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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1. A. eradicate B. character C. malaria D. spectacular

Question 2. A. corn B. cat C. cease D. cut

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3: A. uncertain B. arrogant C. familiar D. impatient

Question 4: A. graduation B. beneficial C. instrumental D. _temperature_
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 5: _____the film's director, Ben Affleck, was famously left off of the 85th Oscar's Best Director list of nominees surprised everyone.

A. What B. That C. Although D. Due to

Question 6: Sales of the Chinese toys dropped _____ sharply when the TV news reported that high levels of toxic lead had been found in painted toys. A. out B. down C. away D. off

Question 7: Would you mind ________ me a favour and posting this letter for me?

A. making B. doing C. getting D. giving

Question 8: It is imperative that your facebook password ________ confidential.

A. need keeping B. need to keep C. needs to be kept D. needed keeping
Question 9: You should look up the meaning of the new word in the dictionary________ misuse it.

A. so as to not B. to C. so as not to D. so that

Question 10: I would be very rich now ________ working long ago.

A. if I gave up B. if I wouldn't give up C. were I to give up D. had I not given up

Question 11:The noise of the airplanes _______from the airport over my house was unbearable at times. A. which taking off B. taking off C. which was taking off D. to take off

Question 12: I know you have been working very hard today. Let\'s ________ and go home.

A. pull my leg B. call it a day C. put your back up D. pros and cons
Question 13: The planes were delayed and the hotel was awful, but ________ we still had a good time.

A. on the top of all that B. on the contrary C. for all that D. by the same token

Question 14: Many habitats change ________ the types of plants and animals that live there.

A. with respect to B. in respect for C. as for D. as against

Question 15: In this company, there has been little ________ for the needs of part - time workers.

A. favor B. regard C. reception D. manners

Question 16: Mrs Jane gave her short speech to express her ________ for the retirement gift.

A. appeasement B. applause C. apportionment D. appreciation
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges.

Question 17: Nancy: “________” - Sue: “Great. Thanks.”

A. Be careful! B. Excuse me ! C. How are you doing? D. What are you doing?

Question 18: Tom: “ Sorry, I forgot to phone you last night.” -Mary: “________”

A. I have nothing to tell you. B. Oh. Poor me! C_. _Never mind_!_ D. You was absent – minded.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) _SIMILAR_ in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 19: Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars according to brightness. A. shine B. record C. categorize D. diversify

Question 20: S. Mayo Hospital in New Orleans was so named in recognition of Dr. Mayo's outstanding humanitarianism. A. exhaustive B. charitable C. remarkable D. widespread
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) _OPPOSITE_ in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 21:_ _We offer a speedy and _secure_ service of transferring money in less than 24 hours.

A. uninterested B. unsure C. open D. slow

Question 22:_ _The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to reducing the _sufferings_ of wounded soldiers, civilians and prisoners of war.

A. happiness B. worry and sadness C. pain and sorrow D. loss

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 23: (A) Because of the approaching storm, the wind began (B) to blow hard and the sky (C) became dark (D) _as_ evening.

Question 24: The (A) amount material (B) published on the (C) general topic (D) has tripled since March.
Question 25: The format (A) in which the data is presented in this (B) research paper shows (C) how efficient Miss Choo (D) does.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 26: "Getting a good job doesn\'t matter much to me."

A. "I am only interested in getting a good job." B. "It\'s interesting for me to get a good job.“ C. "I am not good at getting a good job." _D. "I don\'t care about getting a good job." _

Question 27: I should have studied last night, but I was too tired.

_A. I couldn\'t study last night because I was very tired. _B. I studied last night because I had to.

C. I studied last night because I was bored. D. I tried to study last night, but the homework was too hard. Question 28: It was wrong of you not to call the fire brigade at once.

A. You didn\'t call the fire brigade because it was wrong. B. Calling the fire brigade must be done at once.

_C. You should have called the fire brigade at once._ D. The fire brigade was called at the wrong time.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 29: He is afraid of dogs. He can not enter the castle.

A. Due to being afraid he can not enter the castle.

B. Due to being afraid he could not enter the castle.

C. Due to being afraid he will not enter the castle.

D. Both A and B.

Question 30: They were on the top. They could see the panorama.

A. On the top they could see the panorama.

B. On the top they can see the panorama.

C. On the top they would see the panorama.

D. On the top they will see the panorama.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Why did you decide to read, and will you keep reading to the end? Do you expect to understand every single part of it and will you remember anything about it in a fortnight's (31)____? Common sense suggests that the answers to these questions depend on “readability”- whether the (32)____matter is interesting, and the argument clear and the layout attractive. But psychologists are trying to determine why people read – and often don't read certain things, for example technical information. They also have examined so much the writing as the readers.
Even the most technically confident people often (33)____instructions for the video or home computer in favor of hands- on experience. And people frequently take little notice of consumer information, whether on nutritional labels or in the small print of contracts. Psychologists researching reading tend to assume that both beginners and competent readers read everything put in front of them from start to finish. There are (34)____among them about the role of eyes, memory and brain during the process. Some people believe that fluent readers take in very letter or word they see; other (35)____that reader rely on memory or context to carry them from one phrase to another. But they have always assumed that the reading process is the same: reading starts, comprehension occurs, then reading stops.
Question 31: _A._ time B. period C. term D. gap

Question 32: A. content B. text _C. _subject D. topic

Question 33: _A. _ignore B. pass C. miss D. omit

Question 34: A. contests B. objections C. separations D_._ arguments

Question 35: A. direct B. press _C. _insist D. urge

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Animation traditionally is done by hand-drawing or painting successive frame of an object, each slightly different than the proceeding frame. In computer animation, although the computer may be the one to draw the different frames, in most cases the artist will draw the beginning and ending frames and the computer will produce the drawings between the first and the last drawing. This is generally referred to as computer-assisted animation, because the computer is more of a helper than an originator.
In full computer animation, complex mathematical formulas are used to produce the final sequences of pictures. These formulas operate on extensive databases of numbers that defines the objects in the pictures as _they_ exist in mathematical space. The database consists of endpoints, and color and intensity information. Highly trained professionals are needed to produce such effects because animation that obtains high degrees of realism involves computer techniques fro three-dimensional transformation, shading, and curvatures.

High-tech computer animation for film involves very expensive computer systems along with special color terminals or frame buffers. The _frame buffer_ is nothing more than a giant image memory for viewing a single frame. It temporarily holds the image for display on the screen.
A camera can be used to film directly from the computer's display screen, but for the highest quality images possible, expensive film recorders are used. The computer computers the positions and colors for the figures in the picture, and sends this information to the recorder, which _captures_ it on film. Sometimes, however, the images are stored on a large magnetic disk before being sent to the recorder. _Once_ this process is completed, it is replaced for the next frame. When the entire sequence has been recorded on the film, the film must be developed before the animation can be viewed. If the entire sequence does not seem right, the motions must be corrected, recomputed, redisplayed, and rerecorded. This approach can be very expensive and time- consuming. Often, computer-animation companies first do motion tests with simple computer-generated line drawings before selling their computers to the _task_ of calculating the high-resolution, realistic-looking images.
Question 36: What aspect of computer animation does the passage mainly discuss?

A. _The production procession_ B. The equipment needed C. The high cost D. The role of the artist

Question 37: The word “_they” _in the second paragraph refers to _________.

A. formulas B. objects C. numbers D. database

Question 38: According to the passage, the positions and colors of the figures in high-tech animation are determined by _____. A. drawing several versions B. enlarging one frame at a lime

C. analyzing the sequence from different angles D_. _using computer calculations

Question 39: The word “_captures”_ in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.

A. separates B. registers C. describes D. numbers
Question 40:_ _The word “_Once” _in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.

A. before B. since C. after D. while

Question 41: The word “_task_” in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.

A. possibility B. position C. time D. job

Question 42: Which of the following statement is supported by the passage?

A. Computers have reduced the costs of animation. B. In the future, traditional artists will no longer be needed.

C. Artists are unable to produce drawings as high in quality as computer drawings.

_ D. _Animation involves a wide range of technical and artistic skills.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Some animal behaviorists argue that certain animals can remember part events, anticipate future ones, make plans and choices, and coordinate activities within a group. These scientists, however, are cautious about the extent to which animals can be credited with conscious processing.

Explanations of animal behavior that leave out any sort of consciousness at all and ascribe actions entirely to instinct leave many questions unanswered. One example of such unexplained behavior: Honeybees communicate the sources of nectar to one another by doing a dance in a figure-eight pattern.
The orientation of the dance conveys the position of the food relative to the sun's position in the sky, and the speed of the dance tells how far the food source is from the hive. Most researchers assume that the ability to perform and encode the dance is innate and shows no special intelligence. But in one study, when experimenters kept changing the site of the food source, each time moving the food 25 percent father from the previous site, foraging honeybees began to anticipate where the food source would appear next. When the researchers arrived at the new location, they would find the bees circling the spot, waiting for their food. No one has _yet_ explained how bees, whose brains weigh four ten-thousandths of an ounce, could have inferred the location of the new site.
Other behaviors that may indicate some cognition include tool use. Many animals, like the otter who uses a stone to crack mussel shells, are capable of using objects in the natural environment as _rudimentary_ tools. One researcher has found that mother chimpanzees occasionally show their young how to use tools to open hard nuts. In one study, chimpanzees compared two pairs of food wells containing chocolate chips. One pair might contain, say, five chips and three chips, the other four chips and three chips. Allowed to choose which pair they wanted, the chimpanzees almost always chose _the one_ with the higher total, showing some sort of summing ability. Other chimpanzees have learned to use numerals to label quantities of items and do simple sums.
Question 43: What does the passage mainly discuss?

_A. _Observations that suggest consciousness in animal behavior.

B. The use of food in studies of animal behavior. C. The role of instinct in animal behavior.

D. Differences between the behavior of animals in their natural environments and in laboratory experiments.

Question 44: Which of the following is NOT discussed as an ability animals are thought to have?

_A. _Communicating emotions B. Remembering past experiences

C. Selecting among choices D. Anticipating events to come

Question 45: The word “_yet_” is closest in meaning to ___________.

A. however B. generally C. since _D._ so far

Question 46: What did researchers discover in the study of honeybees discussed in paragraph 2?

A. Bees are able to travel at greater speeds than scientists thought.

B. The bees were able to determine in advance where scientists would place their food.

C. Changing the location of food caused bees to decrease their dance activity.

_D. _The bees could travel 25% farther than scientists expected.
Question 47: It can be inferred from the passage that brain size is assumed to ___________.

A. be an indicator of cognitive ability B. be related to food consumption

C. correspond to levels of activity D. vary among individuals within a species

Question 48: The word “_rudimentary_” in meaning to ___________.

A. technical B. basic C. superior D. original

Question 49: The phrase “_the one_” refer to the ____________.

A. chimpanzee _B. _pair C. ability D. study

Question 50: Scientists concluded from the experiment with chimpanzees and chocolate chips that chimpanzees _____.

A. prefer to work in pairs or groups

B. have difficulty selecting when given choices

C. lack abilities that other primates have

_ D. _exhibit behavior that indicates certain mathematical abilities
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