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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the world
that differ from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the
following questions .
Question
A. interference B.
C. unattended
D. differential
1:
affectionate
Question
A. available
B. estimate
C. assembly
D. canary
2:
Question
A.
B.
C.
D. unpolluted
3:
entrepreneur documentary
entertainment
Question
A.
B. appropriate
C. accountancy D.
4:
effectiveness
maintenance
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A. industrious
B. certificate
C. curriculum
D.
5:
circumstance
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6: She was finding it difficult to stay during the meeting .
A. awake
B. waking
C. wakened
D. wakening
Question 7: Although he felt .., he agreed to play tennis with me.
A. exhaustion
B. exhausted
C. exhausting
D exhaustive
Question 8:
So far, a variety of theories.forward regarding the source of
this sound .
A. are being put
B. were being put
C. were putting
D. have been put
Question 9:
Although John was not the person who caused the problem ,
everybody ..
him responsible for the consequences .
A. led
B. held
C. kept
D. took
Question 10:
If only they their tickets. Ive got two spare ones .
A. didnt buy
B. havent bought
C. wouldnt buy
D. hadnt bought
Question 11:
Sallys rather pursue her studies .....to look for a job.
A. to start
B. than start
C. than to start
D. than starting
Question 12: The cause of the failure of the bank resulted many people
losing their life- savings.
A. from
B. of
C. in
D. at
Question 13: I asked for a bigger size because the jacket didnt ..me.
A. suit
B. fit
C. match
D. go with
Question 14: With 35,000 people living on only 1.5 square kilometer of land ,
Monaco is the most ..populated country in the world.
A. solidly
B. shortly
C. hugely
D. densely
Question 15:
We know that eating fruit as a snack is healthier for us
than eating chips , yet ..of us actually do so.
A. much/ most
B. very/ most
C. as / none
D. much /few

Question 16: Usually the more skilled an athlete .., the more effortless
the athletes movements appear to be.
A. what is
B. that is
C. that it is
D. is
Question 17: Cold temperature, short growing seasons, and heavy snows prevent
.at high elevations.
A. grow trees
B. trees growth
C. trees are growing
D. the growth of trees
Question 18:
If she can make up such stories , she certainly a very girl.
A. imaginary
B. imaginable
C. imaginative
D. imagining
Question 19:
Hundreds of species of wild flowers have become extinct or rare
..extensive land development.
A. now that
B. due to
C. because
D. for
Question 20:
Ninety..the maximum length of time allowed for entrance
exams to this school.
A. minute is
B. minutes are
C. minute are
D. minutes is
Question 21:
Mr. Brown usually drinks mineral water , but at this party he
wine.
A. drinks
B. will drink
C. has drunk
D. is drinking
Question 22:
Never say that again,
A. wont you
B. do you
C. dont you
D. will you
Question 23:
Have you this contract yet?
- Not yet. Ill try to read it this weekend
A. looked over
B. looked into
C. looked up
D. looked out
Question 24:
I was simply .. the evidence the lawyer answered the
judge.
A. verify
B. verifying
C. verification
D. verifiable
Question 25:
The employer gave all his workers extra time .holiday.
A. off
B. away
C. up
D. out
Question 26:
The black billed cuckoo has been known to steal eggs .to
other birds.
A. belong
B. which belongs
C. which they belong
D. belonging
Question 27:
The ground is wet . It .last night.
A. must rain
B. might have rained
C. must have
rained
D. might rain
Question 28:
laughter is the best medicine .
A. The
B. An
C. A
D. x
Question 29:
- Do you want tea or coffee ?
... . I dont mind
A. Both
B. None
C. Either
D. Neither
Question 30:
The painting was beautiful. I stood there ..it for a long time .
A. for admiring
B. being admired
C. admire
D. admiring

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your

answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 31
to 40.
If you cant roll a ball , you can play bowls. Everyone can play : young and old ,
men and women, the fit and the not so fit . It is the one outdoor game that
(31)_______is a sport for all . What other sport can grandparents play on equal terms
with their grandchildren? What other game is so simple that you could take it up
today and be (32)_____ in the national championships tomorrow?
Simple? Perhaps thats not (33)______ word . There are bowls players in their
thousands who will tell you that , although bows is a games that anyone can
(34)_____. In five minutes , it takes a lifetime to master it. They are the people who
have developed a passionate interest in the game . (35) ________ for outsiders ,
bowls is another world, and a strange and a puzzling one . They see a bowls game
in (36)________ and wonder what is going on .
What the players are trying to do is easy to explain. Their (37)_________ is to roll
their bowls , called woods, as near as possible to the little white ball , called jack . If
one of your bowls finishes nearer to the jack than your (38)______ you score one
point and he or she scores nothing . If you have the two nearest , you score two ,
and (39)______ .
The skill involved in rolling a bowls that weighs around 2 kilos across bout 40
meters so that it stops only a very short (40) ________ from the target is that as
impressive as the skills required in other sports.
Question 31: A. exactly
B. really
C. precisely
D. accurately
Question 32: A. competing B. entering
C. getting
D. going
Question 33: A. right
B. suitable
C. genuine
D. just
Question 34: A. catch on
B. see through C. find out
D. pick up
Question 35: A. Besides
B. Unlike
C. However
D. Although
Question 36: A.
B. movement C. practice
D. action
performance
Question 37: A. point
B. attempt
C. scheme
D. aim
Question 38: A.
B.
C. contestants D. opposers
competitors
opponents
Question 39: A. further
B. so on
C. moreover
D. as follows
Question 40: A. distance
B. extent
C. range
D. length
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
41 to 45.
Telecommuting is some form of computer communication between employees
homes and offices . For employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word
processor entering data or typing reports , the location of the computer is of no
consequence. If the machine can communicate over the telephone lines , when the
work is completed , employees can dial the office computer and transmit the
material to their employers. A recent survey in USA today estimates that there are
approximately 8.7 million telecommuters . But although the numbers are raising
annually , the trend doesnt appear to be as significant as predicted when Business
Week published The Portable Executive as its cover story few years ago. Why
hasnt telecommuting become more popular?
Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active
resistance on the part of many managers . These executives claim that
supervising the telecommuters in the large work force scattered across the country
would be too difficult, or, at least , system or managing them are not yet developed
, thereby complicating the managers responsibilities.
It is also true that the employees who are the option of the telecommuting are
often reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular
interaction with a group , and many are concerned that they will not have the same
consideration to advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting .

Some people fell that even when a space in their home is set aside as a work are ,
they never really get away from the office.
Question 41:
With which of the following topics is the passage primarily
concerned?
A. The advantages of telecommuting
B. An overview of
telecommuting
C. A definition of telecommuting
D. The failure of
telecommuting
Question 42:
How many American workers are involved in telecommuting?
A. More than predicted in Business Week
B. Fewer than last
year
C. More than 8 million
D. Fewer than
estimated in USA Today
Question 43:
The author mentions all of the followings as concerns of the
telecommuters EXCEPT________.
A. the opportunities of advancement
B. the different
system of supervision
C. the lack of interaction with a group
D. the fact that work
space is in the home
Question 44:
The word resistance" in paragraph 2 could be best replaced
by_____ .
A. alteration
B. opposition
C. participation
D. consideration
Question 45 :
The word them paragraph 2 refer to________.
A. telecommuters
B. executives
C. systems
D. responsibilities
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
46 to 55.
For 150 years scientists have tried to determine the solar constant , the amount
of solar energy that reaches the Earth . Yet, even in the most cloud- free regions of
the planet , the solar constant cannot be measured precisely . Gas molecules and
dust particles in the atmosphere absorb and scatter sunlight and prevent some
wavelengths of the light from ever reaching the ground.
With the advent of satellites , however, scientists have finally been able to
measure the Suns output without being impeded by the Earths atmosphere . Solar
Max, a satellite from the national Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ,
has been measuring the Suns output since February 1984. Although a malfunction
in the satellites control system limited its observation for a few years, the satellite
was repaired in orbit by astronauts from the space shuttle in 1984 . Maxs
observations indicate that the solar constant is not really constant after all.
The satellites instruments have detected frequent , small variations in the
Suns energy output , generally amounting to no more than 0.05 percent of the
Suns mean energy output and lasting from a few days to a few weeks . Scientists
believe these fluctuations coincide with the appearance and disappearance of large
groups of sunspots on the Suns disk . Sunspots are relatively dark regions on the
Suns surface that have strong magnetic fields and a temperature about 2,000
degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the rest of the Suns surface . Particularly large
fluctuations in the solar constant have coincided with the sightings of the large
sunspot groups. In 1980, for example, Solar Maxs instruments, registered a 0.3
percent drop in the solar energy reaching the Earth. At the same time a sunspot
group covered about 0.6 percent of the solar disk, an area 20 times larger than the
Earths surface.
Long- term variations in the solar constant are more difficult to determine .
Although Solar Maxs data have indicated a slow and steady decline in the Suns
output, some scientists have thought that the satellites aging detectors might have

become less sensitive over the years, thus falsely indicating a drop in the solar
constant . This possibility was dismissed , however , by comparison Solar Maxs
observations with data from a similar instrument operating on NASAs Nimbus 7
weather satellite since 1978.
Question 46:
What does this passage mainly discuss?
A. The launching of weather satellite
B. The components of
the Earths atmosphere
C. The measurement of variations in the solar constant
D. The
interaction of sunlight and air pollution
Question 47:
What does the author mention gas and dust paragraph 1 ?
A. They magnify the solar constant.
B. They are found it
varying concentrations.
C. Scientific equipment is ruined by gas and dust.
D. The interfere with accurate measurement of the solar
constant.
Question 48:
Why is not impossible to measures the solar constant accurately
without a satellite?
A. The Earth is too far from the sun.
B. Some areas on Earth receive more solar energy than others.
C. There are not enough sunlight during the day.
D. The Earths atmosphere interfere with the sunlight.
Question 49:
The word scatter in paragraph 1 is closest meaning to______.
A. disperse
B. capture
C. transform
D. hit
Question 50:
The word its in paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A. malfunction
B. atmosphere
C. satellite
D. orbit
Question 51:
The word detected in paragraph 3 is closest meaning to
__________ .
A. estimated
B. disregarded
C. registered
D. predicted
Question 52::
According to the passage, scientists believe variations in the
solar constant
are related to ________.
A . sunspot activity
B. unusual weather patterns
C. increased the level of dust
D. fluctuations in the Earths
temperature
Question 53:
Why did scientists think that Solar Max might be giving
unreliable information?
A. Solar Max did not work for the first few years.
B. The space shuttle could not fix Solar Maxs instruments.
C. Solar Maxs instruments were getting old.
D. Nimbus 7 interfered with Solar Maxs detectors.
Question 54:
The phrase This possibility in the last paragraph refers to the
likelihood that the ___________.
A. solar constant has declined
B. Nimbus 7 satellite is older
than Solar Max
C. solar constant cannot be measured
D. instruments are
providing inaccurate data.
Question 55:
The attempt to describe the solar constant can be best described
as______.
A. an ongoing research effort
B. an issue that has
been resolved
C. a question that can never be answer
D. historically interesting, but irrelevant to contemporary concerns.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your

answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 56
to 65.
In the 1960s the womens liberation movement (56)_______ suddenly into the
public consciousness and quickly grew into (57)________ largest social movement in
the history of the United States . Womens liberation movement was a continuation
of the 19th century womens right movement. The movement s major (58)______has
included not only legal , economic, and political gains(59)________ also has changed
the ways in which people live, dress, dream of their future, (60)______a living. About
health , for example , many male physicians and hospital have made major
improvements in the (61) _________ of women; more and more women have become
doctors and succeeded (62)_________ their medical research such as breast cancer,
which affect many women , now receive better funding and treatment , thanks to
womens(63)_________ . Feminists have insisted that violence against women
become a political issue . The womens liberation movement has also made
changes in education: curricular and(64)______have been written to promote equal
opportunity for girls and women; more and more female students are admitted to
universities and professional schools.
The womens liberation movement brought about a radical change in society
(65)_______it took a decade for the movement to reach womens awareness.
Question
A. dated
B. originate
C. introduced
D. burst
56:
Question
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. x
57:
Question
A.
B. civilization
C. status
D. power
58:
achievement
Question
A. with
B. either
C. and
D. but
59:
Question
A. put
B. make
C. get
D. take
60:
Question
A. vote
B.
C. position
D. treatment
61:
employment
Question
A. in
B. to
C. for
D. with
62:
Question
A. role
B. limit
C. efforts
D. ability
63:
Question
A. textbooks
B. novels
C. picture books D. magazines
64:
Question
A. because
B. if only
C. as
D. although
65:
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined
pat that need correction.
Question 66:
Millions of people have attended the Olympic Games and more
one million people
A
B
throughout the world watch it on TV.
C
D
Question 67:
Playing sports will do well to you .
A
B
C
D
Question 68:

They remained sadly even though I tried to cheer them up.

A
B
C
D
Question 69:
By the time of dinosaurs, turtles have already developed the
hard shell into which their

C
heads and legs could be drawn .
D
Question 70: James Watt , his invention of steam engine is famous all over the
world , is a Scottish
A
B
C
D
scientist.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to complete the sentences .
Question 71: Bryce Canyon is 56 square miles of badlands, towering pinnacles,
and . .
A. it has eroded forms that are grotesque
B. forming
grotesque erosion
C. there are grotesque forms of erosion
D. grotesque
eroded form
Question 72:
The shrinking range poses to Africas elephants.
A. a graver threat that is long term
B. the gravest
long term threat
C. long tem the gravest threat
D. a long term
threat gravest
Question 73:
in astronomy , the discovery of Uranus was by accident .
A. It was like many finds
B. Like many
finds
C. Alike many finds
D. Many alike
finds
Question 74:
.., the condor in Peru is threatened by the rapid
encroachment of human .
A. As isolated as its few remaining habitats may be
B. As its few remaining isolated habitats may be
C. May its few remaining habitats be as isolated
D. Its few remaining habitats may be as isolated
Question 75:
The stories show how ..humans have been trying to live in
harmony with nature.
A. during the earliest times
B. that the earliest
times
C. from the earliest times
D. because
earliest times
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer that has the same meaning as the original sentence .
Question 76: I couldnt hardly concentrate fully because of the noise from the
machine.
A. The machine was noisy, that made me unable to concentrate fully.
B. The noise machine stopped me to concentrate fully.
C. The noise machine prevented my concentrate fully.
D. The noise from the machine made it hard for me to
concentrate fully .
Question 77: This is a non smoking area.
A. This area is not smoking.
B. You cant possibly
smoke in this area.
C. You are not allowed to smoke in this area .
D. You are not
allowed smoking in this area .
Question 78: The next door neighbor is a singer and he often comes homes very
late at night.

A. The next door neighbor , a singer , used to come home very late at
night .
B. As a singer, the next door neighbor can come home very late at
night .
C. The next door neighbor who is a singer often comes home
very late at night.
D. The next door neighbor often comes home very late at night is a
singer.
Question 79:
Miss Brown was known to be in New York in 1978.
A. In 1978 Miss Brown wished to live in New York.
B. Miss Brown was quite famous in New York in 1978.
C. In 1978 New York was well known to Miss Brown.
D. It is a fact that Miss Brown was in New York in 1978.
Question 80:
In the hope of finding the money they didnt call the police.
A . They found the money , so there was no need to call the police.
B. They thought they might find the money , so the police
werent call.
C. They knew they would find the money , so they didnt call the
police.
D. If they found the money or not , they wouldnt call the police.
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