A) About 70%
B) Almost 50%
C) Nearly 60%
D) More than 12%
37. A growing interest in sports developed after ________.
A) research showed their health benefits
B) people got the message from magazine covers and postage stamps
C) scientific evidence of health benefits was shown on TV ads
D) an increasing number of races were held in American cities
38. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “leveled off” (Para. 2,
Line 8)?
A) “become very popular”
B) “stopped being popular”
C) “stopped increasing in popularity”
D) “reached its lowest level in popularity”
39. It can be learnt from the passage that the health benefits of exercise ________.
A) are yet to be proved
B) are to be further studied
C) are self-evident
D) are supported by scientific evidence
40. Which of the following would be the best TITLE for the passage?
A) Exercise-The Road to Health.
B) Different Forms of Exercise.
C) Scientific Evidence of Health Benefits.
D) Running A Popular Form of Sport.
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
41. Language has always been—as the phrase goes—the mirror to society. English is no
________.
A) explanation
B) excuse
C) exception
D) expectation
42. An investigation was made into the accident, ________ fifty people were killed.
A) for that
B) where
C) when
D) in which
43. Some confusion has ________ about who can join the association.
A) arisen
B) lifted
C) raised
D) retained
44. It was unwise of him to ________ the unreliable data in his speech.
A) add to
B) refer to
C) keep to
D) point to
45. The money will be used to keep a space vehicle on the moon busy ________ back to
the earth photographs and other information about the surface of the moon.
A) to send
B) being sent
C) to be sent
D) sending
46. The ceremony was not for the ________ of the dead, but for the comfort of the
living.
A) purpose
B) sake
C) respect
D) impression
47. Even if I had known her address, I ________ time to write to her.
A) can not have had
B) will not have had
C) must not have had
D) might not have had
48. It suddenly occurred to Anne that money couldn’t ________ all that Bob had
suffered in the past five years.
A) make up for
B) make out
C) live up to
D) live through
49. I think the Red Team will win the final game; it’s ________ that they will.
A) almost surely
B) rather possibly
C) very likely
D) quite certainly
50. Television was not invented by any one person. ________ into being overnight.
A) Nor has it sprung
B) Nor does it spring
C) Nor did it spring
D) Nor can it spring
51. She accused the man ________ breaking into her house.
A) of
B) for
C) at
D) with
52. He often stopped at the sound of his own steps and was afraid to look ________
shoulder.
A) over
B) back
C) round
D) beyond
53. Go straight into the cave and find out what’s in there, ________?
A) don’t you
B) do you
C) will you
D) can you
54. The persons that have the greatest influence ________ children are their teachers.
A) in
B) on
C) for
D) to
55. Cambridge has announced plans to establish a business school ________ the
master’s degree in business administration.
A) representing
B) presenting
C) offering
D) supplying
56. Many Europeans ________ the continent of Africa in the 19th century.
A) exploded
B) explored
C) exposed
D) expanded
57. The police are ________ the records of all those involved in the crime.
A) looking into
B) looking after
C) looking out
D) looking on
58. Building that railway was very difficult and involved ________ ten tunnels.
A) dig
B) having dug
C) to have dug
D) digging
59. ________ with the picture. Mary tore it to pieces.
A) Dissatisfying thoroughly
B) Being thoroughly dissatisfied
C) To dissatisfy thoroughly
D) To be thoroughly dissatisfied
60. ________ you are familiar with the author’s ideas, try reading all the sections as
quickly as you possibly can.
A) As long as
B) Ever since
C) So that
D) Now that
61. ________ its hot sun and beautiful beaches. Hawaii is a fine place to live in or to
visit.
A) As
B) With
C) From
D) For
62. Bob’s leg got hurt ________ the Purple Mountains.
A) while he is climbing up
B) while we were climbing up
C) while we climbed up
D) while he climbed up
63. There are certain ________ when you must interrupt people who are in the middle
of doing something.
A) conditions
B) situations
C) occasions
D) environments
64. The time is not far away ________ modern communications will become
widespread in China’s vast countryside.
A) when
B) as
C) until
D) before
65. It was proposed that the matter ________ discussed at the next meeting.
A) will be
B) has
C) be
D) would be
66. He didn’t go to the party, but he does wish he ________ there.
A) would be
B) has been
C) would have been
D) had been
67. Pick me up at 8 o’clock. I ________ my bath by then.
A) may have
B) will be having
C) can have had
D) will have had
68. She was so angry that she felt like ________ something at him.
A) to throw
B) to have thrown
C) throwing
D) having thrown
69. You should hire a more ________ manager than the one you currently have.
A) sufficient
B) effective
C) respective
D) efficient
70. Pupils who pass the test will be ________ to the next grade.
A) promoted
B) proceeded
C) progressed
D) proposed
Part IV Close (15 minutes)
What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation?