Question 1

A. bushes

B. wishes

C. researches

D. headaches

Question 2

A. debt

B. climbing

C. timber

D. lamb

Question 3

A. enough

B. cough

C. thorough

D. tough

Question 4

A.apply

B. maximum

C. cactus

D. national

Question 5

A. funny

B. rubbish

C. upper

D. student

Question 6: Generally, the South of England is as ______ as the North.

A. flat

B. less flat

C. flatter

D. the flattest

Question 7: Helen is traveling to Germany tomorrow on her first working trip and she is very excited ______ it.

A. for

B. against

C. about

D. with

Question 8: He’d hardly finished doing his homework when you arrived, ______?

A. didn’t he

B. had he

C. would he

D. hadn’t he

Question 9: John: “Would you like to have a get-together with us next weekend?” Mickey: “______.”

A. No, I won’t

B. No, I wouldn’t

C. Yes, let’s

D. Yes, I’d love to

Question 10: Had they arrived at the shop earlier, they ______ a better selection of clothes.

A. will find

B. would be finding

C. would have found

D. will have found

Question 11: Before you start cooking, you should gather together all the necessary ______.

A. ingredients

B. factors

C. substances

D. elements

Question 12: What ______ views do Americans and Asians have about love and marriage?

A. tradition

B. traditionally

C. traditionalism

D. traditional

Question 13: I can’t ______ this noise any longer. I’m going to write a letter of complaint to the local authority about this problem.

A. put up with

B. take away from

C. get back to

D. make out of

Question 14: Helen: “Would you rather go to the beach or to the mountains?” Kim: “______.”

A. That’s very nice of you

B. The beach definitely

C. I’d love to go

D. Thanks for the mountains

Question 15: George: “_____.” Michelle: “Thank you for your compliment.”

A. You’ve done your work

B. This is a present for you

C. I’m glad that you’re well again

D. You look pretty in this dress

Question 16: Bill managed to get to the train station himself ______ his leg was broken.

A. because

B. because of

C. in spite of

D. although

Question 17: Dr. Smith is the person in ______ I don’t have much confidence.

A. which

B. whom

C. him

D. that

Question 18: This director has ______ some famous films but I think this one is the best.

A. done

B. conducted

C. made

D. composed

Question 19: He wondered ______ his sister looked like, because they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.

A. why

B. which

C. how

D. what

Question 20: Does Mr. Ba bring his farm ______ to the local market every day?

A. productivity

B. product

C. production

D. produce

Question 21: This is ______ the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do.

A. by heart

B. by chance

C. by far

D. by myself

Question 22: Hurry up, or they ______ serving meals by the time we get to the restaurant.

A. stopped

B. will have stopped

C. are stopping

D. would stop

Question 23: During the Enlightenment, the powers and uses of reason ______.

A. were stressed

B. stressed

C. were stressing

D. had stressed

Question 24: He is a typical ______, always looking on the bright side of everything.

A. pessimist

B. introvert

C. extrovert

D. optimist

Question 25: That style of dress ______ have been designed by Titian, because it wasn’t worn till after his death.

A. wouldn’t

B. shan’t

C. can’t

D. oughtn’t

Question 26: Bottles of medicine must have childproof caps ______ children think medicine is candy and poison themselves.

A. even though

B. if so

C. so that

D. in case

Question 27: My favourite team ______ 15 games so far this season, and will probably win the championship.

A. are winning

B. won

C. have won

D. will win

Question 28: You should have ______ your composition carefully before you handed it in.

A. seen through

B. thought of

C. looked in

D. gone over

Question 29: “Don’t worry about your necklace. Give it to me and I promise to ______ great care of it.”

A. bring

B. take

C. keep

D. make

Question 30: The police are going to look ______ the disappearance of the child.

A. around

B. into

C. through

D. after

Question 31: The crew divided the life preservers among the twenty terrified passengers as the ship began to sink.

A. exhausted

B. surprised

C. frightened

D. excited

Question 32: You must answer the police’s questions truthfully; otherwise, you will get into trouble.

A. exactly as things really happen

B. with a negative attitude

C. in a harmful way

D. as trustingly as you can

Question 33: My mom is always bad-tempered when I leave my room untidy.

A. feeling embarrassed

B. talking too much

C. very happy and satisfied

D. easily annoyed or irritated

Question 34: During the earthquake, a lot of buildings collapsed, which killed thousands of people.

A. went off accidentally

B. fell down unexpectedly

C. exploded suddenly

D. erupted violently

Question 35: We really appreciate your help, without which we couldn’t have got our task done in time.

A. feel thankful for

B. depreciate

C. require

D. are proud of

Question 36: The bigger (A) of the three daily meals for (B) most American families is (C) dinner, served (D) at about six o’clock.

A

B

C

D

Question 37: The word (A) “scuba” is actually (B) an acronym that comes of (C) the phrase “self-contained (D) underwater breathing apparatus”.

A

B

C

D

Question 38: Building (A) thousands of years ago (B), the ancient (C) palace is popular with (D) modern tourists.

A

B

C

D

Question 39: The old (A) woman cannot remember (B) the place which (C) she kept (D) her savings.

A

B

C

D

Question 40: I found my new (A) contact lenses strangely (B) at first, but I got used (C) to them in the end (D).

A

B

C

D

Question 41: ______ for breakfast is bread and eggs.

A. That I only like

B. Which better I like

C. What I like most

D. The food what I like

Question 42: Before he was 20, he developed ______ for the personal computer.

A. the world first computer's language

B. the computer language for the first world

C. the world's first computer language

D. the first world's computer language

Question 43: According to the conditions of my scholarship, after graduation, ______.

A. I will be employed full-time by the university

B. I would be offered by the university

C. the university will employ me full-time

D. an employer will give me a full-time job

Question 44: He has been to the school library many times ______.

A. if the semester has started

B. while the semester is starting

C. since the semester started

D. after the semester starts

Question 45: Only after food has been dried or canned ______.

A. should it be stored for later consumption

B. it can be stored for later consumption

C. that it is stored for later consumption

D. was it stored for later consumption

Question 46: The test we did last time was more difficult than this one.

A. We did an easy test last time and a difficult one this time.

B. This test is not as difficult as the one we did last time.

C. This time we have to do the most difficult test of all.

D. The test we have done this time is not difficult at all.

Question 47: He cannot practice scuba diving because he has a weak heart.

A. The fact that he has a weak heart cannot stop him practicing scuba diving.

B. Scuba diving makes him suffer from having a weak heart.

C. The reason why he cannot practice scuba diving is that he has a weak heart.

D. He has a weak heart but he continues to practice scuba diving.

Question 48: She asked John to repeat what he had said.

A. “Will you please repeat what John said?” she asked.

B. “Please repeat what you said, John,” she said.

C. “You have to repeat what you say, John,” she said.

D. “Please repeat what you said to John,” she said.

Question 49: People believe that neither side wanted war.

A. Neither side is believed to have wanted war.

B. Neither side is responsible for the outbreak of war.

C. War is believed to be wanted by either side.

D. It is believed that war broke out from both sides.

Question 50: “No, it’s not true. I didn’t steal the money!” Jean said.

A. Jean refused to steal the money.

B. Jean did not intend to steal the money.

C. Jean admitted stealing the money.

D. Jean denied having stolen the money.

    Schools in the United States have not always had a large number of libraries. As (51)______ as 1958 about half of the public schools in the United States had no libraries at all. The (52)______ of public school libraries increased dramatically when the federal government passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, (53)______ provided funds for school districts to improve their education programs and facilities, including their libraries. (54)______, many educators claim that since the legislation was passed federal spending has not increased sufficiently to meet the rising (55)______ of new library technologies such as computer databases and Internet access.

    Because the federal government provides only limited funds to schools, individual school districts (56)______ on funds from local property taxes to meet the vast majority of public school expenses. Therefore, the libraries of public schools tend to reflect the (57)______ capabilities of the communities in which they are located. Districts in wealthy suburbs often have fully staffed libraries (58)______ abundant resources, spacious facilities, and curricular and instructional support. In (59)______, school districts in many poor areas house their libraries in ordinary classrooms or in small rooms. The libraries in such areas are generally staffed by volunteers, who organize and (60)______ books that are often out-of-date, irrelevant, or damaged.

Question 51:

A. frequently

B. recently

C. freshly

D. newly

Question 52:

A. digit

B. amount

C. number

D. numeral

Question 53:

A. that

B. who

C. which

D. this

Question 54:

A. Otherwise

B. Therefore

C. Consequently

D. Nevertheless

Question 55:

A. fine

B. fee

C. cost

D. sum

Question 56:

A. go

B. come

C. rely

D. stay

Question 57:

A. economical

B. educational

C. financial

D. political

Question 58:

A. for

B. with

C. on

D. by

Question 59:

A. contrast

B. converse

C. contrary

D. conflict

Question 60:

A. maintain

B. obtain

C. contain

D. attain

MICKEY MANTLE

    Mickey Mantle was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He played for the New York Yankees in their years of glory. From the time Mantle began to play professionally in 1951 to his last year in 1968, baseball was the most popular game in the United States. For many people, Mantle symbolized the hope, prosperity, and confidence of America at that time.

    Mantle was a fast and powerful player, a “switch-hitter” who could bat both right-handed and left-handed. He won game after game, one World Series championship after another, for his team. He was a wonderful athlete, but this alone cannot explain America’s fascination with him.

    Perhaps it was because he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner from Oklahoma. His career, from the lead mines of the West to the heights of success and fame, was a fairy-tale version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always loves a “natural”: a person who wins without seeming to try, whose talent appears to come from an inner grace. That was Mickey Mantle.

    But like many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a private life that was full of problems. He played without complaint despite constant pain from injuries. He lived to fulfill his father’s dreams and drank to forget his father’s early death.

    It was a terrible addiction that finally destroyed his body. It gave him cirrhosis of the liver and accelerated the advance of liver cancer. Even when Mickey Mantle had turned away from his old life and warned young people not to follow his example, the destructive process could not be stopped. Despite a liver transplant operation that had all those who loved and admired him hoping for a recovery, Mickey Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63.

Question 61: What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Mickey Mantle’s success and private life full of problems

B. Mickey Mantle as the greatest baseball player of all time

C. Mickey Mantle and  the history of baseball

D. Mickey Mantle and his career as a baseball player

Question 62: It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that Mantle ______.

A. introduced baseball into the US

B. earned a lot of money from baseball

C. had to try hard to be a professional player

D. played for New York Yankees all his life

Question 63: According to the passage, Mantle could ______.

A. bat better with his left hand than with his right hand

B. hit with the bat on either side of his body

C. give the most powerful hit in his team

D. hit the ball to score from a long distance

Question 64: The word “this” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.

A. Mantle’s being fascinated by many people

B. Mantle’s being a wonderful athlete

C. Mantle’s being a “switch-hitter”

D. Mantle’s being a fast and powerful player

Question 65: It can be inferred from the passage that for most Americans ______.

A. success in Mantle’s career was difficult to believe

B. Mantle had a lot of difficulty achieving fame and success

C. success in Mantle’s career was unnatural

D. Mantle had to be trained hard to become a good player

Question 66: The author uses the word “But” in paragraph 4 to ______.

A. explain how Mantle got into trouble

B. give an example of the trouble in Mantle’s private life

C. give an argument in favor of Mantle’s success and fame

D. change the topic of the passage

Question 67: The word “fulfill” in paragraph 4 mostly means ______.

A. achieve what is hoped for, wished for, or expected

B. do something in the way that you have been tol

C. do what you have promised or agreed to do

D. get closer to something that you are chasing

Question 68: The word “accelerated” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. delayed

B. worsened

C. bettered

D. quickened

Question 69: We can see from paragraph 5 that after his father’s death, Mantle ______.

A. forgot his father’s dream

B. suffered a lot of pain

C. led a happier life

D. played even better

Question 70: Which of the following is mentioned as the main cause of the destruction of Mantle’s body?

A. His way of life

B. His loneliness

C. His own dream

D. His liver transplant operation

    The countryside of Britain is well known for its beauty and many contrasts: its bare mountains and moorland, its lakes, rivers and woods, and its long, often wild coastline. Many of the most beautiful areas are national parks and are protected from development. When British people think of the countryside they think of farmland, as well as open spaces. They imagine cows or sheep in green fields enclosed by hedges or stone walls, and fields of wheat and barley. Most farmland is privately owned but is crossed by a network of public footpaths. 

     Many people associate the countryside with peace and relaxation. They spend their free time walking or cycling there, or go to the country for a picnic or a pub lunch. In summer people go to fruit farms and pick strawberries and other fruit. Only a few people who live in the country work on farms. Many commute to work in towns. Many others dream of living in the country, where theybelieve they would have a better and healthier lifestyle. 

     The countryside faces many threats. Some are associated with modern farming practices, and the use of chemicals harmful to plants and wildlife. Land is also needed for new houses. The green belt, an area of land around many cities, is under increasing pressure. Plans to build new roads are strongly opposed by organizations trying to protect the countryside. Protesters set up camps to prevent, or at least delay, the building work. 

     America has many areas of wild and beautiful scenery, and there are many areas, especially in the West in states like Montana and Wyoming, where few people live. In the New England states, such as Vermont and New Hampshire, it is common to see small farms surrounded by hills and green areas. In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other Midwestern states, fields of corn or wheat reach to the horizon and there are many miles between towns. 

     Only about 20% of Americans live outside cities and towns. Life may be difficult for people who live in the country. Services like hospitals and schools may be further away and going shopping can mean driving long distances. Some people even have to drive from their homes to the main road where their mail is left in a box. In spite of the disadvantages, many people who live in the country say that they like the safe, clean, attractive environment. But their children often move to a town or city as soon as they can. 

    As in Britain, Americans like to go out to the country at weekends. Some people go on camping or fishing trips, others go hiking in national parks.

Question 71: We can see from the passage that in the countryside of Britain ______.

A. none of the areas faces the sea

B. only a few farms are publicly owned

C. most beautiful areas are not well preserved

D. it is difficult to travel from one farm to another

Question 72: The word “enclosed” in paragraph one is closest in meaning to ______.

A. rotated

B. embraced

C. blocked

D. surrounded

Question 73: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an activity of relaxation in the countryside of Britain?

A. Going swimming

B. Picking fruit

C. Going for a walk

D. Riding a bicycle

Question 74: What does the word “they” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Those who dream of living in the country

B. Those who go to fruit farms in summer

C. Those who go to the country for a picnic

D. Those who commute to work in towns

Question 75: Which of the following threatens the countryside in Britain?

A. Protests against the building work

B. Modern farming practices

C. Plants and wildlif

D. The green belt around cities

Question 76: The phrase “associated with” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. supported by

B. referred to

C. separated from

D. related to

Question 77: According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT ______.

A. the use of chemicals harms the environment of the countryside

B. camps are set up by protesters to stop the construction work

C. the green belt is under pressure because of the need for land

D. all organizations strongly oppose plans for road construction

Question 78: The phrase “reach to the horizon” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.

A. are limited

B. are endless

C. are horizontal

D. are varied

Question 79: According to the passage, some Americans choose to live in the country because ______.

A. their children enjoy country life

B. they enjoy the safe, clean, attractive environment there

C. hospitals, schools and shops are conveniently located there

D. life there may be easier for them

Question 80: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. The majority of American people live in cities and towns.

B. Many British people think of the country as a place of peace and relaxation.

C. Towns in some Midwestern states in the US are separated by long distances.

D. Both British and American people are thinking of moving to the countryside.