Mark the letter A ,B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

correct answer to each of the following question.

6. After congratulating his team, the coach left, allowing the players to let
their _______ down and enjoy themselves.
A. hair B. heads C. hearts D. souls
7. Her sales figures are climbing; she should ask for a pay rise while she’s
still on a _______.
A. run B. roll C. rush D. roam
8. No one knows exactly how much he earns a month, but $2.500 can’t be
_______ of the mark.
A. far B. wide C. broad D. distant
9. The weather is going to change soon – I can feel it in my _______.
A. teeth B. legs C. skin D. bones
10. The footballer never really recovered from the injury he _______ at the
beginning of the season.
A. struck B. endured C. sustained D. grasped
11. When my new motor kept breaking down, I knew I’d been taken for a
_______ by the second-hand car salesman.
A. driven B. ride C. walk D. stroll
12. The judge imposed a light sentence in view of the _______
circumstances.
A. lightening B. extensive C. extenuating D. qualifying
13. It was felt that the new bonus for increased production would provide an
_______ to work overtime.
A. incitement B. attraction C. initiative D. incentive
14. They threw petrol on to the bonfire and the sudden _______ lit up the
whole garden.
 A. glow B. twinkle C. spark D. flare
15. It’s a shame that they didn’t pick you, but it doesn’t _______ out the
possibility that you might get a job in a different department.
A. rule B. strike C. take D. draw
16. I’ve been doing my best to reduce the backlog but I must admit that I’ve
hardly make _______ in the problem so far.
A. a dent B. a foot C. a face D. a damper
17. Paul’s been in Alice’s bad _______ ever since he offended her at the
party.
A. eyes B. books C. likes D. treats
18. _______ appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead
is merely an optical illusion.
A. What the moon B. That the moon
C. When the Moon D. The Moon which
19. I’m rather suspicious of your brother’s sudden concern for your welfare
and fear that he may have _______ motives.
A. ulterior B. underlying C. aggrieved D. aggravated
20. I’m really sorry I won’t be able to see you this week but I’m absolutely
_______ under with work.
A. snowed B. stormed C. hailed D. flooded
21. You must be off your _______ if you think you’re going to get away
with this.
A. face B. tongue C. head D. eye
22. I was kept awake for most of the night by the _______ of a mosquito in
my ear.
A. whine B. moan C. groan D. screech
23. Now’s a _______ time to tell me you’re going out this evening – I’ve
spent the whole day preparing supper for you.
A. suitable B. reasonable C. right D. fine
24. He was not _______ to taking on all the extra responsibilities the
promotion entailed.
A. hesitant B. unenthusiastic C. reluctant D. averse
25. During the rioting several houses in the area had their windows
_______.
A. clinked B. smashed C. banged D. crashed

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 following
questions
SCHIZOPHRENIA
One of the most serious forms of mental illness is schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a complex illness and includes many symptoms, and most
people who suffer from schizophrenia do not display all the symptoms. One
common trait shared by almost every schizophrenic, however, is a basic
inability to tell the difference between reality and fantasy. Every person has
fantasies. Our imaginations create situations which are not real. In a healthy
person, these fantasies are often called “daydreams,” and the person is aware
that they are not real. A schizophrenic, however, does not understand that his
or her daydreams are not part of reality. This can lead to powerful delusions
in which a person may believe things that could not possibly be true. For
example, a schizophrenic may believe that he or she has been contacted by
aliens, or some other situation which is just as unlikely. Under extreme
circumstances, these delusions may cause the schizophrenic to become
violent and dangerous.
The causes of schizophrenia are complex and not completely understood.
We know that brain chemistry is somehow involved. We know this because
certain drugs which help control a specific chemical in the brain are helpful
in treating schizophrenia. We also know that people who come from a
family in which schizophrenia is common are more likely to develop
schizophrenia themselves. Furthermore, schizophrenia usually surfaces
during or after a person’s teenage years, right about the same time important
chemical changes occur in the brain. All of these facts point to a biological
cause for schizophrenia.
At the same time, there is a great deal of evidence that shows that a
person’s environment and personal experiences are also important factors.
For instance, one study showed that people living in a city are almost 70%
more likely to develop schizophrenia, and minority groups show higher rates
of the illness as well. This clearly shows that environment plays an
important role alongside brain chemistry.
Schizophrenia is an episodic illness, with periods of severe illness usually
lasting several months. Severe schizophrenics experience these episodes
more frequently than those with less severe forms of the illness. It is
estimated that about 1 % of the world population will experience a
schizophrenic episode at some point in their lives. Treatment generally
includes medication, and in severe cases hospitalization.
26.The word trait in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. problem
B. illness
 C. handicap
D. characteristic
27.According to paragraph 1, the essential difference between the daydreams
of a healthy person and those of a schizophrenic is that __________.
A. a schizophrenic does not know that his or her daydreams are
imaginary
B. the daydreams of schizophrenics make them violent and dangerous
C. a healthy person’s daydreams are more imaginative
D. the daydreams of a healthy person occur far less frequently
28.All of the following are symptoms of schizophrenia EXCEPT
A. Hearing voices or noises that are not there
B. Organized thinking
C. A lack of emotion and motivation
D. Feeling that things are being controlled from outside
29.Based on the information in paragraph 1, the term delusions can best be
explained as
A. the belief in ideas that are untrue and highly unlikely
B. serious forms of mental illness
C. common symptoms among schizophrenics
D. conditions which cause a person to become violent
30.According to the passage, all of the following are proof that
schizophrenia has biological causes EXCEPT _________.
A. drugs that control brain chemistry effectively treat schizophrenia
B. schizophrenia causes important changes in the bodies of teenagers
C. people with a family history of the illness are more likely to develop
schizophrenia
D. schizophrenia often occurs for the first time during adolescence
31.Based on the information in paragraph 3, what can be inferred about
minority groups?
A. They have different brain chemistries.
B. They are often the most violent schizophrenics.
C. They often live in different environments than other people.
D. They are more likely to develop schizophrenia than people living in
the city.
32.In stating that schizophrenia is an episodic illness, the author means that
schizophrenia
A. is an illness which appears for a period of time and reappears later
B. is an illness which is only treatable for short periods of time
C. is an illness which can be overcome in a short period of time
D. affects people from every part of the world
33.The word those in the passage refers to
A. episodes
B. schizophrenics
C. periods of illness
D. experiences
34.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. These delusions can be damaging to a person’s professional and social
life.
B. Schizophrenics can be aware whether their daydreams are real or not
all the time.
C. In the middle age, people usually suffer from schizophrenia.
D. Schizophrenia is a chronic illness.
35.According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT
 A. Schizophrenia is characterized by the inability to tell reality from
fantasy.
B. The delusions of schizophrenics can lead to violence in most cases.
C. Schizophrenia is believed to have both biological and environmental
causes.
D. Schizophrenia is periodic in nature and is treated with medication or
hospitalization.
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.

The elementary means of communicating with other people is (36) ____

messages by voice. This fact is widely (37) _____ and we recognize the
voice as a feature characterizing the identity of a person. The array of voices
is immeasurable as no two are exactly similar. They can be nasal, resonant
or shrill produced in (38) _____ with the individual physical (49) _____ of
the throat

One possible implementation of the art of voice recognition is voice

profiling used by police analysts as a method of (40) ____ court evidence in
trials. Every year thousands of audiotapes with recorded interviews or casual
utterances are (41) _____ to the purpose to help identity the probable culprit.
Specialists dealing with the voice investigation claim that people can (42)
_____ themselves away by their accents, infections or other voice attributes
like pitch, intensity and loudness. A recorded sample is usually (43) _____
into electric impulses and later transformed into a pictorial recording which
is processed by a computer program. Very frequently voice analysts have a
stab at deciphering the relevant information which may be mingled with
background noise or other interfering sounds until they (44) _____ the
desired results.
Thankfully, these efforts help the police detect individuals who threaten their
victim by phone or inform about bomb planting or those who make
offensive calls (45) _____ the peace of decent citizens.

36.A. commuting B. discharging C. informing D. conveying

37. A. reassured B. acknowledged C. declared D. reckoned
38. A. consent B. accordance C. dependence D. support
39. A. tendencies B. credentials C. assets D. properties
40. A. substantiating B. facilitating C. pledging D. withstanding
41. A. used B. put C. employed D. set
42. A. give B. turn C. prove D. tell
43. A. reformed B. exchanged C. adjusted D. converted
44. A. attain B. manouevre C. elaborate D. succeed
45. A. distracting B. dismantling C. dispersing D. disturbing

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the

underlined part that needs correction.
46. Upon reaching the destination,a number of personel is expected to
change their reservations and proceed to Hawaii
47.The first domesticated bird in earth was probably the goose
48.The Homestead Act of 1862 granted 160 arces of land for any settler who
would spend five on the land
49. Despite the appearance of the Mayan empire there are still Mayans in the
region that they once inhabited.
50.All the staff in Tam’s film are expected to do some overtime if the need
rises
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 following
questions
Many ants forage across the countryside in large numbers and undertake
mass migrations; these activities proceed because one ant lays a trail on the
ground for the others to follow. As a worker ant returns home after finding a
source of food, it marks the route by intermittently touching its stinger to the
ground and depositing a tiny amount of trail pheromone – a mixture of
chemicals that delivers diverse messages as the context changes. These trails
incorporate no directional information and may be followed by other ants in
either direction.
Unlike some other messages, such as the one arising from a dead ant, a
food trail has to be kept secret from members of other species. It is not
surprising then that ant species use a wide variety of compounds as trail
pheromones. Ants can be extremely sensitive to these signals. Investigators
working with the trail pheromone of the leafcutter ant Atta texana calculated
that one milligram of this substance would suffice to lead a column of ants
three times around Earth.

The vapor of the evaporating pheromone over the trail guides an ant
along the way, and the ant detects this signal with receptors in its antennae.
A trail pheromone will evaporate to furnish the highest concentration of
vapor right over the trail, in what is called a vapor space. In following the
trail, the ant moves to the right and left, oscillating from side to side across
the line of the trail itself, bringing first one and then the other antenna into
the vapor space. As the ant moves to the right, its left antenna arrives in the
vapor space. The signal it receives causes it to swing to the left, and the ant
then pursues this new course until its right antenna reaches the vapor space.
It then swings back to the right, and so weaves back and forth down the trail.

51. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The mass migration of ants
B. How ants mark and follow a chemical trail
C. Different species of ants around the world
D. The information contained in pheromones
52. The word “forage” in the passage is closest in meaning to ___________
A. look up
B. walk toward
C. revolve around
D. search for food
53. The word “intermittently” in the passage is closest in meaning to
_____________
A. periodically
B. incorrectly
C. rapidly
D. roughly
54. The phrase “the one” in the passage refers to a single ____________
A. message
B. dead ant
C. food trail
D. species
55. According to the passage, why do ants use different compounds as trail
pheromones?
A. To reduce their sensitivity to some chemicals
B. To attract different types of ants
C. To protect their trail from other species
D. To indicate how far away the food is
56. The author mentions the trail pheromone of the leafcutter ant to point out
A. how little pheromone is needed to mark a trail
B. the different types of pheromones ants can produce
C. a type of ant that is common in many parts of the world
D. that certain ants can produce up to one milligram of pheromone
57. According to the passage, how are ants guided by trail pheromones?
A. They concentrate on the smell of food.
B. They follow an ant who is familiar with the trail
C. They avoid the vapor spaces by moving in a straight line.
D. They sense the vapor through their antennae.
58. The word “furnish” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. include
B. provide
C. cover
D. select
59. The word “oscillating” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. falling
B. depositing
C. swinging
D. starting
60. According to the passage, the highest amount of pheromone vapor is
found
A. in the receptors of the ants B. just above the trail
C. in the source of food D. under the soil along the trail

Choose the sentence A,B,C, or D that is similar in meaning to the

original sentence.

61. We are going to get into hot water when we arrive home
A. We are going to have a nice hot bath.
B. The water will have become hot by the time we get home
C. We have to boil water when we arrive home
D. We are going to have trouble
62. The law will not be popular with the men in the street.
A.Pedestrians will not like the new law
B. Passer-by will not like the new law
C. Poor men will not like the new law
D. Ordinary men will not like the new law
63.You are breaking up a bit.I will call you back
A.I can’t understand why you’re breaking up a bit,so I will call back
B.I will call to know why you two breaking up
C.I will call you back because I can’t hear you clearly
D. I will call you back to say goodbye
64.It’s my shout this time!Waitress!
A.I will shout at the waitress
B.I will pay for the meal
C.I have to call the waitress loudly
D.The waitress does not seem to hear me well
65.Don’t believe in him
A.You shouldn’t count on him
B.You shouldn’t trust him
C.You shouldn’t believe what he says
D.Both A and B are correct
66.At no time did the two side look likely to reach an agreement.
A.The two sides never looks like each other.
B.The two sides had no time to reach an agreement
C.The two sides never looked likely to reach an agreement
D.If the two sides had had time,they would have reached an agreement.
67.Although the dog appeared harmless,it was,in fact quite dangerous
A.Contrary to its harmless appearance,the dog is hardly dangerous
B.Harmless as it appeared,the dog was quite dangerous
C.The dog’s harmless appearance prevented people to realize it was quite
dangerous
D.Because of its harmless appearance,people thought the dog was
dangerous.
68.What the politician was saying fell on deaf ears last night.
A. No one listened to what the politician was saying last night
B.No one listened to what the politician was saying last night because they
had deaf ears
C.What the politician was saying deafened the listeners last night
D.The politician fell deaf when he was speaking last night.
69.Fiona goes to the theater once in a blue moon.
A.Fiona goes to the theater only once a month
B.Fiona goes to the theater when the moon is full
C.Fiona occasionally goes to the theater.
D. Fiona goes to the theater when the blue is on
70. His comment bears little relation to the topic
A.His comment is close to the topic.
B.His comment is directly to the point
C.His comment and the topic are not the same
D.What he said is irrelevant to the topic

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word
whose stress pattern is different from that of the others in each of the
following questions
71.A. contribute B. tsunami C. tornado D. category
72. A. reservoir B. painstaking C. quinquina D. camera
73. A. gasometer B. agriculture C. nostalgic D. enthronement
74. A. introduce B. Japanese C. Technological D.photography
75. A. European B. pneumonia C. Aborigine D. ingenuity
Choose the right idiomatic expression to the bold word or words in the
sentences
76. The man finally went insane
A.out of the way B.out of mind C.out of sight D.out of order
77.If I eat in every night,I
A.eat a lot B.eat in restaurant C.eat at home D.eat with others
78.If the prediction come true,it
A.turns out to be correct B.is false C.turns out to be foolish D.is famous
79.If I play jokes on someone,I
A.laugh and joke with him B.call him up
C.make him the victim of my jokes D.play with him

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