C. respondents are too eager to supplement questions with their own opinions

D. questionnaires are often difficult to read

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C and D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 43.

The ruined temples of Angkor are perhaps one of the most impressive Seven Wonders of the World. Located in modern day Cambodia near Lake TonIe Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Asia, Angkor was the seat of power for the Khmer Empire from the ninth to the fifteenth century. The ruins of Angkor are documented as some of the most impressive ones in the world, rivaling the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Why this mighty civilization died out is a question that archeologists are now only beginning to ponder. The answer, it turns out, may be linked with the availability of fresh water.

One possible explanation for the downfall of the Khmer Empire has to do with the inhabitants’ irrigation system. The temple and palaces of Angkor were constructed around a series of artificial reservoirs and canals which were annually flooded to capacity by the Mekong River. Once filled, they were used to irrigate the surrounding rice paddies and farmland during the course of the year. Farmers were completely dependent upon the water for their crucial rice crop. Without consistent irrigation, the farmers would have been unable to maintain functional crop production.

Scientists speculate that toward the end of the Khmer Empire the hydraulic systems of the reservoirs and canals broke down. The construction of hundreds of sandstone temples and palaces required an enormous amount of physical labor. In addition, as the capital of the Khmer Empire, Angkor contained upwards of one hundred thousand people who resided in and around Angkor. In order to feed so many people, the local farmers were driven to grow food quicker and more efficiently. After centuries of continual use, the irrigation system was pushed beyond its capacity. Soil erosion, nutrient depletion, and the loss of water led to decrease in the food supply. With less food available, the people of Angkor slowly began to migrate to other parts of Cambodia thus leaving the marvelous city of Angkor to be swallowed by the jungle. Therefore, it is speculated that the Khmer Empire may have fallen victim to its own decrepit infrastructure.

Question 36. What is the passage mainly about?

A. A possible explanation for the decline of a civilization.

B. Modern day agricultural procedures in Cambodia.

C. The essential role water plays in farming.

D. Religious temples of the ancient Khmer Empire.

Question 37. The word “artificial” in the paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.

A. numerous B. man-made C. natural D. insincere

Question 38. The word “decrepit” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to______.

A. beneficial B. incomplete C. deteriorated D. disorganized

Question 39. The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to _________.

A. farmland B. temples and palaces C. rice paddies D. reservoirs and canals

Question 40. All the following are mentioned as events that can affect food supply EXCEPT _________.

A. contamination of soil B. erosion of soil

C. reduction of nutrients D. loss of water supply

B. the other six wonders of the world

C. the form of government practiced by the Khmer Empire

D. architecture of ancient Asian civilization

Question 42. Why does the author mention the hydraulic systems of the reservoirs?

A. They became non-functional due to overuse.

B. They supplied irrigation from the Indian Ocean.

C. They were destroyed by nearby warrior tribes.

D. They helped transport the sandstones for constructing temples.

Question 43. It can be inferred from the passage that the inhabitants of the Khmer Empire

________.

A. lost their food source due to excess rainfall

B. were intentionally starved by the farmers

C. depended upon rice as their main source of food

D. supplemented their diets with meat hunted in the nearby jungles

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits the numbered blanks from 44 to 48.

Years ago, in their private family role, women quite often dominate the male members of the household. Women were quite (44) _____ to their families. However, the public role of women has changed (45) _____ since the beginning of World War II.
During the war, men were away from home to the battle. As a (46) ____, women were in complete control of the home. They found themselves doing double and sometimes triple (47) _____. They began to take over the work of their absent husbands and to work outside. They accounted for 73% of the industrial labor force. Women were forced by economic realities to work in the factories. The women who worked there were (48) _____ low wages, lived in crowded and small dormitories.

Question 44. A. fascinated B. worried C. dedicated D. interested
Question 45. A. unfortunately B. approximately C. nearly D. dramatically
Question 46. A. change B. result C. success D. opportunity
Question 47. A. duty B. job C. requirement D. career
Question 48. A. made B. paid C. created D. delivered

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 49. A. trained B. performed C. proved D. walked

Question 50. A. handsome B. grandfather C. handkerchief D. handbook

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1. A. adventure B. future C. mature D. figure

Question 2. A. young B. plough C. couple D. cousin

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 3. A. discuss B. waving C. airport D. often

Question 4. A. obligatory B. geographical C. international D. undergraduate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 5. __________ Columbus was one of the first people to cross the Atlantic.

A. A B. The C. An D. Ø

Question 6. If he were better qualified, he ______ get the job.

A. will B. can C. may D. could

Question 7. What a lovely night! The moon __________brightly.

A. shines B. has shined C. was shining D. is shining

Question 8. _____, I have continued to work on my thesis.

A. Even though there are problems B. In spite of there are problems

C. Although all these problems D. Despite all these problems

Question 9. With greatly increased workloads, everyone is __________ pressure now.

A. out of B. upon C. under D. above

Question 10. In my opinion, _____new technology who will finally decide which ideas take off.

A. It is the development of B. that the development

C. It is the user of D. that the user of

Question 11. ______ with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn't want to answer his phone call.

A. Having quarreled B. Because having quarreled

C. Because of she quarreled D. Had quarreled

Question 12. __________always gives me real pleasure.

A. I arrange flowers B. the flowers are arranged

C. Arranging flowers D. While arranging flowers

Question 13. The mobile phone is an effective means of ______ in the world nowadays.

A. communicated B. communication C. communicate D. communicative

Question 14. That beautiful girl died of an________ morphine.

A. overweight B. overhear C. overdo D. overdose

Question 15. We ______ full advantage of the fine weather and had a day out.

A. took B. created C. did D. made

Question 16. __________is the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment..

A. extinction B. biodiversity C. habitat D. conservation

Question 17. There is __________in my bed room .

A. an old square wooden table B. a square wooden old table

C. a square old wooden table D. an old wooden square table

Question 18. The harder he studies, ________

A. the better results he gets B. his results get better

C. the better do his results get D. the best results he gets

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 19. When being interviewed, you should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying or asking you.

A. pay attention to B. express interest to C. be related to D. be interested in

Question 20. The trouble with Frank is that he never turns up on time for a meeting.

A. gets B. switches C. arrives D. goes

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions

Question 21. I don’t know what they are going to ask in the job interview. I’ll just play it by ear.

A. plan well in advance B. be careful about it C. listen to others saying D. do not plan beforehand

Question 22. In remote communities, it's important to replenish stocks before the winter sets in. A. remake B. empty C. refill D. repeat

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Question 23. Tom is apologizing to Peter for being late.

- Tom: “Sorry, I’m late, Peter. My car has broken down on the way here.”

- Peter: “___________________”

A. No, I wouldn’t mind at all. B. Not on my account. C. That’s all right. D. Well, it’s worth a try

Question 24. “Congratulations! You performed so well in the contest”

“ ___________________”.

A. Thanks. But it’s just a matter of luck B. Oh, it was nothing great

C. It’s my pleasure D. Thanks. I’m glad you could make of it

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.

Environmental Concerns

Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (25)_____ human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world carries on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the lonely resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (26)____ built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover completely. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (27)_____ the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are making increasingly heavy demands on it.

The Earth's (28)_____ resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (29)_____ us fed, comfortable, healthy and active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources, they will go indefinitely. But if we use them wastefully and excessively, they will soon run out and everyone will suffer.

Question 25. A. Although B. Yet C. Still D. Despite

Question 26. A. neither B. sooner C. rather D. either

Question 27. A. result B. reaction C. development D. product

Question 28. A. living B. real C. natural D. genuine

Question 29. A. maintain B. stay C. hold D. keep

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34

Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental ways. It catalyzed physical expansion, it sorted out people and land uses, and it accelerated the inherent instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for residential expansion, the omnibuses, horse railways, commuter trains, and electric trolleys pulled settled regions outward two to four times more distant from city centers than they were in the pre- modern era. In 1850, for example, the borders of Boston lay scarcely two miles from the old business district; by the turn of the century the radius extended ten miles. Now those who could afford it could live far removed from the old city center and still commute there for work, shopping, and entertainment. The new accessibility of land around the periphery of almost every major city sparked an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now know as urban sprawl. Between 1890 and 1920, for example, some 250,000 new residential lots were recorded within the borders of Chicago, most of them located in outlying areas. Over the same period, another 550,000 were plotted outside the city limits but within the metropolitan area. Anxious to take advantage of the possibilities of commuting, real estate developers added 800,000 potential building sites to the Chicago region in just thirty years – lots that could have housed five to six million people.

Of course, many were never occupied; there was always a huge surplus of subdivided, but vacant, land around Chicago and other cities. These excesses underscore a feature of residential expansion related to the growth of mass transportation: urban sprawl was essentially unplanned. It was carried out by thousands of small investors who paid little heed to coordinated land use or to future land users. Those who purchased and prepared land for residential purposes, particularly land near or outside city borders where transit lines and middle-class inhabitants were anticipated, did so to create demand as much as to respond to it. Chicago is a prime example of this process. Real estate subdivision there proceeded much faster than population growth.

( TOEFL reading)

Question 30. With which of the following subjects is the passage mainly concerned?

A. Types of mass transportation. B. Instability of urban life.

C. How supply and demand determine land use. D. The effects of mass transportation on urban expansion.

Question 31. The author mentions all of the following as effects of mass transportation on cities EXCEPT _____

A. growth in city area B. separation of commercial and residential districts.

C. Changes in life in the inner city. D. Increasing standards of living.

Question 32. The word "vast" in line 3 is closest in meaning to_____

A. large B. basic C. new D. urban

Question 33. The author mentions Chicago in the second paragraph as an example of a city_____.

A. that is large

B. that is used as a model for land development

C. where land development exceeded population growth

D. with an excellent mass transportation system.

Question 34. The word "sparked" in line 10 is closest in meaning to_____

A. brought about B. surrounded C. sent out D. followed

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42

What we today call American folk art was, indeed, art of, by, and for ordinary, everyday “folks” who, with increasing prosperity and leisure, created a market for art of all kinds, and especially for portraits. Citizens of prosperous, essentially middle-class republics-whether ancient Romans, seventeenth-century Dutch burghers, or nineteenth-century Americans-have always shown a marked taste for portraiture. Starting in the late eighteenth century, the United States contained increasing numbers of such people, and of the artists who could meet their demands. The earliest American folk art portraits come, not

surprisingly, from New England- especially Connecticut and Massachusetts-for this was a wealthy and populous region and the center of a strong craft tradition. Within a few decades after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the population was pushing westward, and portrait painters could be found at work in western New York, Ohio,

Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. Midway through its first century as a nation, the United States' population had increased roughly five times, and eleven new states had been added to the original thirteen. During these years the demand for portraits grew and grew eventually to be satisfied by the camera. In 1839 the daguerreotype was introduced to America, ushering in the age of photography, and within a generation the new invention put an end to the popularity of painted portraits. Once again an original portrait became a luxury, commissioned by the wealthy and executed by the professional.

But in the heyday of portrait painting-from the late eighteenth century until the

1850's-anyone with a modicum of artistic ability could become a limner, as such a portraitist was called. Local craftspeople-sign, coach, and house painters-began to paint portraits as a profitable sideline; sometimes a talented man or woman who began by sketching family members gained a local reputation and was besieged with requests for portraits; artists found it worth their while to pack their paints, canvases, and brushes and to travel the countryside, often combining house decorating with portrait painting.

Question 35. In lines 4 the author mentions seventeenth-century Dutch burghers as an example of a group that

A. consisted mainly of self-taught artists

B. appreciated portraits

C. influenced American folk art

D. had little time for the arts

Question 36. According to the passage, where were many of the first American folk art portraits painted?

A. In western New York

B. In Illinois and Missouri

C. In Connecticut and Massachusetts

D. In Ohio

Question 37. How much did the population of the United States increase in the first fifty

years following independence?

A. It became three times larger.

B. It became five times larger.

C. It became eleven times larger.

D. It became thirteen times larger.

Question 38. The phrase “ushering in” in line 15 is closest in meaning to

A. beginning B. demanding C. publishing D. increasing

Question 39. The relationship between the daguerreotype (line 15) and the painted portrait (line 14) is similar to the relationship between the automobile and the _______

A. highway B. driver C. engine D. horse-drawn carriage

Question 40. According to the passage, which of the following contributed to a decline in the

demand for painted portrait?

A. The lack of a strong craft tradition

B. The westward migration of many painters

C. The growing preference for landscape paintings

D. The invention of the camera

Question 41. The author implies that most limners (line 20)

A. received instruction from traveling teachers

B. were women

C. were from wealthy families

D. had no formal art training

Question 42. The phrase “worth their while” in line 23 is closest in meaning to______

A. essential B. educational C. profitable D. pleasurable

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 43. Although there are more than 2,000 different varieties of candy, many of them

A B

made from a basic boiled mixture of sugar, water, and corn syrup.

C D Question 44. One day a fame singer was invited by a rich lady to her house.

A B C D

Question 45. Many young people lack skills, good education, and financial to settle in the A B

urban areas where many jobs are found.

C D

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in
meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 46. “I’ll speak calmly. I really will!”, he said.

A. He offered to speak calmly. B. He reminded me to speak calmly.

C. He promised to speak calmly. D. He refused to speak calmly.

Question 47. The living room isn’t as big as the kitchen

A. The living room is bigger than the kitchen.

B. The kitchen is smaller than the living room.

C. The kitchen is bigger than the living room.

D. The kitchen is not bigger than the living room.

Question 48. We had no sooner got to know our neighbors than they moved away.

A. Soon after we got to know our new neighbors, we stopped having contact with them.

B. If our new neighbors had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better.

C. Once we had got used to our new neighbors, they moved somewhere else.

D. Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbors when they went somewhere else to live.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines
each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 49. I didn’t pay attention to the teacher. I failed to understand the lesson.

A. Although I paid attention to the teacher, I failed to understand the lesson.

D. Unless I failed to understand the lesson, I would pay attention to the teacher.

Question 50. Quang won a scholarship. We are excited about that fact.

A. We’re excited about Quang’s having won a scholarship.

B. Quang’s excited about a scholarship’s having won us.

C. The fact being excited us had won Quang a scholarship.

D. We won Quang’s excitement about the fact of a scholarship.

___The end___

KEY

1.C	2.B	3.A	4.A	5.D	6.D	7.D	8.D	9.C	10.C
11.A	12.C	13.B	14.D	15.A	16.B	17.A	18.A	19.A	20.C
21.A	22.B	23.C	24.A	25.B	26.D	27.A	28.C	29.D	30.D
41.D	42.C	43.C	44.B	45.B	46.C	47.C	48.D	49.C	50.D

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