Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 46 to 55.
American movies create myths about college life in the United States. These stories are entertaining, but they are not true. You have to look beyond Hollywood movies to understand what college is really like.
Thanks to the movies, many people believe that college students party and socialize more than they study. Movies almost never show students working hard in class or in the library. Instead, movies show them eating, talking, hanging out, or dancing to loud music at wild parties. While it is true that American students have the freedom to participate in activities, they also have academic responsibilities. In order to succeed, they have to attend classes and study hard.
Another movie myth is that athletics is the only important extracurricular activity. In fact, there is a wide variety of nonacademic activities on campus such as special clubs, service organizations, art, and theater programs. This variety allows students to choose what interests them. Even more important, after graduation, students’ résumés look better to employers if they list a few extracurricular activities.
Most students in the movies can easily afford higher education. If only this were true! While it is true that some American college students are wealthy, most are from families with moderate incomes. Up to 80% of them get some type of financial aid. Students from middle and lower-income families often work part-time throughout their college years. There is one thing that many college students have in common, but it is not something you will see in the movies. They have parents who think higher education is a priority, a necessary and important part of their children's lives.
Movies about college life usually have characters that are extreme in some way: super athletic, super intelligent, super wealthy, super glamorous, etc. Movies use these stereotypes, along with other myths of romance and adventure because audiences like going to movies that include these elements. Of course, real college students are not like movie characters at all.
So the next time you want a taste of the college experience, do not go to the movies. Look at some college websites or brochures instead. Take a walk around your local college campus. Visit a few classes. True,you may not be able to see the same people or exciting action you will see in the movies, but you can be sure that there are plenty of academic adventures going on all around you!
From “Read and Reflect” by Jayme Adelson-Goldstein with Lori Howard
American parents believe in ______.
A.the extracurricular activities that help ensure their children’s jobs
B.the necessity of higher education in their children's lives
C.how movie-makers describe American college life
D.the quality of their children's college lives

Choose the best the answer to each of the following questions.
Ann was waiting for me _______.
A.so I arrived
B.when I arrived   
C.after I had arrived
D.since I arrived

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.

A.visits                                   
B.destroys                  
C.believes                  
D.depends

Many rock stars seem to end up in drug................. .
A.remedy
B.cure
C.therapy
D.treatment

Read the passage and choose the best answers.
Until the 19th century, the denial of equal rights to women met with only occasional protest and drew little attention from most people. Because most women lacked the educational and economic resources that would enable them to challenge the prevailing social order, women generally accepted their inferior status as their only option. At this time, women shared these disadvantages with the majority of working class men, as many social, economic, and political rights were restricted to the wealthy elite . In the 19th century, as governments in Europe and North America began to draft new laws guaranteeing equality among men, significant numbers of women – and some men – began to demand that women be accorded equal rights as well.
At the same time, the Industrial Revolution in Europe and North America further divided the roles of men and women. Before the Industrial Revolution most people worked in farming or crafts-making, both of which took place in or near the home. Men and women usually divided the numerous tasks among themselves and their children. Industrialization led male workers to seek employment outside of the home in factories and other large-scale enterprises. The growing split between home and work reinforced the idea that women’s “rightful place” was in the home, while men belonged in the public world of employment and politics.
Organized efforts by women to achieve greater rights occurred in two major waves. The first wave began around the mid-19th century, when women in the United States and elsewhere campaigned to gain suffrage – that is, the right to vote. This wave lasted until the 1920s, when several countries granted women suffrage.
Why did the denial of equal rights to women draw little attention from the society until the 19th century?
A.They could not challenge the prevailing social order.
B.They did not have any other option.
C.Most women lacked the educational and economic resources.
D.All are correct.

..........(10)
A.that
B.how
C.what
D.which

What does the word “open” in the passage most closely mean?
A.unlimited                
B.enlarged                  
C.relaxed                    
D.not shut

A.occupation
B.attraction
C.disappointment
D.satisfactory

Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Portuguese raiders burnt the island under sea.
B.Portuguese raiders burnt the settlement down for the next two centuries.
C.Thomas Stamford Raffles stood for a British company.
D.Sultan Hussein Shah alone built Singapore as a British trading post.

___________owe much of their success as a group to their unusual powers of migration.
 
A.That birds   
B.A bird    
C.The bird
D.Birds