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SECTION A: LISTENING
Part I: Question 1- 5. Lindsay is talking to Jake about having a dog. Listen to their dialogue and choose the best answer to each question. You will hear the dialogue TWICE.
1. What does Lindsay worry about the dog?
A. It will be messy.
B. It will chew the furniture.
C. It will be left alone a lot.
What does Jake think about dogs?
A. They are scary.
B. They are good guards.
C. They are loyal.
Why doesn't Jake like dogs?
A. They are always inside of the house.
B. They attack him.
C. They make the house dirty.
What does Lindsay like about dogs?
A. They protect you.
B. They love you.
C. They make you laugh.
What does Lindsay suggest?
A. Jake get a dog.
B. Jake get a cat.
C. Jake play with her dog.
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
I. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
26. The president made a wonderful ____ yesterday.
A. message
B. talk
C. lecture
D. speech
It is high time you ____ your habit.
A. change
B. changed
C. need to change
D. are to change
I told her the instruction again ____ do it wrong.
A. so that she will C. in order not to
B. in order for her not to D. so as to
B. in order for her not to
C. in order not to
D. so as to
I must go to the dentist and ____.
A. get my teeth to take care of
B. take care of my teeth
C. my teeth be taken care of
D. get my teeth taken care of
"Could I get you something to drink?" -"____’’
A Yes, I've just had enough.
B. Yes, you could.
C. No, thanks. Not for me.
D. No, never mind.
Living in a distant town, students can't get ____ to the internet easily.
A. access
B. work
C. connect
D. relation
You risk losing your job if your boss ___ you weren't really ill.
A. found that
B. find
C. finds out
D. has found
They have considered all the 50 applications, ___ seems suitable.
A. none of them
B. none of whom
C. none of which
D. none of these
- "I hope I haven't hurt his feeling"
- No, don't worry. He's so ___ that he probably thought you were talking about someone else.
A. absent-minded
B. kind-hearted
C. thick-skinned
D. open-minded
By the time we ____ at the party, many of guests had left.
A. got through
B. approached to
C. came across
D. turned up
As children, we were ___ to become educated people.
A. grown up
B. brought up
C. held up
D. kept up
It's a good idea to see your doctor regularly for ____.
A. a revision
B. a control
C. an investigation
D. a check-up
Not only ___ in the project, but he also wanted to become the leader.
A. did Jack involve
B. had Jack been involved
C. was Jack involved
D. was involved Jack
Henry is now looking for a job. He has been _____ for nearly two months.
A. out of order
B. out of mind
C. out of work
D. out of reach
Henry ran so fast; I found it impossible to ___ him.
A. catch up with
B. fall behind
C. keep pace
D. keep in touch with
The well-being of America's rural people and places depends upon many things - the availability of good-paying jobs; (56) ____ to critical services such as education, health care, and communication; strong communities; and a healthy natural environment.
A. challenge
B. key
C. access
D. advantage
And, (57)___ urban America is equally dependent upon these things, the challenges to well-being look very different in rural areas than in urban areas.
A. because B. while C. when D. since
B. while
C. when
D. since
Small-scale, low-density settlements (58) ___ make it more costly for communities and businesses to provide critical services.
A. styles
B. tools
C. means
D. patterns
Declining jobs and income in the natural resource-based industries that many rural areas depend on (59) ____ workers in those industries to find new ways to make a living.
A. offer
B. turn
C. force
D. make
Low-skill, low-wage rural manufacturing industries must find new ways to challenge the increasing number of (60) ___ competitors.
A. foreign
B. abroad
C. lateral
D. rural
Finally, changes in the availability and use of natural resources located in rural areas (61) ___ the people who earn a living from those resources and those who
A. effect
B. encourage
C. stimulate
D. affect
who (62) ___ recreational and other benefits from them.
A. involve
B. evolve
C. bring
D. derive
Some rural areas have met these challenges successfully, achieved some level of prosperity, and are ready (63) ___ the challenges of the future.
A. in
B. of
C. with
D. for
And, while rural America is a producer of critical goods and services, the (64) ___ goes beyond economics.
A. research
B. impatience
C. concer
D. stimulus
Rural America is also home to a fifth of the Nation's people, keeper of natural amenities and national treasures, and safeguard of a/an (65) ____ part of American culture, tradition, and history.
A. abnormal
B. simple
C. incredible
D. unique
What is the topic of this passage?
A. Physiological experiments
B. Kangaroo rats
C. Desert life
D. Water in the desert
The word "expire" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ___.
A. become ill
B. die
C. shrink
D. dehydrate
The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to ____.
A. a living thing
B. the desert
C. the opportunity
D. water
The word "parsimony" in paragraph I is closest in meaning to___.
A. frugality
B. skill
C. shrink
D. dehydrate
The author states that the kangaroo rat is known for all of the following EXCEPT ___.
A. the economy with which it uses available water
B. living without drinking water
C. breathing slowly and infrequently
D. manufacturing water internally
It is implied by the author that desert animals can exist with little or no water because of ___.
A. less need for water than other animals
B. many opportunities for them to find water
C. their ability to eat plants
D. their ability to adjust to the desert environment
According to the passage, the results of the experiments with kangaroo rats showed that ___.
A. kangaroo rats store water for use during dry periods
B. kangaroo rats took advantage office access to water
C. there was no significant change in body weight due to lack of water or accessibility to
D. a dry diet seems detrimental to the kangaroo rat's health
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. A good adventure movie.
B. Research into the ocean.
C. A review on a documentary film.
D. How marine species are being killed.
How much plastic is dumped into the oceans every year?
A. About 2.5% of the total plastic production in a year.
B. Five hundred billion plastic bags.
C. At least 8 million tons of plastic bags.
D. An unknown staggering amount.
What does the word "This" in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The discovery of plastic in the Indian Ocean.
B. The journey of following the blue whale.
C. The travel around the world.
D. The huge amount of plastic waste in the oceans.
What does the word "single-use" in paragraph 4 mean?
A. usable
B. disposable
C. returnable
D. degradable
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The effects of the current plastic consumption on the environment are unsolvable.
B. As for recycling, because governments have done enough, it is time we, the ordinary people, play our role.
C. We will know what happens to the plastic waste not recycled after seeing A Plastic Ocean.
D. A Plastic Ocean also looks at what we can do to reverse the tide into electricity flows.