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LISTENING

PART A. TALKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. What should be brought to the exam ?

A) Notes

B) Textbooks

C) Pencils

D) Pens

2. According to the speaker, what is the reason for the extended hours?
A) To make up for a lost time

B) To try to make more sales

C) To accommodate the holiday shoppers

D) To meet the demands of the customers

3. What will the class do today?

A) Read books

B) Watch a video

C) Look at slides

D) Visit an art museum

4. What advice is given to people planning to bring children to the library

tomorrow?
A) Do not to bring children tomorrow

B) Telephone first

C) Leave immediately

D) Send a fax

5. What is the lecture about ?

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A) How to download software from the Internet

B) How to sell computer software

C) How to conduct an instructional workshop

D) How to use a new type of software

6. What is the coach probably going to do next?

A) Name the play

B) Quickly explain "Rush"

C) Put in a new starting line

D) Talk to individual players

7. What can be inferred about the meeting?

A) It will be tonight.

B) It is about issues in the school library.

C) It is only for students who want to be teachers.

D) The teachers regularly have meetings in the teachers' lounge.

8. What does the teacher want the students to do?

A) Finish the last unit

B) Embark on an adventure

C) Read the book with fresh eyes

D) Finish reading about Frederick Douglass

9. What is the purpose of the talk?

A) To introduce Beethoven to the music class

B) To explore the beauty of Beethoven's music

C) To tell the students that Beethoven was deaf

D) To explain the difference between the classical and romantic periods

10. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

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A) The organs in the human body

B) How cells help our blood and brain

C) The human body being made of cells

D) Blood cells being different from brain cells

PART B. CONVERSATIONS

Question 11 - 14

11. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A) Their plans for next semester

B) Why the woman can't go to the concert

C) Their favorite band

D) Finding a tutor

12. What will the woman do on Saturday?

A) Teach a class.

B) Mark tests.

C) Visit her cousin.

D) Go to a concert.

13. What can be inferred from the conversation?

A) The woman never works on weekends.

B) The man and woman take the same courses.

C) The speakers live in the same dorm.

D) The man stayed after class for help.

14. How does the male student feel about the woman's weekend plans?

A) He feels sorry for her.

B) He is excited for her.

C) He is worried about her.

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D) He is jealous of her.

Question 15 - 17

15. Which of these statements about the student's experience are true?

A) He is senior at Kryptos Univeristy.

B) He is majoring in business administration.

C) He wanted to go to a school close to home.

D) He has made lots of friends at Kryptos.

16. What will the student have to do if he transfers?

A) Send educational records.

B) Take extra courses.

C) Change majors.

D) Visit his friends.

17. What will most likely happen next?

A) The advisor will call the students' parents.

B) The student will search for more information.

C) The student will move back to his hometown.

D) The advisor will do research in the lab.

Question 18 - 20

18. Which best describes the student's current activity?

A) He is collecting his time cards.

B) He is seeking a program.

C) He is filling in his timetable.

D) He is completing his schedule.

19. For how many sections does the student register?

A) 1

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B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

20. What is the problem with Laboratory Section 22?

A) He needs to take another class first.

B) It is held at the same time as another class.

C) It is too late on Friday.

D) It is too early in the morning.

Question 21 - 24

21. What are the two students doing?

A) Discussing their programs

B) Choosing an apartment

C) Socializing

D) Settling their differences

22. What's wrong with Friday classes?

A) They're too late.

B) They're too early.

C) They make a two-day weekend.

D) They make a four-day week.

23. Why is housing limited this year?

A) Prices have risen.

B) A building has been razed.

C) Off-campus apartments are leased.

D) There is a strike at the university.

24. What are the two roommates considering for the future?

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A) Moving

B) Banking

C) Separating

D) Registering

Question 25 - 28

25. Why does the student visit the adviser's office?

A) to find out more information about journalism

B) to complain about the classes he has been taking

C) to ask for advice about choosing a major

D) to ask which career would be best in the future

26. Which subjects does the student NOT like?

A) literature, sociology and philosophy

B) science, math and business

C) science, business and world history

D) math, literature and cultural anthropology

27. What does the man advise the student to do?

A) wait another year before declaring a major

B) change his major to journalism

C) consider majoring in journalism

D) reconsider majoring in business

28. What is the student's attitude toward school?

A) He thinks it is boring.

B) He thinks it is too difficult.

C) He thinks it is too easy.

D) He likes to learn about new things.

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PART C. ACADEMIC TALKS

Question 29 – 32

29. What is a borehole?

A) A kind of tunnel

B) A smaller version of the final tunnel

C) A shaft drilled into the ground

D) A tunnel construction method

30. What tunnelling system was used to create the tunnels in the London
underground system?

A) Cut and Cover

B) Boring

C) Top Down

D) Immersed

31. What will the choice of boring machine depend on?

A) A The number of buildings and roads in the area

B) The depth and length of the tunnel

C) The rock type and ground water content

D) The time available to complete the project

32. What is the purpose of ground freezing?

A) It increases the stand-up time

B) It allows tunnels to be built in hard rock

C) It allows water to be pumped out of the ground

D) It softens the rock

Question 33 – 37

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33. Which aspect of bee behavior does the professor mainly discuss?

A) Reproduction

B) Hibernation

C) Organization

D) Communication

34. Why does the professor mention radar?

A) To explain how bees know which way to fly

B) To show how a theory was proved correct

C) To illustrate problems with the waggle dance

D) To confirm the accuracy of the round dance

35. According to the professor, what does the waggle dance tell forager bees?

A) The distance of the food site from the hive

B) The exact location of the food at the site

C) How much food they will find at the site

D) The weather conditions at the food site

36. Which way should forager bees fly if a scout bee flies up the side of the beehive
in a vertical line?

A) toward the west

B) between sun and moon

C) toward the sun

D) away from the sun

37. What can be inferred about how forager bees find food?

A) They rely solely on the information from the waggle dance.

B) They rely completely upon their senses of sight and smell.

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C) They use the waggle dance to reach the area of the food.

D) They use their senses to find the exact location of food.

Question 38 – 42

38. What aspect of Fourier's life is the professor mainly discussing?

A) His philosophy

B) His genealogy

C) His personality

D) His historical impact

39. What does the professor say about utopian socialists?

A) Most of their ideas were nonsense.

B) They were characteristic of the Enlightenment.

C) They envisioned future societies.

D) They had little historical impact.

40. According to the professor, what is a feature of Romanticism?

A) Emphasis on reason

B) Individual liberation

C) Embracement of industrialization

D) Focus on rationalism

41. Why does the professor mention moons and lemonade?

A)To remind students of a fact

B) To make a comparison

C) To describe a movement.

D) To illustrate a point

42. What can be inferred from the lecture about Charles Fourier?
A) He was egotistical.

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B) He hated women.

C) He was eccentric.

D) He was a manual laborer.

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READING

Questions 1-5.

Dear Cathy,

Thanks for volunteering to clean up the science laboratory this afternoon. Usually, when
a student does this for the first time, I go to the lab to show him or her exactly what to do.
However, today I have a teacher’s staff meeting at 3:30, so I can’t be there. Still, I’m sure
everything will be fine, since you have worked in the lab many times. Here is what you
should do:

1. Clean all the glass containers that were used in class today.

2. After washing the containers, place them upside down on a towel to dry.

3. Wipe down all the worktables with a wet cloth.

4. Put all the microscopes that have been left out back on the equipment shelf.

5. Sweep the floor.

6. Put the trash outside the door.

7. Turn off the lights and lock the door when you leave.

If you have any questions, please ask Ms. Edwards in the classroom next door.

You can return the key to me tomorrow when we have class at 10:30.

Thank you so much for your help!

— Mr. Marston

1. In line 2 of the note, the word this refers to _______.

A) saying thank you

B) finishing homework

C) going to the science laboratory

D) cleaning the science laboratory

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2. Where will Mr. Marston probably be when Cathy cleans the lab?
A) In the lab

B) In his office

C) At a meeting

D) In the classroom next door

3. Where should Cathy put the glass containers?

A) On a towel

B) Near the door

C) Next to the sink

D) On the equipment shelf

4. What should Cathy do immediately after sweeping the floor?

A) Lock the lab door

B) Put away any microscopes

C) Wipe down the worktables

D) Take the trash out of the lab

5. When should Cathy give the key back to Mr. Marston?

A) On her way home

B) In class the next day

C) Right after she cleans the lab

D) Before school begins the next morning

Questions 6 - 10.

This is my first year attending Wilson Middle School. Last year I went to a different
middle school. Over the summer my father got a new job, so our whole family moved.
Now I go to Wilson.

I want to make some comments based on my unique perspective as someone who

has attended two different middle schools. For example, I was surprised by all the

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complaints that the students at Wilson make about the food in the cafeteria. Either they
don’t like it, or they want more choices. But I like the food. The dishes are pretty tasty.
And as for choices, at the school I went to last year there were never more than two lunch
options each day. Sometimes there was only one!

However, I don’t want anyone to think that I have a negative opinion of the Wilson
students. Actually, I have been impressed with how involved the students here are. I plan
to participate in some of the special clubs here that are organized by students, like the
photography club and the hiking club. At my last school, students were not as actively
involved in forming clubs.

6. Why is the author a student at Wilson Middle School?

A) Because his family recently moved

B) Because his father is a teacher there

C) Because it is the best school in the area

D) Because he just completed primary school

7. In line 4, the word perspective is closest in meaning to _______.

A) cause and effect

B) back and forth

C) out of date

D) point of view

8. In line 10, the word one refers to _______.

A) day

B) school

C) option

D) cafeteria

9. Why does the author like the food at Wilson Middle School?

A) It tastes good.

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B) It is very healthful.

C) The servings are large.

D) Students help to make it.

10. What does the author imply about the students at his previous school compared
to students at Wilson Middle School?

A) They did better in their studies.

B) They planned fewer activities.

C) They belonged to sports clubs.

D) They gave him more help.

Questions 11 -18.

Archaeological literature is rich in descriptions of pot making. Unlike modern

industrial potters, prehistoric artisans created each of their pieces individually, using the
simplest technology but demonstrating remarkable skill in making and adorning their
vessels.

The clay used in prehistoric pot making was invariably selected with the utmost
care: often it was traded over considerable distances. The consistency of the clay was
crucial: it was pounded meticulously and mixed with water to make it entirely even in
texture. By careful kneading, the potter removed the air bubbles and made the clay as
plastic as possible, allowing it to be molded into shape as the pot was built up, When a
pot is fired. It loses its water and can crack, so the potter added a temper to the clay, a
substance that helped reduce shrinkage and cracking.

Since surface finishes provided a pleasing appearance and also improved the
durability in day-to-day use, the potter smoothed the exterior surface of the pot with wet
hands. Often a wet clay solution, known as a slip, was applied to the smooth surface.
Brightly colored slips were often used and formed painted decorations on the vessel. In
later times. glazes came into use in some areas. A glaze is a form of slip that turns to a
glasslike finish during high-temperature firing. When a slip was not applied, the vessel was

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allowed to dry slowly until the external surface was almost like leather in texture. It was
then rubbed with a round stone or similar object to give it a shiny, hard surface. Some pots
were adorned with incised or stamped decorations. Most early pottery was then fired over
open hearths. The vessels were covered with fast-burning wood; as it burned, the ashes
would all around the pots and bake them evenly over a few hours. Far higher temperatures
were attained in special ovens, known as kilns, which would not only bake the clay and
remove its plasticity, but also dissolve carbons and iron compounds. Kilns were also used
for glazing, when two firings were needed, Once fired, the pots were allowed to cool slowly,
and small cracks were repaired before they were ready for use.

11. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A) Why archaeologists study prehistoric pot making

B) How early pottery was made and decorated

C) The development of kilns used by early potters

D) The variety of decorations on Prehistoric pottery

12. Which of the following was a process used by prehistoric potters to improve the
texture of the clay?

A) Adding temper

B) Removing the water

C) Beating on the clay

D) Mixing the clay with plastic substances

13. Prehistoric potters applied slips and glazes to their vessels in order to do which
of the following?

A) Improve the appearance of the vessels

B) prevent the vessels from leaking

C) Help the vessels a leather like quality

D) Give the vessels a leather like quality

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14. Which of the following was a method used by some potters to give vessels a glossy
finish?

A) Smoothing them with wet hands

B) Mixing the clay with colored solutions

C) Baking them at a very high temperature

D) Rubbing them with a smooth hard object

15. The word “they” in line 28 refers to

A) kilns

B) firings

C) pots

D) cracks

16. According to the passage, the advantage of kilns over open fires was that the
kilns

A) required less wood for burning

B) reached higher temperatures

C) kept ashes away from the pots

D) baked vessels without cracking them

17. Look at the terms “temper” (line 9), “glazes” (line 16), “kilns” (line 24), and
“compounds” (line 26). Which of these terms is NOT defined in the passage?

A) temper

B) glazes

C) kilns

D) compounds

18. The passage mentions that when pottery is fired under burning wood ,the ashes
help

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A) prevent the clay from cracking

B) produce a more consistently baked pot

C) attain a very high temperature

D) give the vessel a glasslike finish

Question 19 – 26.

The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of
climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets
and porcupines. Smaller species, including such rodents as mice and small squirrels ,are
not as prevalent overall in high tropical canopies as they are in most habitats globally.
Small mammals, being warm blooded, suffer hardship in the exposed and turbulent
environment of the uppermost trees. Because a small body has more surface area per unit
of weight than a large one of similar shape, it gains or loses heat more swiftly. Thus, in
the trees, where shelter from heat and cold may be scarce and conditions may fluctuate,
a small mammal may have trouble maintaining its body temperature.

Small size makes it easy to scramble among twigs and branches in the canopy for
insects, flowers, or fruit, but small mammals are surpassed, in the competition for food,
by large ones that have their own tactics for browsing among food-rich twigs. The weight
of a gibbon (a small ape) hanging below a branch arches the terminal leaves down so that
fruit-bearing foliage drops toward the gibbon’s face. Walking or leaping species of a
similar or even larger size access the outer twigs either by snapping off and retrieving the
whole branch or by clutching stiff branches with the feet or tail and plucking food with
their hands.

Small climbing animals may reach twigs readily, but it is harder for them than for
large climbing animals to cross the wide gaps from on tree crown to the next that typify
the high canopy. A macaque or gibbon can hurl itself farther than a mouse can: it can
achieve a running start, and it can more effectively use a branch as a springboard, even
bouncing on a climb several times before jumping. The forward movement of a small
animal is seriously reduced by the air friction against the relatively large surface area of

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its body. Finally, for the many small mammals that supplement their insect diet with fruits
or seeds an inability to span open gaps between tree crowns may be problematic, since
trees that yield these foods can be sparse.

19. The passage answers which of the following questions?

A) How is the rain forest different from other habitats?

B) How does an animal’s body size influence an animal’s need for food?

C) Why does the rain forest provide an unusual variety of food for animals?

D) Why do large animals tend to dominate the upper canopy of the rain forest?

20. Which of the following animals is less common in the upper canopy than in other
environments?

A) Monkeys

B) Cats

C) Porcupines

D) Mice

21. The word “they” in line 4 refers to

A) trees

B) climbing mammals of moderately large size

C) smaller species

D) high tropical canopies

22. According to paragraph 2, which of the following is true about the small
mammals in the rain forest?
A) They have body shapes that are adapted to life in the canopy.

B) They prefer the temperature and climate of the canopy to that of other environments.

C) They have difficulty with the changing conditions in the canopy.

D) They use the trees of the canopy for shelter from heat and cold.

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23. In discussing animal size in paragraph 3, the author indicates that

A) small animals require proportionately more food than larger animals do

B) a large animal’s size is an advantage in obtaining food in the canopy

C) small animals are often attacked by large animals in the rain forest

D) small animals and large animals are equally adept at obtaining food in the canopy

24. The word “typify” in line 22 is closest in meaning to

A) resemble

B) protect

C) characterize

D) divide

25. According to paragraph 4, what makes jumping from one tree crown to another
difficult for small mammals?
A) Air friction against the body surface

B) The thickness of the branches

C) The dense leaves of the tree crown

D) The inability to use the front feet as hands

26. The word ‘supplement” in line 24 is closest in meaning to

A) control

B) replace

C) look for

D) add to

Question 27 – 34.

The ability of falling cats to right themselves in midair and land on their feet has been
a source of wonder for ages. Biologists long regarded it as an example of adaptation by
natural selection, but for physicists it bordered on the miraculous Newton's laws of motion
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speeds it up or slows it down. If a cat has no spin when it is released and experiences no
external torque, it ought not to be able to twist around as it falls.

In the speed of its execution, the righting of a tumbling cat resembles a magician's
trick. The gyrations of the cat in midair are too fast for the human eye to follow, so the
process is obscured. Either the eye must be speeded up, or the cat's fall slowed down for
the phenomenon to be observed. A century ago the former was accomplished by means of
high-speed photography using equipment now available in any pharmacy. But in the
nineteenth century the capture on film of a falling cat constituted a scientific experiment.

The experiment was described in a paper presented to the Paris Academy in 1894.
Two sequences of twenty photographs each, one from the side and one from behind, show
a white cat in the act of righting itself. Grainy and quaint though they are, the photos show
that the cat was dropped upside down, with no initial spin, and still landed on its feet.
Careful analysis of the photos reveals the secret: As the cat rotates as the front of its body
clockwise, the rear and tail twist counterclockwise, so that the total spin remains zero, in
perfect accord with Newton's laws. Halfway down, the cat pulls in its legs before
reversing its twist and then extends them again, with the desired end result. The
explanation was that while no body can acquire spin without torque, a flexible one can
readily change its orientation, or phase. Cats know this instinctively, but scientists could
not be sure how it happened until they increased the speed of their perceptions a
thousandfold.

27. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A) The explanation of an interesting phenomenon

B) Miracles in modern science

C) Procedures in scientific investigation

D) The differences between biology and physics.

28. The word "process" in line 10 refers to

A) the righting of a tumbling cat

B) the cat's fall slowed down

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C) high-speed photography

D) a scientific experiment

29. Why are the photographs mentioned in line 16 referred to as an "experiment"?

A) The photographs were not very clear.

B) The purpose of the photographs was to explain the process.

C) The photographer used inferior equipment

D) The photographer thought the cat might be injured.

30. Which of the following can be inferred about high-speed photography in the late
1800's?

A) It was a relatively new technology.

B) The necessary equipment was easy to obtain.

C) The resulting photographs are difficult to interpret.

D) It was not fast enough to provide new information.

31. The word "rotates" in line 19 is closest in meaning to

A) drops

B) turns

C) controls

D) touches

32. According to the passage, a cat is able to right itself in midair because it is

A) frightened

B) small

C) intelligent

D) flexible

33. The word "readily" in line 23 is closest in meaning to

A) only

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B) easily

C) slowly

D) certainly

34. How did scientists increase "the speed of their perceptions a thousandfold" (lines
24-25)?

A) By analyzing photographs

B) By observing a white cat in a dark room

C) By dropping a cat from a greater height.

D) By studying Newton's laws of motion.

Question 35 – 42.

Perhaps the most striking quality of satiric literature is its freshness, its originality
of perspective. Satire rarely offers original ideas. Instead it presents the familiar in a new
form. Satirists do not offer the world new philosophies. What they do is look at familiar
conditions from a perspective that makes these conditions seem foolish, harmful or
affected. Satire jars us out of complacence into a pleasantly shocked realization that many
of the values we unquestioningly accept are false. Don Quixote makes chivalry seem
absurd, Brave New World ridicules the pretensions of science, A Modest proposal
dramatizes starvation by advocating cannibalism. None of these ideas is original.
Chivalry was suspect before Cervantes, humanists objected to the claims of pure science
before Aldous Huxley and people were aware of famine before Swift. It was not the
originality of the idea that made these satires popular. It was the manner of expression the
satiric method that made them interesting and entertaining. Satires are read because they
are aesthetically satisfying works of art, not because they are morally wholesome or
ethically instructive. They are stimulating and refreshing because with commonsense
briskness they brush away illusions and secondhand opinions. With spontaneous
irreverence, satire rearranges perspectives, scrambles familiar objects into incongruous
juxtaposition and speaks in a personal idiom instead of abstract platitude.

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Satire exists because there is need for it. It has lived because readers appreciate a
refreshing stimulus, an irreverent reminder that they lived in a world of platitudinous
thinking, cheap moralizing, and foolish philosophy. Satire serves to prod people into an
awareness of truth though rarely to any action on behalf of truth. Satire tends to remind
people that much of what they see, hear, and read in popular media is sanctimonious,
sentimental, and only partially true. Life resembles in only a slight degree the popular
image of it. Soldiers rarely hold the ideals that movies attribute to them, nor do ordinary
citizens devote their lives to unselfish service of humanity. Intelligent people know these
things but tend to forget them when they do not hear them expressed.

35. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A) Difficulties of writing satiric literature.

B) Popular topics of satire

C) New philosophies emerging from satiric literature

D) Reasons for the popularity of satire.

36. The word "realization" in line 6 is closest in meaning to

(A) certainly

(B) awareness

(C) surprise

(D) confusion

37. Why does the author mention Don Quirote, Brave New World and A Modest
Proposal in lines 7-8?

A) They are famous examples of satiric literature

B) They present commonsense solutions to problems.

C) They are appropriate for readers of all ages.

D) They are books with similar stories.

38. The word "aesthetically" in line 13 is closest in meaning to

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(A) artistically

(B) exceptionally

(C) realistically

(D) dependably

39. Which of the following can be found in satire literature?

(A) Newly emerging philosophies

(B) Odd combinations of objects and ideas

(C) Abstract discussion of moral and ethnics

(D) Wholesome characters who are unselfish.

40. According to the passage, there is a need for satire because people need to be

A) informed about new scientific developments

B) exposed to original philosophies when they are formulated

C) reminded that popular ideas are often inaccurate

D) told how they can be of service to their communities.

41. As a result of reading satiric literature, readers will be most likely to

A) teach themselves to write fiction

B) accept conventional points of view

C) become better informed about current affairs

D) reexamine their opinions and values

42. The various purposes of satire include all of the following EXCEPT

A) introducing readers to unfamiliar situations

B) brushing away illusions

C) reminding readers of the truth

D) exposing false values.

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LANGUAGE FORM AND MEANING

DIRECTION

In this section of the test, you will answer 42 questions found in seven different texts.
Within each text are boxes that contain four possible ways to complete a sentence. Choose
the word or words in each box that correctly complete each sentence. Mark the letter of the
correct answer on your answer sheet.

Here are two sample questions:

The idea that rocks last forever and that rocks __________(1) change is not completely
true. If you have ever stood next to a rushing river , you __________ (2) the water hammering
away the rocks.

1.

A) still B) very

C) quite D) never

2.

A) saw B) seen

C) are seeing D) may have seen

The correct answer to Sample 1 is (D), “never.” The correct answer to Sample 2 is
(D), “may have seen.”

Questions 1-5 refer to the following note.

Lisa:

__________ (1) you were at basketball practice today, your teacher,

A) So B) While

C) Because D) Although

Mr. Morris, called on the phone to talk with you. He __________ (2)

A) take B) to take

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C) is taking D) was taken

one of his other classes on a field trip to the aquarium this Saturday. A student in
that class is sick and _________ (3)

A) will be able not B) not will be able

C) be able will not D) will not be able

to go. Mr. Morris wants to know whether you’d like to take __________ (4)

A) that student’s place B) that student’s place is

C) of that student’s place D) that student’s place, which

on the trip. He said that he is __________ (5)

A) asking B) offering

C) deciding D) discussing

you the chance first because of the great report you wrote about whales. You’ll need
to let him know tomorrow.

Love,

Mom.

Questions 6-9 refer to the following announcement

A man’s wristwatch __________ (6)

A) finds B) findings

C) has found D) was found

in the lobby of Luigi’s Pizza Restaurant on Tuesday, Febuary 16. A restaurant

worker __________ (7)

(A) seemed (B) intended

(C) discovered (D) influenced

the watch after the restaurant had closed that evening. Anyone _________ (8)

A) a guest was B) a guest being

C) he was a guest D) who was a guest

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at the restaurant that day and is missing a watch should call Luigi’s at 555-1953.
Callers will be asked __________ (9) of a watch.

A) a detailed description is given

B) to give a detailed description

C) giving a detailed description

D) a detailed description gave

Questions 10-13 refer to the following announcement

__________ (10) from Barksdale High School won this year’s

A) Because a student B) Being a student

C) It was a student D) A student

regional mathematics competition. Ellen Murphy was among ten finalists in the last
round of the competition. The final question was a very __________ (11)

A) wide B) difficult

C) physical D) powerful

algebra problem. The first student to answer the question correctly was named
__________ (12)

(A) the winner. B) is the winner.

C) being the winner. D) will be the winner.

One student finished the problem __________ (13)

(A) as fast (B) fastest

(C) to be fast (D) faster than

Ms. Murphy, but his answer was incorrect. Ms. Murphy solved the problem
correctly and took the grand prize.

Questions 14 - 17 refer to the following part of a short story

When Dan knocked on the door of the old gray house, he was a little ___ (14)

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A) total. B) funny.

C) foreign. D) nervous.

His friends at school had said that the woman who lived in the house was unfriendly,
but Dan was sure that __________ (15)

A) finding the cat B) the cat he had found

C) he had found the cat D) the cat had been found

in his yard was hers. He wanted to take it to her. “Hello,” a woman’s voice
responded to his knock. “Who is it?”

“Hi. I’m your neighbor from down the street,” Dan said __________ (16)

A) as B) that

C) which D) during

she opened the door a few centimeters. “Is this cat yours?” “Oh, my goodness,” the
woman said with a big smile. She pulled the door open wide. “Yes, this is Daisy, and I’ve
been worried about her! Thank you so much for _______ (17) her back!”

A) bring B) brings

C) brought D) bringing

Questions 18-25 refer to the following notice

_________ (18) next Tuesday, the science building will be under construction.

A) Begins B) Beginning

C) Is beginning D) To have begun

Workers will __________ (19) repairs to the outside

(A) making (B) be made

(C) be making (D) been making

of the building for approximately four weeks. While this work is being __________
(20)

A) done, B) made,

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C) taken, D) entered,
most classes will continue as usual inside the building. However, if any classes need
to be moved __________ (21)

A) greatly B) temporarily

C) successfully D) thoughtfully

to other rooms, teachers will inform their students. __________ (22)

A) At B) On

C) Over D) During
the construction, the front entrance to the science building will be closed.
__________ (23)

A) As a result, B) Even though,

C) All of a sudden, D) On the other hand,

all students will have to use the doors on the north side to enter the building. Also,
please remember __________ (24)

A) keeping out B) to keep out

C) keeps out D) kept out

of the way of all construction equipment. Anyone __________ (25)

A) is having a question B) they have questions

C) there is a question D) who has questions

about the upcoming construction work should contact the school’s main office.

Questions 26-33 refer to the following magazine article

Unlike some other sharks, the basking shark is __________ (26)

A) no threat to B) no threatening

C) not to threaten D) a threat is not to

humans. Growing to a size __________ (27)

A) as large B) is larger

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C) many large D) much larger

than that of the average human, this giant fish simply ignores divers who swim up
to it. The diet of a basking shark __________ (28)

A) resists B) insists

C) consists D) persists

of fish and small animals such as squid, shrimp, and crabs. When it is hungry, it
looks for places __________ (29)

A) what B) where

C) which D) whose

great numbers of these small animals can be found. Once it locates an area
__________ (30)

A) a crowd B) crowded

C) has crowded D) it is crowded

with fish, a basking shark simply opens its huge mouth and slowly swims through
it. __________ (31)

A) Water flows B) Flowing water

C) To flow water D) Water flowing

into its mouth and continues out through a special filter structure that traps the small
fish and other creatures. Although this method __________ (32)

(A) does require not of eating

(B) does not require of eating

(C) of eating does not require

(D) not of eating does require

the shark to move quickly, it still requires a lot of effort. __________ (33)

(A) Enough food is obtained,

(B) To obtain enough food,

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(C) Enough food obtaining,

(D) It obtains enough food,

a basking shark will filter up to two thousand tons of water per hour.

Questions 34-42 refer to the following essay

People’s behavior during public events has changed __________ (34)

A) by B) for

C) after D) over

the years, perhaps because views on __________ (35)

A) considering what

B) they considered it

C) what is considered

D) that it is considered
appropriate have changed. During a classical music concert, for example,
___________ (36)

A) no people to clap

B) people do not clap

C) clapping people do not

D) people are not clapping

until the musicians finish playing the composition. It would be hard __________
(37)

A) imagines B) imagined

C) to imagine D) imagination
the audience clapping in the middle of a performance. It may come as a surprise to
many, however, that long ago, this is exactly __________ (38)

A) what people did.

B) that people do it.

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C) people had done it.

D) what did people do.

The audience laughed loudly, clapped, and ___________ (39)

A) cheerful B) cheered

C) cheering D) has cheered

great moments. That was __________ (40)

A) why B) how

C) what D) which
people showed their regard for a performer’s skills. One reason that people’s
behavior was so __________ (41)

A) differs B) differed

C) to differ D) different
may be that in the past, classical music concerts were more like today’s pop music
shows. Long ago, classical music was not thought to be _________ (42) it is now.

A) more serious since B) so serious than

C) as serious so D) as serious as

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