ENGLISH PRACTICE 13

QUESTION I. Phonetics (10 points)

A. Identify the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the other
words in the group.
1. A. arrived B. linked C. lived D. opened
2. A. explanation B. main C. faint D. paint
3. A. copious B. obese C. drone D. clamorous
4. A. germ B. gesture C. gene D. gear
5. A. manufacture B. mature C. pasture D. nature
B. Identify the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the other words in the same
group.
1. A. trigonometry B. explanatory C. immediately D. democracy
2. A. legislature B. repository C. magnificent D. mistake
3. A. argumentative B. psychological C. contributory D. hypersensitive
4. A. photograph B. payroll C. accent D. regretful
5. A. majority B. ceremony C. astronomy D. investiture

QUESTION II. Vocabulary (10 points)

Select the best option for each blank.
1. Employees who have a ………………… are encouraged to discuss it with the management.
A. hindrance B. grievance C. disadvantage D. disturbance
2. The police are ………………… certain who the culprit is.
A. in some ways B. more or less C. here and there D. by and by
3. Women’s participation ………….. in the workforce was lower in the countries which had less-
developed economies.
A. scale B. speed C. velocity D. rate
4. Although the patient received intensive treatment, there was no ………………… improvement in her
condition.
A. decipherable B. legible C. discernible D. intelligible
5. I’ve been doing my best to reduce the backlog but I must admit that I’ve hardly put …………………
in the problem so far.
A. a dent B. a foot C. a brave face D. damper
6. From time to time he …………………himself to a weekend in a five-star hotel.
A. craves B. indulges C. treats D. benefits
7. Men still expect their jobs to take _________.
A. superiority B. imposition C. priority D. seniority
8. According to a recent survey, most people are on good ………………… with their neighbours.
A. terms B. relations C. relationships D. acquaintance
9. The police have been ordered not to ………………… if the students attack them.
A. combat B. rebuff C. retaliate D. challenge
10. The police finally arrested the ……………… criminal
A. famous B. renowned C. respectable D. notorious

QUESTION III. Grammar (20 points)

A. Put each verb in brackets in an appropriate form. (10points)

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1. She has made up her mind ……….. (have) a garage ………….. (build) next to the house.
2. The statue …………. (break) while it ……………. (move) to another room in the museum.
3. The highway patrol advised …....... (take) the old route through the city.
4. The bell is ringing. I must stop …...... (do) my homework …....... (answer) the phone.
5. Why you all ………….. (laugh)? Roger ……………... (tell) you his funny stories?
6. Don’t worry. We ………….. (finish) the report by 11.
B. Put the suitable preposition(s) in each of the following blanks (10 points)
1. We’re all very obliged …………… you
2. He’s quite careless ……………… danger.
3. She’s very nervous …………… the new boss.
4. I’m faithful …………… my principle.
5. I’ve been so anxious …………… you.
6. This service is free …………… charge.
7. They went ahead contrary ……………… my advice.
8. He was married …………… Sue for a day.
9. ................the devil and the deep blue sea.
10. Have a card................your sleeve.

QUESTION IV. Reading (30 points)

A. Read the text below and then answer the questions 1 - 8 (10 points)

The World and Its Global Economy

The world as man knows it today is getting smaller and smaller because of technology such as the
Internet and high speed modems. In fact, on March 3, 2005, a man flew entirely around the globe
without refueling or stopping in a one-person jet. The world is changing the world, and as the 21 st
century continues, the global economy will play a larger and larger role. As Thomas Friedman so
eloquently put it in Lexus and the Olive Tree, globalization is "the inexorable integration of markets,
nation-states, and technologies to a degree never witnessed before."
A With today's technology it is possible for people to solicit business from the far side of the globe. B
A company like Dell Computers can order parts from several different countries, take shipment in North
Carolina where the new computers will be assembled, and then ship them to all regions of the globe . C
An American oil firm can do a satellite survey in Siberia for oil deposits and then contract with a
Russian oil firm to drill the actual well, while the petroleum engineer, acting as the project supervisor,
remains in the US and runs the project by using a computer, a high speed Internet connection, and a
cellular telephone for quick questions. D
A global economy poses some serious problems. If a company doesn't act fast enough, it can lose, and if
the company loses heavily, what will happen to the employees working for the company, and then in
turn what will happen to the stores that depend on those employees buying their goods? As can be seen,
there is a definite trickle-down effect. How is the child who is about to graduate from high school
supposed to decide on what career field to enter? A career field that is here today might be gone long
before the child can graduate from college, so not only does it become vital that a person gain the
needed knowledge to enter a given career field, but the person also needs to learn how to learn. Learning
how to learn may prove to be even more necessary than the knowledge needed to enter a given career
field. A person who is good at learning how to learn can quickly adapt to changes in the global economy
by quickly preparing to enter other career fields if his job is here today, but gone in the morning.

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If the world turns into a global economy, a person will need to be able to get along and work with
people from different cultural backgrounds. However, unless a person has spent time living in different
parts of the world, this might be hard to do. While many students from foreign countries, especially the
Asian countries, come to the US to earn a graduate degree, how many students from the US spend even
a semester abroad studying in another country? The answer to this question is of course a very small
percentage.
While individuals from some of foreign countries and some individuals from the US and the US
economy will adjust to globalization, will the rest of the world? Mass media are more than willing to
continue to stir the pot of controversy as they not only have to learn how to report the positive news, but
also dole out a continuous stream of negative news. When a person in a developing country sees all the
cars on the streets of Beijing, of course that person wants a car so he can show his neighbor how wealthy
he is, and all this does is promote unneeded consumption. Why does the person who has nowhere to go
and no money to spend for travel want to own a car? The simple answer is because the media paint
owning a car as a symbol of wealth and it is human nature to want to become wealthy or at least to
appear wealthy.
On the positive side, as prices rise due to increased demands on scarce resources, there will be an
incentive to find affordable alternatives. For example, as the price of oil rises and along with it the price
of a gallon of gasoline, a point will be reached at which people are no longer willing to purchase
gasoline so they can drive their cars, and they will demand both alternative transportation methods and
cars which use another source of energy. A current online survey says $2.50 per gallon of gasoline is the
point at which the people in the US will start making demands on the auto manufacturer, which will
open up new career fields in a few countries that have the technology needed to meet the demands;
however, people around the globe will work together on it.
1. The word “inexorable” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. upward B. recent C. inevitable D. preposterous
2. The word “solicit” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. lure B. sell C. help D. ask for
3. According to par.2, what can be inferred about the role of a project supervisor?
A. To make sure the project is finished correctly and on time
B. To hand-check each of the steps in a project
C. To assign each of the items that needs to be done in a project
D. To talk to everyone on a daily basis
4. According to the passage, people need to learn how to learn, otherwise
A. they will not move from the first grade to the second grade in elementary school
B. they will not be able to work in the same job throughout college
C. they will not be able to switch from one career to another as the global economy changes
D. they will not be able to graduate from college and become a member of the global economy
5. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the underlined sentence in
the passage?
A. The mass media are like a witch stirring her cauldron.
B. The mass media always report the truth since this keeps the ratings up and brings in the most
advertising revenue.
C. The mass media will report half-truths if it will keep their ratings up so they can sell advertising

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 D. The mass media report every angle of a story since reports are apolitical and never present
only one viewpoint.
6. In paragraph 5, what can be inferred from the description of the media about owning a car?
A. A car needs to be painted certain colors if it is going to show others a person is wealthy.
B. The media are so biased that they will provide paint if a person needs to paint his car so as to
project the car as a symbol of wealth.
C. The media slant the stories, so it will appear to viewers that only wealthy people own a car.
D. The members of the media don't own cars, so they are jealous of those wealthy people who do
own cars
7. Look at the four squares [■] in par.2 that indicate where the following sentence could be added to
the passage.
E-businesses will be the lucrative businesses in the future since they are available to everyone
with an Internet connection.
Where would the sentence best fit?
8. Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below. Complete
the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that express the most important
ideas in the passage. Some sentences do not belong in the summary because they express
ideas that are not presented in the passage or are minor ideas in the passage.

The Internet and technology are making the world a smaller and smaller place today,
and this is creating a global economy.
•
•
•
A. As Thomas Friedman so eloquently put it in Lexus and the Olive Tree, globalization is "the
inexorable integration of markets, nation-states, and technologies to a degree never witnessed
before,"
B. A global economy poses some serious problems and if a company doesn't act fast enough, it can
lose, and if the company loses heavily, the employees working for the company and the stores
that depend on those employees buying their goods can go out of business.
C. A person who is good at learning how to learn can quickly adapt to changes in the global
economy by quickly preparing to enter other career fields, if his job is here today but gone in the
morning.
D. A career field that is here today might be gone long before the child can graduate from college, so
it becomes vital.
E. People are always going to be willing to pay any price they need to pay in order to buy something
they want, which is why the price of gasoline will not be a factor in the global economy.
F. Individuals from some foreign countries, some individuals from the US and the US economy will
adjust to globalization, but the real question is, how is the rest of the world going to react to living
in a global economy?

B. Close test (20 points)

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 Art as a career
Many celebrated artists have found (1) ________ hard to (2) ________ ends meet early on in their
careers. (3) ________ a few well-known exceptions, however, (poor Van Gogh being perhaps the most
famous one) (4)_________ went on to find recognition within their own lifetime. Picasso’s life story is
the kind of rags-to-riches tale (5) _________ gives hope to many (6) _________ unknown artist. In
1904, he was sharing a draughty and primitive studio complex (7) _________ thirty other artists. But (8)
________ his death, he was a multi-millionaire and probably the most celebrated modern artist ever .
Nevertheless, (9)_________ every success story, there must be dozens of artists (perhaps some potential
‘greats’) who have endured a lifetime (10) _________ hardship in obscurity. (11) _________ they were
never recognised because their work was (12) _________ of sympathy with the prevailing fashion, or
(13) ________ they lacked talent, is impossible to say. Most people see art (14) ________ a vocation
rather (15) ________ a career. There (16) _________ indeed be some truth in the idea (17) ________
artists need to (18) ________ exceptionally dedicated to succeed, and even relatively successful artists
sometimes have (19) ________ supplement their income by working (20) ________ other areas
occasionally.

QUESTION V. Use of English (30 points)

A. Sentence transformation (20 points)

Part 1. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence
printed before it. (10 points)
1. Someone has suggested the resignation of the minister.
It ....................................................................................... .
2. I have frequently made stupid mistakes like that.
Many's....................................................................................... .
3. You think that fat people are always jolly, but you are wrong.
Contrary ....................................................................................... .
4.You should have called the doctor at once .
It was....................................................................................... .
5. Gary is proud of the fact that he is never late.
Gary prides....................................................................................... .
Part 2. Write a new sentence similar in meaning to the one given, using the word given in
brackets. Do not alter the word in any way. (10 points)
1. Many customs restrictions within the EC have been abolished. AWAY
................................................................................................................
2. At the moment I can’t afford to buy a new car. QUESTION
................................................................................................................
3. I assume you’re hungry. GRANTED
................................................................................................................
4. I know I can convince Dave that I'm right about this matter. BRING
................................................................................................................
5. Students at the school are not allowed to go into the Rainbow Disco. BOUNDS
................................................................................................................

B. Error correction (10 points)

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 Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to
be correct.

1. The bus was plenty of people who had spent many a happy hour in the stores doing their Christmas
A B C D
shopping.
2. Weather and geography conditions may determine the type of transportation used in a region.
A B C D
3. When you talk to the old man, please remember to speak out as he's hard of hearing.
A B C D
4. The old and the new in transportation also contrast sharply in Middle East.
A B C D
5. The ocean probably distinguishes the earth from other planets of the solar system, for scientists
A B C
believe that large bodies of water are not existing on the other planets.
D
6. Geothermal energy is energy to obtain by using heat from the Earth’s interior.
A B C D
7. In general the only kinds of cells that cannot replace itself are nerve cells.
A B C D
8. Historians believe that some forms of advertising must be as old as barter and trade
A B C D
9. Many television newscasters make the public an eyewitness to the news by means of on-the-
A B C
spot, alive reports.
D
10. Dams are used to control flooding, provide water for irrigation, and generating electricity for
A B C
the surrounding area.
D

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 KEYS

QUESTION I. Phonetics (10 points)

A.
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. B
B.
1. A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B

QUESTION II. Vocabulary (10 points)

1. B 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. D

QUESTION III. Grammar (20 points)

A. Put each verb in brackets in an appropriate form. (10points)
1. to have / built 2. broke / was being moved
3. taking 4. doing / to answer
5. are you all laughing/ has Roger told 6. will have finished
B. Put the suitable preposition(s) in each of the following blanks (10 points)
1. to 2. about (of) 3. about (of) 4. to 5. about (for) 6. of 7. to 8. to 9. between 10. up

QUESTION IV. Reading (30 points)

A. (From 1 - 7 : 1mark /answer ; 8: 3marks) (10 points)
1. C 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. B, C, F
B. Close test (20 points)
1. it 2. make 3. With 4. most 5. which/ that

6. an 7. with 8. by 9. for 10. of

11. Whether 12. out 13. because 14. as 15. than
16. may/ could 17. that 18. be 19. to 20. in

QUESTION V. Use of English (30 points)

A. Sentence transformation (20 points)
Part 1. (10 points; 2 points for each answer)
1. It has been suggested that the minister should resign.
2. Many's the time that I've made stupid mistakes like that.
3.Contrary to your belief/ opinion, fat people are not always jolly.
4. It was wrong of you not to call the doctor at once .
5. Gary prides himself on never being late.
Part 2. (10 points; 2 points for each answer)
1. Many customs restrictions within EC have been done away with.
2. At the moment a new car is out of the question.
3. I take it for granted you’re hungry.
4. I know I can bring Dave round to my way of thinking on this matter.
5. The Rainbow Disco is out of bounds to students at the school.
B. Error correction (10 points)
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. C

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Total: 100 points