Part 2: The following passage contains 11 errors. Underline each error and correct it (in order). The first one has been done for you.(10 points)

Air pollution are a cause of ill-health in human being. In a lot of countries, there have laws limiting the amount of smoke which factories can produce. Despite there isn’t enough information on the effects of smoke in the atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution causes lung diseases. The gas from the exhausts of cars have also increasing air pollution in most cities. The lead in petrol products a poisonous gas which often collects in busy streets surrounding by high buildings. Children who live in areas that there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere cannot think as quick as other chilren and are clumsy when they use them hands. There are other long term affects of pollution. If the gases in the atmosphere continue to increase, the earth’s climate may become warmest. A lot of the ice near the Poles may melt and may cause serious floods.

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Part 2: The following passage contains 11 errors. Underline each error and correct it (in order). The first one has been done for you.(10 points)

Air pollution are a cause of ill-health in human being. In a lot of countries, there have laws limiting the amount of smoke which factories can produce. Despite there isn’t enough information on the effects of smoke in the atmosphere, doctors have proved that air pollution causes lung diseases. The gas from the exhausts of cars have also increasing air pollution in most cities. The lead in petrol products a poisonous gas which often collects in busy streets surrounding by high buildings. Children who live in areas that there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere cannot think as quick as other chilren and are clumsy when they use them hands. There are other long term affects of pollution. If the gases in the atmosphere continue to increase, the earth’s climate may become warmest. A lot of the ice near the Poles may melt and may cause serious floods.

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V. WRITING  (25 points)

Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has the similar meaning to the first one, by using the word given. ( Do not change the word given.) (5 points)

1. The film star wore dark glasses so that noone would recognize him.                    avoided

- The film star .................................................................................................................................

2. Please reply immediately on receipt of this notification.                                                            soon

- Please reply  …….........................................................................................................................

3. Yesterday, I met one of my friends by chance in the supermarket.                                      ran

- Yesterday, I ….............................................................................................................................

4. If public opinion doesn’t change suddenly, he’ll win the next election.                               sudden

- Unless ……….. ......................................................................................................................

5. I got angry because of the assistant’s attitude.                                                                              made

- The assistant’s attitude ..............................................................................................................

Part 3: Read the following sentences about the different forms of energy available. Match the sentences in Part One with correct sentences in Part Two.  (10 points)

PART ONE

0. Muscles and wood were the first sources of energy used by early man.

1. Coal made the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century possible.

2. Today we depend on oil more than any other fuels.

3. Gas is considered as a “mineral” because, together with coal, it is part of the earth’s crust.

4. Hydroelectric power is used to produce electricity.

5. Geothermal energy is produced from the heat stored in the earth’s core.

6. The wind was used as a power source over 1,300 years ago in Persia when the first windmill was built to return a millstone.

7. Waves have enormous power.

8. Incoming tides can be trapped behind a dam across a bay or an estuary.

9. A huge amount of solar energy reaches the earth’s outer atmosphere.

10. Nuclear fuels, such as uranium-235 and plutonium, can be made to produce immense heat by a process called “fission”.

PART TWO

Like oil, it is a fossil fuel and is thus a non-renewable source of energy.

One danger, however, is in getting rid of the radioactive wastes which are produced.

They increase and decrease more slowly than the wind, thus making them easier to use as a source of energy.

It was the first fossil fuel to be used to power machinery.

However, it is thinly spread, and collecting it in countries like Britain and northern Europe is still difficult and expensive.

It is used as a fuel in cars, ships and aeroplanes, and even in rockets.

It is produced by the fall of water trapped in a dam.

It took thousands of years to progress to using coal on a large scale.

This internal heat helps to produce geysers and steam springs and can be used to generate eletricity in countries like New Zealand.

The water is then allowed to flow out past water wheels as the tide goes out.

For morden purposes, however, it is necessary to build a machine which can store the energy obtained for use on calm days.

Example:             0 – H

1........                   2. .......                  3.........                  4.........                  5........

                                                                6……                       7…….                      8….…                      9…….                      10…..

Part 3: Match the words in column A with a phrase in column B:(5 points)

Part 3: Read the following sentences about the different forms of energy available. Match the sentences in Part One with correct sentences in Part Two.  (10 points)

PART ONE

0. Muscles and wood were the first sources of energy used by early man.

1. Coal made the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century possible.

2. Today we depend on oil more than any other fuels.

3. Gas is considered as a “mineral” because, together with coal, it is part of the earth’s crust.

4. Hydroelectric power is used to produce electricity.

5. Geothermal energy is produced from the heat stored in the earth’s core.

6. The wind was used as a power source over 1,300 years ago in Persia when the first windmill was built to return a millstone.

7. Waves have enormous power.

8. Incoming tides can be trapped behind a dam across a bay or an estuary.

9. A huge amount of solar energy reaches the earth’s outer atmosphere.

10. Nuclear fuels, such as uranium-235 and plutonium, can be made to produce immense heat by a process called “fission”.

PART TWO

Like oil, it is a fossil fuel and is thus a non-renewable source of energy.

One danger, however, is in getting rid of the radioactive wastes which are produced.

They increase and decrease more slowly than the wind, thus making them easier to use as a source of energy.

It was the first fossil fuel to be used to power machinery.

However, it is thinly spread, and collecting it in countries like Britain and northern Europe is still difficult and expensive.

It is used as a fuel in cars, ships and aeroplanes, and even in rockets.

It is produced by the fall of water trapped in a dam.

It took thousands of years to progress to using coal on a large scale.

This internal heat helps to produce geysers and steam springs and can be used to generate eletricity in countries like New Zealand.

The water is then allowed to flow out past water wheels as the tide goes out.

For morden purposes, however, it is necessary to build a machine which can store the energy obtained for use on calm days.

Example:             0 – H

1........                   2. .......                  3.........                  4.........                  5........

                                                                6……                       7…….                      8….…                      9…….                      10…..

Part 2: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (10 points)

                        People who are deprived (1).................... sleep lose energy and become quick-tempered. (2).................... two days without sleep, a person finds that lengthy concentration becomes difficult. He can force himself to (3) .................... tasks well for short periods, but he is easily  (4) .................... . He makes many mistakes, especially at routine tasks, and his attention slips  (5) .................... times. Every “sleepless” person experiences periods in which he (6) .................... off a few seconds or more. He completely falls asleep (7) .................... he is kept active continuously.

                        Persons who go without sleep for than three days have great (8) ....................  thinking, seeing and hearing clearly. They have periods of hallucinations (9) ....................which they see things that do not really exist. They also confuse daydreams with real life and (10) ..................... track of their thoughts in the middle of a sentence.

Part 4: Read the text below. Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. (10 points)

                                  COLLECTING  EGGCUPS

Ten per cent of the population is left-handed. There is a lot of social

(1)......................... against left-handed people. How difficult is it for                      DISCRIMINATE

them to live in a right-handed world?

A number of (2) ......................... items such as scissors have been                 PRACTICE

designed for right-handed people. It can be very (3) .........................                     CONVENIENT

for lefties” to be sitting next to “righties” during dinner.                                               

(4) ......................... used computer keys are on the right of the keyboard.          COMMON

Lefties have to use their own sports (5) ......................... .                                            EQUIP

Less (6) ........................... used car controls such as headlight switches FREQUENT

are on the right.                                              

Forcing children to use their right hand can cause (7) ........................                      HATE

Of school, which can then impact their academic (8) ........................                       DEVELOP

It can also result in disastrous learning (9) .........................like dyslexia. ABILITY

Trying to make “lefties” use their right hand can explain their often

rebellious (10) ......................... at school, their clumsiness and                  BEHAVE

frustration.

IV. READING COMPREHENSION (30 points)

Part 1: Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. (10 points)

                         The quality of life these days is something most of us take for (1) .................... . It takes some radically different experience to (2) .................... this fact home to people. In my (3) ...................., it was spending three weeks on a yacht with twelve other people, competing in a major sailing race. (4) .................... I was officially a guess, it was made clear to me from the start that there was to be no (5) .................... for passengers, and that I’d have to work as (6) .................... as others.

                        For the first (7) .................... nights, none of us was able to sleep for more than a couple of hours at a time before being rudely (8) .................... by an aggressive command. Then we’d do physically exhausting work in total darkness. I shared sleeping compartment with six (9) .................... women, with barely enough room to stretch  my legs.  Soon I found myself dreaming of my (10) .................... sheets back home, a hot chocolate and a warm bath.

           1.         A. given                             B. accepted                       C. granted                        D. admitted

           2.         A. bring                              B. push                               C. take                               D. fetch

           3.         A. example                       B. sample                           C. instance                       D. experience

           4.         A. Although                      B. Despite                         C. However                     D. In spite

           5.         A. position                        B. job                                  C. work                             D. room

           6.         A. hard                               B. hardly                             C. fastly                             D. good

           7.         A. a few                             B. few                                 C. a little                           D. little

           8.         A. got up                           B. woke up                       C. awoken                       D. getting up

           9.         A. other                             B. the other                      C. another                       D. one another

           10.A. convenient                        B. comfortable                C. comfortably               D. conveniently