LISTENING (20 pts)

SECTION I. Listen to the recording carefully and write down the missing words on your answer sheet.

Driving a taxi isn't only (1) ______ It's bad for a person's health as well. Taxi drivers (2) ______, a lot of stress
every day out on the street. Of course, we all know they have to drive in (3) ______traffic, but they also have to drive
in bad weather (4) ______.Think about having to try in a big city during a(n) (5) ______. In addition, taxi drivers have
to work on holidays! There isn't much time for them to spend (6) ______ with their friends and families. All of these
can (7) ______ a driver's health. It's no (8) ______ a lot of taxi drivers have high blood (9) ______ and other health
problems. Driving a taxi is (10) ______ a stressful job.

SECTION II. Listen to the recording. For questions 11-15, choose the option (A, B, C, or D) which best completes the
blank space or best answers the question.

11. At ballet school in New York, Elena______

A was the only student from Bulgaria B. found learning the language hard
C. suffered from a rare disease D. learned to be dependent
12. What does Elena say about the ballet called Cinderella?

A. Children will enjoy it. B. The music was unfamiliar to her.

C. She was so moved when performing it. D. She saw it when she was a child.
13. In her free time, Elena likes to, ______

A. go fishing B. go sightseeing
C. go to clubs D. go shopping
14. What does Elena often do to her fans?

A. She gave them a flower. B. She eats out with one of them.
C. She sends them a free ticket. D. She signs one of her photographs.
15. What does Elena like best about her job?

A. getting applause B. appearing on TV

C. doing something she loves D. travelling to different countries.
SECTION III. Listen to two pieces of radio news. Give brief answers to the questions.

16. Why did the explosion happen, according to the Gas Board officials?

17. What cracked the gas main?

18. How many goals did Rangers score in the first half?

19. When did Franklin start limping?

20. How was the weather during the match?

USE OF ENGLISH (40 pts)

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1. They told me he was ______ home then.

A. a great place from B. far away C. a distance of D. a long way from

2. Don't you think they are able to help______?

A. each other one B. their own C. one another D. together

3. Up high in the sky______.

A is a plane flying past B. the plane is flying C. past flew a plane D. is flying past a plane.
4. He doesn't drink much ______ the police catch him as he drives home.

A. in the event B. in case C. despite D. otherwise

5. He gave me a lot of information, and I couldn't remember______.

A. them all B. it all C. nothing D. none of it

6. This plan is very good______ its feasibility

A. in contact with B. in terms of C. in return for you know. D. in addition to

7. They may have their flight rescheduled, ______ they will let you know.

A. in which event B. in which case C. by which time D. at which point

8. She seldom goes shopping without her mother by her side, ______?

A. doesn't she B. does she C. is she D. wouldn't she

9. Men cause ______ fatal accidents as women do for every mile they drive.
 A. twice more B. twice as many C. double as much D. as double
10. Had we known they ______ a road right there, we would never have bought the house.

A were building B. could have built C. must be building D. were going to build
11. The government set up a(n) ______ body on the use of drugs in sport.

A. advisable B. inadvisable C. well-advised D. advisory

12. The principal doesn't allow ______ in the auditorium.

A. us smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D. us smoking

13. I'm not ______them staying with us, as it’s only for a couple of days.

A. disagreeing with B. looking forward to C. opposed to D. objected to

14. That worker is _____ than sick.

A. lazier B. more lazy C. so lazy D. much lazy

15. There is one kind of sports which I like playing above all_____ and it is tennis.

A. sports B. other of sports C. of others D. others

16. He drove away as soon as the lights _____ green.

A. became B. turned C. changed D. others

17. The spectators hurled _____ at the referee when he disallowed the goal.

A. abuse B. complaint C. petition D. objection

18. He's so _____. He'll believe anything you say.

A. generous B. stubborn C. believable D. gullible

19. He promised her a loan but disappointingly he _____ on his word.

A turned over B. stood off C. went back D. sat down

20. I feel a bit dizzy; I didn't sleep _____ last night.

A. an eye B. a wink C. a jot D. an inch

21. That was not a genuine Van Gogh. It's a _____

A. fraud B. fake C. counterfeit D. wreck

22. Your steak looks really _____; mine is so tough I can’t chew it.

A soft B. flexible C. tender D. mild

23. Our planning for the sales _____ at the last minute.

A. went up B. fell through C. came apart D. broke away

24. I'd rather _____it differently in that situation!

A. be doing B. to have done C. I did D. have done

25. I could play the guitar well. I _____ a professional guitarist, but I decided to become a businessman instead.

A. may have become B. would become

C. could have become D. was becoming
26. We can't bear _____ nothing.

A. to sit around to do B. sitting around to do

C. sitting around doing D. to sit around without doing
27. People came from _____ to take part in the peace demonstration in Washington.

A. round and round B. out and about C. there and back D. far and wide

28. The teacher requested all the assignments _____ by the end of this week.

A. are submitted B. be submitted C. should submit D. will have been submitted

29. "Would you like tea or coffee?" “_____”

A. Yes, please. B. Please, do. C. I'd prefer both. D. Either will do

30. Lose this important match _____.

A. or you will have been sacked B. you will be fired

C. so you will be sacked immediately D. and you’ll be fired right away
31. She would make an excellent lawyer - she's conscientious and has a _____ mind.

A. well-trained B. well-intentioned C. well-built D. well-informed

32. The baby cannot crawl yet, _____ walk.

A. let alone B. not to mention C. least of all D. by degrees

33. The internship in a psychiatric ward _____ for the rest of his life.

A. had an influence on him B. had influenced on him

C. had him as an influence D. exerted an influence for him
34. Since he changed professions, Fred's yearly income has _____.

A. nearly tripled B. got almost three times bigger

C. almost grown by three times D. just about gone up three times
35. Advertising _____ people into buying things that they don’t really want.

A. makes B. blackmails C. brainwashes D. threatens

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that is incorrect.

36. Nearly all the electricity for industrial use almost comes from large generators driven by steam turbines.

A B C D

37. The class leader, on behalf of the others, promised not to come to the school late again any more.

A B C D

38. We all should increase the usage of alternative energy since it helps reduce the emission of carbon dioxide.

A B C D

39. There are now some interesting handsome Spanish tall exchange students staying in our hostel.

A B C D

40. Printmaking is the generic term for a number of processes, which woodcut and engraving are two prime examples.

A B C D

WORD FORMS (40 pts)

A. Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word given in brackets.

1. For all his _____ he never really connects with other people. (SOCIAL)

2. The work was done well thanks to their_____ attitude. (OPERATE)

3. They started the search in a _____ farm. (DESERT)

4. He's one of the best _____ we have ever worked with. (NEGOTIATE)

5. Her _____ is more important to her than anything else. (DEPEND)

6. The rate of crime is_____ high in the area, and the authorities must do something about it. (INCREASE)

7. They made certain _____ about the market. (ASSUME)

8. Isn't it time for you to have a medical _____. (CHECK)

9. They are discussing the _____ of the effectiveness of the system. (MAXIMUM)

10. The hobby of studying wild birds in their natural environment is called_____. (BIRD)

B. Put the words given in the correct blanks. You have to use their correct forms to make a meaningful passage.
There are two extra words that you cannot use.

wander plenty ease camp cruise starve

spirit probable politics concept vary study

It is a common (11) _____ that people in the Stone Age lived on the edge of (12) _____, in small groups, (13)
_____ around from place to place. On the contrary, recent (14) _____, of archaeological sites have in fact shown that
life was a great deal (15) _____ than it was for later farming communities. After the Ice Age the weather was warmer
than it is today and food was (16) _____ were large numbers of animals to hunt, fish could easily be caught in rivers
and the sea, and a huge (17) _______ of plants and berries grew in the forests.

During the Stone Age or Mesolithic Period, as it is known to archaeologists, men and women led an active social
and (18) _____ life. Large (19) _____ where up to 200 people may have lived, have been found in several parts of
Europe, in addition to the remains of communal tombs and temples. Making stone tools was (20) _____ seen as a
communal activity, in which even children used to take part.

GUIDED CLOZE TEST (10 pts)

Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) for each blank space.

Speech - the act of uttering sounds to (1) _____ meaning - is a kind of human action. Like any other repeated
action, speaking has to be learned, but once it is learned, it becomes a generally (2) _____ and apparently automatic
process.

As far as we can determine, human beings do not need to be (3) _____ to speak; most babies seem to possess a
sort of instinctive drive to produce speech-like noises. How to speak and what (4) _____ are another matter
altogether. These are learned from a particular society (5) _____ the baby is born: so that, like all conduct that is
learned from a society - from the people around us – speech is a patterned activity.

The meandering (6) _____ and chatter of young child are eventually channeled by imitation into a few orderly
grooves that (7) _____ the pattern accepted as meaningful by the people around him. Similarly, a child's
indiscriminate (8) _____ of putting things into his mouth becomes limited to putting food into his mouth in a certain
day. The sounds that a child can make are more (9) _____ and numerous than the sounds that any particular
language utilizes. However, a child born into a society with a pattern of language is encouraged to make a small (10)
_____ of sounds and to make these few sounds over and over until it is natural for him to make these sounds and no
others.

1. A. transmit B. describe C. convey D. reveal

2. A. unconscious B. unknown C. insensible D. irrational

3. A. explained B. forced C. directed D. learned

4. A. to talk B. telling C. to say D. speaking

5. A. into where B. into which C. into this D. into that

6. A. blabber B. chirp C. babble D. croon

7. A. represent B. express C. tell D. give

8. A. routine B. practice C. custom D. habitation

9. A. changed B. distorted C. varied D. reflected

10. A. gathering B. accumulation C. get-together D. selection

READING COMPREHENSION (10 pts)

Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement about the passage.

Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme
heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Sun's rays. Desert mammals also
depart from the normal mammalian practice of maintaining a constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep
down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert
mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46
degrees Celsius have been measured in Grant's gazelles. The overheated body then cools down during the cold
desert night, and indeed the temperature may fall unusually low by dawn, as low as 34 degrees Celsius in the camel.
This is an advantage since the heat of the first few hours of daylight is absorbed in warming up the body, and an
excessive buildup of heat does not begin until well into the day.

Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be fatal for
non-adapted animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself,
whereas human beings die after losing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight. An equally important adaptation
is the ability to replenish this water loss at one drink. Desert animals can drink prodigious volumes in a short time,
and camels have been known to imbibe over 100 liters in a few minutes. A very dehydrated person, on the other
hand, cannot drink enough water to rehydrate at one session, because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and
because a too rapid dilution of the body fluids causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water loss is of
obvious advantage in the desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from
grazing sparse and far- flung pastures. Desert-adapted mammals have the further ability to feed normally when
extremely dehydrated, it is a common experience in people that appetite is lost even under conditions of moderate
thirst.

1. What is the main topic of the passage?

(A) Weather variations in the desert (B) Adaptations of desert animals

(C) Diseases of desert animals (D) Human use of desert animals.

2. According to the passage, why is light coloring an advantage to large desert animals?
(A) It helps them hide from predators. (B) It does not absorb sunlight as much as dark colors.

(C) It helps them see their young at night (D) It keeps them cool at night.

3. The word "maintaining" is closest in meaning to

(A) measuring (B) inheriting (C) preserving (D) delaying

4. The author uses of Grant's gazelle as an example of

(A) an animal with a low average temperature

(B) an animal that is not as well adapted as the camel

(C) a desert animal that can withstand high body temperatures

(D) a desert animal with a constant body temperature

5. When is the internal temperature of a large desert mammal lower?

(A) Just before sunrise (B) In the middle of the day (C) Just after sunset (D) Just after drinking

6. The word "tolerate" is closest in meaning to

(A) endure (B) replace (C) compensate (D) reduce

7. What causes water intoxication?

(A) Drinking too much water very quickly (B) Drinking polluted water

(C) Bacteria in water (D) Lack of water.

8. What does the author imply about desert-adapted mammals?

(A) They do not need to eat much food. (B) They can eat large quantities quickly

(C) They easily lose their appetites. (D) They can travel long distances looking for food.

9. Why does the author mention humans in the second paragraph?

(A) To show how they use camels. (B) To contrast them to desert mammals.

(C) To give instructions about desert survival. (D) To show how they have adapted to desert life.

10. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an adaptation of large desert animals?

(A) Variation in body temperatures (B) Eating while dehydrated

(C) Drinking water quickly (D) Being active at night.

OPEN CLOZE TEST (60 pts)

Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to make a meaningful passage.

PASSAGE A

For years, concern has been (1) _____ by parents and teachers about the effect of computer games on the moral
and (2) _____ make-up of the next (3) _____. Some have warned that a relentless diet of whiz-bang 'shoot-'em-ups'
fosters antisocial behavior, (4) ____ playground violence. (5) _____ believe that the age of the zombie is upon us.

But expert opinion is (6) _____ radically. Psychologists in America and Britain now suggest that (7) _____
computers games hold some dangers for children, they also provide opportunities their parents (8) _____ enjoyed to
amplify powers of concentration and memory. Researchers (9) _____ also highlighted the positive (10) _____ of
children to the way computer games reward success, thereby spurring (11) _____ on to look for greater challenges -
a boon if the same attitude is applied to school (12) _____. A leading academic at the University of Washington has
even claimed that children think (13) _____ when they play computer games, learning to deal with problems in
parallel rather than in sequence. In (14) _____ children are being trained to tackle problems in a (15) _____ which is
not only more rapid but also more effective.

PASSAGE B

The geographical (1) _____ of a country and its physical characteristics are very important to its (2) _____ United
States is very fortunate in this (3) _____.

First of all, it has a good climate. In (4) _____ all section of the country. It is possible to live comfortably during
the (5) _____ year. It is true that in the south it sometimes gets very (6) _____ and in the north very cold. But the
people who live in these (7) _____ become accustomed to the climate and never suffer (8) _____ when the weather
is either very hot or very cold.
 In a large country (9) _____ is usually a great variety of different physical characteristics. In the United States,
there are wide plains and high (10) _____ thousands of lakes and rivers of all sizes, cool forests and hot (11) _____
and a coastline several thousand miles long.

The many lakes and rivers, as well as the long coastline, have been of great (12) _____ to the development of the
country, since they have made (13) ____ the easy transportation of people and all the things they need.
Transportation by water is still necessary and important. In modern (14) ____ however, trains, automobiles, trucks
and airplanes are doing much of the work which was (15) ____done by ships and boats.

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (20 pts)

Rewrite each sentence in such a way that it means almost the same as the one printed before it. Use the word in
brackets without making any change to it.

1. He took little notice of the man standing at the gate. (WAS)

He didn't pay_____________________________________________________________________

2. She burst into tears immediately after saying it. (HAD)

No sooner_______________________________________________________________________

3. The artist's performance attracted such a big crowd that it had to start late. (SHOWED)

 So many________________________________________________________________________

4. I should have bought the car at last week's auction. (AUCTIONED)

 If _____________________________________________________________________________

5. The farmer and his children used to do most of the farm work. (WELL)

Most of _________________________________________________________________________

6. The attendance at the football match was very low. (SEE)

Hardly __________________________________________________________________________

7. Although he perhaps has some faults, meanness is not one of them. (INCLUDE)

Whatever _______________________________________________________________________

8. Everyone heard about the accident before I did. (INFORMED)

 I was___________________________________________________________________________

9. Someone has suggested banning cars from the city center. (AUTHORITY)

It ______________________________________________________________________________

10. You cannot find that precious book anywhere else except in her private library. (RATHER)

 It is ____________________________________________________________________________

THE END OF THE TEST