19. The Pope divided New World lands between Spain and Portugal according to their location on one side or the other of an imaginary geographical line 50 degrees west of Greenwich that extends in a _________ direction.
A. north and south B. north and west C. south east D. crosswise
20. In the spring of 1521, the ships crossed the _______ now called the International Date Line.
A. meridian B. penisula C. gulf D. canal
21. Magellan lost the favor of the king of Portugal when he became involved in a political ________.
A. entanglement B. problem C. negotiation D. discussion
22. One of Magellan's ships explored the _________ of South America for a passage across the continent.
A. coastline B. mountain range C. physical features D. islands
23. Which of the following statement is false?
A. Ferdinand Magellan lost the king's favor.
B. Five ships started their journeys from Spain.
C. Three ships couldn't finish their journeys.
D. Magellan and his men proved that the world is round.
24. The passage was found near 50 degrees S of ________.
A. Greenwich B. The equator C. Spain D. Portugal
25. The 16th century was an age of great ______ exploration.
A. cosmic B. land C. common man D. mental
V. Choose the best option to complete each sentence:
26. Hard work is________ of sucess.
A. chalk and cheese B. part and parcel C. back and forth D. pros and cons
27. He had the artist ________his portrait for him.
A. paint B. being painted C. painting D. painted
28. "Would you like some entertainment?" "I wouldn't mind having ______."
A. a few B. little C. a little D. few
29. Fred was a really silly boy when we were in high school. I still remember ______ very stupid questions.
A. his asking B. him to ask C. asking him D. his being asked
30. He had no idea _______ he could go there or not.
A. if B. whether C. that D. unless
31. I had two copies of it originally, but I can't find ________ one now.
A. other B. the other C. the others D. another
32. My daughter is ________ young to go to school.
A. very B. too C. enough D. so
33. All ________ test tubes must be replaced by chemistry students.
A. break B. breaking C. broken D. to break
34. "During the exam, we are not permitted to talk, walk or smoke." "That's right. The school authority won't allow ________"
A. smokes B. smoke C. smoking D. to smoke
35. He ________ as if he had been a politician.
A. told B. talked C. spoke D. said
36. Had I listened to your advice, I _______in a mess now.
A. wouldn't be B. am not being C. wouldn't have been D. won't be
37. But ________you had seen me in the water, I would have drown.
A. that B. for C. if D. whether
38. He seldom goes to the market, _________?
A. does he B. is he C. doesn't he D. isn't he
39. He became the first person _______a national hero.
A. making B. to be made C. made D. to make
40. The book is about the people in Latin America ______when he was on business there.
A. where he did the research B. who he did research
C. he did research on D. which he did research on
41. Sue: "You look tired." Mary: "Yes, it was _________ that I felt like going to bed."
A. so long a test B. very long test C. such long test D. a long test
42. Technological innovations have made our lives ________.
A. more and more comfortable B. comfortabler and comfortabler
C. more and less comfortable D. more comfortable and more comfortable
43. You can __________ the new words in the dictionary.
A. look at B. look after C. look up D. look for
44. It is suggested that Mary ______a rest for a few days.
A. takes B. take C. is taking D. will take
VI. Choose the option that needs correcting :
45. Computer science which is considered by some scientists to have a much closer relationship with A B C
mathematics than many scientific disciplines.
D
46. Not until he came back home he realized that his house had been burgled into.
A B C D
47. Having a speech disorder can cause some sufferers to be shy and having poor public speaking skills.
A B C D
48. Equipment so as cellular phones connects people to their work more, instead of giving them freedom
A B C from their work.
D
49. What should be done to help the people whose situation forces them destroying grassland?
A B C D
VII. Choose the best option to fill in each blank:
Men are lazy in the home, according to an official survey (50)_______ today. They have about six hours' a week more free time than wives, but play a very little (51)_______ in cooking, cleaning, washing, and ironing, according to the Social Trends Survey by the Central (52)_______ Office.
Nearly three quarters of married women (53)_______ to do all or most of the housework, and among married men the proportion who admitted that their wives did all or most of the housework was only slightly lower. The survey (54)_______ that washing and ironing was the least popular task among men, with only one per cent (55)_______ this duty, compared with 89 per cent of women, and 10 per cent sharing equally.Only 5 per cent of men (56)_______ the evening meal, 3 percent carry out household cleaning duties, 5 per cent do household shopping, and 17 per cent wash the evening dishes.
But when household gadgets break down, (57)_______ are carried out by 82 per cent of husbands. The survey says that, despite our economic problems, the majority of Britons are substantially better (58)_______ than a decade ago. We're healthier, too - eating healthier foods and smoking less.The (59)_______ Briton, not surprisingly, is more widely-traveled than a decade ago. More people are going abroad for holidays, with Spain the favorite destination.
50. A. edited B. emerged C. published D. furnished
51. A. role B. section C. work D. part
52. A. Numerical B. Cardinal C. Ordinal D. Statistical
53. A. uttered B. pronounced C. claimed D. emitted
54. A. planned B. pointed C. evolved D. showed
55. A. formulating B. burdening C. performing D. forming
56. A. prepare B. fit C. undertake D. process
57. A. fittings B. fixings C. repairs D. amendments
58. A. through B. off C. over D. on
59. A. medium B. average C. popular D. normal
VIII. Choose the option that is the synonym of the underlized word or phrase:
60. He is infamous for his dishonesty in business matters.
A. notorious B. loathed C. investigated D. dreaded
61. Gradually, the sound of the music and laughter died down.
A. became more irritating B. became softer
C. became more cheerful D. became louder
62. There is a large area of swamp that will have to be cleared before the construction begins.
A. dry, sandy soil B. soft, wet land C. forest D. prairie
63. The jeweler reported that the diamonds were genuine.
A. perfect B. false C. real D. valuable
64. The winner will be selected at random.
A. by interviewing B. by competition C. by chance D. by testing
IX. Writing:
Rewrite the following sentences, beginning with the words given:
It’s a pity that you didn’t tell us about this.
I wish
I have never heard such an exciting story like this before.
This is
The concert had been delayed for an hour and it started at 8 o'clock.
Having
The garden is too small for us to play football in.
The garden is so
It is three years since I last wrote to her.
The
B. In 120 words, write a paragraph on the disadvantages of over-reading.
( You have to mention at least two disadvantages of over-reading)
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APRIL, 2015
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I. Choose the option that needs correcting:
1. Computer science which is considered by some scientists to have a much closer relationship with
A B C
mathematics than many scientific disciplines.
D
2. Having a speech disorder can cause some sufferers to be shy and having poor public speaking skills.
A B C D
3. What should be done to help the people whose situation forces them destroying grassland?
A B C D
4. Equipment so as cellular phones connects people to their work more, instead of giving them freedom
A B C
from their work.
D
5. Not until he came back home he realized that his house had been burgled into.
A B C D
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others:
6. A. mysteriously B. elaborately C. originally D. necessarily
7. A. expectation B. disappearance C. intensity D. scientific
8. A. discover B. excavate C. terrify D. civilize
III. Choose the option that is the synonym of the underlized word or phrase:
9. There is a large area of swamp that will have to be cleared before the construction begins.
A. dry, sandy soil B. soft, wet land C. prairie D. forest
10. He is infamous for his dishonesty in business matters.
A. notorious B. investigated C. dreaded D. loathed
11. The winner will be selected at random.
A. by competition B. by testing C. by chance D. by interviewing
12. The jeweler reported that the diamonds were genuine.
A. perfect B. false C. real D. valuable
13. Gradually, the sound of the music and laughter died down.
A. became louder B. became softer
C. became more irritating D. became more cheerful
IV. Read the passage and choose the best option for each sentence or question:
In the 16th century, an age of great marine and terrestrial exploration, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail around the world. As a young Portuguese noble, he served the king of Portugal, but he became involved in the quagmire of political intrigue at court and lost the king's favor. After he was dismissed from service by the king of Portugal, he offered to serve the future Emperor Charles V of Spain.
A papal decree of 1493 had assigned all land in the New World west of 50 degrees W longitude to Spain and all the land east of that line to Portugal. Magellan offered to prove that the East Indies fell under Spanish authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. More than a year later, one of these ships was exploring the topography of South America in search of a water route across the continent. This ship sank, but the remaining four ships searched along the southern peninsula of South America. Finally they found the passage they sought near 50 degrees S latitude. Magellan named this passage the Strait of All Saints, but today it is known as the Strait of Magellan.
One ship deserted while in this passage and returned to Spain, so fewer sailors were privileged to gaze at that first panorama of the Pacific Ocean. Those who remained crossed the meridian now known as the International Date Line in the early spring of 1521 after 98 days on the Pacific Ocean. During those long
days at sea, many of Magellan's men died of starvation and disease.
Later, Magellan became involved in an insular conflict in the Philippines and was killed in a tribal battle. Only one ship and 17 sailors under the command of the Basque navigator Elcano survived to complete the westward journey to Spain and thus proved once and for all that the world is round, with no precipice at the edge.
14. The 16th century was an age of great ______ exploration.
A. common man B. land C. cosmic D. mental
15. In the spring of 1521, the ships crossed the _______ now called the International Date Line.
A. meridian B. gulf C. canal D. penisula
16. Four of the ships sought a passage along a southern ______.
A. coast B. island C. peninsula D. gulf
17. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Ferdinand Magellan B. A great exploration of the world
C. An age of exploration D. The 16th century
18. Which of the following statement is false?
A. Five ships started their journeys from Spain.
B. Ferdinand Magellan lost the king's favor.
C. Three ships couldn't finish their journeys.
D. Magellan and his men proved that the world is round.
19. Magellan lost the favor of the king of Portugal when he became involved in a political ________.
A. entanglement B. negotiation C. discussion D. problem
20. One of Magellan's ships explored the _________ of South America for a passage across the continent.
A. mountain range B. coastline C. physical features D. islands
21. The Pope divided New World lands between Spain and Portugal according to their location on one side or the other of an imaginary geographical line 50 degrees west of Greenwich that extends in a _________ direction.
A. north and south B. south east C. crosswise D. north and west
22. Who was a young Portuguese noble?
A. Ferdinand Magellan B. Emperor Charles V of Spain
C. Emperor Charles V of Spain D. the king of Portugal
23. The passage was found near 50 degrees S of ________.
A. Spain B. The equator C. Portugal D. Greenwich
V. Choose the best option to fill in each blank:
Men are lazy in the home, according to an official survey (24)_______ today. They have about six hours' a week more free time than wives, but play a very little (25)_______ in cooking, cleaning, washing, and ironing, according to the Social Trends Survey by the Central (26)_______ Office.
Nearly three quarters of married women (27)_______ to do all or most of the housework, and among married men the proportion who admitted that their wives did all or most of the housework was only slightly lower. The survey (28)_______ that washing and ironing was the least popular task among men, with only one per cent (29)_______ this duty, compared with 89 per cent of women, and 10 per cent sharing equally.Only 5 per cent of men (30)_______ the evening meal, 3 percent carry out household cleaning duties, 5 per cent do household shopping, and 17 per cent wash the evening dishes.
But when household gadgets break down, (31)_______ are carried out by 82 per cent of husbands. The survey says that, despite our economic problems, the majority of Britons are substantially better (32)_______ than a decade ago. We're healthier, too - eating healthier foods and smoking less.The (33)_______ Briton, not surprisingly, is more widely-traveled than a decade ago. More people are going abroad for holidays, with Spain the favorite destination.
24. A. furnished B. emerged C. published D. edited
25. A. role B. work C. section D. part
26. A. Ordinal B. Numerical C. Cardinal D. Statistical
27. A. emitted B. uttered C. claimed D. pronounced
28. A. evolved B. pointed C. planned D. showed
29. A. burdening B. forming C. performing D. formulating
30. A. prepare B. fit C. undertake D. process
31. A. amendments B. fixings C. repairs D. fittings
32. A. on B. off C. over D. through
33. A. medium B. average C. normal D. popular
VI. Choose the word whose underlized part is pronounced differently from the others:
34. A. mature B. adventure C. picture D. pasture
35. A. increase B. realise C. surprise D. devise
VII. Choose the best option to complete each sentence:
36. Technological innovations have made our lives ________.
A. more and more comfortable B. more comfortable and more comfortable
C. more and less comfortable D. comfortabler and comfortabler
37. Had I listened to your advice, I _______in a mess now.
A. wouldn't be B. am not being C. won't be D. wouldn't have been
38. I had two copies of it originally, but I can't find ________ one now.
A. another B. the other C. the others D. other
39. He became the first person _______a national hero.
A. to make B. to be made C. making D. made
40. He had no idea _______ he could go there or not.
A. if B. whether C. that D. unless
41. But ________you had seen me in the water, I would have drown.
A. that B. for C. if D. whether
42. You can __________ the new words in the dictionary.
A. look after B. look for C. look up D. look at
43. All ________ test tubes must be replaced by chemistry students.
A. break B. breaking C. broken D. to break
44. He seldom goes to the market, _________?
A. does he B. doesn't he C. is he D. isn't he
45. Hard work is________ of sucess.
A. chalk and cheese B. part and parcel C. pros and cons D. back and forth
46. "Would you like some entertainment?" "I wouldn't mind having ______."
A. little B. few C. a little D. a few
47. My daughter is ________ young to go to school.
A. very B. too C. so D. enough
48. Fred was a really silly boy when we were in high school. I still remember _____ very stupid questions.
A. his asking B. him to ask C. asking him D. his being asked
49. It is suggested that Mary ______a rest for a few days.
A. takes B. take C. is taking D. will take
50. "During the exam, we are not permitted to talk, walk or smoke." "That's right. The school authority won't allow ________"
A. smokes B. to smoke C. smoking D. smoke
51. He ________ as if he had been a politician.
A. told B. talked C. spoke D. said
52. The book is about the people in Latin America ______when he was on business there.
A. who he did research B. where he did the research
C. he did research on D. which he did research on
53. He had the artist ________his portrait for him.
A. paint B. painting C. being painted D. painted
54. Sue: "You look tired." Mary: "Yes, it was _________ that I felt like going to bed."
A. so long a test B. a long test C. such long test D. very long test
VIII. Read the passage and choose the best option for each sentence or question:
The white rings of Saturn, the second largest planet in the solar system and named for the ancient Roman god of agriculture, were first seen by the Italian astronomer Galileo in 1610. He interpreted the rings as being two smaller bodies, but in the late 1650s Huygens correctly theorized that there was indeed a ring. It was not until the mid-19th century that J.C Maxell demonstrated mathematically that these rings were composed of minute and connected particles. In 1980, the Voyager I spacecraft showed that the ring system was highly structured.
This system is vast, some twenty one times the diameter of the Earth, but it has a maximum thickness of only two kilometers. Spectroscopy, the analysis of radiated light to determine the elements present, show that the particles in the system consist of water ice, which is likely to cover rocky silicate cores. The ring may have originated an debris from satellites or comets, though another theory holds that they may consist of material left over from the formation of the planet itself.
Apart from the myriad ring particles, themselves satellites of course, there are at least twenty-four larger satellites proper orbiting Saturn. This means that Saturn has the most extensive satellite system yet found among the nine planets of our solar system. More than one-third of Saturn's satellites have been discovered in the past twenty years. While in general less strikingly varied than the moons of Jupiter, those of Saturn do provide one notable exception. Titan. This satellite, second only in size to Jupiter's Ganymede, is unique in the solar system in having a substantial atmosphere.
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