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takes and having them corrected
C. by listening to explanations from skilled people	D. by asking a great many questions
Question 17: What does the author think teachers do which they should not do?
A. They allow children to mark their own work.	B. They give children correct answers.
C. They point out children’s mistakes to them.	D. They encourage children to copy from one another.
Question 18: The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ________.
A. more important than other skills	B. not really important skills
C. basically the same as learning other skills	D. basically different from learning adult skills
Question 19: Exams, grades and marks should be abolished because children’s progress should only be estimated by ________.
A. teachers B. the children themselves	C. parents	 D. educated persons
Question 20: The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are ________.
A. too independent of others	B. unable to use basic skills
C. unable to think for themselves	D. too critical of themselves
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions, from 21 to 22
Question 21: In daily lives, one should have more advocates to help in case of need.
A. friends	B. allies	C. colleages	D. enemies
Question 22: He asked for a leave of absence of another week because of his own business.
A. turn-out	B. turn-up	C. turn-off	D. turn-on
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks, from 23 to 32
Most people are unaware they possess a quite remarkable skill, which is usually overlooked because it is (23)______ daily, and in the most ordinary of contexts. But without it, our lives would be unfulfilled and empty. It is the (24)______ to relate to others, to engage them in conversation, to operate as social and sociable individuals and to develop both short-term and long-term relationships which lies at the heart of our very existence as human beings. We are not (25)______ with this ability. There is nothing wired into the human brain that provides us with (26)______ responses to social situations. To perform effectively in a world that relies so heavily on social (27)______, encounters and relationships, we have to learn what to do.
Small babies, as any parents will remember, are among the least sociable beings that you could imagine. They are totally demanding, utterly selfish and scream with rage if their every whim is not (28)______ satisfied. Somehow this unlikely raw material is (29)______ over the years into a being which relies for survival on being able to form reciprocal bonds with other and to follow complex rules that (30)______ every aspect of its social life. The monstrous infant becomes the caring, responsible adult whose life experiences revolve around both the joys and pains, and the (31)______ and receiving, of friendship and other relationships. It is this remarkable transformation which is the central characteristics of being (32)______.
Question 23: A. exercised	B. done	C. polished	D. rubbed
Question 24: A. proficiency	B. competence	C. ability	D. capacity
Question 25: A. born	B. trained	C. delivered	D. educated
Question 26: A. molded	B. formed	C. set	D. remained
Question 27: A. intersection	B. reaction	C. conversation	D. interaction
Question 28: A. immediately	B. now	C. soon	D. then
Question 29: A. changed	B. altered	C. transformed	D. switched
Question 30: A. decide	B. govern	C. form	D. determine
Question 31: A. handing	B. offering	C. giving	D. distributing
Question 32: A. humane	B. person	C. human	D. men
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions, from 33 to 62
Question 33: _______ every industry in our modern world requires the work of engineers.
A. Virtually	B. Only	C. Wholly	D. Hardly
Question 34: - "What do you think of football?" - "_________."
A. Well, it's beyond my expectation	B. I am crazy about it
C. It's none of my business	D. Of course, football players are excellent
Question 35: White phosphorus, a substance _____ in matches, is so flammable that it bursts into flame upon contact with the air.
A. is common B. being common, is	C. common	 D. which being common
Question 36: If you need any support, you can rely on me to ________.
A. put you through	B. back you up	C. set you down	D. face up to you
Question 37: ________ seemed a miracle to us.
A. When he had recovered so soon	B. That he recovered so soon
C. His recover after so soon	D. His being recovered so soon
Question 38: In the ______ of proof, the police could not take action against the man.
A. lack	B. absence	C. want	D. shortage
Question 39: _______ the Internet’s speed and efficiency in sending mail electronically rather than by transporting it has become more popular among young people than traditional mail.
A. However	B. Because of	C. Since	D. As a consequence
Question 40: A few animals sometimes fool their enemies_______ to be dead.
A. by appearing	B. to be appearing	C. have been appearing	D. to appear
Question 41: The notice should be put in the most conspicuous place so that all the students can be well-informed.
A. suspicious	B. beautiful	C. popular	D. easily seen
Question 42: It sounds incredible; it's true _______.
A. yet	B. because	C. although	D. though
Question 43: ______ that the door is locked, will you?
A. Look	B. Understand	C. Watch	D. See
Question 44: Ken ______ his doctor's advice and continued to overwork.
A. disappointed	B. disassociated	C. disowned	D. disregarded
Question 45: When Sarah walked into the room and greeted everyone with a cheery "hello", it seemed as if all the gloom in that place was driven out.
A. expelled	B. vanished	C. removed	D. ejected
Question 46: "Which is more important, luck or effort?" - " Luck is _______ effort."
A. of the same importance B. the same importance as	C. as the same importance as	D. of the same importance as
Question 47: We haven’t reached the final _______ on the funding for scientific research yet.
A. decision	B. decisive	C. decides	D. deciding
Question 48: The smell of the sea ________ him ________ to his childhood.
A. called / off	B. reminded / of	C. brought / back	D. took / back
Question 49: We don’t sell foreign newspapers because there is no ________ for them.
A. demand	B. request	C. claim	D. requirement
Question 50: When I got up yesterday morning, the sun was shining, but the ground was very wet. It ________.
A. has rained	B. rained	C. has been raining	D. had rained
Question 51: You thought I did wrong, but the results ________ my action.
A. justify	B. agree	C. correct	D. approve
Question 52: In today’s paper it ________ that we shall have an election this year.
A. proposes	B. admits	C. expresses	D. says
Question 53: Sometimes life must be very unpleasant for ________ near the airport.
A. people live	B. those living	C. someone to live	D. they who live
Question 54: The problem is difficult, therefore ________ students could answer it.
A. a great number of	B. a lot of	C. a few	D. few
Question 55: The road in front of my house is in great need ________.
A. repairing	B. of repair	C. of being repaired.	D. to be repaired
Question 56: I wish Ben worked as hard as Mary ________.
A. would	B. does	C. did	D. had
Question 57: The staff can’t take leaves at the same time. They have to take holidays ________ rotation.
A. on	B. in	C. under	D. by
Question 58: She was overwhelmed with honor ________ recognition _______ her bravery.
A. by / about	B. on / in	C. with / of	D. in / of
Question 59: I'm feeling sick. I ________ so much chocolate last night.
A. shouldn't have eaten	B. needn't to eat	C. did not eat	D. mustn't eat
Question 60: My new glasses cost me ________ the last pair that I bought last month.
A. more than three times B. as much three times as	C. three times as much as	 D. more three times than
Question 61: You'd better ______ now. Henry will be here in ten minutes.
A. put on clothes	B. dress clothes	C. wear clothes	D. get dressed
Question 62: _______ are a form of carbon has been known since the late 18th century.
A. Diamonds, which	B. Diamonds	C. That diamonds	D. Because diamonds
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions, from 63 to 65
Question 63: The increase of amount of money in circulation caused the prices to rise.
A. investment	B. inflation	C. calculation	D. evaluation
Question 64: In public parks there are long seats made of wood or of stones.
A. parking seats	B. benches	C. park seats	D. bunches
Question 65: The notice was declared such a long time ago that it can't be seen now.
A. is blind	B. is unnoticed	C. is unvisible	D. is invisible
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 66 to 70
The diseases connected to smoking are a big problem. Doctors think that the annual medical cost for lung cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses connected to smoking is between 12 and 35 million pounds.
And smoking costs society money in other ways. Between 27 and 61 billion pounds are spent each year on sick days when people don’t go to work, on wages that you don’t get when you don’t go to work, and on work lost at the company when you are sick.
This money counts the wages from people who die of cancer at young age and stop paying taxes. This does not count fire started by cigarettes, which kill fifteen hundred people yearly and injure another four thousand. Smoking costs every man, woman and child in the UK from one hundred and ten to two hundred and fifty pounds each year in the lost work and wages. When you add another fifty to one hundred