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I. COMPREHENSION (15 POINTS)

(While scoring comprehension, testees should not be penalized for spelling or grammatical mistakes.)

A. True or False with justification (3pts, 1 pt for each correct and justified answer)
1. False: "..they are now more economically made.."
2. False:" Computers are also used . and to guide satellite and space probes."
3. False: Some instruments enable doctors to see inside the body without making a single incision.
B. WH questions (3pts, 1 pt for each appropriate answer)
1. Computers facilitate travel plans by providing travel agents . availability./ Businesses use computers to
track inventory./etc

2. Some instruments enable doctors to see inside the body without making a single incision.

3. in radios, televisions, watches, and calculators.

C. Sentence Completion (3pts, 1 pt for each correct answer)
1.

.... becomes easier.

2. .... homes, schools, stores, and librariesetc

3. . surgical procedures better.
D. Word Meaning (3pts, 1 pt for each correct answer)
1. appliances
2. purchase
3. fatal
E. Pronoun Reference (3pts, 1 pt for each correct answer)
1. there: outer space 2. others: instruments
3. it: the immune system

II. LANGUAGE (15 POINTS)

A. Collocations (2pts, 1 pt for each correct answer)
1. basic education

2. gender discrimination

B. Gap Filling (2pts, 1 pt for each correct answer)

1. passed out

2. handed in

C. Sentence Rewriting (4pts, 1 pt for each correct answer)

1.
2.
3.
4.

If the weather had not been bad, I would have gone to the beach.
If only I had not quarrelled/quarrelled with my teachers last year.
The ceiling is going to be painted pink.
Peter told his father that he had seen the doctor the week before / the previous week.

D. Verb Tense (3pts, 1 pt for each correct answer)

1. seeing

2. won

3. will have found

4. out

E. Functions (2 pts, 0.5 pt for each correct answer)

1. d

2. b

3. c

4. a

F. Sentence Joining (2 pts, 1 pt for each correct answer)

1. Despite the bad weather, they went swimming.
2. People these days exercise less. As a result, they are overweight and less fit.
People these days exercise less; as a result, they are overweight and less fit.

III. WRITING (10 POINTS)

The following criteria should be taken into consideration
Scoring criteria
Relevance of content to the task
Coherence and cohesion
Appropriateness of vocabulary
Accuracy of grammar
Mechanics

Scores
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