2015 DTM 101

1 - Some students set confused

having to suffer long
and hard years before they attain any
level of success.
A)

with B)

D)as the same age as

5.In a new culture, many
embarrassing situations
occur ................ a misunderstanding.
A)or B)
because of C)
1

C)about D)

in

as old like

because D)

0
0

of

of

2. His .. made him cry.

6.Neptune is an extremely cold planet,

and ................
A)
so does Uranus B)

A)fearful B)

fearfulness C)

fearless D)

so has Uranus C)

so is Uranus D)

fearlessness

3. .. two waves pass a

given point simultaneously, they will
have no effect on each other's
subsequent motion.
A)
So that B)
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They are C)
D)

That

If

4. A child in the first grade tends to be

.. all of the other children
in the class.
A)

Uranus so

the same old to B)

the same age than C)

7. ............... that gold was discovered

at Sutter's Mill and that the California
Gold Rush began.
A)
Because in 1848 B)
0

That in 1848 C)

In 1848 that it was D)

It was in 1848

8. The job has no .

A)

prospectively B)
prospects C)

prospector D)

very .. in order to
understand what the speaker has said.
A)
carefully B)

prospective

9. Frost occurs in valleys and on low

grounds ...............on adjacent hills.
A)
more frequently as B)

careful C)

care D)

careless

as frequently than C)

more frequently than D)

14. Cold objects emit ............... hot

objects.
A)
fewer than infrared
0

frequently than

rays as B)

rays than C)
10. Mount Rushmore can be ..... from
more than 100 kilometers away.
A)
see B)
0

saw C)

been seen D)

11. Id like you ........................ my

family this weekend.
A)
meet B)
0

meeting D)

Nearly

16. She can look back on her career

with great .
A)
satisfied B)
1

12. Mr. Green, along with his friends,

.. arriving here tonight.
A)
is B)
are
C)

Near by C)

Next to D)

to meeting

as

fewer infrared rays

15. .......every child in the school
passed the swimming test.
A)
Near to B)
0

to meet C)

fewer

infrared rays as D)

seen

fewer infrared

satisfaction C)
satisfactory D)
satisfactorily

were D)

was
13. The statement will be spoken just
one time; therefore, you must listen

17.The captain as well as the

passengers .. frightened.

A)

be B)

been C)

A)

was D)

were

is D)

in comparison with

the salary of a teacher B)

than a teacher C)

18. Ann has got two sisters. Both of

them .. married.
A)
have B)
has C)

are

than

that of a teacher D)

to

compare as a teacher
23.Professional people expect you to
call them when it is necessary an
appointment.
A)
to cancel B)
1

19. Each learner of English

.. a good dictionary.
A)
needs B)
1

canceling C)
cancel D)

20. Money, nor fame, nor wealth

.. brought happiness to
everybody.
A)
has B)

canceled
24-25. Consumers will want to be
able to compare the product its
competitors, so that they can
determine which option is for
them. A crucial role of packaging in
this situation is to communicate the
characteristics of the product,
highlighting its advantages over
possible competitors.

have C)

24. A)with B)to C)of D)over

need C)

is D)

have to

is D)

are

25. A)good B)bad C)better D)best

26-28

21.They .. at this
school before they became
interpreters.
A)
have taught B)
0

had taught C)
taught D)

were taught
22. The salary of a bus driver is much
higher .

PACIFIC SALMON FOR THE

JAPANESE
Nobody eats as much Pacific salmon
as the Japanese, who consume the fish
raw, pickled, baked, salted, fried,
smoked and put in soup. They eat
salmon liver,and salmon skulls, and
they process the fish into burgers and
sausage. They eat 300,000 tons of the
fish each year, a third of the world's
total catch. The center of it all is

Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, the

largest on earth. Long before sunrise,
the market is buzzing. Hundreds of
men and women rush around between
stalls, shout orders at one another,
slice fish, work the telephones, and
joke under bright strings of lights that
shine down on acres of iced-down
fish steaks, shark fillets, and thick
red slabs of tuna stacked like wood.
The concrete floors are newly washed
and swept. The whole place smells
fresh, like the sea.
26. It is clear from the passage that
A) Pacific salmon are most commonly
found in Japanese waters
B) Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market is close
to the sea
C) the Japanese prepare Pacific
salmon in a variety of ways
D) the only fish eaten in Japan is the
Pacific salmon
27. In Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market
A) only Pacific salmon are sold
B) salmon are processed into burgers
and sausage
C) over 300,000 tons of fish are sold
every year
D work starts very early in the
morning
28. It is stated in the passage that
A) the Japanese consume three times
as many fish as the rest of the world
B) the Japanese eat more Pacific
salmon than any other nation
C) fishing is Japan's biggest industry
D) the only fish market in Japan is
Tokyo's Tsukiji

29-31THE MUSEUM ROBBERY

It was, Italian authorities said later, as
if the thieves had a catalog and knew

just what they were after. Armed

bandits bound and gagged six
unarmed guards, entered a storeroom
containing artifacts from the Roman
town of Herculaneum, and stole about
280 objects - gold rings, bracelets,
earrings, and precious stones. All had
been discovered during excavations of
the seaside town, buried by the same
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D.
79 that destroyed its larger and betterknown neighbor, Pompeii. Authorities
said that the stolen items also
included a small bronze statue of
Bacchus inlaid with copper and silver,
a bronze vase, and a box of coins.
The total value of objects taken during
the robbery was estimated at 1.6
million dollars. Art historians and
others criticized lax security that
permitted two gunmen to climb a
wall, enter the site, and break through
a flimsy partition to get into the room
where the artifacts were kept. Some of
the critics also complained that the
guards were unarmed. Officials said it
would be hard for anyone to sell the
stolen objects because all had been
catalogued and photographed, and
most had been exhibited and
published.
29.It is stated in the passage that the
stolen goods
A) were the most valuable items in
the museum
B) were part of the museum's
exhibition
C) have now been pictured in a
catalog to make resale impossible
D) were too well-known to be sold
easily
30. The artifacts stolen from the
museum
A) came from the ancient city of
Pompeii

B) were not on display

C) had never been exhibited in the
museum
D) were all made in A.D. 79
31. Some people commented that
A) the guards shouldn't have been
carrying guns
B) the statue of Bacchus was the most
valuable item
C) the thieves had clearly been in
possession of a catalog
D) the thieves were able to take
advantage of poor security
32-33
The fifteen known species of Portia
jumping spiders are relatively small,
with adults being about two
centimetres long (that's smaller than
the cap on most pens). They (32)
stay in the webs of other spiders, and
in an area of these webs that is as outof-the-way as possible. Portia spiders
live mostly in tropical forests, where
the climate is hot and humid. They
hunt a range of other spiders, some
of(33) could easily turn the tables
on them.
32A)habitual B)habit C)habitually
D)habitat
33.A)what B)who C)which D)that
34-36
READING TO THE CHILD
It is advisable for parents to read to
their children at preschool and early
primary levels. When they read to a
child from story books, comic strips
of the better type, and children's
magazines, he becomes aware that

books, magazines, and newspapers

hold something of interest and
amusement for him. He also comes to
realize that this "something" which he
enjoys is tightly locked within black
and white symbols, and that these
symbols can be unlocked only when
one knows how to read. This
awareness and interest form a
springboard from which he can leap
into learning to read in school, and
into the voluntary reading of selfselected books. Parents, however,
should not continue reading to their
child year after year as he passes
through the elementary grades. If the
child can only get his reading pleasure
through his parents' efforts, he may
not have much incentive for doing the
reading himself. Parents should
decrease their reading to the child as
he learns to read and put him on his
own as soon as possible.
34. Starting to read to a child at an
early age
A) enables him to amuse himself with
the comic strips
B) stimulates his wish to read by
himself
C) makes it possible for him to select
his own books
D) is essential during the preschool
period
35. If parents go on reading to the
child despite his acquiring this ability
A) they may direct him, even if
unconsciously, to appreciate what
they themselves do
B) the child can't learn to make a
good selection of what to read
C) the child is likely to lack the
motivation to read on his own
D) he can never be fluent in reading

36. Parents are advised

A) to teach the child to read before he
starts elementary school
B) to start reading with amusing
stories so that the child becomes more
interested in reading

C) to leave the child on his own when

he no longer gets any pleasure from
being read to
D to stop reading to their child once
he has sufficiently acquired reading
ability