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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
scholar
product
major
copy
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
national
practical
behaviour
bachelor
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
ecology
academic
appreciate
catastrophe
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
graduate
temperature
forestry
emission
The plants that ____in the sunny window are far healthier than the indoor plants.
have been sitting
sat
were sitting
have sat
Although ____on a department basis, postgraduate study within the faculty is not confined to disciplinary boundaries.
organize
organized
organization
organizing
They____sacrifices so that their only child can have a good education.
did
lent
made
provided
By cutting down trees, we share the responsibility of climate change, the ____of our forest, and the poisoning of our air and water.
destruct
destructing
destructive
destruction
____the photograph of the modern architecture of the mansion, I had no desire to go there.
Seeing
Being seen
To see
Having seen
Poor Tracy! She____that essay for hours now and she still____
has written/hasn’t finished
has been writing/hasn’t finished
has written/hasn’t been finished
has been writing/didn’t finished
Children need to talk about their feelings, and learn how to____express those feelings to others.
appropriate
appropriator
appropriately
appropriateness
Every day we see more and more pollution____from the ocean onto our beaches.
coming
came
to come
come
Those factories have been accused of ____toxic waste into the river.
having dumped
being dumped
dumped
having been dumped
About one third of high school____who proceed directly to higher education enter community colleges.
quitters
experts
graduates
teachers
When children learn to be proud of the work they do, they will stick with their____.
causes
games
tasks
missions
In Australia, exchange programs and youth benefits____many opportunities for young people to broaden their minds through travel in a gap year.
take
improve
obtain
provide
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Local people have cut down the forest to make way for farming
allow farming to take place
lose way in farming
have a way of farming
give way to farming
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Because farmers had been informed about the bad effects of chemical fertilizers, they started using them sparingly on their farms.
carelessly
irresponsibly
recklessly
moderately
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Well, Mrs Baker, you’ll be pleased to hear that George has made a dramatic improvement in geography.
meaningful
insignificant
important
steady
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Most of the students in our country are interested in pursuing higher education to get bachelor’s degrees.
giving up
interrupting
following
trying
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
The painting was so beautiful that I stood there admired it for a long time.
The painting
so beautiful
admired
stood
I have never been understanding why such a lot of people want to study abroad.
have never been understanding
want
abroad
such
Having watched TV programes about the farmer’s careless use of chemical fertilizers on they crops, many citizen dwellers decided to grow their own vegetables.
decided to grow
Having watched
on they crops
programes about farmers’
The impacts of global warming are being felt everywhere. Extreme heat waves have (24)____ tens of thousands of deaths around the world in recent years.
accused
offered
caused
supported
(25)____ in an alarming sign of events to come
Yet
However
Consequently
Additionally
Antarctica (26)____ been losing about 134 billions metric tons of ice per year since 2002.
got
had
was
has
This rate could speed up (27)____ we keep burning fossil fuels at our current pace
while
but
and
if
Some experts say, causing sea levels (28)____several meters over the next 50 to 150 years.
rise
rising
to rise
having risen
What criticism is sometimes made about modern education in the first paragraph?
There’s too much stress on exams.
The teaching methods are not good enough.
Teachers aren’t strict enough.
The syllabus is out of date.
The word “authoritarian” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.
strict
impolite
inexperienced
unreasonable
Which of the following statements is TRUE about the food the students ate at school?
It wasn’t cooked properly.
There wasn’t much of it.
It wasn’t delicious.
It wasn’t nutritious.
According to the passage, how did exams in the 1950s differ from those in the twenty-first century?
They covered more subjects.
It took students less time to do them.
They were less difficult.
There was more to remember.
What was surprising about the students’ results after taking the 1950s-style exams?
Students did better than twenty-first century exams.
Students didn’t do as well as expected.
Students who were predicted to fail did rather well.
All the students found the exams difficult.
The word “these” in the last paragraph refers to
School-kids
vocational school
series
subjects
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
Vocational schools were a complete waste of time.
Vocational schools took children who were good at studying.
Vocational schools provided poorer children with equipment.
Vocational schools prepared students for employment.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following sentences.
I started writing this essay hours ago and it’s still not right.
I didn’t stop writing this essay hours ago and it’s still not right.
It’s hours ago since I last wrote this essay correctly.
The last time I started writing this essay was hours ago, which is still not right.
I have been writing this essay for hours and it’s still not right.
Climate change leads to numerous catastrophic consequences.
Numerous catastrophic consequences result in climate change.
Numerous catastrophic consequences result from climate change.
Climate change results from numerous catastrophic consequences.
Numerous catastrophic consequences cause climate change.
Having seen people suffer global warming consequences, we decided to reduce carbon footprint.
We decided to cut down on carbon footprint before we saw people suffer global warming consequences.
We decided to reduce carbon footprint before seeing people suffer global warming consequences.
We decided to cut down on carbon footprint after we saw people suffer global warming consequences.
We saw people suffer global warming consequences after we decided to reduce carbon footprint.
Mary finished all her homework. Then, she played badminton with her sister.
Having finished all her homework, Mary played badminton with her sister.
Finished all her homework, Mary had played badminton with her sister.
Mary had played badminton with her sister before she finished all her homework.
Mary finished all her homework after she played badminton with her sister.
Mai had forgotten to turn off the light in her badroom before she left. Her mother blamed her for that.
Mai’s mother turned off the light in her bedroom because she had forgotten to do so before she left.
Mai’s mother didn’t blame her for having remembered to turn off the light in her bedroom before she left.
Mai’s mother blamed her for having forgotten to turn off the light in her bedroom before she left.
Mai’s mother blamed her for having turned off the light in her bedroom before she left.