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Paper 1
READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
1) He really has his hands full running his own home
A/ decorating | B/ wiring | C/ managing | D/ financing |
2) During the war, the shipping lanes proved vulnerable to attack.
A/ futile | B/ feasible | C/ susceptible | D/ dangerous |
3) When it was eventually delivered gleaming to his door, he had been almost afraid to drive it.
A/ first | B/ at first | C/ last | D/ at last |
4) Her husband is very competent, he will repair the roof himself.
A/ capable | B/ industrious | C/ thrifty | D/ careful |
5) There is no alternative, the president must approve the bill if Congress passes it.
A/ chance of agreement | B/ doubt | C/ other choice | D/ mistake |
6) I wish that noise would stop. It gets on my …..
A. head | B. brain | C. feelings | D. nerves |
7) The carriage was ….. by four horses.
A. drawn | B. driven | C. pushed | D. rolled |
8) In ancient Greece, two theories ……. concerning the place of the earth in the universe.
A. are developing | B. developed | C. which developed | D. to develop |
9) It was recommended that the young woman ….. after dark.
A. not drive | B. didn’t drive | C. no driving | D. not to drive |
10) I’m so tired that I can’t take …… what you’re saying.
A. up | B. out | C. on | D. in |
11) You may take an oral or written exam according …… you prefer.
A. as | B. to | C. on | D. like |
12) It was not until she had arrived home …… remembered her appointment with the doctor.
A. when she | B. that she | C. and she | D. she |
13) As a girl I enjoy ….. for me.
A. to have doors opened | B. have doors opened |
C. having doors open | D. having doors opened |
14) One of the men who …… being considered for the job …… from this university.
A. are – are | B. are – is | C. is – is | D. is – are |
15) We had a meeting …….. purpose was completely unclear.
A. which | B. whose | C. that | D. what |
16) I wish I …… that I couldn’t come.
A. say | B. said | C. have said | D. had said |
17) If it ….. for your help, I really don’t know what I’d have done.
A. wasn’t | B. weren’t | C. hasn’t been | D. hadn’t been |
18) The objective in a reflector telescope ….. at the bottom of the tube.
A. a mirror is placed | B. is placed a mirror |
C. is a mirror placed | D. a mirror’s place is |
19) This problem is a very common one ….., don’t try to remove it yourself.
A. Whatever to do | B. Whatever you do |
C. No matter | D. No matter how to do |
20) If a star seems to be moving in a wavy line, …… of being a double star.
A. then is our suspicion | B. that we suspect |
C. we suspect it | D. is it suspicious |
SECTION B
Read the following passage carefully, then choose the best answer to each question.
By the end of the first quarter of the nineteenth century a number of our Eastern institutions – Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Pennsylvania – had some of the necessary ingredients of a university, but hardly yet the point of view. They were little clusters of schools and institutes. Indeed, just after the Revolution, the schools of Pennsylvania and Harvard had assumed the somewhat pretentious title of university, and, shortly after, the University of Virginia was founded under the guidance of Thomas Jefferson. In the South, Georgia and later North Carolina began to rise. The substance in all these was mainly lacking, though the title was honored. There were rather feeble law, medical and divinity schools, somewhat loosely attached to these colleges. It has been commonly recognized, however, that the first decade after the close of the Civil War, that is, from about 1866 to 1876, was the great early flowering of the university in America.
21) In the opinion of the author of this passage, in 1825 ……
A. only Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Pennsylvania could truly be called universities. |
B. all American educational institutions could justifiably claim to be universities. |
C. those institutions that called themselves universities were not justified in doing so. |
D. no American institution of higher education had any of the necessary ingredients of a university. |
22) Thomas Jefferson founded ……
A. the University of Pennsylvania |
B. Harvard |
C. the University of Virginia |
D. the University of Georgia |
23) The Civil War ended …….
A. about 1866 |
B. about 1876 |
C. about 1856 |
D. during the decade from 1866 to 1876 |
24) The words “little clusters” in the passage most nearly means ……
A. small groups |
B. small colleges |
C. small buildings |
D. small organizations |
25) The university idea began to develop ……..
A. in the forst quarter of the nineteenth century |
B. just after the Revolution |
C. during the last quarter of the nineteenth century |
D. just after the Civil War |
Paper 2
WRITING
SECTION A
USE OF ENGLISH
A/ Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only ONE word in each space.
What kind of food are we going to be eating (26) ….. the year 2020? Most people when you ask them a question (27) ….. that, either say: “There won’t be any left “or” (28) ….. there is, there won’t be much protein in it”. Of course there are good reasons (29) …… people are pessimistic about the world’s food supplies in the (30) ……. On the other (31) ….., not all the experts share the general despondency. For (32) ….. thing, although the world’s population is (33) …… fast, food production is (34) …… to pace with it, even in the developing country. Besides, the methods of cultivation are not (35) ….. advanced in some areas and the food is not fairly distributed (36) …. all people that need it. But (37) …… if we succeed (38) ……. overcoming the (39) …… of distribution, we may still find (40) ……. having to change our diet.
B/ GUIDED SENTENCE BUILDING
Build a comple sentence with the given words.
41) The Queen / moved / tears / hear / news.
………………………………………………..
42) She / insist / talk / manager / person.
………………………………………………..
43) It / essential / that / same / educational opportunities.
………………………………………………..
44) He / little / money / save / it / not / long.
………………………………………………..
45) I / never / really / consider / get / married.
………………………………………………..
46) I / grateful / kindness / me / visit / your factory / earlier this month.
………………………………………………..
47) We / survive / unless / start / work / cleaner / safer / sources / energy.
………………………………………………..
48) She / hurt / learn / boy-friend / forget / birthday.
………………………………………………..
49) At / bank / Bill / second / command.
………………………………………………..
50) She / look / as / she / see / ghost.
………………………………………………..
C/ Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed above it.
51) Philipa asked Olive if she could remember where she had put the camera.
Philipa said “…………………………………”
52) If you want my advice, you would forget about buying a new house.
If I ………………………………………….
53) Someone has already paid for it.
It ……………………………………………
54) The noise next door did not stop until after midnight.
It was not …………………………………..
55) He never has enough money.
He’s always …………………………………
SECTION B
COMPOSITION
Write a composition from 150 to 180 words on this topic:
“Men always make better managers than women”. What is your opinion?