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WHY I DISLIKE COMPUTERS
Almost everyone says that computers are wonderful and that they are (1)________ our lives for the better by making everything faster and more reliable, but I am not so sure that this is the (2)______.The other day I was standing in a large department store waiting to pay for a couple of films for my camera  (3)______the  assistant  announced  that  the  computer which controlled the till (4)_____ working. I did not think this was a big problem and I (5)_____ to find another counter, but of course, all the machines are part of the same system. So there we were: a shop full of customers, money  at  the  ready,  waiting to (6)______our  purchases,  but  it  was quite  clear  that  none of the assistants knew what to do. They were not allowed to take our money and give to customers a written(7)_______,because the sales wouldn‟t then have been recorded on the computer system. In the end, (8)_______many other people, I left my shopping on the counter and walked out .Don't you think so that's ridiculous? It (9)______ never have happened before computers, and that, for me, is the problem: we are beginning to depend on these machines so completely that we (10)_________cannot manage without them anymore.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

There are thousands of different kinds of microbes. Microbes called bacteria are the smallest living things. Bacteria live almost everywhere: on land, in water, and even inside you. Some microscopic life forms are like plants. Tiny diatoms are microbes that live in lakes and the ocean. Diatoms soak up sunlight and use its energy to make food, just like plants.

Some microscopic life forms are more like animals. Protozoa such as the amoeba and paramecium are animal-like microorganisms. An amoeba can move by changing the shape of its body. It sticks out a pseudo pod, or false foot. A paramecium is covered with tiny hairs. It waves its hairs rapidly to swim.

Viruses are another kind of microbe. Viruses sometimes act like living things and other times act like nonliving things. Viruses sometimes live in the cells of plants and animals. Inside a cell, a virus reproduces like a living thing. The virus uses the cell to make many copies of itself. Viruses are too small to see with an ordinary microscope. You need a powerful electron microscope to see a virus. Outside of a plant or animal cell, a virus is like a nonliving thing.

What helps a paramecium swim?

Find mistakes among A B C and D and correct

I haven’t decided yet about either to buy a new car or second-hand one.

For questions 56 – 60, choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) which you think fits best according to the text.
Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with developing the first vaccine to fight against dreaded polio. Born in New York in 1914, Salk received his medical degree from New York University College of Medicine in 1939 and later attended the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.

Salk was very interested in preventive medicine. He worked for the army on producing a vaccine against influenza for five years from 1942 to 1947. In 1949, a group at Harvard University led by John Enders developed a method to grow the poliovirus in quantity so that it could be studied further. This discovery was important as it allowed Salk and his fellow workers to study the disease in greater detail.

By 1952, Salk’s group had successfully tested a polio vaccine using an inactive poliovirus. In 1954, there were field tests done on a large scale. Initially, there were many different vaccines being used among the public, and there were some deaths associated with the vaccinations. However, Salk’s vaccine proved to be the best and was used without further problems. What was once a dreaded killer had been tamed by the work of Dr. Jonas Salk and co-workers.

What was one of Dr. Salk’s main interests?

Find mistakes among A B C D and correct

It took the mayor over an hour explanation to the other members of the board why he had missed the last meeting.

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Revising for exams is not as easy as it looks. You will need to work out which routine suits you best, and then stick to it. Some people like studying at night when it’s quiet, whereas others find the early morning is a good time to get things done. You might enjoy ___ (1) ____ to music while you revise, but this can be ___ (2) ___. Can you really concentrate ___ (3) ____ two things at once? So think ___ (4) ____ you turn your radio on. Your ___ (5) ____ is also important while you are revising. This may be a more than usually ___ (6) ____ period of your life, when you should take extra care to eat properly. No missed meals, or junk food, or ___ (7) ____ cups of coffee! Get plenty of exercise as well. If you have got fed up with ___ (8) ____ you’re doing, or find it hard to concentrate, go for a walk to clear your head. ___ (9) ____ exercise will help to keep your body fit and your brain working ___ (10) ____. Finally, you also need to take time off. Go out occasionally, see your friends, make time to relax. Then you will return to your studies fresh and full of enthusiasm.

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What’s your dream? Touring castles in Scotland? Walking on the Great Wall of China? Working to improve the lives of women in rural Uganda? If you’re thinking of studying (1)___________, there’s no end to the places you can go, things you can see, and subjects you can study. At many top schools, such as Duke, Tufts, or Brown, over a third of the junior class take the opportunity to complete part of their (2)___________outside of the United States. Even if your school doesn’t have an extensive study abroad program, you can often get credit from a different school.  Multiple benefits accrue to those who spend significant (3)___________in another country, and a significant proportion of students see the experience as an important (4)___________of their college years. You’re likely to have fun. But if you’re also thinking about study abroad as a way to gain a critical career advantage, read on. You’ll find that all foreign experiences are not created equal in the minds of employers. Employers are looking for graduates who can (5)___________well with others, both in person and in writing. They know the (6)___________of cross-cultural understanding and an appreciation for different points of view. They gravitate toward students who demonstrate maturity, initiative, and (7)___________. All of these assets can be demonstrated through study abroad, but it’s going to be much (8)___________to set yourself apart if you’ve taken the easy route. It’s not hard to find the “easy route”: that’s the one where you go with your friends to another country; all the arrangements are made for you by the school—including the American-style apartment where you live with your classmates. In this scenario, it doesn’t (9)___________which country you go to because all your classes will be in English, and possibly even taught by your American professors. You’ll undoubtedly have a somewhat different experience, but to do the “easy route” is to forego some of the major (10)___________of your time away

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When you read something in a foreign language, you frequently come across words you do not (1)______ understand. Sometimes you (2)______ the meaning in a dictionary and sometimes you guess. The strategy you adopt depends very much upon the (3)______of accuracy you require and the time at your disposal.
If you are the sort of person who tends to turn to the dictionary frequently, it is (4)_______remembering that every dictionary has its limitations. Each definition is only an approximation and one builds up an accurate picture of the meaning of a word only after meeting it in a (5)__________of contexts. It is also important to recognize the special dangers of dictionaries that translate from English into your native language and vice versa. If you must use a dictionary, it is usually far safer to (6)________an English- English dictionary.
In most exams you are not permitted to use a dictionary.(7)______you are allowed to use one, it is very time- consuming to look up words, and time in exams is usually limited. You are, (8)______, forced to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words.
When you come across unknown words in an exam text, it is very easy to panic. However, if you develop efficient techniques for guessing the meaning, you will(9)__________a number of possible problems and help yourself to understand far more of the text than you at first likely. Two strategies which may help you guess the meaning of a word are: using contextual clues, both within the sentence and outside, and making uses (10)_____ clues derived from the formation of the word

For questions 66 – 70, choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Although party invitations no longer frightened me, I still found myself making careful preparations for this particular party. I got a haircut, laid out my best suit, selected a special, tie, and cuff links. I had recently gone on a diet, but because I didn’t want to look too thin. I discontinued it. What should I bring my hosts? Flowers? What kind of wine? Sherry? Or possibly even champagne? Meeting new people was still a major undertaking.

It was scheduled for this Saturday and I decided to take a cab to the suburb where it was being held. It was early autumn and the weather had been mild, but that morning it turned cold and rainy, and as I listened to the steam hissing in my radiator, it already felt like midwinter. Trees, visible from my window, covered will foliage only yesterday, had become bare overnight. Churning clouds augured a further change in the weather. From my new paper, I learned that a hurricane that had already struck another state was on its way to New York, though it might veer out to sea. The storm left destruction in its wake. In one village an entire cottage was sheared from its foundation and blown into the ocean together with its occupants.

As I lay in bed the morning of the party, I envisioned a change also taking place in me. A loose tooth that hadn’t bothered me suddenly sent a stabbing pain through my jaw. Ordinarily, I’m not too headaches, but I awoke with a dull ache on the left side of my head. Several disturbing dreams had given me a restless night, though 1 could only remember them vaguely. In one dream I recalled shouting at someone and being involved in a light. There was also something about an animal, but what it was I couldn’t recollect. What did stay with me afterward was the despairing knowledge that one leads a double – each part hermetically scaled off from the other.

The storm___________

Complete the passage with the words provided:
Feminism,  collective  term  for  systems  of  belief  and  theories  that  pay special (1)_____to women’s rights and women’s position in culture and society. The term tends to be used for the women’s rights movement, which began in the late 18th century and continues to campaign for complete political, social,  and economic equality between  women and men. This article (2) ____ specifically with the development of the ideas behind that movement and their (3)_____ and impact. Feminists are united by the idea that women’s position in society is unequal to (4)_____ of men, and that society is structured in such a way as to benefit men to the political, social, economic (5)______ of  women. However,  feminists  have  used  different  theories  to  explain  these (6)_____ and have advocated different ways of redressing inequalities, and there are marked geographic and historical variations in the nature of feminism. Historically, feminist thought and activity can be divided into two waves. The first wave, which began in about 1800 and (7) ____until the 1930s, was largely concerned with gaining equal rights between women and men. The second wave, which began in the late 1960s, has continued to fight for (8)________but  has  also  developed a (9) _________  of  theories  and  approaches  that  stress the difference between women and men and that draw attention to the (10)_______ needs of women

Read the passage and choose the correct answer:

Animals live everywhere. They roam the land. They burrow in the ground. They swim in the sea. They fly through the air. They creep, they leap, they soar, and they dive. A very few – including corals and barnacles – stay in one place.

Animals come in all sizes. The biggest animals are whales, which can be 100 feet (30 meters) long. The smallest animals can only be seen through a microscope. Zoologists (scientists who study animals) have found more than 2 million species (kinds) of animals. They think they have discovered only a small portion of all animals on Earth.

Several things make animals different from other living things. Unlike plants, animals cannot make their own food. Animals eat other living things–plants and other animals–to get energy. Animal bodies are made up of more than one cell, unlike bacteria and other life forms with only one cell. Cells are the building blocks of living things. Animals also have senses, such as eyes or ears, that tell them what is going on around them.

Unlike plants, animals cannot make their own food.

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Over the last few years, the use of the Internet has increased dramatically in French schools, offices, and homes and this trend continues to grow. Who could have imagined, even in the last decade, that we would be able to (1) __________ our friends, colleagues and clients around the world simply through the (2) __________ of a mouse and a modem? There is no doubt, like any invention, that the Internet can be used for good or bad but it is here to stay and has (3) __________ the way we communicate. In the world of business, no corporation can be competitive unless it (4) __________ access to the Internet. It has become essential to advertise your product and service in this way and an increasing number of companies are using this opportunity to reach a greater number of (5) __________ consumers. Indeed, the bigger the website is, (6) __________ professional the company seems to be. Similarly in education, the opportunities that the Internet can (7) __________ are vast. More and more students are (8) __________ on the Internet for their research; for instance, a physics undergraduate in Paris can download information from a university library in the United States in minutes. From the latest research in scientific and linguistic fields to new theories in psychology and history, all this may be published on the world-wide web. What will be the future for the Internet in France? It has been (9) __________ that 60% of homes and 50% business will have access to the Internet within five years. Children, students and professionals will be able to (10) __________ and explore the world as they have never done before

Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions:

Long ago, people thought the Moon was a God and we would never be able to reach it. However the invention of telescope in 1608 enabled people to learn that the Moon is just another planet.

And mankind's dream of walking on the Moon suddenly seemed possible.

The dream came true on July 20th. 1969 when Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins ew to the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 lunar mission. Neil Armstrong was the first to step onto the Moon. During the stay of more than twenty-four hours on the Moon's surface, the astronauts found no rain or wind at all. The Moon was like a desert with plains, mountains and valleys. The surface was covered with dust, which was so thick that they left footprints where they had walked. They left a US flag there and returned to the Earth with forty six pounds of moon rock for scientific study.

What was the surface of the Moon covered with?

Complete the passage with the words provided:
THE DANGERS OF DIETING
Thanks to our modern lifestyle, with more and more time spent sitting down in front of computers than ever before, the (1)____ of overweight people is at a new high. As people frantically search for a solution (2)____ this problem, they often try some of the popular fad diets being offered. Many people see fad diets (3)____ harmless ways of losing weight, and they are grateful to have them. Unfortunately, not only don’t fad diets usually (4)____ the trick, they can actually be dangerous for your health. Although permanent weight loss is the (5)___, few are able to achieve it. Experts estimate that 95 percent of dieters return to their starting weight, or even (6)____ weight. While the reckless use of fad diets can bring some (7)____ result, long-term results are very rare. (8)____, people who are fed up with the difficulties of changing their eating habits often turn to fad diets. (9)____ being moderate, fad diets involve extreme dietary changes. They advises eating only one type of food, or they prohibit other types of foods entirely. This results in a situation (10)______ a person’s body doesn’t get all the vitamins and other things that it needs to stay healthy.

Find mistakes among A B C and D and correct

The international Red Cross, which has helped so many nations, won the Nobel Peace Prize three times for their efforts to reduce human suffering

Complete the passage with the words provided:
What’s your dream? Touring castles in Scotland? Walking on the Great Wall of China? Working to improve the lives of women in rural Uganda? If you’re thinking of studying (1)___________, there’s no end to the places you can go, things you can see, and subjects you can study. At many top schools, such as Duke, Tufts, or Brown, over a third of the junior class take the opportunity to complete part of their (2)___________outside of the United States. Even if your school doesn’t have an extensive study abroad program, you can often get credit from a different school.  Multiple benefits accrue to those who spend significant (3)___________in another country, and a significant proportion of students see the experience as an important (4)___________of their college years. You’re likely to have fun. But if you’re also thinking about study abroad as a way to gain a critical career advantage, read on. You’ll find that all foreign experiences are not created equal in the minds of employers. Employers are looking for graduates who can (5)___________well with others, both in person and in writing. They know the (6)___________of cross-cultural understanding and an appreciation for different points of view. They gravitate toward students who demonstrate maturity, initiative, and (7)___________. All of these assets can be demonstrated through study abroad, but it’s going to be much (8)___________to set yourself apart if you’ve taken the easy route. It’s not hard to find the “easy route”: that’s the one where you go with your friends to another country; all the arrangements are made for you by the school—including the American-style apartment where you live with your classmates. In this scenario, it doesn’t (9)___________which country you go to because all your classes will be in English, and possibly even taught by your American professors. You’ll undoubtedly have a somewhat different experience, but to do the “easy route” is to forego some of the major (10)___________of your time away

Complete the passage with the words provided:
What’s your dream? Touring castles in Scotland? Walking on the Great Wall of China? Working to improve the lives of women in rural Uganda? If you’re thinking of studying (1)___________, there’s no end to the places you can go, things you can see, and subjects you can study. At many top schools, such as Duke, Tufts, or Brown, over a third of the junior class take the opportunity to complete part of their (2)___________outside of the United States. Even if your school doesn’t have an extensive study abroad program, you can often get credit from a different school.  Multiple benefits accrue to those who spend significant (3)___________in another country, and a significant proportion of students see the experience as an important (4)___________of their college years. You’re likely to have fun. But if you’re also thinking about study abroad as a way to gain a critical career advantage, read on. You’ll find that all foreign experiences are not created equal in the minds of employers. Employers are looking for graduates who can (5)___________well with others, both in person and in writing. They know the (6)___________of cross-cultural understanding and an appreciation for different points of view. They gravitate toward students who demonstrate maturity, initiative, and (7)___________. All of these assets can be demonstrated through study abroad, but it’s going to be much (8)___________to set yourself apart if you’ve taken the easy route. It’s not hard to find the “easy route”: that’s the one where you go with your friends to another country; all the arrangements are made for you by the school—including the American-style apartment where you live with your classmates. In this scenario, it doesn’t (9)___________which country you go to because all your classes will be in English, and possibly even taught by your American professors. You’ll undoubtedly have a somewhat different experience, but to do the “easy route” is to forego some of the major (10)___________of your time away

Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it:

"National Parks and Preserves, (1) _______ public lands or bodies of water within a country, set aside by the (2) _______ to protect ecosystems, plant and animal species, scenic landscapes, geologic formations, or historical or archaeological (3) _______. National parks are managed primarily for public recreation, (4) _______ exceptional locations where visitors can view wildlife and enjoy the (5) _______. Generally, these protected public lands are off-limits to hunting, livestock grazing, logging, mining, and other (6) _______ that exploit natural resources. Some parks commemorate significant historical events. (7) _______, Gettysburg National Military Park (1895) in Pennsylvania conserves the 13 sq km (5 sq mi) site of the pivotal battle in the (8) ______ Civil War (1861-1865). National preserves, sometimes (9) _______ nature or wildlife reserves, often are located within or near national (10) _______. These lands are managed by national governments primarily for wildlife protection or scientific research (11) _______ recreation, and provide ―living laboratories‖ in (12) _______ scientists observe plant and animal species in their natural habitat. (13) _______, fishing, and mining are permitted within many United States preserves (14) _______ the activities do not harm natural resources. Many other countries specifically ban such activities in their (15) _______."

15. Many other countries specifically ban such activities in their (15) _______.

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Getting friends and family to pose for photos is hard enough, but how would you cope with a rabbit, an owl or a butterfly that simply (1) _______to keep still? Simon King, wildlife film—maker and photographer, says you don't need any formal (2)_______  to get started. "The whole idea is that photographing wildlife should be fun". Simon offers the following (3)_______Specialize from the start. You're more likely to get good result sooner if you (4)_______  on the type of wildlife - insects for instance - (5)_______  than just going off to the woods or park with your camera and snapping whatever you see. Pick something that isn't hard to photograph. Choosing an animal that's hard to (6)_______ or will run away if it sees you (7) _______ unnecessary problems. How about flowers or a group of birds? Search second-hand camera shops and local papers for quality (8) _______. You don't need to (9) _______ a fortune. Simon started with just a second-hand camera that cost around $30. But you will need a single lens reflex camera. Remember it's the whole photograph that counts, nor just the subject. (10) _______ you're composing a picture and try to be as artistic as possible.

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Our family has got many books. All the …(1)……… of our family buy books and read them. My mother says that books help us in self-education. In ancient times, books ……(2)…… written by hand. It was difficult to write a book …(3)……… a pen. Then printing came into our life. Printing played an important ……(4)…. in the development of literature and culture. Now there are a lot of books in the shops, there are many books in our flats. But it is difficult to buy all books …(5)……… we want to read. That’s why we get books in public libraries. There are some problems in our life and sometimes it is difficult to ……(6)… them. I think that books can help us. Last year I read a very interesting book “ An American Tragedy” by Theodore Dreiser. This novel was …(7)…… at the beginning of the 20th century. The novel ……(8)……. The tragic fate of a boy and a girl, Clyde and Roberta ……(9)…… name. It is a sad story. This novel was written many years ago, but it is …(10)……… nowadays. Books must be our friends during our life.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 3 to 7.

The English language began(3)…….England, of course. But when people went from England to(4)…….countries, they brought their language with them. The first English people come to North America(5)……many things that they did not know about before, especially different kinds of animals and plants. So they took the(6)……for these plants and animals from the people(7)…….were already living in America-the Indians. “Raccoon”, “skunk”, “tomato”, “tobacco” are all American Indian words.

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