Q5-Q15: Choose A, B, C or D that best fits each of the blanks in the following sentences. Write
your answers in the table that follows.
5: We have provided you ______ different kinds of materials and put an emphasis ______ the
importance ______ visual ones.
A. with_on_of B. for_on_on C. with_for_on D. in_in_of
6: ___________ in the library for three hours, I finally found the book I needed.
A. Having been searched B. Having been searching
C. Had been searching D. Had searched
7: By the time she _____ home tonight, her mother ________ dinner for an hour.
A. gets_will have been cooking B. got_would cook
C. will get_will cook D. got_cooked
8: _____________, do not hesitate to ask me immediately.
A. Should you need any assistance B. If any assistance

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9: I forgot _________the car, so I got back to the garage and checked whether I had done it.
A. to lock B. having locked C. have locked D. had locked
10: The government has promised to ________ measures to address the issue of climate change.
A. bring about B. bring down C. bring forward D. bring off
11: __________ is the practice of using resources in a way that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
A. Reclamation B. Conservation
C. Preservation D. Sustainable development
12: The _____________ of the language ________ in the document was a barrier to its
understanding.
A. simplicity_ used B. complexity_ used
C. ease_using D. fluency_using
13: A ___________ is a person who is responsible for gathering and reporting ________ for a
newspaper, magazine, or news organization.
A. commentator_contracts B. correspondent_ news stories
C. columnist_ new stories D. anchor_advertisements
14: In the world of journalism, ___________ refers to the practice of presenting news stories in a
way that is biased or slanted ____________ a particular political or social viewpoint.
A. objectivity_ in favor to B. impartiality_for favor of
C. sensationalism_ in favor of D. transparency_for favor to
15: I have got two brothers, ________ will be here to attend my wedding party due to their invalid
visas.
A. neither of them B. none of whom C. neither of whom D. none of them
Q16-Q20: Choose A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined word or phrase that needs correction in
each of the following questions.
16: By the time she (A) will come to the US for her (B) further studies next fall, she (C) will have
been studying English (D) for almost 5 years.
17: The teacher (A) came in, divided us (B) into four groups of five people and asked us to discuss
(C) about the topic given (D) earlier in her last class.
18: Ms. Ann is (A) the teacher who (B) called for an ambulance when a friend of mine (C) was
fainted in the school yard (D) at recess.
19: If Tom (A) had taken his father’s (B) advice to study medicine after he (C) finished high school,
he (D) would have been a doctor now.
20: He phoned and (A) told to me that he (B) would not attend (C) the reception tonight (D) because
of his headache.

PART 2: SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (15 pts)
Q41-Q45: Complete the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the first one in each
of the following pairs of sentences. Do not make any changes to the word given in brackets and write
NO MORE THAN 8 WORDS in total. Note that a contraction (e.g.: He’ll) is counted as ONE word.
The first sentence is done for you as an example.
Example:
Return the money to me by Monday, or I’ll take you to court. (UNLESS)
You will __________________________________return the money by Monday.
Sample answer: You will be taken to court unless you return the money by Monday.
41: “I can’t stand the noise from your late party last night,” said Mrs. Baker to her neighbor Tom.
ABOUT
→Mrs. Baker__________________________________________ from his late party the night before.
42: My car is being serviced, so I am riding a bus to work this week. (HAVE)
→If my car ______________________________________________ to ride a bus to work this week.
43: Tom had been working very hard during the last semester, but he didn’t meet with success. (IN)
→Tom was not __________________________________________hard during the last semester.
44: Children need to go to bed early to have good health. (UP)
→It is essential that ________________________________________________for good health.
45: We had to cancel our game of tennis because of the bad weather. (OF)
→The bad weather________________________________________________________ game.

PART 1: WORD FORMATION (15 pts)
Q36-Q40: Complete the blank in each of the following sentences with the correct form of the word
given in brackets after each. The first sentence is given as an example. Write your answers on the
answer sheet provided.
Example: The beauty of the sunset took my breath away. (beautiful)
Q36: There are four apps that seem to be the main potential threats to Tik Tok’s ________, each with
different audiences, features and challenges. (dominate)
Q37: It is stated by the coal industry that carbon-capture technology is unproven and would make it
___________ to build new plants. (economic)
Q38: _________customer analysis showed that our products were too expensive. (lose)
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Q39: This little village of Kamsk lies, like an island, habitable and healthy, in the middle of the
__________ district. (habitat)
Q40: Animals in________ should be allowed to feed on prey like those they would find in the wild.
(capture)

Q28-Q35: Read the passage carefully and choose A, D, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions that follow.
1. Many parents are concerned about how exposure to technology might affect young children’s
development. We know that our preschoolers are acquiring new social and cognitive skills at an
impressive rate, and we don’t want hours glued to an electronic device to impede this. But adolescence
is an equally important and rapidly developing period. Too few of us are paying attention to how our
teens’ technology use (far more intense and intimate than that of a 3-year-old playing with his dad’s
phone) affects them. Experts worry that social networking and texting, which have become essential
to teenage life, promote anxiety and lower self-esteem.
2. INDIRECT COMMUNICATION
Teens can keep busy hours after school and even long after bedtime. When they’re not doing their
homework (and when they are), they’re online and on their phones, texting, sharing, trolling, scrolling,
whatever.
3. Of course, before everyone had an Instagram account, teens were also busy, but they were more likely
to talk on the phone or in person when they were at the mall. While it may have seemed like a lot of
pointless meetings, they were experimenting, testing skills, succeeding, and failing in hundreds of
small, real-time interactions, which today’s kids need to catch up on. For their part, modern teenagers
are learning to communicate mainly while looking at a screen, not at another person.
4. CYBERBULLYING AND IMPOSTER SYNDROME
The other big danger of kids communicating more indirectly is that it has become easier to be cruel.
“Kids are sending all kinds of messages they wouldn’t dream of saying to anyone’s face,” says Donna
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Wick, EdD, a clinical and developmental psychologist. She notes that this seems especially true for
girls, who generally dislike disagreeing with their friends in “real life.”
5. Acceptance among their peers is essential to teens, and many of them care about their image as much
as a politician running for office, and for them, it can feel that serious. Add to that the fact that kids
today get real survey data about how much people like them or how they look, through things like
“likes.” It’s enough to turn anyone’s head – who wouldn’t want to look “better” if they can? So kids
can spend hours clipping their identities online, trying to project an idealized image. Teenage girls sort
through hundreds of photos, with tremendous angst over which ones to post online. Teenage boys
compete for attention, trying to outdo each other and pushing boundaries as much as possible in the
uninhibited online atmosphere. They gang up on each other.
6. Teens have always been doing this, but with the advent of social networking, they face more
opportunities and more pitfalls than ever before. When kids check social media posts and see how good
everyone looks, it only adds to the pressure. We’re used to worrying about the impractical ideals that
digitally retouched magazine models give our kids, but what happens when the kid next door is also
retouched? Even more confusing, what happens when our profile doesn’t represent the person we feel
we are inside?
(source: https://tribuneonlineng.com/how-the-use-of-social-networks-affects-teenagers/)
28: What should be the title of this passage?
A. How the Use of Social Networks Affects Teenagers
B. How Parents Deal with Children in Today Society
C. How the Internet Benefits Teenagers
D. How Teenagers Overcome Their Own Crisis
29: What is the main concern for parents regarding technology use in children?
A. The possibility of impeding their cognitive and social development.
B. The potential for them to become too attached to electronic devices.
C. The negative impact on their physical health.
D. The potential for them to become addicted to technology.
30: According to the passage, what worries experts when social networking has become an essential
part of teenagers’ life?
A. It may cause physical harm.
B. It may promote anxiety and lower self-esteem.
C. It may cause them to become addicted.
D. It may interfere with their academic performance.
31: Today, teenagers ___________________________________.
A. are more likely to communicate through text messaging than in person
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B. are more likely to communicate in person than through social media
C. have less access to technology than previous generations
D. are less likely to communicate with their peers at all
32: According to the passage, kids today get the idea of how much they are loved thanks to _____
A. the amount of money they are earning.
B. the number of friends they have.
C. the ‘likes’ they earn on every of their posts on their social accounts.
D. their academic performance.
33: The word “uninhibited” in paragraph 5 is most probably replaced with which of the
following?
A. reserved
B. uncontrolled
C. repressed
D. self-conscious
34: How have social networking sites affected the way that teenagers interact with each other?
A. Thanks to social networking sites, communication have become much easier among teenagers.
B. Teenagers have found it harder to communicate.
C. Social networking sites have no influence on teenagers’ communication.
D. Teenagers, especially girls, have found it easier for them to be cruel to each other.
35: According to the passage, what can be told about the digital image that teenagers project?
A. It may not be accurate.
B. It may be too perfect.
C. It may cause them to be bullied.
D. It may interfere with their academic performance.