity D. poverty
7. A. d evelo pmen t B. conten tment c . investmen t D. instru ment
8. A. m useum B. cathedral c. skysc raper • , D. apartm ent
9. A. astron aut B. gard ener c. policeman D. officer
10. A. eleme nt B. elephan t c . elevato r D. electo r

II. W ORD CHOIC E (5PTS)

Cho ose t he best optio ns to comp lete t he fol low in g sen tence s.
1. I ho pe this hea dache
A. g oes o ut ; B. comes away c . wears off D. passes a wa y
2. What the trea sured said vi rtually to a c onfessio n.
A. m ounted B. came c . stood D. embodie d
3. Wheth er the sports club survives is a matter of complete > to me.-
A. di sinter est B. import ance c. indifferenc e D. inte rest
4. Some medic ines are only ava ilable on JO'. ' 1. ' . .■
A. d escrip tion B. inscripti on c. instruction D. prescr iption
5. I f you ’re on a diet, you should honey for s ugar in your tea.
A. ch an ge B. substitu te c. replace D. conv ert
6. It’s diffi cult to the d ifference between margar ine and butte r.
A. sp ea k B. say c . tell D. look
7. Wi thout her ỷy «>. j t
help, th ey would never have s urvived
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the ter rible ordeal.

A. pr iceless B. worthy c . invaluable D. treasure d
8. The two small comp anies are going to at the end o f the year.
A. mix B. merge c . blend D. meet

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9. Be caref ul not to____________________ your fi nger with th at needle .
A. p rick B. bite c. scratch ’ D. sting
10. He walke d from t he cou rt a free man, having been_______ of murder.
A. u nconv ined B. disch arged c. liberated D. acquitted
III. GRA MM AR A ND STRUCT URES
Choos e the bes t optio ns to compl ete the foll owi ng sen tence s (5 pts)
1•________ money is a simple way to do charity.
A. D onating B. Havin g donated c. Donation D. Donor
2. H aving you fin ish ed________ the dishes ? I need you he lp me with
A. to clean B. clean c. cleaned D. cleaning
3. T hese measur es have be en ______ in order to increase the comp any’s profits.
A. ca rried B. taken c. tried D. done
4. W e________ to a concert tonight . It _______ at 7.30.
A. are going / will begin B. will go / begins
c. are g oing / begins D. will go / will begin
5. T he y__________ good fri ends but the y’ve fallen out recently.
A. u sed to being B. used to be
c. are used to be D. were used to be
6.______ a hotel , we looked for somewh ere to have dinner.
A. Findin g B. We fo und c. Found D. Havin g found
7. I f I tell yo u a se cre t,____________ you promise not to tell it to anyone else?
A. w ould B. did c. will D. have
8 . 1d on’t m in d________ yo u________ the washing up.
A. h e lp -d o B. h el pi ng -d oi ng
c . h el p in g -d o D. to h elp -to do
9. Smith had a lucky escap e. H e____________ killed.
A. w ould have be en B. must hav e been
c could have been D. should have been
10. If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in ano ther fifty
years th is b ea ch ______ any more.
A. d oes n’t exis t B. isn ’t existing
c. isn’t going to ex ist D. won ’t be existed
IV. P HRA SAL VERBS AND P REPOSI TIONS (5 PTS) i
1. J ___ __________ at the meeting, the others didn ’t come.
A. tur ned in B. turned up c . turned down D. turned on
2. Th e t each er as ked a di fficult question, but finally T ed _____________ a good
answer .
A. p ut up with , B. keep pace with
c. made way for D. came up with
3.The c hildren se em to be ca pab le_______ working quietly by them selves.
A. o f B. about c. for D. to
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4.1 hav en’t heard from y o u ____ a long time. How a re yo u?
A. since B. for c . until D. afte r
5. _______ its cla rity of style, the book is not ea sy reading.
A. In all B. O f all c . In purs uance o f D. Fo r all
6. She_______ a qui ck letter.
A. p ut o ff B. dash ed of f c . come of f D. paid off
7. Nob ody can fool me. I’m n ever in
A. ta ken B. taking c . given D. givin g
8. In t he early years o f the tw entieth ce ntury, several reb ell ion s______ in the
northe rn parts of the country .
A. rose up B. turne d o ut c . came off D. broke out
9 . 1 do n’t thi nk t hat this fashion w il l__________ .
A. c atch on B. catch up c . catch out D. catch over
10. Jo an ’s very de pre sse d_____ the future
A. with B. at c. about D. by
V. GUIDED CLOZE
PAS SAG E A: Re ad the te xt be low an d decid e whi ch a nsw er be st fi ts each s pac e ( 5p ts)
SOUND A DVIC E FOR LANGU AGE LEARNE RS
A recen t issue of a language learning magazin e has consult ed a number of
expert s in the (1)_____ of second language acquisi tion. Thei r ad vice may prove
invalu able for those (2)______ a language course. One sugges tion is that you
assess whe ther you are likely to be successfu l at learning a language. Did you
enjoy study ing languag es at school, for examp le? Do you have enough time to
learn a langua ge? The major (3) _____ will be your own time and effort.
Ther efore you must make sure that the course on offer leads to a (4)_____
quali ficati on. Also, be realistic in your goals. If you don't set achieva ble aims
you are more likely to give up. Do not be deceived (5 )_______ thinki ng th at the
most expe nsive courses are the best. (6 )______ around to get the best possible
value for money. You should also (7 )______ in mind that the quick er yo u learn
a langua ge the more quickly you forget it. Sandra Miller, a French teacher , t ried
to te ach her self German by enrol ling on a ( 8 )____ course. Already fl uent in four
langua ges and with a sound knowled ge of teaching metho dology her chance s of
maki ng progr ess were high. Three years ( 9 ) _____ she remem bers very little.
She feels her bigge st mistake was not to follow (10) her first experi ence.
"I should have consol idated w hat I'd learn by con tinuing to study, even if it w ere
by my self."
domai n B. branch c . field D. area
wond ering B. thinkin g c . looking D. co nside ring
proble m B. cost c . loss D. rate
recogn ised B. underst ood c . valued D. reg arded
by B. ab ou t c . into4. D. in

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 Nose B. Push c . Run D. Shop
take B. cons ider G. abide D. bear
rapid B. crash c . quick D. fast
on B. forward c . from D. onward
up B. on c . through D. out
PASSAGE B: Re ad the tex t bel ow a nd decide which ans wer best fi ts each s pa ce ( 5 pts)
PLANET ARY ARTIST RY
For me, the highli ght of this past week's science news was the images (1)
_____back from the Curiosit y rover, providing ( 2 ) _______ geologic evidence
that wat er f lowed on Mars. Of course, this wasn 't exa ctly a surpr ise; for deca des,
planet ary scient ists have suggested the channel networks visible in spacecraft
imagery could n't have been made by anything else. The evidence has been
(3) _____________ as well, as various clay minerals and iron ox ides have been
(4) ________ throug h hyperspectr al imagery.
None thele ss, I suspect that the image of definitely water-la in (5) ______
made the heart of m ore than one geologist ( 6 ) _____ _ a beat. Ground truth.
You could argue that the scientific exploration of the extra-terrestr ial is, at least
(7 )_____ a part , a searc h for meanin g: to position US within a larger cosmo logy.
But o ur fascinat ion with, and c onnection to, what we see in the night sky comes
not ju st throu gh science, but also through art. So it should come as no surprise
that scien tific images of planetary surfaces have (8 )____ inspiration to a range
of artists from Galile o - whose first sketch es o f the moon through a telesc ope are
(9)_______ beautiful - to Barbara Hepworth - whose interpreta tions of the lunar
surface are (10) less literal.
1. A. t hrow n B. sho t c . beamed D. fired
2. A. final B. conclusive c . proved D. guaranteed
3. A. swell ing B. expanding c. increasing D. mounting
4. A. identifi ed B. singled c . formulated D. devised
5. A. sedim ents B. dross c . grounds D. matter
6. A. sl ip B. los e c. skip D. jump
7. A. w ith B. in c . at D. for
8. A. o ffered B. provided c . given D. made
9. A. totally B. doubtlessly c . surely D. truly
10. A rathe r B. far c . barely D. greatly

VI. R EADI NG COMP REHEN SION T

PA SS AG E 1: R ea d th e te xt b elo w an d cho ose t he bes t an sw er to each qu est ion
(S pt s)
In the middle of the night, as most of New York slept, someth ing big and
bright lit up the Manhattan s kyline for just seconds a tightl y kept secret to all but
a handful of people. -
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 It wa s a tiny test for th e huge public surprise four days later: t he flippin g of a
switch at th e Empire State Building to tur n on its dan cing new LED lights. T hey
burst from the skysc raper while synchron ized with R&B s tar A licia Keys s inging
"Empir e S tate o f Mind" on nat ionwid e radio.
The LED system has "16.7 million color possib ilities, in digital comb inatio ns
of ripples, sparkl es, sweeps and strobes," says Phil O'Donn ell, of Burling ton,
Mass.-b ased Philips Color Kinetics that's responsi ble for th e system and worked
with a res ident li ghting designer. "It's the sum o f all poss ibilitie s a hug e pal ette ."
The old lights came in only 10 colors.
From Manh attan and the Bronx to Staten Island and even New Je rsey, "there
were hundr eds of thousa nds of people on the streets looking up, filming and
videoi ng, cluster ed on street corners," when the new lights came on, said
Anthon y Malkin, whose family controls the iconic Art Deco bui lding.
In an intervi ew with The Associate d Press at his office, he glowed with
pleasu re d escri bing Monday night's inaugural light show.
Keys a lso sang "Girl On Fire" from her new CD.
Afte r all, the 102-story skyscrap er "has always been a symbol of what's
possibl e in New York, and all the dreams that can come true in this city that
never sleeps," Keys, a New York native, said be fore her per formance , which was
ready on trac ks while she watch ed from a Manha ttan studio.
Malkin and his technical team wanted to te st the new lighting system with as
few p eople noticin g as possible, and chose early T hanksg iving morning.
Good luck, in the middle of Manhattan, with people walking around even at
2:30 a.m.
That seemed the best mom ent, a fter most bars close and before dawn.
"We decided to do it facing west, in very short bursts between 2:30 a.m. and
3 a.m., because we knew we didn't have a camera trained on US from there,"
Malkin said.
Appare ntly, the secret test worked. No images of the Empire State Buildi ng
alight that night appeared anyw here, as far as Malkin knows.
To stage the show, he worked with Clear Channel radio, which has 239
million month ly listeners in the United States.
The lights are part of a larg er ef fort to mo dernize the 81-year -old edifice th at
is unde rgoing a more than hal f a billion -dollar renovatio n th at includes making it
"green." The compu terized LED system will cut energy consum ption by more
than half, while delive ring light and vibrancy superior to the old floodli ghts,
which have huge timpani drum-size lenses tha t had to be change d eve ry so oft en,
O'Don nell said.
They may still have nostalgic value to so me who watched th em light up N ew
York City for ev ery special occasion from C hristmas to t he Fourth of July.

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 They were part of "the grande dame of the New York skyline, now state-of -
the-ar t, but still stately," says Malkin, adding that the light show was "a gi ft we
gave to the w orld, these lights. We don't get paid for this."
On a sunny Wedne sday afternoo n, with a spectac ular view of the new World
Trade Cen ter and N ew York Harbor, a v acant space under recons tructio n on the
build ing's 72nd f loor w as filled wi th the retired floodlights , si tting side by side in
long lines, veteran s o f years of New York weather. What will be done with them
is also a se cret for now.
One old light will not be discarded in fa vor of a 21st century novelty: a red
beaco n "ha lf the size of a Volksw agen Beetle," as Malkin puts it that serves as a
warn ing signal for airc raft con stantly flying o ver New York City.
1. Wh at is the primary purpose of the first sent ence of the ar ticle?
A. To explain that New Yorkers are commonly asleep in the middle of the night.
B. To mislead readers into thinking the li ght flash was some so rt o f attack
c. To build suspense and cur iosity so that the rea der wants to know mo re
D. To suggest that there is a secret organizati on working late at night at the
Empire Stat e Building
2. The phras e "h uge pal ette" in Paragraph 3 is most likely
A. A m etaphor for the scope and range of combinations the new LED lights have
B. A literal explanation of the shape of the new lights, which form an artist's
palette
c. An extreme over exaggeration meant to draw more onlookers to the new
display
D. A way to emphasize the amount of lights, since 16.7 could never fit onto a
palette ;
3. What does Alicia Keys suggest the Empire State bui lding is a symbol of?
A. A way for Americans to have a landmark similar to other major global cities
B. The iconic America n ca pacity to push boundarie s and break new groun d in
art an d a rchitectu re.
c. Lights that are always on due to the numbe r of New Yorkers who work
night shifts
D. Th at any person can use the new l ights as a way to m ake a wish, as peop le
do w ith other world landmarks.
4. To help keep the new lights secr et duri ng th eir initial test, all pr ecautio ns w ere
taken EXCEPT :
A. C ondu cting the test in the mi ddle o f the night
B. Con ducti ng the tes t faci ng west, away fro m c ameras
c. Con ducti ng the tes t in s hort bursts, so that there w as no sustain ed lighting
D. Cond uctin g the test with additional sound effects to distra ct anyon e who
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5. What w as the pr imary reason Malkin and his team choose to tes t the new LED
lights in the middle of the night?
A. Because the lights are impossible to see in the da ylight
B. So th at no spies would be awake to steal the n ew lighting design
c. Because his team only works at night, to enhanc e th eir c reativity
D. So that when they made the formal reveal to the city and world, it would
be a true sur prise
6. How does the new LED display contribut e to the Empire State Building's
efforts to be come more 'g reen'?
A. The lights will be bright enough to reflect into the building, allowing less
lighting to be used indoors
B. The new lighting will consume almost hal f the amoun t of energy the old
lights did
c. The lights can be come green in color, to cover th e ent ire building
D. The lights will be solar- powered, ge nerating their own e lectricity.
7. The article suggests that some older people might miss the old lights. Why is this?
A. The elderly who have poorer eyesight have an easier time seeing the old lights
B. The older generati on might not understand the technol ogy behind the new
LED lighting
c. Those who used to work in the Empire State Building will no longer be
able to recognize it without the old, lar ger lights
D. The old lights represente d momentous occasions in Am erican history, and
may still have nos talgic value
8. In the second- to-last paragraph, the old floodlights are described as veterans.
What is the most suita ble exp lanation for this word in context?
A. The old lights have worked through the years, despite harsh weather
conditio ns and continual use for special occassions
B. The old lights have been up through many previous wars, making them
literal ve terans
c. The old lights were dedicated to the Empire State Building to m emorialize
war h eroes
D. The old lights were only used before to celebra te Veteran's Day
9. C urrently, how many o f the fo rmer lights are set to be pres erved for a specific
purpos e? . .. : ■. .
A. All, to re place o ther m ajor lights around the city
B. None, they ar e all set to be discarded entirely
c. Five, sp aced across Central Park for m ore light and better security
D. One, to serve as a wa rning beacon for aircra ft
10. Why might it be important for the Empire State's global image to replace its
lighting?

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 A. To rep resent that it is both environmentally conscious as well as technologic ally
adva nced
B. To prove that o ther world landmar ks are not as spec tacul ar
C. To sugg est that despite its be ing decades -old, the Empire State Buildin g is
still releva nt
D) To p rovid e Ne w Yorkers and v isitors with b etter e ntert ainm ent
PASSAGE 2: Rea d the text below and choose the best answer to each question ( 5pts)
Anc ient people probably assembl ed the massiv e sands tone horsesh oe at
Stone henge more than 4,600 years ago, while the smal ler bluest ones were
import ed from Wales later, a new stu dy su ggests.
The conc lusion , detailed in the Decemb er issue of the jour nal Antiqui ty,
chal leng es earl ier t imeline s th at prop osed the s maller stone s w ere raised first.
"The sequ ence proposed for the site is really the wrong way around," said
study co-a utho r Ti mothy Darvill, an ar chaeol ogist at Bourn emouth Univers ity in
Englan d. "The original idea tha t it starts small and gets bigger is wro ng. It starts
big and stays big. The new scheme puts the big st ones at th e cente r at the site as
the first stage."
The new timeli ne, which relies on statistical method s to tighte n the dates
when the stones were put into place, overturns the notion that ancie nt societies
spent hund reds of years building each area of Stoneh enge. Instead, a few
gene ratio ns likely built each of the majo r elem ents of the site, said Rober t Ixer, a
resea rche r who discover ed the origin of the bluesto nes, but who was not
involve d in the study.
"It's a very timely paper and a very important paper," Ixer said. "A lot o f US
have got to go back and rethink when the stones arrived."
Myst eriou s monume nt
The Wiltsh ire, England, site of Stonehe nge is one of the world's most
endur ing myster ies. No one knows why prehisto ric people built the enigmatic
megal iths, althou gh research ers over the years have argued the site was
origin ally a sun ca lendar, a symbol of unity, or a burial monume nt.
Thou gh only some of the stones remain, at the cente r of the site once sat an
oval of bluest ones, or igneous rocks (those formed from magma ) that turn a
bluish hue when wet or freshly cut. Surround ing the blueston es are five giant
sands tone mega liths called trilithons, or two vertical standin g slabs capped by a
horizon tal stone, arranged in the sha pe o f a horseshoe .
Aroun d the horsesh oe, ancien t builders erected a circu lar ring of blues tones.
The sands tone boulder s, or sa rsens, can w eigh up to 40 t ons (36,287 kilogram s),
while the much small er blu estones weig h a mere 4 tons (3,628 kg).
Past resea rcher s believed the bluestone oval and circle were erecte d earlie r
than the massi ve sandst one horseshoe . But when Darvill and his collea gues
began exca vatio ns at t he site in 2008, they found the previo us chron ology didn't

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add up. The team estimat ed the age of new artifacts from the site, such as an
antle r bone pick s tuck w ithin the stones.
Combi ning the new information with dating from past excavatio ns, the team
created a new tim eline for St onehenge's construction.
Like past research ers, the team believes that ancient people first used th e site
5,000 years ago, when they dug a circular ditch and m ound, or he nge, a bout 361
feet (110 meters) in diameter.
But the new ana lysis suggests around 2600 B.c. the Ne olithic people built the
giant sandston e horsesho e, drawing the stone from nearby quarries. Only then
did b uilders arrange the muc h s maller bluestones, which w ere pro bably imported
from Wales. Those bluestones were then rearranged at various positions
throug hout the site over the next millenn ium, Darvill said.
"They sort out the local stuf f first, and then they bring in the stones from
Wales to add to t he co mplexity of the struct ure," Darvill told LiveScience.
The new dating allows the archaeologist s to tie the structure to specific
people who lived in the area at the time, Darvill said. The builders of the larger
sandston e structures were pig farm ers found only in the British Isles. In contrast,
the bluestone builders would've been the Beaker people, sheep and c ow herders
who lived throug hout Europe and are known for the distinctive, bell-shape
pottery they l eft behind.
The new timelin e "connects everything together, it gives us a good sequence
of events outside, and it gives US a set of cultural association s with the different
stages of construction," Darvill said.
1. The new study d escribed in this article suggests which sequence of events for
the b uilding of Stonehenge?
A. The bluestones were arranged in the horseshoe configuration and then
accented with the larger stones
B. A ncient peoples first arranged the small bluestone configuratio n and later
ringed it with large, imported granite slabs
c. The sandstone horseshoe was developed first, thousands of years ago, and
the smaller blueston es were imported later from Wales
D. All the stones were brought in at the same time and slowly arranged over
centuri es ,
2. Which type of methodolo gy does the new study rely on to discern
Stonehe nge's timeline ?
A. Min eralogy B. Statistical analysis
c. Carbon dating ,.D. DNA analys is
3. Accord ing to the ar ticle, a sarseni could weigh how much ?
A.38 tons B. 42 tons c. 56 tons D. 41 tons
4. Until the study th at is discussed in the article , wh at was the acce pted sequence
of Stonehenge's construc tion?
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 A. Blues tone horses hoe, then sandston e oval
B. B luesto ne diamo nd, then sandsto ne square
c. Bluest one square, then sandston e circ le
D. B lueston e ov al, then sandston e h orseshoe
5. None o f the follow ing were known artifact s in constr ucting the new
Stone henge tim eline EXCEPT
A. A rrow head s o f the nearby civiliza tions
B. S kelet ons of ancient peoples
c. An antl er b one w edged b etween stones
D. S tone eroded cl early enough to be dated
6. It is agree d betwe en old and new studies that Stoneheng e was first used by
civil izati ons?
A. 5,000 years ago B. 6,000 years ago
c. 7,000 ye ars ago D. 8,000 years ago
7. The later blu estones , be lieved to be imported from Wales,
A. Were origin ally arrange d to outline the horseshoe shape of the sandstone
bould ers
B. W ere arrange d over the course of a mil lennium
c. Were actual ly recovered from local quarrie s
D. W ere settled in their p attern within a year
8. Acc ordi ng to Darvill, what effect did the bl uestones have u pon Stoneheng e?
A. They allowed the dimensions o f Stonehenge to be more aesthetically pleasing
B. They provided an added complexity to the structure by using foreign material
c. They rep resent ed strong cultural ties with the Welsh culture
D. Th ey were symbols o f conquest of foreign lands
9. A ccor ding to Daville, what is the most important piece of knowledge obtained
from this new t imelin e? ,
A. T hat sandst one and b luestone were both native to the region
B. Th at Stoneh enge became the model for future Scottish architec ture
c. Tha t the original peoples who built Stonehenge were wealthy enough to
acqu ire rare stones
D. That the original builders of Stonehenge were different types of animal
herders
10. W hat is the conclusion that Darville draws in the quote in the final paragraph?
A. Stone heng e remains an inspiration for mode rn a rtists and architec ts
B. Th e myst eries of Stonehenge are en tirely clarified by the new research and
time line ' '
c. Previous timelines for Stonehenge may have given USa flawed interpretation
of the civilizations and materials they had access to at the time
D. Stonehenge was really a foreign project, made from materials outside of the
country, and influenced by civilizations other than those who lived locally

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B. WRIT TEN TEST
I. CLO ZE TEST: Rea d the text below an d thin k o f the wor d which best fi ts
each space. Use only ONE WORD fo r each space.
CLOZ E T EST 1:
THE EFFECT S OF A CID RAIN
When acid rain gets into lakes and stream s, it kills the fish and other
(1) ________ and plants that live there. Many rivers in Scan dinav ia no longer
have any fish. All the fish have been killed by acid rain. Acid rain can also
(2) ________ plants on land, includin g farm crops and forests. By the mid-
1980s, acid rain had damag ed or killed almos t hal f of the trees in Ger ma ny’s
Black Forest. The (3 ) ________ surfaces o f ston e buildin gs and monu ment s can
also be corrod ed, or worn (4) ________ , by acid rain. Some of the wo rld’s
grea test buildin gs and monu ments show signs of da mage caused by acid rain.
Acid rain eats away ( 5 )________ the steel in bridges and railing s as well.
REDUCI NG ACID RAIN
Most o f the ( 6 ) ________ that produce acid rain come from power station s,
facto ries, and vehicl es. Power stations and factory ( 7 ) ________ can be fitted
with devic es that remov e these gases. (8 )________ can be fitted with cataly tic
conv erter s, which reduce the pollution in exhaust fumes. (9) ________ , the
devic es to reduc e t he acid gases are expensiv e. Not all gover nmen ts, compa nies,
and individ uals are w illing to spen d the (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ money on them.
OPEN CLOZE 2 (10PTS)

HOW DO REEFS FORM?

Coral reefs play an i mporta nt role in ocean life. Many kinds of plants, Fish,
and othe r animal s live (1 1 )________ and around a coral reef. Even the ree f
itse lf is ma de m ostly of tiny coral animals, both living and dead.
Coral anima ls do n ot mo ve around. These tiny (1 2 )________ live to geth er in
grou ps called colon ies. One single coral animal is ca lled a polyp. It has a body
(1 3 )________ like a tube. Its moilth is on the top of the tube. Little tenta cles
around the mouth help the coral polyp catch food that (1 4 )________ by. Coral
anim als eat micro scopi c s ea cr eatures called zoopla nkton.
The reef- build ing polyp makes a hard (15) ________ shell for itse lf from
mater ials found in seawat er. When the polyp dies, the shell is left behind. The
shells from colon ies of polyps build up ( 16 )________ time to form a ro ck c alled
limesto ne. This limes tone becom es the inner part of the reef. The living coral
anim als form the (1 7 )________ part of the reef. As each layer of pol yps dies,
the ir stony skelet ons get added to the reef. A new layer then grows on top of the
(1 8 )________ . This is how a r ee f gets b igger.,
Tiny (1 9) ________ -celled alg ae called zoox anthe llae live in coral polyps .
The polyp and the algae make (2 0 )________ for on e another . The polyp s could
not live w ithou t the algae.
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II. W ORD FORM ATION : (20PTS)
PART 1: Complete each sentence, using the correctform of the word in parentheses.
1. They all chee red_______ as the ir team came out. (ENTH USIAS M)
2. F inally a_________ is broug ht ab out between the two sides. (RECON CILE)
3. The child has a______ temper ament. (R EBEL)
4. No repor t can convey the suffering that this wa r has caused, (speak)
5. He wi ll not b en ef it -______ from the deal. (FINANC E)
6. The injury was____________ of her handling o f the affair. (CRITIC IZE)
7. Her case was_______ argued. (CONVI NCE) A . V.
8. I don' t f ind him very (COMMU NICATE )
9. Mary is a re ally________ pessimist. (CURE)
10. T he aid progra mme was_______ , resultin g in large quantit ies of food fa iling
to re ach the famine victims. (CONDUCT).
PART 2: Com plete the pas sag e with app ropriate form s fro m the word s given in
the box.
wake distan t pleas e priso n grace
ordi nary sudden appear skill excite
In the centr e o f the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length
portra it of a youn g man o f _______ (1) personal beauty, and in fro nt of it, some
li tt le _________ (2) away, was sitting the artist himselt, Basil Hall ward, whose
sudden _______ (3) some years ago caused, at the time, such public_______(4),
and gave rise to so many strange conjectures. As the painter looked at the
________ (5) a nd comely form he had so_______ (6) mirro red in his art, a smile
of_______ (7) passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there. But
he________ (8) s tarted up, and, closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids,
as thoug h he sough t tO—_____ (9) within his brain some curious dream from
which he feared he might________ (10).
III. E RRO R CO RRECTI ON:
The fol low ing pas sag e cont ains 10 errors. Ide ntify and correct t hem (lOpts)
0. po liti cs -> poli ticia n'
1 Wh en a celebrity , a politics or ot her person in the media spotlight loses
thei r te mpe r in public, they run the risk o f hitting the h eadings in a most
emb arras sing way.’ For such uncontro lling outbursts of ang er are often
trigger ed by what seem to be trivial matters and, if they are caught on
5 came ra, can make the person appear slightly ridiculou sness. But it's not
only the rich and famous who is prone to fits of rage. Accordi ng to
recen t surveys, ordinary people are increasingly tending to lose their
cool in public. Although anger is a potentially destruc tive emotion that
uses up a lot of energy and creates a high level of emotiona l and
10 physica l stress - and it stops US thinking rational. Conseq uently angry

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 people often end up saying, and doing, things they later have cause to
regret. So, how can anger be avoided ? Firstly, diet and lifestyle may be
to blame. Tolera nce and irritability certainly come to the surface when
someon e hasn't slept properly or has skipped a meal, and any intake of
15 caffein e can make things worst. Taking regula r exer cise can help to ease
and diffus e feelings of aggre ssion , however, reduce the chances of an
angry respons e. But if som ething or someone does make you angry, it's
advisa ble not to react immediately. Once you've calmed down, things
won't look h alf as badly as you first though t.

IV. SE NT EN CE T RA NS FO RM AT IO N: (20 PT S)
Rewrite the follo wing sentences using the words given.
1. The warmth of her welcome surprised me. AB AC K
I _____________________________________ ____ her warm welcome.
2. Sally showed absolute ly no fear whe n clim bing the wall. DI SR EG AR D
Sally sh ow ed __________________ own safet y whe n cl imbing the wall.
3. I do n’t wan t to be disturb ed at all this morning! AC CO UN T
O n _______ __________________________ disturbed this morning!
4. He is so ambitio us - he's determi ned that he'll be successful in the company.
MA RK
He is de termin ed_______________________________in the company.
5 . 1 though t very hard but cou ldn't remembe r the answer. RA CK ED
I ___________________________________ to r emember the answer.
6. Bad salary is usually t he reason for the w orke rs’ threat to the strike.
The w orkers usually go__________________________________ _____
7. The yo ung girl sto pped w orking tho ugh the salary w as very high.
No matter how_____________________________________________ .
8. You must n ot enter this area unless you are wearing protective clothing.
Entry to this area_____________________________________________
9. Ms Betty is proud o f her singing.
Ms Betty prides_____________________________________________
10. You can ring this number whenever there is any difficul ty.
Should_____________________________________________ _____

TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BẢO LỘC - TP. BẢO LỘC - LÂM ĐÓNG

L MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

I. PH ON OL OG Y
1. Choose the word whose underline d part is pronounc ed differentl y from the
others.
1. A. gara ge B. camoufl age c . prestige D. messag e
2. A. chive s B. chanteuse c . champa gne D. chenill e
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