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* Read the following passage and choose A, B, C or D for each of the following gaps.
The first major cause for stress is school. Test (1) …………………, trying to achieve excellent grades, starting a new school, trying to fit in, those can cause stress at school, stress cannot be always (2) …………………, some will cause pressure that will cause one (3) …………………work harder. But mainly
stress leads to headaches, lack (4) …………………concentration, forgetfulness, or stomachaches. I understand this past couple weeks I have (5) …………………more stress than I ever have felt before. I had these school comp papers due, Seneys huge test coming up, and semester tests (6) ………………… general; this made me feel large amount of stress. The further students find (7) …………………in school, the extra stress they feel over trying to (8) …………………out the perfect college and deciding what to do with their lives. I know next year college with only cause additional stress (9) …………………myself and family dealing with financial aid. (10) …………………school is a major source for stress.
1. A. took B. take C. taking D. taken
2. A. good B. terrible C. interesting D. bad-tempered
3. A. by B. in C. with D. to
4. A. of B. with C. on D. out
5. A. removed B. undertaken C. gone D. flown
6. A. on B. by C. in D. at
7. A. ourselves B. themselves C. herself D. myself
8. A. search B. go C. watch D. make
9. A. on B. with C. to D. for
10. A. Addition B. Conclusion C. Again D. Summary
* Read the passage and then choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question below.
The use of computer and the internet allows people to work at home instead of traveling to work. For example, a journalist who lives in a remote part of the world still gets in his articles on time for the next day’s newspapers. The internet allows businesses to communicate with customers and workers in any
parts of the world for the cost of a local telephone call. This means it’s inexpensive to communicate.
Email allows users to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another in at least 5 minutes. The internet is providing a lot of new business opportunities. Some businesses are advertising their products on the internet. People can use the internet to do shopping. This saves a lot of
time. It is possible to use the internet for education- students may connect with their teachers from home to send or receive e. mail or talk their problems through ‘ on – line’ rather than attend a class.
1. The use of computer and the Internet allows people ………………….
A. not to work
B. to travel to work
C. to work at home
D. to stay at home and rest
2. The internet is …………………to communicate with people around the world.
A. a cheap way
B. a difficult way
C. an expensive way
D. an inconvenient way
3. Through the Internet, businesses can ………………….
A. buy goods from each other
B. send their products to customers
C. advertise and sell their products
D. all are correct
4. It takes …………………to do the shopping on the Internet.
A. less time
B. more time
C. a little time
D. a lot of time
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The Internet can be used for education.
B. Email can be used to advertise new products.
C. Thanks to the Internet, people do not need to go to work.
D. Students nowadays spend more time going online than attending school.
* Read the passage and then choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question below.
The use of computer and the internet allows people to work at home instead of traveling to work. For example, a journalist who lives in a remote part of the world still gets in his articles on time for the next day’s newspapers. The internet allows businesses to communicate with customers and workers in any
parts of the world for the cost of a local telephone call. This means it’s inexpensive to communicate.
Email allows users to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another in at least 5 minutes. The internet is providing a lot of new business opportunities. Some businesses are advertising their products on the internet. People can use the internet to do shopping. This saves a lot of
time. It is possible to use the internet for education- students may connect with their teachers from home to send or receive e. mail or talk their problems through ‘ on – line’ rather than attend a class.
1. The use of computer and the Internet allows people ………………….
A. not to work
B. to travel to work
C. to work at home
D. to stay at home and rest
2. The internet is …………………to communicate with people around the world.
A. a cheap way
B. a difficult way
C. an expensive way
D. an inconvenient way
3. Through the Internet, businesses can ………………….
A. buy goods from each other
B. send their products to customers
C. advertise and sell their products
D. all are correct
4. It takes …………………to do the shopping on the Internet.
A. less time
B. more time
C. a little time
D. a lot of time
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The Internet can be used for education.
B. Email can be used to advertise new products.
C. Thanks to the Internet, people do not need to go to work.
D. Students nowadays spend more time going online than attending school.
Read the passage below and choose the best option A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Passage 1:
New Orleans, in Louisiana, is known as the most unique city in the United States with distinctive architecture, cross-cultural heritage and annual music festivals.
However, due to its location along the Mississippi River with lakes on the other side, and nearly half of the city below sea level, the city faces the danger of flooding. So, a levee system and drainage canals were built to protect the city.
Early in the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive natural disaster in the history of New Orleans, struck the city. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rains for several days. As a result, water from the river and lakes rose, breaking the levees and poured directly into the city. Soon 80 percent of the city was under the water. People scrambled to rooftops for safety, desperate for food and drinking water. The winds were so strong that even beds in Hyatt Hotel were seen flying out of the hotel windows. The loss was tremendous. Most of the major roads and bridges were destroyed, and houses collapsed. Nearly 2,000 people were killed. After the storm, several natural grounds for the breeding and migrating of different species of animals and birds were permanently lost.
Question 1: New Orleans is famous for ___________.
A. its modern architecture C. its Mississippi River
B. its cross-cultural heritage D. its location
Question 2: Which statement is NOT correct about New Orleans?
A. It lies between the Mississippi River and lakes.
B. One of its attractions is its annual music festivals
C. The city is surrounded by water.
D. Most of the city is below sea level.
Question 3: Which one is NOT mentioned as being damaged by Hurricane Katrina?
A. Distinctive architecture B. The levee system C. Major roads D. Houses
Question 4: The word ‘tremendous' means ___________.
A.puzzling B. huge C. unique D. legendary
Question 5: The word ‘permanently' is similar to ___________.
A. temporarily B. partially C. forever D. rarely
Passage 2:
How can scientists predict earthquakes? Earthquakes are not scattered anywhere but happen in certain areas. They happen in places where pieces of the earth’s surface meet. For example, earthquakes often occur on the west-coast of North and South America, around the Mediterranean Sea, and along the Pacific coast of Asia.
Another way to predict earthquakes is to look for changes in the earth’s surface, like a sudden drop of water level in the ground. Some people say animals can predict earthquakes. Before earthquakes people have seen chickens sitting in trees, fish jumping out of the water, snake leaving their holes and other animals acting strangely.
After an earthquake happens, people can die from lack of food, water and medical supplies. The amount of destruction caused by an earthquake depend on types of building, soil conditions and population. Of the 6000 earthquakes on the earth each year, only about fifteen cause great damage and many deaths.
Question 1: Earthquakes happen in certain areas where _______________.
A. the population is large B. pieces of the earth’s surface meet
C. the soil conditions are stable D. many buildings are built
Question 2: Earthquakes often happen along ________________.
A. the east-coast of North America B. the east-coast of South America
C. the Pacific coast of Asia D. the coast of Australia
Question 3: Looking for ____________ can help predict earthquakes.
A. changes in the earth’s surface B. water beneath the earth’s surface
C. drops of water D. water currents
Question 4: After an earthquake, as a result of _________ people may die.
A. lack of food B. lack of friendship
C. lack of information D. lack of knowledge
Question 5: The passage mainly discusses ______________.
A. the damage caused by earthquakes B. how strong earthquakes are
C. strange animal behaviors D. how to predict earthquakes
IV. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1,5 pt)
The word jeans (1)________ from a kind of material that was made in Europe. It is a strong material and it does not (2)________ out easily. In the 1960s, many university and college (3)________ wore jeans. Designers made different styles of jeans to match the 1960s’ fashions; embroidered jeans, painted jeans and so on. In the 1970s more and more people started wearing jeans because they became (4)________. In the 1980s jeans finally became (5)________ fashion clothing when famous designers started (6)________ their own styles of jeans, with their own labels on them. Sales of jeans always go up and up because jeans have never been out of fashion.
1.A. gets B. goes C. arrives D. comes
2.A. go B. wear C. call D. come
3.A. teenagers B. pupils C. students D. youngster
4.A. higher B. costlier C. longer D. cheaper
5.A. low B. high C. up D. old
6.A. doing B. getting C. making D. buying
V.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best answer to each of the questions
FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON
Long ago a lot of people thought the moon was a god. Other people thought it was just a light in the sky. And others thought it was a big ball of cheese.
The telescopes were made. And men saw that the moon was really another world. They wondered what it was like. They dreamed of going there.
On July 20,1969, that dream came true. Two American men landed on the moon. Their names were Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin. The first thing the men found was that the moon is covered with dust. The dust is so thick that the men left footprints where they walked. Those were the first marks a living thing had ever made on the moon. And they could stay there for years and years. There is no wind or rain to wipe them off.
The two men walked on the moon for hours. They picked up rocks to bring back to earth for study. They dug up dirt to bring back. They set up machines to find out things people wanted to know. Then they climbed back into their moon landing craft.
Next day, the landing craft roared as the two men took off from the moon. They joined Michael Collins in the spaceship that waited for them above the moon. Then they were off on their trip back to earth. Behind them they left the plains and tall mountains of the moon. They left the machines they had set up. And they left footprints that may last forever.
1. This story tells ___________
A. about the first men to walk on the moon.
B. how men found footprints on the moon.
C. what the men brought back from their trip to the moon.
D. about the mountains on the moon
2. A telescope ___________
A. makes the moon brighter.
B. turns the moon into another world.
C. makes many of men’s dreams come true.
D. helps people see the moon more clearly.
3.The men brought rocks and dirt from the moon because ___________
A. they wanted something to show they were there.
B. people wanted to use them to learn about the moon.
C. they wanted to keep them as souvenirs.
D. they might sell them to scientists.
4.When the men returned to earth, they ___________
A. left their machines on the moon. B. destroyed the machines.
C. carried the machines with them. D. hid the machines.
5.The next people who go to the moon likely could ___________
A. find that the machines have disappeared.
B. leave the first set of footprints on the moon.
C. find the places where Armstrong and Aldrin walked.
D. find that dust wiped off the two men’s footprints.
Read the passage and choose the best phrase for the answer:
he was particular clever had lived in Ireland was born in
was taught at home than to sit and read science books
rich Italian businessman
Marconi (1).................. Nothern Italy in 1874. His father was a (2).............. and his mother was a Scot who (3)...................... and had gone to Italy to study music. The family lived in the country house, the villa Grifone, just outside Bologna.
When Marconi was a boy, people didn't think that (4)........................ . He was a quite boy who spoke little but thought a lot. He liked nothing better (5).............................. . He also loved to do experiments with electricity. For most of his life, he (6)..................... . He didn't go to school.
I. Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
Philadelphia is a city known for many things. It is where the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and it was also the first capital of the United States. But one fact about Philadelphia is not so well-known: it is home to nearly 3,000 murals painted on the sides of homes and buildings around the city. In fact, it is said that Philadelphia has more murals than any other city in the world, with the exception of Rome. How did this come to be?
More than 20 years ago, a New Jersey artist named Jane Golden started a program pairing troubled youth with artists to paint murals on a few buildings around the city. From this small project, something magical happened. The young people involved helped to create magnificent pieces of art, but there were other, perhaps more important benefits. The young people learned to collaborate and get along with many different kinds of people during the various steps required to paint and design a mural. They learned to be responsible, because they needed to follow a schedule to make sure the murals were completed. They also learned to take pride in their community. Take a walk around some of the poorest neighbourhoods in Philadelphia, full of broken windows and littered front steps, and you will find beautiful works of art on the sides and fronts of buildings.
Special buses take tourists to different parts of the city to see the various murals, which range from huge portraits of historical heroes, to cityscapes, to scenes depicting the diverse ethnic groups that call Philadelphia home.
As a result of its success, the mural program created by Jane Golden has now become the nation’s largest public art program and a model for other cities throughout the country seeking to help troubled youth.
1. The main focus of the passage is
A an art program designed to help troubled youth.
B the many tourists who come to Philadelphia to see murals.
C the reasons why Philadelphia is a unique city.
D how Jane Golden came up with the idea to start a mural program.
2. As used in paragraph 1, the phrase “it is said” suggests that the author is
A knowingly misleading the reader. B using a quote from someone else.
C referring to something that is widely believed, but may be untrue.
D referring to something that he or she does not personally believe.
3. Based on information in the passage, the author most likely believes that
A there are too many murals in Philadelphia.
B the mural program was an inspirational idea.
C all troubled youth should learn how to paint.
D every city in the country should adopt the mural program.
4. According to the information in the passage, the author believes the two best reasons for other cities to adopt the mural program are to
A beautify their city and draw tourists.
B help troubled youth and beautify their city.
C have as many murals as Philadelphia and help troubled youth.
D draw tourists and surpass Philadelphia in terms of number of murals.
Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
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I. Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
A superstition is a traditional belief in the magical effects of a particular action or thing. Many superstitions are related to luck. For example, breaking a mirror or spilling salt brings bad luck. On the other hand, carrying a rabbit’s foot or being boom on a Sunday brings good luck. According to other superstitions, specific actions bring specific results. Guests throw rice at a wedding to ensure that the couple will have many children. Wearing a white wedding dress was made popular by England’s Queen Victoria. And, if a female wedding guest puts a piece of the wedding cake under her pillow at night, she will dream about her future husband.
Although many people ridicule such beliefs as irrational and unscientific, some of them may have a practical origin. Hanging garlic around a child's neck is supposed to provide protection from illness. Garlic may really have this effect, but because the strong smell keeps sick people away from the child! Another superstition states that lighting three cigarettes with one match will bring bad luck. This belief probably began during World War I when at night, a match that stayed lit too long provided a target for the enemy.
Every human culture in history has had some superstitious beliefs. Almost all people behave in a superstitious way once in a while. Maybe that is because everyone at sometime feels afraid or uncertain about the future. Superstitions can be comforting. They give people a sense of knowledge and control over what happens to them.
1. What is the topic of the passage?
A. Meanings and origins of superstitions B. Superstitions from different cultures
C. Superstitions with practical origins D. Superstitions about health
2. According to the passage, which of the following brings good luck?
A. Spilling salt B. Lighting three cigarettes C. Breaking a mirror D. Carrying a rabbit's foot
3. Which of the following sentences does NOT belong in the passage?
A. According to the other superstitions, specific actions bring specific results.
B. Wearing a white wedding dress was made popular by England's Queen Victoria.
C. Although many people ridicule such beliefs as irrational and unscientific, some of them may have a practical origin.
D. Every human culture in history has had some superstitious beliefs.
4. It can be inferred from this passage that ______.
A. all superstitions are related to luck B. all superstitions have practical origins
C. all superstitions are related to magical effects D. all superstitions are scientifically proven
5. The word ‘them’ refers to ______.
A. superstitions B. people C. knowledge and control D. beliefs
6. According to the passage, superstitions are common because they ______.
A. make people feel better B. have practical origins
C. are often true D. are followed by educated people