SECTION 1: LISTENING I. (1.0 point) You will hear some information about Finchester Zoo. Listen and complete the questions given. ⇱
FINCHESTER ZOO
Closed on: 0. Monday
II. (1.0 point) Listen to Eric talking to Mary about the weekend. Their friend Carlos is coming to visit them. Choose the best answer (A, B C or D) for each space. ⇱
SECTION 2: PHONETICS III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest by circling A, B, C or D. (0.6 point) ⇱
IV. Choose the word that has different stress pattern by circling A, B, C, or D (0.4 point). ⇱
SECTION 3: LEXICO-GRAMMAR V. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. Circle the letter you choose (7.0 points). ⇱
B: __________________________
1. Mrs. Brown is 90 years old. She is too weak to walk. She experiences the weak of old age.
A B C D
2. As the weather changes from hot to cold, both man and animals have to make sure that they are able to stand the changes.
A B C D
3. Alan asked if is there any special way of telling a man that he was impolite.
A B C D
4. That math problem is too difficult for him to solve it .
A B C D
5. In spite of the teacher's advise, he didn't make any attempt to do his homework.
A B C D
SECTION 4: READING VII. Read the passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the blank. (2.0 points) ⇱
Some people believe that soon schools will no longer be necessary. They say that ___(56)____________the Internet and other new technologies, ___(57)___________no longer any need for school buildings, formal classes, or teachers. Perhaps this will be true one day, but this is hard to___(58)___________a world without schools. In fact, we need to look at how we can use new technology to make schools better, not ___(59)__________them. We should invent a new kind of school that is ___(60)___________to libraries, museums, science centers, laboratories, and even corporations. ___(61)___________could give talks on video or over the Internet. TV networks and local stations could develop programming about things students are ___(62)___________studying in school.
Already there are several towns ___(63)___________this is beginning to happen. Blacksburg, Virginia, is one of them. Here the entire city is linked to the Internet, and learning can ___(64)____________at home, at school and in the office. Businesses provide programs for the schools and the schools provide computer labs for people without their own ___(65)_________at home.
VIII. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences (1.0 point). ⇱
Sports training
Parents whose children show special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to make about their children’s career. Should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen and women? For many children, it means starting very young and school work, going out with friends and other interests have to take the second place. It’s very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train for five hours a day, even at the weekend, when most of his friends are playing.
Another problem is of course money. In many countries, money for training is available from the government for the very best young sportsmen and women. If this help cannot be given, it means that it is the parents who have to find the time and money to support their child’s development – and sports clothes, transport to competitions, special equipment etc…..can be all very expensive.
Many parents are understandably worried that it is dangerous to start serious training at an early age. Some doctors agree that young muscles may be damaged by training before they are properly developed.
Professional trainers, however, believe that it is only by starting young that you can reach the top as a successful sports person. What is clear is that very few people do reach the top and both parents and children should be prepared for the failure even after many years of training.
IX. Fill in the blank with one suitable word. (2 points) ⇱
One of the (71) …………… important discoveries of the nineteenth (72) …………….was a method of using natural gas for cooking (73) ……………....heating. Large amounts of natural gas are found in the United States, usually several feet below the surface of the (74) ……………... Natural gas is most often found in places where petroleum, the oil from which gasoline is made, is found. Often the natural gas must (75) …………….removed before the oil itself can be reached.
For many years after natural gas was first discovered, it was thought to have no value. Finally, however, people began to understand its use and to find ways of storing it and moving it (76) ……………….place to place. Today natural (77) ….…………. is stored in large tanks and used for lighting, cooking and heating. It has also (78) ……….………used for electric generators and hybrid cars recently. In many ways natural gas is one of our finest fuels. It can be (79) ……….…… for cooking without making the room hot. It is cheap and can be moved easily from one place to another (80) ………………long pipelines, some of which are hundreds of miles in length.