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Choose the best options (A, B, c, or D) that best complet e the. followin g sentences . (40 PTS)
1. The local auth ority expr essed regret as US dron e strike ha s_____ killed innocent hostages. A. in congruousl y B. vehemently c. inadvertently D. graciously
2. These days the castle is swamped w ith _____of tourists. A. mobs B. throngs c. shoals D. cliques
3. He left the meeting early on the unli kely ___tha t he had a sick friend to visit. A. excuse B. pretext c. motive D. claim
4. He d ecided to withdraw from the powerboat race as he could see a (n )_____ of danger. A. predictio n B. foreboding c. omen D. dearth
5. 1 slipped briefly back into sleep and emerged when breakfas t was being served
outside in a( n) _____ garden-courtyard. A. whimsical B. extravagant c. extortionate D. enchan ting
6. He had a mo men tary _____ of concentration and before he knew it the car had spun out of control. A. lapse B. loss c. slip D. mistake
7. In t he ha nds o f a careless driver, a car becomes a _____w eapon. . A. fatal B. mortal c. lethal D. venal
8. He gla nced at Julie t accusin gly and she lo oke d_____ abashed. A. com pletely B. absolutely c. utterly D. suitably
9. We were sorted out into groups accor ding to the types o f honors and quite a long w ai t_____ . A. ensu ed B. eve ntuated c. supervened D. transpire d
10. The Prime Minister will decide wheth er to release the pr isoner or not; t hat 's h is _____ . A. der ogator y B. abdication c. prerogative D. huma nity
11. His new p lay is not only interesting but also unique. It is really of f the beaten A. road B. path c. route D. track 5
12. T hat Peter was born and broug ht up in a rich family is as c lear as the _ ____ . A. nose on his face B. tip o f his tongu e c. back o f his hand D. hair on his head
13. I will tty to fini sh the job to the best o f m y_____ . A. kn owled ge B. ability c. means D. comma nd
14. Tim said th e mea l w as _____ , so we didn ’t have to worry abou t the price. A. on the house B. on his expense c. for him D. for h is mo ney
15. Let H ercule s him self do w hat he may, f or a c at will mew and a dog will have h is _____ . A. day B. time c. month D. yea r
16. Breaki ng his le g _____ a blow to his chances of be comin g a profess ional footbal ler. A. bro ught B. caused c. dealt D. stru ck
17. In the acting career, the mome nt one first cut his _ will be the most
memo rable with e mbar rassm ent and pride bu bbling up ins ide. A. nail s B. teeth c. fingers ' D. hair
18. His French is ro ug hly _____ with my Japan ese, so com munica tion was rather difficult. A. in harmo ny B. on a par
c. on equal term D. on good terms
19. M ax has b ee n_____ my ears all ni ght abo ut his n ew job. A. be nding B. deaf ening c. rolling D. biti ng
20. T he f ightin g has stopped, so t o _____ , the war is over. A. all pins and nee dles B. all cho p and change c . all prim and proper D. all intents and purposes
21. We woul d soone r Mr. T ram
us the u rgent informat ion the o ther night'
A. wo uld have sent B. had sent c. sent D. had been sent
22. Would you b e _____ my le tter whi le I am away? A. too good as to forward B. so good as to forward c . as good as to forward D. so good as fo rwardi ng
23. He _ ___ _ us on the last day of the congress, so his presen ce at the openin g
cerem ony w as someth ing o f a surprise. A. coul d have joine d B. had to join c. was about to join D. was to join 24. You could have done inviting Sam to the party. A. b etter or wor se than B. a lot w orse than c. much better as D. nothin Ư. nuu g as img worse vvuuv as o
25. He work s Until nine o’clock every evening, and tha t’s q uite the work he do es o ver t he we ekend. A. e xcep t fo r B. apa rt from c. without D. bu t for
2 6 .1 wo uld rath er go sk iin g_____ picnic king this weeken d. A. than going
B. than to going c . than to go D. than go 6
T ì. It is mand atory th at smoking in pu bli c_____ . A. is proh ibited B. m ust be prohibited c . prohibit ing D. be prohibited
28. In geo metry, an ellipse may be defined as the locus o f all po int s_____
distance s from two fixed points is constant. A. the sum o f whose B. of which the sum c . whose sum o f D. which the sum o f
29. Tony gripped his broth er’s arm lest h e _____by the mob. A. would be trampled B. were trampled c . be tram pled D. could have been trampled
30. The mini dress w as _____, but now it is making a comeback.
A. a tad once th ought to be finished
B. once thought a fad to be finishing
c. though t a fad to be finished once
D. once thought to be a finishing fad
31. I f you never put oil into your car engine, one day it w ill _____ . A. flake out B. shut down c. seize up D. run of f
32. I f you pay the restaurant bill with your credit card, it wi ll___ with you later. A. settle down B. settle up c. pay back D. pay off
33. In thos e days, doctors lad led _____ant ibiotics to patients. A. with B. on c. in D. out
34. L et’s find a place where we c an _____the storm. A. wait out B. wear of f c. wind down D. s hrug off
35. The schoolboy w inc ed_____ the sight o f the cane in the headm aster’s hand. A. at B. for c. by D. o f
36.1 was complete ly b ow led _____ by their warm reception. A. with B..up c. o ff D. over 37. I am not
liberty to tell you anything about his private life. A. in B. at c. by D. on
38. The figure is mo re_____ 20 0, 1 think. A. o f B. at c. like D. with
39. T heir p erformance s are r eal ly_____ compare. How amazing! A. out o f B. ov er c. within D. beyond
40. The party w as ___full swing when I an’ived. Everyone was singing and dancing. A. in B. on c. about D. with READ ING COMPR EHENSI ON 1:
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below. STEP BACK IN TIME
Hi sto ric al biograp her Antoni a Fraser reveals the pl easure s o f study ing a bygo ne era.
Gibbon was inspired to write The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
sitting on the steps of the Capitol at Rome one evening, listening to the sound of
monks chantin g vespers. My own inspiration to become a historical biographer
came in rather less eleva ted circumstances, as a teenager one rainy Oxford 7
afterno on: I began to read Lytton Strache y's Emine nt Victo rians and was in
partic ular fascinat ed by his essay on the worldl y Cardinal Mannin g. This was
going to be the life for me! Once back at school 1 p lunge d into furthe r resea rch in
the conv ent library. A ve ry diffe rent picture emerged . Gradu ally as 1 pursued the
topic, 1 became aw are of Strachey's daring sallies into "artistic trut h" (as opp osed
to historic al truth). Neve rthele ss, I never forgot my original sense of being
transp orted into a wo rld more vivid than m y own.
An ability to conve y this sensation is, 1 believe , at the heart of the matter. If
you, the biograp her, don't thrill to your subject, you can hardly in all fairness
expe ct the reade r to do so. In a sense (not of course the comm ercial sense) the
choice of sub ject is irrelevan t so long as it meets that requ irem ent. You could
say t hat I was extrem ely lucky to choose Mary Que en of Scots for my first foray
since there proved to be a world-w ide public for the trouble s of the ill-fated
Queen. But you could argue equally that I ma de my own luck, since I had always
been obsesse d by Mary' s sto ry from childhood . No r was success fore-or dained . It
was, after all, the leading publis her Mark Bonham -Carte r of (then) Collins who
said to me when I confessed my project, "They say that all books on Mary
Queen of Scots sell and no books on South America do", before adding with a
laugh, "Perhap s yours will be the exception."
Never theles s I did have luck. In the 60s, so-called narrativ e biograp hy was
said to be pas sé. Mary Q ueen of Scots was an early benefic iary from the fa ct that
the public continue d to have an a ppetite for it, so long as the research was felt to be solid.
The actual research for a biograph y - now that's a whole other matter. The
param ount need for it - historical truth not Stracheyes que truth must be
establish ed - means that biograp hers discover for themsel ves the reality of Dr.
Johnson 's wis e di ctum: "A man will turn over h alf a li brary to make a book."
And what about those fabled things boasted of on blurbs: hitherto
unpublish ed docum ents? Obvious ly it is every research er's dream to discov er
such papers, and their discove ry once again may make a projec t commercial
which would not oth erwise be so. At the same tim e, I would issue a caveat about
hitherto unpublishe d docume nts. HUDs are not in t hemsel ves more v aluable than
the printed sources - it's a hi storical coincide nce that one set h as become known
early on, the othe r not. One needs to evaluate them even more closely. Here I
speak from personal experien ce. A series of chances led m e to the discove ry of
some hitherto unpublish ed letters of Oliver Cromwe ll ju st as 1 was finishing my
manus cript. I blazoned my finds across the text: only to realize at the pro of stage,
that they tnight be unpubli shed but they were not very impor tant in the grand
scheme o f things.., an e xpensive m istake.
Where the perils and pleasure s of writing historic al biogr aphy are concern ed,
there are two perils which seem to me to raise points of principl e. The first is the 8
peril of anac hron istic judg eme nts. Fo r exam ple, in th e 16th ce ntury mor e or less
every body took astrol ogy seriously and more or less everyb ody enjoye d a jo lly
aftern oon out to see the bears baited. It's no good dismis sing the forme r as
mean ingle ss and c ringin g from the la tter as d isgusting.
I would furth er cit e the peril of hindsight. We may know that Henry VIII will
ma ny six times, but he didn't, and he would have been amazed if it had been
predic ted at the time of his first marr iage to Cathe rine of Aragon.
And the pleasu res? Manifold! Principal among them howe ver is the
oppo rtuni ty to lead a life less ordinary. As a biograp her, I can rule over
kingd oms, lead the cavalry into battle, patronise the great artists of the past and
all w itho ut leaving my ch air.
41. What did t he write r learn while researchi ng a historical figure as a teenag er?
A. T here was a su rprisin g amo unt o f information available.
B. It w as not p ossibl e to take e veiythi ng she read as fact.
c. It was difficult to interpret the true meaning of what she read.
D. It was n ecess ary to con sult a wide range o f sources.
42. What does that requ irem ent refer to?
A. the r ead er's re sponse to a wr iter 's subject
B. the corr ect choice o f subject
c. the commercial appeal of the book
D. the wri ter’s a bility to com munica te t heir en thusiasm
43. What di d Mark Bonha m-Car ter believe abo ut the writ er’s choi ce o f subject?
A. H er l ong-st anding interest in it may e nsure her bo ok’s succ ess.
B. It did not g uaran tee her bo ok’s succe ss.
c. There are already too many books written on it.
D. It wa s a wise choice fo r her first biogr aphy.
44. The main point that t he w riter is making in the fou rth paragrap h is that
A. a b iogra phy is more likely to be succe ssful if it co ntains new informatio n.
B. re searc hers must be c areful to che ck all facts tho roughly,
c. research material can include inaccurate information.
D. ext ensiv e readin g is crucia lly important.
45. What w arning doe s the writer give to biographers about unpublished doc uments?
A. Th ey are diffic ult to obtain as their discover y is do wn to chan ce.
B. T heir overal l signifi cance to the book m ust be carefull y co nsidere d,
c. Their use could result in diminished commercial success for a book.
D. It should not be assu med that t hey are authentic.
46. An e xam ple of an anach ronist ic jud geme nt that th e wr iter gives is
A. n ot being abl e to imagine one self living in the sixteent h c entury.
B. bei ng uninf orme d about sixteenth c entury custom s and practices .
c. view ing the sixteenth century from a twenty-first centuiy perspective.
D. fo cusi ng only on the n egative side o f life in th e six teenth century. 9
47. In the article as a whole, the writer implies that her main motiv ation for
becomin g a historic al biogra pher was the cha nce to
A. carry out exten sive research.
B. become immer sed in histor y,
c. discover unpublished documents.
D. establi sh historic al truth.
48. The word elev ated is closest in m eaning to A. lofty B. normal c . raised D. high
49. The word passe is closes t in mea ning to A. ob solete B. out o f fashion c. antique D. archa ic
50. The wor d thei r in the fifth paragra ph r efers to A. bl urbs B. research ers c. unpublished documents D. his torical truths
READ ING COMP REHE NSION 2
Read the followi ng passage ca refully and answ er the questio ns below.
The Amazo nian wildernes s harbors the greate st numb er of specie s on this
planet and is an irreplaceable resource for presen t and future genera tions.
Amazon ia is crucial for maintai ning global climate and gene tic reso urc es, and
its forest and rivers provide vita! sources of food, buildin g mater ials,
pharma ceutical s, and wa ter need ed by w ildlife and huma nity.
The Los Am igos watershe d in the state o f Madre de Dios, southe astern Peru,
is represe ntative o f the pris tine lowland moist forest once fo und throu ghou t mo st
of upper Amazon ian South Am erica. Threats to tropical forests occu r in the form
of fishing, hu nting, gold mining, timber extraction, impendi ng road constr uction,
and slash and burn agriculture . The Los Amigos waters hed, consi sting of
1.6 million hectare s (3.95 million acres), still offers the increas ingly scarce
opportun ity to study rainfore st as it was before the disrupt ive encr oach men t o f
modern human civilization . Because of its relatively pristine condit ion and the
immediate need to ju stif y it as a conservation zone and as a corri dor betwe en
Manu National Park and the Tambop ata-Can damo Reserved Zone, this area
deserves intensive, long-term projects aimed at botanical traini ng, ecotou rism,
biological inventory, and information synthesis.
On July 24, 2001, the government of Peru and the Amazon Conservation
Association, represented by Enrique Ortiz, signed a contractual agr eement creating
the first long-term permanently renewable conservation concession. To our
knowledge this is the first such agreement to be implemented in the world. The
conservation concession protects 340,000 acres o f old growth Amazonian forest in
the Los Amigos watershed which is located in southeastern Peru. This watershed
protects the eastern flank o f Manu National Park and is part of the lowland forest
corridor that links it to Bahuaja-Sonene National Park. The Los Amigos
conservation concession will serve as a mechanism for the development of a
regional center o f excellence in natural forest management and biodiversity science.
Several major projects are being implemented at the Los Amig os Conservation
Area. Louise Emmon s is initiating studies of mamm al diversi ty and ecolo gy in 10
the Los Amigos area. Other projects involve studies of the diversit y of
arthrop ods, amphibi ans, reptiles, and birds. Robin Foster has conducted
botanical studies át Los Amigos, resulting in the labeling of hundr eds of plant
species along .two kilometers of trail in upland and lowland forest. Los Amigos
has also been a major field site for Robin's rapid identification laminated
photog raphic field guides to tropical plants. Michael Goulding is leading a
fisheries and aquatic ecology program, which aims to docume nt the diversity of
fish, their ecolog ies, and their habitats in the Los Amigos area and the Madre de Dios wa tershe d in general.
With support from the Amazon Conservation Association , and in
collabo ration with US and Peruvian colleagues, the Botany of the Los Amigos
projec t has been initiated. At Los Amigos , we are attem pting to develop a system
of preserv ation, sustainabilit y, and scientific research; a marriage between
various disciplin es, from human ecology to economic botany, product marketing
to forest managem ent. The complexity of the ecosystem will best be understood
through a multidi sciplin ary approach, and improved understanding of the
compl exity will lead to better management. In essence, we must be informed to
make wise manag emen t decisions about Amazonian forests. These forests hold
the g reates t nu mber of species on our plane t and are an irreplaceable resource for
present and future generatio ns. The future of these forests will depend on
sustaina ble manag emen t and developme nt of alternative practices and products
that do not re quire irreversible destruction.
The botanical proje ct will provide a foundation of information that is essential
to other p rogram s a t Los Amig os. By combi ning botanical studies with fisheries
and mamm ology, we will better understand plant/animal interactions. By
prov idin g nam es, the botanical program will facilitate accurate communication
about plants and the animals that use them. Included in this scenario are humans,
as we will dedicate tim e to people-pla nt interactions in order to learn what plants
are used by p eople in the Los Amig os area, and wha t plants could potentially be used by peopl e.
To be informed , we must develop knowledge. To develop knowledge, we
must collec t, organiz e, and disseminat e information. In this sense, botanic al
inform ation has conserv ation value. Before we can use plant-based products
from' t he forest, we must know what species are useful. We must know what
their names are in order to be able to communica te accurate ly about them. We
must be a ble to identify them, to know where they occu r in the forest, h ow many
of them exist, how the y are pollinated and when they produce fruit (or other useful
products). Aside from understanding the species as they occur locally at Los
Amigos, we must have information about their overall distribution in tropical
Americ a in o rder to better understand and manage the distribution, variation, and
viability of their genetic diversity and germplasm. This involves a more complete
understa nding of the speci es th rough studies in the field and herb arium. 11
5 1. The phrase gener ic re sour ces refer s t o ________ . A. pl ant seeds B. diffe rent races of people
c. diverse species of plants and animals
D. cells that can be used in genetic cu res for dise ases
52. In parag raph 2, the autho r empha sizes that the curre nt environ menta l
condi tion of Amazon ian South Americ a i s ______ . A. m ostly unscat hed
B. res torab le throug h his pr oject
c. irredeemable everyw here but in the Los Amigos watershed
D. va rying from d estroye d to virt ually pristine
53. Th e word encr oach men t in p aragraph 2 is cl osest in mean ing to ________ . A. intrusio n
B. augme ntation c. infringe ment D. seepa ge
54. The auth or implies in paragraph three that the agree ment between Peru and
the Amazon Conser vation A ssociati on is history primari ly be cause i t ______ .
A. was the first long-term agreement regarding land in the Amazon Rainforest
B. represe nted the first time a South American gover nmen t had agreed to
renew a co nservat ion agreem ent
c. is essentially a permanent conservation agreement
D. repres ents the first time such an agreem ent has been in the form of a renewa ble contra ct
55. Th e a uth or's main purpose in the pa ssage is to ________ .
A. d emons trate that c onserva tion efforts have been h istoric ally successf ul and so sho uld be cont inued
B. garne r suppo rt for opposition to destructiv e activitie s in the Los Amigo s waters hed
c. position the Los Amigos watershed .agreement as a success towards the
achie veme nt o f the vital goal o f conservati on the A mazoni an rainfor ests
D. argue that the study pristine rainforest s is essential for docu ment ing and
studying the myriad new sp ecies that the forests contain
56. The aut hor 's tone in the pa ssage can be best described a s ________ .
A. adv ocacy for his pr oject over the oth er com peting projects
B. general praise for cons ervatio n projects in Amazo nian South America,
c. passionate support for his and related projects
D. zealo us advoca cy for his point o f view
57. The work of Louise Emmons, Robin Foster, and Michael Gouldin g (in
paragra ph 4) are employe d in the passage a s ________ .
A. co lleagu es o f the au tho r's in his bo tanical project
B. e xamp les of the kinds of activities the a uthor and his colleag ues are trying to halt
c. scientists who are representative of new trends of study in Amazonian botany
D. sci entist s involved in projects relate d and amena ble to the aut hor 's 12
58. The aut hor 's botanical project involved all of the follow ing E X C E P T _____ .
A. stu dying plants in labor atory
B. stud ying how plants are used by humans and animals
c. facilitating pharmaceutical use of plants
D. lab eling plants in the Los Amigos area
59. When the autho r say s t hat the botanical project will provid e na mes he means that the projec t will ~ __.
A. hel p re cogni ze new s pecies
B. aid in the standar dizatio n of names for n ew s pecies
c. participate in naming the regio n’s different zones
D. clarify the conclu sion surroundi ng the names of differe nt organiz ations worki ng in Ama zonia
60. When the autho r says that botani cal i nformatio n has conserv ation value he mean s t h at ________ .
A. a robust understanding of conservation ism is aided by botanical information
B. co nserv ation ists should strive to preserve botanical information
c. specification is of importance for conservation
D. poli tical discus sions ab out con servation should use bot anical nomencl ature
GUIDED CLOZE 1: Choos e th e most appr opriat e word s to fill in the blank s.
The national park move ment began in the United States in 1870 when a team
of expl orers suggeste d that part of the Yellowst one River region be (6 1 )_____
in order to prote ct its geotherm al (6 2 )_____ , wildlife, forests, and (6 3 )_____
scene ry for the benef it of futu re generations . Congress (6 4 )_____ by creating
Yello wston e N ationa l Park, the wor ld's first, in 1872.
The idea proved (6 5 )_____ , and the numbe r o f national parks in this country
grew rapidly , new parks being set up by presidential (6 6 )_____ and sometim es
as a resul t o f gifts by states of the union or by individuals. Admin istration of this
increa singly comp lex system was in the hands of the u.s. Army for th irty years
from 1886, but thẹn Congre ss created the National Park Service as part of the
Depa rtme nt of the In terior to ( 67 )_____ it.
Today, in additi on to what might be thought of as t ypical national parks, the
Servic e also mana ges places of historic interest, hiking trails, seashor es, rivers,
(6 8 )_______ of scien tific interest and memoria ls. In all, more than 300 entities
are invol ved, cove ring over 32 million hectares. Each unit is directe d by a
supe rinte nde nt who is re sponsi ble for all aspects of the operatio n. Sta ff ( 6 9 )___
adm inist rativ e person nel and, accord ing to the nature of the unit, park rangers,
natur alist s, histor ians, and (7 0) _____ workers. 61. A. s et up B. set aside C. set by D. set in 62. A. to kens B. chara cters C. fea tures D. traits 63. A. brea thles s B. optim al c. exceptional D. prom inent 64. A. c ounte red B. retr ieved C. des ignate d D. respo nded 65. A. prev ailing B. banal C. wi despre ad D. pop ular 13 66. A. analog y B. procla mation c. constitution D. disse minat ion 67. A. oversee B. overl ook c. overcharge D. over act 68. A. observ atorie s B. reserv es c . reservoirs D. estu aries 69. A. cover B. control c . undergo D. und ertake 70. A. maint enanc e B. susta inable c. protectorate D. con serva tion
GU ID ED CL OZ E 2: Choos e the most app ropria te wor ds to fill in the blanks.
Ocean wate r plays a(n) (7 1 )_____ role in suppor ting life. The great ocean
basins hold about 300 million cubic miles of water. From this vast amoun t, about
80,000 cubic miles of wate r are sucked into the atmos phere each year by
evapo ration and returned by precipitat ion and drainage to the ocean. More than
24,000 cubic miles of rain descend annually upon the contin ents. This vast
amount is req uired to ( 72 )_____ the lakes and streams, springs and wate r tab les
on which all flora and fauna are dependent . Thus, the hydros phere permits organic existen ce.
The hydrosp here has strange characte ristics because wate r has (7 3 )_____
unlike those of any other liquid. One (7 4) ________ is that w ater upon freezing
(75) __________ by a bout 9 percent, whereas most liquids contr act on cooling.
(76) ________ this reason, ice floats on water bodies instead of sin king to the
bottom. If the ice sank, the hydrosphere woul d soon be frozen solidly, exce pt for
a thin layer of surfa ce melt water during the summer season. Thus, all aquatic
life would be destroyed and the interchange of warm and cold curren ts, which
modera tes climate, would be ( 77 )________ absent.
Anot her outsta nding characte ristic of water is that wate r has a heat capacity
which is the highest of all liq uids and solids except ammoni a. This charac teristi c
enables the oceans to absorb and store vast quantities of heat, (7 8 )_____ often
preven ting climati c extremes . In add ition, water dissolves more substa nces than
any other liquid. It is this characte ristic which helps make ocean s a great
storeho use for min erals which have been washed (7 9) _____ from the contine nts.
In several areas of the world these minerals are being comm ercial ly exploit ed.
Solar e vapora tion of salt is widely (8 0) _____ , potash is extra cted from the Dead
Sea, and magnes ium is produc ed from sea water a long the America n Gu lf Coast. 7Ỉ. A. principle B. principal c . dispensa ble D. exp endab le 72. A. r eplenis h B. reinfor ce c . replete D. restor e 73. A. property
B. chara cteristi cs c . assets D. natur e 74. A. a lienatio n B. distinctio n c. contrast D. inc onsistenc y 75. A. e xtends B. inflates c. increases D.e xpa nds 76. A. For B. By c . In D. With 77. A. remark ably B. vaguely c. unnoticeably D. inde finitely 7 8 .A so B. hence c . and the n D. con seque ntly 79 A. o ff B. out c . up D. down 80. A. exercis ed B. exerted c. practised D. proce eded 14 B. WRITTEN TEST (70 PTS) I. CLOZ E T EST (20 PTS)
OP EN CL OZ E 1: Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suit able wor d.
A new threat to our health seems to have arisen in our midst, confusion and
stress broug ht ( 1 ) ________ by tech nology. All you need to do to prove this to
(2 )_______ is to telephone a large company; a recorded voice will (3 )________
you with a be wilder ing list o f choices, and when you have finished answering its
questio ns, you will probably be subjected to several minutes of piped music
before you eventua lly make contact with a human being. But the stress you
underg o as a result is negligible compared to the (4 )_______ the tel egraph made
on people 150 years ago. Until (5 )_______ , messages could only travel as fast
as a mess enger could carry the m. But now they could be sent great (6 )______ in
seconds. Before long, ( 7 ) ________ cables were laid across the oceans, and
thirty years later, the network reached 2 0,000 towns around the world.
Informat ion arrived so quickly, often contradicting what had previously
been transm itted, ( 8 ) ____________ businessmen had to work much harder to
( 9 ) ________ abreast of dev elopments. If we find difficulty with the Internet,
which is technolo gical evolution, (1 0 )________ revolution, our ancestors had
afar h arder task in getting used to the invention in the first place.
OP EN CL OZ E 2: Fill ill each numbered blank with ONE suitable word.
Negat ive impacts from tourism occur when the level o f visitor use is grea ter
than the envi ronm ent’s ( 11 )_______ to cope with this use within the accepta ble
limits o f change. Uncontrolled conventional tourism pos es potential (1 2) ______
to m any natural areas around the world. It can pu t enorm ous pressure on an area
and lead to impacts such as soil erosion, increased pollution, (1 3 )_______ into
the sea, natural habitat loss, increased pressure on endangered species and
heighten ed (1 4 )______ to forest fires. It often puts a strain on water resources
and it can force local popu lations to compete for the use o f critical resources.
Water, and especially fresh water, is one o f the most critical natural resources.
The touris m indust ry gener ally (1 5 )____________ water resources for hotels,
swim ming pools, gol f courses and personal use of wat er by tourists. This can
result (1 6 )________ wate r shortages and (1 7 )_________ of water supplies, as
well as gene ratin g a great er volume of waste water. Tourism can create great
pressure on local resources like energy, food and other raw materials that may
already be in short supply. Greater extraction and transport of these resources
exace rbate s the physical impacts associated with their exploitation. Because of h 0 8 )
charac ter of the industry, many destination s have ten times t e (19)
inhabitants in the high season than in the low season. A high
demand is placed upon these resources to (2 0 )________ the high expectat ions
tourists ofte n have (proper heating, hot water, etc.) 15
II. WOR D FORM ATIO N (20 PTS)
WORD FORMATION 1: S upply the cor rect forms o f the word s given .
1. To t h e __________ , most comp uter systems seem complex and difficult to understan d. (INITIA TIVE)
2. The pieces of evi dence fell into place with th e __________ precision of a
well-m ade jig saw puzzle . (VOICE)
3. Parents have de ep ___________ about allowing business values to be used in schools. (GIVE)
4. For many people, social networkin g offers them a feeling o f ___________ from the real world. (ESCAPE)
5. Not sick , Mai guessed, but pro bab ly___________ now that she d rank a lot at the p arty last night. (HANG)
6. The boats surrounded the whales, drove them into nets, where they became
____________ and were rendered helpless by harpoon thrusts. (MESH)
7. “ P” is a ___________ consonant. (LIP)
8. P er h a p s___________ , recent computer modeling studies predict fewer
tropical cyclones if the ocean heats up further as a result of global warming. (INTUI TION)
9. New immigra nts have been suc ces sfu lly _____ ______. into the community. (SIMILA R)
10. We have to learn good examples, to look at our behavior and to stop being . (RIGHT)
WORD FORMATION .2: Fill in the blank wit h an appropr iate form o f one of
the word s given to make a meaning ful passage. bridge live allegation seque ntial name healthy corporat e accompany license gain ful
William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), who wr ote under the (1 1) ________
of o . Henry, was born in North Carolina. His only formal education was to
attend his Aunt Lina 's school until the age of fifteen, where he developed his
(1 2) __________ love o f books. By 1881 he was a ( 13 )___________ pharmacist.
However, within a year, on the recommend ation of a medical colleague of his
Fath er's, Porter moved to La Salle County in Texas for two years herding sheep.
During the time, Webs ter's (14) ____________ Dictionary was his constant
(15) ____________ , and Porter gained a knowledge of ranch life that he later
(16) ____________ into many of his short stories. He then moved to Austin for
three years, and during this tim e the first recorded use o f his pen name appeared,
(17) _________ __ derived from his habit o f calling “Oh, Henry” to a family cat.
In 1887, Porter married Athol Estes. He worked as a draftsman, then as a bank
teller for the First National Bank.
In 1894 Port er founded his own humor weekly, the “ Rolling Stone”, a venture
that failed within a year, and later wrote a column for the Houston Daily Post. In
the meanti me, the First Natio nal Bank was examined, and the (1 8) ___________
indictme nt of 1886 stated that Porter had embezzled funds. Porter then fled to 16
New Orlea ns, and later to Honduras , leaving his wife and child in Austin. He
returne d in 1897 b ecause of his wi fe's continu ed (1 9 )____________ , however ,
she died six month s later. Then, in 1898 Porter was found guilty and sentenc ed
to five yea rs' impri sonm ent in Ohio. At the age of 35, he entere d prison as a
defea ted man; he had lost his jo b, his home, his wife, and finally his invented
name he now used to hide his identity. He wrote at least twelve stories in jail ,
and after (2 0 )____________ his freedom, went to New York City, where he
publis hed more than 300 stories and gained fame as Am eric a’s favorit e short
story write r. Porte r married again in 1907, but after months of poo r health, he
died in New York City at the age of 48 in 1910. o . Hen ry's stories have been
trans lated all over the world.
III. ERR OR IDEN TIFI CAT ION (10 PTS)
Iden tify 10 mist akes in this pas sage and su ggest correc tions. 1
Prese rving organi sms in museum s is one way of retain ing them for
posteri ty, but almos t people agree that it would be n ice to keep a few of
them live in the wild, too. At the moment, which species survive, which
declin e to threat ened or even status and which succum b for ex tinction is 5
someth ing of a lottery. WORLDMA P is an easy-to-us e software that
identified geographic al patterns in diversity, rarity and conservation
priorities. It can perform a range of specialist biological analysis for
infinitely count less numbe rs of species, with a view to provide
biodi versi ty data for research purposes. The program divide s the surface
10 area o f the world into cells, usually arrangi ng in a recta ngul ar grid.
WOR LDM AP can also predict the likelihood of a hitherto unobse rved
speci es found in an area on the basis of theirs known distri bution . Given
the patch iness of mo st records, which is a useful trick. Furthe rmore, it
cán select complemen tary areas f or preservation. Those are not necessarily 15
cells with the highe st individual biodiver sity, but for those which,
toge ther, maxim ize what is preserved by picking places with the least ove rlap ping spe cies. 1. ________________ 2 ._______________ 3 ._______________ 4 .________________ 5 ._______________ 6 ._______________ 7 __ _____________ 8 ._______________ 9. _________ 10.
IV. SEN TEN CE T RANS FORM ATIO N:
Rew rite the follo wing sen tence s using the wor ds given. (20 PT S)
1. Linda was very ne rvous, wh ich made her l ook like a ba shful girl. (CAM E)
-> Su ch _________ ___ ___________________________________________ •
2. As so on as the funds ran o ut, t hey had to aba ndon the scheme. (PET ERED )
-> Th e in st an t____________ __ ______________________________________ 17
3. Why d id you reveal my plan to Kathy? (BREA THED)
-> I'd _ ____________ ________ _ ________________________________.
4. David was respon sible for the family business as soon as his father retired. (CHA RGE)
-» Sc arc ely _____________________________________________________ .
5. Your enco urage men t help ed t o make things less grievo us a fter such a heav y loss. (CUSH ION)
—> It w a s_______________________________________________________ .
6. Tina was crazy about stamps, so she spends lots o f money on them every month. (SPLA SHED )
—» Had i t ________________________________________________________ .
7. He tried hard but couldn't compensate for what he had done. (AMENDS)
—> T ry __________________________________ ________________________ .
8. Exper ts th ink t hat all dogs evolved from wol ves. (DESC ENDE D)
-» All do gs ______________________________ - _____________ experts.
9. We d id n't learn he still manage d to live with very little m oney as a w aiter until later. (EKED)
—> No t u nt il_____________ _______________________________ ________.
10. Nob ody is certain if the pr oject will be permitted to con tinue. (GO-AH EAD)
—> I t's still to uc h___________________________________________ or not.
TRUÔNG THPT CHUYÊN HUỲNH MẪ N ĐẠT - KIÊN GIANG
A. M ULTI PLE CHOICE (40 RTS)
Circle A, B, C or D that best co mplete s each of the follo wing sentenc es. I. WOR D CHOI CE (5 pts)
1. She was in the o ffice all o f Wednes day and so has a alibi. A. sta le B. consid erable c. broad D. cast-ir on
2. Th e camel has adapte d to survive in a n ________ envir onme nt like the desert
for m any days w ithou t wate r. A. aci dic B. alkal ine c. arid D. avid
3. A special feature of the room is the huge picture wind ow w hi ch ________ a
splend id view of the Qua ntock hills. A. al lows . B. afford s c. enables D. prese nts
4. He still suffers from a rare tropical disease which h e _______ while in Africa. A. infected B. comp lained c. gained D. contr acted
5. Some people prefe r to watch a film first, and then read t he J ____ in the paper. A. critic B. revue c. review D. criticism 18