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little time to 
cook them. 
From Practical Faster Reading by Gerald Mosback and Vivien Mosback. CUP 
Question 26: What is the main idea of the passage? 
A. Advantages of dried foods. B. Mechanization of drying foods. 
C. Different methods of drying foods. D. Water: the main component of food. 
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Question 27: The phrase “do this” in the first paragraph mostly means ______. 
A. remove moisture from foods B. expose foods to sun and wind 
C. moisten foods D. produce pemmican 
Question 28: The word “checked” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. reduced considerably B. put a tick C. examined carefully D. motivated to develop 
Question 29: In the process of drying certain kinds of fruits, sulphur fumes help ______. 
A. maintain their color B. kill off bacteria 
C. remove their wax coating D. crack their skin 
Question 30: Nowadays the common method for drying vegetables and minced meat is ______. 
A. dipping them in an alkaline solution 
B. putting them in chambers and blowing hot air through 
C. pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder 
D. spreading them out on trays in drying yards 
Question 31: What does the word “which” in the fourth paragraph refer to? 
A. Chambers B. Vegetables C. Foods D. Things 
Question 32: The final product of the process of drying liquids that uses the first method will be ______. 
A. small flakes B. fine powder C. dried soup D. recognizable pieces 
Question 33: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? 
A. Liquids are not dried in the same way as fruits and vegetables. 
B. People in India began to use drying methods centuries ago. 
C. Dried foods have several advantages over canned or frozen foods. 
D. Fruit is usually dried by being laid out on trays in the sun. 
Question 34: According to the passage, dried foods are most useful for ______. 
A. soldiers who are not in battle B. people who are on the move 
C. explorers who are underweight D. housewives who have little storage space 
Question 35: This passage is mainly ______. 
A. argumentative B. informative C. fictional D. analytical 
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 36: “Why don't you join us for our next class reunion?” Mary said to me. 
A. Mary strongly urged me to join them for the next class reunion. 
B. Mary cordially invited me to join them for the next class reunion. 
C. Mary advised me not to join them for the next class reunion. 
D. Mary insisted on my joining them for the next class reunion. 
Question 37: The president placed his car at my disposal as a bonus for my good work. 
A. In order to praise me as a good worker, the president took me home in his own car. 
B. I was willing to drive the president’s car as a compliment for my good performance at work. 
C. To get rid of the car, the president decided to sell it to me, his good worker, at a bonus price. 
D. To show his appreciation for my good work, the president allowed me to use his car whenever I liked. 
Question 38: “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 requested that the soldier rush out due to the document’s urgency. 
C. The officer ordered the soldier to deliver the urgent document instantly. 
D. The officer recommended the soldier leave right away because of the urgent document. 
Question 39: “Believe me. It’s no use reading that book,” Janet told her boyfriend. 
A. Janet managed to persuade her boyfriend that reading the book was worthwhile. 
B. Janet tried to convince her boyfriend that the book was not worth reading. 
C. Janet opposed her boyfriend’s idea that reading the book was not useful. 
D. Janet suggested to her boyfriend that reading the book was useful. 
Question 40: The early failure of the Spanish squad in the 2014 World Cup deeply disappointed their fans. 
A. The Spanish squad was terribly disappointed that their fans had to leave 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. Living up to their fans’ expectation, the Spanish squad left 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. 
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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 41: Many parents may fail to recognize and respond to their children’s needs until frustration 
explodes into difficult or uncooperative behavior. 
A. stays under pressure B. slowly reaches the boiling point 
C. remains at an unchanged level D. suddenly becomes uncontrollable 
Question 42: “A friend in need is a friend indeed”: Our friends have voiced their strong criticism of China’s 
escalation of tension on our continental shelf. 
A. facing the reality B. worsening the situation 
C. improving the condition D. easing the tension 
Question 43: Those children who stay longer hours at school than at home tend to spend their formative 
years in the company of others with similar aims and interests. 
A. enjoying the care of parents B. being separated from peers 
C. forming a new business company D. being together with friends 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the 
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 44 to 53. 
Postsecondary institutions and private schools are corporations under U.S. law. They are approved to 
operate as non-profit, for-profit, or public corporations (44)______ education and training. Increasingly, state 
authorities are requiring approved educational providers to apply (45)______ and receive accreditation as a 
condition of final and continued approval. 
As corporate entities, U.S. institutions are internally self-governing and are (46)______ to make property, 
facilities, equipment, and utilities transactions; make their own personnel decisions; decide whom to admit to 
study and to graduate; (47)______ their own funds from outside sources; enter into contracts and compete for 
grants; and do most of the other things that corporations do. Institutions compete (48)______ one another for 
students, research funding, faculty, and other benefits. Public institutions may compete within the same state 
or territory for budget appropriations. It is the corporate nature of institutions and the competition within the 
system that (49)_____ Americans to refer to the concept of the educational or academic marketplace - an 
important distinctive element of the way U.S. education is organized. 
Some institutions are governed (50)______ under multi-campus arrangements. These include most local 
public schools (governed by school districts) and many state community college and university systems. 
Whether single- or multi-campus, institutional corporations (51)______ by boards of citizens, both alumni and 
non-alumni, who are ultimately responsible for all operations. They appoint senior (52)______, such as 
principals, headmasters, presidents, and deans; and approve the actions taken (53)______ their name. 
From A Diverse Educational System: Structure, standards, and challenges. InfoUSA (CD version) 
Question 44: A. providing B. provision C. provide D. provided 
Question 45: A. with B. to C. for D. on 
Question 46: A. able B. capable C. probable D. possible 
Question 47: A. rise B. lend C. raise D. call 
Question 48: A. at B. to C. with D. for 
Question 49: A. lets B. causes C. makes D. prevents 
Question 50: A. collectively B. collect C. collective D. collection 
Question 51: A. are controlling B. are controlled C. being controlled D. controlled 
Question 52: A. assistants B. judges C. leaders D. trainees 
Question 53: A. at B. above C. on D. in 
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 54: Most of the students are queuing in lines waiting to enter the classroom. 
 A B C D 
Question 55: 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 56: As seeing from the mountain top, the area looks like a picturesque harbour town. 
 A B C D 
Question 57: All of the students in this course will be assessed according to their attendance, performance, and 
 A B C 
they work hard. 
 D 
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Question 58: Since January this year, Joe has suffered two injuries, one to his ankle and the other in New York. 
 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 59: Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school. 
A. attends to B. approves of C. puts off D. looks for 
Question 60: 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. run faster than others B. have a good voyage 
C. organize things inefficiently D. manage an inflexible system 
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 61 to 70. 
We live in a world of tired, sleep deprived people. In his book Counting Sheep, Paul Martin - a behavioural 
biologist - describes a society which is just too busy to sleep and which does not give sleeping the importance it 
deserves. 
Modern society has invented reasons not to sleep. We are now a 24/7 society