Kumpulan Soal Bahasa Inggris kelas XII 2012

UAN/EBTANAS

Text 1

Adults have some advantage on education. Adult learners often know exactly what they need to learn. Because they have the experience of life, they know what knowledge will be useful to them and what will not. If they cannot read or write, they have experienced the problems caused by illiteracy. If they cannot do their jobs well, they have experienced the loss of income or of job opportunities caused by a lack of vocational training. Adults have usually accumulated a wealth of experience  of life in general that can help them  in learning. They have more practical, everyday experience that can help them understand what they learn in school

Feng Lian, for example, is a textile plant supervisor in Shanghai, China. She graduated from secondary  school but she didn’t learn much in school about electricity and how it is used in factories. Now she must supervise the electrical system in the factory, and she has to know a lot about electrical transmission systems. She is going to a night class that will teach her what she needs to know. She already has many questions about the subject and is ready and eager to learn. If she does succeed in her night class, she can get an even better job.

Michael Johnson owns a small construction business in California. Like many other U.S. citizens, he did not really learn to read or write in school and dropper out of school when he was fourteen years old. Michael was smart, and has was good at building things and at using machines. He was very successful as a construction worker  and eventually started his own business. His wife helped  him read and write what he needed, and he learned how to hide his inability from others. Finally, at the age of thirty-eight, Michael is going back to school to a special program to learn how to read and write. He is learning very quickly, partly because he is smart and partly because he knows how important reading and writing are to his work.

1.       The text tells us about … .

A.      the experience of adults in learning

B.      problems of adults in education      

C.      the life experience of adult people

D.      illiteracy among adult workers         

E.       the advantages of being an adult learner

2.       Adults know what they have to learn because … .

A.      without having vocational training they will be jobless

B.      they have experienced their own particular problems in lives

C.      nobody can force them to get a particular education

D.      illiteracy makes them realize what they cannot do in the jobs

E.       they are old enough to decide what to do with their wear

3.       Which of the following is TRUE about vocational training ?

A.      It gives adults more change to get a job.

B.      It contributes to their understanding of what learning means.

C.      Without it, adults will never be able to get a job.

D.      It enables adults to accumulate a wealth of experience of life.

E.       Only workers with vocational training can earn money.

4.       Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about Michael Johnson ?

A.      Though he is successful construction worker, he is illiterate.

B.      He was one of the many American boys who dropped out of school.

C.      He knew how to read and write after he was married.

D.      He went back to school when he realized the necessity of it.

E.       His educational background helped him to become a successful businessman.

5.       Feng Lian goes to a night school in order to … .

A.      become a supervisor a textile plant in Shanghai

B.      be able to answer questions about electricity

C.      learn about the electrical system in factories

D.      continue her study in college

E.       know how to install electricity in factories

Text 2

The television is the most popular form entertainment in any household. People of all ages use this medium to entertain themselves for an average of four hours a day. Thus, television has had a tremendous influence on its viewers, especially children. Scientists now say that children can be adversely affected by constantly watching television. This is due to the fact that they participate less in physical activities, spend less time reading and studying, and see world of violence that can affect their own feelings of security.

6.       The text tells us about … .

A.      The bad effect of television on children

B.      Television the best  entertainer in  our lives

C.      Scientists’ research on the popularity of television

D.      Viewer’s tremendous influence  on television

E.       The average time people spent watching television

7.       … that children can be adversely affected by constantly watching television means that   … .

A.      children are not interested in violent scenes

B.      television influences children to do physical exercise

C.      children are encouraged to read a lot

D.      television makes children reluctant to study

E.       children learn a lot of  positive things from television

Text 3

Most Western European countries have a wide variety of political parties. Although having many choices available to the voting public is a sign of healthy democracy, it can also cause serious political problems. It is difficult to educate voters fully about all of the different political philosophies and goals. Moreover, the presence of so many parties can lead to government instability because the cooperation of several different parties is often needed to form coalition governments.

8.       In the above paragraph the writer wants to show the reader that … .

A.      democracy is created in a country with many parties

B.      it is difficult for people to understand the philosophy of politics

C.      the presence of many parties in a country will solve political problems

D.      stability will be achieved if a country has many political parties

E.       there are disadvantages of having many political parties in a country

9.       What is needed to form a coalition government ?

A.      Differences in political philosophies and goals of parties.

B.      The agreement of different parties to work together.

C.      An educated voting public in a democratic country

D.      The availability of only one party in a country

E.       A government which has a wide variety of political parties

Text 4

A few years ago a shortage of natural gas drove price sky high. Likewise, gasoline price rose when demands (10) … supplies. A large supply in the oil market drove prices back down. The (11) … of supply and demand functioned according to textbook description in the case of oil, but the (12) … is different in the current natural gas market. Natural gas consumers are finding their heating bills more of a burden than last year, (13) … a dramatic in crease in supplies. There is so much natural gas available that many suppliers are closing down their plants for lack of a market, and it is (14) … that some suppliers are even burning off their surplus gas now.

10.    A.    weakened

B.    exceeded

C.    descended

D.    increased

E.    exaggerated

11.    A.    principal

B.    scale

C.    subject

D.    law

E.    arrangement

12.    A.    situation

B.    period

C.    requirement

D.    influence

E.    environment

13.    A.    whereas

B.    therefore

C.    as long as

D.    in order to

E.    in spite of

14.    A.    predicted

B.    insured

C.    rumored

D.    assumed

E.    hoped

Text 5

                Although speech is the most advanced form of communication, there are many ways of communicating without using speech. Signals and sings, symbols and gestures may be found in every known culture. The basic function of signal is to impinge upon the environment in such a way that it attracts attention, as, for example, the dots and dashes of the telegraph circuit. Coded to refer to speech, the potential for communication is very great. Less adaptable to the codification of words, sign also contain meaning in and of themselves. A stop sign or a barber pole conveys meaning quickly and conveniently. Symbols  are more difficult to describe than either signal or signs because of their intricate relationship with the receiver’s cultural perceptions.  In some cultures, applauding is a theatre provides performers with an auditory symbol of approval. Gestures such a waving and handshaking also, communicate certain cultural messages … .

                Although signals, signs, symbol and gesture are very useful, they do have a major disadvantage. The usually do not allow ideas to be shared without the sender being directly adjacent to the receiver. As a result, means  of communication intended to be used for long distances and extended periods are based upon speech. Radio, television and the telephone are onlyafew.

15.    What does the author say about speech ?

It is .

A.      necessary for communication to occur

B.      the only true form of communication

C.      the most advanced form of communication

D.      dependent upon the advances made by inventors

E.       one of the best ways to communicate one another

16.    What is a signal according to the passage ?

A.      A form of communication which may be used across long distances

B.      The form of communication most related to cultural perception

C.      The most difficult form of communication to describe

D.      A form of communication which is more complicated

E.       A from of communication that interrupts the environment

17.    … upon the environment in such a way that it attracts attention … (paragraph 1)

     The word it here refers to .,

A.      way B.      function C.      signal

D.      attention E.       environment

18.    Why were the telephone, radio, and TV invented?

People .

A.      were unable to understand signs, symbols, and signals

B.      wanted new forms of entertainment

C.      wanted to communicate across long distances

D.      believed that signs, signals and symbols were obsolete

E.       cannot share ideas without the sender being directly adjacent to the receiver

19.    From this passage we can conclude that .

A.      only some cultures have signals, signs and symbols

B.      waving and handshaking are not related to culture

C.      symbols are very easy to define and interpret

D.      people can communicate with one another in long distances by using gestures, signals and signs

E.       signals, signs, symbols, and gestures are forms of communication

20.    .

Text 8

As by treaty, barter, or purchase we obtain what we want from those who have. What we have not, so it was by the same disposition that division of labour first arose. In the savage tribe it was found that one man excelled at tent-making another in shaping bows, etc and it would be more profitable to the tribe if these were encouraged in their special art while others went hunting, etc. With the progress of civilization a similar division of duties arose, hence came the tailor, the shoemaker, etc. 

21.    The topic of the passage is .

A.      the division of labour

B.      provitability

C.      civilization

D.      purchase

E.       labour

22.    The main  idea of the paragraph is .

A.      the progress of civilization is similar

B.      it would be more profitable to the tribe

C.      these were encouraged in their special art

D.      as by purchase we obtain that we want

E.       division of labour arose by treat barter or purchase

Text 9

Underlying all the complication of translation is the fundamental fact that languages  24 a lot. In fact, so different are they that one cannot 25 in one language what has been said  originally in another. 26 , as linguists and anthropologists have discovered, that which unites mankind is much greater than that  27 , and hence there is, even in case of very different languages and cultures, a basis for communication. This common core of human experience and the relatable modes of speaking about it do not, however, 28 the striking and fundamental differences between languages.

23.    A.    differ

B.    different

C.    difference

D.    differentiate

E.    differentiation

24.    A.    communicativeness

B.      communicative

C.      communication

D.      communicant

E.       communicate

25.    A.    Since

B.      Moreover

C.    Nevertheless

D.    On the other hand

E.    Accordingly

26.    A.    speads

B.    devides

C.      stretches

D.      departs

E.       leaves

27.    A.    elimination

B.    eliminating

C.    eliminate

D.    wipe

E.    erase

Text 10

                Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and emigrated to New York city when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the ninetenth century. After writing many letters seeking admission to medical school, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. So determined was she, that she taught school and gave music lessons to earn money for her tuition.

                In 1849, after graduating from medical school, She decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea.

                Upon returning to the United States, She found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a women. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a hospital, the first for woman and children. Besides being the first female physician and finding her own hospital, she also established the first medical school for women.

28.    Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon ?

A.      A serious eye infection halted her quest

B.      She couldn’t get admitted to medical school

C.      She decided to further education in Paris

D.      She managed to open a hospital the first for women and children

E.       It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States

29.    How many years elapsed between her graduation from the medical school and the opening of her hospital ?

A.      8

B.      10

C.      19

D.      36

E.       38

30.    What main obstacle almost destoyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor ?

A.      She couldn’t graduate from medical school…

B.      She couldn’t became a surgeon in Paris.

C.      She couldn’t establish her hospital.

D.      She wrote to many letters.

E.       She was a woman.

31.    Which of the following is not the first in the life of Elizabeth ?

A.      She lived in New York When She was ten

B.      She was the first woman surgeon

C.      She became the first female physician

D.      She established the first medical school

E.       She and several other woman founded the first hospital for woman and children

32.    How old was Elizabeth when she graduated from medical school ?

She was ___ years of age.

A.      10

B.      25

C.      27

D.      28

E.       30

 

Text 11

                Over the years, many different systems of physical exercise design to improve the health and appearance of the body have emerged. One of the best ever to come forth was Hatha Yoga, a form of a yoga consisting of a various postures that exercise the whole body. Facial muscles, for example, can be toned by daily performance of the “Lion,” a posture that imitates the face of a roaring lion. Back muscles can be made more flexible by regular practise of “the Cobra,” a posture that resembles the arching head of poisonous snake. “The Crow,” which resembles the headstand, is said to improve circulation and relieve tension.

33.    What is the topic of the paragraph ?

A.      The systems of physical exercise

B.      Hatha Yoga posture

C.      The Cobra posture

D.      The Lion posture

E.       The Crow posture

34.    What is the main idea of the paragraph ?

A.      The Cobra posture can exercise the back muscles more flexible.

B.      The Lion posture can exercise the facial muscles.

C.      The Crow posture can improve circulation and relieve

D.      One of the system of physical exercises imitating animals.

E.       Hatha Yoga posture consists of many kinds of postures to exercise the whole body.

Text 12

                There are many different causes of car accidents in the United States. Some times accidents are caused by bad weather. Ice or snow can make roads very dangerous. Accidents also can result from problems with the car. Even a small problem like a flat tire can be serious. Bad roads are another cause of accidents. Some accidents are caused by drinking too much alcohol. In fact, this is one of the most causes of accidents.

35.    What is the paragraph about ?

A.      Problems with car engines

B.      Results of car accidents

C.      The Frequency of car accidents

D.      Weather Condition in the US

E.       Car accidents and their causes

36.    Car accidents in the US are caused by the following, except ___ .

A.      drunken drivers

B.      unskilled drivers

C.      bad roods

D.      icy roods

E.       a flat tire

Text 13

                Today, the modern telephone fill a number of important and different 38 undoubtedly many more than Graham Bell ever  39 . The telephone can, or example help save lives. Many cities list a permanent cities  number so that anyone feeling  40 or depressed can call for help and advice.   41 , the telephone can help in the search for  42 . In many cities, a person need call only a single number to find out what’s featured at several different movie the are.

37.    A

38.    .       destinations

B.    targets

C.    functions

D.    creations

E.    goal

39.    A.    provided

B.    discoved

C.    modificated

D.    imagined

E.    predicted

40.    A.    frightened

B.    frightening

C.    boring

D.    interested

E.    enjoyed

41.    A.    Accordingly

B.    Whereas

C.    However

D.    On the other hand

E.    In addition

42.    A.    education

B.    satisfaction

C.    entertainment

D.    improvement

E.    dedication

Text 14

London Metal Exchange Week is an October ritual of dinners and receptions hosted and attended by the world’s biggest metal players. London is a natural venue : Some 95% of the world’ metal trade is conducted there. In the last few years, China’s embassy has hosted some of the week’s most elaborate receptions. Virtually every LME trader shows up, and not just for the drinks. They go because they can’t afford not to.

Even last year, when some LME brokers were grumbling about how much Chinese parties owed them-most publicly the Shanghai office of China International Trust & Investment Corp. – they were making plenty of money off them. The Chinese were a source not only of generous commissions (a middleman cold make tens of thousands of dollars on a single large trade), but also of valuable information of China’s metal needs.

43.    The text tells us about … .

A.      London Metal Exchange

B.      Valuable information of China’s metal needs

C.      Some 95% of the world’ metal trade is conducted there

D.      London Metal Exchange Weeks is an October ritual of dinners

E.       China International Trust & Investment Corp. were making plenty of money

44.    Whenever China embassy hosted the dinner, nearly all LME traders appeared because … .

A.      China traders were strong and scaring

B.      LME traders were afraid not to attend the dinner

C.      LME traders had gained a great deal of commission from them

D.      China government always gave information about China’s metal needs

E.       China government always gave plenty of money and information to the traders

45.    The underlined word “venue” in paragraph 1 means … .

A.      place B.      market C.      building

D.      company E.       organization

46.    The underlined word “hosted” in paragraph 1 means … .

A.      left B.      held C.      invited

D.      attended E.       entertained

47.    The underlined word “middleman” in paragraph 2 means … .

A.      Traders B.      broker C.      participant

D.      centre –man E.       man oriented

  

Text 15

It is true that there is no set amount of sleep a person must have each night to remain sharp.

Sleeping requirements vary among individuals in each age group. Some babies. Sleep up to 20 hours a day while others are happy with far less. An average adult works best with seven or eight hours, although some can function with as little as four hours and others seem to need ten or more. Studies show that people can adapt to somewhat reduced sleeping schedules without noticeable adverse effects. But one thing is certain. If you don’t get your quota, you become cranky, nervous and increasingly upset.

48.    What is the topic of the text ?

A.      The average of sleeping hours

B.      The young and the old sleeping hours

C.      The quota of sleeping hours for person

D.      The babies sleep more than the adult

E.       Sleeping seven to eight hours is healthy

49.    What is the main idea of the text ?

A.      Sleeping hours vary among individual

B.      Being nervous is caused by locking of sleeping hours

C.      Babies spend 20 hours to sleep

D.      A person can adapt in his work

E.       The fixed schedule for having a rest

TEXT16

Television is the most popular form of entertainment in any household. People of all ages use this medium to entertain themselves for an average of four hours a day. Thus television has had a tremendous influence on its viewers especially children. Scientists now say that children can be adversely affected by constantly watching television. This is due to the fact that they participate less in physical activities, spend less time reading and studying and see a world of violence that can affect their own feelings of security.

50.    The text is about … .

A.      the bad effect of television on children

B.      television the best entertainment in our lives

C.      viewers tremendous influence on television

D.      the average time people spent watching television

E.       scientists’ research on the popularity of television

51.    That children can be adversely affected by constandly watching television means that … .

A.      children learn a lot of positive things from television

B.      television influences children to do physical exercise

C.      children are not interested in violent scenes

D.      television makes children reluctant to study

E.       children are encouraged to read a lot

TEXT17

If students are to. __52__ in tomorrow’s world, their education must encourage them to have the __53__ to keep learning throughtout their lives. For at least a decade now, experts have been telling us that to __54__ in the future, countries need to make much better use of their human resources. This means not allowing people to stop learning at age 10 or 20 or 30. It means ­­­­__55___ skill growth rate up rather than allowing children and adults to lose interest in learning. _56_ following this advice is not easy, we should keep the following in mind.

52.    A.    success

B.    succeed

C.    successful

D.    successfully

E.    successfulness

53.    A.    desire

B.    thought

C.    mind

D.    idea

E.    belief

54.    A.    get

B.    take

C.    find

D.    prosper

E.    prospect

55.    A.    drawing

B.    pushing

C.    pulling

D.    forcing

E.            facing

56.    A.    In spite of

B.    Although

C.    Nevertheless

D.    Furthermore

E.    On the other hand

TEXT18

“The young people who are rebelling all around the world, rebelling against whatever forms the governmental and educational systems take, are like the first generation born in new country,” Miss Mead said . “They are at home here. Their eyes have always seen satellites in the sky. They have never known a world in which war did not mean annihilation. The young believe that contraception is possible and necessary, and that our capacity to feed the world will not last.”

“They realize, “ she declared, “that if the pollution of air and water is allowed to go on, this planet will be uninhabitable. They know that, as members of species living on one planet, all distinctions base on race must vanish. They realize that some form of world organization is necessary. Young people are unable to see the killing of an enemy is different from the murder of one’s own children, and they cannot reconcile the efforts to save our own children by every means with our willingness to pour napalm on other people children.

All of us who grew up before the war,” she said “are immigrants in time, immigrants from an earlier world living in an age essentially different from anything we knew before. We still hold the seats of power and command the resources and the skills, which have been used in the past to keep order and organize large societies. We control the educational systems, the apprenticeship system, the career ladders up which the young are required to climb, step by step.”

57.    Paragraph 3 of the passage tells us … .

A.      the older generation still has the power in the world they no longer understand

B.      the world has changed since World War II

C.      the young people should have the power  to manage the world  they understand

D.      the young people should command the resources and the skill

E.       the young people are climbing up step by step

 

58.    The word we in paragraph 3 refers to … .

A.      the younger generation

B.      the older generation

C.      the younger and the older generation

D.      the young people and the immigrants

E.       the older generation and the immigrants

59.    The young people do not know what are stated below except … .

A.      people kill an enemy is different from the murder of one ‘s own child

B.      allowing pollution to go on  this planet will be uninhabitable

C.      the world in which war happened mean nihilation

D.      the effort to save our own children by every means with our willingness to pour napalm on other people’s children

E.       a crisis in which most parents, the older generation, are too uncertain

Text 19

Sequoyah was a young Cherokee Indian, son of a white trader and an Indian squaw. At an early age, he became fascinated by “the talking leaf “ and expression that he used to describe the white man’s written records. Although many believed this “talking leaf” to be is a gift from the Great Spirit, Sequoia refused to accept that theory. Like other Indians of the period, he was illiterate, but his determination to remedy the situation led to the invention of unique 86-character alphabet bases on the sound patterns that he heard.

His family and friends thought him mad, but while recuperating from a hunting accident, he diligently and independently set out to create a form of a communication for his own people as well as for other Indians. In 1821, after twelve years of work, he had successfully developed a written language that would enable thousands of Indians to read and write.

Sequoyah’s desire to preserve words and events for later generations has caused him to be remembered among the important inventors. The giant redwood trees of California, called “sequoias” in his honor, were further imprinting his name in history.

60.    What is the most important reason that Sequoyah will be remembered ?

A.      California redwood were named in his honor.

B.      He was illiterate.

C.      He created a unique alphabet.

D.      He recovered from his madness and helped mankind.

E.       His communication forms.

61.    How did Sequoyah’s family react to his idea of developing his own “talking leaf” ?

A.      They arrange for his hunting accident

B.      They thought he was crazy

C.      They decided to help him

D.      They asked him to teach them to read and write

E.       They tried hard to read and write

62.    What prompted Sequoyah to develop his alphabet ?

A.      People were writing things about him that he couldn’t read.

B.      He wanted to become famous

C.      After his hunting accident, he need something to keep him busy

D.      He wanted the histor6y of his people preserved for future generation

E.       “Talking leaf” was a gift from the Great Spirit

63.    The word illiterate means most nearly … .

A.      fierce                            

B.      poor

C.      abandoned

D.      educated

E.       unable to read or write

64.    How would you describe Sequoyah ?

A.      Determined B.      Mad C.      Backward

D.      Meek E.       Detached

 

Text  20

As by treaty, barter, or purchase we obtain what we want from those who have what we have not, so it was by the same disposition that division of labor first arose. In the savage tribe it was found that one man excelled at tent-making, another in shaping bows, etc., and it would be more profitable to the tribe if these were encouraged in their special art while others went hunting, etc. With the progress of civilization a similar division of duties arose, hence came the tailor, the shoemaker, etc.

65.    The topic of the passage is….

A.      purchase

B.      labor

C.      division of labor

D.      civilisation

E.       provitability

66.    The main idea of this paragraph is … .

A.      as by purchase we obtain what we want

B.      division of labour arose by  treat, barter or purchase

C.      it would be more profitable to the tribe

D.      the progress of civilization is similar

E.       these were encourage in their special art

Text 21

A resent investigation by scientists at the U.S. Geological  Survey shows that strange animal behaviour might help predict  future earthquakes. Investigators found such occurrences in a ten- kilometer radius of the epicenter of a fairly recent quake. Some birds screeched and flew about wildly; dogs yelped and ran around uncontrollably.

67.    The passage tells us about … .

A.      Geological survey investigated at U.S.

B.      U.S. Geological survey shows strange animal

C.      Strange animal behavior might help predict future earthquake

D.      Investigators found such occurrence in a ten-kilometer radius

E.       Dogs yelped and ran around uncontrollably

68.    Such animals can identify a fairly reason quake from …kilometers of the epicenter.

A.      5

B.      10

C.      15

D.      20

E.       25

Text 22

Fill the blank spaces of the text with suitable words

A custom is belief, principle of standard of conduct which is past on from generation to generation, especially when this is done without a written record. It is used to be  71  in Indonesia for a man to give  up his seat to  a  lady in a   72   Bus or train. And it is the custom here to give the   73    for a lady to go first. Take for example, when we stand in a   74    for the tickets, we will ask  the lady behind us to move in front of us.

In an extended family, the members of family   75    of parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts and children. When the dining room is not so large, the old age member of the family have meals first and then followed by the children. So children are trained to   76    old people.

69.    A.    popular

B.    regular

C.    familiar

D.    ordinary

E.    customary

70.    A.    fast

B.    crowded

C.    expensive

D.    luxurious

E.    comfortable

71.    A.    way

B.    chance

C.    choice

D.    service

E.    respect

72.    A.    line

B.    row

C.    queue

D.    group

E.    crow

73.    A.    consist

B.    include

C.    compose

D.    involve

E.    exclude

74.    A.    help

B.    direct

C.    respect

D.    engage

E.    manage

Text 23

A tapeworm is a parasite that lives in the intestine of humans and animals. Some tapeworms attach themselves to the intestinal wall by means of suckers in their heads. Others float freely in the intestines and absorb food through the walls of their bodies.

A tapeworm consists of numerous segments. When a new segment forms older ones move to the back of the animal. Each segment contains hermaphroditic sexual organs (that is, organs of male and female). The uterus of each segment fills with eggs, which develop into embryos. Generally, when the egg is ready to hatch, the segment breaks off and is eliminated through the host’s excretory system. These embryos continue their development only if ingested by an intermediate host.

One may be infected by tapeworms by eating undercooked beef, pork, or fish. Symtoms include irregular appetite, abdominal discomfort, anemia weakness, and nervousness.

75.    What’s the best title for this reading passage ?

A.      Parasites

B.      Segmented Parasites

C.      The Tapeworm, a Harmful Parasite

D.      Reproduction of the Tapeworm

E.       The lives of Tapeworm in the Intestine

76.    Which of the following statement is true ?

A.      A male tapeworm must always be ingested before reproduction will occur

B.      Tapeworms vary in their method of ingesting food

C.      Overcooked beef is a cause of tapeworms

D.      A tapeworm uterus contains one egg

E.       A tapeworm is a parasite that lives in the artery

77.    Which of  the following is probably not a symtom of tapeworm infestation ?

A.      unusual eating habit

B.      deficiency of red blood cells

C.      excitability 

D.      weakness

E.       euphoria

78.    Which of the following statement is not true ?

A.      Tapeworm always float freely in the digestive system.

B.      The segment farthest back on the tail is the oldest .

C.      An embryo will cease to develop if not ingested by a host.

D.      A tapeworm will continue to live even when segments break off.

E.       Tapeworms are harmful to humans and animals.

79.    Hermaphrodite is ___ .

A.      a tapeworm

B.      a tapeworm and human

C.      a segment containing an embryo

D.      an animal made of segments

E.       a being that contains male and female sexual organs

Text 24

                If students are to succeed in tomorrow’s world, their education must encourage them to have the desire to keep learning throughout their lives. For at least a decade now, experts have been telling us that to proper in the future, countries need to make much better use of their human resources. This means not allowing people to stop learning at age 10 0r 20 or 30. It means pushing skill-growth rates up rather than allowing children and adults to lose interest in learning. Although following this advice is not easy, we should keep the following in mind: if we do not go this route, vast numbers of people in the world may do poorly in a global market, while a few people do exceptionally well. As a result, the gap between the rich and the poor will grow and grow until something explodes.

80.    The text is about ___ .

A.      importance advice on education for a better future

B.      the establishment of rules related to education

C.      an improvement in the development of human recourses

D.      the result of country’s education

E.       people’s obligation to have a life-time education

81.    The writer believes that if countries allowed people to stop learning at the age of 30, ___ .

A.      there would be more competition between the rich and the poor

B.      the number of people in the world would increase

C.      the global market would be dominated by the rich

D.      the majority of people in the world would prosper

E.       the skill-growth rates would be immediately pushed up

Text 25

                The Great Pyramid of Giza, a monument of wisdom and prophecy was build as a tomb for Pharoah Cheops in 2720 B.C. Despite its antiquity, certain aspects of its construction make it one of the truly great wonders of the world. The four sides of the pyramid are aligned almost exactly on true north, south, east, and west an increditable engineering feat. The ancient Egyptians were sun worshipers and great astronomers, so computations for the Great Pyramid were based on astronomical observation.

82.    What’s the topic of the passage ?

A.      The Great Pyramid of Giza

B.      The Pharoah Cheops

C.      The Sun worshipers

D.      The Great Astronomers

E.       The Egyptians

83.    What is the main idea of the paragraph ?

A.      The Great Pyramid has antiquity

B.      The Agyptians were really great astronomers

C.      The Great Pyramid has not only its antiquity but also other things

D.      The Great Pyramid was built as a tomb for Pharaoh Cheops

E.       The Great Pyramid was based on astronomical observations

Text 26

                Body language   86  ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. A wink can be a way of flirting or    87   that the party is only joking. A nod signifies approval,   88   shaking head indicates a negative    89  . Other    90   of nonlinguistic language can be found in Braille. 

84.    A. transmit   

B.      converses

C.      communicates

D.      transports

E.       talks

85.    A.    deducing

B.      indicating

C.      introducing

D.      managing

E.       describing

86.    A.    moreover

B.      on the other hand

C.      accordingly

D.      while

E.       so

87.    A.    action

B.      explanation

C.      introduction

D.      indication

E.       reaction

88.    A.    shapes

B.      systems

C.      methods

D.      forms

E.       techniques

 

Text 27

The shopping mall, like most ambitious developments in the retail business, originated in the USA. Essentially, the shopping mall is a large building which contains many shops under one roof. Inside, the shopping mall looks like a small town with walkways or streets and along these streets are the shops, cafes and restaurants to suit every taste.

The ordinary streets in a city or town have been built for a number of purposes to allow people to move rapidly from one place to another, to allow to enter their houses, to provide places where buses stop, etc. The shopping mall streets, on the other hand, have only one purpose-to assist shoppers to move from one shop to another in comfort. Everything in the mall is designed for one purpose only, to encourage people to buy-to shop until they drop from exhaustion.

The negative side of shopping malls is that many shoppers spend more money than they intend. The attractive shop windows temp shoppers into buying something they do not really need. Shopping malls encourage what is called ’impulse buying’. You see a dress in an attractive shop window and without thinking whether or not you need another dress, you buy it on impulse. Afterwards you say to yourself, ”I don’t know why I bought that dress; I don’t even like it now!” The answer is that you couldn’t resist the temptation of the shopping mall and modem retailing techniques.

89.    What is the aim of building walkways or streets inside the shopping mall?

1. To make the shoppers feel at a small town
2. To encourage the shoppers to spend their money
3. To make the shoppers buy things they don’t need
4. To make the shoppers shop until they get very tired
5. To enable shoppers to move from one shop to another

90.    Shopping malls encourage what is called impulse buying.

The underlined words mean ___ .

1. The shoppers tend to buy something that they need
2. The sellers cheat the shoppers to buy anything
3. Without realizing whatever they need the shoppers buy them
4. The shops are decorated by attractive show window
5. The shoppers try to spend more money than thay intend

91.    ___ to allow to enter their houses … (par. 2).

The word their refers to ___ .

1. A number of purposes
2. The city streets
3. People
4. Shoppers
5. Places

92.    Which one of the following statements is the disadvantage of shopping malls?

1. Shoppers can do impulse buying.
2. Shoppers spend more money than they intend.
3. Everything in the malls is designed for one purpose only.
4. Shoppers couldn’t resist the temptation of the shopping malls.
5. Everything is designed to encourage people to buy – to shop until they drop from exhaustion.

93.    Which of the following statements is not true according to the text?

1. All shoppers do a lot of impulsive buying
2. The city streets are different from the shopping mall streets
3. A shopping mall resembles a small town with walkways or streets
4. The shopping mall tempts shoppers to linger around and buy things
5. The shopping mall streets have various functions to assist shoppers

Text 28

The great majority of overseas students learning English are primarily interested in speaking the language. Paradoxically, such as the tyranny of the written word, they often get little opportunity to do so. In most English courses far more attention is paid to writing than to speech. This is especially true for students who are preparing for examinations. Faced with the pressing requirements of an examination syllabus teachers are often obliged to spend very little time on oral English.

They work through a course in the conscious knowledge that their students will more or less have to bluff their way through an oral examination. Yet, ultimately, the student’s knowledge of English will be judged by the world at large not on his capacity to write the language but to speak it.

94.    What is the topic of the text?

1. Spoken English
2. Written English
3. Language English
4. English
5. Spoken and written English

95.    What is the main idea of the paragraph?

1. English speaking course
2. The important thing in learning English is speaking
3. Most of the students of English are more interested in speaking
4. Majority of students like written English
5. English is learned by overseas students

Text29

Editors of newspaper and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president’s palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began : ’Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president’s palace. ’The editor at once sent the journalist a telegram instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.

96.    What is the main information of the text?

1. Editors of newspaper and magazines
2. Famous editor of newspaper and editor
3. Facts and informations written by the editor
4. Article on president’s palace in Africa
5. Unimportant facts and statistics in an article of newspaper

97.    What is the main idea of the paragraph?

1. the editor asked the journalist to find out the exact number of steps
2. the editors often go to extreme to give the readers unimportant facts and statistics
3. the well-known newspapers and magazine in the world
4. writing an article
5. the facts

text 30

As I stepped out of the train I felt unusually solitary, 101  I was the only passenger to alight. I was accustomed to  101   in the summer, when holiday makers though coastal resorts, and this was my first visit when the season was over. My destination was a little village eight miles  102   by the road, but only four if you took the cliff path over the moor. This I always did, unless it was raining  and I  103   my luggage at the bus office beside the railway station, to be conveyed for me on the next bus, so that I could enjoy my walk  104   by a suitcase.

98.    A.    and

2. since
3. hence
4. however
5. therefore

99.    A.    arrive

B.    arrived

C.      arriving

D.      be arriving

E.       have arrived

100.A.    distant

B.      distance

C.      away

D.      long

E.       far

101.A.    hid

B.      left

C.      kept

D.      stored

E.       brought

102.A.    without

B.      undisputed

C.      undetected

D.      unhampered

E.       undisguised

Text 31

                Dengue is an acute, contagious infection caused by virus that transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same mosquito that spreads yellow fever. Dengue, which is also known as break-bone fever and dandy fever, occurs in epidemic form in the warmer months of the year.

                Typically, the disease is characterized by the sudden onset of fever, headache, and generalized fatigue following an incubation period of 7 to 9 days. About 2 or 3 days after these symptoms appear, the patient develops  severe  pain  in the back and eyes and complains of generalized muscle aching throughout the body. A reddish rash appears on the third or fourth day and usually lasts for 4 or 5 days. The fever generally drops between the fifth or seventh day and the patient fells weak and has no appetite.

                There is no specific treatment for dengue, and administration of antibiotics has no effect on the course of the disease. The patient may be made comfortable by bed rest, adequate intake of fluids, and the use of drugs, such as a combination of aspirin, phenacetin and caffeine.

103.Dengue is an acute and contagious infection because ___ .

A.      it can break our bones

B.      it spreads in the warmer months of the year

C.      the patient gets a headache

D.      drugs will not make the patient better

E.       it is caused by the virus that is transmitted by the Aedes aegypty mosquito

104.Which of the following statement is true according to the text ?

A.      Dengue is not a serious.

B.      Dengue only occurs to children.

C.      The patient is always strong although he suffers from dengue.

D.      An Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits a dengue fever 

E.       Since there is not specific treatment for for dengue, the use of drugsis useless.

105.Paragaph two tells us about ___ .

A.      symtoms of the patient

B.      the patient’s paint in the back and eyes

C.      reddish rash on the third and fourth days

D.      general characteristics of dengue fever

E.       last patient’s condition after 2 or 3 week

106.The following items are the characteristics of dengue, except ___ .

A.      the patient feels week

B.      the patient has no appetite

C.      a reddish rash on the skin of the patient

D.      there is no pain the back and eyes of the patient

E.       the patient complains of muscle aching throughout the body

107.The suitable title for the above text is ___ .

A.      The Treatment for Dengue

B.      The Dengue Fever Desease

C.      The Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

D.      The prevention of Dengue Fever

E.       The Symptoms of Dengue Fever

Text 32

                If students are to succeed in tomorrow’s world, their education must encourage them to have the desire to keep learning throughout their lives. For at least a decade now, experts have been telling us that to prosper in the future, countries need to make much better use of their human resources. This means not allowing people to stop learning at age 10 or 20 or 30. It means pushing skill-growth rates up rather than allowing children and adults to lose interest in learning Although following this advice is not easy, we should keep the following in mind : if we do not go this route, vast numbers of people in the world may do poorly in global market, while a few people do exceptionally well. As a result, the gap between the rich and the poor will grow and grow-until something explodes.

108.The text is about ___ .

A.      the important advice on education for a better future

B.      the result of the country’s poor education

C.      the establishment of rules related to education

D.      the improvement in the development of human resources

E.       the people’s obligation to have a life-time education

109.The writer believes that if the countries allowed people to stop learning at the age of 30 ___ .

A.      there would be greater competition between the rich and the poor

B.      the number of poor people in the world would increase

C.      the global market would be dominated by the rich

D.      the majority of the people in the world would prosper

E.       the skill-growth rates would be immediatelly pushed up

Text 33

                Do you want to know more about your family history? Maybe a geneologist can help you. A geneologist is specially trained to find information about family histories from many different sources. Some of this information comes from old records, such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, Often the geneologist find information, in old newspapers, tax records, or immigration records. It may even be necessary to visit distant towns and villages to collect information from the people who live there. Once information is complete, the geneologist writes a geneology which describes the family’s history.

110.What is the topic of this paragraph ?

A.      Families

B.      Geneologist

C.      Writing a geneology

D.      Information about family history

E.       Different sources of information to complete a geneology

111.What is the main idea of this paragraph ?

A.      The duty of a geneologist is writing a family history

B.      A geneology will describe a family history for us

C.      geneologists look for information in different places

D.      Geneologists look for information about families history

E.       Information about family history comes from many different sources

                “Charge it !” How many times have you heard somebody say that ? There is no doubts the credit card holders enjoy many 114 . They can make a/an  115  without having to carry any cash. Credit cards make travel easier and can serve as identification. They also establish credit for the holder. 116 credit cards have a few drawbacks. The convenience of the cord makes it easy to lose traek of how much money has been spent. 117 rates on an unpaid balance are high. For card holders who take a long time to pay their bills, the cost of buying an item on credit can be more than the  118 purchase price.

112.A.    benefits

2. sevices
3. prides
4. goods
5. loans

113.A.    trade

2. purchase
3. agreement
4. transaction
5. tranference

114.A.    But

2. Despite of
3. Although
4. Furthermore
5. Conseguently

115.A.    Returning

2. Interest
3. Security
4. Paying
5. Debt

116.A.    natural

2. logical
3. original
4. artificial
5. practical

Text 35

                In his own lifetime Galileo was the centre of violent controversy; but the scientific dust has long since settled, and today we can see even his famous class with the Inquisition in something like its proper perspective. But, in contrast, it is only in modern times that Galileo has become a problem child for historians of science.

                The old view of Galileo was delightfully uncomplicated. He was, above all, a man who experimented : who despised the prejudices and book learning of the Aristotelians, who put his questions to nature instead of to the ancients, and who drew his conclusions fearlessly. He had been the first to turn a telescope to the sky, and he had seen there evidence enough to overthrow Aristotle and Ptolemy together. He was the man who climbed the Learning Tower of Pisa and dropped various weight from the top, who rolled balls down inclined planes, and then generalized the result of his many experiments into famous law of free fall.

117.From this passage we can conclude that ___.

A.      Galileo was the first man who turned a telescope to the sky.

B.      Galileo was not the first man who turned a telescope to the sky.

C.      Galileo put his questions to the ancients.

D.      Aristotle was the first man who turned a telescope to the sky.

E.       Ptolemy was the first man who turned a telescope to the sky.

118.Why was Galileo the centre of violent controversy in his own life time ?

It was because of ___.

A.      his experiment

B.      his unhappy life

C.      his famous invention in something like its proper perspective

D.      his evidence to overthrow Aristotle and Ptolemy

E.       his famous class with the Inguisition in something like its proper perspective

119.… the Aristotelians, who put his questions … (paragraph 2^nd).

The word ”who” refers to ___.

A.      Aristotle

B.      Aristotelians

C.      Ptolemy

D.      man

E.       Galileo

120.The main idea of the second paragraph is ___.

A.      Galileo’s conclusions

B.      Aristotle’s experiments

C.      Ptolemy’s experiments

D.      Aristotle’s telescope

              E.Galileo’s experiments

Text 36

Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do, and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made, washing can go to the laundry, food can be bought cooked, canned or preserved, bread is baked and delivered by the baker, milk arrives on the doorstep, meals can be had at the restaurant, the works’ canteen, and the school dining-room.

121.Why do parents have to do much less for their children today than the used to do ?

Parents ___.

A.      are able to do everything themselves

B.      can ask their children to do everything

C.      can overcome everything themselves

D.      are able to have everything done they need

E.       are able to do more than their children

122.The following statements are correct, except ___.

A.      clothes can be bought ready made

B.      washing can go to the laundry

C.      food can be bought cooked

D.      milk arrives on the door steps

E.       children have to was their clothes themselves

Text 37

Oxford has been ruined by the motor industry. The peace which Oxford once knew, and which a great university city should always have, has been swept ruthlessly away; and no benefactions and research endowments can make up for the change in character which the city has suffered. At six in the morning the old courts shake to the roar of buses taking the next shift to Cowley and Pressed Steel; great lorries with a double deck cargo of cars for export lumber past Magdalen and the University Church. Loads of motor-engine are hurried hither and thither and the streets are thronged with a population which has no interest in learning and knows no studies beyond servo-systems and distributors, compressions ratios and camshafts.

123.The suitable title of the passage is ___.

A.      Oxford has been ruined by the motor industry

B.      Oxford has suffered

C.      Oxford has changed for the better

D.      Oxford has changed for the worse

E.       Oxford has improved by the motor industry

124.No benefactions and research endowments can make up for … .

A.      run after

B.      complete

C.      change

D.      transform

E.       hurry

Text 38

The fact that we are not sure what ‘intelligence’ is nor what is passed on, does not prevent us from finding it a very useful working concept, and placing a certain amount of reliance on tests which ‘measure’ it.

In an intelligence test we take a sample of an individual’s ability to solve puzzles and problems of various kinds, and if we have taken a representative sample it will allow us to predict successfully the level of performance he will reach in a wide variety of occupations.

125.Which sentence is ”false” according to the text ?

A.      The concept of intelligent has been searching up to now.

B.      To solve puzzles and problems of various kinds, we need a sample of an individual’s ability.

C.      The test’s result can be used as the occupations’ predictions.

D.      The concept of intelligence is not found yet.

E.       The variety of occupations should be decided from the individual’s ability.

Text 39

                Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world ? Surely because  128  of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and more manifest.   129   mankind has  undergone no general   130   in intelligence or morality, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumulation of knowledge. Knowledge began to   131   as son as the  thoughts of one individual could be communicated to another by means of   132   . With the invention of writing, a great advance was made, for knowledge could then be not only communicated but also stored. Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries : the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound-interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing. All

126.A.    progressions

2. progress
3. progressive
4. progressively
5. progressiveness

127.A.    Because

2. Although
3. Nevertheless
4. However
5. Accordingly

128.A.    improve

2. improving
3. improvement
4. impropriety
5. improvisation

129.A.    rise

2. improve
3. increase
4. add
5. create

130.A.    Speech

2. communication
3. speaking
4. talking
5. education

6.  

 

Text  40

                The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science has made enormous steps in making food fitter to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and perhaps forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of colon. Different cultures are more prone to contract certain illness because of the food that is characteristic in the cultures. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, government researcher realized that nitrates and nitrites, commonly used to preserve color in meats, and other food additives caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenetic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which thing on the packaging labels prossesed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and poultry, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animal not for medical purposes, but for financial reason. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animal in order to obtain higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.

131.How has science done a disservice to man kind ?

1. It has caused a lack information concerning the value of food.
2. It had made enormous steps in making food fitter to eat.
3. The scientists have preserved the color of meats, but not of vegetables.
4. Because of science, desease caused by contaminated food has been virtually eradicated.
5. As a result of scientific intervention, some potentially harmful substances have been added to our food.

132.What are nitrates used for ?

1. They are the objects of research.
2. They preserve the color of meats.
3. They preserve flavor in packaged foods.
4. They cause animals to become fatter.
5. They preserve the color of meats and vegetables.

133.Which of the following statements is not true ?

1. Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasons.
2. Food may cause forty percent of cancer in the world.
3. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and poultry.
4. Some of the additives in our foods themselves and some are given to the living animals.
5. Researchers have known about the potential hazards of food additives for over thirty-five years.

134.Which of the following statements is true according to the text ?

1. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not work properly.
2. Science always makes enormous steps to mankind.
3. All human illnesses are related to diet, animals and poultry.
4. People sometimes consume milk containing penicillin.
5. All the administered by FDA are only for fattening the animals.

135.The word carcinogenic means most nearly the same as ___ .

1. trouble-making
2. color-retaining
3. cancer-making
4. money-making
5. market-making

Text  41

Faced with a page of formulas or equations, many students feel their palms begin to sweat and their hearts beat faster. They are the victims of math anxiety, a psychological ill that affects tens of thousands. Math anxiety usually strikes somewhere around the end of grammar school, when the unsuspecting victim first comes face with mathematical problems that cannot be solved through simple addition and substraction. Becoming nervous and confused, the student cannot concentrate and thus fail to understand the lesson. Unless counselling and support are offered immediately, math anxiety will not disappear, and its victims will go through life convinced that mathematics is something for other people. However, with the kind of help, most students can overcome their fears and learn to solve math problems. It is important, therefore, that a teacher recoqnize the symptoms of math anxiety and respon appropriately.

136.What is the topic of the paragraph ?

1. Anxiety.
2. Math anxiety.
3. Math anxiety in grammar school.
4. The right help for math anxiety.
5. How to overcome fears to math problems.

137.The main idea of the paragraph is ___ .

1. The right counseling can help students solve math anxiety
2. Math anxiety will not disappear in the students’ life
3. Mathematics makes the students confused and scared
4. The teacher recoqnize the symptoms of math anxiety
5. The students in grammar school have math anxiety

 

Text  42

Television is the most popular form of entertainment in any household. People of all ages this medium to entertain themselves for an average of four hours a day. Thus, television has had a tremendous influence on its viewers, especially children. Scientists now say that children can be adversely affected by constantly watching television. This is due to the fact that they participate less in physical activities, spend less time reading and studying, and see a world of violence that can affect their own feelings of security.

138.The text tells us about ___ .

1. the bad effects of television on children
2. television, the best entertainment in our lives
3. viewer tremendous influence on television
4. the average time people spend watching television
5. scientists’ research on the popularity of television

139.… that children can be adversely affected by constantly watching television means that ___ .

1. children are encouraged to read a lot
2. television makes children reluctant to study
3. children are not interested in violent scenes
4. television influence children to do physical exercise
5. children learn a lot of positive things from television

Text  43

Today no one would deny the genious of Albert Einstein.    142   that was not always the case. In his youth, Einstein’s parents and teachers   143   him both undisciplin and dull. As a child, he was slow to talk, and his parents   144   he might be retarded. As an adolescent, he had difficulty adjusting to the   145   discipline of the German high school, and his teachers were not   146   with his progress. Not surprisingly, he found college little better than his school, and again he lack the appropriate academic discipline. In the end, he was able to graduate, but only with the help of a friend who kept him up to date on all his courses.

140.A.    But

B.      While

C.      Whereas

D.      Furthermore

E.       Accordingly

141.A.    named

B.      called

C.      thought

D.      considered

E.       delivered

142.A.    feared

B.      bored

C.      scolded

D.      frightened

E.       discovered

143.A.    famous

B.      carious

C.      rigorous

D.      vigorous

E.       industrious

144.A.    worried

B.      pleased

C.      happy

D.      glad

E.       interesting

Text 44

      People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy. You not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying tomatoes in animal fat – the normally accepted practice in many northern countries. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain food and we stick to them all our lives.

      No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him. The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy shower, I happen to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living-room where we talked for a couple of hours. I have forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. Snails would, of course, be the main dish. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall! I have never been able to look at a snail since then.

145.Why do we stick to certain foods all our lives? Because ___ .

A.we become quite illogical when we try to eat foods.

B.we have been brought up to eat certain foods.

C.we find some foods repulsive.

D.it is the sad truth.

E. we haven’t received more praise and abuse than the common garden snails.

146.The writer put the snails in a paper bag  ___ .

A.  because they were strolling on his prize plants

B.  to take them to his friend Robert

C.  to prevent them from escaping

D.  to have them cooked in wine

E.  in case the escaped

147.Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A.      It is difficult for the writer to find snails because he lives in a flat in a large town.

B.      For most of the people, except the Mediterranean people, would consider octopus is a great delicacy.

C.      It is very common for people of northern countries to have their potatoes fried in animal fat.

D.      There are only a few people who have tried to associate snails with food.

E.       The snails went out from the paper bag in the hall.

Text 45

      We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment. It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

      Things can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry-driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days!

148.What is the topic of the text?

1. Parramatta, a suburb of  Sydney
2. the rush hour in Parramatta
3. two stray dogs are clever
4. chains of reactions
5. careless drivers

149.The lorry stopped suddenly ___ .

1. in order not to hit the car in front
2. in order to draw up alongside the car
3. because the driver didn’t want to run over the dogs
4. because the driver had seen a cake flying  in the air
5. hundreds of bottles slid off the back of the vehicle

150.What can mark the beginning of an unforeseen series of catastrophes while you are preparing a meal?

A.       Your husband  brings three guests to dinner

B.       The baby pulls the table-cloth off the table

C.       The baby smashes half your best crockery

D.       The meal gets burnt

E.       The telephone rings

    

Text 46

      On American television there are many advertisements about kinds of soap. They show soap for washing clothes. They also show soap specially for washing dishes.  Some advertisements show soap only for washing floors. Other advertisements are about soap for washing cars. Television advertisements show soap for washing people too. Often the advertisements tell about special soap for washing your hair. Other soap is just for taking care of little babies. American television seems very interested in cleaning.

151.What is the topic of the text?

A.       Soap in the United States

B.       Soap for washing in the house

C.       Advertisement for soap on American TV

D.       Various soap on American  television

E.        American television

152.What is the main idea of the text?

A.         There are many advertisements for soap on American TV

B.         There are many kinds of soap in the United States

C.         Special soap for washing your hair

D.         Soap for washing in the house

E.         American TV and the advertisement

Text 48

      The river which forms the eastern   156  of our farm has always played an important role in our lives.   157    it we could not make a living. There is only enough spring water to   158  the needs of the house, so we have to pump from the river for farm use. We tell the river all our secrets. We know   159   just as beekeepers with their bees, that    160  might overtake us if the important events of our lives were not related to it.

153.A.    part

2. area
3. position
4. boundary
5. limitation

154.A.    By

B.      With

C.      Beside

D.      Which

E.       Without

155.A.    gain

B.      give

C.      supply

D.      complete

E.       distribute

156.A.    instinct

B.      instinctive

C.      instinctively

D.      intensely

E.       intense

157.A.    fortune

B.      fortunate

C.      unfortunate

D.      unfortunately

E.       misfortune

Text 49

      Satellites orbiting round the earth have provided scientists with a vast amount of information about conditions in outer space. By comparison, relatively little is known about the internal structure of the earth. It just proved easier to go up than to go down. The deepest hole over to be bored on land went down 25,340 feet- considerably less than the height of Mount Everest. Drilling a hole under the sea has proved to be even more difficult. The deepest hole bored under sea has been about 20,000 feet. Until recently, scientists have been unable to devise a drill which would be capable of cutting through hard rock at great depths.

      This problem has now been solved. Scientists have developed a method which sounds surprisingly simple. A new drill which is being tested at Leona Valley Ranch in Texas is driven by a turbine engine which is propelled by liquid mud pumped into it from the surface. As the diamond tip of the drill revolves, it is lubricated by mud. Scientists have been amazed  to find that it can cut through the hardest rock with great ease. The drill has been designed to bore through the earth to a depth of 35,000 feet. It will enable scientists to obtain samples of the mysterious layer which lies immediately below the earth’s crust. This layer is known as the Mohorovicic Discontinuity, but is commonly referred to as ‘the Moho’.

      Before it is possible to drill this deep hole, scientists will have to overcome a number of problems. Geological tests will be carried out to find the point at which the earth’s crust is thinnest. The three possible sites which are being considered are all at sea: two in the Atlantic Ocean and one in the Pacific. Once they have determined on a site, they will have to erect a drilling vessel which will not be swept away by ocean currents. The vessel will consist of an immense platform which will rise to 70 feet above the water. It will be supported by six hollow columns which will descend to a depth of 60 feet below the ocean surface where they will be fixed to a huge float. A tall steel tower rising to a height of nearly 200 feet will rest on the platform. The drill will be stored in the tower and will have to be lowered through about 15,000 feet of water before operations can begin. Within the tower, there will be a laboratory, living accommodation and a helicopter landing station. Keeping the platform in position at sea will give rise to further problems. To do this, scientists will have to devise methods using radar and underwater television. If, during the operations the drill has to be withdrawn, it must be possible to re-insert it. Great care will therefore have to be taken to keep the platform steady and make it strong enough to withstand hurricanes. If the project is successful, scientists will not only learn a great deal about the earth, but possibly about the nature of the universe itself.

158.Why do scientists know relatively little about the interior of the earth?

Because ___ .

1. drilling a hole under the sea has never been held
2. it has not been easy to go down into the earth
3. the satellites have provided them a vast amount of information about conditions in outer space
4. there has been had rock at a great depth
5. to go down into the earth has proved to be as easier as to go up

159.What has enabled the new drill to cut through the hardest rock?

A.       It is driven by a turbine engine which is propelled by liquid mud pumped into it from the surface.

B.       It has turbine engine which propels the liquid mud pumped into it from the surface.

C.       The samples of the mysterious layer  which lies immediately below the earth’s crust.

D.       It is developed by a method which sounds surprisingly simple.

E.        It has a diamond tip.

160.Paragraph three tells us about ___ .

A.       scientists will not only learn a great deal about the earth, but also the nature  of the universe itself

B.       geological tests will be carried out to find the point at which the earth’s crust is thinnest

C.       it is possible to drill the deep hole after the new drill had been found

D.       the new drill with its all sophisticated equipment

E.       a number of problems will have to be overcome before drilling the deep hole

161.It won’t be possible to make preparations for drilling the hole until ___ .

A.       a tall tower rising to 200 feet is built

B.       a helicopter landing station is built 

C.       an immense platform is erected

D.       six hollow columns

E.       scientists decide on the best site

Text 50

      Admittedly it was an unusual pie dish, for it was eighteen feet long and six feet wide. It had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair. The pie committee decided that the best way to transport the dish would be by canal, so they insured it for the trip. Shortly after it was launched, the pie committee went to a local inn to celebrate. At the same time, a number of teenagers  climbed on to the dish and held a little party  of their own. Modern dances proved to be more than the dish could bear, for during the party it capsized and sank in seven feet of water.

      The pie committee telephoned a local garage owner who arrived in a recovery truck  to salvage the pie dish. Shivering in their wet clothes, the teenagers looked on while three men dived repeatedly into the water to locate the dish. They had little difficulty in finding it, but hauling it out of the water  proved to be a serious problem. The sides of the dish were so smooth that it was almost impossible to attach hawsers and chains to the rim without damaging it. Eventually chains were fixed to one end of the dish and a powerful which was put into operation. The dish rose to the surface and was gently drawn  towards the canal bank. For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water. The men were now obliged to try once more. This time they fixed heavy metal clamps to both sides of the dish so that they could fasten the chains. The dish now had to be lifted vertically because one edge was resting against  the side of the canal. The winch was again put into operation and one of the men started up the truck. Several minutes later, the dish was successfully hauled above the surface of the water. Water streamed in torrents over its sides with such force that it set up a huge wave in the canal. There was danger that the wave would rebound off the other side of the bank and send the dish plunging into the water again. By working at tremendous speed, the men managed to get the dish on to dry land before the wave returned.

162.What had the Local authority bought such a big pie dish for?

1. For an annual fair
2. In order to insure it for the pie
3. In order to hold a little party of their own
4. To show it to the people that it was an unusual pie dish
5. In order that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair

163.The huge wave in the canal was caused by ___ .

A.       the great quantity of water which poured off the dish

B.       one edge was resting against the side of the canal

C.       the dish sliding back into the water

D.       the sinking of pie dish

E.       the party of teenagers

164.What is the topic of the text above?

A.       Making of pie dish

B.       Purchasing of pie dish

C.       Salvaging a sunken pie dish

D.       Transportation of an unusual pie dish

E.       A recovery truck to salvage the pie dish

 

 Text 51

      We can learn a lot about a country from the ‘Personal’ ads. These ads tell us about people and their problems. One example of this is from Spain. In a small town in  Spain there were fourty-two men. But there were not many women there. The men wanted to find wives. So they put a personal ad in a city newspaper. Some women in the city were not happy living alone. So they answered the ad by telephone. They wanted to find out more about the town and the men. But the women did not go to live in the town. They did not really want to work on farms. They did not really want to marry  small-town men. So the men did not find wives. And the women  are still alone. Not all men and women in Spain are like these people. But this ad may tell us something about larger problems in Spain.

165.What is the topic of the text?

1. People and their problems
2. Forty-two men in Spain
3. Unhappy city women
4. Personal advertisement
5. Advertisement

166.What is the main idea of the text?

A.      There was advertisement in a city newspaper

B.      Some women in the city were not happy living alone

C.      There were many men but  not many women in Spain

D.      The personal ads tell us about people and their problems

E.       Forty-two men wanted to find wives

Text 52

      If you are studying the   170   of a major poet, you will find it   171    to become fully acquainted with all the poems included in the selection. You should,   172   , concentrate on the most important ones and make it your aim to know them well. You will be   173    to have a detailed knowledge of these poems and they will have to read several times before they can be properly assimilated. Minor poems should not be ignored, but less   174   should be placed on them.

167.A.    poems

B.       works

C.       paper

D.       literacy

E.       biography

168.A.    important

B.       different

C.       impossible

D.       realistic

E.       logical

169.A.    however

B.       otherwise

C.       therefore

D.       of course

E.       on the contrary

170.A.    helped

B.       asked

C.       affected

D.       required

E.       realized

171.A.    emphasis

B.       emphasize

C.       emphatic

D.       emphatically

E.       emphasized

Text 53

                Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects include some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals. We owe a lot to birds and beasts who eat insects but all them put together kill only a faction of the number destroyed by spiders. Moreover, unlike some of the other insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings.

                Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them. One can tell the difference almost at a glance for a spider always has eight legs and an insect never more than six.

                How many spiders are engaged in this work on our behalf ? One authority on spiders made census of the spiders in a grass field in the south of England, and he estimated that there were more than 2,25o,ooo in one acre; that is something like 6,ooo,ooo  spiders of different kinds on a football pitch. Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects. It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day. It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all the human beings in the country.

172.The main information of the text is about ___ .

A.      spiders

B.      insects

C.      animals

D.      birds

E.       beasts

173.Which of the following statements is true according to the text ?

A.      Spiders kill human enemies.

B.      Insects destroy many spiders.

C.      Spiders are the enemy of human race.

D.      Spiders are insects.

E.       Birds and beasts eat insects.

174.The authority estimated that ___ .

A.      there are 2,25o,ooo spiders of different kinds on a football pitch

B.      there are 6,ooo,oo spiders of different kinds on a football pitch

C.      spiders are busy at least one year in killing insects

D.      birds eat 6,ooo,ooo in sects in half the year

E.       insects eat 2,25o,ooo spiders every year.

175.Which of the following is true about spider ?

A.      Insects are spiders.

B.      Spiders are insects.

C.      Spiders are not insects.

D.      Birds are insects.

E.       Beasts are insects.

176.From the text we may conclude that ___ .

A.      spiders are our friend

B.      spiders always have six legs

C.      spiders and insects are the same

D.      insects destroy at least 6,ooo,ooo a year

E.       spiders help human beings destroy the insects

Text 54

                People are always talking about the ’problem of youth’. If there is - one which I take leave to doubt – then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves. Let us get down to fundamentals and agree that the young are after all human beings – people just like their elders. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a glorious future before him and the old one has a splendid future behind him: and maybe that is where the rub is.

                When I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and uncertain – that I was a new boy in a huge school, and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem. For one thing, being a problem gives you a certain identity, and that is one of the things the young are busily engaged in seeking.

177.The topic of the passage is ___ .

A.      the problem of elders

B.      the problem of youth

C.      the problem of the old

D.      the problem of childhood

E.       the problem of teenager

178.The following statements are correct except

A.      the old man has a glorious future before him

B.      the young man has a glorious future before him

C.      there is only one difference between an old man and a young one

D.      the old man has a splendid future behind him

E.       people are always talking about the problem of youth

179.The topic of the second paragraph is ___ .

A.      the childhood B.      the youth C.      the elders

D.      the teenager E.       the old man

180.What are the teenagers seeking in their age?

A.      A certain identity

B.      A huge school

C.      A problem

D.      A friend

E.       A close friend

Text 55

                Modern alpinists try to  184  mountains by a route which will give them good sport, and the more difficult it is, the more   185 it regarded. In the pioneering days,  186, this was not the case at all. The early climbers were   187 the easiest way to the top because the summit was the prize they sought, especially if it had never been attained before. It true that during their   188 they often faced difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not go out of their way to court such excitement. They had a single aim, a solitary goal – the top !

181.A

182..       climb

2. move up
3. look for
4. wander
5. surround

183.A.    high

2. highly
3. height
4. higher
5. highest

184.A.    accordingly

2. moreover
3. however
4. whereas
5. since

185.A.    looking about

2. looking a head
3. looking around
4. looking after
5. looking for

186.A.    explore

2. explosive
3. exploratory
4. explorations
5. explosions

Text 56

                Very few people in the modern world obtain their food supply by hunting and gathering in the natural environment surrounding their homes. This method of harvesting from nature’s provision is the oldest known subsistence strategy, and has been practiced for at least the last 2 million years. It was, indeed, the only way to obtain food until rudimentary farming and the domestication of animals were introduced about 10,000 years ago.

                Because hunter-gatherers have fared poorly in comparison with their agricultural cousins, their numbers have dwindled, and they have been forced to live in marginal environments such as desert, forests, or arctic wastelands. In high latitudes, the shorter growing season has restricted the availability of plant life. Such conditions have caused a greater dependence on hunting and, along the coasts and waterways, on fishing. The abundance of vegetation in the lower latitudes of the tropics, on the other hand, has provided a greater opportunity for gathering a variety of plants. In short, the environmental differences have restricted the diet and have limited possibilities for the development of subsistence societies.

                Contemporary hunter-gatherers may help us understand our prehistoric ancestors. We know from observation of modern hunter-gathers in both Africa and Alaska that a society based on hunting and gathering must be very mobile. While the entire community camps in a central location, a smaller party harvests the food within a reasonable distance from the camp. When the food in the area is exhausted, the community moves to an exploit another site. We also notice a seasonal migration pattern evolving for most hunter-gatherers, along with a strict division of labor between the sexes. These patterns of behavior may be similar to those practiced by mankind during the Paleolithic Period.

187.With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned?

1. The marginal environment
2. The subsistence farming
3. The Paleolithic period
4. The ancient society
5. The hunter-gatherers

188.Which one is the subsistence strategy?

1. Farming
2. Migrating
3. Hunting and gathering
4. Domesticating animals
5. A strict labor division between sexes

189.What condition exist in lower latitude?

1. More coasts and waterways for fishing
2. Greater dependence on farming
3. Greater dependence on hunting
4. A large variety of plant life
5. A shorter growing season

190.We can more learn about hunter-gatherers of prehistoric times by studying ____ .

1. the prehistoric environment
2. similar contemporary society
3. the remains of their camp sites
4. the way of practicing hunting
5. the way of practicing farming

191.When were hunting and gathering introduced?

1. Ten million years ago
2. Two million years ago
3. Ten thousand years ago
4. Two thousand years ago
5. Two hundred years ago

Text 57

The moon, like the sun, has always been a source of fascination, and many myths surround it. For example, some very young children claim that there is a ”man in the moon” or that the moon is made of green cheese. In some primitive tribes the moon is thought to affect fertility. Women will sleep under the light of the full moon, believing that its rays will make them pregnant. In similar believe, man will not plant a garden until the light of the full moon shines on the freshly sowed earth. The old Roman called the moon luna  and believed that anyone who went mad had been struck by its powerful rays. Therefore, they called the disturbed lunatics. Today, many people take the origin of that word quite seriously. They claim that violent crime and mental disturbance increase the full moon.

192.What is the topic of the passage?

1. The sun.
2. The moon.
3. The myths surround the sun.
4. The myths surround the moon.
5. The myths surround the sun and the moon.

193.What is the main idea of the passage?

1. There are many myths on the sun.
2. There are many myths on the moon.
3. The moon can affect fertility on women.
4. Children and adults have different myths on the moon.
5. The full moon increases the violent crime and mental disturbance.

Text 58

For more than a decade, there had been a debate about just how much the violence on television contributes to the violence that plagues much of America. Many people involved with raising of educating children have complained about the effect of television violence on youthful behavior. Television executives, however, have insisted that there was absolutely no proof to support the idea that television viewing encourages children to participate in violent crimes or to treat them lightly. However, the release of a recent report from the National Institute of Mental Health shows that this position is no longer tenable. According to the report, there is overwhelming evidence to support the theory that television contributes to aggressive and violent behavior. In addition, the damaging effects are brought about by the exposure to television violence. Among these effects are a distrust of other human being and a confusion about reality. Given the results of this careful and cautious report, it will be difficult in the future for television networks to claim that there is little or no evidence of a relationship between violence on television and violence on the street.

194.What does the passage talk about?

1. The different idea of the bad effects of television in America.
2. The complaint of educators on the bad effect of television.
3. The television executives’ belief that no bad effects on television.
4. The recent report from the National Institute of Mental Heath.
5. The relationship between the violence on television and violence on the street.

195.Which of the following statements is correct based on the text?

1. Educators and television executives have the same idea on the effect of television to viewers.
2. The National Institute of Mental Health made a careful and cautious research on the effects of television on children.
3. There is no relationship between the violence on the television and the violence on the street.
4. There is no proof that television has negative effects on children.
5. The positive and negative effects of television is balance.

Text 59

The human brain is 198 into two halves, known as the right and left hemisphere. 199 the hemisphere cooperate for many functions, research suggests they control highly  200 activities. For example, the right hemisphere is more concerned with musical than verbal ability. 210, patients suffering from damage to the right side of the brain may find their ability to recognize formerly familiar melodies severely impaired, in the same time that their speech shows absolutely no evidence of any brain injury. Similarly, many difficult physical tasks show little left hemisphere involvement; it  202 that the left hemisphere has enough to do coordinating the abilities to read, write, speak, and do arithmetic.

196.A. considered

B. classified

C. modified

D. invented

E. divided

197.A. Although

B. However

C. After all

D. In the meantime

E. On the other hand

198.A. differ

B. different

C. difference

D. differently

E. differentiate

199.A. Thus

B. However

C. Accordingly

D. Consequently

E. In the meantime

200.A. says

B. appears

C. disappears

D. appearance

E. disappearance

Text 60

Fertilizer is any substance can be added to the soil to provide chemical elements essential for plant nutritior. Natural substances such as animal dropping and straw have been used as fertilizers for thousands of years, and lime has been used since the Romans introduced it during the Empire. It was not until the nineteenth century, in fact, that chemical fertilizers became popular. Today, both natural and synthetic fertilizers are available in a veriety of forms.

A complete fertilizer is usually marked with a formula consisting of three numbers, such as 4-8-2 or 3-6-4, which designate the percentage content of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash in the order stated.

Synthetic fertilizers are available in either solid or liquid form. Solids, in the shape of chemical granules are popular because they are easy to store and apply. Recently, liquids have shown an increase in popularity, accounting for about 20 percent of the nitrogen fertilizer used throughout the world. Formerly, powders were also used, but these were found to be less convenient than either solids or liquids.

Fertilizers have no harmful effects on the soil, the crop, or the consumer as long as they are used according to recommendations based on the results of local research. Occasionally, however, farmers, may use more fertilizer than necessary, damaging not only the crop but also the animals or humans that eat it. Accumulations of fertilizer in the water supply accelerate the growth of algae and, consequently, may disturb the natural cycle of life, contributing to the death of fish. Too much fertilizer on grass can cause digestive disorders in cattle and in infants who drink cow’s milk.

201.What is the topic of the passage ?

A.      Local and harmful effects of fertilizer.

B.      Advantages and disadvantages of liquid fertilizer.

C.      A formula of the production of fertilizer.

D.      Content, form, and effects of fertilizer.

E.       Natural and artificial fertilizer.

202.In the formula 3-6-4 ___ .

A.      the content of nitrogen is less than that of phosphoric acid

B.      the content of nitrogen is greater than that of potash

C.      the content of potash is greater than that of phosphoric acid

D.      the content of phosphoric acid is less than that of nitrogen

E.       the content of nitrogen is the same as that of phosphoric acid

203.Which of the following has the smallest percentage content in the formula 4-8-2 ?

A.      Acid B.      Potash C.      Nitrogen

D.      Phosphorus E.       Acid and potash

204.What is the percentage of nitrogen in a 5-8-7 formula fertilizer ?

A.      2 percent B.      3 percent C.      5 percent

D.      7 percent E.       8 percent

205.Which of the following statements about fertilizer is true ?

A.      Solids are difficult to store

B.      Liquids are very easy to store

C.      Powders are more popular than ever

D.      Liquids are increasing in popularity

E.       Chemical granules are difficult to apply

Text 61

From perspective of many people, the Bermuda Triangle is an area to be avoided. On July 3,1947, a United States C-54 Superfortress bomber vanished while flying near the region known as the Bermuda Triangle. The plane was never heard from again. On January 30, 1948, a British airliner, the Star Tiger; disappeared while flying over the some region. Nothing was ever heard from either crew or passengers. In 1968, the scorpion, a nuclear submarine, disappeared, and months went by without a trace of it.

After a lengthy search, it was found in the waters located on the fingers of the Triangle. There was no trace of the one hundred men who had been on board.

206.What is the topic of the paragraph ?

A.      The name of Bermuda Triangle

B.      The mysterious and dangerous place

C.      The victims of many aeroplanes

D.      The danger of flying planes

E.       The Bermuda Triangle

207.What is the main idea of the paragraph ?

A.      The Bermuda Triangle is a mysterious and dangerous region.

B.      The flying planes must avoid the Bermuda Triangle.

C.      The flying planes will vanish passing over the Bermuda Triangle.

D.      Everything will vanish near the Bermuda Triangle.

E.       The Bermuda Triangle was named after the mysterious victims.

Text 62

To us, the earth appears to be a solid mass,  210  scientists know it is composed of several distinct layers. Called the outer crust, the layer closest to the surface  211 of light weight rock that extends for about twenty miles  212 the earth’s surface. Just underneath the crust is the second, about two thousand miles thick, 213 as the mantle.

208.A.    so

B.    and

C.    but

D.    however

E.    because

209.A.    mixes

B.    composes

C.    combines

D.    divides

E.    consists

210.A.    beneath

B.    behind

C.    under

D.    on

E.    in

211.A.    classified

B.      modified

C.      mentioned

D.      known

E.       defined

Text 63

                The influenza virus is a single molecule composed of millions of individual atoms. Although bacteria can be considered a type of plant, secreting poisonous substances into the body of the organism they attack, viruses like the influenza virus, are living organism themselves. We may consider them regular chemical molecules since they have strictly defined atomic structure; but on the other hand, we must also consider

them as being alive since they are able to multiply in unlimited quantities.

                An attack brought on by the presence of the influenza virus in the body produces a temporary immunity, but, unfortunately, the protection is against only the type of virus that caused the influenza. Because the disease can be produced by any one of  three types, referred to as A, B, or C, and many strains within each type, immunity to one virus will not prevent infection by another type or strain.

                Approximately every ten years, worldwide epidemics of influenza called pandemics occur. Thought to be caused by new strains of type–A virus, these pandemic viruses have spread rapidly, infecting millions of people. Epidemics or regional out breaks have appeared on the average every two or three years for type–A virus, and every four or five years for type–B virus.

212.What is the topic of the passage ?

1. Epidemic of influenza
2. Pandemic viruses
3. Chemical molecules
4. Immunity to disease
5. The influenza virus

213.Why does the writer say that viruses are live ?

1. They move.
2. They multiply.
3. They need warmth and light.
4. They have a complex atomic structure.
5. They are considered a type of plant.

214.How does the body react to the influenza virus ?

1. It produces immunity to the type and strain of virus that invaded it.
2. It prevent further infection to other types and strains of the virus.
3. It becomes immune to types A, B, and C viruses, but not to various strains within the types.
4. After a temporary immunity, it becomes even more susceptible.
5. It does not protection to the body itself.

215.These are the characteristics of pandemics except ___ .

1. they are caused by type–A virus
2. they occur once every ten years
3. they infect millions of people
4. they are regional outbreaks
5. they spread very quickly

Text 64

Viruses are difficult to classify, and numerous system have been proposed. One commonly used system  classifies them according to their host cells. On this basis, there are three groups of viruses : animal, plant, and bacterial. On the whole, animal viruses are much more complex than plant viruses and have, therefore, been given distinct names like poxvirus and parvovirus. In contrast, plant viruses are named according to the host they invade, for example, the tobacco viruses. Bacterial  viruses, also called bacteriophages, or phages, are usually identified by a system of letters and numbers, like the T–2 bacteriophage

216.What is the topic of the paragraph ?

1. The classification of viruses
2. The host classification of viruses
3. The three groups of viruses
4. The difficulty of classification system
5. The numerous system of virus classification

217.What is the main idea of the paragraph ?

1. There are three systems of viruses classification.
2. Animal viruses are more complex.
3. Bacterial viruses are identified by a system of letters and numbers.
4. Plant viruses are named according to the host they invade.
5. There are numerous systems of viruses classification.

Text 65

A comet is a chunk matter   220   of frozen particles and gases. The   221   body of a comet is usually about one mile in a diameter. We think of a comet as an object with a long tail.   222   this tail is present only part of the time. While the comet is far out in space, it has no tail.   223   it approaches the sun, the heat melts the frozen material and   224   the gases. These form the comet’s long tail we see so often. This tail may be thousands of miles long.

               

218.A.    created

2. modified
3. built up
4. made up
5. brought up

219.A.    origin

2. size
3. main
4. length
5. common

220.A.    And

2. While
3. When
4. But
5. Whereas

221.A.    Because

2. Therefore
3. Meanwhile
4. Accordingly
5. When

222.A.    produces

2. creates
3. erupts
4. releases
5. makes

6.  

Text 66 

                When Tom decided to go on a holiday to England, he wrote to a friend of his who was living in London and asked if he could meet him at the airport. The friend wrote back to say that he would be there. So Tom was rather surprised when he reached the airport to find that his friend  had not turned up.

                He walked around for a short while and then, because he had a slight headache, went into the restaurant and had a cup of strong, black coffee. After that he had a much better. He bought a couple of magazine at the bookstall and then went into the lounge to read them. He felt sure that his friend would come fairly soon, though he was beginning to get worried.

                He had just started to read his magazine when his friend arrived with a young lady. Tom’s friend apologized for being late and explained what had happened. Apparently he had arranged to the young lady at six o’clock, just outside the underground station not far from where he was living. The young lady who had only traveled on the underground once before, had set out,  in good time but unfortunately she had got on the train going in the wrong direction. She traveled for several stops before she realized this, because the train was very crowded and she could not see the names of the stations. By the time she got to the right station, she was nearly three quarters of an hour.

223.Why did Tom write a letter to his friend in London?

1. To know whether his friend could also take a holiday when he was there.
2. To ask his friend to tell about his girl friend
3. To see whether his friend could pick him up at the airport.
4. To get some information about how to travel to London
5. To know whether it was worth spending his holiday in London.

224.When Tom arrived at the airport ____ .

1. he found that his friend had already left
2. he looked for his friend but he did not see him
3. he went straight to the restaurant and had some coffee
4. he was immediately welcomed by his friend
5. he began to read the magazine that he had bought

225.Tom’s friend was supposed to meet the young lady ____ .

1. before he fetched Tom at the airport
2. after he had taken a good rest

3. at the airport when Tom arrived
4. at a quarter to seven at Tom’s house
5. at the underground station together with Tom

226.The young lady was late in meeting Tom’s friend because ____ .

1. the name of the train stations were not clear
2. she had taken the wrong train
3. she left almost 45 minutes late
4. she had never taken the underground train before
5. the train went into the wrong direction

227.Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?

1. Tom wanted a cup of black coffee to relieve his headache
2. Tom’s friend lived near an underground station.
3. The young lady couldn’t get on the crowded train.
4. Tom had something to drink before his friend arrived
5. The young lady didn’t come at the appointed time

Text 67

According to the recent report, British women who drank one or more cups of tea a day had denser bones than women who drank no tea at all. Some of the women had one cup of tea a day and others more than one cup did not give any extra protection. The writers of the report conclude that plant compounds called flavonids, present in tea, may be the reason for the positive effect- and that drinking this beverage may protect against osteoporosis.

228.The above paragraph informs us about ____ .

1. a study on drinking tea in Britain
2. the effect on drinking tea on British women
3. osteoporosis in women tea drinkers in Britain
4. the reason for British women to drink tea
5. the effect of osteoporosis on British women

229.From the text we may conclude that women who drank tea ____ .

1. might lack flavonids in their body
2. wanted to make their bones denser
3. would be addicted to the beverage
4. were better protected against osteoporosis
5. considered drinking  more tea healthie

Text 68

Scientists believe that the earth’s original atmosphere probably consisted of ammonia and methane. Perhaps 20 million years ago the atmosphere evolved into something resembling the modern composition of 78 percent nitrogen, 20 percent oxygen, and a variety of other gases. One factor that was instrumental in causing the change in the atmosphere was the evolution of plant life and the process of photosynthesis that goes along with it.

230.The topic of the passage is ____ .

1. the static atmosphere
2. the change in the atmosphere
3. the earth’s original atmosphere
4. the process of photosynthesis
5. the evolution of plant life

231.Changes in the earth’s atmosphere took place because of the following except ____ .

1. the changing composition of gases
2. the development in plant life
3. the earth’s original atmosphere
4. the process of photosynthesis
5. the evolution of the ecosystem

Text 69

  235   most people know that the success of a television show is measured by its ratings, few know exactly how shows are rated. First, a rating company     236    meters in a few thousand representative homes in particular area.       237    the television set is one of these homes is turned on, the meter records the day, time, and the channel. The meter then    238   sends this information to the rating company’s headquarters tallies all of the information from all the homes in the area.     239   , the computer prints a rating sheet that shows how many homes watch each show and which shows are the most popular.

232.A     Although

B.    However

C.    Since

D.    Because

E.    Nevertheless

233.A.    induces

B.    installs

C.    introspects

D.    invites

E.    interprets

234.A.    Thus

B.    Until

C.    When

D.    Unless

E.    Since

235.A.    electronic

B.    electrical

C.    electricity

4. electronically
5. electronical

236.A.    Finally

B.    Eventually

C.    Subsequently

D.    Recently

6. Gradually

Text 70

                The influenza virus is a single molecule composed of millions of individual atoms. Although bacteria can be considered a type of plant, secreting poisonous substances into the body of the organism they attack, viruses like the influenza virus, are living organism themselves. We may consider them regular chemical molecules since they have strictly defined atomic structure; but on the other hand, we must also consider them as being alive since they are able to multiply in unlimited quantities.

                An attack brought on by the presence of the influenza virus in the body produces a temporary immunity, but, unfortunately, the protection is against only the type of virus that caused the influenza. Because the disease can be produced by any one of  three types, referred to as A, B, or C, and many strains within each type, immunity to one virus will not prevent infection by another type or strain.

                Approximately every ten years, worldwide epidemics of influenza called pandemics occur. Thought to be caused by new strains of type–A virus, these pandemic viruses have spread rapidly, infecting millions of people. Epidemics or regional out breaks have appeared on the average every two or three years for type–A virus, and every four or five years for type–B virus.

237.What is the topic of the passage ?

A.      Epidemic of influenza

B.      Pandemic viruses

C.      Chemical molecules

D.      Immunity to disease

E.       The influenza virus

238.Why does the writer say that viruses are live ?

A.      They move.

B.      They multiply.

C.      They need warmth and light.

D.      They have a complex atomic structure.

E.       They are considered a type of plant.

239.How does the body react to the influenza virus ?

A.      It produces immunity to the type and strain of virus that invaded it.

B.      It prevent further infection to other types and strains of the virus.

C.      It becomes immune to types A, B, and C viruses, but not to various strains within the types.

D.      After a temporary immunity, it becomes even more susceptible.

E.       It does not protection to the body itself.

240.These are the characteristics of pandemics except ___ .

A.      they are caused by type–A virus

B.      they occur once every ten years

C.      they infect millions of people

D.      they are regional outbreaks

E.       they spread very quickly

Text 71

Viruses are difficult to classify, and numerous system have been proposed. One commonly used system  classifies them according to their host cells. On this basis, there are three groups of viruses : animal, plant, and bacterial. On the whole, animal viruses are much more complex than plant viruses and have, therefore, been given distinct names like poxvirus and parvovirus. In contrast, plant viruses are named according to the host they invade, for example, the tobacco viruses. Bacterial  viruses, also called bacteriophages, or phages, are usually identified by a system of letters and numbers, like the T–2 bacteriophage.

241.What is the topic of the paragraph ?

A.      The classification of viruses

B.      The host classification of viruses

C.      The three groups of viruses

D.      The difficulty of classification system

E.       The numerous system of virus classification

242.What is the main idea of the paragraph ?

A.      There are three systems of viruses classification.

B.      Animal viruses are more complex.

C.      Bacterial viruses are identified by a system of letters and numbers.

D.      Plant viruses are named according to the host they invade.

E.       There are numerous systems of viruses classification.

Text 72

A comet is a chunk matter   57   of frozen particles and gases. The   58   body of a comet is usually about one mile in a diameter. We think of a comet as an object with a long tail.   59   this tail is present only part of the time. While the comet is far out in space, it has no tail.   60   it approaches the sun, the heat melts the frozen material and   61   the gases. These form the comet’s long tail we see so often. This tail may be thousands of miles long.

   

243.A.    created

B.      modified

C.      built up

D.      made up

E.       brought up

244.A.    origin

B.    size

C.    main

D.    length

E.    common

245.A.    And

B.    While

C.    When

D.    But

E.    Whereas

246.A.    Because

B.    Therefore

C.    Meanwhile

D.    Accordingly

E.    When

247.A.    produces

B.    creates

C,    erupts

D.    releases

E.    makes

Text 73

     

Satellites orbiting round the earth have provided scientists with a vast amount of information about conditions in outer space. By comparison, relatively little is known about the internal structure of the earth. It just proved easier to go up than to go down. The deepest hole over to be bored on land went down 25,340 feet- considerably less than the height of Mount Everest. Drilling a hole under the sea has proved to be even more difficult. The deepest hole bored under sea has been about 20,000 feet. Until recently, scientists have been unable to devise a drill which would be capable of cutting through hard rock at great depths.

      This problem has now been solved. Scientists have developed a method which sounds surprisingly simple. A new drill which is being tested at Leona Valley Ranch in Texas is driven by a turbine engine which is propelled by liquid mud pumped into it from the surface. As the diamond tip of the drill revolves, it is lubricated by mud. Scientists have been amazed  to find that it can cut through the hardest rock with great ease. The drill has been designed to bore through the earth to a depth of 35,000 feet. It will enable scientists to obtain samples of the mysterious layer which lies immediately below the earth’s crust. This layer is known as the Mohorovicic Discontinuity, but is commonly referred to as ‘the Moho’.

      Before it is possible to drill this deep hole, scientists will have to overcome a number of problems. Geological tests will be carried out to find the point at which the earth’s crust is thinnest. The three possible sites which are being considered are all at sea: two in the Atlantic Ocean and one in the Pacific. Once they have determined on a site, they will have to erect a drilling vessel which will not be swept away by ocean currents. The vessel will consist of an immense platform which will rise to 70 feet above the water. It will be supported by six hollow columns which will descend to a depth of 60 feet below the ocean surface where they will be fixed to a huge float. A tall steel tower rising to a height of nearly 200 feet will rest on the platform. The drill will be stored in the tower and will have to be lowered through about 15,000 feet of water before operations can begin. Within the tower, there will be a laboratory, living accommodation and a helicopter landing station. Keeping the platform in position at sea will give rise to further problems. To do this, scientists will have to devise methods using radar and underwater television. If, during the operations the drill has to be withdrawn, it must be possible to re-insert it. Great care will therefore have to be taken to keep the platform steady and make it strong enough to withstand hurricanes. If the project is successful, scientists will not only learn a great deal about the earth, but possibly about the nature of the universe itself.

248.Why do scientists know relatively little about the interior of the earth?

Because ___ .

A.      drilling a hole under the sea has never been held

B.      it has not been easy to go down into the earth

C.      the satellites have provided them a vast amount of information about conditions in outer space

D.      there has been had rock at a great depth

E.       to go down into the earth has proved to be as easier as to go up

249.What has enabled the new drill to cut through the hardest rock?

A.      It is driven by a turbine engine which is propelled by liquid mud pumped into it from the surface.

B.      It has turbine engine which propels the liquid mud pumped into it from the surface.

C.      The samples of the mysterious layer  which lies immediately below the earth’s crust.

D.      It is developed by a method which sounds surprisingly simple.

E.       It has a diamond tip.

250.Paragraph three tells us about ___ .

A.      scientists will not only learn a great deal about the earth, but also the nature  of the universe itself

B.      geological tests will be carried out to find the point at which the earth’s crust is thinnest

C.      it is possible to drill the deep hole after the new drill had been found

D.      the new drill with its all sophisticated equipment

E.       a number of problems will have to be overcome before drilling the deep hole

251.It won’t be possible to make preparations for drilling the hole until ___ .

A.      a tall tower rising to 200 feet is built

B.      a helicopter landing station is built         

C.      an immense platform is erected

D.      six hollow columns

E.       scientists decide on the best site

Text 74

      Admittedly it was an unusual pie dish, for it was eighteen feet long and six feet wide. It had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair. The pie committee decided that the best way to transport the dish would be by canal, so they insured it for the trip. Shortly after it was launched, the pie committee went to a local inn to celebrate. At the same time, a number of teenagers  climbed on to the dish and held a little party  of their own. Modern dances proved to be more than the dish could bear, for during the party it capsized and sank in seven feet of water.

      The pie committee telephoned a local garage owner who arrived in a recovery truck  to salvage the pie dish. Shivering in their wet clothes, the teenagers looked on while three men dived repeatedly into the water to locate the dish. They had little difficulty in finding it, but hauling it out of the water  proved to be a serious problem. The sides of the dish were so smooth that it was almost impossible to attach hawsers and chains to the rim without damaging it. Eventually chains were fixed to one end of the dish and a powerful which was put into operation. The dish rose to the surface and was gently drawn  towards the canal bank. For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water. The men were now obliged to try once more. This time they fixed heavy metal clamps to both sides of the dish so that they could fasten the chains. The dish now had to be lifted vertically because one edge was resting against  the side of the canal. The winch was again put into operation and one of the men started up the truck. Several minutes later, the dish was successfully hauled above the surface of the water. Water streamed in torrents over its sides with such force that it set up a huge wave in the canal. There was danger that the wave would rebound off the other side of the bank and send the dish plunging into the water again. By working at tremendous speed, the men managed to get the dish on to dry land before the wave returned.

252.What had the Local authority bought such a big pie dish for?

A.      For an annual fair

B.      In order to insure it for the pie

C.      In order to hold a little party of their own

D.      To show it to the people that it was an unusual pie dish

E.       In order that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair

253.The huge wave in the canal was caused by ___ .

A.      the great quantity of water which poured off the dish

B.      one edge was resting against the side of the canal

C.      the dish sliding back into the water

D.      the sinking of pie dish

E.       the party of teenagers

254.What is the topic of the text above?

A.      Making of pie dish

B.      Purchasing of pie dish

C.      Salvaging a sunken pie dish

D.      Transportation of an unusual pie dish

E.       A recovery truck to salvage the pie dish

Text 75

      We can learn a lot about a country from the ‘Personal’ ads. These ads tell us about people and their problems. One example of this is from Spain. In a small town in  Spain there were fourty-two men. But there were not many women there. The men wanted to find wives. So they put a personal ad in a city newspaper. Some women in the city were not happy living alone. So they answered the ad by telephone. They wanted to find out more about the town and the men. But the women did not go to live in the town. They did not really want to work on farms. They did not really want to marry  small-town men. So the men did not find wives. And the women  are still alone. Not all men and women in Spain are like these people. But this ad may tell us something about larger problems in Spain.

255.What is the topic of the text?

A.      People and their problems        

B.      Forty-two men in Spain

C.      Unhappy city women

D.      Personal advertisement

E.       Advertisement

256.What is the main idea of the text?

A.      There was advertisement in a city newspaper

B.      Some women in the city were not happy living alone

C.      There were many men but  not many women in Spain

D.      The personal ads tell us about people and their problems

E.       Forty-two men wanted to find wives

Text 76

      If you are studying the   260   of a major poet, you will find it   261    to become fully acquainted with all the poems included in the selection. You should,   262   , concentrate on the most important ones and make it your aim to know them well. You will be   263    to have a detailed knowledge of these poems and they will have to read several times before they can be properly assimilated. Minor poems should not be ignored, but less  264  should be placed on them.

257.A.    poems

B.    works

C.    paper

D.    literacy

E.    biography

258.A.    important

2. different
3. impossible
4. realistic
5. logical

259.A.    however

2. otherwise
3. therefore
4. of course
5. on the contrary

260.A.    helped

2. asked
3. affected
4. required
5. realized

261.A.    emphasis

2. emphasize
3. emphatic
4. emphatically
5. emphasized