LISTENING

PART 1:
Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each
answer.
Customer’s name: 1. ______________________
Customer number: 45993
Product: 2. ______________________
Cost of the product: 3. ______________________
Language(s) in manual: 4. ______________________
Order number: 5. ______________________
Customer’s phone number: 348-28841
PART 2: Circle the letter before the best answers according to the recording
1. What is one of Shawn's concerns about the dog?
A. It can be somewhat aggressive.
B. It eats too much food at one time.
C. The dog might mess on his carpet.
2. What is Shawn supposed to do between 3:00-4:00 p.m. for the dog?
A. Take the dog for some exercise with a Frisbee.
B. Feed him an afternoon doggie treat for a snack.
C. Let the dog watch a program on television.
3. Which point is NOT true about the cat?
A. The cat becomes a little moody at times.
B. The cat enjoys listening to rock music.
C. The cat will run away if it gets outside the house.
4. What can we infer from the conversation on the snake's reaction to Shawn?
A. The snake appears to warm up to him.
B. The snake doesn't care for Shawn at all.
C. The snake is extremely shy of Shawn.
5. What is Shawn's final response to Norman?
A. Norman should seek someone who is well-trained with animals.
B. Norman should take his animals to the zoo for special care.
C. Norman agrees to watch them for a lot of extra money.
PART 3: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) or not given (NG)
1. Jackie was surprised that David had problems placing his order.
2. David needs to order the software for his office.
3. Jackie gives him the 25% discount even though he's not ordering online.
4. Jackie tells David that the free microphones are usually not very good quality.
5. David buys both versions of the software.
PART 4:
1. Both Hilary and Mike comment that not everybody ___________ what SETI is.
2. Hilary says that SETI researchers all believe in ___________ planets.
3. She uses the snail example to illustrate __________ involved.
4. NASA sent messages on spacecraft during the ____________.
5. Current SETI techniques involve _____________ rather than sending signals.
6. In an ideal world, NASA would like to find ___________ and not just simple plant life.
7. It's possible to get depressed by the continued ___________ but Hilary remains optimistic.
8. One reason an advanced form of life cannot be detected is that they may have ___________
themselves.
9. Hilary mentions nuclear proliferation, overpopulation and ___________ as examples of how our
civilization puts itself in danger.
10. If Hilary met any aliens, she would ask them how it was possible for them ____________.
LEXICO-GRAMMAR
PART 1: Choose the best options
1. Mr and Mrs Jones are such permissive parents that their son can __________ no matter what he insists.
A. jump on the bandwagon B. go against the grain
C. make their blood boil D. wind them around his little finger
2. You are bound to find information on the stock market crash of 1987 in the newspaper________.
A. files B. archives C. records D. collections
3. According to psychiatrists, many violent criminals harbour feelings of ________and insecurity.
A shortage B insufficiency C scarcity D inadequacy
4. If the market does not improve, these businesses may not be able to ________ their debts, and we may see
more bankruptcies.
A. disgorge B. milk C. indemnify D. service
5. The mini dress was _________, but now it is making a comeback.
A. a fad once thought to be finished B. once thought a fad to be finishing
C. thought a fad to be finished once D. once thought to be a finishing fad
6. Lying can be used to ________ the character of a brother or to flatter a friend.
A. backbite B. impugn C. spurn D. abnegate
7. It is ________that the Minister of Justice should be accused of corruption
A sarcastic B sardonic C ironic D cynical
8. You can’t believe a word that woman says –she is a ________liar.
A. dedicated B. committed C. compulsive D. devoted
9. He was so lonely he _________ the sound of a human voice.
A. angled for B. ached for C. egged on D. fussed over
10. I think that this painting can be ________in a number of different but equally valid ways.
A dissected B interpreted C translated D rendered
11. The photo would have been wonderful had it not been________focus.
A beyond B far from C out of D without
11. The photo would have been wonderful had it not been________focus.
A beyond B far from C out of D without
12. Tina would rather you _______ your son as she is too tired after the three-day conference.
A. had picked up B. did pick up C. would pick up D. picked up
13. Despite his reputation as a tough guy, he admits that he was scared ________ when he first arrived in New
York.
A. bananas B. dozy C. witless D. half dead
14. The protest began nearly two weeks ago and was initially sparked by plans to ________a park to build a
shopping center.
A. desiccate B. unmake C. extirpate D. bulldoze
15. The man in the market was selling leather coats very cheaply: they were such bargains
that were soon __________.
A. snapped up B. cleared off C. done for D. sold up
16. If you ask an artist how she draws so well, she is _________ to say, “Well, I just look at
something and draw what I see”.
A. prone B. predisposed C. loathe D. liable
17. The police arranged to __________ with their informant at a disused warehouse.
A. decouple B. rendezvous C. reconnoitre D. corroborate
18. I’ve just heard that argument before and quite frankly it just doesn’t ______!
A. face the music B. hit the nail on the head
C. carry weight D. hold water
19. Unfortunately, ________ stamping out the drugs trade, these programs are simply forcing drug growers to
move into more inaccessible regions.
A. besides B. rather than C. as for D. in converse to
20. I don’t like to make friends with the person who always ____ people _____ behind their
backs.
A. slag/off B. slap/ around C. strike/out D. hate/on
PART 2: Find and correct ten mistakes/ errors in the following passage
Having a roof over your head is a basic human need, but there are 1.2 billion people in the world with
adequate housing. This may change thanks for a revolutionary, low-cost use of 3D printers to construct
houses. With 3D printing, materials are joined together or reinforcing by using a computer-controlled device
to create a three-dimensional object. Two companies have joined forces to try and ease homeless around the
world by building affording homes using 3D printing. Tech company ICON has developed a method for
printing a one-floor, 60-square-meter house out of cement in a day for just $10,000. This is a fraction of both
the time and cost needing to build a similar construction using conventional methods.
ICON has teamed up with the non-profit, internationally housing organization New Story. Together, they will
start building homes in developing countries. Their joint venture will see 100 new homes constructing in El
Salvador next year. New Story's co-founder Alexandria Lafci acknowledged that the 100 homes were just a
drop in the ocean. She said: "There are over 100 million people living in slum conditions, in what we call
survive mode." She also saw possibilities for 3D-printed houses to become regular in richer countries in years
to come. However, she said that for the moment: "The tech is ready now to print very high-quality, safe homes
in the places we're building."
PART 3: Fill in each gap with the corect form of the word given
Over half a century ago, scientists found that they could record the electrical signals of the brain at work.
What at first appeared a random hotchpotch of activity became a pattern of elegant waves (1. RHYTHM)
determined. Ever since, scientists have wondered whether the secrets of our thoughts, (2. PERCEIVE) and
even (3. CONSCIOUS) itself might be hidden in the patterns of our brain waves. The question of why we
have brain waves is, (4. ARGUE), as hotly debated today as it was when the patterns were discovered. But the
meaning, and even the existence, of fast rhythms in the alert brain is highly (5. CONTROVERSY).
What is problematic is that you cannot perceive these rhythms directly, they are so well hidden in the noise
created by other brain activity, but many (6. SEARCH) now hold the (7. CONVINCE) that the significance of
these brain waves should not be (8. ESTIMATE).
The latest suggestion is that the rhythms could be (9. DECIDE) in detecting progresses going on in different
regions of the brain. Some believe that these rhythms might even interact, and in doing so help the brain to
package information into (10. COHERE) thoughts. How we bring together these related signals of the brain is
a puzzle as yet unsolved.

READING
PART 1: Choose the best options to complete the passage
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
Police are hunting for a hit-and-run driver who knocked a teenage cyclist off her bike in East
Street. Sarah Tucker, 17, had a lucky escape on Friday, 13th May, when she was sent reeling
by a black Volvo on her way home from work.
She bruised her thigh and shoulder and her bicycle was 1_______. The driver stopped for a
moment but then drove off without 2________ a name or address and before Sarah could
get his number. “I tried to get out of his way, but I couldn’t” she said. “Everyone at work
kept going on about it being Friday 13th. I’m not a bit 3________ and wouldn’t change any
of my plans just because Friday 13th is supposed to be unlucky, I don’t usually take any
4_______ of that sort of thing but I will now. I think I’ll stay in bed.”
The accident 5________ at the junction with Westwood Road at about 6.30pm as Sarah
was making her 6________ home to the Harley Estate.
The Volvo pulled out of Westwood onto Henley Road in front of the teenager’s bicycle. “He
could at 7_________ have helped her up. I don’t see why he should get away with it,” said
her father, Derek, “Sarah was lucky. I don’t know why the driver didn’t see her. He can’t
have been 8_______ attention. It is unfortunate that nobody took down the number.”
Though still too 9_______ to ride a bike, Sarah was able to go back to 10_________ in
Marlow on Monday.
1. A. damaged B. harmed C. devastated D. crashed
2. A. noting B. presenting C. leaving D. suggesting
3. A. irrational B. superstitious C. unreasonable D. prejudiced
4. A. notice B. consider C. note D. care
5. A. came across B. turned up C. finished up D. took place
6. A. route B. way C. course D. path
7. A. once B. most C. least D. best
8. A. giving B. paying C. attracting D. providing
9. A. discouraged B. confused C. overcome D. shaken
10. A. work B. job C. post D. employment
PART 2: Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word
Perhaps the greatest value of biodiversity is yet unknown. Scientists have discovered and named only 1.75
million species — less than 20 percent of those (1)________ to exist. And of those identified, only a (2)
________ has been examined for potential medicinal, agricultural or (3) ________ value. Much of Earth’s
great biodiversity is (4) ________ disappearing, even before we know what is missing. Most biologists agree
that life on Earth now is (5) ________ with the most severe extinction episode since the event that drove the
dinosaurs to (6) _______ 65 million years ago. Species of plants, animals, fungi and microscopic organisms
such as (7) ________ are being lost at alarming rates – so many, in fact, that biologists estimate that three (8)
________ go extinct every hour. Scientists around the (9) _________ are cataloging and studying global
biodiversity in hopes that they might (10) _______ understand it, or at least slow the rate of loss.
PART 3: Read the passage and choose the best options to answer the questions
Vincent Van Gogh was born in Groot Zundert, in The Netherlands on March 30th 1853, to parents Theodorus
Van Gogh, a preacher, and Ana Cornelia Carbentus. In 1869 at the age of 16, Van Gogh began a career, not as
a painter, but as an art dealer with the firm Goupil & Cie. He spent 7 years at Goupil & Cie where daily
contacts with works of art kindled his appreciation of paintings and drawings. Gradually Vincent lost interest
in his work and decided to try his hand teaching at a Catholic School for boys. His growing interest religion
and his desire to help the poor eventually drove him to become a clergyman. In 1878, he became a lay
preacher in one of the most impoverished regions in Western Europe: the coal-mining district of the Borinage
in Belgium. Vincent sympathized with the poverty-stricken miners and gave away most of his food and
clothing to ease their burdened lives. His extreme commitment to the miners drew disfavor from the church,
which dismissed him of his post. Vincent, however, decided to remain with the miners and began to paint
them and their families, chronicling their harsh conditions.
Soon after, thanks to his brother’s financial help, Vincent decided to go to Brussels in 1880 to begin studies in
art. During the next 10 years, Vincent painted around 872 painting. In 1882, Vincent began living with Clasina
Maria Hoornik, also known as Sien, and her children, in the Hague. Their volatile personalities and the strain
of living in complete poverty created stormy relationship. Vincent was devoted to Sien and her children, but
art always came first. As his drawing and painting skills advanced, his relationship with Sien deteriorated and
they parted ways in September 1883.
In 1886, Vincent moved in with his brother-Theo in Paris where he met Paul Gauguin and various other
artists, who had a tremendous impact on his ongoing evolution as an artist. Never truly happy in large cities,
Vincent decided to move to Aries Province in the south of France, where he rented a studio and invited Paul
Gauguin to live with him. In December 1888, Vincent experienced a psychotic episode in which he cut off a
piece of his left ear. After his episode, he was in and out of asylums for the next year. It was thought that Van
Gogh was actually epileptic and that is why people thought he had fits of insanity throughout his life. He
painted one of his best-known painting, Starry Night, during one of his stays in the asylum. In mid-1890,
Vincent left the asylum and spent the last few months of his life in Auvers, France. On July 27th 1890,
Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest. Two days later he died with his younger brother-Theo by his side.
He left behind a wonderful array of paintings that make him one of the most influential painters of our time.
1: The word "chronicling" in paragraph 1 is closest meaning to "_________".
A. recording B. classifying C. suffering D. colouring
2: Van Gogh decided to become a clergyman due to ________.
A. his love of art B. his teachings at the Catholic School for boys
C. the Goupil & Cie art dealer firm D. his developing enthusiasm in Christianity
3: Vincent's extreme commitment to the miners resulted in ________.
A. his painting the miners and their families
B. his sympathizing with the miners
C. the church discharging him of his duty
D. the church giving food and clothing to the miners
4: The word "deteriorated" in paragraph 2 is closest meaning to "_________".
A. detested B. became worse and worse
C. developed D. turned down
5: Vincent and Clasina's relationship was stormy because of ________.
A. his devotion to art B. the stress of living in poor conditions
C. her children D. their tame personalities
6: Vincent first went into an asylum because ________.
A. he painted Starry Night B. he was epileptic
C. he cut off part of his ear D. he was insane throughout his life
7: Vincent went to Aries because ________.
A. he did not get along with his brother, Theo
B. he wanted to live in Gauguin's house in Aries
C. he wanted to live in a bigger city
D. he disliked big cities
8: Vincent moved to Paris ________.
A. in order to evolve as an artist B. to live with his brother
C. to meet other artists D. to live with Paul Gauguin
9: Van Gogh was believed to be ________.
A. insane B. a loner C. epileptic D. an inadequate painter
10: The word "episode" in paragraph 3 refers to "_________".
A. important event in his life B. unbelievable fact
C. unfortunate time D. one of several parts of a story on television
PART 4: Read the passage and do the tasks follow
Thomas Harriot
The Discovery of Refraction
A When light travels from one medium to another, it generally bends, or refracts. The law of refraction gives
us a way of predicting the amount of bending. Refraction has many applications in optics and technology. A
lens uses refraction to form an image of an object for many different purposes, such as magnification. A prism
uses refraction to form a spectrum of colors from an incident beam of light. Refraction also plays an important
role in the formation of a mirage and other optical illusions. The law of refraction is also known as Snell’s
Law, named after Willobrord, Snell, who discovered the law in 1621. Although Snell’s sine law of refraction is
now taught routinely in undergraduate courses, the quest for it spanned many centuries and involved many
celebrated scientists. Perhaps the most interesting thing is that the first discovery of the sine law, made by the
sixteenth-century English scientist Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), has been almost completely overlooked by
physicists, despite much published material describing his contribution.
B A contemporary of Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Johannes Kepler and Galilei Galileo, Thomas Harriot (1560-
1621) was an English scientist and mathematician. His principal biographer, J. W. Shirley, was quoted saying
that in his time he was “England’s most profound mathematician, most imaginative and methodical
experimental scientist” . As a mathematician, he contributed to the development of algebra, and introduced the
symbols of ”>” , and ”<” for ”more than” and ”less than.” He also studied navigation and astronomy. On
September 17, 1607, Harriot observed a comet, later Identified as Hailey-s. With his painstaking observations,
later workers were able to compute the comet’s orbit. Harriot was also the first to use a telescope to observe
the heavens in England. He made sketches of the moon in 1609, and then developed lenses of increasing
magnification. By April 1611, he had developed a lens with a magnification of 32. Between October 17， 1610
and February 26, 1612，he observed the moons of Jupiter, which had already discovered by Galileo. While
observing Jupiter, s moons，he made a discovery of his own: sunspots, which he viewed 199 times between
December 8, 1610 and January 18, 1613. These observations allowed him to figure out the sun’s period of
rotation.
C He was also an early English explorer of North America. He was a friend of the English courtier and
explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, and travelled to Virginia as a scientific observer on a colonising expedition in
1585. On June 30, 1585, his ship anchored at Roanoke Island ，off Virginia. On shore，Harriot observed the
topography, flora and fauna, made many drawings and maps, and met the native people who spoke a language
the English called Algonquian. Harriot worked out a phonetic transcription of the native people’s speech
sounds and began to learn the language, which enabled him to converse to some extent with other natives the
English encountered. Harriot wrote his report for Raleigh and published it as A Briefe and True Report of the
New Found Land of Virginia in 1588. Raleigh gave Harriot his own estate in Ireland, and Harriot began a
survey of Raleigh’s Irish holdings. He also undertook a study of ballistics and ship design for Raleigh in
advance of the Spanish Armada’s arrival.
D Harriot kept regular correspondence with other scientists and mathematicians, especially in England but
also in mainland Europe, notably with Johannes Kepler. About twenty years before Snell’s discovery,
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) had also looked for the law of refraction, but used the early data of Ptolemy.
Unfortunately, Ptolemy’s data was in error, so Kepler could obtain only an approximation which he published
in 1604. Kepler later tried to obtain additional experimental results on refraction, and corresponded with
Thomas Harriot from 1606 to 1609 since Kepler had heard Harriot had carried out some detailed experiments.
In 1606, Harriot sent Kepler some tables of refraction data for different materials at a constant incident angle,
but didn’t provide enough detail for the data to be very useful. Kepler requested further information, but
Harriot was not forthcoming, and it appears that Kepler eventually gave up the correspondence, frustrated
with Harriot’s reluctance.
E Apart from the correspondence with Kepler, there is no evidence that Harriot ever published his detailed
results on refraction. His personal notes, however, reveal extensive studies significantly predating those of
Kepler, Snell and Descartes. Harriot carried out many experiments on refraction in the 1590s, and from his
notes it is clear that he had discovered the sine law at least as early as 1602. Around 1606, he had studied
dispersion in prisms (predating Newton by around 60 years), measured the refractive indices of different
liquids placed in a hollow glass prism, studied refraction in crystal spheres, and correctly understood
refraction in the rainbow before Descartes.
F As his studies of refraction, Harriot’ s discoveries in other fields were largely unpublished during his
lifetime, and until this century, Harriot was known only for an account of his travels in Virginia published in
1588, ，and for a treatise on algebra published posthumously in 1631. The reason why Harriot kept his results
unpublished is unclear. Harriot wrote to Kepler that poor health prevented him from providing more
information, but it is also possible that he was afraid of the seventeenth century’s English religious
establishment which was suspicious of the work carried out by mathematicians and scientists.
G After the discovery of sunspots, Harriot’ s scientific work dwindled. The cause of his diminished
productivity might have been a cancer discovered on his nose. Harriot died on July 2, 1621, in London, but his
story did not end with his death. Recent research has revealed his wide range of interests and his genuinely
original discoveries. What some writers describe as his “thousands upon thousands of sheets of mathematics
and of scientific observations” appeared to be lost until 1784, when they were found in Henry Percy’s country
estate by one of Percy’s descendants. She gave them to Franz Xaver Zach，her husband’s son’s tutor. Zach
eventually put some of the papers in the hands of the Oxford University Press, but much work was required to
prepare them for publication, and it has never been done. Scholars have begun to study them，, and an
appreciation of Harriot’s contribution started to grow in the second half of the twentieth century. Harriot’s
study of refraction is but one example where his work overlapped with independent studies carried out by
others in Europe, but in any historical treatment of optics his contribution rightfully deserves to be
acknowledged.
QUESTION 1-5
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B-E and G from the list of headings below. Write the correct
number, i-x, next to the paragraphs.
List of Headings
i A misunderstanding in the history of science
ii Thomas Harriot’s biography
iii Unknown reasons for his unpublished works
iv Harriot’s 1588 publication on North America studies
v Expedition to the New World
vi Reluctant cooperation with Kepler
vii Belated appreciation of Harriot’s contribution
viii Religious pressures keeping him from publishing
ix Correspondence with Kepler
x Interests and researches into multiple fields of study
Example Answer
Para A i
1. Paragraph B 2. Paragraph C 3. Paragraph D
4. Paragraph E 5. Paragraph G
QUESTION 6-10
Answer the questions below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Various modem applications base on an image produced by lens uses refraction, such as 6_____________.
And a spectrum of colors from a beam of light can be produced with 7____________. Harriot travelled to
Virginia and mainly did research which focused on two subjects of American 8_____________. After, he also
enter upon a study of flight dynamics and 9_______________ for one of his friends much ahead of major
European competitor. He undertook extensive other studies which were only noted down personally yet
predated than many other great scientists. One result, for example, corrected the misconception about the idea
of 10____________.
WRITING
PART 1: Rewriting
1. It was the goalkeeper that saved the match for us.
→Had
2. Tim insisted on being told the complete story.
 →Nothing
3. Jane’s husband will be returning from South America quite soon.
→It won’t .
4. The permit expires at the end of this month.
→The permit is not
5. I don’t really like her, even though I admire her achievements.
→Much as
6. As an antidote to their disappointment, he bought them ice-cream. (OFFSET)
→
7. If interest rates are cut, the economic situation may improve. (REDUCTION)
→ .
8. I don’t personally care if they come or not. (MATTER)
→
9. Local residents said they were against the new traffic scheme. (DISAPPROVAL)
→
10. Products which seem to lack credibility are not popular. (CALL)