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PART 1: Phonetics Lexico Grammar
Part 1: Phonetics: Question 1-5: Write A, B, C, or D on your paper to indicate the word whose
underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
1. A. enough
B. double
C. drought
D. tough
2. A. whether
B. whenever
C. whale
D. whose
3. A. sacred
B. searched
C. hired
D. tendered
4. A. accuse
B. because
C. surprised
D. nurse
5. A. question
B. action
C. foundation
D. dictation
Question 6-10: Choose one option A, B, C, or D corresponding to the word whose main stress is on
the syllable in the position which is different from that of the others.
6. A. sensational
B. incredible
C. vegetables
D. pedestrian
7. A. tremendous
B. residential
C. delicious
D. specific
8. A. interview
B. technical
C. character
D. continue
9. A. laboratory
B. meteorology
C. traditionalism
D. calamity
10. A. remember
B. example
C. resemble
D. feminine
Part 2: Lexico grammar
Question 11 30: Choose A, B, C, or D as your best choice to complete each sentence and then
identify your answer by writing A, B, C, of D on the answer sheet.
11. That book is by a famous anthropologist. Its about the people in Samoa ________ for two years.
A. that she lived
B. among whom she lived
C. that she lived among them
D. where she lived among them
12. Hes a very distinguished writer in the _________ of ancient history.
A. field
B. place
C. section
D. area
13. The stockbroker denied _________ of the secret business deal.
A. to have informed
C. having informed
B. to have been informed
D. having been informed
14. Hes not exactly rich but he certainly earns enough money to ___________.
A. get through
B. get by
C. get on
D. get up
15. She is an excellent _________ model for children to follow.
A. type
B. role
C. success
D. work
16. The class insisted _______ going out on a trip to the historical castle.
A. in
B. instead
C. before
D. on
17. Many people who live near nuclear plants are concerned. _____ go wrong, the impact on the
surrounding area could be distrastrous.
A. Something would
B. something will
C. should something
D. does something
18. My brother lives on the 11th floor of that ______ of flats.
A. block
B. building
C. house
D. tower
19. Sally has _____ experience to be given ______ more responsibility in the office.
A. a lot of many
B. several some
C. enough a little
D. plenty of a few.
20. Im rather ________ for time, but Ill try to finish the report by the end of the week.

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A. rushed
B. pulled
C. stretched
D. pushed
21. This exercise will give you _____ practice.
A. farther
B. much more
C. as better
D. a lot
22. She was a wonderful lecturer. Everyone agreed it would be hard to find _____ like her.
A. other
B. another
C. the other
D. the others.
23. He makes terrible sounds when he sings ____________ key.
A. into
B. beyond
C. above
D. off
24. Knowing ________ the alarm for an impending eruption is crucial for volcanists.
A. when to sound
B. to sound
C. that to sound
D. to sound that
25. My older brother is extremely fond of astronomy; he seems to ________ a lot of pleasure from
observing the stars.
A. derive
B. possess
C. seize
D. reach
26. The problem needs to be ________ urgently; otherwise it will be too late.
A. checked
B. addressed
C. monitored
D. focused
27. Disappointingly, Jeffs novel did not become a best-seller as he had hoped; _______, it was rejected
by every publisher he sent it to.
A. in contrast to
B. on the contrary
C. as a consequence
D. regardless of
28. Do not call this number _____ it is an emergency
A. unless
B. besides
C. in case
D. otherwise
29. I am staying in a youth _____ in the centre of the town.
A. hostel
B . i nn
C. pub
D. stable
30. After the floods there were many schemes to ______ money to help the homeless.
A. rise
B. raise
C. produce
D. cultivate
Part 3: Articles and Prepositions
Question 31-40: Fill each numbered gap in the following passage with a suitable article by writing
a, an, the or if not needed on the answer sheet.
(31) _____ greenhouse is a building whose sides and roof are made of (32) ______ glass so that the
temperature inside is magnified. And its used to grow plants that need high temperatures. This is to
illustrate (33) _____ example of how man could be causing changes to (34) ______ climate. These changes
result from increasing the carbon dioxide levels in (35) ______ atmosphere, thus raising (36) ____ surface
temperature of the Earth. And this is known as the Greenhouse Effect.
CO2 is (37) ______ normal component of the atmosphere and until recently has not been considered an
air pollutant. But (38) ______ average global CO2 concentrations have been increasing since 1860, with
particularly (39) _________ sharp increase in 1958. The main reason for this continuous increase in CO2
build-up is the burning of fossil fuels. During (40)______ past 100 years, the CO2 content of the atmosphere
has already risen by about 15% - from about 290 to about 340 parts per million. And its still rising.
Question 41-50: Fill each gap in the following passage with a suitable preposition.
There is almost no one who has not heard (41) ______ Walt Disney. The name is (42) _______ doubt
one of the most famous in the twentieth century but yet most people hardly know anything (43) ___ him.
Although he became one of the most successful men in history, he left school at the age of sixteen and
then studied art (44) ______ a short time. (45) ______ the beginning years of this century, he had already
started to produce cartoons in Hollywood in partnership (46) ______ his brother Roy, who, for some
reasons, never managed to become as famous as Walt Disney. His fame is perhaps earned owing (47)
______ his lovable cartoon characters. Mickey Mouse, who first appeared in 1928 in a film called
Steamboat Willie. One of the most popular cartoon films of all time is Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs, which, when released in 1937, was the first full-length cartoon in the history of the cinema.
By the 1950s, Walt Disney had become one of the worlds major producers of films (48) _____ cinema
and television. As Disney productions grew, its founder retained complete artistic control (49) ______ the

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films and he also went (50) ________ to publish books for children and cartoon strips in newspaper,
featuring such characters as Donald Duck and the Pluto Dog.
Part 4: Tenses
Question 51-60: Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the passage.
a. If you (51) _____ (go) to bed earlier you (52) _______ (not feel) so tired now.
b. I dont know why Lora was not in school yesterday. She (53) _____ (have) an accident.
c. Hi, Laura. Long time to see. How (54) ____ it _____ (go)?
d. Sorry to keep you waiting. How long (55) ______ you _____ (wait)?
e. I sincerely hope they (56) ________ (finish) the building work by the end of next month.
f. What (57) _____ you _______ (do) between 5 and 6 pm last Saturday?
g. Does anyone want a sandwich? No thanks, I (58) ______ (have) lunch.
h. Where on earth (59) _____ you________ (buy) those shoes? Theyre awful!
i. I hope I (60) ______ (sit) on a sun-drenched beach in Italy this time tomorrow.
Part 5: Error identification
Question 61-65: In these sentences, each one has four underlined words of phrases marked A, B,
C, and D. Choose the one word of phrase which must be changed in order for the sentence to be
correct by writing A, B, C of D. Write your choice on the answer sheet.
61. How many occasions have you been to France so far?
62. I cant tell you the exactly number but I think its probably fourteen.
63. One of the best way to get over culture shock is by getting acquaintance to the local people.
64. I wouldnt go as further as that but the main thing is that I can make myself understood in most
situations.
65. Can you remember any particular incident when your knowing of the language was a real help?
Part 6: Word formation
Question 66-75: Provide the correct form for each CAPITAL word provided in the column on the
right.
66. Medicine is a science and art of healing __________
DEDICATE
67. to saving lives and relieving ______. A person becomes ill
SUFFER
when a part of the body does not function properly. They
68. may have been injured, caught an ______ disease or have
INFECT
69. _______ a weakness or defect in their genes. There are
HEIR
70. also psychiatric ______ of the mind. The human
ORDER
71. body is a _________ machine capable of building and
WONDER
72. _______ itself, provided it has a good supply of fresh
PAIR
73. air, water and food. But if the _______ is serious, a
ILL
74. person may need _____ care, which begins with the
MEDICINE
75. diagnostic followed by ______ to cure it.
TREAT
Part 7: Gap filling
Question 76 85: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C of D) best fits
each gap. Write your answer on the answer sheet. (0) has been done as an example.

School lunch

Research has (0) _________ that over half the children in Britain who take their own lunches to school
do not eat (76) _______ in the middle of the day. In Britain schools have to (77) _______ meals at
lunchtime. Children can (78) _______ to bring their food of have lunch at the school canteen.
One shocking (79) ______ of this research is that school meals are much healthier than lunches prepared
by parents. There are strict (80) _________ for the preparation of school meals, which have to include one

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(81)______ of fruit and one of vegetables, as well as meat, a dairy item and starchy food like bread of pasta.
Lunchboxes (82) __________ by researchers contained sweet drinks, crisps and chocolate bars. Children
(83) _______ twice as much sugar as they should at lunchtime.
The research will provide a better (84) _________ of why the percentage of overweight students in
Britain has (85) _________ in the last decade. Unfortunately, the government cannot (86) _______ parents,
but it can remind them of the (87) ______ value of milk, fruit and vegetables. Small changes in their
childrens diet can (88) _________ their future health. Children can easily develop bad eating (89) ____ at
this age, and parents are the only ones who can (90) ________ it.
Example:
(0) A. informed
B. told
C. shown
D. said
76. A. appropriately
B. properly
C. probably
D. possibly
77. A. give
B. provide
C. make
D. do
78. A. prefer
B. manage
C. want
D. choose
79. A. finding
B. number
C. figure
D. factor
80. A. standards
B. procedures
C. conditions
D. ways
81. A. pieces
B. portion
C. bowl
D. kilo
82. A. examined
B. found
C. taken
D. investigated
83. A. take
B. contain
C. consume
D. consist
84. A. view
B. knowledge
C. understanding
D. opinion
85. A. increased
B. expanded
C. extended
D. added
86. A. criticize
B. instruct
C. order
D. tell
87. A. nutritional
B. healthy
C. positive
D. good
88. A. damage
B. predict
C. destroy
D. affect
89. A. behaviors
B. styles
C. attitudes
D. habits
90. A. prevent
B. define
C. decide
D. delay
Question 91-100: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on the answer
sheet.
Staring your (91)_______ business could be the way to achieving financial independence, or it could
just as well land you in debt for the rest of your life. That, at (92) _____, is the view of Charles and Brenda
Leggat, a Scottish couple, who last week saw their fish farm business put into the hands of the receiver. We
started the business in 1985 when (93) _______was being encouraged by the banks to borrow money. At the
time we were sure that we could make it into a going concern, said Charles Leggat, a farmer from (94) ____
Highlands, and the banks lent us more or less whatever we asked for. Their people analyzed the proposals
we put forward, and they agreed that it would be a highly profitable business. Sure (95)________, within
five years the Leggats were exporting trout and salmon products to hotels all over Europe, and employed
over fifty staff. But with the advent of the recession, they began to lose ground as orders dried up. The
awful thing (96) ______, said Brenda Leggat, that now the business has now been valued by the banks at a
fraction of its true worth. If they had left us to work our way out of difficulties, I am sure we could have
gone back into profit. As it is, we have been left (97) _______ a livelihood, and the banks have not
recovered what they lent us. The Leggats both felt that their banks had not treated (98) __________ fairly.
They were falling over (99) _______ to lend us the money, but they have done very little to keep the
business going, and fifty local people (100) ______ work. A spokesman for the main bank concerned, the
National Caledonian, refused to comment
PART II: READING
Question 101-110: 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:

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The Moon has been worshipped by primitive people and has inspired humans to create everything from
lunar calendars to love sonnets, but what do we really know about it? The most accepted theory about the
origin of the Moon is that it was formed of the debris from a massive collision with the young Earth about
4.6 billion years ago. A huge body, perhaps the size of Mars, struck the Earth, throwing out an immense
amount of debris that coalesced and cooled in orbit around the Earth.
The development of Earth is inextricably linked to the moon; the Moons gravitational influence upon
the Earth is the primary cause of ocean tides. In fact, the Moon has more than twice the effect upon the tides
than does the Sun. The Moon makes one rotation and completes a revolution around the Earth every 27 days,
7 hours, and 43 minutes. This synchronous rotation is caused by an uneven distribution of mass in the Moon
(essentially, it is heavier on one side than the other) and has allowed the Earths gravity to keep one side of
the Moon permanently facing Earth. It is an average distance from Earth of 384,403 km.
The Moon has no atmosphere; without an atmosphere, the Moon has nothing to protect it from meteorite
impacts, and thus the surface of the Moon is covered with impact craters, both large and small. The Moon
also has no active tectonic or volcanic activity, so the erosive effects of atmospheric weathering, tectonic
shifts, and volcanic upheavals that tend to erase and reform the Earths surface features are not at work on
the Moon. In fact, even tiny surface features such as the footprint left by an astronaut in the lunar soil are
likely to last for millions of years, unless obliterated by a chance meteorite strike. The surface gravity of the
Moon is about one-sixth that of the Earths. Therefore, a man weighing 82 kilograms on Earth would only
weigh 14 kilograms on the Moon.
The geographical features of the Earth most like that of the Moon are, in fact, places such as the
Hawaiian volcanic craters and the huge meteor crater in Arizona. The climate of the Moon is very unlike
either Hawaii or Arizona, however; in fact the temperature on the Moon ranges between 123 degrees C. to
233 degrees C.
Question 101: What is the passage primarily about?
A. The Moons effect upon the Earth
B. The origin of the Moon
C. What we know about the Moon and its differences to Earth
D. A comparison of the Moon and the Earth
Question 102: The word massive in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to __________
A. unavoidable
B. dense
C. huge
D. impressive
Question 103: The word debris in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ___________
A. rubbish
B. satellites
C. moons
D. earth
Question 104: According to the passage, the Moon is ________
A. older than the Earth
B. protected by a dense atmosphere
C. composed of a few active volcanoes
D. the primary cause of Earths ocean tides
Question 105: The word uneven in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to __________
A. Heavier
B. Equally distributed
C. Orderly
D. Not uniform
Question 106: Why does the author mention impact craters in the third paragraph?
A. to show the result of the Moon not having an atmosphere
B. to show the result of the Moon not having active tectonic or volcanic activity
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D. to explain the corrosive effects of atmospheric weathering
Question 107: The word erase in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to __________
A. change
B. impact
C. obliterate
D. erupt
Question 108: A person on the Moon would weigh less than on the Earth because _________
A. of the composition of lunar soil
B. the surface gravity of the Moon is less than that of the Earths.
C. the Moon has no atmosphere
D. the Moon has no active tectonic or volcanic activity
Question 109: All of the following are true about the Moon EXCEPT
A. it has a wide range of temperatures
B. it is heavier on one side than the other
C. it is unable to protect itself from meteorite attacks
D. it has less effect upon the tides than the Sun
Question 110: Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. The Moon is not able to support human life
B. If the Moon had no gravitational influence, the Earth would not have tides
C. People living in Hawaii and Arizona would feel at home on the Moon
D. Mars could have been formed in a similar way to the Moon.
Question 111-115: Choose the best phrase from A to G to complete the passage and write your
choice on the answer sheet. Two options are not used.
Instead of complaining about the Northern Line, we Londoners ought to feel grateful to the tube, the
envy of other cities. Liverpool and Newcastle have local lines of faintly tube-like appearance but they go
underground for very short distances, so I dont think they qualify as tubes.
Thirty years ago, my friend Pearl from Peacehaven came up to London (111) __________. She had to
be coaxed on to the escalator, and gave little shrieks of delighted horror (112) ______________. Inside the
train, she looked out of the window at blackness in alarm. Like all who gaze through underground windows,
she saw not only blackness (113) ___________.
When the escalator first began, my family tells me, (114) __________. Hence the unmovable steps that
sometimes runs parallel to the moving staircase. My aunt, straight from a village in Poland, was struck with
terror at the sight of the escalator, (115) ______________. Those were chivalrous times and two London
Transport officials heaved her on and held on to her as she screamed, kicked and struggled. I bet they were
glad when reached the top for she was a large aunt.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.

and refused point-blank to ascend

as if she were on a fairground roller-coaster
as theres nothing quite like it
but her own reflection
many adults were frightened of it
and I showed her the sights
even though she had made up her mind

PART III: WRITING

Part 1: Sentence transformation
Questions 116-125: Complete the second sentence so that if has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
116. People say that the local camera shop is very good. (supposed)

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The local camera shop..
117. Traffic is worse in my town than it is anywhere else. (as)
Nowhere..
118. The first time I used e-mail was last week. (had)
I..
119. Many useful things have been invented because of the microchip. (led)
The microchip .
120. Have you seen my library books anywhere? Hilary asked her mother. (if)
Hilary asked her mother ..
121. I have read neither the Sunday Express nor the Sunday Times. (either)
I ..
122. Im sorry but there arent any seats left. (all)
Im afraid .
123. Giulia has a beautiful voice although shes never had any coaching. (despite)
Giulia sings ..
124. Please dont tell one of your terrible jokes! (rather)
Id ..
125. Titan, one of Saturns moons, will be visited by the American space probe in six years time.
(belonging)
Titan, ..
Part 3: Composition
Write an essay of about 200 words on the following topic:
The last year at high school is very influential in terms of determining ones course of life in many
aspects. Describe your plans for the future and give reasons for your choice.
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