Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
My mother used to be a woman of great _______, but now she gets old and looks pale.




A.beauty
B.beautiful
C.beautifully
D.beautify

A.sacrificed
B.trusted
C.recorded
D.acted

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 questions




A.cough
B.tough
C.hiccough
D.rough

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it
The film star wore dark glasses so that no one could recognize her.




A.The film star avoided to recognize by wearing dark glasses.
B.The film star avoided recognizing by wearing dark glasses.
C.The film star avoided to recognized by wearing dark glasses.
D.The film star avoided being recognized by wearing dark glasses.

Read the text about oil spill and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 56 to 65.
On an ecologist’s list of nightmares, this (56)_______ looked like an easy member of the top five. An Ecuadorian fuel tanker, the Jessica, ran aground in the Galapagos Archipelago and slowly spilled its (57)_______ of 240.000 gal of fuel oil into the surrounding ocean. The disaster threatened to choke a unique and delicate (58)_______, the islands whose giant tortoises and 15 related species of finch inspired Charles Darwin’s “the origin of Species” in 1859.
he emergency began when the captain of the Jessica, a 30 year old boat, (59)_______ a buoy for a lighthouse and ran aground off the shore of San Cristobal Island. The ship’s cargo was 65% diesel oil (60)_______ for Baltra Island and 35% bunker fuel, a heavier form of oil used by tour boats. Rescue teams from Ecuadorian navy and the state-owned fuel company began (61)_______ fuel from the damaged vessel, but after three days of battering by waves up to 2 meters in (62)_______, the Jessica began leaking oil into the sea and would (63)_______ pour out over 180,000 gallons.
One week later, the government declared a state of (64)_______ in the Galapagos archipelago, setting (65)_______ an initial $2 million for cleanup operation.
(58)_______




A.wildlife
B.habitat
C.nature
D.vicinity

Choose the sentence A, B, C, or D which is closest in meaning to the first sentence of each of the questions
Bill should have arrived by now.




A.Bill has just arrived.
B.I expected Bill to have arrived before.
C.I think Bill should be here very soon.
D.Bill is going to arrive any minute.

Read the text about homework and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the corrext word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 41 to 50.
A study of the impact of homework in different countries says that the pressure of homework causes (41)______ between children and parents. According to the study, this pressure is most evident in families where parents are (42)______ for their children to succeed at school.
The recently released study is a review of research over 75 years, which (43)______ the impact of homework in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, Australia and the Far and Middle East. It claims (44)______ homework can become a source of tension, particularly when parents try to (45)______ too much control.
The study states that parents have the most positive influence when they offer moral support, make appropriate resources available and discuss general issues, adding that they should only offer their help when their children (46)______ ask them to. The report also backs the effectiveness of homework clubs, which have recently (47)______ popular in many schools. These provide a quiet (48)______ where children can study after formal lessons finish, with a teacher (49)______ available to help them. Children feel these clubs (50)______ homework enjoyable and give them a better chance of passing exams.
(48)______




A.place
B.period
C.time
D.point

Read the text about homework and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the corrext word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 41 to 50.
A study of the impact of homework in different countries says that the pressure of homework causes (41)______ between children and parents. According to the study, this pressure is most evident in families where parents are (42)______ for their children to succeed at school.
The recently released study is a review of research over 75 years, which (43)______ the impact of homework in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, Australia and the Far and Middle East. It claims (44)______ homework can become a source of tension, particularly when parents try to (45)______ too much control.
The study states that parents have the most positive influence when they offer moral support, make appropriate resources available and discuss general issues, adding that they should only offer their help when their children (46)______ ask them to. The report also backs the effectiveness of homework clubs, which have recently (47)______ popular in many schools. These provide a quiet (48)______ where children can study after formal lessons finish, with a teacher (49)______ available to help them. Children feel these clubs (50)______ homework enjoyable and give them a better chance of passing exams.
(46)______




A.specifically
B.certainly
C.critically
D.specially

Read the text about homework and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the corrext word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 41 to 50.
A study of the impact of homework in different countries says that the pressure of homework causes (41)______ between children and parents. According to the study, this pressure is most evident in families where parents are (42)______ for their children to succeed at school.
The recently released study is a review of research over 75 years, which (43)______ the impact of homework in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, Australia and the Far and Middle East. It claims (44)______ homework can become a source of tension, particularly when parents try to (45)______ too much control.
The study states that parents have the most positive influence when they offer moral support, make appropriate resources available and discuss general issues, adding that they should only offer their help when their children (46)______ ask them to. The report also backs the effectiveness of homework clubs, which have recently (47)______ popular in many schools. These provide a quiet (48)______ where children can study after formal lessons finish, with a teacher (49)______ available to help them. Children feel these clubs (50)______ homework enjoyable and give them a better chance of passing exams.
(41)______




A.friction
B.impact
C.interest
D.disaster

Read the four texts below. There are ten questions about the texts. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate which text tells you the answer to the question. The same text may be used more than twice.
A
Advantages of Time Management: gains time, motivates and initiates, reduces avoidance, promotes review of work, eliminates cramming for exams, reduces anxiety.
Keys to Successful Time Management
* Self-knowledge and goals: In order to manage your time successfully, having an awareness of what your goals are will assist you in prioritising.
* Developing and maintaining a personal, flexible schedule: Time management provides you with the opportunity to create a schedule that works for you, not for others. This personal attention gives you the flexibility to include the things that are roost important to you.
B
What is RescueTime?
RescueTime is a web-based time-management tool that allows you to easily understand how you spend your time. You install a program on your computer and we magically track all of your time usage.
I always have a lot of different applications and sites open at any given time. How does RescueTime handle that?
RescueTime doesn’t care which applications you have open, but rather pay attention to which application or site is currently “in focus”. In other words, we’re measuring what’s what you are paying attention to, not what you have open.
What about when I get up from my computer?
How are you going to measure that?
Why would you ever want to do that? Seriously, though RescueTime has an idle timeout that will stop the data collection process if there hasn’t been mouse or keyboard activity for a certain period of time.
How accurate is RescueTime?
We like to say that RescueTime is about 90% accurate. Because of idle detection, RescueTime can sometimes over-report by a few seconds here and there. We’re constantly working to improve accuracy.
C
Have you been trying to improve you time management skills or overall personal effectiveness? Do you feel like you are still missing some key details? If so, we’ve got something for you.
This personal time management guide and the accompanying newsletter a dedicated to building a stronger foundation for your success. One skill at a time.
Each section of the guide is an important building block you can put into your foundation right now. Take one of the pages and read it: you will gain the key insights and practical tips for one of the core areas of higher effectiveness. Take another page and do the same. Each article will move you one step forward in something that could be limiting you success level today.
D
Time management is commonly defined as the various means by which people effectively use their time and other closely related resources in order to make the most out of it. It refers to principles and systems that individuals use to make conscious decision about the activities that occupies their time.
However is has been said that you can’t manage time, time just is. So “time management” is a mislabeled problem. What you really manage time is your activity during time.
Which text is saying the following?
Question 9: You need to know your priorities.




A.A
B.B
C.C
D.D