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pulation habitually consume caffeine, which up to a point masks the symptoms of sleep deprivation. 
What does a chronic lack of sleep do to us? As well as making us irritable and unhappy as humans, it also 
reduces our motivation and ability to work. This has serious implications for society in general. Doctors, for 
example, are often chronically sleep deprived, especially when they are on 'night call', and may get less than 
three hours' sleep. Lack of sleep can seriously impair their mood, judgment, and ability to take decisions. Tired 
engineers, in the early hours of the morning, made a series of mistakes with catastrophic results. On our 
roads and motorways lack of sleep kills thousands of people every year. Tests show that a tired driver can be 
just as dangerous as a drunken driver. However, driving when drunk is against the law but driving when 
exhausted isn't. As Paul Martin says, it is very ironic that we admire people who function on very little sleep 
instead of criticizing them for being irresponsible. Our world would be a much safer, happier place if everyone, 
whatever their job, slept eight hours a night. 
 New English File Upper-intermediate by Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig, OUP 
Question 29: According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE about Paul Martin? 
A. He describes the modern world as a place without insomnia. 
B. He gives an interesting account of a sleepless society. 
C. He is a scientist who is chronically deprived of sleep. 
D. He shows his concern for sleep deprivation in modern society. 
Question 30: The phrase “round the clock” in the second paragraph is similar in meaning to ______. 
A. surrounded with clocks B. having a round clock 
C. all day and night D. during the daytime 
Question 31: The writer mentions the Internet in the passage as ______. 
A. an easy solution to sleep deprivation B. a temptation that prevents us from sleeping 
C. a factor that is not related to sleep deprivation D. an ineffective means of communication 
Question 32: According to the third paragraph, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? 
A. Our social life has no influence on our hours of sleep. 
B. The electric light was invented in the 19th century. 
C. The sun obviously determined our daily routines. 
D. The electric light has changed our daily cycle of sleep. 
Question 33: The word “which” in the third paragraph refers to ______. 
A. masking the symptoms B. reaching a point 
C. caffeine consumption D. the world's population 
Question 34: Which of the following is TRUE, according to the last paragraph? 
A. Doctors ‘on night call’ do not need more than three hours of sleep a day. 
B. Sleep deprivation has negative effects on both individuals and society. 
C. Thousands of people are killed every day by drunken drivers. 
D. Our motivation decreases with the bigger number of hours we sleep. 
Question 35: The word “catastrophic” in the last paragraph probably means ______. 
A. likely to become worthless B. causing serious damage or loss 
C. bound to bring satisfaction D. becoming more noticeable 
Question 36: Which of the following would the writer of the passage approve of? 
A. Both drunken drivers and sleep-deprived people should be criticized. 
B. We certainly can function well even when we hardly sleep. 
C. There is no point in criticizing irresponsible people in our society. 
D. Our world would be a much safer place without drinkers. 
Question 37: All of the following are mentioned as those whose performance is affected by ‘sleep debt’ 
EXCEPT ______. 
A. biologists B. drivers C. doctors D. engineers 
Question 38: Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage? 
A. Sleep Deprivation: Causes and Effects B. A Society of Sleepless People 
C. A Well-known Biologist D. Accident Prevention: Urgent! 
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 39: Since January this year, Joe has suffered two injuries, one to his ankle and the other in New York. 
 A B C D 
Question 40: Women in many parts of the world have had lower status than men, which the extent 
 A B 
of the gap between genders varies across cultures and times. 
 C D 
Question 41: As seeing from the mountain top, the area looks like a picturesque harbour town. 
 A B C D 
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Question 42: All of the students in this course will be assessed according to their attendance, performance, 
 A B C 
and they work hard. 
 D 
Question 43: Most of the students are queuing in lines waiting to enter the classroom. 
 A B C D 
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 44: Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school. 
A. looks for B. puts off C. attends to D. approves of 
Question 45: We run a very tight ship here, and we expect all our employees to be at their desks by eight 
o'clock and take good care of their own business. 
A. manage an inflexible system B. run faster than others 
C. have a good voyage D. organize things inefficiently 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in 
meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions. 
Question 46: “Why don't you join us for our next class reunion?” Mary said to me. 
A. Mary cordially invited me to join them for the next class reunion. 
B. Mary insisted on my joining them for the next class reunion. 
C. Mary advised me not to join them for the next class reunion. 
D. Mary strongly urged me to join them for the next class reunion. 
Question 47: The president placed his car at my disposal as a bonus for my good work. 
A. To show his appreciation for my good work, the president allowed me to use his car whenever I liked. 
B. In order to praise me as a good worker, the president took me home in his own car. 
C. To get rid of the car, the president decided to sell it to me, his good worker, at a bonus price. 
D. I was willing to drive the president’s car as a compliment for my good performance at work. 
Question 48: “Send this urgent document immediately!” the officer told the soldier. 
A. The officer advised the soldier to send the urgent document right away. 
B. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. 
C. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. 
D. The officer requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. 
Question 49: “Believe me. It’s no use reading that book,” Janet told her boyfriend. 
A. Janet opposed her boyfriend’s idea that reading the book was not useful. 
B. Janet suggested to her boyfriend that reading the book was useful. 
C. Janet tried to convince her boyfriend that the book was not worth reading. 
D. Janet managed to persuade her boyfriend that reading the book was worthwhile. 
Question 50: The early failure of the Spanish squad in the 2014 World Cup deeply disappointed their fans. 
A. Living up to their fans’ expectation, the Spanish squad left the 2014 World Cup so early. 
B. That their squad left the 2014 World Cup so early was very disappointing for the Spanish sportsmen. 
C. The Spanish squad was terribly disappointed that their fans had to leave the 2014 World Cup so early. 
D. To the disappointment of their fans, the Spanish squad had to leave the 2014 World Cup too early. 
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 51 to 60. 
Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helped to preserve it, and that the easiest 
way to do this was to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American Indians produced 
pemmican (dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians made stockfish and the 
Arabs dried dates and apricots. 
All foods contain water - cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and 
other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending on how fatty it is. If 
this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is checked. 
Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, 
South Africa and Australia. The methods used vary, but in general the fruit is spread out on trays in drying 
yards in the hot sun. In order to prevent darkening, pears, peaches and apricots are exposed to the fumes of 
burning sulphur before drying. Plums for making prunes, and certain varieties of grapes for making raisins and 
currants, are dipped in an alkaline solution in order to crack the skins of the fruit slightly and remove their wax 
coating, so increasing the rate of drying. 
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Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically; the conventional method of such dehydration is to put food in 
chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 110°C at entry to about 45°C at exit. This is 
the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish. 
Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated horizontal 
steel cylinder or by spraying them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes. In the first case, 
the dried material is scraped off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively 
coarse flakes. In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as a fine powder. Where recognizable 
pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the ingredients are dried separately and then mixed. 
Dried foods take up less room and weigh less