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Section I: Structure and Vocabulary
In each question, decide which of the four choices given will most suitably
complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Put your choice in
the brackets on the left. (15 points)
EXAMPLE:
I was caught ________ the rain yesterday.
[A] in
[B] by
[C] with
[D] at
ANSWER: [A]
1. No doctors could cure the patient ________ his strange disease.
[A] with
[B] of
[C] from
[D] off
2. He was his wits' end ________ what to do.
[A] in
[B] on
[C] at
[D] of
3. Prior ________ his departure, he addressed a letter to his daughter.
[A] to
[B] of
[C] in
[D] from
4. The driving instructor told me to pull ________ at the post office.
[A] up
[B] back
[C] round
[D] along
5. When there's a doubt, the chairman's decision is ________.
[A] right
[B] definite
[C] fixed
[D] final
6. We can rely on William to carry out this mission, for his judgment is
always ________.
[A] unquestionable
[B] sound
[C] subtle
[D] healthy
7. The noise of the plane died ________ in the distance.
[A] away
[B] out
[C] down
[D] off
8. Hospital doctors don't go out very often as their work ________ all
their time.
[A] takes away
[B] takes in
[C] takes over
[D] takes up
9. Attendances at football matches have ________ since the coming of
television.
[A] dropped in
[B] dropped down
[C] dropped off
[D] dropped out
10. After the death of their parents, the sisters got well ________ and
never quarreled.
[A] away
[B] in
[C] along
[D] out
11. They always give the vacant seats to ________ comes first.
[A] who
[B] whom
[C] whoever
[D] whomever
12. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication ________
the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered.
[A] in that
[B] in which
[C] in order that
[D] in the way
13. He is ________ of an actor.
[A] anybody
[B] anyone
[C] somebody
[D] something
14. The captain apologized ________ to tell us more about the accident.
[A] for to be unable
[B] that he was unable
[C] to be unable
[D] for being unable
15. ________ is no reason for discharging her.
[A] Because she was a few minutes late
[B] Owing to a few minutes being late
[C] The fact that she was a few minutes late
[D] Being a few minutes late
Section II: Close Test
For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices
labeled [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and put your choice in
the brackets below the passage. Read the whole passage before making your
choices. (10 points)
On Wednesday afternoons Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market.
For an hour or __16__ she would walk up and down between the stalls looking
at everything, buying here and there, and __17__ a sharp lookout for the
bargains that were sometimes to be had. And then, with all the things she
needed __18__ she would leave the market for the streets of the town to
spend another hour __19__ she liked best: looking in furniture shop
windows.
One Wednesday she found a new shop full of the most delightful things, with
a notice inviting anyone to walk in and look __20__ without feeling they
had to buy something. Annie hesitated for a moment before stepping through
the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped __21__ before a green
armchair. There was a card on the chair which said: "This fine chair is
yours __22__ less than a pound a week," and very small at the bottom, "Cash
price eighty-nine pounds fifty." A pound a week... __23__, she could almost
pay that out of her housekeeping money and never miss it! A voice at her
shoulder made her __24__. "Can I help you, Madam?" She looked round at the
assistant who had come softly to her __25__.
"Oh, well, no," she said. "I was just looking." "We've chairs of all kinds
in the showroom. If you'll just come up, you will find something to suit
you."
Annie, worried at the thought of being persuaded to buy something she
didn't need, left the shop hurriedly.
16. [A] so
[B] more
[C] else
[D] another
17. [A] taking
[B] making
[C] fixing
[D] keeping
18. [A] buy
[B] bought
[C] buying
[D] to have bought
19. [A] in a way
[B] by the way
[C] in the way
[D] on the way
20. [A] behind
[B] round
[C] back
[D] on
21. [A] doubted
[B] wondered
[C] puzzled
[D] delighted
22. [A] at
[B] for
[C] with
[D] in
23. [A] Why
[B] When
[C] How
[D] What
24. [A] jump
[B] leap
[C] laugh
[D] wonder
25. [A] place
[B] back
[C] side
[D] front
Section III: Reading Comprehension
Each of the two passages below is followed by five questions. For each
question there are four answers. Read the passages carefully and choose the
best answer to each of the questions. Put your choice in the brackets on
the left. (10 points)
Text 1
There are a great many careers in which the increasing emphasis is on
specialization. You find these careers in engineering, in production, in
statistical work, and in teaching. But there is an increasing demand for
people who are able to take in great area at a glance, people who perhaps
do not know too much about any one field. There is, in other words, a
demand for people who are capable of seeing the forest rather than the
trees, of making general judgments. We can call these people "generalists."
And these "generalists" are particularly needed for positions in
administration, where it is their job to see that other people do the work,
where they have to plan for other people, to organize other people's work,
to begin it and judge it.
The specialist understands one field; his concern is with technique and
tools. He is a "trained" man; and his educational background is properly
technical or professional. The generalist -- and especially the
administrator -- deals with people; his concern is with leadership, with
planning, and with direction giving. He is an "educated" man; and the
humanities are his strongest foundation. Very rarely is a specialist
capable of being an administrator. And very rarely is a good generalist
also a good specialist in particular field. Any organization needs both
kinds of people, though different organizations need them in different
proportions. It is your task to find out, during your training period, into
which of the two kinds of jobs you fit, and to plan your career
accordingly.
Your first job may turn out to be the right job for you -- but this is pure
accident. Certainly you should not change jobs constantly or people will
become suspicious of your ability to hold any job. At the same time you
must not look upon the first job as the final job; it is primarily a
training job, an opportunity to understand yourself and your fitness for
being an employee.
26. There is an increasing demand for ________.
[A] all round people in their own fields
[B] people whose job is to organize other people's work
[C] generalists whose educational background is either technical or
professional
[D] specialists whose chief concern is to provide administrative guidance
to others
27. The specialist is ________.
[A] a man whose job is to train other people
[B] a man who has been trained in more than one fields
[C] a man who can see the forest rather than the trees
[D] a man whose concern is mainly with technical or professional matters
28. The administrator is ________.
[A] a "trained" man who is more a specialist than a generalist
[B] a man who sees the trees as well as the forest
[C] a man who is very strong in the humanities
[D] a man who is an "educated" specialist
29. During your training period, it is important ________.
[A] to try to be a generalist
[B] to choose a profitable job
[C] to find an organization which fits you
[D] to decide whether you are fit to be a specialist or a generalist
30. A man's first job ________.
[A] is never the right job for him
[B] should not be regarded as his final job
[C] should not be changed or people will become suspicious of his ability
to hold any job
[D] is primarily an opportunity to fit himself for his final job
Test 2
At the bottom of the world lies a mighty continent still wrapped in the Ice
Age and, until recent times, unknown to man. It is a great land mass with
mountain ranges whose extent and elevation are still uncertain. Much of the
continent is a complete blank on our maps. Man has explored, on foot, less
than one per cent of its area. Antarctica differs fundamentally from the
Arctic regions. The Arctic is an ocean, covered with drifting packed ice
and hemmed in by the land masses of Europe, Asia, and North America. The
Antarctic is a continent almost as large as Europe and Australia combined,
centered roughly on the South Pole and surrounded by the most unobstructed
water areas of the world -- the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
The continental ice sheet is more than two miles high in its centre, thus,
the air over the Antarctic is far more refrigerated than it is over the
Arctic regions. This cold air current from the land is so forceful that it
makes the nearby seas the stormiest in the world and renders unlivable
those regions whose counterparts at the opposite end of the globe are
inhabited. Thus, more than a million persons live within 2,000 miles of the
North Pole in an area that includes most of Alaska, Siberia, and
Scandinavia -- a region rich in forest and mining industries. Apart from a
handful of weather stations, within the same distance of the South Pole
there is not a single tree, industry, or settlement.
31. The best title for this selection would be ________.
[A] Iceland
[B] Land of Opportunity
[C] The Unknown Continent
[D] Utopia at Last
32. At the time this article was written, our knowledge of Antarctica was
________.
[A] very limited
[B] vast
[C] fairly rich
[D] nonexistent
33. Antarctica is bordered by the ________.
[A] Pacific Ocean
[B] Indian Ocean