• Read the following passage and mark the letter (A, B, C, or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

                                                                                                        BERTHA

Fifty feet below downtown Seattle, the world's largest (1) _________ machine, nicknamed Bertha after the city's (2) _________ mayor, lies still. This (3) _________  vehicle weighs 7,000 tons, stretches nearly 330 feet long, and has a 60-foot diameter. When fully (4) _________, Bertha has an intrepid crew of 25. In early August, Bertha began carving out a two-mile road tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way viaduct, an ugly double-decker motorway that has been (5) _________ Seattle's waterfront since the 1950s.

   Dozens of (6) _________ were considered, including twin tunnels, another elevated roadway, and even scrapping the highway in favor of improved surface roads and better public transport. As it happens, (7) _________ dithered long enough for tunneling technology to develop (8) _________ facilitating another option: a single tunnel large enough to accommodate two levels of multi-lane traffic. Many local (9) _________ are against Bertha, but she has already chewed up and spit out one politician. As the new mayor settles into his new role, he will surely be hoping that Bertha (10) __________ finds her appetite for muck, not mayors.

1, A. tunnel-drilling     B. drill-hole     C. tunnel-boring     D. soil-drilling

2, A. increasing     B. progressing     C. progressive     D. progression

3, A. remarkable     B. extraordinary     C. noteworthy     D. impressive

4, A. operating     B. operational     C. operative     D. postoperative

5, A. mutilating     B. disfigured     C. deformed     D. disfiguring

6, A. replacements     B. alternatives     C. surrogates     D. substitutions

7, A. politicians     B. legislators    C. lawmakers     D. policymakers

8, A. satisfactorily     B. abundantly     C. adequately     D. sufficiently

9, A. delegators     B. commissioners     C. legislatures     D. representatives

10, A. speedily     B. quickly     C. rapidly     D. precipitately

Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning, (using the cues in the brackets):

1, Researchers have been studying the psychological phenomenon known as false memory since the mid-1970s.

(PASSIVE-VOICE)

→ The psychological phenomenon ………..………………………………..…..…………..………………………………..…..….……………

2, Although it will be a modern town with all the necessary facilities for modern-day living, the town will have a traditional feel to it.

→ In spite of ………..…….……….………………………..………………………………..…..……..…………..…….………..….……………

3, I'm writing to tell you one of my most embarrassing stories - it happened at the beginning of the school year.

→ If ………..…….….……………………..……………………..…….…………..………………………………..…..……..….……………

4, Though it doesn't feel great to embarrass herself, Daisy thinks that it is important to learn to laugh at herself and not take life too seriously.

→ Despite ……………..…….…………………………..………………………………..…..…..……………………………..…….…….…

5, The only improvement that I can suggest is creating better workspaces for the students.

→ I suggest ………..……..…….……………..…….……………..………………………………..…...…………..……………………..…….

Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

The book includes (0) contributions (CONTRIBUTE) from 12 other writers - to name them all would take too much space, and to name a few would be ____________ (INVIDIOUSLY). Suffice it to say that this is a pleasing aspect of the book in that it adds ____________ (DIVERSE) of voice. Most of the authors are European-based, and, combined with the non-managerial focus, this seems to make the book less dogmatic or ___________ (PRESCRIBE). The book is __________ (IMMENSE) readable, both because of the writing style(s) and the variety of interrelated topics. It can also act as a useful resource or ___________ (REFER) to find a quick way into topics, such as value, or identity. It lends itself to a course design that would require students to engage with the journal literature and relate this to ______________ (CONTEMPORIZE) social issues. It is a useful resource for the kind of class where ideas can be discussed and argued about. Its ___________ (ENTREAT)  of issues is helpful, as it brings several different ideas to bear on the same question. At times, the book strays from its mission and spends a little too much time giving the ___________ (MANAGE) view. However, the overall de-privileging of the marketing manager is very welcome indeed - though whether the consumer's viewpoint is the only appropriate ___________ (ALTERNATE) perspective to work from is a matter for debate.

• Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box. You don’t need to change the form of the words and phrases.

(cockpit motorists / overtaking runway/ commuter diesel/ jet lag departure lounge)

1, The _______________ at Qamdo Bamda Airport in Tibet is 5.5 kilometers long; it needs to be this length to allow planes to accelerate enough to take off at high altitude.

2, A ______________ is the area of a plane where the pilot and co-pilot seat, and is also known as the flight deck.

3, It is estimated that there will be about 2 billion ______________ in the world by 2035.

4, Research shows the average American ______________ spends 142 hours every year stuck in traffic.

5, Vehicles running on ______________ are believed to be more harmful to the environment and members of the public than petrol vehicles.

6, Dangerous ___________ is the most common cause of car accidents worldwide.

7, The first-ever beach ________________ has been planned in Barbados, where passengers can check-in, pick up their boarding passes and relax until their flight.

• For questions 1–8, read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap.

Standardized shopping malls have become the new Main Streets of the USA according to one (1) ……….….……. on the subject. Along with antibiotics and personal computers, the shopping mall has been (2) ……….….……. as one of the top 50 wonders that have revolutionized the lives of people today. But shopping malls didn’t just happen out of the blue. The mall was originally (3) ……….….……. of as a community center where people would (4) ……….….……. for shopping, cultural activity, and social interaction. It is safe to (5) ……….….……. that the mall has achieved and surpassed those early expectations. The first enclosed mall was developed in a suburb of Minneapolis in 1956 and was designed to get the shopper out of the harsh weather. The phenomenal growth and development of shopping centers were a natural (6) ……….….……. of the migration of the population out from the cities and (7) ……….….……. the growth of the use of the automobile. The success and impact of the shopping mall may have something to do with their potential to (8) ……….….……. community life.

1, A. scholar     B. master     C. body     D. authority

2, A. put forward     B. set up     C. picked up     D. brought out

3, A. imagined     B. devised     C. conceived     D. formulated

4, A. cluster     B. converge     C. group     D. rally

5, A. say      B. tell      C. speak      D. remark

6, A. sequel      B. upshot     C. follow-up      D. consequence

7, A. corresponded      B. paralleled      C. correlated      D. equated

8, A. raise      B. magnify      C. enhance      D. heighten