Skills

VIII. Define the mistake in each of the following sentences and correct it.

66. Among the most remarkable eyes are those of the dragonfly, for this insect has eyes made up tiny eyes.

⇒..........................made up of....................................

67. Although small in size, Europe has had a greater impact in world history than any other continent.

⇒ ..........................on world history..........................

68. From Greek philosophy was devised Aristotle's theory that four qualities could be ascribed to all matters - heat, dry, wet, and cold.

⇒.............................hot.............................

69. Shortly after Galileo's time, Newton invented another kind of telescope which he installed mirrors instead of lenses.

⇒.....................in which......................

70. Quit smoking not only lessens the risk of cancer but prolongs fife by reducing heart diseases.

⇒.............................Quitting...............................

71. You can always rely on Max's garage; they never get you down.

⇒...........................let you down...............................

72. The air is full of smoke, dust, carbon monoxide, and other harmful substance. We must seek to reduce air pollution.

⇒............................substances...................................

73. My English is slowly getting better: My vocabularies are increasing.

⇒.............................vocabulary is............................

74. I am not sure at all; I really can’t say with any certain.

⇒....................................certainly..............................

75. You should finish your home assignment last night.

⇒............................should have finished.................................

VIII. Define the mistake in each of the following sentences and correct it.

66. Among the most remarkable eyes are those of the dragonfly, for this insect has eyes made up tiny eyes.

⇒..........................made up of....................................

67. Although small in size, Europe has had a greater impact in world history than any other continent.

⇒ ..........................on world history..........................

68. From Greek philosophy was devised Aristotle's theory that four qualities could be ascribed to all matters - heat, dry, wet, and cold.

⇒.............................hot.............................

69. Shortly after Galileo's time, Newton invented another kind of telescope which he installed mirrors instead of lenses.

⇒.....................in which......................

70. Quit smoking not only lessens the risk of cancer but prolongs fife by reducing heart diseases.

⇒.............................Quitting...............................

71. You can always rely on Max's garage; they never get you down.

⇒...........................let you down...............................

72. The air is full of smoke, dust, carbon monoxide, and other harmful substance. We must seek to reduce air pollution.

⇒............................substances...................................

73. My English is slowly getting better: My vocabularies are increasing.

⇒.............................vocabulary is............................

74. I am not sure at all; I really can’t say with any certain.

⇒....................................certainly..............................

75. You should finish your home assignment last night.

⇒............................should have finished.................................

I. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern from the others.

1. A. emphasize B. equipment C. improvement D. distinguish

2. A. technology B. expenditure C. irrespective D. discovery

3. A. iron B career C. supreme D. absorb

4. A. universal B. unpleasantly C. cooperate D. community

5. A. economical B. productivity C. inefficiently D. unexpectedly

III. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the following sentences.

31. An eclipse of the sun ..... when the moon comes directly ...... the sun and theearth.A. occurs / among B. occurs / between

C. is occurring / among D. is occurring / between

32. We couldn't cut the string because the ..... of the knife was not sharp enough.

A. edge B. side C. border D. verge

33. If you have a .....to make about the food, I am willing to listen.

A. dislike B. complaint C. trouble D. discontent

38. Mary has dark circles under her eyes because she ...... only two hours last night.

A. has been sleeping B. had been sleeping

C. had slept D. was sleeping

39. They each drank from ..... glass to see what the contents tasted like.

A. the other's B. the other C. the one's D. one's

40. Thomas Mann's Dr. Faustus is a long, complex ....... rewarding novel to read

A. yet B. since C. while D. however

41. We are in the dry season: many areas of land need ........

A. conserving B. draining C. watering D. irrigating

42. John and Karen persuaded me ..... the Karate Club.

A. joining B. joined C. to join D. to have joined

34. Everything in the market is marked with a price ......A. notice B. mark C. sign D. tag

35. I just can't work out the answer to this question; I ..............

A. give off B. give out C. give up D. give away

36. Our class ...... of 24 girls and 20 boys.

A. contains B. is consisted C. composes D. is composed

37. This kind of music is pleasant ...... the ear.

A. to B. for C. with D. on

IV. Choose the correct option for each numbered blank to finish the following passage.

ACTION SCENES IN FILMS

Modern cinema audiences expect to see plenty of thrilling scenes in action films. These scenes, which are (51) ...... as stunts, are usually (52) ...... by stuntmen who, are specially trained to do dangerous things safely. (53) ..... can crash a car, but if you’re shooting a film, you have to be extremely (54) ...... sometimes stopping (55) ..... in front of the camera and film crew. At an early (56) ....... in the production, an expert stuntman is (57) ..... in to work out the action scenes and form a team. He is the only person who can go (58) ..... the wishes of the director, (59) ....... he will usually only do this in the (60) ...... of safety.

Many famous actors like to do the dangerous parts themselves, which produces better shots, since stuntmen don't have to (61) ...... in for the actors. Actors like to become (62) ..... in all the important aspects of the character they are playing, but without the recent progress in safety equipment, insurance companies would never (63) ..... them take the risk. To do their own stunts, actors need to be good athletes, but they must also be sensible and know their (64) ........ If they.were to be hurt, the film would (65) to a sudden halt.

51. A. remarked B. known C. referred D. named

52. A. performed B. given C. fulfilled D. displayed

53. A. Everyone B. Someone C. Anyone D. None

54. A. detailed B. plain C. straight D. precise

55. A. right B. exact c. direct D. strict

56. A. period B. minute C. part D. stage

57. A. led B. taken C. drawn D. called

58. A. over B. against C. through D. across

59. A. despite B. so C. although D. otherwise

60. A. interests B. needs C. purposes D. regards

61. A. work B. get C. put D. stand

62. A. connected B. arranged C. involved D. affected

63 A. allow B. let C. permit D. admit

64 A limits B. ends C. frontiers D. borders

65’ A. come B. fall C. pull D. go

V. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).Example: 0. effective

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

Body language is a very (0) ............. (effect) form of communication. Some (46) ..........facial........... (face) expressions, in particular, can be understood all around the world. If we find something (47) .......disgusting....... (disgust) for example, we wrinkle up our noses. Anyone watching immediately knows họw we feel.

All people smile, and a smile is likely to get a positive (48) ......reaction........ (react) It can, however, be obvious when you don't mean it. When you (49) .......genuinely....... (genuine) smile, muscles around your eyes automatically contract, but these muscles are difficult to control consciously. An authentic smile fades quickly, too, while an artificial smile will (50) ......usually........ (usual) last longer.

The expressions we make when we are angry, sad and scared are also common to most cultures. Despite all the (51) .......different...... (differ) languages spoken in the world, we can still communicate using this (52) .......universal...... (universe) language of facial expressions.

However, you sometimes need to be (53) .......careful...... (care) Certain gesturescan vary, even within a single country. For example, (54) ......southern....... (south) Italians gesturing 'yes' tilt their heads forwards, never back, whereas people in the north nod by tilting the head backwards and forwards. This can be very (55) .......confusing...... ! (confuse)

VI. Choose the correct option for each numbered blank to finish the passage.A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply - all these were important (56) ________ in helping England to become the center for the industrial Revolution.

But they were not enough. Something (57) ______ was needed to start theindustrial process. That “something special” was men (58) ______ individual who could invent machines, find new (59) _____ of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society. The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution (60) ______ from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were more inventors than scientists. A man who is a (61) ______ scientist is primarily interested in doing his research (62) ______. He is not necessarily working so that his findings canbe used.

An inventor or one interested in applied science is (63) ______ trying to makesomething that has a concrete (64) ______. He may try to solve a problem by using the theories (65) ______ science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a (66) ______ result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of (67) ______ other objectives.

Most of the people who (68) _____ the machines of the Industrial Revolutionwere inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had (69) ______ or no training in science might not have made their inventions if a ground-work had not been laid by scientists years (70) _______.

56. A. cases B. reasons c. factors D. situations

57. A. else B. near c. extra D. similar

58. A. generating B. effective c. motivating D. creative

59. A. origins B. sources c. bases D. discoveries

60. A. came B. arrived c. stemmed D. appeared

61. Ạ. genuine B. practical c. pure D. clever

62. A. happily B. occasionally c. reluctantly D. accurately

63. A. seldom B. sometimes c. usually D. never

64. A. plan 6. use c. idea D. means

65. A. of B. with c. to D. as

66. A. single B. sole c. specialized D. specific

67. A. few B. those c. many D. all

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VIII. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each question.

It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems - and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.

I think it is true that parents often, underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.

Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.

Sometimes you are resistant and proud, because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can't win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parent's control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.

If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You cancharm others, especially your parents, into doing things the! ways you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.

81. In the passage, the author is primarily addressing _______.

A. parents of teenagers B. newspaper readers

C. those who give advice to teenagers D. teenagers

82. The first paragraph is mainly about ______.

A. the teenagers' criticism of their parents

B. misunderstanding between teenagers and their parents

C. the dominance of the parents over their children

D. teenagers the teenagers' ability to deal with crises

83. Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they ___ .

A. want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own

B. have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste

C. have no other way to enjoy themselves better

D. want to irritate their parents

84. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they ______ .

A. have already been accepted into the adult world

B. feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults

C. are not likely to win over the adults

D. have a desire to be independent

85. To improve the parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be __.A. obedient B. responsible C. co-operative D. independent

VIII. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each question.

It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems - and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.

I think it is true that parents often, underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.

Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.

Sometimes you are resistant and proud, because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can't win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parent's control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.

If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You cancharm others, especially your parents, into doing things the! ways you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.

81. In the passage, the author is primarily addressing _______.

A. parents of teenagers B. newspaper readers

C. those who give advice to teenagers D. teenagers

82. The first paragraph is mainly about ______.

A. the teenagers' criticism of their parents

B. misunderstanding between teenagers and their parents

C. the dominance of the parents over their children

D. teenagers the teenagers' ability to deal with crises

83. Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they ___ .

A. want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own

B. have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste

C. have no other way to enjoy themselves better

D. want to irritate their parents

84. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they ______ .

A. have already been accepted into the adult world

B. feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults

C. are not likely to win over the adults

D. have a desire to be independent

85. To improve the parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be __.A. obedient B. responsible C. co-operative D. independent

I. Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern

1. A. comedy B. collection c. comical D. calculate

2. A. ambitious B. memorial c. memory D. mechanic

3. A. remove B. cancel c. copy D. answer

4. A. Japanese B. engineer c. practical D. questionnaire

5. A. document B. develop c. opponent D. astonish

IV. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the following sentences.

31. - "Excuse me, is this seat free?”

A. No, you can’t sit here B. Sorry, it is taken

C. Yes, it is seated by a boy D. Yes, but I don’t know so

32. You should get a license right away; ______, you'll have to pay a fine.

A. yet B. still C. otherwise D. consequently

33. The young man was arrested and ______ with a variety of offences.

A. accused B. sentenced C. blamed D. charged

34. I don't think it advisable that he _________ to the job since he has no experiencewhatsoever.A. will be assigned B. would be assigned

C. should be assigned D. must have been assigned

35. By the time the fire engines arrived, the house ______ to the ground.

A. was burned B. has been burned

C. had been burned D. should have been burned

36. Thomas was ______ of his ability to get work for himself.

A. confident B. confidant C. confidential D. convinced

37. When learning English, many students are not willing to speak ______ making errors.

A. for fear that B. for fear of C. in fear D. in fear of

38. It's typical ______ Peter to waste time when he knows we are already late.

A. for B. about C. with D. of

39. No one can avoid ______ by advertisements.

A. to be influenced B. having influenced

C. influencing D. being influenced

40. That last novel of his is _____ the best he has written.

A. by far B. by itself C. by all means D. by the way

V. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).Example: 0. successful

COMPUTER SKILLS IN THE OFFICE

To be (0) .............. (success) in the business market, it is vital for a company to keep up with all the latest technological (41) ........development......... (develop).

Nowadays it is (42) ......widely........ (wide) accepted that running a company without computers, in particular, is virtually (43) .......impossible....... (possible) This is why businesses are so keen to hire the best people available for their technology departments.

Apart from the needs of the technology department, it is important that almost all employees have some degree of (44) ........familiarity....... (familiar) with personal or desktop computers, even if this involves no more than the (45) .......completion....... (complete) of a basic computer course. Like all new things, however, most people will only become (46) ........comfortable...... (comfort) with using computers after practical experience.

Thanks to computers, today's businesses are run and managed with far less (47) .......difficulty....... (difficult) than companies could hope to achieve in the past. For example, computers enable the (48) .........organisation......... (organise) of huge amounts of information and greatly speed up the (49) .......preparation....... (prepare) of documents and reports.

In short, although the average businessperson has no need to be a technology expert, they are unlikely to get very far without at least a basic (50) ........knowledge...... (know) of computers. 

VI. Choose the correct option for each numbered blank to finish the passage.

Did you ever have someone's name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happens again, do not (51) _______ to recall it. Do something (52) _____ for a couple of minutes, and the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met (53) ______ person and learned his name. It only has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall (54) ______ the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious activities that go to work to dig up a (55) ______ memory. Forcing yourself to recall (56) ______ never helps because it doesn't (57) _______ your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful (58) __________ examinations. They read over the questions {59) ______ trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones (60) ______ which they are mostconfident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking (61) ________ ; work is being done on the (62) ______ difficult question. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers (63) _____ the more difficult ones will usually begin to (64) ______ into consciousness. It is often (65) ______ a question of waiting for recall to comz to the memory.

51. A. try B. want c. hesitate D. wait

52. A. simple B. apart c. else D. similar

53. A. some B. certain c. a D. this

54. A. leads B. begins c. helps D. prepares

55. A. light B. fresh c. dim D. dark

56. A. merely B. almost c. barely D. hardly

57. A. loosen B. weaken c. decrease D. reduce

58. A. into B. in c. about D. by

59. a . after B. besides c. before D. against

60. A. Of B. with c. for D. in

61. A. place B. shape c. charge D. action

62. A. too B. less c. not D. more

63. A. to B. of c. about D. for

64. A. appear B. grow c. extend D. come

65. A. nearly B. likely c. just D. even

VII. Insert a suitable word in each of the blanks to complete the following passage.

EDVARD MUNCH

Edvard Munch, one of the greatest artists of his (66) ___time___, was bom in Norway in 1863. In 1899 he travelled to Paris, where he became familiar (67) ___with___ the current trends in French art. He began to (68) ___develop___ an unusual artistic style, in which he tried to (69) ___express___ his deep inner feelings rather than the appearance of what he was painting. This style later became known as Expressionism, and many 20th century artists were influenced by him.

At the time, though, Norwegian critics could not understand his work and (70) ___found___ it shocking. Munch moved to Germany in 1892, but met with the same reaction there. An exhibition of his paintings in a Berlin gallery caused such strong protests (71) ___that___ the gallery had to be closed after only a few days. When people slowly started to accept his (72) ___style___ of painting, his work became well-known for the powerful emotions it showed. His (73) ___most__ famous work, a painting called “The Scream”, is an image of a terrified, screaming figure in a twisted landscape. As (74) ___well___ as painting, he was also interested in print making.

When Edvard Munch died in 1944, he left many of his paintings and prints to the city of Oslo in Norway. The (75) ___rest___ can be found in museums and in famous collections around the world.

VIII. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer for each question.

When we accept the evidence of our unaided eyes and describe the Sun as ayellow star, we have summed up the most important single fact about it - at this moment in time, it appears probable, however, that sunlight will be the color we know for only a negligibly small part of the Sun's history.

Stars, like individuals, age and change. As we look out into space, we see around us stars at all stages of evolution. There are faint bloodred dwarfs so cool that their surface temperature is a mere 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit; there are searing ghosts blazing at 100,000 degrees Fahrenheit and almost too hot to be seen, for the great part of their radiation is in the invisible ultraviolet range. Obviously, the “daylight” produced by any star depends on its temperature; today (and for ages to come) our Sun is at about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and this means that most of the Sun’s light is concentrated in the yellow band of the spectrum, falling slowly in intensitytoward both the longer and shorter light waves.

That yellow “hump” will shift as the Sun evolves, and the light of day will change accordingly. It is natural to assume that as the sun grows older, and uses up its hydrogen fuel - which it is now doing at the spanking rate of half a billion tons a second - it will become steadily colder and redder.

76. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Faint dwarf stars. B. The evolutionary cycle of the Sun.

c. The Sun's fuel problem. D. The dangers of invisible radiation.

77. What does the author say is especially important about the Sun at the present time?

A. It appears yellow. B. It always remains the same.

c. It has a short history. D. It is too cold.

78. Why are very hot stars referred to as “ghosts”?

A. They are short-lived. B. They are mysterious,

c. They are frightening. D. They are nearly invisible.

79. According to the passage, as the Sun continues to age, it is likely to become what color?

A. Yellow. B. Violet. c. Red. D. White.

80. In the passage, to which of the following does the word “it" refer?

A. Yellow “hump”. B. Day. c. Sun. D. Hydrogen fuel.

IX. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it.

81. The lights failed the moment they began work.

Hardly ...............had they begun work when the lights failed..............

82. What should one do in such cases?

What should ......................be done in such cases......................... ?

83. The secretary didn't reply me for ten days. ,

No reply from ..........the secretary was sent to me for ten days..........

84. The policeman’s prejudice against foreigners could not be recorded in the official files.

The feet that the policeman were prejudiced against foreigners could not be recorded in the official files.

85. "Try to go to bed earlier;” the doctor said to Mrs White.

The doctor suggested ....that Mrs. White try to go to bed earlier.... 

X. Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the form of the given word.

86. The total worked out at just under $4,000.

87. In all probability a treaty will be signed soon.

88. I have a lot of affection for her.

89. Have a look at this picture; it may help you to jog your memory.

90. The. way he took everything she did for granted really put her back up.

31. B

32. C

33. D

34. C

35. C

36. A

37. B

38. D

39. D

40 A

71. and

72. spend

73. would

74. idea

75. nightmare

76. called

77. against

78. published

79. Since

80. on