take 6

grammar

1.

A : I wonder if this tape recorder is bothering you.

B : It certainly is. I'd like _________.

(a) it turned off

(b) to turn it off

(c) to be turned off

(d) it to turn off

2.

A : Are we all ready to go now?

B : Wait, there seems to be ________.

(a) someone come

(b) some people coming

(c) someone missing

(d) somebody missed

3.

A : William, do you have something to say?

B : Yes, I _____________ an idiot, and I'm sorry.

(a) behaved

(b) behaved on

(c) behaved as

(d) behaved like

4.

Growing your business used to mean investing in new infrastructure and all ___________.

(a) goes with it

(b) that goes with it

(c) that went with it

(d) went with it

5.

Times have changed during the past 30years, and Weekly Bulletin has helped the community _________.

(a) change with it

(b) change with them

(c) changing with them

(d) to change with it

6.

Soros built much of _____________ speculating in world currency markets.

(a) estimated $2.5 billion fortune

(b) a $2.5 billion estimated fortune

(c) the estimated $2.5billion fortune

(d) an estimated $2.5 billion fortune

7.

Like the good soldier _______________, John McCain has done almost everything the Bush campaign has asked.

(a) that he is

(b) as he is

(c) who he is

(d) as he

8.

(a) A : Hello there, Mark. You're bright and early in the morning.

(b) B : In fact, I haven't been into bed yet. We had a party last night. I hope we didn't keep you awake.

(c) A : Oh, no. We didn't hear a thing, nothing at all. I slept like a log and so did my wife.

(d) B : I'm glad to hear that. It was a pretty noisy party, though.

9.

(a) A : How would you define psychotheraphy? What do you do for people?

(b) B : I help people change their minds about ways that they have of dealing with their problems or their lives in general.

(c) A : So in other words, it's something like a self-help program. That be accurate?

(d) B : Well, some people help themselves, and then others have to be taught to help them through a lengthy process called psychotheraphy.

10.

(a) When the genome project burst, it was as if an asteroid broke from the heavens, and the biotech tidal wave become suddenly a tsunami. (b) Europe caught on this year as well, but it's all been much slower and far less mature than America. (c) Maybe our great tsunami wave will come two to three years from now, but there are a lot of people investing in biotech in Europe now. (d) We're in a bit of a feeding frenzy at the moment.

vocabulary

1.

A : You've been working on this project for months, haven't you?

B : Yes. But in the end it'll be_________. I might even get a promotion.

(a) a cat out of the bag

(b) a feather in my cap

(c) no bed of roses

(d) like a hot potato

2.

A : What happened at the bar last night?

B : Well, this drunk guy kept pushing me and finally had to ___________ him.

(a) deck

(b) mock

(c) spank

(d) peck

3.

A : These used binoculars cost $99 and this laptop costs $500.

B : You see. I'm a poor student. Do you think you could ________ on the price?

(a) come down

(b) knock down

(c) discount

(d) pay off

4.

A : How's the women's play-off going?

B : Pearl Shin is three strokes __________ on the 15th hole.

(a) down

(b) under

(c) behind

(d) below

5.

A : I'm giving up the corporate life and the will become a stay-at-home dad.

B : That's a big change. Are you __________?

(a) feeling better now

(b) interested in baby-sitting

(c) up for the challenge

(d) facing stiff competition

6.

Who can forget Lyndon Johnson's 1964 TV campaign commercial showing a little girl picking daisies __________ a nuclear explosion?

(a) juxtaposed with

(b) on bad term with

(c) coinciding with

(d) in cacophony with

7.

The British towns whose fortunes faded with the _______ of heavy industry, have begun looking to the leisure industry to kick-star their economy.

(a) carcass

(b) booze

(c) demise

(d) fiasco

8.

The issue of global warming has __________ heated debate.

(a) given rise to

(b) been in for

(c) worried about

(d) turned out

9.

The International Children's Festival is a multi-cultural event that _________ performers and craft artisans from around the world.

(a) figures

(b) fissures

(c) franchises

(d) feature

10.

Significant development have recently occurred in the __________ industry.

(a) electronic

(b) electronical

(c) electronics

(d) electrons

reading comprehension

1.

When Grandmother got in the car to leave early that morning, she had on white cotton gloves, a navy-blue straw sailor hat with white violets on the brim, and a navy-blue dress with small white dot in the print. The blue collar and cuffs were white organdy trimmed in lace. At the neckline was a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet. She wanted to make sure that if they found her dead on the highway because of a car wreak, they would know ______________.

(a) she was rich

(b) she was lady

(c) she wasn't unfortunate

(d) she loved her family

2.

Domestic banks saw their combined potential loss in 2000 shrink to less than half the 1999 level thanks to their efforts to get rid of non-performing assets, an economist said the other day. In a symposium on the korean economy and its visions, a researcher at the Korean Institute of Finance, also said that the total workforce of the banking sector last year fell to one third of the 1997 figure. "The local banks' ____________ is estimated to have tumbled to 2.8 trillion won last year from 6 trillion won in 1999." the researcher added.

(a) yearly turnover

(b) gross net profit

(c) combined potential gain

(d) combined potential loss

3.

Heisenberg's principles have sometimes been compared with trying to fix the position of a tomato seed; the gelatinous blob is so slick that by attempting to pinpoint its location, you move it. But science writer Hofstadter warns that the uncertainty principle is more than an epistemological restriction on human observers; it is a reflection of uncertainties in nature itself. Quantum-mechanical reality does not correspond to macroscopic reality. ___________ we cannot know a particle's position and momentum simultaneously; it doesn't even have definite position and momentum simultaneously.

(a) It's not just that

(b) It's not obvious that

(c) It doesn't matter that

(d) It doesn't make sense

4.

It would be wonderful to be free, to decide for yourself what you are going to do. But it is kind of funny: during your life ____________. When you are born, you stay with your parents till you are old enough to get married, and when you're married, you're not free. You are always with your wife, and if you have children, you spend a lot of time with them. Even if you're not married and living on your own, you must have some kind of job. So you're not really free, because every day you have to get up and go to work. It is as if someone else is running your life.

(a) you don't want to be free

(b) you always try to be free

(c) you are never really free

(d) you never decide for yourself

5.

Dishonest or unreliable workers harm an organization in many ways. Dishonest employees impose costs on a company whether they steal on the grand or small scale; just taking a few days of unwarranted sick leave here and there can add up to significant lost productivity. And lying about progress on a project can result in missed deadlines and even lost contracts. Unreliability ____________; if an employee cannot meet deadlines or fails to appear at important meetings, the organization will suffer accordingly.

(a) is quite another matter

(b) doesn't really pay off

(c) uses the same pattern

(d) work the same way

6.

Then, in the fading light, from a shielded area at the edge of a deep pool, a muffled slapping could be heard, like the stamping of bare feet on a wet surface. As we approached, the sound became more distinct, stopped only for a second, and resumed at a more determined rate. We cut the small outboard motor and drifted closer. There, atop one of his damaged works of art, was an infuriated beaver, _______________ with a natural talent for stopping water. He was repairing and adding onto his home. It had been the packing and pounding of his hard flat tail on the mud-packed surface that we had heard.

(a) a great spectacle

(b) a natural engineer

(c) an idle angler

(d) an uncanny animal

7.

To throw a successful party, you must take several factors into consideration. If you prepare a fruit punch, a large bowl and a ladle are necessary. If you want to save money, a fruit punch is better than serving everyone individual cocktails. Preparing the food in advance is also a good idea. When planning the meal, you must, of course, consider the number of guests. By cooking ahead of time, you may avoid a lot of bother. _________, lasagna is always a favorite. When a host serves punch and lasagna, you can be almost certain that the party will be a success.

(a) To be honest with you

(b) To make a suggestion

(c) Not to make matters worse

(d) To put it another way

8.

A carpenter uses many different tools in his work. When he is faced with a job that is particularly difficult, he has to use his patience as well as his skill. Without patience, a hammer, a saw, or a screwdriver will do a carpenter no good. He has to be able to understand the problem, and find the best way to solve it. Sometimes, the quickest solution is not the best one. His customer, or client, has to be pleased with his work, or he loses his chance to be hired for another job. There is a great pressure on the carpenter to succeed. By no means is his job_____________.

(a) a stressful

(b) of small things

(c) an easy one

(d) of negligence

9.

A reasonably typical human ear can hear frequencies lying between 20 and 20,000 vib/sec. There is substantial difference in range among various individuals. Since the velocity of sound waves is given by the product of the frequencies travel with essentially the same speed is clearly shown by the fact that the sounds from all instruments of an orchestra reach a listener ___________.

(a) in the same place

(b) with the same duration

(c) at the same time

(d) at the same frequency

10.

The charm of the old kitchen lay in its design, from the wallpaper to the curtains to the tablecloth; but the modern kitchen has no designs, only shiny chrome and brilliant color. _______________, too. Grandma's kitchen was a place to talk things over, to have a hot drink and relax while savoring the odors of bread baking in the oven, to leisurely plan and put loving thought into every meal prepared there. But the modern kitchen is constructed for speed, for the fastest and easiest way to get the food on the table and the dishes washed so that the cook can go on to other activities.

(a) There's different atmosphere

(b) There's a tremendous difference

(c) The kitchens are worlds apart

(d) There's a good way of comparing

11.

Dear Karen

How are you doing these days? I'm now enjoying a peaceful week with my parents here on the shore of Lake Soyang, a famous inland lake in korea. Yesterday we rode in the a boat to visit an old Buddhist temple and we are planning to go hiking in the nearby hills tomorrow. Actually, I had been busy with work. So it feels wonderful to relax while putting my tired brain to rest for a few days. __________________ is very welcome. Well, time to go now. I think about you all as always with deep and abiding affection. Bye.

(a) The simple life

(b) Good hospital

(c) The cozy inside

(d) The gourmet dishes

12.

The Americans have no philosophical school of their own. But it is easy to perceive that almost all the inhabitants of the United States conduct their understanding in the same manner, and govern it by the same rules. To evade the bondage of system and habit, of family maxims, class opinions, and exiting facts only as a lesson used in doing otherwise, and doing better; to tend to results without being bound to means, and to aim at the substance through the form-______________ of Americanism.

(a) I don't care much for these aspects

(b) I don't say these things do consist

(c) so unique a system can be told

(d) such are the principal characteristics

13.

An image is a word or group of words that makes an appeal to one of the senses; sight, hearing, taste, touch, and muscular tension known as the kinesthetic sense. Though an image may appeal to more than one sense, in a specific context one sense is usually dominant. Imagery is especially characteristic of poetry, in which the content or activity of the mind is often rendered concretely-______________. But most writers of expository prose also use imagery to keep in close touch with the visible and tangible world.

(a) thought manifested in things

(b) thought manifested in imagery

(c) imagery manifested in things

(d) imagery manifested in forms

14.

The true stories of famous women were recounted by Giovanni Boccaccio in his work Famous Women, a collection of one hundred short biographies composed in Latin in 1362. A monument of classical scholarship for its time, it contains the biographies of historical woman renowned for valor in warfare and fearlessness in the face of death, for writing and the arts, for political rulership, and for devotion to husbands. The biographies often end with a  passage of moral reflection and exhortation                                   .

(a) to foster feminine virtues such as modesty

(b) to follow the examples of extraordinary females

(c) to continue the tradition of classical scholarship

(d) to emulate the religious devotion of saints

15.

As the leading Technical Consultant for GE Exchange Services, Lucy Bremond  has had a successful career. But she has also served as President of GE Elfun,  a volunteer organization of 43,000 GE employees and retirees around the world.  Under Lucy's leadership, GE Elfun members have participated in more than 1,000 volunteer projects a year. They mentor high school students; they read to children; they assist the elderly. They reach out. They inspire. Simply put, GE Elfun volunteers are                                            .

(a) committed to excellence in their careers

(b) dedicated to community involvement

(c) devoted to the success of GE and its products

(d) involved in activities supporting the Third World

16.

The Wise Farmer's Almanac, which has been popular among many Americans for more than 250 years,                                     . Today, with our busy schedules and frantic work weeks, such knowledge is more important than  ever in our efforts to live fulfilling lives. Now, though this book, you can  learn to organize your home, clean and repair household items, care for your pet more effectively, and save money, with entertaining digressions into the origins of everyday customs ane innovations. In this humorous, practical guide,

you will find a way to live smarter, healthier, and happier.

(a) provides essential tips that farmers need to know

(b) contains a calendar of events to commemorate

(c) is full of household hints to help you through life

(d) is a comprehensive medical guide to healthy living

17.

You can spend a week                                   in an amazing deal released this week. The package from Escapes Unlimited, a 21-year-old tour company based in Tustin, starts at $799 per person, double occupancy, for a round-trip air fare from Los Angeles to New Zealand on Air Tahiti (with a stop in Tahiti) and seven-night rental of a stick-shift RV that lacks a bathroom  but has a two-burner kitchen and microwave and sleeps two. The deal is good  through November, subject to availability.

(a) relaxing at a fancy hotel in New Zealand

(b) touring New Zealand in a motor home

(c) cruising from LA to New Zealand

(d) staying at a vacation home in Tahiti

18.

True genius is the ability to see beyond conventional modes of thinking and to suggest new and better ones. Under this definition, a true genius must successfully challenge the assumptions underlying a current paradigm, and supplant the old paradigm with a new, better, and more fruitful one. This two-pronged standard is aptly illustrated by examining the scientific contribution of the 15th century astronomer Copernicus. He not only showed that the old view and its assumptions were problematic but also developed a new paradigm.

Q. According to the author, who is a genius?

(a) One who invents things.

(b) One who makes scientific contributions.

(c) One who successfully develops new paradigms.

(d) One who can see beyond the conventional and invent new, better paradigms.

19.

Deer Valley Farm, certified organic by the State of New York, sell a full line of foods-from baked bread and cookies to wheat middlings. You can buy organically grown meats here at substantial savings. Deer Valley sells raw milk cheese, and the cheddar is only $3,29 to $4.39 per pound, less than some of the supermarket varieties. The only drawback here is the minimum order, $150, necessary to reap savings of 25% to 40% on the prices you'd pay if buying the same goods from your local health food store. But if you get your friends together, you can meet that amount easily with a combined order.

Q. According to the advertisement. which of the following is NOT correct?

(a) The farm sells a variety of organic dairy products.

(b) The farm deals with home-made cookies as well

(c) You must get your friends together to order goods.

(d) You must order goods worth more than 150dollars.

20.

We all are in the great barrel of life. That barrel is shaking all the time. Every community is shaking, every place is shaking. The offices, the shops, the stores, the schools, the pulpits, the homes- every place where we live or work is shaking. Life is a constant survival of fittest. The same law that shakes the little ones down and the big ones up in a can is shaking every person to the place he fits in the barrel of life. It is sending small people down and great people up. We are very foolish when we want to be lifted up to some big place, or when we want some big person to be put down to some little place.

Q. What is the main idea of this passage?

(a) The ever-changing barrel of life is a field where infinite struggle for survival takes place

(b) There is an assigned lot to each person; therefore, he or she should know how to be satisfied with his or her own.

(c) Life is filled with conflicts and confusion that cannot be easily coped with

(d) A small person achieves a little while a big person achieves a lot

21.

The polio virus attacks the body by invading the digestive organs or the lungs. As it comes in contact with the body defense mechanisms, it brings about the formation of antibodies-substances that neutralize the efforts of the virus. If the virus is not held in check by the antibodies, it may reach nerve cells in the spinal cord or brain. If that happens, numerous cells may be destroyed; the disease may result in the wasting away of muscles, or permanent paralysis or death.

Q. Which is the topic of the paragragh?

(a) Danger of a disease

(b) Importance of antibodies

(c) How polio affect its victims

(d) cause and effect of a crippling disease.

22.

Keep in Touch

As you life changes, your classmates and friends want to know. Do you have news to share? Use the space below or attach a note with your news, and be sure to include class year(s) and maiden name(s) for all alumni you mention. Mail, e-mail or fax your news! "Down the year" P.O. Box 97116, Waco, TX 76798-7116; e-mail : judy_prather@benbova.edu; fax : (817)755-1096.

*If you are divorced from another Ben Bova alumnus, please help us correct our records by attaching an updated address for your former spouse.

Q. What is the purpose of this announcement?

(a) To get information from former graduates.

(b) To share news with other alumni chapters.

(c) To host a homecoming day for all alumni

(d) To arrange a meeting between classmates.

23.

Medicine is one of the oldest sciences known to man. Ancient medicine was a combination of magical prayers, charms, and the formulas. Powdered goat food and dried frog eyes seem strange and absurd remedies to modern man, but the ancient man took them seriously. They also believed that many illnesses were the result of having displeased the gods. Therefore, the best cure was a prayer or sacrifice that would restore them to the favor of the gods. For this reason, the profession of physician or doctor was usually reserved to the priest caste.

Q. What is the possible function of the ancient medicine?

(a) Frightening the evil spirit

(b) Maximizing the psychological effect on the patient

(c) Mustering up the courage of the patient

(d) Salvaging the soul of the dying patient.

24.

Even war criminals usually go to the trouble of claiming some moral justification for their crimes, some moral equivalence with their enemies. Timothy McVeigh argued that the arrogance of the Federal Government, the government that wanted to take his guns and cramp his right, was so vast and so dangerous that he needed to blow up a building, start a revolution. "I did it for the larger good," he claimed, and if innocent people had to die, well, that's what happens in war. He called the 19 dead children "collateral damage," and bragged that even if he is executed, he still wins.

Q. According to the passage, who is trying to justify what he did?

(a) An innocent war criminal

(b) An arrogant militia man

(c) A revolutionary leader

(d) A homicidal bomber.

25.

modern transportation seems to be getting faster and faster. Not many years ago a trip around the world was long and dangerous. Today a supersonic jet plane can circle the globe in a few hours. In the future even travel to the stars seems to be possible. But actually, there are many problems still unsolved in the transportation systems of most big cities. Take New York, for instance. Although its transportation system is considered to be one of the best in the world, it is terribly overcrowded and almost impossible to move by car, especially during the rush hour.

Q. Which of the following is implied in the above the passage?

(a) We must stop worrying about traveling to the stars.

(b) We must not to try to drive a car in big cities.

(c) We should still improve the transportation system of big cities.

(d) We should be able to reduce the 'flux time' jobs in our society.

26.

The two world wars weakened the military and political might of the larger European powers. In the meantime, as new independent nations emerged in Africa and Asia and the needs and powers of a "third world" caused a shift in the international thinking, education was seen to be both an instrument of national development and a means of crossing national and cultural barriers. One consequence of this has been a great increase in the quantity of education provided. Attempt have been made to eradicate illiteracy, and colleges and schools have been built everywhere.

Q. According to the passage, which of the following in true?

(a) The "third world" nation built colleges to root out illiteracy

(b) New independent nations increased the years of their schooling.

(c) The "third world" refers to all the nations but the European powers.

(d) Education became the means of imperialistic conquest after the wars.

27.

The makers literature are those who have seen and felt the miraculous interestingness of the universe. Your own fragment of insight was accidental, and perhaps temporary. Their lives are one long ecstasy of denying that the world is a dull place. Is it nothing to you to learn to understand that the world is not a dull place? Is it nothing to you to be led out of the tunnel on the hillside, to have all your sense quickened, to be invigorated by the true savor of life, to feel your heart beating under that correct necktie of yours? These makers of literature render you their equals.

Q. According to the passage, why are the makers of literature considered great?

(a) They appeal to a strong instinct within you.

(b) They create their own vision and participate in it.

(c) They work for the common good and for a better society.

(d) They make you alive with their perspectives on life.

28.

In its narrowest sense deductive logic divides into the logic of propositions and the logic of predicate. In its widest sense it embraces various theories of language(such as logical syntax and semantics), metalogic(the methodology of formal systems), theories of

modalities(the analyses of the notions of necessity, possibility, impossibility, and contingency), and the study of paradoxes and logical fallacies. Both of these senses may be called formal or pure logic, in that they construct and analyze an abstract body of symbols, rules for stringing these symbols together into formulas, and rules for manipulating these formulas.

Q. Which of the following is NOT the job of a logician?

(a) Making inferences from concrete issues.

(b) Adding certain manipulations to the symbols and formulars.

(c) Developing theory of modalities and language.

(d) Using a metalogical system to analyze paradoxes.

29.

One easy way to compare wealth is to think about foreign debt. Foreign debt is money owed to companies and institutions outside the country. Foreign debt is a concern for some people because tax money is required to pay interest on the debt. Moreover, politicians use the 'debt problem' to justify cost reduction programs. In a number of western countries, governments have tried to reduce expenditures by cutting civil servant jobs and wages. These actions have resulted in expansive strikes in France, Germany and Canada.

Q. What is this passage mainly about?

(a) Foreign debt and the strike

(b) Foreign debt and tax money

(c) The effects of foreign debt

(d) Aggressively inducing foreign capital.

30.

New Age music transmit values and transports souls into a kind of cosmic connectedness, proponents say, while at the same time uniquely touching spontaneous chords in individuals (a) Education is getting help from film, television, and popular music.(b) Largely instrumental, this music is unstructured and circular in form, with a blurring of tones; often there is no ending or resolution to the melody. (c) Critics call it "yuppie Muzak," "aural wallpaper," and "audio valium." (d) Those who like it say it helps them relax and meditate, eliciting a joy that energizes and brightens them.

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