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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs 
from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following question. 
Question 1: A. misfortune B. illegal C. indifference D. discotheque 
Question 2: A. material B. maritime C. marathon D. masculine 
Question 3: A. participant B. accidental C. parentheses D. industrial 
Question 4: A. competent B. compliance C. commuter D. computer 
Question 5: A. contribute B. compliment C. bacteria D. procedure 
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: His eyes were light blue and ______ in their innocence. 
A. childless B. childish C. childlike D. childhood 
Question 7: “Your kitchen is fantastic! Did you do it all yourself?” - “No, I ______ by a 
professional.” 
A. have it designed B. had designed it C. had it designed D. designed it 
Question 8: The copy machine was reduced to even ______ the sale price. 
A. least as B. as much as C. more than D. less than 
Question 9: Rewrite the important parts of the letter ______bold, will you? 
A. to B. in C. at D. on 
Question 10: The plane I intended to catch crashed and everyone was killed. If 
I______ that plane, I would be dead now. 
A. had caught B. caught C. catch D. am catching 
Question 11: We have orders ______ from all over the world. 
A. come B. coming C. to come D. to have come 
Question 12: I promise I will never tell him the truth about you. ________ my heart! 
A. Take B. Cross C. Beat D. Hold 
Question 13: Nothing is spoiled, ______? 
A. is it B. aren’t they C. isn’t it D. are they 
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Question 14: We didn’t much like the new neighbors at first, but ______we grew quite 
fond of them. 
A. in time B. by the time C. against time D. at the same time 
Question 15: Much of the funding has come from international ______ agencies. 
A. relief B. aid C. support D. help 
Question 16: Thank you for your invitation which we are pleased to ______. 
A. reach B. accept C. compromise D. regard 
Question 17: 'This engine is really ______, it can run for 30 km on only 1 litre of fuel.' 
A. affective B. effective C. efficient D. affected 
Question 18: ________ your weapons on the table! 
A. Lie B. Lay C. Lied D. Lain 
Question 19: Do very young children really________foreign travel? 
A. delight B. evaluate C. benefit D. appreciate 
Question 20: “I’m having some friends over for dinner this evening. Would you like to join 
us?” - “_________. ” 
A. Come on. It’s your turn B. As a matter of fact, I do C. Can I take a rain check? D. 
Thanks, but I mustn’t 
Question 21: Tom: “I thought your performance last Sunday was wonderful.” - Laura: 
“______________” 
A. I completely agree with you. It was terrific. B. No doubt! C. Don’t tell a lie. I thought it 
was terrible. D. You must be kidding. It was not as good as I had expected. 
Question 22: Boy: “What is your greatest phobia?” Girl: “___ ________” 
A. Worms, definitely! B. I'm afraid not. C. Probably people who smoke. D. I haven't made 
up my mind. 
Question 23: He never had much property, and when his house was broken into by thieves, 
he had ________ still. 
A. less B. little C. a little D. few 
Question 24: ________, he would have been able to pass the exam. 
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A. Studying more B. If he were studying to a greater degree C. If he studied more D. Had 
he studied more 
Question 25: The man you saw yesterday ________ Mr. Brown, because he went to 
London on business last week. 
A. couldn’t have been B. mustn’t be C. can’t be D. needn’t have been 
Question 26: “Were there many people waiti ng in line at the stadium?” – “Yes, I saw 
____________.” 
A. quite many B. quite much C. quite a few D. quite some 
Question 27: "Could I speak to Alex, please?" - “ ____________” 
A. This is Joe speaking. B. Can I take a message? C. Just a moment. I'm coming. D. I'm 
sorry, Alex's not in. 
Question 28: ________ any employee be ill, they must call the office to inform their head 
of department. 
A. Were B. Should C. Had D. If 
Question 29: Tom denied ________ for speeding and drunk driving. 
A. that he had fined B. having been fined C. to be fined D. fining 
Question 30: The children are so looking forward to the holiday, they can ________ wait. 
A. never B. hardly C. rarely D. seldom 
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 
One of the most important (31) _______ of a standardized test is time. You'll only 
be allowed a certain number of minutes for each section, so it is very important 
that you use your time (32) _______. The most important time strategy is pacing 
yourself. Before you begin, take just a few seconds to survey the test, noting the (33) 
_______of questions and the sections that looks easier than the rest. Then, make a 
rough time schedule based on the amount of time (34) _______ to you. Mark the 
halfway point on your test and make a note beside that mark of the time when the 
testing period is half over. Once you begin the test, (35) _______moving. If you work 
slowly in an attempt to make fewer mistakes, your mind will become bored and begin to 
wander. You'll end up making far (36) _______mistakes if you're not concentrating. If you 
take too long to answer questions that stump you, you may end up (37) _______ out of 
time before you finish. So don't stop for difficult questions. Skip them and move on. You 
can come back to them later (38) _______ you have time. A question that takes you five 
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seconds to answer counts as much as one that takes you several minutes, so pick up the 
easy points first. (39) _______, answering the easier questions first helps build your 
confidence and gets you in the testing groove. If you're a little ahead, you know you're on 
track and may even have a little time left to check your work. If you're a little behind, you 
have several choices. You can pick up the pace a little, but do this (40) _______if you can 
do it comfortably. 
Question 31: A. factors B. issue C. concern D. information 
Question 32: A. quickly B. fast C. wisely D. hardly 
Question 33: A. lists B. numbers C. deal D. number 
Question 34: A. close B. similar C. available D. suitable 
Question 35: A. keep B. stop C. finish D. continue 
Question 36: A. more B. under C. from D. away 
Question 37: A. short B. running C. moving D. cutting 
Question 38: A. weather B. unless C. if D. how 
Question 39: A. Therefore B. However C. So D. Besides 
Question 40: A. only B. unless C. as D. even 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase 
that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. 
Question 41: You will need a sound understanding of basic teaching skills if you want to 
enter the classroom with great confidence. 
A. sufficient B. defective C. inadequate D. thorough 
Question 42: He was one of the most outstanding performers at the live show last night. 
A. easy- looking B. important C. well- known D. impressive 
Question 43: Although we argued with him for a long time, he stood his ground. 
A. changed his decision B. refused to change his decision C. felt sorry for us D. wanted to 
continue 
Question 44: Parents sometimes restrict the amount of time their children spend watching 
TV. They may allow them to watch only two or three hours a day. 
A. limit B. ignore C forget D. realize 
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Question 45: Dr. Jones suggested that final examinations should be discontinued, an 
innovation I heartily support. 
A. inner part B. test C. entrance D. change 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that 
needs correction. 
Question 46: Get (A) in touch with me (B) when you need my help. You’ve got my phone 
number (C) and address, (D) have you? 
Question 47: I (A) managed to talk (B) to Carol just (C) while she was (D) leaving. 
Question 48: Polio, one of spinal (A) inflammations, (B) causes fever and paralysis often 
(C) resulting in (D) disabled and deformity. 
Question 49: For centuries, philosophers and (A) artists alike (B) have debated the meaning 
of beauty and questioned (C) whether it real or (D) only perceived. 
Question 50: (A) The very first night I (B) was in Australia, I (C) couldn't have slept until 
early (D) in the morning. 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is 
closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions. 
Question 51: Paul fell ill, so he didn't attend the conference. 
A. Paul was supposed to have gone to the conference, but he fell ill. 
B. Although Paul fell ill, he didn't attend to the conference. 
C. Because of he was ill, Paul didn't attend the conference. 
D. Paul didn't attend the conference as a result of his ill. 
Question 52: I should really be starting my own business. 
A. It's about time I be starting my own business. 
B. It's high time I was starting my own business. 
C. It's time for me to have started my own business. 
D. I'd rather be starting my own business. 
Question 53: Tom shouldn't have left school so early. 
A. Tom left school early and that was necessary. 
B. It was not necessary for Tom to leave school early. 
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C. It was necessary that Tom not leave school early but he did. 
D. Tom had better not leave school early. 
Question 54: I haven’t seen either James or his sister for a very long time now. 
A. Neither James nor his sister has been seen by anyone for ages. 
B. I know I’ve met James, but I don’t think I’ve met his sister befo re. 
C. It has been an awful long time since I saw either James or his sister. 
D. I’ve met both James and his sister before, but it was a long time ago. 
Question 55: Some economists argue that new technology causes unemployment. Others 
feel that it allows more jobs to be created. 
A. Arguing that new technology causes unemployment, other economists feel that it allows 
more jobs to be created. 
B. Besides the argument that new technology causes unemployment, some economists feel 
that it allows more jobs to be created. 
C. Some economists argue that new technology causes unemployment whereas others feel 
that it allows more jobs to be created. 
D. Some economists argue that new technology causes unemployment, so others feel that 
it allows more jobs to be created. 
Question 56: He felt very tired. However, he was determined to continue to climb up the 
mountain. 
A. He felt so tired that he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. 
B. Feeling very tired, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. 
C. As the result of his tiredness, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. 
D. Tired as he might feel, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain. 
Question 57: One student failed because he completely ignored the instructions on the 
paper. The insrructions appeared at the top of every page. 
A. One student failed to ignore the instructions printed at the top of every page of the paper. 
B. No matter how completely one student ignored the instructions printed at the top of 
every page of the paper, he failed. 
C. One student failed because he completely ignored the instructions appearing at 
the top of every page of the paper. 
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D. Even though one student ignored the instructions printed at the top of every page, he 
failed. 
Question 58: She heard the news of the death of her mother. She fainted. 
A. On hearing the news of her dead mother, she fainted. 
B. On hearing the news of her mother's death, she fainted. 
C. She fainted so she heard the news of the death of her mother. 
D. She fainted and then she heard the news of the death of her mother. 
Question 59: The Prime Minister set up a committee of financial experts. They were to 
help him discuss and formulate new policies. 
A. The Prime Minister, who is a financial expert, set up a committee to discuss and 
formulate new policies. 
B. A committee consisting of financial experts was set up by the Prime Minister to help 
him discuss and formulate new policies. 
C. The Prime Minister, who was helped by financial experts, set up a committee to 
discuss and formulate new policies. 
D. A committee consisting of financial experts who were helped by the Prime Minister 
discussed and formulated new policies. 
Question 60: It was only when he saw her in private that he told her everything. 
A. Only when he saw her in private that he told her everything. 
B. He didn’t tell her everything until he saw her in private. 
C. Not until he saw her in private did he tell her all thing. 
D. It was not until he saw her in private that he told her everything. 
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 61 to 70 
The Roman alphabet took thousands of years to develop, from the picture writing of the 
ancient Egyptians through modifications by Phoenicians, Greek, Romans, and others. Yet 
in just a dozen years, one man, Sequoyah, invented an alphabet for the Cherokee people. 
Born in eastern Tennessee, Sequoyah was a hunter and a silversmith in his youth, as well 
as an able interpreter who knew Spanish, French and English. Sequoyah wanted his people 
to have the secret of the “talking leaves” as he called his books of white people, and so he 
set out to design a written form of Cherokee. His chief aim was to record his people’s 
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ancient tribal customs. He began by designing pictographs for every word in the Cherokee 
vocabulary. Reputedly his wife, angry with him for his neglect of garden and house, burned 
his notes, and he had to start over. This time, having concluded that picturewriting was 
cumbersome, he made symbols for the sounds of Cherokee language. Eventually he refined 
his system to eighty-five characters, which he borrowed from the Roman, Greek, and 
Hebrew alphabets. He presented this system to the Cherokee General Council in 1821, and 
it was wholeheartedly approved. The response was phenomenal. Cherokees who had 
struggled for months to learn English lettering school picked up the new system in days. 
Several books were printed in Cherokee, and in 1828, a newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix, 
was first published in the new alphabet. Sequoyah was acclaimed by his people. In his later 
life, Sequoyah dedicated himself to the general advancement of his people. He went to 
Washington, D.C., as a representative of the Western tribes. He helped settled bitter 
differences among Cherokee after their forced movement by the federal government to the 
Oklahoma territory in the 1930s. He died in Mexico in 1843 while searching for groups of 
lost Cherokee. A statue of Sequoyah represents Oklahoma in the Statuary Hall in the 
Capitol building of Washington. D.C. However, he is probably chiefly remembered today 
because Sequoias, the giant redwood trees of California, are named of him. 
Question 61: The passage is mainly concerned with______. 
A. Sequoyah’s experiences in Mexico. 
B. the development of the Roman alphabet 
C. the pictographic system of writing 
D. the accomplishments of Sequoyah 
Question 62: According to the passage, a memorial statue of Sequoyah is located in 
______. 
A. Tennessee 
B. Oklahoma 
C. Mexico 
D. Washington. D.C 
Question 63: According to the passage, how long did it take to develop the Cherokee’s 
alphabet? 
A. twelve years 
B. eighty-five years 
C. twenty years 
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D. thousands of years 
Question 64: In the final version of the Cherokee alphabet system, each of the characters 
represents a ______. 
A. picture 
B. sound 
C. word 
D. thought 
Question 65: Why does author mention the giant redwood trees of California in the 
passage? 
A. The trees inspired Sequoyah to write a book. 
B. Sequoyah was born in the vicinity of the redwood forest. 
C. The trees were named in Sequoyah’s honor. 
D. Sequoyah took his name from those trees. 
Question 66: According to the passage, Sequoyah used the phrase “talking leaves” to refer 
to______. 
A. redwood trees B. newspaper C. books D. symbols for sounds 
Question 67: There is no indication in the passage that, as a young man, Sequoyah______. 
A. served as a representative in Washington 
B. served as an interpreter 
C. made things form silver 
D. hunted game 
Question 68: What was Sequoyah’s main purpose in designing a Cherokee alphabet? 
A. to record Cherokee customs 
B. to write about his own life 
C. to publish a newspaper 
D. to write books in Cherokee 
Question 69: The word “cumbersome ” is closest in meaning to______. 
A. radical B. awkward C. unfamiliar D. simplistic 
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Question 70: All of the following were mentioned in the passage as alphabet systems that 
Squoyah borrowed from EXCEPT______. 
A. Egyptian B. Hebrew C. Roman D. Greek 
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 71 to 80 
Animals have an intuitive awareness of quantities. They know without analysis the 
difference between a number of objects and a smaller number. In his book “ The Natural 
History of Selboure ” (1786), the naturalist Gilbert White tells how he surreptitiously 
removed one egg a day from a plover’s nest , and how the mother laid another egg each 
day to make up for the missing one. He noted that other species of birds ignore the absence 
of a single egg but abandon their nests if more than one egg has been removed. It has also 
been noted by naturalists that a certain type of wasp always provides five – never four, 
never six - caterpillars for each of their eggs so that their young have something to eat 
when the eggs hatch. Research has also shown that both mice and pigeons can be taught to 
distinguish between odd and even numbers of food pieces. These and similar accounts have 
led some people to infer that creatures other than humans can actually count. They also 
point to dogs that have been taught to respond to numerical questions with the correct 
number of barks, or to horses that seem to solve arithmetic problems by stomping their 
hooves the proper number of times. Animals respond to quantities only when they are 
connected to survival as a species – as in the case of the eggs – or survival as individuals - 
as in the case of food. There is no transfer to other situations or from concrete reality to the 
abstract notion of numbers. Animals can “count” only when the objects are present and 
only when the numbers involved are small – not more than seven or eight. In lab 
experiments, animals trained to “count” one kind of o