25
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.
Many people now think that teachers give pupils too much homework. They say that it is unnecessary for children to work at home in their free time. Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not properly plan the homework tasks they give to pupils. The result is that pupils have to repeat tasks, which they have already done at school.
Recently many parents complained about the difficult homework which teachers gave to their children. The Greek parents said that most of the homework was a waste of time, and they wanted to stop it. Spain and Turkey are two countries, which stopped homework recently. In Denmark, West Germany and several other countries in Europe, teachers cannot set homework at weekends. In Holland, teachers allow pupils to stay at school to do their homework. The children are free to help one another. Similar arrangements also exist in some British schools.
Most people agree that homework is unfair. A pupil who can do his homework in a quiet and comfortable room is in a much better position than a pupil who does his homework in a small, noisy room with the television on. Some parents help their children with their homework. Other parents take no interest at all in their children’s homework.
It is important, however, that teachers talk to parents about homework. A teacher suggests suitable tasks for parents to do with their children. Parents are often better at teaching their own children.
Homework is unfair because _____.
A:
Some pupils have to help their parents with housework and some others do not
B:
Some parents help their children with their homework while some others do not
C:
Some pupils do their homework in a quiet and comfortable room while some others do homework in a small, noisy room
D:
A&B
26
Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
No one has asked me that question before.
A:
I have ever been asked that question before.
B:
That question has never been asked me before by anyone.
C:
That question has ever been asked me by no one before.
D:
I have never been asked that question before.
27
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the meaningful sentence from the cues given.
Children / should have / special day / express / feeling / memories / /love/their parents.
A:
Children should have a special day expressing their feeling, memories and love to their parents.
B:
Children should have a special day express their feeling, memories and love for their parents.
C:
Children should have a special day to express their feeling, memories and love for their parents.
D:
Children should have a special day expressing their feeling, memories and love for their parents.
28
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the meaningful sentence from the cues given.
The novels / I / just / read / interesting.
A:
The novels who I have just read are interesting
B:
The novels whom I have just read is interesting
C:
The novels which I had just read is interesting
D:
The novels which I have just read are interesting.
29
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Watching TV all day is a bad habit _____ we get no exercise and eat unhealthy snacks.
A:
therefore
B:
though
C:
because
D:
but
30
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The ones about ______ I have been worried these days are the students of mine.
A:
which
B:
whom
C:
that
D:
whose
31
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
\
A:
escape
B:
control
C:
mention
D:
replace
32
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Japan, (23) ______on the Ring of Fire on the edge of the Pacific Ocean, has suffered some major earthquakes over the years. However, nothing before compared to the triple disaster of March 11, 2011: a massive earthquake followed by powerful tsunamis (24)_____ led to a serious nuclear accident.
The horrors began shortly before three (25)___ the afternoon local time with a 9.0-magnitude earthquake. Its epicenter was nearly 20 miles (26)___the floor of the Pacific Ocean, about 80 miles east of the Japanese city of Sendai. The quake was one of the most powerful ever recorded and the (27)_______ to hit this region of Japan.
Question 25.
A:
in
B:
over
C:
on
D:
at
