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I. PHONETICS
a. Choose one word whose stress pattern is dijJerent. Identify your answer by circling the
corresponding letter A, B,
C.
or D.
1. A. compulsory B. curriculum C. catenary D. calculation
2. A. certificate B. nursery C. typical D. primary
3. A. Chemistry B. Mathematics C. History D. Germany
4. A. electronics B. statistics C. physically D. academic
5. A. Algebra B. actually C. commence D. method
b. Choose one word whose underlined part ispronounced dijJerently from the rest. Identify
your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B,
C.
or D.
6. A. invite B. shrine C. village
7. A. househQld B. secQndary C. cIQse
8. A. appeal .B. headquarters C. l~e
9. A. m~dical B. f~deration C. ~pidemic
10.A. i§olate B. e§cape C. i§land
n.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1. Circle the best answer A, B, Cor D and write

A. listen B. listening C. to listen D.listened
20. I want to sing this song to ~_all of my friends.
A. dedicated B. dedication C. dedicate D. dedicating
21. He refused to take what he had said even though he knew he was wrong.
A. in B. back C. off D. out
22. people go to the movies now than 10 years ago.
A. Fewer B. Few C. Lesser D. Less
23. Supposing they her the job, would she it.
A. offered! accept B. offered! accepted C. offer/ accept D. offer/ accepted
D·primary
D.leftQver
D. treatment
D. d~vote
D. e§Pecial
24. When I reached the place, I found that the man _
A. death B. was died C. was death D. was dead
25. "Are you taking this term? "Yes, I like cooking and embroidering.
That's why I'm taking this course."
A. housewarming B. homecoming C. housing D. home economics
26. The weather was terrible. we decided to delay our trip.
A. Furthermore B. Besides C. Therefore D. However
27. The train was an hour late. .,I managed to get to the meeting in time.
A. While B. In spite of C. However D. Because
28. He was punished because he was to the teachers.
A. impersonal B. disrespectful C. unfriendly D. inattentive
29. She feels when she speaks in front of the crowds.
A. informal B. impersonal C. inconsequent D. insecure
30. I was just walking along the street when I someone I hadn't seen for years.
A. came across B. came over C. came b D. came off
2. Givethe co~etfonn of the wordsgivenandjill in the blanks tocompletethe sentences.

5. Fill in the numbered blank with one suitable word.
In 1846 an Irish immigrant in New York named Alexander opened a business called
the Marble Dry-Goods Palace. By (0) doing so, he gave the word something completely
new - the department store. Before this, no one had tried to bring together suchawide
(53) of goods wxler a single roof. The business did very well. It (54) rapidly and soon had a staff of two thousand.
For Stewart even that was not enough, however. In 1862 he (55) to an eight-storey building nearby, (56) he
renamed AT. Stewart's Cast-Iron Palace. It was, and for many years would
rern8in,
the largest shop in the world. OtherS followed Stewart's
example and soon there were stores (57) his in many nuYor cities in the United States. We don't know when people started
(58) them department stores. The expression wasn't used (59) print mtil1893, when it appeared in Harper's
magazine, but the way that it is used there (60) it clear that it was already widely understood. (61) is certain is that
department stores completely changed the shopping experience for millions of people. They offered not only an enonnous range of goods, but
also levels (62) comfort, luxury and excitement previously unknown to customers. Almost from the start they had restaurants,
toilets and many other facilities, so there was no need to go elsewhere for anything.
ID.READlNG
a.Read thefollowing mtlgaDne artic/e about a book and choose one best answer A, B, Cor Dfor each question. •
Each month we ask one of our experts to tell us what wildlife book- noveL guide or textbook- has· most influenced on him or her. Here,
Martba Holmes, marine biologist, TV presenter and film producer, reveals all. "I'm very keen reader, but selecting the book with a natural-
history theme which has influenced on me most was some challenge, mtil I thought back to my childhood. Then it was easy. Where the book
came from is a mystery, and I have never met anyone who has heard ofa It is Rita Richie's 'The Golden Hawks ofGenghis Khan'. I read it
when I was 10years old and I remember to this day the effect it had on me. Set in 1218, it is a story of a rich boy whose parents ate dead. He is
growing up in the splendid city of Samarkand and has a fascination for hawks, those magnificent hmting birds. There is a great deal of
mystery surromding his' past, but he is led to believe that a band of Mongols killed his father to steal a rare type of bird-the golden hawks.
Detennined to get these birds back, he nms, away :from Samarkand and joins a group of people traveling to the comtry of Mongolia. What
follows is a grand adventure centered on the city ofKarakorum, where the great Mongol chiefGenghis Khan was then based.
The book combines adventure, mystery, honor, mendship, danger, suffering - all seen through the eyes of the young hero, JaIair. I still find
this fantasy athrilling read. Jalair's great love for the birds was enviable and inspiring. But most of all it was the sense of place that stayed with
me. The book gives the reader an idea of the vast open spaces of central Asia and its huge skies, without the use of the long descriptive
passages. The emptiness of the Gobi Desert, the

did Martha learn
from
the book? - ,- '
C. is known to very few people A The importance of a sense of hum
Or
C. The need to protect your goods
D. is one of many mystery books she has read B. How to be a successful traveler D. How to get1he most out of life
be
70
-75.
Read thefoUowing text about Children
Using
Cotnouter
Games. The reading passage below has
six
paragraphs ~-F). The
opening sentence in each paragraph has been taken out. Comp1etethe ardcIe byputting the sentences
1- 7
into the IobeIedgapsA-F:
There isone extra sentI!1Ice.
70. A . The computer games range from high educational, creative, delightful ones such as Sim City, which is training a
whole new generation of enlightened city plarmers, via games of skills such as ski, flight, skateboard, and sailing simulations, to pretty
disgusting violent ones such as the Carmageddon series and Carpocalypse Now and Tom Raider, artfully designed to lure teenagers and
alanns parents. It always amazes me to hear the parents of a nine or ten-year-old saying 'He's up playing games.' And when you ask which
games he likes they do not know. Would these people, if asked who was babysitting, say 'Oh, some guys from the parlc'?
71. B . Walk past, discuss what the game is about while you· get on with the supper. Encourage sharing with other
children. Any game using two controllers is better than the lonely one.
72. C . Give warning, let a level be finished, but enforce it
73. D . If you have a teenager who spends a lot of time playing computer games, you probably need the software that
records every website via time spent, you may want one of the 'filter' programmes out dodgy sites. Unfornmately, these appear to cave- \

football practice.
77. 'Twelfth Night'
was written CA)by Shakespeare in (B)
10
days after he invited (C) to write (0) a play for Queen Elizabeth
1.
78. Evidence has been put forward (A) showing (B) that astronauts exposed (C) to long periods of weightlessness have
effected (0) quite severely.
79. After the social science lecture (A) all students are invited to take part in (B) a discussion of the issue (C) which were
raised in (0) the talk.
- 80.
Passports are legal (A) documents issued by (B) governments to give their bearers an authorization cross nation borders (C)
and seek protection (0) in an emergency.
b. RewriU tlurjoUowing sentences using the words in bold, in such a way that it means tlursame as tlurone given.
Do not alter
the"
words in any way. .
81. Pauline isn't trying to solve her financial problems. (etJort)
c.'86-100. "East or West, home is the best". How do you understand thiS English statement? ExPress
ytJIll'
opinion in
200 words inside this space.