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1. around
2. to
3. beyond
4. under
5. with
6. over
7. for
8. of
9. through
10. on/along
1. up 2.with 3.out of 4. under 5.with 6. over 7.with 8.of 9.by 10.on
1. Those students who (fail)FAILED the exam are going to take another one held in August.
2. All the tickets (sell)HAD BEEN SOLD out by the time we arrived at the theatre.
3. “I just (go)AM JUST GOING out to get an evening paper.” ~ “But it (rain)IS RAINING. WhyDON'T you (not wait)WAIT till the rain (stop)STOPS?”
4. I (remember)WILL REMEMBER this summer all my life.
5. We (ask)ASKED them to stay with us if they (come)WOULD COME again for the next meeting.
6. For the last three years I (spend)HAVE SPENT every minute if my life on this problem.
7. Hurry up or you (be)WILL BE late for class.
8. Turn the TV off. by the time the lights (be)HAD BEEN on again the TV station (stop) broadcasting.
9. Hurry up or our favourite TV programme (be)WILL HAVE BEEN over long before we (reach)REACH home.
10. We came to sit on a park bench for a rest. We (shop) HAD BEEN SHOPPING around all morning and (buy) HAD BOUGHT a lot of food.
16. Research shows that, compared with the previous generation, young people today are _____.
A. less perceptive B. more sensitive C. more worldly-wise D. better informed
17. In paragraph 3, the word ‘stances’ is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. attitudes B. situations C. functions D. places
18. According to new research by five media groups, today’s youngsters are _____.
A. able to understand the language of advertising
B. unable to ‘read’ the messages in the many forms of advertising
C. bright enough to do some research before buying something
D. a bit wary of adverts
19. Advertisements aimed at the present young generation _____.
A. are using a variety of new techniques B. are technologically sophisticated
C. are making use of old techniques D. are becoming more subtle
20. It can be inferred that celebrity endorsements are advertisements _____.
A. that show viewers how to become famous
B. that famous people like watching
C. where famous people say they use and like certain products
D. where viewers are invited to take part in a phone-in progra e
21. Young people seem to believe that costly advertising _____.
A. makes no difference to the popularity of the product B. is the mark of a good quality product
C. means the product is probably overpriced D. does not inspire customer confidence
22. According to Stuart Armon, youngsters today pay more attention to an advert _____.
A. if its message is i ediately obvious B. if it is on their favorite TV channel
C. if it gives them something to think about D. if it has a witty element
23. Sid McGrath is concerned that young people these days _____.
A. are encouraged to eat too much B. are given too many choices
C. are not required to drink D. do not get enough exercise
24. The author uses the phrase ‘living vicariously’ in the penultimate paragraph to mean that young people _____.
A. want to become more sophisticated than other people
B. do not imitate people around the
C. do not rely on their own feeling or senses to understand the world around the
D. want to be independent of other people
25. According to McGrath, many advertisements today are adapting to satisfy youngsters’ desire to _____.
A. understand their problems B. see the funny side of their problems
C. forget their problems D. find solutions to their problems
1 impressed
2 polluting
3 furthering
4 untold
5 costly
6 stromy
7 activists
8 attractively
9 attendance
10 economical
1 is playing
2 have been
3 to come
4 meeting
5 came
6 Have
7 interesting
8 better
9 carefully
10 information
IV.Supply the appropriate forms of words in the brackets.(2pts)
1. As ___impressed_____ as he is, it’s not surprising that he believed their lies. (IMPRESS)
2. Our factories, cars and power stations may poison the environment with __polluted_____ gases and chemical waste. (POLLUTE)
3. The monument was erected in ____remembrance____ of the fallen soldiers for posterity. (REMEMBER)
4. Being a career woman, Angelina devoted herself exclusively to __farther______ her career. (FAR)
5. Urban sewage and industrial waste that man discharges into the sea have a ____deleterious____ effect on marine life. (DELETE)
6. Good jobs are in short supply these days and you need to be on the ____look-out__ for them as a result. (LOOKING)
7. The invention of software by Bill Gates brought _____untold___ wealth to him when he was 25. (TELL)
8. One of the most studied of all ‘kitchen cures’, ginger has been used ____medecinally____ for millennia. (MEDICINE)
9. ____leadership___ skill is the one skill that can grant you the opportunity to get a good job. (LEAD)
10. Bill Gates is a ____successful___ story of an entrepreneur. (SUCCEED)
PART IV: READING
I.Put ONE suitable word in each space (1p)
Miss Darby was one of those people who never threw anything away. “You
never know when you might need it” was (1) .............one......................... of her favorite sayings.
She lived (2) .........................by............. herself in a large Victorian house across the road from
us. Although I never went to her house, I knew it was full (3) .....of.................................
antique furniture, Persian carpets and so on. In every room, there were dozens of paintings so
that her house was (4) ................like...................... an art gallery. I remember my father
(5) ......................saying................ that she was a “ Staffordshire Darby” but I had
(6) ..................no.................... idea what he meant.
I (7) ....................found.................. out years later that the Darby family had made their money
from coal-mining in Staffordshire. We used to make up stories (8) .............about......................... her.
My sister Alice, (9) ...................who................... was a romantic girl, told us that Miss Darby once
had a lover, but he walked out one day and she (10) ..................never.................... saw him again!
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