Part 1: CIRCLE the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the sentences. (2,0pts)
1. I’ll give you the phone number of my hotel, so that you can reach me if anything happens. ______ anything happen, I want you to look after my children.
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A. Can |
B. Might |
C. Will |
D. Should |
2. I suppose you’re not serious, ______?
|
A. don’t I |
B. do I |
C. are you |
D. aren’t you |
3. Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is a 19-year-old Vietnamese woman who is the fastest swimmer in Southeast Asia in ______ races.
|
A. numerate |
B. numeral |
C. numeric |
D. numerous |
4. _____ are still ending up in prison – over 700 in 1972 – merely for using cannabis.
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A. So too many |
B. Far too many |
C. Quite too many |
D. Such too many |
5. A strong westerly ______ flattened the standing corn though it brought no rain.
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A. gale |
B. blizzard |
C. hurricane |
D. breeze |
6. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of _______ to entertain her nieces.
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A. pushing the envelope |
B. turning the other cheek |
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C. bending over backwards |
D. going against the grain |
7. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
At that time Herschel was a professional musician and only an amateur astronomer, one who had a knack for building telescopes.
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A. talent |
B. hobby |
C. liking |
D. pleasure |
8. If it wasn’t an accident, he ______ it on purpose.
|
A. need have done |
B. should have done |
C. must have done |
D. ought to have done |
9. They played a great game and brought our local basketball teams to their ______.
|
A. knees |
B. legs |
C. feet |
D. ankle |
10. Every large city has its shifting population of vagrants. But in most cases these are men, usually with an unhealthy appetite ______ alcohol.
|
A. in |
B. to |
C. on |
D. for |
11. Teachers like students to be _____ and listen to what they are saying.
|
A. absorbed |
B. attentive |
C. prudent |
D. watchful |
12. Helen: “This is your first trip abroad, isn’t it?” – Peter: “______.”
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A. No, I haven’t been there before |
B. No, it’s expensive |
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C. Yes, it sounds great |
D. Yes, so I’m looking forward to it |
13. Senior officials from ASEAN and other Pacific, _____ countries met in Canberra, Australia, in November 1989 to inaugurate APEC.
|
A. Rim |
B. Edge |
C. Perimeter |
D. Border |
14. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
The study also notes a steady decline in the number of college students taking science courses.
|
A. relative |
B. general |
C. continuous |
D. sharp |
15. ______ is medical technology that allows the prolongation of life artificially while the world is already over-populated?
|
A. Of what use |
B. What use |
C. Of which use |
D. Which use |
16. Honour still ______, they got back into their lorries and were off again, this time trying to edge each other into a deep ravine that fell away at one side of the road.
|
A. being unsatisfactory |
B. unsatisfactory |
C. unsatisfied |
D. unsatisfying |
17. I have lived near the railway for so long now that I’ve grown _____ to the noise of the trains.
|
A. familiar |
B. accustomed |
C. aware |
D. unconscious |
18. We are short of clean safe drinking water, which is found to be the ______ in many third world countries.
|
A. example |
B. event |
C. case |
D. object |
19. It is said that many children of high intelligence do not allow themselves to be “discovered” – for fear of becoming an _____.
|
A. outage |
B. outcast |
C. outset |
D. outpost |
20. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ______ the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.
|
A. interest in |
B. uncertainty about |
C. enthusiasm for |
D. worry about |
Part 1: CIRCLE the word/phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the sentences. (2,0pts)
1. I’ll give you the phone number of my hotel, so that you can reach me if anything happens. ______ anything happen, I want you to look after my children.
A. Can
B. Might
C. Will
D. Should
2. I suppose you’re not serious, ______?
A. don’t I
B. do I
C. are you
D. aren’t you
3. Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is a 19-year-old Vietnamese woman who is the fastest swimmer in Southeast Asia in ______ races.
A. numerate
B. numeral
C. numeric
D. numerous
4. _____ are still ending up in prison – over 700 in 1972 – merely for using cannabis.
A. So too many
B. Far too many
C. Quite too many
D. Such too many
5. A strong westerly ______ flattened the standing corn though it brought no rain.
A. gale
B. blizzard
C. hurricane
D. breeze
6. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of _______ to entertain her nieces.
A. pushing the envelope
B. turning the other cheek
C. bending over backwards
D. going against the grain
7. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
At that time Herschel was a professional musician and only an amateur astronomer, one who had a knack for building telescopes.
A. talent
B. hobby
C. liking
D. pleasure
8. If it wasn’t an accident, he ______ it on purpose.
A. need have done
B. should have done
C. must have done
D. ought to have done
9. They played a great game and brought our local basketball teams to their ______.
A. knees
B. legs
C. feet
D. ankle
10. Every large city has its shifting population of vagrants. But in most cases these are men, usually with an unhealthy appetite ______ alcohol.
A. in
B. to
C. on
D. for
11. Teachers like students to be _____ and listen to what they are saying.
A. absorbed
B. attentive
C. prudent
D. watchful
12. Helen: “This is your first trip abroad, isn’t it?” – Peter: “______.”
A. No, I haven’t been there before
B. No, it’s expensive
C. Yes, it sounds great
D. Yes, so I’m looking forward to it
13. Senior officials from ASEAN and other Pacific, _____ countries met in Canberra, Australia, in November 1989 to inaugurate APEC.
A. Rim
B. Edge
C. Perimeter
D. Border
14. Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part.
The study also notes a steady decline in the number of college students taking science courses.
A. relative
B. general
C. continuous
D. sharp
15. ______ is medical technology that allows the prolongation of life artificially while the world is already over-populated?
A. Of what use
B. What use
C. Of which use
D. Which use
16. Honour still ______, they got back into their lorries and were off again, this time trying to edge each other into a deep ravine that fell away at one side of the road.
A. being unsatisfactory
B. unsatisfactory
C. unsatisfied
D. unsatisfying
17. I have lived near the railway for so long now that I’ve grown _____ to the noise of the trains.
A. familiar
B. accustomed
C. aware
D. unconscious
18. We are short of clean safe drinking water, which is found to be the ______ in many third world countries.
A. example
B. event
C. case
D. object
19. It is said that many children of high intelligence do not allow themselves to be “discovered” – for fear of becoming an _____.
A. outage
B. outcast
C. outset
D. outpost
20. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ______ the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.
A. interest in
B. uncertainty about
C. enthusiasm for
D. worry about