THI TH S 1

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. supply
B. viola
C. biannual
D. typhoon
Question 2: A. reproduction
B. domination
C. modification
D. conference
Mark the letter A, B, C or on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in
position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. police
B. attract
C. signal
D. discuss
Question 4: A. politics
B. academic
C. cinema
D. physical
Question 5: A. certificate
B. compulsory
C. remember
D. information
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: Imagine
when the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. How would your life have been
different?
A. you'd been living
B. you're living
C. you live
D. you've been living
Question 7: Don't you that
Veronica and George are still together?
A. incredibly find
B. find incredible
C. find incredibly
D. find it incredible
Question 8: Granny is completely deaf. You'll have to
allowances for her.
A. bring
B. give
C. make
D. find
Question 9: After seeing the film. "Gone with the wind",
.
A. the book was read by many people.
B. the book made many people want to read it.
C. many people wanted to read the book
D. the reading of the book interested people.
Question 10: Take
of the chance to do some sightseeing while you are here.
A. advantage
B. profit
C. benefit
D. exploit
Question 11: The man
to safety was in his forties.
A. who was lifting
B. lifting
C. lifted
D. been lifted
Question 12: She never says anything good about me. She's forever running me
A. over
B. down
C. out
D. off
Question 13: - John: "How about another glass of beer?" - Peter: "No, thanks
."
A. all the same
B. you for all
C. not at all
D. you so much
Question 14: We failed to lay eyes on a tiger during our expedition,
film one.
A. let alone
B. not to mention
C. apart from
D. but for
Question 15: Franklin D. Roosevelt was
the great force of radio and the opportunity it provided for
taking government policies directly to the people.
A. as the first President he understood fully
B. the first President to understand fully
C. the first President fully understood
D. the first President that, to fully understand
Question 16: He didn't
to help her, even though she was very ill.
A. open an eye
B. lift a finger
C. bend his arm
D. shake a leg
Question 17: I'm sorry, but we have to
the discussion. We don't have enough time.
A. make room for
B. put an end to
C. take advantage of D. make effort into
Question 18:
is that a chicken stands up to lay its eggs.
A. Because many people don't realize
B. That many people don't realize
C. It is that many people don't realize
D. What many people don't realize
Question 19: Van Gogh's Sunflowers,
$39,9 million; three times the previous record.
A. for once sold
B. once sold for
C. for sale once
D. selling for once
Question 20: - Peter: "There's too much noise in this room. I can't understand what
"
- John: "Neither can I"
A. is the professor saying
B. is saying the professor
C. that the professor is saying
D. the professor is saying
Question 21: He's a nice guy, always ready to do somebody a good
A. present
B. play
C. turn
D. pleasure
Question 22:
appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical
illusion.
A. That the moon
B. The moon
C. The moon which D. When the moon
Question 23: By the time their baby arrives, the Johnsons hope
painting and decorating the new
nursery.
A. having finished
B. having been finished C. to have finishedD. to have been finished
Question 24: The strike was
owing to a last-minute agreement with the management.
A. called off
B. broken up
C. set back
D. put down
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 25: Ian was under the weather yesterday so he didn't go into work.
A. ill
B. strong
C. fit
D. healthy

Question 26: You must answer the police's questions truthfully; otherwise, you will get into trouble.
A. in a harmful way
B. as trustingly as you can
C. with a negative attitude
D. exactly as you can
Question 27: At last, we succeeded in persuading those boys and girls to join our picnic.
A. In the end
B. At the end
C. Lastly
D. Endlessly.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 28: Polluted water and increased water temperatures have driven many species to the verge of
extinction.
A. Enriched
B. Contaminated
C. Purified
D. Strengthened
Question 29: Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.
A. looks for
B. attends to
C. approves of
D. puts off
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
answer for each of the blanks from 30 to 39.
A SUCCESS STORY
At 19, Ben Way is already a millionaire, and one of a growing member of teenagers who have (30)
their fortune through the Internet. (31 )
makes Ben's story all the most remarkable is that he
is dyslexic, and was told by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write (32)
. "I wanted to prove them (33)
," says Ben, creator and director of Waysearch, a net
search engine which can be used to find goods in online shopping malls.
When he was eight, his local authorities (34),
him with a PC to help with schoolwork.
Although he was unable to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the. computer, and encouraged by
his father, he soon began (35)
people $10 an hour for his knowledge and skills. At the age of 15
he set up his own computer consultancy, Quard Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, two years later he
left school to devote all his time to business.
"By the time the company had grown and I needed-to take on a (36)
of employees to help
me," says Ben. "That enabled to start (37)
business with bigger companies." It was his ability to
consistently (38)
difficult challenges that led him to win the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
in the same year that he formed Waysearch, and he has recently signed a deal (39)
.$25
million
with a private investment company, which will finance his search engine.
Question 30: A. put
B. taken
C. done
D. made
Question 31: A. This
B. What
C. Something
D. That
Question 32: A. thoroughly
B. properly
C. totally
D. absolutely
Question 33: A. untrue
B. unfair
C. wrong
D. false
Question 34: A. got
B. provided
C. offered
D. gave
Question 35: A. charging
B. borrowing
C. owing
D. lending
Question 36: A. few
B. deal
C. couple
D. little
Question 37: A. having
B. bringing
C. making
D. doing
Question 38: A. overtake
B. overdo
C. overlook
D. overcome
Question 39: A. estimated
B. valuable
C. worth
D. priced
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 40: The officials object to them wearing long dresses for the inaugural dance at the country club.
A B
C
D
Question 41: Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester.
A
B
C
D
Question 42: All the students are looking forward spending their free time relaxing.
A
B
C
D
Question 43: Dresses, skirts, shoes, and children's clothing are advertised at great reduced prices this
weekend.
A
B
C D
Question 44: Mary and her sister just bought two new winters coats at the clearance sale.
A
B
C
D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate tire
correct answer to each, of the questions from 45 to 54.
The history of clinical nutrition, or the study of the relationship between health and how the body takes in
and utilizes food substances, can be divided into four distinct eras: the first began in the nineteenth century and
extended into the early twentieth century when it was recognized for the first time that food contained
constituents that were essential for human function and that different foods provided different amounts of these
essential agents. Near the end of this era, research studies demonstrated that rapid weight loss was associated
with nitrogen imbalance and could only be rectified by providing adequate dietary protein associated with
certain foods.
The second era was initiated in the early decades of the twentieth century and might be called "the
vitamin period". Vitamins came to be recognized in foods and deficiency syndromes were described. As
vitamins became recognized as essential food constituents necessary for health, it became tempting to

suggest that every disease and condition for which there had been no previous effective treatment might be
responsive to vitamin therapy. At that point in time, medical schools started to become more interested in having
their curricula integrate nutritional concepts into the basic sciences. Much of the focus of this education was on
the recognition of vitamin deficiency symptoms. Herein lay the beginning of what ultimately turned from
ignorance to denial of the value of nutritional therapies in medicine. Reckless claims were made for effects of
vitamins that went far beyond what could actually be achieved from the use of them.
In the third era of nutritional history in the early 1950s to mid-1960s, vitamin therapy began to fall into
disrepute. Concomitant with this, nutrition education in medical schools also became less popular. It was just a
decade before this that many drug companies had found their vitamin sales skyrocketing and were quick to
supply practicing physicians with generous samples of vitamins and literature extolling the virtue of
supplementation for a variety of health-related conditions. Expectations as to the success of vitamins in disease
control were exaggerated. As is known in retrospect, vitamin and mineral therapies are much less effective
when applied to health-crisis conditions than when applied to long-term problems of under nutrition that lead to
chronic health problems.
Question 45: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The effects of vitamins on the human body.
B. The history of food preferences from the nineteenth century to the present.
C. The stages of development of clinical nutrition as a field of study.
D. Nutritional practices of the nineteenth century.
Question 46: It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following discoveries was made during the
first era in the history of nutrition?
A. Protein was recognized as-an essential component of diet.
B. Vitamins were synthesized from foods.
C. Effective techniques of weight loss were determined.
D. Certain foods were found to be harmful to good health.
Question 47: The word "tempting" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. necessary
B. attractive
C. realistic
D. correct
Question 48: It can be inferred from the passage that medical schools began to teach concepts of nutrition in
order to
A. convince medical doctors to participate in research studies on nutrition.
B. encourage medical doctors to apply concepts of nutrition in the treatment of disease.
C. convince doctors to conduct experimental vitamin therapies on their patients.
D. support the creation of artificial vitamins.
Question 49: The word "Reckless" in paragraph two is closest in meaning to
A. Recorded
B. Irresponsible
C. Informative D. Urgent
Question 50: The word "them" in the second paragraph refers to
A. therapies
B. claims
C. effects
D. vitamins
Question 51: Why did vitamin therapy begin losing favor in the 1950s?
A. The public lost interest in vitamins.
B. Medical schools stopped teaching nutritional concepts.
C. Nutritional research was of poor quality.
D. Claims for the effectiveness of Vitamin therapy were seen to be exaggerated.
Question 52: The phrase "Concomitant with" in paragraph three is closest in meaning to
A. In conjunction with B. Prior to
C. In dispute with
D. In regard to
Question 53: The word "skyrocketing" in paragraph three is closest in meaning to
A. internationally popular
B. increasing rapidly C. acceptable
D. surprising
Question 54: The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses
.
A. the fourth era of nutrition history.
B. problems associated with malnutrition.
C. how drug companies became successful.
D. why nutrition education lost its appeal.
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 55 to 64.
This rapid transcontinental settlement and these new urban industrial circumstances of the last half of
the 19th' century were accompanied by the development of a national literature of great abundance and variety.
New themes, new forms, new subjects, new regions, new authors, new audiences all emerged in the literature
of this half century.
As a result, at the onset of World Wad, the spirit and substance of American literature had evolved
remarkably, just as its center of production had shifted from Boston to New York in the late 1880s and the
sources of its energy to Chicago and the Midwest. No longer was it produced, at least in its popular forms, in
the main by solemn, typically moralistic men from New England and the Old South; no longer were polite, welldressed, grammatically correct, middle-class young people the only central characters in its narratives; no
longer were these narratives to be set in exotic places and remote times; no longer, indeed, were fiction, poetry,
drama, and formal history the chief acceptable forms of literary expression; no longer, finally, was literature read
primarily by young, middle class women.

In sum, American literature in these years fulfilled inconsiderable measure the condition Walt Whitman
called for in l867 in describing Leaves of Grass: "it treats," he said of his own major work, "each state and
region as peers and expands from them, and includes the world ... connecting an American citizen with the
citizens of all nations." At the same time, these years saw the emergence of what has been designated "the
literature of argument," powerful works in sociology, philosophy, psychology, many of them impelled by the spirit
of exposure and reform. Just as America learned to playa role in this half century as an autonomous
international political, economic, and military power, so did its literature establish itself as a producer of major
works.
Question 55: The word "evolved" in paragraph two is closest in meaning to
A. became famous
B. turned back
C. changed
D. diminished
Question 56: The word "it" in the second paragraph refers to
A. American literature
B. the energy
C. the population
D. the manufacturing
Question 57: The author uses the word "indeed" in the second paragraph for what purpose?
A. For variety in a lengthy paragraph.
B. To emphasize the contrast he is making.
C. To wind down his argument.
D. To show a favorable attitude to these forms of literature.
Question 58: The word "exotic" in paragraph two is closest in meaning to
A. well-known
B. unusual
C. urban
D. old-fashioned
Question 59: The phrase "these years" in the third paragraph refers to
A. the present
B. the 1900s
C. the early 1800s
D.1850-1900
Question 60: All of the following can be inferred from the passage-about the new literature EXCEPT
A. It was not highly regarded internationally
B. It broke with many literary traditions of the past
C. It introduced new American themes, characters, and settings
D. It spoke to the issue of reform and change
Question 61: It can be inferred from the first paragraph that the previous passage probably discussed
A. the limitations of American literature to this time
B. the importance of tradition to writers
C. new developments in industrialization and population shifts
D. the fashions and values of 19th century America
Question 62: It can be inferred from the passage that Walt Whitman
A. disliked urban life
B. wrote Leaves of Grass
C. was an international diplomat
D. was disapproving of the new literature
Question 63: The main idea of this passage is
A. that the new American literature was less provincial than the old
B. that most people were wary of the new literature
C. that World War I caused a dramatic change in America
D. that centers of culture shifted from East to West
Question 64: This passage would probably be read in which of the following academic courses?
A. International affairs
B. Current events C. American literature D. European-history'
SECTION B (2 points)
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it.
Question 1: I admire his courage, I think he's foolish to do such a thing, though.
Much as I admire his courage, I think he's foolish to do such a thing
Question 2: Being able to deal with figures is a basic requirement in the modern world.
It is a basic requirement in the modern world to be able to deal with figures
Question 3: The hurricane blew the roof off the house.
The house had its roof blown off by the hurricane
Question 4: I haven't eaten this kind of food before.
This is the first time I have eaten this kind of food
Question 5: I'd like to visit Singapore more than any other countries in the world.
Singapore is the country that/which Id like to visit most
Part 2. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about your favourite means of transport. Write your
paragraph on your answer sheet.
The end - Good luck!

PRACTICE TEST 1
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. supply
B. viola
C. biannual
D. typhoon
Question 2: A. reproduction
B. domination
C. modification
D. conference
Mark the letter A, B, C or on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in
position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. police
B. attract
C. signal
D. discuss
Question 4: A. politics
B. academic
C. cinema
D. physical
Question 5: A. certificate
B. compulsory
C. remember
D. information
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: Imagine
when the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. How would your life have been
different?
A. you'd been living
B. you're living
C. you live
D. you've been living
Question 7: Don't you that
Veronica and George are still together?
A. incredibly find
B. find incredible
C. find incredibly
D. find it incredible
Question 8: Granny is completely deaf. You'll have to
allowances for her.
A. bring
B. give
C. make
D. find
Question 9: After seeing the film. "Gone with the wind",
.
A. the book was read by many people.
B. the book made many people want to read it.
C. many people wanted to read the book
D. the reading of the book interested people.
Question 10: Take
of the chance to do some sightseeing while you are here.
A. advantage
B. profit
C. benefit
D. exploit
Question 11: The man
to safety was in his forties.
A. who was lifting
B. lifting
C. lifted
D. been lifted
Question 12: She never says anything good about me. She's forever running me
B. over
B. down
C. out
D. off
Question 13: - John: "How about another glass of beer?" - Peter: "No, thanks
."
A. all the same
B. you for all
C. not at all
D. you so much
Question 14: We failed to lay eyes on a tiger during our expedition,
film one.
A. let alone
B. not to mention
C. apart from
D. but for
Question 15: Franklin D. Roosevelt was
the great force of radio and the opportunity it provided for
taking government policies directly to the people.
A. as the first President he understood fully
B. the first President to understand fully
C. the first President fully understood
D. the first President that, to fully understand
Question 16: He didn't
to help her, even though she was very ill.
A. open an eye
B. lift a finger C. bend his arm
D. shake a leg
Question 17: I'm sorry, but we have to
the discussion. We don't have enough time.
A. make room for
B. put an end to
C. take advantage of D. make effort into
Question 18:
is that a chicken stands up to lay its eggs.
A. Because many people don't realize
B. That many people don't realize
C. It is that many people don't realize
D. What many people don't realize
Question 19: Van Gogh's Sunflowers,
$39,9 million; three times the previous record.
A. for once sold
B. once sold for
C. for sale once
D. selling for once
Question 20: - Peter: "There's too much noise in this room. I can't understand what
"
- John: "Neither can I"
A. is the professor saying
B. is saying the professor
C. that the professor is saying
D. the professor is saying
Question 21: He's a nice guy, always ready to do somebody a good
A. present
B. play
C. turn
D. pleasure
Question 22:
appears considerably larger at the horizon than it does overhead is merely an optical
illusion.
A. That the moon
B. The moon
C. The moon which D. When the moon
Question 23: By the time their baby arrives, the Johnsons hope
painting and decorating the new
nursery.
A. having finished
B. having been finished C. to have finished D. to have been finished
Question 24: The strike was
owing to a last-minute agreement with the management.
A. called off
B. broken up
C. set back
D. put down
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 25: Ian was under the weather yesterday so he didn't go into work.
A. ill
B. strong
C. fit
D. healthy

Question 26: You must answer the police's questions truthfully; otherwise, you will get into trouble.
A. in a harmful way
B. as trustingly as you can
C. with a negative attitude
D. exactly as you can
Question 27: At last, we succeeded in persuading those boys and girls to join our picnic.
A. In the end
B. At the end
C. Lastly
D. Endlessly.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE
meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 28: Polluted water and increased water temperatures have driven many species to the verge of
extinction.
A. Enriched
B. Contaminated
C. Purified
D. Strengthened
Question 29: Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.
A. looks for
B. attends to
C. approves of
D. puts off
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer for each of the blanks from 30 to 39.
A SUCCESS STORY
At 19, Ben Way is already a millionaire, and one of a growing member of teenagers who have (30)
their fortune through the Internet. (31 )
makes Ben's story all the most remarkable is that he
is dyslexic, and was told by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write (32)
. "I wanted to prove them (33)
," says Ben, creator and director of Waysearch, a net
search engine which can be used to find goods in online shopping malls.
When he was eight, his local authorities (34),
him with a PC to help with schoolwork.
Although he was unable to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the. computer, and encouraged by
his father, he soon began (35)
people $10 an hour for his knowledge and skills. At the age of 15
he set up his own computer consultancy, Quard Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, two years later he
left school to devote all his time to business.
"By the time the company had grown and I needed-to take on a (36)
of employees to help
me," says Ben. "That enabled to start (37)
business with bigger companies." It was his ability to
consistently (38)
difficult challenges that led him to win the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award
in the same year that he formed Waysearch, and he has recently signed a deal (39)
.$25
million
with a private investment company, which will finance his search engine.
Question 30: A. put
B. taken
C. done
D. made
Question 31: A. This
B. What
C. Something
D. That
Question 32: A. thoroughly
B. properly
C. totally
D. absolutely
Question 33: A. untrue
B. unfair
C. wrong
D. false
Question 34: A. got
B. provided
C. offered
D. gave
Question 35: A. charging
B. borrowing
C. owing
D. lending
Question 36: A. few
B. deal
C. couple
D. little
Question 37: A. having
B. bringing
C. making
D. doing
Question 38: A. overtake
B. overdo
C. overlook
D. overcome
Question 39: A. estimated
B. valuable
C. worth
D. priced
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 40: The officials object to them wearing long dresses for the inaugural dance at the country club.
A B
C
D
Question 41: Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their own research paper this semester.
A
B
C
D
Question 42: All the students are looking forward spending their free time relaxing.
A
B
C
D
Question 43: Dresses, skirts, shoes, and children's clothing are advertised at great reduced prices this
weekend.
A
B
C D
Question 44: Mary and her sister just bought two new winters coats at the clearance sale.
A
B
C
D
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate tire
correct answer to each, of the questions from 45 to 54.
The history of clinical nutrition, or the study of the relationship between health and how the body takes in
and utilizes food substances, can be divided into four distinct eras: the first began in the nineteenth century and
extended into the early twentieth century when it was recognized for the first time that food contained
constituents that were essential for human function and that different foods provided different amounts of these
essential agents. Near the end of this era, research studies demonstrated that rapid weight loss was associated
with nitrogen imbalance and could only be rectified by providing adequate dietary protein associated with
certain foods.
The second era was initiated in the early decades of the twentieth century and might be called "the
vitamin period". Vitamins came to be recognized in foods and deficiency syndromes were described. As
vitamins became recognized as essential food constituents necessary for health, it became tempting to

suggest that every disease and condition for which there had been no previous effective treatment might be
responsive to vitamin therapy. At that point in time, medical schools started to become more interested in having
their curricula integrate nutritional concepts into the basic sciences. Much of the focus of this education was on
the recognition of vitamin deficiency symptoms. Herein lay the beginning of what ultimately turned from
ignorance to denial of the value of nutritional therapies in medicine. Reckless claims were made for effects of
vitamins that went far beyond what could actually be achieved from the use of them.
In the third era of nutritional history in the early 1950s to mid-1960s, vitamin therapy began to fall into
disrepute. Concomitant with this, nutrition education in medical schools also became less popular. It was just a
decade before this that many drug companies had found their vitamin sales skyrocketing and were quick to
supply practicing physicians with generous samples of vitamins and literature extolling the virtue of
supplementation for a variety of health-related conditions. Expectations as to the success of vitamins in disease
control were exaggerated. As is known in retrospect, vitamin and mineral therapies are much less effective
when applied to health-crisis conditions than when applied to long-term problems of under nutrition that lead to
chronic health problems.
Question 45: What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The effects of vitamins on the human body.
B. The history of food preferences from the nineteenth century to the present.
C. The stages of development of clinical nutrition as a field of study.
D. Nutritional practices of the nineteenth century.
Question 46: It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following discoveries was made during the
first era in the history of nutrition?
A. Protein was recognized as-an essential component of diet.
B. Vitamins were synthesized from foods.
C. Effective techniques of weight loss were determined.
D. Certain foods were found to be harmful to good health.
Question 47: The word "tempting" in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to
A. necessary
B. attractive
C. realistic
D. correct
Question 48: It can be inferred from the passage that medical schools began to teach concepts of nutrition in
order to
A. convince medical doctors to participate in research studies on nutrition.
B. encourage medical doctors to apply concepts of nutrition in the treatment of disease.
C. convince doctors to conduct experimental vitamin therapies on their patients.
D. support the creation of artificial vitamins.
Question 49: The word "Reckless" in paragraph two is closest in meaning to
A. Recorded
B. Irresponsible
C. Informative D. Urgent
Question 50: The word "them" in the second paragraph refers to
A. therapies
B. claims
C. effects
D. vitamins
Question 51: Why did vitamin therapy begin losing favor in the 1950s?
A. The public lost interest in vitamins.
B. Medical schools stopped teaching nutritional concepts.
C. Nutritional research was of poor quality.
D. Claims for the effectiveness of Vitamin therapy were seen to be exaggerated.
Question 52: The phrase "Concomitant with" in paragraph three is closest in meaning to
A. In conjunction with B. Prior to
C. In dispute with
D. In regard to
Question 53: The word "skyrocketing" in paragraph three is closest in meaning to
A. internationally popular
B. increasing rapidly C. acceptable D. surprising
Question 54: The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses
.
A. the fourth era of nutrition history.
B. problems associated with malnutrition.
C. how drug companies became successful.
D. why nutrition education lost its appeal.
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 55 to 64.
This rapid transcontinental settlement and these new urban industrial circumstances of the last half of
the 19th' century were accompanied by the development of a national literature of great abundance and variety.
New themes, new forms, new subjects, new regions, new authors, new audiences all emerged in the literature
of this half century.
As a result, at the onset of World Wad, the spirit and substance of American literature had evolved
remarkably, just as its center of production had shifted from Boston to New York in the late 1880s and the
sources of its energy to Chicago and the Midwest. No longer was it produced, at least in its popular forms, in
the main by solemn, typically moralistic men from New England and the Old South; no longer were polite, welldressed, grammatically correct, middle-class young people the only central characters in its narratives; no
longer were these narratives to be set in exotic places and remote times; no longer, indeed, were fiction, poetry,
drama, and formal history the chief acceptable forms of literary expression; no longer, finally, was literature read
primarily by young, middle class women.

In sum, American literature in these years fulfilled inconsiderable measure the condition Walt Whitman
called for in l867 in describing Leaves of Grass: "it treats," he said of his own major work, "each state and
region as peers and expands from them, and includes the world ... connecting an American citizen with the
citizens of all nations." At the same time, these years saw the emergence of what has been designated "the
literature of argument," powerful works in sociology, philosophy, psychology, many of them impelled by the spirit
of exposure and reform. Just as America learned to playa role in this half century as an autonomous
international political, economic, and military power, so did its literature establish itself as a producer of major
works.
Question 55: The word "evolved" in paragraph two is closest in meaning to
A. became famous
B. turned back
C. changed
D. diminished
Question 56: The word "it" in the second paragraph refers to
A. American literature
B. the energy
C. the population
D. the manufacturing
Question 57: The author uses the word "indeed" in the second paragraph for what purpose?
A. For variety in a lengthy paragraph.
B. To emphasize the contrast he is making.
C. To wind down his argument.
D. To show a favorable attitude to these forms of literature.
Question 58: The word "exotic" in paragraph two is closest in meaning to
A. well-known
B. unusual
C. urban
D. old-fashioned
Question 59: The phrase "these years" in the third paragraph refers to
A. the present
B. the 1900s
C. the early 1800s
D.1850-1900
Question 60: All of the following can be inferred from the passage-about the new literature EXCEPT
A. It was not highly regarded internationally
B. It broke with many literary traditions of the past
C. It introduced new American themes, characters, and settings
D. It spoke to the issue of reform and change
Question 61: It can be inferred from the first paragraph that the previous passage probably discussed
A. the limitations of American literature to this time
B. the importance of tradition to writers
C. new developments in industrialization and population shifts
D. the fashions and values of 19th century America
Question 62: It can be inferred from the passage that Walt Whitman
A. disliked urban life
B. wrote Leaves of Grass
C. was an international diplomat
D. was disapproving of the new literature
Question 63: The main idea of this passage is
A. that the new American literature was less provincial than the old
B. that most people were wary of the new literature
C. that World War I caused a dramatic change in America
D. that centers of culture shifted from East to West
Question 64: This passage would probably be read in which of the following academic courses?
A. International affairs
B. Current events C. American literature
D. European-history'
SECTION B (2 points)
Part 1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence
printed before it.
Question 1: I admire his courage, I think he's foolish to do such a thing, though.
Much as
Question 2: Being able to deal with figures is a basic requirement in the modern world.
It is a
Question 3: The hurricane blew the roof off the house.
The house had
Question 4: I haven't eaten this kind of food before.
This is
Question 5: I'd like to visit Singapore more than any other countries in the world.
Singapore is
Part 2. In about 140 words, write a paragraph about your favourite means of transport. Write your
paragraph on your answer sheet.

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