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 English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at a 
time may seem too obvious to (5)______. In fact, the (6)______ that people use in conversations 
and meetings are often non-verbal. For example, lowering the pitch of the voice may mean the end 
of a sentence; a sharp intake of breath may signal the desire to (7)______, catching the chairman’s 
(8)______may indicate the desire to speak in a formal setting like a (9)______, a clenched fist may 
indicate anger. When these (10)______ signals are not possible, more formal signals may be 
needed. 
Question 1: A. interchange B. exchange C. correspondence D. communication 
Question 2: A. announcer B. transmitter C. messenger D. sender 
Question 3: A. signing B. symbolizingC. signalling D. showing 
Question 4: A. message B. topic C. idea D. theme 
Question 5: A. judge B. mention C. recognize D. notice 
Question 6: A. signals B. symptoms C. symbols D. signs 
Question 7: A. interchange B. interfere C. interrupt D. intercept 
Question 8: A. elbow B. eye C. shoulder D. hand 
Question 9: A. chat B. debate C. broadcast D. lecture 
Question 10: A. visual B. auditory C. verbal D. sensory 
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PASSAGE 12: 
Why do people like to chew gum? Some people say they like the taste____ 1 ____say they can 
think better if they chew gum. Some people chew it when they have some boring work to ____2 
____.Others chew gum when they are nervous. 
Gum is a ____3 ____of things. For many years gum companies made gum from chicle. Chicle is a 
natural gum from a tree in Mexico and Central America. Now companies use plastic and rubber 
made from petroleum ____4 ___of chicle. 
Gum must be soft ____5____ you can chew it. A softener keeps it soft. The gum company makes 
the softener from vegetable oil. A sweetener makes the gum sweet. The sweetener is usually sugar. 
Then the company ___6___ the flavor. 
Thomas Adams made the first gum from chicle in 1836. ___7___, chewing gum was not new. The 
Greeks chewed gum from a tree ____8___ 2,000 years ago. Mayan Indians in Mexico chewed 
chicle. Indians in the Northeastern United States taught Europeans to chew gum from a tree there. 
 People first made bubble gum in 1928. Children like to __9___ bubble with bubble gum. Some 
university students do ___10___. 
Question 1: A. The other B. Others C. The others D. Other 
Question 2: A. make B. get C. do D. carry 
Question 3: A. mixture B. roll C. fix D. connection 
Question 4: A. aside B. apart C. inside D. instead 
Question 5: A. so that B. then C. for D. that 
Question 6: A. puts B. places C. adds D. fits 
Question 7: A. However B. More C. But D. Though 
Question 8: A. more B. over C. above D. than 
Question 9: A. turn B. set C. pass D. blow 
Question 10: A. so B. too C. then D. same 
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PASSAGE 13: 
 Technology is used for the (1) ______ of human needs and production is increased by 
technology. Science and technology, the (2) __________ concerned with know- what and latter 
with know- how, are continuously conditioning man’s world view and have (3) ______ material 
standards beyond any earlier vision of man’s potential. However, in this science and technology are 
too much concerned with quantity at the expense of (4) ________. technology has made (5) 
_______ the mass production of articles and mass production seems to have reduced the quality of 
goods. If a motor-car in the past was made to last, today it is made to be thrown away and (6) 
_______. While the quality in terms of new features has improved, (7) __________is of little 
concern to manufacturers. In their drive to expand markets and be competitive, manufacturers 
ignore quality and are concerned with quantity or the number of products that can be sold. Evolving 
technology encourages the economy of economy of transience which is fast replacing the economy 
on permanence of the old world. Medical technology prolongs life and reduces the mortality rate, 
but the quality of life (8)_______ . Genetics has increased agricultural productivity, and the Green 
Revolution that it set in motion had resulted in high- yielding variety of wheat, rice paddy, etc., but 
they (9)________ the quality which the traditional variety, through low- yielding, had. Alvin 
Toffler in his Future Shock considers the lowering of costs of manufacture and increased demand as 
factors (10)_________ for the sacrifice of quality. Science and technology should be concerned 
equally with quality and quantity. This concern is of great importance since science and technology 
are to make further strides. 
1. A. satisfaction B. requirement C. disappoinment D.demand 
2. A. before B. older C. former D. first 
3. A. raised B. risen C. lifted D.aroused 
4. A. number B. value C. evaluation D.quality 
5. A. it possible B. possible C. available D.impossible 
6. A. replaced B. refunded C. repaired D. refilled 
7. A. endurance B. strength C. duration D. durability 
8. A. deteriorates B. diminished C. loosens D.devastates 
9. A. insufficient B. shortage C. lack D. miss 
10. A. used B. responsible C. asking D.explaining 
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PASSAGE 14: 
In the United States and Canada, it is very important to (1)______ a person directly in the 
eyes when you are having a conversation (2)______ him or her. If you look down or to the side 
when the (3)______ person is talking, that person will think that you are not interested in (4)______ 
he or she is saying. This, (5)______, is not polite. If you look down or to the side when you are 
talking, it might 6)______ that you are not honest. However, people who are speaking will 
sometimes look away for (7)______ seconds when they are thinking or (8)______ to find the right 
word. But they always turn immediately (9)______ to look the listener directly in the eyes. These 
social "rules" are (10)______ for two men, two women, a man and a woman, or an adult and a 
child. 
Question 1: A. talk B. notice C. get D. look 
Question 2: A. with B. to C. for D. about 
Question 3: A. others B. another C. one D. other 
Question 4: A. which B. what C. that D. where 
Question 5: A. yet B. in addition C. of course D. although 
Question 6: A. become B. come C. seem D. turn 
Question 7: A. a little B. a few C. little D. few 
Question 8: A. trying B. looking C. achieving D. managing 
Question 9: A. up B. back C. down D. over 
Question 10: A. like B. the same C. likely D. such as 
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PASSAGE 15: 
Looking for an unforgettable way to celebrate that special occasion? Well, the (1)__of options open 
today’s youngster – or even “ oldster” for that matter, is a far cry from the traditional party or 
restaurant visit. No longer is it (2)__sufficient to invite your friends round , buy some food and get a 
barker to produce a cake. No, today’s birthday boy or girl is looking for something out of the 
ordinary, ranging from the (3)__ expensive to the downright dangerous. Anything goes, as long as it 
is unusual and impressive. 
Top of this year ‘s popular (4)__are as follows: taking some friends rally driving , helicopter 
lessons, plane trip and parachuting , and hot air ballooning . Then there is always group bungee 
jumping or taking your buddies on a stomach – churning , while water rafting (5)__down rapids. 
The desire of adventurous celebration is not restricted to the (6)__. I recently met an octogenarian 
who celebrated (7)__the milestone of eighty by having a fly lesson. 
Of course, if you have money the world is your oyster. A very rich relation of mine flew fifty of his 
friends to a Caribbean island to mark the passing of his half century. Unfortunately I was only a 
(8)__relation. 
Undoubtedly, the more traditional forms of celebration do continue to (9)__the less extravagant or 
less adventurous among us. However, with my own half century looming on the horizon I would 
not say no to a weekend in Paris and a meal at the Eiffel Tower. I can (10)__dream. Perhaps by the 
time I’m eighty I’ll be able to afford it. 
Question 1: A. scale B. degree C. range D. variance 
Question 2: A. hoped B. decided C. marked D. considered 
Question 3: A. perfectly B. dearly C. outrageously D.explicity 
Question 4: A. experiments B. extravagances. C. exposures D. expenses 
Question 5: A. ride B. travel C. voyage D. crossing 
Question 6: A. adolescents B. teenagers C. youth D. young 
Question 7: A. attaining B. arriving C. reaching D. getting 
Question 8: A. distant B. remote C. faraway D. slight 
Question 9: A. pacify B. satisfy C. distract D. absorb 
Question 10:A. however B. but C. nevertheless D.anyway 
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PASSAGE 16: 
COULD COMPUTER GAMES BE GOOD FOR YOU AFTER ALL 
In Britain, the average young person now spends more money on games each year than on 
going to the cinema or renting videos. But is this 1_____ a bad thing? For years, newspaper reports 
have been 2 _____ that children who spend too much time playing computer games become 
unsociable, bad- tempered, even violent as a 3 _____ But new research, 4 _____ out in both Europe 
and the USA, suggests that the opposite may be true. 
Indeed, playing some of the more complicated games may help people of all ages to improve 
certain skills. Researchers claim that this is because the games 5 _____ the brain work harder in 
certain ways, like 6 _____ sounds and movements quickly and identifying what they are. The fact 
that people play the games repeatedly 7 _____ that they get a lot of practice in these skills which are 
therefore likely to become highly developed. 
Social skills may benefit, too. Researchers in Chicago think that fans of first- person shooter games 
8 _____ 
 “Counterstrike” are better than non-players when it comes to building trust and co-operation, and 
that this 9 _____ them to make good friendships and become strong members of their communities. 
So rather than 10 _____ up computer games, perhaps young people need to spend more time on 
them? 
Question 1. 
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Question 3. 
Question 4. 
Question 5. 
Question 6. 
Question 7. 
Question 8. 
Question 9. 
Question 10. 
A. necessarily 
A. speaking 
A. product 
A. worked 
A. make 
A. realizing 
A. means 
A. in order to 
A. supports 
A. giving 
B. certainly 
B. informing 
B. result 
B. thought 
B. force 
B. noticing 
B. asks 
B. such as 
B. helps 
B. ending 
C. fully 
C. telling 
C. reason 
C. turned 
C. push 
C. imagining 
C. brings 
C. due to 
C. shows 
C. taking 
D. nearly 
D. saying 
D. conclusion 
D. carried 
D. keep 
D. solving 
D. causes 
D. as well as 
D. serves 
D. stopping 
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PASSAGE 17: 
Everybody has heard about the Internet, do you know that an “intranet” is? It is this: just as 
the Internet connects people around the world, intranets connect people within a (1)____ company. 
In fact, intranets make use of the same software programs as the Internet to (2)____ computers and 
people. This (3)____ that you do not have to buy a lot of additional programs to set up an intranet 
service. If your intranet is working properly, it can link together a huge amount of (4)____ which is 
stored in different places in the company. In this way, people can get the information they need, 
regardless (5)____ where it comes from. A company intranet can , of course, be used for 
unimportant information like office memos or canteen menus. But an intranet should (6)____ 
important information which people need to make decision about new products, costs and so on. 
The intranet is (7)____ to share their information with other people. (8)____, many departments 
don’t want to share their specialist knowledge with others. Another problem which often occurs is 
(9)____ top managers like to use the intranet to “ communicate down” rather than to “ communicate 
across”. That is, they use the intranet to give orders, not to (10)____ information between 
themselves and others working in the same organization. 
Question 1. A. large B. jointed C. single D. branch 
Question 2. A. contact B. introduce C. distinguish D.compare 
Question 3. A. is B. is said C. indicates D. means 
Question 4. A. parts B. information C. elements D.properties 
Question 5. A. on B. with C. of D. to 
Question 6. A. bring B. provide C. give D. take 
Question 7. A. likely B. willing C. going D.happened 
Question 8. A. Luckily B. Consequently C. However D.Unfortunately 
Question 9. A. that B. what C. which D.it 
Question 10. A. change B. exchange C. transform D.transit 
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PASSAGE 18: 
GLOBAL WARMING 
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world's climate. Many 
scientists (1) ______ the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase (2) ______ the world's 
temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the Earth is at (3) ______ from the 
forces of the wind, rain and sun. According to them, global warming is making extreme weather 
events, (4) ______ as hurricanes and droughts, even more (5) ______ and causing sea levels all 
around the world to (6) ______. 
Environmental groups are putting (7) ______ on governments to take action to reduce the amount 
of carbon dioxide which is given (8) ______ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the 
problem at its source. They are in (9) ______ of more money being spent on research into solar, 
wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power (10)______. 
Some scientists, however, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases 
into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. 
Global warming, it seems, is to stay. 
Question 1: A. give B. put C. takes D. has 
Question 2: A. in B. at C. by D. to 
Question 3: A. danger B. harm C. risk D. threat 
Question 4: A. just B. well C. such D. even 
Question 5: A. strong B. strict C. heavy D. severe 
Question 6: A. raise B. lift C. rise D. arise 
Question 7: A. pressure B. force C. persuasion D encouragement 
Question 8: A. off B. up C. over D. away 
Question 9: A. request B. suggestion C. belief D. favor 
Question 10: A. houses B. factories C. stations D. generations 
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PASSAGE 19: 
 Interpreting the feelings of other people is not always easy, as we all know, and we (1)____ as 
much on what they seem to be telling us, as on the actual words they say. Facial (2)____ and tone of 
voice are obvious ways of showing our (3)____ to something, and it may well be that we 
unconsciously express views that we are trying to hide. The art of being (4)____ lies in picking up 
these signals, realizing what the other person is trying to say, and acting so that they are not 
embarrassed in any way. For example, we may understand that they are in fact (5)____ to answer 
our question, and so we stop pressing them. Body movements in general may also indicate feelings, 
and interviewers often pay particular attention to the way a candidate for a job walks into the room 
and sits down. However it is not difficult to present the right kind of appearance, while what many 
employers want to know relates to the candidate’s character traits, and (6)____ stability. This raises 
the awkward question of whether job candidates should be asked to complete psychological tests, 
and the further problem of whether such tests actually produce (7)____ results. For many people, 
being asked to take part in such a test would be an objectionable (8)____ into their private lives. 
 After all, a prospective employer would hardly ask a candidate to run a hundred meters, or 
expect his or her family doctor to provide (9)____ medical information. Quite apart from this 
problem, can such tests predict whether a person is likely to be a (10)____ employee or a values 
colleague? 
Question 1: A. reckon B. rely C. trust D. estimate 
Question 2: A. manner B. image C. expression D. looks 
Question 3: A. notion B. feeling C. view D. reaction 
Question 4: A. successful B. humble C. good at D. tactful 
Question 5: A. hesitant B. reluctant C. tending D. used 
Question 6: A. psychological B. physical C. similar D. relevant 
Question 7: A. reliable B. predictable C. faithful D. regular 
Question 8: A. invasion B. infringement C. intrusion D. interference 
Question 9: A. confidential B. secretive C. reticent D. classified 
Question 10: A. laborious B. particular C. thorough D. conscientious 
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PASSAGE 20: 
 If you can roll a ball, you can play bowls. Everyone can play: young and old, men and women, 
the fit and the not so fit. It is the (1)____ outdoor game that really is a sport for all. What other 
sports can grandparents play on equal terms with their grandchildren? What other game is so simple 
that you could take up it today and be (2)____ in the national championship tomorrow? 
 Simple? Perhaps that is not the (3)____ word. There are bowls players in their thousands 
(4)____ will tell you that, although bowls is a game that anyone can (5)____ in five minutes, it 
takes a lifetime to (6)____ it. They are the people who have developed a passionate interest in the 
game .(7)____ for outsiders, bowls is another word, and a strange and puzzling one. They see a 
bowl game in action and wonder what is going on. 
 What the players are trying to do is easy to explain. Their (8)____ is to roll their bowls, called 
wood, as near as possible to the little white ball, called the jack. If one of your bowls finishes nearer 
to the jack than your opponent's, you score one point and he or she scores (9)____ If you have the 
two nearest, you score two, and so on. The skill involved in rolling a bowl that weighs around 2 
kilos across about 40 meters so that it stops only a very short (10)____ from the target is just as 
impressive as the skills required in other sports. 
Question 1. A. special B. one C. alone D. individual 
Question 2. A. entering B. precisely C. competing D. accurately 
Question 3. A. right B. genuine C. just D. suitable 
Question 4. A. when B. whose C. which D. who 
Question 5. A. see through B. pick up C. catch on D. find out 
Question 6. A. tame B. manage C. master D. control 
Question 7. A. However B. Although C. Unlike D. Besides 
Question 8. A. point B. attempt C. scheme D. aim 
Question 9. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything 
Question 10. A. extent B. distance C. range D. length 
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