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Part II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR

Question 1. Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. (20 points)
1. The first boy and girl who ……… all the questions is to receive the singer’s new album.
A. answer B. would answer C. will answer D. answered
2. In fact the criminals………in because the front door was wide open and so they just
walked in.
A. needn’t have broken B. didn’t need break
C. didn’t need to break D. needn’t to have broken
3. Every day thousands of……… fly the Atlantic for negotiations with American firms.
A. merchants B. dealers C. businessmen D. tradesmen
4. A cool drink……… him after his long hot journey.
A. relaxed B. relieved C. refreshed D. sailed
5. The paper was so thin that the ……… of the pencil went right through it.
A. end B. point C. edge D. tail
6. There is no ……… that the new agricultural policy has been in any way disastrous.
A. indication B. indiscretion C. indecision D. inducement
7. Many young people travel all over the world, and do all kinds of jobs before they……..
A. lie down B. touch down C. put down D. settle down
8. I’m afraid we can’t raise your salary this year. The company’s operating on a very………
budget.
A. hard B. close C. cheap D. tight
9. Animal lovers would like industrial testing on animals............to medical experiments.
A. to be limited B. to have limited C. to be limiting D. being limited
10. How I wish your mother.............long enough to see all your accomplishments.
A. could have lived B. must have lived C. might be living D. was living
11. Silence…........the theatre as the audience awaited the opening curtain with expectation
and excitement.
A. dropped out of B. fell in with C. hung over D. came between
 12. In all social systems, there is a minority group which is looked…........by others in that
culture and kept..............of mainstream society.
A though… back B. down on… out C. back on… up D. out for…down
13. Most of us found the Mayor’s idea..........their own candidates for royal honours a little
awkward; but he was right, of course.
A. of having the local people to nominate
B. of having the local people nominate
C. of getting the local people nominate
D. to let the local people for nominating
14. ………appearing every four to seven years as it used to, “El Nino” has now been
appearing consecutively for a number of years.
A. On account of B. Because of C. Instead of D. In case of
15. Anna paid $5 for her meal, she had thought it would cost.
A. not so much as B. not so many as C. not as much D. less as
16. I like that photo very much. Could you make an for me?

A. increase B. enlargement C. expansion D. extension

17. One problem for teacher is that each student has his/ her own needs.

A. separate B. divided C. individual D. distinctive

18. I can never follow everything he has tried to say. He .

A. speaks the same language B. talks a mile a minute

C. pulls my leg D. gets on like a house on fire

19. If you want to get away from the noisy city life, you can take a small boat to
on one of the islands.

A. the deserted beach B. deserted beach C. a deserted beach D. the beach deserted

20. I was in the book I was reading and didn’t hear the pho.
A. submerged B. distracted C. gripped D. engrossed
Question 2. Write the correct FORM of each bracketed words in the numbered spaces
provided. (10 points)
1. He was turned down for the job because he wasn’t……… (qualify)
2. This poem shows the wonderful……… of the poet. (sensitive)
3. The trouble with Mr Brown is that he’s so……… (consist). One minute he goes
mad when you come late; the next he says nothing. You never know where you
are.
4. There was a sudden……… of clapping and cheering as he roses to receive the
Nobel Peace Prize. (burst)
5. She always listens to what she is told. (attention)
6. He was of the consequences in advance. (information)
7. I didn’t know who it was- with a mask on she was completely….......(recognise)
8. The new film was.............good. (exception).
9. The Army tried unsuccessfully to….........the government. (throw)
10.He was not a particularly good teacher, but his students loved him because he
had such a lively….......(person)
Your answers:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
 4. 9.
5. 10.
Question 3. Read the following text which contains 10 mistakes. Underline the
errors and write the corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
0 is used as an example.
The Winterthur Museum is a collection and a house. There are many museums
devoting to the decorative arts and many house museums, but rare in the United States is
a great collection displayed in a great country house. Passing through successive
generation of a single family, Winterthur has been a private estate for more than a
century. Even after the extensive renovations made to it between 1929 and 1931, the
house remained a family residence. This fact is of important to the atmosphere and effect
of the museum. The impression of a lived-in house is apparent to the visitor: the rooms
look as if they were vacated only a short while ago whether by the original owners of the
furniture or the most recently residents of the house can be a matter of personal
interpretation. Winterthur remain, then, a house in which a collection of furniture and
architectural elements has been assembled. Like an English country house, it is an
organic structure; the house, as well as the collection and manner of display it to the
visitor, has changed over the years. The changes have coincided for developing concepts
of the American arts, increased knowledge on the part of collectors and students, and a
progression toward the achievement of a historic effect in period-room displays. The
rooms at Winterthur have followed this current, yet still retained the character of a private
house.

The concept of a period room as a display technique has been developed gradually
over the years in an effort to present works of art in a context that would show them to
greater effect and would give them more meaning for the viewer. Comparable to the
habitat group in a natural history museum, the period room represents the decorative arts
in a lively and interesting manner and provide an opportunity to assemble objects related
by style, date, or place of manufacture.
 Your answers:
0. devoted
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Question 4. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable particles. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
1. Keep your mouth shut! Remember that what you say may be taken……… and
used against you.
2. I don’t need a car; we live………easy reach of the shops.
3. See what the sign reads: “Entrance………request”.
4. One thing I don’t like about Sarah is that she often beats ……… the bush.
5. The proof of the pudding is..............the eating
6. I wish you would pour your heart ………to someone. You will feel more
comfortable.
7. They lived in Paris for 30 years so they know the city like the back.............their
hand.
8. They cannot come to my party this weekend. They are............to their neck just now
with the annual reports.
9. The children played.............the watchful eye of their mother.
10. The factory smoke looked white…........the gray winter sky.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part III: READING
Question 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best
fits each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (10 points)
BOOKS BEFORE SCHOOL?

Many people believe that they should begin to teach their children to read when
they are scarcely more than toddlers. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but
forcing a child could be (1)……… if she isn’t ready. Wise parents will have a
(2) attitude and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is a
selection
of (3)……… books and other activities. Nowadays, there is plenty good (4)………
available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house
will also encourage them to read.

Of course, books are no longer the only source of stories and information. There
is also a huge range of videos, which can (5).........and extend the pleasure a child finds in
a book and are equally valuable in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration.
Television gets a bad (6)...........as far as children are concerned, mainly because too
many
spend too much time watching programs not intended for their age group. Too many
television programs attract an incurious, uncritical attitude that is going to make learning
more difficult. However, (7)............viewing of programs designed for young children can
be useful. Just as adults enjoy reading a book after seeing it (8)……… on television, so
children will pounce on books which (9)………their favorite television characters , and
videos can add a new (10).............to a story known from a book.

1: A. unuseful B. unproductive C. useful D. counter-productive

2: A. cheerful B. contented C. relaxed D. hopeful

3: A. bright B. thrilling C. energetic D. stimulating

4: A. material B. sense C. produce D. amusement

5: A. uphold B. found C. assist D. reinforce

6: A. review B. press C. criticism D. result

7: A. cautious B. choice C. discriminating D. approved

8: A. serialized B. revised C. transferred D. visualized

9: A. illustrate B. extend C. possess D. feature

10: A. revival B. dimension C. option D. existence

Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 2. Read the following passage and answer the questions. (10 points)
Today we take electricity for granted and perhaps we do not realize just how useful
this discovery has been. Steam was the first invention that replaced wind power. It was
used to drive engines and was passed through pipes and radiators to warm rooms. Petrol
mixed with air was the next invention that provided power. Exploded in a cylinder, it
drove a motor engine. Beyond these simple and direct uses, those forms have not much
adaptability. On the other hand, we make use of electricity in thousands of ways. From
the powerful voltages that drive our electric trains to the tiny current needed to work a
simple calculator, and from the huge electric magnet in steel works that can lift 10 tons to
the tiny electric magnet in a doorbell, all are powered by electricity. An electric current
can be made with equal ease to heat a huge mass of molten metal in a furnace, or to boil a
jug for a cup of coffee. Other than atomic energy, which has not as yet been harnessed to
the full, electricity is the greatest power in the world. It is flexible, and so adaptable for
any task for which it is wanted. It travels so easily and with incredible speed along wires
or conductors that it can be supplied instantly over vast distances. To generate electricity,
huge turbines or generators must be turned. In Australia they use coal or water to drive
this machinery. When dams are built, falling water is used to drive the turbines
without polluting the
atmosphere with smoke from coal. Atomic power is used in several countries but there is
always the fear of an accident. A tragedy once occurred at Chernobyl, in Ukraine, at an
atomic power plant used to make electricity. The reactor leaked, which caused many
deaths through radiation. Now scientists are examining new ways of creating electricity
without harmful effects to the environment. They may harness the tides as they flow in
and out of bays. Most importantly, they hope to trap sunlight more efficiently. We do use
solar heaters for swimming pools but as yet improvement in the capacity of the solar cells
to create more current is necessary. When this happens, electric cars will be viable and
the world will rid itself of the toxic gases given off by trucks and cars that burn fossil
fuels.
1. The author mentions the sources of energy such as wind, steam, petrol in the first
paragraph to .
A. suggest that electricity should be alternated with safer sources of energy
B. emphasize the usefulness and adaptability of electricity
C. imply that electricity is not the only useful source of energy
D. discuss which source of energy can be a suitable alternative to electricity
2. Before electricity, what was sometimes passed through pipes to heat rooms?
A. Gas B. Petrol C. Steam D. Hot wind
3. What does the author mean by saying that electricity is flexible?
A. It is cheap and easy to use B. It is used to drive motor engines
C. It can be adapted to various uses D. It can be made with ease
4. What do we call machines that make electricity?
A. Voltages B. Electric magnets
C. Generators or turbines D. Pipes and radiators
5. The main forms of power used to generate electricity in Australia are .
A. atomic power and water B. water and coal
C. sunlight and wind power D. wind and gas
6. The word "they" in the last paragraph refers to .
A. harmful effects B. the tides C. scientists D. new ways
7. Electric magnets are used in steel works to .
A. lift heavy weights up to ten tons B. test the steel for strength
C. heat the molten steel D. boil a jug of water
8. The advantage of harnessing the power of the tides and of sunlight to generate
electricity is that they .
A. do not pollute the environment B. are more reliable
C. are more adaptable D. do not require attention
9. Which of the following power sources causes pollution by emitting harmful gases?
A. Sunlight. B. Petrol. C. Water. D. Wind.
10. The best title for this passage could be .
A. “Types of Power Plants” B. “Electricity: Harmful Effects on Our Life”
C. “How to Produce Electricity” D. “Why Electricity Is So Remarkable”
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Question 3. Fill each gap in the passage with ONE suitable word. (10 points)
Vegetarianism
Vegetarians don’t eat any meat, fish, or poultry, and they avoid foods with animal
products in them. Some people avoid red meat but they include chicken and fish (1)
their diet.
These are often people who recognise the health benefits of a vegetarian diet, but who
find they can’t (2)......... up meat completely. This half-way position is sometimes taken
by people who are making the change (3) a complete vegetarian diet. Vegans go one
step
further than other vegetarians, avoiding all food of animal origin, such as dairy produce,
eggs and honey.
Vegetarians are growing in number. (4) estimated seven percent of British people are
now vegetarian, and there are a (5)......... many others who only eat meat occasionally. In
the (6)......... few years, food manufacturers have expanded their vegetarian ranges, and it
has become a lot easier to choose an animal-free diet. Many restaurants also now offer a
wide variety (7) vegetarians dishes.
People might choose a vegetarian diet (8)......... moral or health reasons, or both. Some
vegetarians simply don’t like the idea of eating other creatures, and they may dislike the
conditions in (9) many animals are kept before being killed for food. Others may have
become vegetarians (10).........of the health benefits.
Question 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (10points)
This passage contains 6 paragraphs. Match each paragraph with its suitable
heading listed below.
List of headings
i Effects of irrigation on sedimentation
ii The danger of flooding the Cairo area
iii Causing pollution in the Mediterranean
iv Interrupting a natural process
v The threat to food production
vi Less valuable sediment than before via Egypt's disappearing coastline
vii Egypt’s disappearing coastline
viii Looking at the long-term impact

Example: Paragraph A: vii

1. Paragraph B: ………………
2. Paragraph C: …………..…..
3. Paragraph D: ………………
4. Paragraph E: ………………
5. Paragraph F: ……………….
 Disappearing Delta

The fertile land of the Nile delta is being eroded along Egypt's Mediterranean coast at an
astounding rate, in some parts estimated at 100 metres per year. In the past, land scoured
away from the coastline by the currents of the Mediterranean Sea used to be replaced by
sediment brought down to the delta by the River Nile, but this is no longer happening.
B
Up to now, people have blamed this loss of delta land on the two large dams at Aswan in
the south of Egypt, which hold back virtually all of the sediment that used to flow down
the river. Before the dams were built, the Nile flowed freely, carrying huge quantities of
sediment north from Africa's interior to be deposited on the Nile delta. This continued for
7,000 years, eventually covering a region of over 22,000 square kilometres with layers of
fertile silt. Annual flooding brought in new, nutrient-rich soil to the delta region,
replacing what had been washed away by the sea, and dispensing with the need for
fertilizers in Egypt's richest food-growing area But when the Aswan dams were
constructed in the 20th century to provide electricity and irrigation, and protect the huge
population centre of Cairo and its surrounding areas from annual flooding and drought,
most of the sediment with its natural fertilizer accumulated up above the dam in the
southern, upstream half of lake Nasser, instead of passing down to the delta.
C
Now, however, there turns out to be more to the story It appears that the sediment-free
water emerging from the Aswan dams picks up silt and land as it erodes the river bed and
banks on the 800-kilometre trip to Cairo. Daniel Jean Stanley of the
Smithsonian Institute noticed that water samples taken in Cairo, just before the river
enters the delta, indicated that the river sometimes carries more than 850 grams of
sediment per cubic metre of water - almost half of what it carried before the dams were
built.
'I'm ashamed to say that the significance of this didn't strike me until after I had read 50
or 60 studies,' says Stanley in Marine Geology. 'There is still a lot of sediment coming
into the delta, but virtually no sediment comes out into the Mediterranean to replenish the
coastline.
So this sediment must be trapped on the delta itself.'

D
Once north of Cairo, most of the Nile water is diverted into more than 10,000 kilometres
of irrigation canals and only o small proportion reaches the sea directly through the rivers
in the delta. The water in the irrigation canals is still or very slow-moving and thus cannot
carry sediment, Stanley explains. The sediment sinks to the bottom of the canals and then
is added to fields by farmers or pumped with the water into the four large freshwater
lagoons that are located near the outer edges of the delta. So very little of it actually
reaches the coastline to replace what is being washed away by the Mediterranean
currents.
E
The farms on the delta plains and fishing and aquaculture in the lagoons account for
much of Egypt's food supply. But by the lime the sediment has come to rest in the fields
and lagoons it is laden with municipal, industrial and agricultural waste from the
Cairo region, which is home to more than 40 million people. 'Pollutants are building up
faster and faster,' says Stanley.
Based on his investigations of sediment from the delta lagoons, Frederic Siegel of George
Washington University concurs. 'In Manzalah Lagoon, for example, the increase in
mercury, lead, copper and zinc coincided with the building of the High Dam at Aswan,
the availability of cheap electricity, and the development of major power-based
industries’ he says. Since that time the concentration of mercury has increased
significantly. Lead from engines that use leaded fuels and from other industrial sources
has also increased dramatically. These poisons can easily enter the food chain, affecting
the productivity of fishing and farming. Another problem is that agricultural wastes
include fertilizers which stimulate increases in plant growth in the lagoons and upset the
ecology of the area, with serious effects on the fishing industry.
F
According to Siegel, international environmental organisations are beginning to pay
closer attention to the region, partly because of the problems of erosion and pollution of
the Nile delta, but principally because they fear the impact this situation could have on
the whole Mediterranean coastal ecosystem. But there are no easy solutions. In the
immediate future, Stanley believes that one solution would be to make artificial floods to
flush out the
 delta waterways, in the same way that natural floods did before the construction of the
dams. He says, however, that in the long term alternative process such as desalination
may have to be used to increase the amount of water available. 'In my view, Egypt must
devise a way to have more water running through the river and the delta’ says Stanley.
Easier said than done in a desert region with a rapidly growing population.
Do the following statements 6-7 agree with the information given in the passage? In

the numbered boxes, write:

YES If the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
NO If the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NO INFORMATION If it is impossible to say that the writer thinks about this

6. Coastal erosion occurred along Egypt's Mediterranean coast before the building of
the Aswan dams.
7. The Aswan dams were built to increase the fertility of the Nile delta.
Your answers
6. 7.

Complete the summary of paragraphs E and F with the list of words A-H below.
Write the correct letter A-H in boxes.
A. artificial floods B. desalination C. delta waterways D. natural floods
E. nutrients F. pollutants G. population control H. sediment

In addition to the problem of coastal erosion, there has been a marked increase in the
level of (8) ……… contained in the silt deposited in the Nile delta. To deal with this,
Stanley suggests the use of (9)………. in the short term, and increasing the amount of
water available through (10)....in the longer term.

Your answers
 8. 9. 10.

Part IV: WRITING

Question 1. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means
exactly the same as the one given. (5 points)
1. He was suspended for two matches for swearing at the referee.
Swearing at the referee earned..........................................................................
2. Mike didn’t celebrate until he received the offer of promotion in writing.
Not until...........................................................................................................
1. They declared war on the pretext of defending their territorial rights.
The excuse……………………………………………………………………
2. “Nothing will persuade me to sleep in that haunted house”. She said.
She flatly……………………………………………………………………..
3. Sam hadn’t expected that he would feel so weak after the operation.
The operation left…………………………………………………………….

Question 2. Use the word given in bold and make any necessary additions to write a
new sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original
sentence. Do not change the form of the given word. (5 points)
1. The fox was unsuccessful in reaching the grapes.(VAIN)

2. The bank robbers escaped in a stolen car. (GETAWAY)

3. The president arranged for me to use his chauffeur-driven car whenever I liked.
(DISPOSAL)

4. The first sign of the disease is a feeling of faintness. (ONSet

5. Everybody made fun of him because he’d his hair cut so short. (MICKEY)
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