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Choose the correct answer in each of the following questions.
Education is the only method of ______ changes in world population.
A. bringing about
B. carrying out
C. taking off
D. showing off
Grace Kelly was the first famous as a Hollywood actress and then ______ Prince Rainer of Monaco.
A. to be the wife of
B. she was the wife of
C. as the wife of
D. the wife of
All visitors are requested to ______ with the regulations.
A. agree
B. comply
C. assent
D. consent
Betty: “Your house is lovely! I especially like what you’ve done to the front yard.” Alice: ”______.”
A. Really? That’s nice of you to say so
B. Nothing new. Same old thing
C. You’re welcome. I’m glad you can come
D. Oh, it was nothing! It was nothing I hope you like it
He gives a lot of money to the poor despite the fact that he has barely enough to live ______ himself.
A. in
B. with
C. through
D. on
I’m glad you told me about the show being cancelled. ______, I’d have travelled all the way to Glasgow for nothing.
A. Therefore
B. However
C. Otherwise
D. Moreover
Joe couldn’t come to our party last weekend – he ______ house.
A. was moving
B. had moved
C. moved
D. would move
Don’t worry about hotel. We can easily ______ for a few nights.
A. put you in
B. put up with you
C. put you down
D. put you up
She wondered ______ her father looked like now, after so many years away.
A. how
B. whose
C. what
D. whom
Sarah glanced around the room once more, ______ that nothing was out of place.
A. checked
B. checking
C. to check
D. being checked
You ______ him your map. He has one of his own.
A. shouldn’t have lent
B. mightn’t have lent
C. mustn’t have lent
D. needn’t have lent
It is vital that our country’s imports ______ its exports.
A. don’t exceed
B. not exceed
C. didn’t exceed
D. won’t exceed
Tall people were obliged to bend down ______ their head on the low ceiling.
A. so that they won’t bang
B. for them not to bang
C. in case they will bang
D. so as not to bang
Never having been away from home before, ______.
A. Daisy, therefore, felt a little homesick at first
B. it made Daisy feel a little homesick at first
C. Daisy was a little homesick at first
D. the first feeling Daisy had was sickness.
I know William has been disobedient, but don’t be too ______ on him.
A. heavy
B. strong
C. hard
D. strict
The two men looked so ______ that it was impossible to distinguish between them.
A. alike
B. same
C. like
D. likely
I’d rather you ______ anything about the garden until the weather improves.
A. don’t make
B. didn’t do
C. don’t do
D. didn’t make
This is the athlete ______ everyone says will win the gold medal at the winter Olympic Games.
A. whose
B. whom
C. who
D. whoever
Because of his poor health, it took him a long time to ______ his bad cold.
A. throw off
B. throw away
C. throw down
D. throw over
Betty: “Wally, the bracelet is beautiful, but really, you shouldn’t have!” Wally: “ ______.”
A. Okay. Take care
B. You’re welcome. I think it looks beautiful on you
C. I hope not
D. No. I don’t think so
As he made no reference to our quarrel, I assumed he ______ me.
A. forgave
B. had forgiven
C. would forgive
D. was forgiving
“There is no further treatment we can give,” said Dr. Jekyll. “We must let the disease take its ______.”
A. term
B. end
C. course
D. way
The Continental United States is ______ that there are four time zones.
A. so a big area
B. very big
C. much big
D. so big an area
______ had I had time to take my coat off when the boss came in.
A. Scarcely
B. Hard
C. No sooner
D. Almost
My supervisor had me ______ the morning taking inventory.
A. spend
B. spent
C. to spend
D. spending
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
This holiday is within our price range, provided we don’t go to the expensive restaurants in the tourist center.
A. Our holiday will be okay if there aren’t any expensive restaurants in the tourist center.
B. Because of the expensive restaurants in the tourist center, we cannot continue our holiday.
C. We can afford the holiday so long as we avoid the expensive restaurants in the tourist center.
D. We would be short of money unless we kept away from the expensive restaurants in the tourist center
The weather was getting worse, so Joe was forced to give up his attempt to climb the summit.
A.The weather was so bad that Joe wouldn’t be able to climb the summit.
B.But for such awful weather Joe managed to climb the summit.
C.Joe wasn’t encouraged to try to reach the summit because of the weather, which was extremely bad.
D.Due to the worsening weather, Joe had no alternative but to give up his attempt to climb the summit.
“Here are the car keys. You’d better wait in the car,” he said to her.
A.He handed her the keys, advising her to wait in the car.
B.He advised her to wait in the car with the car keys.
C.He got the car keys before advising her to wait in the car.
D. He gave the car keys to her who was to wait for him in the car.
It couldn’t have been Mary that you heard shouting last night as she is on holiday in Jakarta at the moment.
A. I think Mary is on holiday in Jakarta now, so you may be wrong in thinking that you heard her shouting last night.
B.If you had heard Mary shouting last night she wouldn’t be able to take vacation in Jakarta now.
C.It was not Mary who shouted to you last night because she is on vacation in Jakarta at the moment.
D.Right now, Mary is having a holiday in Jakarta, so it is impossible that it was she whose shouting you heard last night.
The mistake in the accounts was not noticed until the figures were re-checked.
A.When the figures were re-checked, they came to light the mistake in the accounts.
B. Once re-checking the figures, the mistakes in the accounts was noticed.
C.The mistake in the accounts only came to light when the figures were re-checked.
D. It was not until the mistake in the accounts was noticed that the figures were checked.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Different kinds of clay.
B. The training of an artisan.
C. The making of pottery.
D. Crafts of ancient civilizations.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way that ancient people used pottery?
A. To hold food
B. To wash clothes
C. To transport objects
D. To cook
The word “it” in line 2 refers to ______.
A. clay
B. culture
C. survival
D. pottery
According to the passage, which of the following can be learned about an ancient civilization by examining its pottery?
A. Its food preferences
B. Its developmental stage
C. Its geographic location
D. Its population
The word “functional” in line 6 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. Useful
B. Strong
C. Inexpensive
D. Original
The word “basic” in line 7 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. Familiar
B. Fundamental
C. Versatile
D. Dirty
According to the passage, how do most North American potters today get the clay they need?
A. They buy it
B. They make it
C. They did it from the earth
D. They barter for it
It can be inferred from the passage that clay is processed commercially in order to ______.
A. make it dry more evenly
B. remove hard substances
C. prevent the glaze from sticking
D. make it easier to color
According to the author, what do potters use to remove the pot from the wheel?
A. Melted wax
B. A wire loop
C. A sponge
D. Plain wire
The word “pattern” in line 15 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. Model
B. Color
C. Puzzle
D. Design
His pictures of a runner (41) ______ in every history of photography.
A. exhibit
B. show
C. feature
D. demonstrate
Another milestone was when the scientist and photographer Harold Edgerton (42) ______ the limits of photographic technology
A. enlarged
B. extended
C. prolonged
D. spread
his study of a (43) ______ of milk hitting the surface of a dish.
A. splash
B. drop
C. dash
D. drip
Another advance was the development of miniature cameras in the late 1920s, which made it possible for sports photographers to (44) ______ their cumbersome cameras behind.
A. put
B. keep
C. lay
D. leave
People who watched a sports event on TV, with all its movement and action, (45) ______ the still image as a reminder of the game.
A. chose
B. valued
C. pointed
D. cheered
Looking back, we can see how (46) ______ sports photography has changed
A. highly
B. radically
C. extremely
D. severely
(47) ______ sports photographers were as interested in the stories behind the sport as in the sport itself.
A. Initial
B. First
C. Early
D. Primary
Contemporary sports photography (48) ______ the glamour of sport, the colour and the action
A. outlines
B. signals
C. emphasises
D. forms
But the best sports photographers today do more than (49) ______ tell the story of the event
A. simply
B. alone
C. singly
D. only
or make a (50) ______ of it. They capture in a single dramatic moment the real emotions of the participants, emotions with which people looking at the photographs can identify.
A. preservation
B. store
C. mark
D. record
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
I haven’t finished my work because there was a fault in the network and I couldn’t log on until 4 o’clock.
A. connect
B. check out
C. wait
D. repair
I hate it when students use their MP3 players in the library. It always bothers me when I’m trying to study.
A. disturbs
B. converses
C. entertains
D. interests
Although Valentine’s Day has become a global industry with more than 80 million roses sold worldwide, the origins of the day are unclear and hidden in the mists of time.
A. a long time ago
B. unforgettable
C. mysterious
D. too old for anyone to confirm
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space.
A. wrongly
B. casually
C. flexibly
D. informally
China has become the third country in the world which can independently carry out the manned space activities.
A. put in
B. put on
C. put up
D. put off
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following question.
A. conserve
B. proposal
C. resident
D. dissolve
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following question.
A. category
B. expand
C. acacia
D. applicant
What is the topic of the passage?
A. who first invented the light bulb
B. the effects of public lighting on everyday life
C. how the light bulb was invented
D. the invention of carbonized cotton thread filaments
Who first invented the electric light bulb?
A. Thomas Edison
B. Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
C. Sir Humphrey Davy
D. Both Thomas Edison and Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
Why is the date of the electric light’s invention, 1879, given first in the chronology of events?
A. to highlight the years of development preceding its invention
B. to state when the electric light was first invented
C. to show this was the year the light bulb was perfected
D. none of the above
Why were the first light bulbs impractical?
A. They lasted only a short time
B. Glass was too expensive for light bulbs
C. Electricity wasn’t widely available
D. They were too expensive
What is a filament?
A. an electrical plug
B. anything that electricity passes through to create light
C. an electrical arc in open space
D. a burning stick
What did James Prescott Joule’s theory state?
A. Light was possible only with electricity
B. Gas light was impractical compared to electrical light
C. Electricity passed through a conductor would produce light
D. Carbonized cotton thread filament was the best means to produce light
It can be inferred that “illuminating” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. interrupting
B. making easier
C. giving light to
D. getting rid of
It can be inferred that “undertaken” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. failed
B. tried
C. funded
D. discovered
The word “it” in paragraph 4 refers to ______.
A. bulb
B. light
C. current
D. voltage
What is the purpose of the passage?
A. to prove which country the light bulb’s inventor came from
B. to prove who invented the light bulb
C. to show that there were public lights before 1879
D. to inform the reader of the history of the light bulb
Choose the sentence that best join each of the following pairs of sentences in each of the following questions.
Write your name in the book. He may forget who lent it to him.
A.He will remember whose book it is if you write your name in it.
B.Your name in the book will remind him of it.
C.He will forget the book unless you write your name in it.
D.Write your name in the book in case he forgets who lent it to him.
He had just entered the house. The police arrested him at once.
A. No sooner had he entered the house than the police arrested him.
B. Hardly that he had entered the house when the police arrested him.
C. Immediately had he entered the house when the police arrested him.
D. The police immediately arrested him as soon as he’s just entered the house.
He felt very tired. However, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
A. He felt so tired that he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
B. Feeling very tired, he was determined to continued to climb up the mountain
C. As a result of his tiredness, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
D. Tired as he might feel, he was determined to climb up the mountain.
You have paid for the theatre tickets. Please let me pay for our dinner.
A. Please let me pay for our dinner just after your have paid for the theatre tickets.
B. Inasmuch as you have paid for the theatre tickets, please let me pay for our dinner.
C. Please let me pay for our dinner if you have paid for the theatre tickets.
D. You have paid for the theatre tickets so that I will be allowed to pay for our dinner.
The snowfall was very heavy. The result of that was they had to cancel all the trains.
A. The snowfall was heavy enough for them to be cancelled all the trains.
B. They had to cancel all the trains because of the snowfall, which had been heavy.
C. The snowfall was very heavy and they had better to cancel all the trains.
D. So great was the snowfall that all the trains had to be cancelled.
Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question
A. concentrate
B. comfortable
C. interview
D. technology
Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question
A. enthusiast
B. educator
C. curricula
D. environment
Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question
A. particular
B. acceptable
C. pessimistic
D. compulsory