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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS (From “QUESTION 1” to “QUESTION 95”)

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the
position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. capitalist B. diagnostic C. satellite D. flowery
Question 2: A. recapture B. immature C. domestic D. recover
Question 3: A. commentator B. practicable C. preferable D. prehistory
Question 4: A. principal B. recommend C. recollect D. unemployed
Question 5: A. sanitary B. secretary C. speculation D. optimism

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 6: “What do you think of my new car?” ~ “_________”
A. It is alright I suppose B. I think a lot C. I hope it’ll be fine D. I think of its color
Question 7: Owing to the fog, his flight from Karachi was ________.
A. belated B. overdue C. unscheduled D. unpunctual
Question 8: The government clearly had not had the slightest ________ of changing the legislation, in spite of the
continued protest.
A. intention B. ambition C. willingness D. desire
Question 9: Even the other convicts considered it a _________ crime.
A. guilty B. hard-bitten C. heinous D. hell-bent
Question 10: Workers can increase their ________ on the markets and find jobs more easily.
A. competitor B. competition C. competitive D. competitiveness
Question 11: ________ I am aware, there were no problems during the first six months.
A. As far as B. So much as C. Much more than D. Except that
Question 12: In his absence, I would like to thank all concerned on my brother’s ________.
A. interest B. part C. business D. behalf
Question 13: Sally would prefer to pursue her studies ________ to look for a job.
A. rather than starting B. rather than start C. to starting D. than to start
Question 14: Employers can have a better choice in ________ workers who meet the requirements of production and
business.
A. recruiting B. recruited C. to recruit D. recruitment
Question 15: It was ________ of a surprise to Andrew that he got the job.
A. rather B. something C. quite D. so much
Question 16: I must get to bed early tonight; I sat up till the ________ hours to finish that report.
A. late B. small C. deep D. last
Question 17: “Thanks a lot for assisting me in the presentation.” ~ “_________.”
A. It was really hard work B. It is pleasing C. It was glad D. It was the least I could do
Question 18: I have had my car examined three times now but no mechanic has been able to ________ the problem.
A. pinpoint B. focus C. specify D. highlight
Question 19: The percentage of children who still suffer from _______ is by no means small (42%).
A. nutritional B. nutritious C. malnutrition D. malnutritious
Question 20: The mouse avoided ________ by coming out only when the two cats were outside.
A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch
Question 21: ________ pollution control measures are expensive, many industries hesitate to adopt them.
A. Although B. However C. Because D. On account of
Question 22: Could you please come over? I need you ________ the refrigerator.
A. helping me moving B. helping me to move C. to help me move D. help me to move
Question 23: The air in the town centre was ________ with petrol fumes.
A. thick B. strong C. full D. unpleasant
Question 24: ________ the phone rang later that night did Ann remember the appointment.
A. No sooner B. Only C. Not until D. Just before
Question 25: The development company _______ approval from the council for their plans for a new shopping centre.
A. sought B. begged C. pleaded D. searched

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Question 26: The stuntman seemed to show a total disregard ________ fear as he performed his daredevil tricks.
A. of B. for C. over D. about
Question 27: Is there any chance ________ the machinery repaired?
A. to have B. of having C. for having D. of being
Question 28: Before any new drug is marketed, it is essential that extensive tests be ________.
A. carried on B. carried forward C. carried through D. carried out
Question 29: All equipment must be sterilized and germ _________.
A. free B. vacant C. vacuous D. vacated
Question 30: When Sally told me she was my lost sister I was completely taken ________.
A. to task B. by shock C. aback D. with surprise
Question 31: This restaurant has a very _______ menu. Every day there are several delicious dishes to choose from.
A. variable B. variegated C. varied D. various
Question 32: Your car’s very _________. It hardly seems to use any petrol at all.
A. economical B. economic C. ecumenical D. ecological
Question 33: Even though she was much younger than the other children, Alexis demanded _______ in the game
they were playing.
A. including B. being include C. to include D. to be included
Question 34: I thought the vicar preached a particularly good ________ last Sunday.
A. lecture B. sermon C. address D. discourse
Question 35: When Wilson’s company was hit by the recession, he decided to take early ________.
A. retirement B. redundancy C. resignation D. redeployment

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word for each of the blanks from 36 to 45.
To the passer-by, number 20 Grayleave, Fantasy, look just like any other fairly old house in Druglan. But (36)
________ inside and you go back into a vanished world, (37) _______ William Straw’s house is exactly as his parents
left it when they died in the 1930s.
William Straw, who died in 1990, lived in the house with his brother Walter after his parents’ deaths. They lived
(38) ________ a strict routine, never married and had no close friends. They had no social life and callers were never
invited to the house.
Their parents had a successful grocery shop and the family moved into the house in 1923, immediately spending
£170 – a huge (39) _______ in those days – on total decoration. Their father died in 1932 and their mother in 1939,
when William, then a history lecturer at Welldone University, returned to Workshop. He gave up his job and set up
house with Walter, who has been (40) _______ the shop since their father’s death. (41) ________, the two cut
themselves off the rest of the world.
Nothing that their parents had owned was ever moved or (42) ________ away. Towards the end of their lives, it
seems that they became aware of the value of what they had done, because they began to put (43) ________ on
various pictures and items of furniture, explaining where they (44) _______ came from. Today, the house is open to
the public and visitors quickly (45) ________ that it is the closest they are ever likely to come to the time travel.
Question 36: A. step B. stamp C. tread D. trip
Question 37: A. then B. for C. from D. so
Question 38: A. based on B. according to C. along with D. as from
Question 39: A. quantity B. wealth C. fund D. sum
Question 40: A. leading B. commanding C. running D. conducting
Question 41: A. Ever since B. At the moment C. From then on D. That time
Question 42: A. removed B. thrown C. done D. dismissed
Question 43: A. certificates B. posters C. messages D. labels
Question 44: A. originally B. at the earliest C. from the start D. sooner
Question 45: A. catch B. regard C. distinguish D. realize

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 46 to 55.
Precipitation commonly referred to as rainfall, is a measure of the quantity of atmospheric water in the form of rain,
hail, or snow that reaches the ground. The average annual precipitation over the whole of the United States is thirty-six
inches per year. It should be understood, however, that all precipitation is not measured equally. For example, a foot of
snow does not equal a foot of precipitation. According to the general formula for computing the precipitation of
snowfall, ten inches of snow equals one inch of precipitation. In upper New York State, for example, where there is
typically a large amount of snowfall every winter, a hundred inches of snow would be recorded as fifty inches of
precipitation.
The amount of precipitation that an area receives is a combined result of several factors, including location,
altitude, proximity to the sea, and the direction of prevailing winds. Most of the precipitation in the United States is
brought originally by prevailing winds from the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Great
Lakes. Because these prevailing winds generally come from the west, the Pacific Coast receive more annual

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precipitation in the areas to the windward and leeward sides of these ranges. East of the Rocky Mountains, the annual
precipitation is substantially less than that west of the Rocky Mountains. The precipitation north of the Appalachian
Mountains averages 40 percents less than that south of the Appalachian Mountains. As air currents from the oceans
move over land, the air must rise to pass over the mountains. The air cools, and the water that is held in the clouds
falls as rain or snow on the ascending side of the mountains. The air, therefore, is much drier on the other side of the
mountain.
Question 46: What does this passage mainly discuss?
A. Precipitation B. Snowfall C. New York State D. A general formula
Question 47: Which of the following is another word that is often used in place of precipitation?
A. Humidity B. Wetness C. Rainfall D. Rain-snow
Question 48: The term “precipitation” includes ________.
A. only rainfall B. rain, hail, and snow C. rain, snow and humidity D. rain, hail and humidity
Question 49: What is the average annual rainfall in inches in the United States?
A. Thrity-six inches B. Thirty-eight inches C. Forty inches D. Forty two inches
Question 50: If a state has 40 inches of snow in a year, how much does this increase the annual precipitation?
A. By two feet B. By four inches C. By four feet D. By 40 inches
Question 51: The phrase “proximity to” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _________.
A. communication with B. independence on C. nearest to D. similar to
Question 52: Where is the annual precipitation highest?
A. The Atlantic Coast B. The Great Lakes C. The Gulf of Mexico D. The Pacific Coast
Question 53: Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a factor in determining the amount of precipitation that
an area will receive?
A. Mountains B. Latitude C. The sea D. Wind
Question 54: The word “substantially” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ________.
A. fundamentally B. sightly C. completely D. apparently
Question 55: The word “that” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A. decreases B. precipitation C. areas D. mountain ranges

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer to each of the questions from 56 to 65.
In the 20th century, magazines have been a major growth area of popular publishing. Specialist magazines cater to
every imaginable field and activity. In the United Kingdom, over 12,000 periodicals, magazines, bulletins, annuals,
trade journals, and academic journals are published on a regular basis. There are some 40 women's magazines and
over 60 dealing with particular sports, games, hobbies, and pastimes. Although some US magazines, such as The
Saturday Evening Post, has succumbed to competition of television, many continue "to have enormous international
circulations, The Reader's Digest over 16 million, The National Geographic over 10 million. For many people,
magazines have been the most available and widely used form of continuing education, providing information about
history, geography, literature, science, and the arts, as well as guidance on gardening, cooking, home decorating,
financial management, psychology, even marriage and family life.
Until the rise of television, magazines were the most available form of cheap, convenient entertainment in the
English-speaking world. Radio served a similar function, but it was more limited in what it could do. Magazines and
television, however, both address the more powerful visual sense. During the third quarter of the 20th century,
coincident with a dramatic rise in the popularity of television, many general-interest, especially illustrated magazines
went out of business. The shift in attention of a mass, audience from reading such magazines to watching television has
been a major factor in this decline, but it is an implicit tribute from television to the older genre that its programs are
generally organized in a single format and content.
Question 56: The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A. television B. function C. nothing. It’s just the formal subject D. radio
Question 57: From the passage, it can be inferred that _________.
A. movies have replaced magazines B. the author is fond of magazines
C. most magazines are printed in English D. home decorating in magazines are dramatic
Question 58: According to the passage, which of the following magazines is no longer Printed?
A. The Saturday Evening Post B. The Reader’s Digest
C. The Nation D. The National Geographic
Question 59: The word “circulations” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ________?
A. the number of agencies selling magazines B. the number of readers of a magazines
C. the number of international magazines D. the number of sold copies of a magazine
Question 60: The passage implies that magazines ________.
A. are less visual than radio B. put television out of business
C. influence television programs D. have a limited range of subject
Question 61: The word “rise” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ________.
A. increase B. upward movement C. act of becoming more successful D. appearance

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Question 62: The word “succumbed” means _________.

A. set up for B. given to C. taken up by D. brought up to
Question 63: The passage mainly discusses _________.
A. the rise and fall of the mass media B. the growth and decline of magazines in the 19th century
C. magazines and their history D. the growth of TV compared to magazines
Question 64: The phrase “every imaginable field” is closest in meaning to _______.
A. all imaginary fields in publishing B. all images in the field of vision
C. all professions that one can think of D. all journals about farming
Question 65: What does the author say about mass audiences?
A. They have little influence on the decline of magazines in the 20th century.
B. They don’t pay attention to magazines any more.
C. They get information about gardening and psychology from radio.
D. They tend to prefer watching TV to reading magazines

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 66: ________, he began to make friends more easily.
A. Having entered school in the new city, it was found that
B. After entering the new school
C. When he had been entering the new school
D. Upon entering into the new school
Question 67: It is very difficult to stop the cultivation of marijuana because ________.
A. it grows very carelessly B. of its growth without attention
C. it grows well with little care D. it doesn’t care much to grow
Question 68: The fact that space exploration has increased dramatically in the past thirty years ________.
A. is an evidence of us wanting to know more about our solar system
B. indicates that we are very eager to learn all we can about our solar system
C. how we want to learn more about the solar system
D. is pointing to evidence of our intention to know a lot more about what is called our solar system
Question 69: Many of the international problems we are now facing ________.
A. linguistic incompetencies
B. are the result of misunderstandings
C. are because of not understanding themselves
D. lacks of the intelligent capabilities of understanding each other
Question 70: Mr. Roberts is a noted chemist ________.
A. as well as an effective teacher B. and too a very effective teacher
C. but he teaches very good in addition D. however he teaches very good also

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed
before it.
Question 71: Please don’t talk with your mouth full of food.
A. I wish you wouldn’t talk with your mouth full of food.
B. I prefer you to talk when your mouth is not full of food.
C. I’d like you to talk when your mouth isn’t full of food.
D. I’d rather you didn’t talk with your mouth full of food
Question 72: He is a reliable person, which is different from what people think.
A. People think differently about the reliable person. B. Contrary to what people think, he is reliable.
C. Contrary to what people think, he is unreliable. D. He, who is reliable, is not what people think.
Question 73: “Please don’t drive so fast!” Nicole said to her husband.
A. Nicole pleaded with her husband not to drive so fast.
B. Nicole pleaded with her husband by not driving so fast.
C. Nicole encouraged her husband to drive faster.
D. Nicole’s husband didn’t want to drive so fast as she suggested.
Question 74: You should for no reason accept their offer.
A. For no reason are you to accept their offer. B. You should accept their offer in all circumstances.
C. You must refuse their offer for any reason. D. You are to accept their offer for any reason.
Question 75: The shops don’t deliver now, which makes life difficult.
A. If ships don’t deliver, life would be less difficult. B. If shops delivered, life would be less difficult.
C. As shops delivered, life wouldn’t be so difficult. D. As shops don’t delivered, life would be so difficult.

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Mark the letter on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correcting.

Question 76: That Columbus was the first man to set foot on the New World were unknown to many people.
A B C D
Question 77: He went to the lectures for having heard about the latest agricultural technique.
A B C D
Question 78: Sometimes the police uses evidence gained from cameras installed almost everywhere.
A B C D
Question 79: You got the finance aids from the kindhearted people, you were luckier than I was.
A B C D
Question 80: Various animals have shells that keep themselves from growing beyond a certain size.
A B C D

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word for each of the blanks from 81 to 90.
When rainforests are cleared and (81) _______ millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide are released into the
atmosphere affecting climate conditions and threatening us all (82) _______ severe flooding, drought and crop failure.
The rainforests (83) _______ at least half of the Earth’s species. At the current rate of devastation a(n) (84)
_______ 50 species worldwide become extinct every day.
One (85) _______ four purchases from our chemists is derived from the rainforests. Scientists are (86) ________
caught in a race (87) ________ time to find rainforest treatments for cancer, AIDS and heart disease before they are
(88) _______ forever.
Tribal people in the rainforests have been shot poisoned and infected with disease to which they have no (89)
_____ - to make (90) _______ for logging, mining, and dams.
If this destruction continues, only nine (91) _______ the 33 countries currently exporting rainforest timber will have
any (92) _______ by the end of the decade.
Almost everyone will have (93) _______ of the rainforests in their home, as do-it-yourself stores will supply and the
construction industry still uses tropical hardwoods for doors, window (94) ______ and even toilet seats.
Please help us (95) _______ the tropical rainforests now, before it is too late.
Question 81: A. scorched B. fired C. seared D. burned
Question 82: A. with B. by C. from D. for
Question 83: A. include B. contain C. consist D. hold
Question 84: A. estimated B. approximate C. calculated D. evaluated
Question 85: A. of B. from C. in D. every
Question 86: A. instantly B. presently C. nowadays D. currently
Question 87: A. for B. with C. against D. in
Question 88: A. disappeared B. lost C. vanished D. faded
Question 89: A. resistance B. protection C. opposition D. reaction
Question 90: A. space B. room C. place D. site
Question 91: A. in B. from C. of D. among
Question 92: A. extra B. remaining C. to spare D. left
Question 93: A. part B. portion C. section D. share
Question 94: A. border B. frames C. contour D. panes
Question 95: A. defend B. rescue C. save D. preserve

Rewrite each sentence, keep the same meaning. Use the word given in bold. Do not change this word in
any way.
Question 96: It was overdrinking that caused his heart attack.
→ If he _____________________________________________________________________________
Question 97: The hurricane completely wiped out all my crops.
→ I have ___________________________________________________________________________
Question 98: The accident led to the setting up of a public enquiry.
→ As a _____________________________________________________________________________
Question 99: Sugar intake and intelligence are not connected.
→ There ____________________________________________________________________________
Question 100: She suddenly thought that she might have misunderstood him.
→ It crossed ________________________________________________________________________

Write a paragraph of about 140 words about the effects of a natural disaster.

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