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1. English test 45’ I. Listening A. Choose the best option to complete the sentences. 1. Thanks to the process of urbanisation, people from rural areas have access to Jobs, education and health care A. better-paid B. badly paid C. prestigious 2. After moving to cities, rural people become less A. Traditional B. conservative C. progressive 3. Many people benefit from urbanisation, but not everyone has the opportunity to . A. receive a good education B. get a high-paying salary C. find stable employment 4. The shortage of accommodation in big cities can result in . with no sanitation or clean water. A. low-cost houses B. development of high-cost housing C. creation of very poor areas 5. The shift of workers from agriculture to industries can lead to in food production. A. a fall B. a rise C. a fluctuation B. Listen and fill in the blank with one word you hear Cindy: Welcome to our talk show with guest speaker Mr Andy Lewis, a sociologist. Mr Lewis Andy: Please call me Andy. I don't want to be too formal. Cindy: No problem, Andy. These days, our audience seem to be (6) overwhelmed with stories in the newspapers or on the Internet - stories about celebrities, political figures, or even ordinary people around us. Andy: You mean we're living in a world of stories and (7) .scandals? Cindy: Right. As a sociologist, do you have any advice for our audience? Andy: I think there're two sides to this issue. We need some life skills to protect ourselves. First, we don't want other people to take advantage of our stories. They may use our private lives for blackmail or (8) .slander in order to harm our reputation or just for fun. Cindy: For whatever purpose, it could be extremely damaging. 1
2. Andy: Exactly. So we should not reveal too much of our private life on social networking sites. Cindy: I agree. But how about the stories of other people? Should we read or (9) follow these stories? Andy: That's the second point I want to discuss. Another life skill is learning from other people's lives. Everyone's life story is like a book that can teach us something. So we should open that book and read it (10) critically. II. Language Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. 1.A. sustainable B. geothermal C. replenishment D. organically 2.A. respiratory B. initiative C. eco-friendly D. renewable Mark the letter A, B, C, or D indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. 3.A. asthma B. habitat C. biomass D. safer 4.A. consumed B. gjudged C. mended D. caused Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 5: Sarah and I ___ reserved the rooms in the same hotel. She was really surprised to see me there. A. intentionally B. practically C. coincidentally D. deliberately Question 6: Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972___ A. when was its full extent realized B. the realization of its full extent C. was its full extent realized D. that its full extent was realized Question 7.The continued ___ of our ozone may cause terrible destruction to our planet. A. redundancy B. removal C. change D. depletion Question 8. We use compact florescent light bulbs, ___ last 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs. A. what B. that C. which D. they 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 9: The weather-beaten faces staring out from old photographs are no longer around to tell of the hardships of life in a remote mining community 100 years ago. A. pale B. dark C. suntanned D. fair 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 10: Danny put the cat among the pigeons by suggesting that the company might have to make some redundancies. 2
3. A. made other people disappointedB. made other people nervous C. made a lot of people satisfied D. made a lot of people annoyed Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. During high school, it’s easy to become stressed in balancing a number of (11) ___. But between all the stress and pressure of keeping up with your various activities, it’s important to contribute to the community, and make (12) ___ to protect the environment. So here are a few tips on ways you and other teens can “go green.” One of the easiest ways teens can go green is simply to turn off the lights. Open up the curtains and (13) ___ the natural sunlight brighten up the room, or turn off the lights and fans when you leave a room that no one else is in. Studies have indicated that (14) ___ electricity helps to reduce global warming. Another way to go green is to use your bike, or walk. Using your bike or walking reduces carbon emissions , and it is a great way to exercise. Therefore, by riding a bike or walking, not only are you helping the environment, you are (15) ___ contributing to your own health. Question 11. A. forcesB. prohibitions C. regulationsD. obligations Question 12. A. achievements B. efforts C. contributions D. dedications Question 13. A. let B. allow C. help D. try Question 14. A. keeping B. cutting C. producingD. conserving Question 15. A. completely B. positively C. hopefullyD. reluctantly Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question. Basic to any understanding of Canada in 20 years after the Second World War is the country's impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1996. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging (5)growth came from natural increase. The depression of the 1930's and the war had held back marriages and the catching – up process began after 1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950's, producing a population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This rate of increase had been exceeded only once (10)before in Canada's history, in the decade before 1911, when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per (15) thousand, one of the highest in the world. After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966 it stood at the lowest level in 25 years. Partly this decline reflected the low level of births during the depression and the war, but it was also caused by changes in Canadian society. Young (20) people were staying at school longer, more women were working, young married couples were buying automobiles or houses before starting families, rising living standards were cutting down the size of families. It appeared that Canada was once more falling in step with the trend toward smaller families that had occurred all through the Western world since the (25) time of the Industrial Revolution. Although the growth in Canada's population has slowed down by 1966 (the increase in the first half of the 1960's was only nine percent). Another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children of the children who were born during the period of the high (30) birth rate prior to 1957. Question 16. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. Educational changes in Canadian society. B. Canada during the Second World War 3
4. C. Population trends in postwar Canada D. Standards of living in Canada Question 17. The word "five" in line 3 refers to A. Canadians B. Years C. Decades D. Marriages Question 18. The word "surging" in line 4 is closest in meaning to A. New B. extra C. accelerating D. surprising Question 19. The author suggests that in Canada during the 1950's A.the urban population decreased rapidly B. fewer people married C economic conditions were poor D. the birth rate was very high Question 20. The word "It" in line 28 refers to A. horizon B. population wave C. nine percent D. first half Writing: Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. 1. This is my tenth year working in this bank. A. By the end of this year , I will work in this bank for ten years. B. I have worked in this bank for ten years by the end of this year. C. By the end of this year , I will have worked in this bank for ten years. D. I had been working in this bank for ten years by the end of this year. 2. “If I were you, I'd tell him the truth,” she said to me. A. She said to me that if I were you, I'd tell him the truth. B. She will tell him the truth if she is me. C. She suggested to tell him the truth if she were me. D. She advised me to tell him the truth. Connect each pair of sentences with an appropriate conjunction in the box to make new sentences. 3. We try to follow a green life on the earth. We can limit climate changes brought about by global warming. ( so that) 4. Activities like deforestation and mining take place on a large scale. Our forests and wildlife are being destroyed at a very rapid rate. ( so) 5. It is important for each nation to seek sustainable development. We need to start adopting green practices in our daily lives. ( While) 4