Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1: A. prepare                    B. celebrate                   C. entertain                   D. protect

Question 2: A. moved                     B. watched                    C. pressed                     D. laughed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3: A. conquer                   B. confide                     C. maintain                   D. attend

Question 4: A. vacancy                   B. engagement              C. company                  D. furniture

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 5: Tea is ranked as the number one beverage sold worldwide, it takes the lead over coffee in both popularity and production.

     A. to have sold              B. to sell                        C. selling                       D. sold

Question 6: You can't always play it safe. Sometimes you need to _______ a risk.

     A. take                          B. make                         C. have                          D. put

Question 7: Recently I haven't got _______ .

     A. many mail                B. much mail                 C. many mails               D. any mails

Question 8: Deborah is going to take extra lessons to _______ what she missed when she was away.

     C. catch up on               D. take up with             A. cut down on             B. put up with

Question 9: All the students have been ready for the test, _______ ?

     A. hasn't they                B. haven't they              C. have they                  D. don't they

Question 10: She got a terrible mark in the exam, so she _______ very hard at all.

     A. didn't need to work                                        B. mustn't have worked

     C. can't have worked                                          D. can't work

Question 11: We do not need much furniture _______ the room is small.

     A. although                   B. despite                      C. because                     D. because of

Question 12: With my working-class background I feel like a _______ out of water among the high society people.

     A. shark                        B. fish                           C. crocodile                   D. dolphin

Question 13: Nowadays, children would prefer history _______ in more practical ways.

     A. being taught             B. to teach                     C. to be taught               D. teach

Question 14: The more you relax and be yourself, the more _______ you are to succeed.

     A. possible                    B. easy                          C. probable                   D. likely

Question 15: The weather has been terrible since yesterday. _______ , all activities have stopped.

     A. Now that                  B. Therefore                  C.Because                     D. So that

Question 16: My English friend wasn't used to ______ chopsticks when he came to Vietnam last year.

     A. have used                 B. using                         C. uses                          D. used

Question 17: As a teacher she was very selectively accepting only a small number of _____ gifted pupils.

     A. exceptional               B. exceptionally            C. unexceptionally        D. exception

Question 18: I think I _______ my door key. I can't find it anywhere.

     A. will lose                    B. had lost                     C. am losing                  D. have lost

Question 19: In my family, all members are responsible _______ doing the household chores.

     A. at                              B. with                          C. for                             D. on

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 20: I felt a strongsmell of perfume among the women at the party.

A. weak                             B. shabby                      C. awkward                  D. faint

Question 21: My children sided withtheir mother whenever we had an argument.

     A. were supportive        B. were for                    C. were against             C. were tolerant of

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 22: As children we were very close, but as we grew up, we just drifted apart.

     A. were not as childlike as before                       B. were not as serious as before

     C. become less friendly than before                    D. become less sympathetic than before

Question 23: We heard the sound of an approachingcar, so we ran away.

     A. coming                     B. breaking                   C. moving                     D. running

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Question 24: John is having dinner at Linda's house.

- John: "This roast beef is so delicious." - Linda: " _______ "

     A. I'm glad you like it.                                        B. I don't, either.

     C. Sure. I'd love to.                                             D. No, don't worry.

Question 25: Jenny and Jimmy are talking about university education.

- Jenny: "I think having a university degree is the only way to succeed in life."

- Jimmy: " _______ There are successful people without a degree."

     A. I don't quite agree                                          B. That's life

     C. I can't agree more                                           D. That's all right

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 26: Every day the diversity of life on Earth gets poorer. We are overusing resources and disregarding the riches of nature.

A. Every day the diversity of life on Earth gets poorer, leading to overusing resources and disregarding the riches of nature.

B. Every day the diversity of life on Earth gets poorer, in return for overusing resources and disregarding the riches of nature.

C. Although we are overusing resources and disregarding the riches of nature, the diversity of life on Earth gets poorer every day.

D. The diversity of life on Earth gets poorer every day because of our overuse of resources and disregard for the riches of nature.

Question 27: The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room. He opened the window.

A. The man got some fresh air in the room, even though he opened the window.

B. The man opened the window in order to get some fresh air in the room.

C. Having opened the window, the room could get some fresh air.

D. The man wanted to get some fresh air in the room because he opened the window.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 28: "I haven't been very open-minded," said the manager.

A. The manager promised to be very open-minded.

B. The manager denied having been very open-minded.

C. The manager admitted not having been very open-minded.

D. The manager refused to have been very open-minded.

Question 29: When he picked up my book, he found that the cover had been torn.

A. On picking up the book, he saw that the cover had been torn.

B. Picking up his book, the cover had been torn.

C. The cover had been torn when his book is picked up.

D. Picked up, he saw that the cover of the book was torn.

Question 30: They believe that burning fossil fuels caused high levels of air pollution in this city.

A. Air pollution is believed to have caused high levels of air pollution in this city.

B. Burning fossil fuels is believed to cause high levels of air pollution in this city.

C. It is believed that high levels of air pollution caused burning fossil fuels.

D. It is believed that burning fossil fuels caused high levels of air pollution in this city.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 31: Most of the Egyptian woman Hypatia's writings on medicine have been lost, but there are an amount of references to them by other scientists.

     A. Most                         B. but                            C. an amount                 D. other

Question 32: The duties of the secretary are to take the minutes, mailing the correspondence and calling the members before the meetings.

     A. of                              B. to take                       C. mailing                     D. meetings

Question 33: It's time you went home but I'd rather you stay here.

     A. It's                            B. went                         C. I'd                             D. stay

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, Cor Don your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

PENICILLIN BEFORE PENTIUMS FOR THE POOR

One of the hottest topics on the international development agenda is how to harness the power of International Monetary Fund for the benefit of developing countries. What is sometimes called 'the death of distance', brought about by the (34) _______ allows professional services such as software, education and training to be provided easily and quickly to (35) _______ areas. Some of the gains can be seen in countries as diverse as India and Morocco, where innovations range from online government announcements to local craftsmen selling their wares to a (36) _______ market. But already a huge and expanding digital divide is opening up between developed and developing nations. The major task facing world leaders at present is to (37) _______ everybody on the planet with clean water, basic education and the drugs needed to fight preventable diseases. Installing a modern in every classroom and linking us all to cyberspace must be a lesser (38) _______ for the time being at least.

Question 34: A. computer               B. telephone                  C. internet                     D. modern

Question 35: A. uninhabited           B. far                             C. secluded                   D. remote

Question 36: A. shrinking               B. global                       C. village                      D. technical

Question 37: A. donate                   B. supply                       C. administer                 D. give

Question 38: A. priority                  B. importance                C. advantage                 D. criteria

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, Cor D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

When naming a child, some parents seem to choose a name based simply on their personal preference. In other families, grandparents or professional name-makers come up with a child's name. In some cases, the time of a child's birth influences how the child's name is determined.

In many European cultures, names are typically chosen by parents. Parents' choice for their child's name may be based on names of their relatives or ancestors. For example, in Italy, children are traditionally named after their grandparents. The parents generally use the father's parents' names first. If they have more children, then they will use the mother's parents' names. Similarly, some people in Eastern Europe name their children after relatives who have died. This tradition is seen as a means to protect the child from the Angel of Death.

Traditionally in some Asian countries, a child's grandfather or a fortune-teller chooses the child's name. In contrast to the tradition of naming children after relatives, the child's name is chosen to influence the child's character. For example, names may be based on a connection to certain elements such as fire, water, earth, wood, or metal. Or the name might include a written character meaning beauty, strength, or kindness.

In certain African cultures, when a child is born plays a large part in determining the child's name. In Ghana's Akan culture, the day a child is born determines the child's name. But each day has different names for boys and girls. For instance, a boy born on Friday is named Kofi, whereas a girl born on the same day is named Afua. Both Kofi and Afua mean "wanderer" or "explorer." Children with these names are seen as travelers. No matter where the name comes from, a child's name is the first gift in life. Whether the name is chosen according to preference or dictatedby tradition, it reflects something about a child's culture. For that reason, all names should be treasured and respected.

Question 39: What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Choosing traditional names

B. Choosing names in Italian culture

C. How Asian people name their children

D. How names reflect a person's culture

Question 40: In which culture are children most likely named after their grandparents?

     A. Japanese                   B. Mexican                   C. Italian                       D. Akan

Question 41: In China, what should names relate to?

     A. child's birth element                                       B. A child's personality

     C. A child's ancestors                                         D. A child's birth date

Question 42: Which is true in Akan culture if a twin brother and sister are born on a Friday?

A. They will have to travel to a different city.

B. They will have different names.

C. They will both be named Afua.

D. They will both be named Kofi.

Question 43: The word "dictated"in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _____.

     A. translated                  B. said                           C. written                      D. determined

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

The first year of life The Danish archaeologist Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, curator of the National Museum of Denmark (1816-65), was among the first to use the taxonomic approach in the social sciences. In a painstaking study of the bracteate, a type of ancient pendant found in northern Europe, he charted a variety of morphological categories, such as insignia and size. By combining the typologies thus created, he showed that these Nordic ornaments had developed from earlier Roman coins. Thomsen later used similar techniques with a much larger body of data and eventually developed the basic chronology for Old World antiquities: the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age.

Ideas and expressive culture also proved susceptible to taxonomic analysis. The American ethnologist Lewis Henry Morgan gathered data from a large number of Native American tribes and created a typology based on their kinship terminology, which he presented in Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family (1871). Influenced by the evolutionary theses of Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer and by Thomsen's three-age system, Morgan later proposed a universal sequence of cultural evolution in his book Ancient Society; or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery Through Barbarism to Civilization (1877). In this work he suggested that all cultures went through a clearly defined series of evolutionary stages: first savagery, which was characterized by a hunting and gathering economy; next barbarism, the stage at which agriculture appears; and finally civilization, represented by hierarchical societies such as thoseof ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and Victorian England.

As one might suspect from Morgan's choice of terms, 19th-century social sciences were intrinsically linked to the colonial endeavors of the period. This was the case whether the colonial effort took place domestically, as in the United States and Canada, or abroad, as it did for the countries of Europe. Although the labeling of a group as "savage" or "barbarous" was to some extent intended to convey specific technical information, the use of such easily misinterpreted labels also made the era's overtly racist colonial policies more palatable to the general public: it was considerably less morally taxing to "civilize the savages" than to "forcibly assimilate an indigenous people.

One of the principal preoccupations of social scientists at this time was the recording of "vanishing" indigenous cultures. This was often undertaken as part of a frank pursuit of the knowledge needed to achieve social and political control over a region, whether in domestic or in overseas contexts. Thus, many early ethnographies and cultural geographies were written by civil servants, military personnel, or missionaries.

Question 44: Christian Jürgensen Thomsen was one of the first scientists to _______ .

A. study the bracteate, a type of ancient pendant found in northern Europe

B. study Nordic ornaments and Roman coins

C. manage the National Museum of Denmark

D. use the scientific process of classifying things in his study of the social sciences

Question 45: The word "painstaking"in the paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.

     A. complex                   B. complete                   C. comprehensive         D. thorough

Question 46: According to the passage, the taxonomic approach _______.

A. possibly had an influence on ideas and expressive culture

B. was influenced by the evolutionary theses of Charles Darwin

C. was intrinsically linked to the colonial endeavours of the period

D. likely had a base for Native American tribes' kinship terminology

Question 47: Some labels in Morgan's choice of terms _______ .

A. made the general public believe that the colonists' policies of racism were immoral

B. made the colonists' policies of racism more acceptable to the general public

C. were the principal preoccupations of social scientists in the turning of 19th century

D. received a lot of negative publicity during the early days of colonialism

Question 48: The word "those" in paragraph 2 refers to _______ .

     A. stages                       B. cultures                     C. societies                    D. series

Question 49: The social scientists in 19th century paid most of their attention to _______ .

A. the recording of 'vanishing' indigenous cultures

B. the social and political control over a colony

C. Morgan's choice of terms

D. the ways to assimilate an indigenous people

Question 50: Civil servants, military personnel, or missionaries wrote many ethnographies and cultural geographies of a country

A. in an endeavor to achieve social and political control over it

B. in order to justify their overtly racist colonial policies

C. as part of a frank pursuit of the knowledge needed for their research

D. so as to store information about indigenous cultures for later generations

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