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Directions: In each question, decide which of the choices given will most suitably complete the sentences if inserted at the B"GC|}N)v
place marked. Write your choices on the Answer Sheet. D^[l~K
31. The secretary was harshly—— by her boss for misplacing some important files. <Q|\mUS6
A) rebuked B) teased C) washed D) accused V+`kB3GV
32. The jet airliner has —— from the Wright brothers ’ small airplane. <<
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A) Involved B) evolved C) devolved D) revolved roS" q~GS,
33. Chinese products enjoy high international prestige because of their, quality. Zy(i
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A) Indistinctive B) indisputable C) indispensable D) indistinguishable ahl|N`
34. This can something that the students may not have comprehended in English. &nm
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A) Signify B) specify C) clarify D) testify +fVv H
35. I must you on your handling of a very difficult situation. 2w.FC
A) meditate B) complement C) elaborate D) compliment ,%9XG077
36. I've had my car examined three times now but no mechanic has been able to the problem. ew1L+
A) deduce B) notify C) highlight D) pinpoint 1ubu~6
37. Architectural pressure groups fought unsuccessfully to save a terrace of eighteenth century houses from _ ,j%\3
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A) abolition B) demolition C) disruption D) dismantling WESD^FK
38.Having decided to rent a flat, we____ contacting all the accommodation dt, agencies in the city. J||g(+H>
A) set out B) set to C) set about D) set off b
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39. The police decided to the department store after they had received a bomb warning. zb0NqIN:
A) evict B) expel C) abandon D) evacuate mE<_oRM)
40. If the work-force respected you, you wouldn't need to your authority so often, p.W7>o,[w
A) affirm B) restrain C) assert D) maintain P#A,(Bke3
41. Miss Rosemary Adang went through the composition carefully to all errors from it. N?@^BZ
A) eliminate B) terminate C) illuminate D) alleviate Al
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42. Several months previously, the workers had petitioned the company for a 25 percent wage increase and of stricter safety 0C<\m\|~k
regulations. Q,NnB{R
A) implement B) endowment C) enforcement D) engagement Z 8w\[AF{$
43. The rebel army __ the democratic government of the, country lawlessly. n5QO'Jr%[
A) overthrew B) overtook C) overturned D) overruled Vl^x_gs#_]
44. Judges are ____increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences BwHJr(n
A). B) demanding C) imparting D) imposing ,kJ'_mq
45. The of all kinds of necessary goods was caused by natural calamity. !~E/Rp
A) variety B) scarcity C) solidarity D) commodity V
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46. It is essential to be on the for any signs of movement in the undergrowth since there are poisonous snakes in the area. gclj:7U
A) guard B) care C) alert D) alarm 'dj3y/
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47. She took up so many hobbies when she retired that she had hardly any time 4u5j
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A) in hand B) at hand C) on her hands D) at her hand aqSOC(jU
48. Working with the mentally handicapped requires considerable -`_ of patience; and understanding. 5RLO}Vn]
A) means B) stocks C) provisions D) resources [4yHXZxza
49. He still suffers from a rare t2-opical disease which he, while working to Africa. '
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A) infected B) incurred C ) contracted D) infested *9n[#2sM<
50. Giving up smoking is just one of the ways to heart diseases. =o(}=T>:"
A) ward off C) push off B) put off D) throw off D*.3]3-I
51. There is no for hard work and perseverance of you want to succeed. ~|KqG
. A) alteration B) equivalent C) alternative D)substitute52. What the film company needs is an actor who can take on any kinds of roles. ho>@ $9
A) diverse B) versatile C) variable D) changeable s`x2Go
53. With their modern, lightweight boat, they soon the older vessels in the race. `*U@d%a
A) overran B) exceeded C) outstripped D) caught up gNr4oOR{
54. Research suggests that, heavy penalties do not act as a to potential criminals. . O+-+=W
A) deterrent B) prevention C) safeguard D) distraction pqg2#@F.
55. There has been so much media of the coming election that people have got bored with it. S:!5|o|
A) circulation B) concern C) broadcasting D) coverage ~T}D#}
A) applications B) connotations C) implications D) complications Hl$qmq
64. I thought 1 saw water in the distance but it must have been an optical .EhC\QpP
A) perception B) delusion C) illusion D) deception bAt!S
61. He was intensely_____ by the way the shop assistant spoke to him. hEjvtfM9\-
A) intervened C) injected B) irritated D) insulated 0faf4LzU!
62. The people who were _ hurt in the accident were taken to the only hospital in the immediate_________ $idToOkw
A) vicinity B) mobility C) velocity D) integrity zDYJe_m ~
63. With all his experience abroad he was a major to the company. 7NEOaX(J9
A) attendant B) asset C) attachment D) attribute OC5oxL2HTe
64. Don't thank me for helping in the garden. It was pleasure to be working out of doors. '0f!o&?g
A) mere B) sheer C) plain D) simple 7_Vd%<:
65. The peace of the public library was by the sound of a transistor radio. ;R
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A) shuttered B) shattered C) smashed D) fractured >%"TrAt
66. It is doubtless that those who wish to succeed should be CMC
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A) aggressive B) possessive C) cooperative D) conventional <c@dE
56. You've done more of the work than I have recently so I'll give up my day off' in Q-,
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A) offset B)redress C)herald D) compensate W[QgddR
with the usual formalities since we all know each other <> =(BAw
57. I think we can______with the usual formalities since we all know each other already. ?z`yNx6
A) dispose B) dispatch C) dispense D) discharge 4-O.i\1q
58. He joined a computer dating scheme but so far it hasn't a suitable patter. mmFcch$Jv
A) come by B) some across C) come up with D) come round to U;&s=M0[
59. Have you thought what the _ might be if you didn't win your case in court? :qXREF@h
67. The damp and cold weather had painfully the patient's rheumatism. ,9|7{j|u
A) activated B)aggregatedC) aggravated D) accelerated !h&h;m/c
68.1 utterly your argument. In my opinion, you have distorted the facts. 2aivc,m{r
A) dispute B) refute C) confound D) decline ]mBlXE:Z
69.1 think you will find that the inconvenience of the diet is by the benefits. 7T X$
A) out looked B) outranked C) outfought D) outweighed ,DKW_F|
70. A good friend is one who will you when you arc in trouble. Uwiy@T Z
A) stand for B) stand by C) stand up to D) stand over .O5|d+S
Part III. Reading Comprehension (30 paints) ;rJ#>7K
Directions _58&^:/^
There are 6 passagesin this pail. Each Passageis followed by some questions or unfinished statements. Each question or =w7k@[Bq
unfinished statement is given four suggested answers marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the one best answer and yj,+7[)
write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. "gpfD-BX
Passage One Gd&G*x
Some of the earliest diamonds known came from India. In the eighteenth century they were found in Brazil, and in 1866, huge 1\f8-:C
deposits were found near Kimberley in South Africa. Though evidence of extensive diamond deposits has recently, been found 0} \;R5a<
in South Africa, the continent of Africa still produces nearly all the world's supply of these stones. #z}IW(u<
The most valuable diamonds are large, individual crystals of pure crystal lint carbon. Less perfect forms, known as 'boars'and 'carbonado' arc clusters of tiny crystals. Until diamonds are cut and polished, they do not sparkle lice those you sec on a TGP
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ring--they just look like small, blue-grey stones. _#U hXXD
In a rather crude form the cutting and polishing of precious stones was an art known to the Ancient Egyptians, and in the ]N'4q}<5o
Middle Ages it became 1Lidcspread iii north-west Europe. However, a revolutionary change in the methods of cutting and 5tbi};
polishing was made in 1476 when Ludwig Van Berquen of Bruges in Belgium invented the use of a swiftly revolving wheel )Z?\9'6e4
with its edge faced with fine diamond powder. The name 'boast' is given to this fine powder as well as the natural crystalline %]DJ-7 xE
material already mentioned. It is also gimp to badly flawed or broken diamond crystals, useless as jewels, that are broken into 5PHAd4=bJ
powder for grinding purposes, the so-called `industrial' diamonds. vP<8,XG
Diamond itself is the only material hard enough to cut and polish diamonds--though recently, high-intensity light beams $_Lcw
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called lasers have been developed which can bore holes in them. It may be necessary to split or cleave the large stones before e3&.RrA
they arc cut and polished. Every diamond has a natural line of cleavage, along which it may be split by a sharp blow with a n]Jfd I
cutting edge. =dC5q{
A fully cut 'brilliant' diamond has 58 facets, or faces, regularly arranged. For cutting or faceting, the stones arc fixed into YKj PE
copper holders and held against a wheel, edged with a mixture of Oil and fine diamond dust, which is revolved at about 2,500 ! F&{I
revolutions a minute. Amsterdam and Antwerp, in Holland and Belgium respectively, have been the centre of the diamond bF3}L=z
cutting and polishing industry for over seven centuries. @6DV?VL
The jewel value of brilliant diamonds depends greatly on their colour, or `water' as it is called. The usual colours of ^nL_*+V`f
diamonds are white, yellow, brown, green or blue- Surrounding rocks and take on their color. thus black ,red and even bright PsMCs|*
pink diamonds have occasionally been found. /Big^
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The trade in diamonds Is not only in the valuable gem stones but also in the industrial diamonds mentioned above. Zaire T xwZ3E
produces 70% of such stones. They are fixed into the rock drills used in mining and civil engineering, also for edging band qxwD4L`S
saws for cutting stone. Diamond-faced tools are used for cutting and drilling glass and fine porcelain and for dentists' drills. ?<$DQ%bf
They are used as bearings in watches and other finely balanced instruments. Perhaps you own some diamonds without knowing [[:wSAO>6'
it--in your wristwatch! Hb *&&
71. 'Carbonado' is the name given to ?To r)>A'
A) only the very best diamonds B) lumps of pure carbon B1gBvss
C) Spanish diamonds D) diamonds made up of many small crystals A0Hs d
72. The art of cutting and polishing precious stones remained crude until uod&'g{N
A) the fourteenth century B) the fifteenth century ?\Jl] {i2
C) the sixteenth century D) the seventeenth century E>SLR8!Cv
73. During faceting, diamonds are held in copper holders G_x<2E"d
A) to facilitate accurate cutting B) to make them shine more brilliantly 6d3-GMUQ
C) so that they can revolve more easily D) as a steel holder might damage the diamond fL&bN[XA"$
74. The value order of `water' in diamond, _ j kIgEF2d*
A) is more important than their colour B) ranges from blue-white upwards {^
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C) ranges from blue-white downwards D) has never been reliably established Dos`lh
75. Industrial diamonds are used 5 eWGX
A) for a wide range of purposes B) mainly for dentists' drills F&lvofy23
C) for decoration in rings and watches D) principally in mass-produced jewellery /g!', r,
Passage Two 9rmOf Jo:
Just about everyone knows the meaning of `value" though you'd never know it from the excesses of the Eighties. Clever $/Q*@4t
campaigns often allowed marketers to charge more for their product and reap ever-higher profits. It worked like a dream until
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suddenly, facing difficult economic times, consumers work up. Now, to the extent that they're buying, many consumers are H?>R#Ds-
choosing the car that delivers the most for the money--not necessarily the one they coveted as a status symbol a few years ago, ?8Hr
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they are shifting to the toothpaste that works from the ones with it slickest promotions. Companies that understand this new Ytnk^/Z1L
consumer have come up wit something new: "value marketing". hIPU%
A word of caution is necessary. In marketing, watchwords quickly metamorphos into buzzwords--and value is no (TV ye4Z
exception. We're not taping about ads that merely boast of a product's value or even such legitimate sates tools as price cuts and <k&Q"X:"
discount: Used correctly, value marketing amounts to much more than just stashing prices distributing coupons. It means >\ :kP>U
giving the customer an improved product, with adds, features and enhancing the role of marketing itself:In value marketing, marketing becomes part of the system for delivering value t( the consumer. Instead of merely shaping *s9
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image, such a program might offer enhance guarantees or longer warranties, ads that educate rather than hype, membership club: /gKX%`ZF/r
that build loyalty, frequent-buyer plans, improved communications with customer. through 800 numbers, or package design that (P[:g
makes the product easier to use or more environmentally friendly. <o";?^0Q
These and other value-marketing techniques can be expensive. They can tncar added production and marketing costs --S2lN/:T
added to lower unit prices, Even so, the principle involved in value marketing value for money, an improved product, enhanced V\"x#uB
=Nice, and added features--are just %fiat U_S_ business needs to enhance its competitiveness in the global marketplace. That's XOzd{
why it will be all to the good if the commonsensical virtues of value marketing become part of the permanent strategy of U.S. VSCOuNSc
business. &JM|u ww?1
76. Consumers have waken up because of "Fu*F/KW
A) the poor products they bought B) the high price they paid for what they bought d3AOuVUf
C) the difficult economic times D) a horrible dream Q0I22?
77. Many consumers are choosing the commodities jd|? aK;(
A) that are precious B) that are warranted I_IDrS)O
C) that can show their status D) that deliver the most for the money D}wM$B@S
78. In the 1980s, people would like to go after the products G _{x)@
A) that were most expensive B) that were up-to-date V6Y:l9
C) that could show their status D) that were in fashion CxC&+';
79. Communications with customers malj be improved #N?EPV$
A) through annual customers congress B) through ton free 800 numbers +^
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C)through membership clubs D) through frequent education pDO&I]S`q0
80. A value marketing program may not include 'Jww}^h1
A)daily visits to customers B)longer warranties *wcb 5p
C)membership clubs D)environmentally friendly packages B(x
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Passage Three /ov&h;
Great emotional and intellectual resources are demanded in quarrels; stamina helps, as does a capacity for obsession. But :4PK4D s7
no one is born a good quarreller; the craft must be learned. Iq`:h&'!L
There are two generally recognised apprenticeships. First, and universally preferred, is a long childhood spent in the y,i:BQJ<
company of fractious siblings. After several years of rainy afternoons, brothers and sisters develop a sure feel for the tactics of {%ZD^YSA
attrition and the niceties of strategy so necessary in first-rate quarrelling. JJ5s
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The only child, or the child of peaceful or repressed households, is likely to grow up failing to understand that quarrels,
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unlike arguments, arc not about an)1hing, least of all the pursuit of truth. The apparent subject of a quarrel is a mere pretext; the h[M
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real business is the quarrel itself. ,rT62w*e
Essentially, adversaries in a quarrel are out to establish or rescue their dignity. I fence the elementary principle: anything 8_6\>hW&
may be said. The unschooled, probably no less quarrelsome by inclination than anyone else, may spend an hour with knocking $bRakF1'S
heart, sifting the consequences of roiling this old acquaintance a lying fraud. Too late! With a cheerful wave the old c0.i
acquaintance has left the room. ;ZMm6o
Those who miss their first apprenticeship may care to enrol in the second, the bad marriage. This can be perilous for the l(Dkmt>^
neophyte; the mutual intimacy of spouses makes them at once more vulnerable and more dangerous in attack. Once sex is %y{#fZHc
involved, the stakes are higher all round. And there is an unspoken rule that those who love, or have loved, one another are 3VZeUOxY\W
granted a licence for unlimited beastliness such as is denied to mere sworn enemies. For all that, some of our most tenacious | X/QSL
black belt quarrellers have come to it late in fife and mastered every throw, from the Crushing Silence to the Gloating Apology, t(YrF,
in less than ten years of marriage. $
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A quarrel may last years. Among brooding types Kith time on their hands, like writers, half a lifetime is not uncommon. ?z>7&
In its most refined form, a quarrel may consist of the participants not talking to each other. They will need to scheme c|8[$_2
laboriously to appear in public together to register their silence. X#KC<BXw,
Brief, violent quarrels are also known as rows. In all cases the essential ingredient remains the same; the original cause dYdZt<6W<(
must be forgotten as soon as possible. From here on, dignity, pride, self-esteem, honour ate the crucial issues, which is why D7.|UG?G
quarrelling, like jealousy, is an all -consuming business, virtually a profession. For the quarreller's very self-hood is on the fine. E_-
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To lose an argument is a brief disappointment, much like losing a game of tennis; but to be crushed in a quarrel ... rather bite offyour tongue and spread it at your opponent's feet. e|)6zh<O:
81. Unschooled quarrellers are said to be at a disadvantage because C'mYR3?m;
A) their insults fail to offend their opponent B) they reveal their nervousness to their opponent ?-mDvW
C) they suffer from remorse for what they've said D) they are apprehensive about speaking their minds 41f4zisZ
82. According to the writer, quarrels between married couples may be_-__ *GxOiv7"4W
- A) physically violent B) extremely IYitter ZPHiR4fQli
C) essentially trivial D) sincerely regretted 8zv=@`4@G
83.when quarrelling both children and married couples may, according to the writer }TjiYA.
A) be particularly brutal B) use politeness as a weapon >\=~2>FCD
C) employ skillful manoeuvres D) exaggerate their feelings 4FK|y&p4r
84. The difference between a quarrel and an argument is said to be that q3a`Y)aVB
A) the former involves individual egos B) the former concerns strong points of view 4 [2^#t[
C) the latter has well-established miles D) the latter concerns trivial issues 6[g~p< 8n}
85. In the passage as a whole, the writer treats quarrelling as if it were P70\ |M0~y
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`I just couldn't do it. I don't know what it is. It's not embarrassment. No that's not it. You see, you're putting your head x8H%88!j*
in a noose; that's what it seems to me.' Derek am armed robber with a long record of bank jobs, was talking about hoisting 7O6VnKl
(shop-lifting). `No I just couldn't do it. I mean just going in there.' He paused to try to fund a more exact way of fixing; his bo^d!/;
antipathy. `I tell you what. It's too blatant for my liking.' cR.[4rG'
It seemed a fanny way to put it. Pushing a couple of ties in your pocket at a shop was hardly the last word in extroversion, N<bNJD}
and even a bit on the discreet side when compared to all that firing of shotguns and vaulting over counters which made up the
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typical bank raid. H]v"_!(\
But my ideas of shop-lifting were still bound up with teenage memories of nicking packets of chewing gum from the !FwR7`i
local newsagents. A lot of guilt and not much loot_ After a few conversations with professional holsters, I realised that `blatant' |~Q`DdkX
was just about right. n^O
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Nobody took a couple of ties they took the whole rack. The fast member of the gang would walk in nice and purposefully. <