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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.

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.

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

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

Sally has just won a full scholarship to one of the most prestigious universities in the world; she must be on cloud nine now.

Her physical condition was not an impediment to her career as a singer. She has won a lot of prizes. 

The new cartoon film catches the fancy of the children.

The kidnapper gave himself up to the police.

Kelly: “It’s was very kind of you to give me a lift home”.

- Mark: “_______________________”

Two students are talking about the school curriculum.

- Hoa: “Swimming should be taught in the school.”

- Nam: “___________. It is an essential life skill.”

Many parents tend to push their children because they believe that good education will enable them to _________ in the future. 

It gets _________ when the winter is coming. 

The organization underwent _________ reforms.

The Beauty Contest is _________start at 8:00 a.m our time next Monday. 

If people paid more attention to the environment, the Earth _________ greener. 

Nobody comes there, _________? 

The teacher likes her essay because it’s very __________. 

I have lived in this city for so long, so I’ve grown ________________ to the noise of vehicles. 

All applicants must _______a full CV with their job application before October 1st. 

That book is about the people in Samoa ____________ for two years. 

When the first child was born, they _________ married for three years. 

This girl doesn’t reveal much about herself, and is _______________ fascinating for it. 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27.

The Microscope

One of the most important inventions in the development of science and medicine was the microscope. It was (23) _________ the principle that light could be “refracted” or bent, by a glass lens. It was soon discovered that tiny objects could be magnified (24) _________ size when viewed through a glass lens that had been ground and polished in a specific (25) _________.  Although the principle was known to the Chinese as early as 1000 A. D, it was not until the 13th and 14th centuries in Europe (26) _________ it was put to practical use in the form of eyeglasses.

In Europe the first microscope was invented by brothers Zacharias and Hans Janssen, two Dutch eyeglass-makers, around 1590. They built a “compound” microscope, so called because of its two lenses. The most significant development and use of the microscope during this period, however, belongs to another Dutch optician, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.  Born in Delft, Holland, he became skilled at (27) _________ very sharp and accurate magnifying lenses.

It was (23) _________ the principle that light could be “refracted” or bent, by a glass lens.

It was soon discovered that tiny objects could be magnified (24) _________ size when viewed through a glass len

that had been ground and polished in a specific (25) _________.

it was not until the 13th and 14th centuries in Europe (26) _________ it was put to practical use in the form of eyeglasses.

Born in Delft, Holland, he became skilled at (27) _________ very sharp and accurate magnifying lenses.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 28 to 34.

Carnegie Hall, which is a famous concert hall in New York City, has again undergone a restoration. While this is not the first, it is certainly the most extensive in the building’s history. As a result of this new restoration, Carnegie Hall once again has the quality of sound that it had when it was first built.

Carnegie Hall owes its existence to Andrew Carnegie, the wealthy owner of a steel company in the late 1800s. The hall was finished in 1891 and quickly gained a reputation as an excellent performing arts hall where accomplished musicians gained fame. Despite its reputation, the concert hall suffered from several detrimental renovations over the years. During the Great Depression, when fewer people could afford to attend performances, the directors sold part of the building to commercial businesses. As a result, a coffee shop was opened in one comer of the building, for which the builders replaced the brick and terra cotta walls with windowpanes. A renovation in 1946 seriously damaged the acoustical quality of the hall when the makers of the film Carnegie Hall cut a gaping hole in the dome of the ceiling to allow for lights and air vents. The hole was later covered with short curtains and a fake ceiling, but the hall never sounded the same afterwards.

In 1960, the violinist Isaac Stem became involved in restoring the hall after a group of real estate developers unveiled plans to demolish Carnegie Hall and build a high-rise office building on the site. This threat spurred Stem to rally public support for Carnegie Hall and encourage the City of New York to buy the property. The movement was successful, and the concert hall is now owned by the city. In the current restoration, builders tested each new material for its sound qualities, and they replaced the hole in the ceiling with a dome. The builders also restored the outer walls to their original appearance and closed the coffee shop. Carnegie has never sounded better, and its prospects for the future have never looked more promising.

What is this passage mainly about? 

In the second paragraph, what is the meaning of the word “detrimental”?

What major change happened to the hall in 1946?

Who was Andrew Carnegie? 

What was Isaac Stem’s relationship to Carnegie Hall? 

What was probably the most important aspect of the recent renovation? 

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “unveiled” in the last paragraph?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 40.

Happiness and sadness are experienced by people in all cultures around the world, but how can we tell when other people are happy or despondent? It turns out that the expression of many emotions may be universal. Smiling is apparently a universal sign of friendliness and approval. Baring the teeth in a hostile way, as noted by Charles Darwin in the nineteenth century, may be a universal sign of anger. As the originator of the theory of evolution, Darwin believed that the universal recognition of facial expressions would have survival value. For example, facial expressions could signal the approach of enemies (or friends) in the absence of language.

Most investigators concur that certain facial expressions suggest the same emotions in all people. Moreover, people in diverse cultures recognize the emotions manifested by the facial expressions. In classic research Paul Ekman took photographs of people exhibiting the emotions of anger, disgust, fear, happiness, and sadness. He then asked people around the world to indicate what emotions were being depicted in them. Those queried ranged from European college students to members of the Fore, a tribe that dwells in the New Guinea highlands. All groups, including the Fore, who had almost no contact with Western culture, agreed on the portrayed emotions. The Fore also displayed familiar facial expressions when asked how they would respond if they were the characters in stories that called for basic emotional responses. Ekman and his colleagues more recently obtained similar results in a study of ten cultures in which participants were permitted to report that multiple emotions were shown by facial expressions. The participants generally agreed on which two emotions were being shown and which emotion was more intense.

Psychological researchers generally recognize that facial expressions reflect emotional states. In fact, various emotional states give rise to certain patterns of electrical activity in the facial muscles and in the brain. The facial-feedback hypothesis argues, however, that the causal relationship between emotions and facial expressions can also work in the opposite direction. According to this hypothesis, signals from the facial muscles (“feedback) are sent back to emotion centers of the brain, and so a person’s facial expression can influence that person’s emotional state. Consider Darwin’s words: “The free expression by outward signs of an emotion intensifies it. On the other hand, the repression, as far as possible, of all outward signs softens our emotions.” Can smiling give rise to feelings of good will, for example, and frowning to anger?

Psychological research has given rise to some interesting findings concerning the facial-feedback hypothesis. Causing participants in experiments to smile, for example, leads them to report more positive feelings and to rate cartoons (humorous drawings of people or situations) as being more humorous. When they are caused to frown, they rate cartoons as being more aggressive.

What are the possible links between facial expressions and emotion? One link is arousal, which is the level of activity or preparedness for activity in an organism. Intense contraction of facial muscles, such as those used in signifying fear, heightens arousal. Self-perception of heightened arousal then leads to heightened emotional activity. Other links may involve changes in brain temperature and the release of neurotransmitters (substances that transmit nerve impulses.) The contraction of facial muscles both influences the internal emotional state and reflects it. Ekman has found that the so-called Duchenne smile, which is characterized by “crow’s feet” wrinkles around the eyes and a subtle drop in the eye cover fold so that the skin above the eye moves down slightly toward the eyeball, can lead to pleasant feelings. 

Ekman’s observation may be relevant to the British expression “keep a stiff upper lip” as a recommendation for handling stress. It might be that a “stiff” lip suppresses emotional response - as long as the lip is not quivering with fear or tension. But when the emotion that leads to stiffening the lip is more intense, and involves strong muscle tension, facial feedback may heighten emotional response.

The word “despondent” in the passage is closest in meaning to ____________.

The author mentions “Baring the teeth in a hostile way” in order to__________.

The word “them” in the passage refers to __________.

According to paragraph 2, which of the following was TRUE about the Fore people of New Guinea?

According to the passage, what did Darwin believe would happen to human emotions that were not expressed?

According to the passage, research involving which of the following supported the facial-feedback hypothesis?