DE THI CCQG C 1. Why don't you look where you're going, Jame? You've just on a
snail !

a) marched
b) jumped
c) trodden
d) gone 2. 'You know Mrs Jones, don't you?' 'I'm not sure. Which Mrs Jones are
you to?'

a) talking
b) referring
c) mentioning
d) looking 3. They showed me some photos and I had to try to the man that I saw
coming out of the post office.

a) place
b) identify
c) watch out
d) see
d) pull 7. If you think you'll earn more money by working overtime here, you 'll
be disappointed.

a) largely
b) tragically
c) highly
d) sadly 8. I could have myself for making such a stupid remark.a) pinched
b) blown
c) hit
d) kicked 9. The fire bell went off at work this afternoon. Thank goodness it was a
false

a) panic
b) alarm
c) emergency
d) warning
13. The last of tennis I played must have been ten years ago, so it's not
surprising I'm tired out after this one.

a) play
b) game
c) match
d) competition 14. The farm worker's unions have today a 20% pay rise.a) help on to
b) put in for
c) stood up for
d) got on to

15. I'm sorry, Mr Fenner's line is .Will you hang on, or will you call
back later?

a) occupied
b) engaged
c) full
d) connected 16. reaching the summit, the first thing they did was to raise their

b) even
c) hard
d) scarcely 20. Grace went back to the office to she had turned all the lights off.a) make sure
b) wonder
c) go over
d) look 21. If we want to get there as cheaply as we can, it will flying
overnight.

a) want
b) have to
c) mean
d) need 22. She waited the lecturer had stopped speaking before asking her
question.

a) when
b) by the time
c) before
d) until

(crates).

a) wooden boxes
b) box cars
c) trucks
d) quantities 27. Because of the baby boom of the 1980s, preschools in the U.S. have
(proliferated).

a) changed in philosophy
b) increased in numbers
c) become more crowded
d) become more expensive 28. Even though he was (obese), Oliver Hardy gained fame as a
comedian.

a) dying
b) crazy
c) unhappy
d) fat 29. Crimes against property have risen in the U.S and other
(urbanized) countries.

a) rich
33. In coastal areas where there is (an abundance) of fish, the fishing
industry prospers.

a) more than sufficient quantity
b) a wide variety
c) a unique type
d) a common diet 34. There is a common (superstition) that a ring around the moon
means that rain will come soon.

a) attitude
b) speculation
c) peace
d) approach 35. Political refugees often find (sanctuary) in churches.a) happiness
b) protection
c) peace
d) charity 36. Many (pesticides) are available for insects like termites and cock-

b) a believer in
c) a politician for
d) a supporter of 40. A backyard swimming pool can be a (hazard) for small children.a) pleasure
b) disaster
c) danger
d) thrill 41. When the New York Giants lost the football game, the citizens of New
York were (abject).

a) surprised
b) disgusted
c) relieved
d) depressed 42. Canada is a vast country (in terms of) its area.a) except for
46. John Foster Dulles (achieved) recognition in the U.S as an
international lawyer in the 1930s.

a) fought for
b) gained
c) wrote about
d) chose 47. In 1936, Edward VIII (renounced) his title to the British throne to
marry Wallis Warfield Simpson.

a) gave up
b) threw away
c) let down
d) put in 48. Many children looked (emaciated) during the drought.a) sick
b) unhappy
c) thin
d) lonely 49. An increasing number of women in the 1980s delayed marriage and

b) fervently
c) in large numbers
d) in management positions 53. Taking some kinds of medicine will cause your body to (retain)
fluids.

a) sustain
b) inject
c) lose
d) keep 54. (Down) pillows are very popular.a) floor
b) beanbag
c) feather
d) polyester

55. In most public building, (ramps) are installed for handicapped
people.

a) sloped walkways
b) safe handrails


59. During the war, the shipping lanes proved (vulnerable) to attack.a) susceptible
b) dangerous
c) futile
d) feasible 60. The charges brought against the government official finally hurt
nothing but his (vanity).

a) family
b) prospects
c) pride
d) image 61. Questions 61-65:

Research into happiness is always open to question. Do people, when
asked, tell the truth about whether or not they are happy? Isn't it
peculiar to tell a complete stranger that you are miserable? Possibly.
Nevertheless, people who fill in questionnaires without giving their
names show the same sort of results as those in open interview. It might
also be suggested that people do not know whether they are happy or
not. But, if you belive that it honestly when asked, the research makes
some fascinating discoveries.


62. What did the researchers discover about levels of happiness?

a) A sudden change in circumstances can make people less happy.

b) Childhood is the happiest time of life.
c) There is little variation from one person to the next.
d) Successful people are more likely to be happy. 63. According to the research, which people would be happiest?a) Single people
b) The parents of teenagers
c) Married couples with a new baby
d) Married couples without children 64. According to the passage, it is difficult to explain why people a) remain married in spite of being unhappy
b) consider marriage worthwhile
c) continue to have children
d) value happiness more than anything else 65. In general, the writer thinks the results of the research are
67. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?a) Gauguin's Escape
b) Gauguin: Myth and Reality
c) The Life of Paul Gauguin
d) Attitude and Art 68. According to the passage, Gauguin a) divorced his wife
b) lived alone
c) liberated his family
d) disregarded society's rules 69. Which of the following is NOT suppported by the passage?a) Gauguin justified his behavior
b) Gauguin quarreled with his friends
c) Gauguin left his family
d) Gauguin promised to come back 70. It can be inferred from the passage that the art of the coming century
would be more


in 1938 a rancher spotted several of to small furry animals floating on
their backs, their usual position, off the coast of California. Since then,
their numbers have slowly multiplied. The problem now is not that
people hunt them for their furs but that the sea otters are at odds with
commercial shellfish industry. Many people in the shellfish industry
want to get rid of the otters because they eat the very things that the
industry wants: clams, abalone, lobster, crabs, and sea urchins.
Another danger for the sea otter comes from the oil industry. Sea otters
have no insulating layer of blubber to keep them warm in 50-degree
waters. What keeps them warm is their long, thick fur. This fur must be
kept fluffy and full of air bubbles in order to keep water from coming in
direct contact with the otter's skin. If there is an oil spill, as has been
common is recent years, the oil could mat the sea otter's fur, which
would cause death by freezing within hours. As a result, conservatinists
are now concerned about what might happen if a large number of sea
otters and an oil slick meet.

73. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

a) Sea Otters: A Conservationist's Concern
b) Oil Slicks
c) Sea Otters and Their Fur
d) The Life of the Sea Otter 74. A sea otter is

a) a furry animal

b) a teddy bear


78. Which of these would be a problem for sea otters?a) Warm weather
b) Tangled hair
c) Bubbly water
d) Shellfish
79. What major problem are the conservationists concerned about?a) Freezing weather
b) An accident by the oil industry
c) Oily skin
d) Air bubbles coming in contact with the sea otter's skin 80. Questions 80-86
But the most important role of the Library of Congress is to serve as the
research and reference arm of Congress. The library provides legislators
with the information they need to learn about the issues facing them. The
library staff answers more than 450.000 queries a year, ranging from
very simple requests to extremely complex issues. In addition, people on
the library staff will prepare summaries of major legislation and bills to

82. The main job of the Library of Congress is to a) research information
b) store books
c) study law
d) hire experts 83. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way that the library
staff helps legislators?

a) Preparing summaries
b) Presenting their points of view
c) Reading in foreign languages
d) Keeping up-to-date 84. For whom is this passage most likely written?a) Congress members
b) The public
c) The library staff
d) Lawyers
had somehow to break through to the river which would give us our
direction out of the mountains into the inhabited lowlands.
Our guide cut a narrow path through the bushes with his long knife and
we followed in single file. Progress was slow.Then, when we thought we
had really reached the river, we found ourselves instead on the edge of a
cliff with a straight drop of 1.000 feer to the water below. We climbed
back up the slope and began to look for another way down. We climbed,
slipped, sweated and scratched our hands to pieces and finally arrived at
the river. Happily we strode downhill along its bank without having to
cut our way. However, after a few miles the river entered a steep-sided
gap between rocks and suddenly dropped thirty-five feet over a
waterfall. There was no path alongside it and no way round it.
Then one of the guides saw a way of overcoming the difficulty. There was
a fallen tree lying upside down over the waterfall with its leafy top
resting on the opposite bank below the falls. Without hesitation he
climbed down the slippery trunk to show us how easy it was. Having got
to the fork of the tree, he moved hand over hand along a branch for four
or five feet with his legs hanging in space, then he dropped onto the flat
bank the other side, throwing his arms in the air like a footballer who
has scored a goal, and cheerfully waving us on.

87. Having reached the highest point on their route, the travellers
expected to be able to

a) track animals to the river
b) put away the maps they had been using
c) approach the river from a different direction
d) get down to the river without much difficulty a) use a fallen tree as a kind of bridge
b) cross the river above the waterfall
c) slide down a steep river bank
d) swing across the river from a high branch
92. Questions 92-95
I hated almost every day of my time at boarding school and, in any case,
my first term was a disaster. I found it very difficult to settle down, and
my unhappiness was made worse because I was also unhappy at home. A
happy home life gives you a base from which you can go into the world
with confidence. But if life at home is difficult, life away at boarding
school is almost impossible. Apart from having to keep to a great many
rules and customs, many of which seemed to me stupid, we were never
allowed to be alone. You had to be with another boy at all times. I am
extremely dependent on being alone as part of every day, so daily life at
school was very hard for me, though the over boys managed fairly well.
In the middle of the first term I developed a cough. The school nurse said
it was a 'stomach-cough', whatever that may be, and gave me some pills.
However, afterwards, playing football in a snowstorm, I suddenly could
not breathe properly and was taken to the hospital ill with bronchitis and
pneumonia. Almost at once I was put into a small room with another boy
who was allso very ill. He died and I nearly did .My main memory of my
stay at the hospital was that the night-nurses used to get together in my
room and play cards and chat. Keeping the light on and keeping me
awake when I was seriously ill didn't bother them. When I had recovered
I was sent home for a few weeks and missed a term.
a) was away from school for a year
b) was taught in the school for a year

c) had some private time for himself

d) had to do his homework in bed 95. When the author was leaving school, the headmaster believed the
author would

a) realise how good school life had been
b) be unhappy after he left school
c) be thankful to be leaving school
d) regret his last day at school. 96. Questions 96-100
A national political struggle is continuing over the issue of protection for
the remnants of vast ancient forests that once covered the northwestern
areas of the United States. These old forests, called 'old growth', contain
trees from 200 to 1.200 years old. There are now about 6 million acres of
virgin forest in Washington and Oregon, only about one-tenth of what
existed before the 1800s. This old growth contains some of the most
valuable timber in the nation, but its economic worth is also contained in
its water, wildlife, scenery, and recreational facilities.
Conservationists want the majority of existing old growth protected from
harvesting. They emphasize the vital relationship between old growth
98. Before the 1800s

a) there were six million trees
b) old growth was not cut down
c) the trees had more economic value

d) there were more virgin forests
99. The struggle is between

a) Oregon and Washington
b) Oregon and the U.S Forest Service
c) conservationists and the state of Oregon

d) conservationists and the state of Oregon
100. Studies show that young trees gain nutrients from a) wildlife
b) virgins
c) old trees
d) wood products