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take 16

grammar

1.

A : So how was the book I lent you?

B : I found it very ______________.

(a) amused (b) amuse (c) amusing (d) to amuse

2.

A : How do you like the new interior decoration?

B : Well, to be frank, I think I ___________ have been consulted before you changed everything.

(a) should (b) must (c) ought (d) might

3.

A : How did he find the summer camp?

B : It seems that he was disappointed at ________________.

(a) being there so little to do (b) there being so little to do (c) being so little to do there (d) there being to do so little

4.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange reported that stocks ________________.

(a) lower ended moderately today (b) ended lower moderately today (c) ended moderately lower today (d) today moderately lower ended

5.

One more step at that moment, and Frank ___________ over the cliff.

(a) will have fallen (b) should fall (c) would have fallen (d) should fall

6.

I always keep my mobile phone __________ off during performances.

(a) turn (b) turned (c) turning (d) to turn

7.

(a) A : They say the expressway is being rerouted for the next two weeks.

(b) B : As it wasn't bad enough before.

(c) A : Yeah, I guess we have no choice but to take subway to the work.

(d) B : Yeah, but it's going to be a really tiring commute.

8.

(a) A : Excuse me. How much is this leather coat?

(b) B : One hundred and thirty-five dollars, ma'am.

(c) A : I see. But that sounds a bit too expensive for me.

(d) B : Well, we also have something moderate priced.

9.

(a) There is one rule that can help you select a writing topic. (b) Do not write about a subject until you know it thoroughly. (c) Poor writing comes from struggling with unfamiliar material. (d) Therefore, you should learn how to deal with subjects whom you don't know well.

10.

(a) You won't believe the story I'm about to tell you. (b) I was walking to my car, when all of a sudden I saw these two guys robbed a bank. (c) Do you want to talk about bad luck? (d) I am a reporter, but I didn't have my camera!

vocabulary

1.

A : I'm not sure if we can finish the project that early.

B : Why don't we set a more _____________ deadline then?

(a) accessible (b) improbable (c) realistic (d) veritable

2.

A : Was it an accident or did he do it on _____________?

B : Don't ask me. I don't know anything about it.

(a) end (b) goal (c) purpose (d) objective

3.

A : By the way, why did you ask that question?

B : I don't know why-just out of _____________, I guess.

(a) mind (b) curiosity (c) laziness (d) vanity

4.

A : I was told Mary wants to become a fashion model.

B : Well, I don't think she'll make the __________ as a fashion model.

(a) figure (b) grade (c) reputation (d) success

5.

A : Do you think I can trust her on this matter?

B : Well, what she says doesn't always __________ with what she does.

(a) correspond (b) comply (c) consider (d) cooperate

6.

The rural dwellers have been __________ by a collapsing economy.

(a) enshrined (b) impoverished (c) collaborated (d) diminished

7.

As for his intellectual side, he was clever, ___________ and interested in the arts.

(a) well-built (b) well-fed (c) well-read (d) well-timed

8.

Two admirals and a top Navy civilian will be ___________ for failing to act on reports of sexual assaults.

(a) circumcised (b) circulated (c) claimed (d) cited

9.

The latest military __________ was aimed at re-opening important trade routes.

(a) expedition (b) movement (c) offensive (d) charge

10.

Co-operation is a(n) ______________ rather than an option in such a critical situation.

(a) expedient (b) substitute (c) necessity (d) preference

reading

1.

It was in 1595 when Galileo, just shy of his 30th birthday, first came up with his explanation for _____________. He theorized that because the Earth revolved as it moves toward the Sun, the force of gravity literally pushed the seas back and forth. Of course, he was mistaken, and it was not until Newton, about 50 years later that the reason why the level of the sea varies could be understood.

(a) the moon

(b) gravity

(c) the tides

(d) the weather

2.

When learning a second or foreign language, people tend to _____________. They find it difficult to take my advice of reading for the general idea, or only looking for required information. Students studying a foreign language often feel that if they don't understand each and every word they are somehow not completing the exercise.

(a) insist on understanding every word

(b) read for general idea

(c) skip through the next

(d) memorize the text without understanding

3.

Companies in the U.S. spend more annually on training than do all the public school systems in the country. The $210 billion invested by American employers in informal and formal training clearly illustrates the importance of organizational training. However, this investment may be inadequate; by some estimates, in order to attain a modest economic growth of only 3%, the skills of 25 million worker must be upgraded by as much as 40%. These figures are even more sobering when you consider that as few as 15,000 companies account for 90% of these investments. That means that ___________________.

(a) some companies will have to change their hiring practices

(b) the majority of employees will be prepared the future

(c) the U.S. government has to provide additional financial support

(d) most organizations do not offer any type of formalized training

4.

It seems that _____________ produces excellent creative result. Would Ludwig van Beethoven have composed his greatest works if he had not been torn with longing for romantic fulfillment? Beethoven wrote in his personal diaries : "Only love, yes! Love alone can give you a happier life. O God, grant me the grace to find her at last, the women who will strengthen me in virtue and whom I can possess with a quite conscience." The composer may have been infatuated with a women named Antonie Brentano, to whom his poem "Immortal Beloved," discovered after his death in 1827, may have been addressed.

(a) a touch of madness

(b) torn conscience

(c) a kind of genius

(d) unfulfilled love

5.

One of the most successful commercial products ever launched came about ___________. In 1896, Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, was selling a nerve topic known as "French Wine Cola-Ideal Nerve Topic." By accidentally adding fizzy water instead of still water to the recipe, a pharmacist called John S. Pemberton invented what has today become the most popular soft drink in the world; Coca-Cola. Along with its closest rival-Pepsi-which appeared on the market three years later, Coke has enjoyed phenomenal success world wide, particularly in the past fifty years.

(a) with the cooperation of pharmacist

(b) from the idea of a businessman

(c) after intensive research

(d) as the result of a mistake

6.

Did you know that 63% of Canadians are not active enough to achieve the health benefits they need from physical activity? Your body is designed to move and it's surprising how little time it takes to stay healthy and reduce the risk of disease if you are physically active, regularly. Consider this: you're awake about 15-19 hours a day, but you only have to be active for ONE HOUR and that 60 minutes of activity doesn't have to be done all at once. You can _______________, 10 minutes at a time, to get that daily total. It's easy to take this first step and that counts as progress when you're getting started.

(a) be active twice a day

(b) reduce your physical exercise

(c) add up your activities

(d) build up your strength

7.

According to the theory of continental drift, the continents are nor fixed in position but instead move slowly across the surface of the Earth, constantly changing in position relative to one another. this theory was first proposed in the eighteenth century when mapmakers noticed how closely the continents of the Earth ______________ when they were matched up. It was suggested the that the present-day continents had once been one large continent that had broken up into pieces which drifted apart.

(a) are divided

(b) fit together

(c) resembled each other

(d) were located

8.

Manic depression is another psychiatric illness that _________________. A patient suffering from this disease will alternate between periods of manic excitement and extreme depression, with or without relatively normal periods in between. The changes in mood suffered by a manic-depressive patient go far beyond the day-to-day mood changes experienced by the general population. In the period of manic excitement, the mood elevation can become so intense that it can result in extended insomnia, extreme irritability, and heightened aggressiveness. In the period of depression, which may last for several weeks or months, a patient experiences feelings of general fatigue, uselessness, and hopelessness, and, in serious cases, may contemplate suicide.

(a) is treatable with drugs

(b) requires hospitalization

(c) affects one's mood

(d) is affected by alcohol

9.

Modern man lives in a world which runs according to the mechanical and mathematical symbols of clock time. The clock controls his movements and actions. The clock turns time from a process of nature into a commodity that can be measured and bought and sold like shoes or hats. And because, without some means of exact time keeping, industrial capitalism could never have developed and could not continue to exploit the workers, the clock represents an element of _____________ in the lives of modern men more potent than any individual exploiter or than any other machine.

(a) self-importance

(b) technical innovation

(c) mass industry

(d) mechanical tyranny

10.

In the computer business, it's said, an entire generation lasts about three years. But it has taken only ____________ for Jim Clark's company to so from rented offices in one building to owning that building and two others-plus office in London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo. Clark was an associate professor at Stanford when he left in 1982 to found Silicon Graphics, which last year had revenues of about $1.5 billion. In 1994 Clark quit as chairman of Silicon Graphics and set up another company, Netscape-which had investors pining, panting, and putting up $2 billion within days of its going public.

(a) a third of that time

(b) a little amount of money

(c) ten years

(d) Three employees

11.

One of the few known sources of important nutrients not yet greatly exploited is the seed of the common sunflower. Probably it was first used for food by the American Indian, for it is a native North American plant. Of course, the Indians did not realize that it supplied precious vitamins and minerals, but they enjoyed munching on the nutlike seeds of the sunflower. Today scientists consider it _____________. When pressed, the seeds yield oil useful for cooking. When ground up, sunflower seeds produce a flour high in protein and very rich in iron.

(a) very difficult to process

(b) very high in calories

(c) more cost-effective to use

(d) an important food source

12.

Supernovae are not very common. They occur about once every hundred years in any galaxy, and in 1987 a supernova that could be seen by the naked eye occurred in the Magellan Cloud, a galaxy close to the Milky Way. Scientists periodically detect supernovae in other galaxies. _____________, no supernovae have occurred in the Milky Way since 1604. One very impressive supernova occurred in the Milky Way on July 4,1054. There was a great explosion followed by three months of lighted skies, and many people believed that it meant that the world was coming to an end.

(a) In addition

(b) For example

(c) However

(d) Instead

13.

University and local officials secured more than $30 million in grants and helped overhaul the district's curriculum and teaching methods. some schools wiped out uninspired drills and work sheets in the younger grades, and high schools began pushing students to take three years each of rigorous college preparatory math and science. Before UTEP stepped in, just a small percentage of students took Algebra I and Chemistry; now more than half do. Compared with 1994, when just one school in the university-aided districts netted an exemplary rating on state exams, last year 18 did. ______________, the university ascribes this year's 3% increase in student enrollment to the partnership's efforts.

(a) However

(b) Otherwise

(c) Most important

(d) By comparison

14.

Freedom of the press has been an issue between people and their governments since the time individuals first published newspapers independent of government control. In the United States the principle of a free press was established in 1735, when publisher John Peter Zenger was acquitted of libel charges. The principle was defined as a civil right by the first article of the Bill of Rights in 1791. Sweden preceded the United States with a law guaranteeing freedom of the press in 1766. Denmark gained the same freedom in its constitution of 1849. Switzerland abolished censorship in 1848. Other European nations were slower to allow a free press because of the ever-present fear of revolution.

Q. Which of the following is correct according to the passage?

(a) Freedom of the press in the U.S.A. was declared a civil right in the early 1700s.

(b) A free press began in most European countries from the late 1700s.

(c) Sweden was the first country to have legally established freedom of the press.

(d) A political revolution brought about freedom of the press in the United States.

15.

An aurora is a display of colored light in the night sky that occurs primarily in high latitudes of both hemispheres. Auroras appear when highly charged particles from sunspots and solar flares excite the thingases of the upper atmosphere and make them glow, Displays are most frequent in spring and fall because the Earth is then most nearly in line with zones of the Sun where sunspots are frequent. However, auroras may be most frequent during winter in certain areas.

Q. What is true about auroras according to passage?

(a) They can often be seen in the daytime.

(b) They are frequent during summer and winter.

(c) They are sometimes caused by moonlight.

(d) They have much to do with the position of the Earth.

16.

The concept of compulsory education, where all school-aged children are required to attend school, combats the force of poverty that pulls children out of school. Policies relating to compulsory education not only force children to attend school, but also contribute appropriate funds to the primary education system, instead of higher education. An example of a country where compulsory education has worked to reduce child labor is Sri Lanka where school participation rates rose from 58 percent in 1946 to 86 percent in 1984.

Q. Which of the following best describes the author's position concerning the compulsory education?

(a) The author strongly advocates in for children.

(b) The author considers it desirable despite its negative aspects.

(c) The author thinks it does not make a meaningful difference.

(d) The author argues that it may prevent children from attending school.

17.

Generally speaking, a franchise is a right or privilege granted to an individual or a group. For instance, when it is said that the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution gave women the franchise, it means that women were granted the right to vote. In economic terms a franchise is a right granted to operate a business under the general regulation of the one who grants it. A municipality, for example, may grant a franchise to a public utility to supply electricity, water, or gas to homes and businesses within a given area. The utility itself may be a private corporation that is owned by stockholders, but the rates that it charges and the procedures by which it operates are under the surveillance of the governmental body that grants it to the franchisee. Franchises may be granted by governments at the local, state, or national level.

Q. What is the passage mainly about?

(a) Different definitions of franchise.

(b) Historical development of franchise.

(c) Why and when a franchise is granted.

(d) What a franchise is and how it works.

18.

The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the movement in which machines changed people's way of life as well as their methods of manufacture. About the time of the American Revolution, the people of England began to use machines to make cloth and steam engines to run the machines. A little later they invented locomotives. Productivity began a spectacular climb. By 1850 most Englishmen were laboring in industrial towns and Great Britain had become the workshop of the world. From Britain the Industrial Revolution spread gradually throughout Europe and to the United States.

Q. What is the main topic of the passage?

(a) The American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.

(b) The early history of the Industrial Revolution.

(c) What made the Industrial Revolution possible.

(d) How to define the Industrial Revolution.

19.

During World War II, when German bombs were raining down on England, the voice of Edward R. Murrow became one of the most recognizable in the world. He began his radio newscasts with the simple announcement, "This is London," and proceeded to regale his audiences with news of war-torn Europe. his broadcasts during the German bombing of London were especially memorable. In the 1950s and early 1960s Murrow appeared on CBS television in the United States as the host of See It Now, Small World, and Person to Person. He set standards of television journalism that served as a model for his successors. In the mid-1950s he was both praised and condemned for his uncompromising stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's Communist-hunting tactics.

Q. What can be inferred about Edward R. Murrow from the passage?

(a) He probably started his career as a newscaster of CBS radio.

(b) Most Englishmen liked his attitude about McCarthy's political position.

(c) He was generally against both communism and capitalism.

(d) He influenced broadcasting styles in Europe and the U.S.A.

20.

The Depression of the 1930s shook capitalism to its foundations and shaped the public attitudes of people for generations. The shock was so great because it contradicted long-held beliefs in the unlimited possibilities of expansion. The Depression made the Western world ripe for revolution as every political faction in society looked frantically for a cure. Finding a cure without determining the causes, however, was difficult. In fact, no economist has ever thoroughly explained why the disaster of 1929 to 1932 came about.

Q. What can be inferred about the depression of the 1930s from the passage?

(a) It persuaded many people to give up capitalism for socialism.

(b) The beliefs in the unlimited economic growth helped find a cure.

(c) The exact origins of the depression are still controversial.

(d) Political revolution can be considered a reason for the depression.

21.

The official home of the President of the United States is the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C., 20500. It is also called the Executive Mansion. The stately, white stone home is almost as old as the United States. Americans have a deep regard for it as a symbol of the nation's history and unity. In 1792 the Commissioners of the District held a contest for the best design for the "President's Palace." George Washington had asked for "the sumptuousness of a palace, the convenience of a house, and the agreeableness of a county seat." The First prize was won by James Hoban, an Irish-born architect. His design is said to have been suggested by the palace of the Duke of Leinster in Dublin, Ireland. The house was to cost $200,000, but the final figure was $400,000.

Q. Which is correct about the White House from the passage?

(a) Its construction was completed in 1792 using $400,000.

(b) Its original name was the Executive Mansion.

(c) The Commissioners of the District participated in its design.

(d) Its design is similar to that of palace in Ireland.

22.

Bankruptcy in the United States takes place under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. Chapter 7 provides a way by which those who owe money but have no regular income may be relieved of their debts and begin again with a clean slate. Those who have regular incomes can file under Chapter 13, promising to pay as much as they can in regular installments. Those who file under Chapter 7 must give up most of their property (which will be sold to pay their debts) except for part of the value of a house, a car, and some personal property. Those who file under Chapter 13 can keep all of their property.

Q. What is the passage mainly about?

(a) When and why bankruptcy occurs

(b) Methods for avoiding debts

(c) Two different kinds of bankruptcy

(d) Ways to deal with bankruptcy

23.

There have been spies as long as there has been warfare. In fiction, however, spies made their appearance relatively late. The first spy novel was written by James Cooper, who was better konwn for his tales of the early frontier. Entitled appropriately The Spy(1821), his novel was set in the period of the American Revolution. As a branch of fiction, spy stories were very slow to catch on. The reading public was not ready for them until after World War II. The Cold War provided a political environment unlike any that had ever existed before-countries divided into armed camps, the potential for nuclear war, the remarkable mechanization of warfare, the emergence of terrorism, and the spread of armed revolution thought the Third World. The main theme of spy fiction became the Free World (the United States and its Allies) versus the Red Menace (the Soviet Union and the International Communist Conspiracy).

Q. What can be interred about spy novels from the passage?

(a) Spy novels were popularized by the Russian Revolution.

(b) Cooper is best known for his spy novel.

(c) Most spy novels involve the threat of nuclear warfare.

(d) Without the Cold War, spy novels would not have been so popular.

24.

When fossil fuels such as coal, gasoline, and fuel oils are burned, they emit oxides of sulfur, carbon, and nitrogen into the air. These oxides combine with moisture in the air to form sulfuric acid, carbonic acid, and nitric acid. When it rains or snows, these acids are brought to Earth in what is called acid rain.

Q. What is the passage mainly about?

(a) Problems of acid rain

(b) Effects of acid rain on Earth

(c) How acid rain is formed

(d) Where acid rain is made

25.

Marshall Field's, a department store in Chicago, has long used the motto: "Give the lady what she wants." Finding out what the customer wants is one of the problems marketing research tries ti solve. Marketing research has been defined as trying to analyze marketing problems scientifically. It studies people as buyer and sellers, examining their habits, attitudes, preferences, dislikes, and purchasing power. It often studies specific segments of a population, such as teenagers, high-income groups, or senior citizens. Marketing research also investigates distribution systems, pricing, promotion, product design, packaging, brand names, and almost every aspect of the seller-buyer relationship.

Q. What is true about marketing research according to the passage?

(a) It usually examines the whole population of a country.

(b) It was originally initiated by a department store in Chicago.

(c) It mainly studies people as sellers and buyer.

(d) Its pays more attention to old people than younger people.

26.

Of the many annual awards for children's literature in the United States, the most prestigious are the John Newbery and the Caldecott medals, presented by the American Library Association. They were established by Frederic G. Melcher, an American publisher. The first John Newbery Medal-for the most distinguished contribution to literature for children published in the United States-was awarded in 1922. It was named for an 18th century London bookseller and publisher who pioneered children's literature. The first Caldecott Medal-for the most distinguished picture book for children published in the United States-was awarded in 1938. The medal was named in honor of Randolph Caldecott, who was a 19th-century English illustrator of children's books.

Q. Which of the following is correct about annual awards for children's literature in the U.S.?

(a) Most of them are presented by the American Library Association.

(b) They are usually given to children who write distinguished books.

(c) The two most prestigious ones were established on the 19th century.

(d) They are sometimes named after people who contributed to children's literature.

27.

A unique form of literary expression that fused the real and the fantastic emerged in Latin American fiction in the late 1940s and 1950s. The authors who used magical realism, characterized by the inclusion of mythical elements in an otherwise realistic narrative, sought to uncover the fantastic elements of everyday life and expand the notion of what is "real" by incorporating the imaginative realm. Magical realism has become associated chiefly with Latin American authors, who used the style to explore their culture, history, and politics. Two pioneers of magical realism were Alejo Carpentier, a Cuban, and Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentinean. In particular, the novelist Carpentier is often credited with first identifying magical realism in Latin American literature.

Q. What is true about magical realism and its followers?

(a) Fantasy is considered more important than the real world in magical realism.

(b) Magical realism is more often found in poetry than in prose.

(c) Carpentier first recognized magical realism in Latin American literature.

(d) Magical realism starts with the confusion of the real and the fantastic.

28.

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to you, in the spirit of friendship that has always existed between your country and mine, about the plight of Chang, who I understand has been detained for nearly three years under the Internal Security Act without any reason being given. If this information is correct, this would appear to violate Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says "No one shall be subject to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile." I therefore appeal to you to look into this case urgently, with a view to releasing Chang.

Q. What can be inferred from the letter?

(a) The letter writer is a personal friend of Chang.

(b) The writer knew why Chang has been detained.

(c) The country in question might be applying the security law arbitrarily.

(d) The country in question might be applying the security law arbitrarily.

29.

Carnivorous plants, such as the sundew and the Venus's-flytrap, are generally found in humid areas. (a) These plants trap insects in a variety of ways. (b) They have digestive fluids to obtain the necessary nitrogen from the insects. (c) For example, the sundew uses its sticky hairs on its leaves to trap insects. (d) The Venus's-flytrap functions more like a trap, snapping suddenly shut around an insect.

30.

Though the game of Monopoly is probably the most recognized board game around the wold, the beginning of the game was considerably more humble. (a) The game was invented in 1933 by Charles Darrow, during the height of the Great Depression. (b) Darrow, who lived in Germantown, Pennsylvania, was the younger son in a large family of farmers. (c) He made the first games by hand and sold them locally. (d) Parker Brothers purchased the rights to Monopoly in 1935, and it is because of them that the game became a worldwide phenomenon.

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