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