ICON YABANCI DL AKADEMS

Anyone looking for a way to something for the

environment need look no further than their own
home. In its struggle to ___(1)__ with the Kyoto
Protocol of 1997 and reduce greenhouse gas
emissions to ___(2)___ 1990 levels, the EU
___(3)___ to reduce energy consumption in the
home. This is ___(4)___ surprising since the EU's
160 million buildings are ___(5)___ responsible for
a staggering 40% of all energy consumed by its 15
states.

The United States will officially take 70,000

refugees in 2003.___(6)__ the number will be
much lower as many thousands will be caught up
in lengthy ___(7)___ necessitated by postth
September 11 security procedures. In 2002, for
example, America ___(8)___ only 30,000 refugees,
the lowest number in 25 years. This is a remarkable
___(9)___ of America's traditional generosity
___(10)___ the world's displaced.

1.

6.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

coincide
agree
augment
compete
comply

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

forward
above
behind
below
back

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

to have sought
would seek
having sought
would be seeking
is seeking

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

hardly
nevertheless
more
indeed
just

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

nearly
apparently
therefore
likely
permanently

2.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

In place of
In return
In practice
In case
In excess of

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

distinctions
competitions
departures
delays
resources

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

had accepted
has accepted
would accept
is accepting
accepted

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

reversal
exchange
comparison
expression
appreciation

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

against
through
over
towards
beyond

7.

3.

8.

4.

9.

5.

10.

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In the pharmaceutical industry, vaccines have long
been poor stepsisters to big, glamorous drugs.
Immunization campaign; have worked wonders.
___(11)___ scourges such as polio. ___(12)___
annual global sales of vaccines have fallen off
during ___(13)___ years and the number of major
companies ___(14)___ them has shrunk from 20 in
the 1980s to just 4. This is a sure sign that it
___(15)___ an economic business to be in.

11.

In Britain, firemen have been on partial strike for

months, demanding a huge pay increase
___(16)___ bitterly resisting changes to their
working conditions. Tony Blair's labor government
has watched with ___(17)___ alarm as a series of
elections has put militant leaders ___(18)___ the
top jobs at some of the biggest unions. In April,
Kevin Curran ___(19)___ the more moderate John
Edmonds as leader of the GMB, Britain's fourthlargest union; and in May a left-winger defeated
the ___(20)___ favored by the Labor Party for the
leadership of the powerful T&G union.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

committing
pulling down
wiping out
interfering with
exposing

16.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Yet
Consequently
Apparently
As far as
Regarding

17.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

present
contemporary
latter
recent
Final

18.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

to sell
having sold
to be selling
to have sold
selling

19.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

didn't have to be
hasn't been
wouldn't be
didn't use to be
shouldn't be

20.

12.

13.

14.

15.

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

when
while
for
as
whether

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

some
any
such
an
as

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

over
up
past
into
by

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

succeeding
has succeeded
would succeed
having succeeded
succeeded

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

candidate
applicant
nominee
client
participant

ICON YABANCI DL AKADEMS

When the rage for orchids hit Europe in the
nineteenth century collectors immediately realized
that greenhouses were needed to provide
___(21)___ growing conditions. ___(22)___
greenhouses were a luxury ___(23)___ the very
wealthy. But before long, greenhouses ___(24)___
mass produced, ___(25)___ made them more
affordable for orchid lovers of modest means.

21.

Until the middle of the nineteenth century, most

Americans were indifferent to paint. Wood was
plentiful and cheap especially on the frontier;
___(26)___ most settlers had to chop down trees
to dear their land. ___(27)___ eager to start
farming, they used their wood to build their cabins
as cheaply and quickly as possible. If they had
painted their buildings, this ___(28)___ their
durability; ___(29)___ painting was an expensive
and timeconsuming job. There were ___(30)___
more urgent calls upon their time and their money.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

better
best
as good
the most
more

26.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

At times
At present
Eventually
Hardly
At first

27.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

for
off
about
over
from

28.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

have been
were being
had been
would have been
will be

29.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

what
thus
which
but
so

30.

22.

23.

24.

25.

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

on the contrary
as if
similarly
in case
in fact

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Having been
To be
To have been
Being
Having to be

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

had extended
might have extended
was extending
would be extending
might extend

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

but
whether
unless
that
if

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

none
any
anywhere
other
so

ICON YABANCI DL AKADEMS

Satellite-servicing technology is being used to
upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope to perform
beyond its initial design requirements. Twice
astronauts have replaced the telescope's solar
panels ___(31)___ higherperformance ones. The
most impressive improvement, however, has come
with the ___(32)___ of a new camera to record the
images seen by the Hubble . Its increased
sensitivity makes it ten ___(33)___ as powerful as
its predecessor, and it ___(34)___ dramatically
sharper images, some of them of stars and galaxies
that were ___(35)___ to the old Hubble.

31.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

from
with
to
against
over

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

distribution
application
installation
duplication
reaction

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

times
figures
degrees
periods
points

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

will produce
had produced
has produced
may produce
would produce

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

incapable
inappropriate
inadequate
indestructible
invisible

32.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803- 1882 ) was a sage,

not a scientist, but he was more keenly interested
in the scientific advances of his day than is
commanly reallzed . One of his early aspirations
was to be "a naturallst", and he started his career
___(36)___ a lecturer- essayist by giving talks on
natural science, ___(37)___ one focused on the
chemical composition of water. ___(38)___
Emerson went on to make his mark primarily in the
areas of literature, religion, philosophy and social
reform, he remained an eager lifelong student of
both traditional and contemporary natural and
social science. To date, however, this side of
Emerson's thought and life ___(39)___ only a
handful of significant scholarly discussions.
Emerson's life in science is the best of books
___(40)___ this aspect of Emerson that have
marked the bicentennial of his birth, and it is one
that will endure.

36.

33.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

more
so
such
as
only

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

describing
including
considering
intending
defining

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

although
therefore
so that
but
since

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

should attract
is attracting
will attract
has attracted
had attracted

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

to
for
on
with
at

37.

34.

38.

35.

39.

40.

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In the latter part of the Middle Ages, cities created
asylums to cope with the mentally ill. These
asylums were simply prisons; the inmates were
kept on chains in dark, fifty cells and were treated
more as animals ___(41)___ as human beings. it
___(42)___ until 1972, when Phillipe Pinel was
placed in charge of an asylum in Paris, that some
improvements were made in an experiment, Pinel
removed the chains that ___(43)___ the inmates.
Much ___(44)___ the amazement of skeptics, who
thought Pinel was mad to unchain such animals,
the experiments was a success. When placed in
clean, sunny rooms, and treated kindly, many
people who for years ___(45)___ hopelessly insane
improved enough to leave the asylum.

Intellectualization is an attempt to gain

detachment from a stressful situation by
confronting it in abstract, intellectual terms. This
kind of defense is frequently a necessity for people
who must ___(46)___ life-and-death matters in
their daily jobs. The doctor who is continually
confronted with human suffering cannot afford to
become emotionally involved with ___(47)___
patient. In fact, a certain amount of detachment
may be essential ___(48)___ the doctor to function
competently. This kind of intellectualization is a
problem only when it ___(49)___ such a pervasive
life- style ___(50)___ individuals cut themselves off
from all emotional experiences.

46.
41.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

than
like
such
so
much

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

come apart
use up
show off
turn down
deal with

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

another
some
each
few
more

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

in
with
to
for
by

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

would become
becomes
became
will become
used to become

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

when
if
whether
unless
that

47.
42.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

has not been

had not been
was not
would not be
would not have been
48.

43.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

compelled
restrained
overloaded
withdrew
sustained
49.

44.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

to
of
with
for
at
50.

45.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

will be considered
have been considered
were being considered
had been considered
are considered

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I was at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall last week
to hear an all-Byrd programme performed to a
packed hall. This would have been unimaginable
___(51)___ 20 years ago. Not surprisingly, a good
___(52)___ of the audience applauded in the
wrong places. I regard this as good news
___(53)___ bad news. This was a new audience
___(54)___ to a concert hall by CD recordings and I
___(55)___ the experience of being a part of it.

51.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

for
hardly
still
yet
even

James Joyce was born in Dublin of a middle-class

Catholic family. ___(56)___ his mother was a
devout Catholic, his father was a man who was
opposed to the Church and fiercely objected to the
interference ___(57)___ the Catholic clergy in Irish
politics. Joyce attended Clongowes Wood College
for several years, but ___(58)___ to leave when his
family fell upon increasing economic hardship.
Then, he attended a Christian Brothers school,
Belvedere College and later University College
Dublin, where he ___(59)___ modern European
languages. He left Ireland for Paris but returned to
Dublin for a short while ___(60)___ learning that
his mother was dying.

56.

52.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

impression
supply
example
proportion
quality

apart from
so long as
rather than
in addition to
except

attracted
having been attracted
having attracted
to attract
attracting

seemed
abandoned
preferred
sensed
valued

for
of
about
in
to

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

was forced
is forced
has been forced
would have forced
would be forced

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

assumed
studied
involved
established
affirmed

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

whenever
until
after
while
as

59.

55.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
58.

54.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Besides
Since
As if
Though
Even

57.

53.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

60.

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All hay fever sufferers will be aware of the pollen
rain that ___(61)___ them in the spring and
summer. Pollen grains the tiny male reproductive
bodies of flowering plants have an almost
___(62)___ outer shell(exin that can survive in
certain sediments for tens of thousands of years. In
pollen analysis the exines are extracted from the
soil, studied under amicroscope, and identified
___(63)___ the distinctive exine shape and surface
ornamentation of different families and genera of
plants. ___(64)___ quantified, these identifications
are then plotted as curves on apollen diagram.
Fluctuations in the curve ___(65)___ each plant
category may then be studied for signs of climatic
fluctuation, or forest clearance and crop planting
by humans.

Underwater archaeology is beginning to yield a

detailed picture of whaling undertaken by Basque
fishermen at Red Bay, Labrador, in the 16th
century. The Basques were at this time the largest
suppliers to Europe of whale oil an important
___(66)___ used for lighting and in products such
as soap. In 1977, prompted by the discovery in
Spanish archives that Red Bay ___(67)___ a
prominent whaling centre, Canadian archaeologist
James A. Tuck began an excavation on the island at
the mouth of Red BayHarbour. Here he found
remains of structures for turning blubber
___(68)___ whale oil. ___(69)___, in 1978, the
nautical archaeologist Robert Grenier led a Parks
Canada team in search of the Basque galleon San
Juan, ___(70)___ the archives said had sunk in the
harbour in 1565.

61.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

should afflict
an afflict
had afflicted
would afflict
afflicted

66.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

intense
approachable
indestructible
abundant
unsteady

67.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

according to
ahead of
with a view to
on behalf of
in place of

68.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Before
Whenever
While
Until
Once

69.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

across
on
for
about
at

70.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

commodity
refinement
artifact
hardship
settlement

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

would have been

is
was going to be
had been
will be

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

by
about
next to
upon
into

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

On the contrary
Frequently
Otherwise
Subsequently
Conclusively

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

whose
when
whom
who
which

62.

63.

64.

65.

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The term emotional intelligence was probably
first used in an unpublished dissertation in 1986. In
1990 it ___(71)___ into the field of scientific
psychology, defined as the ability to monitor
___(72)___ and others feelings, to ___(73)___
among them and to use this information to guide
ones thinking and action. The concept developed
___(74)___ a growing emphasis on research into
the ___(75)___ of emotion and thought.

Should a vote in Los Angeles count more than a

vote in Montana? Thats one question raised
___(76)___ an analysis of Census Bureau data
conducted by researchers at the Centre for
Immigration Studies ___(77)___ found that nine
congressional seats ___(78)___ to different states
in 2000, if noncitizens, ___(79)___ illegal aliens,
had been excluded from the counts Congress uses
to ___(80)___ seats.

71.

76.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

was being introduced

had been Introduced
would be introduced
has been introduced
was introduced

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

ones own
one anothers
oneself
the self
each others

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

identify
distribute
justify
discredit
discriminate

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

off
against
without
out of
under

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

alternation
participation
interaction
obstruction
complication

72.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

by
to
at
onto
off

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

whose
which
what
thus
whether

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

would be allotted
have been allotted
will have been allotted
would have been allotted
were being allotted

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

regardless of
concerning
pertaining to
excelling
including

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

select
exchange
allocate
circulate
classify

77.

73.

78.

74.

79.

75.

80.

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To determine a persons diet history, the doctor
asks what foods ___(81)___ in the previous 24
hours and what types of food are usually eaten.
The person may be asked to keep a food diary, in
which he lists everything he eats for three days.
___(82)___ the physical examination, the doctor
observes the persons general appearance and
behaviour ___(83)___ the distribution of body fat
and the functioning of body organs. ___(84)___
the doctor suspects severe malnutrition, he orders
a complete blood cell count and blood and urine
tests to measure levels of vitamins, minerals, and
waste products such as urea. Skin tests may also be
ordered to ___(85)___ certain types of immunity.

Bill Clintons main legacy for race relations in the

United States is that he helped to sustain and
accelerate the desegregation of the higher circles
of American life. On the psychological plane, he
gently pushed the white American public to accept
something that ___(86)___ many whites today is
___(87)___ more in question than one would like
to believe: that blacks really can be equal or
___(88)___ superior to whites in performing the
most crucial and difficult tasks demanded by our
society. George W. Bush contributed to this
process when he ___(89)___ Colin Powell as
Secretary of State. Through his appointment of
blacks and genuine friendships with them, Clinton
has deepened this ___(90)___ in American life.

81.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

were being eaten

had been eaten
will have been eaten
were eaten
are eaten

86.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Out of
At
By
Over
During

87.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

as well as
but also
so as
just as
so that

88.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

While
Even though
If
Whether
Even if

89.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

curtail
realize
emphasize
assess
assume

90.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

under
on
with
besides
for

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

decently
still
even so
doubtfully
excessively

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

also
more
even
only
as

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

appoints
had appointed
has appointed
appointed
would appoint

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

tendency
allocation
exclusion
admission
intuition

82.

83.

84.

85.

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Music educators give us many good reasons for
playing. It is said to feed our intelligence and
___(91)___ our self-esteem. It removes us from
the anxieties of daily life, placing us in the curious
world of self- expression, ___(92)___ the linear
passage of time seems to vanish. Of course, the
roots of British musicianship go far deeper than a
list of healthy lifestyle tips. Britains history has
shaped a great diversity of musical traditions,
many of which ___(93)___ flourish. The patchwork
of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic nations, the myths of a
rural idyll created ___(94)___ rapid urbanization,
the close relationship with America and the
immigration from the West Indies, south Asia and
Africa all ___(95)___ to the wealth of music
literature and recordings.

Education is both a consumption and an

investment good. The ___(96)___ of knowledge by
reading a book can give pleasure and benefits to an
individual equivalent to consuming an ice-cream or
seeing a film at the cinema. But education can also
help advance in a chosen career ___(97)___
success is achieved in specific examinations. If a
financial gain is thereby achieved, then the time
spent in the educational process ___(98)___ seen
as an investment. By investing in yourself you hope
that your enhanced skills add to your potential
earning power in the labour market; your
qualifications should help you to compete that
much better against those ___(99)___ qualified for
a particular job. As far as an employer is
concerned, your educational qualification is a
means ___(100)___ filtering where there is keen
competition for a post.

91.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

raise
appreciate
afflict
represent
provoke

96.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

wherever
which
where
how
whom

97.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

then
still
thus
almost
too

98.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

of
in
at
with
by

99.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

have contributed
would contribute
had contributed
will contribute
to have contributed

100.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

contribution
exclusion
obscurity
acquisition
continuation

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

even so
since
if
as if
unless

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

might have been

would be
was
had been
can be

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

as much
less
least
the same
fewer

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

of
by
over
with
through

92.

93.

94.

95.

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However hazy their grasp of astronomy may be,
most adults hold several beliefs with some
certainty. They believe, for example, that the Earth
is round and that it revolves around another, larger
round body (the Sun), ___(101)___ a smaller round
body (the Moon) revolves around it. They also
believe ___(102)___ certain familiar phenomena,
such as the day-night cycle and the seasons,
depend on the movements and relative positions
of the Earth, Sun, and Moon. But how do adults
come to form such beliefs? The facts of astronomy
are hardly evident in everyday experience; if
anything, the reverse ___(103)___ to be true.
Children experience an apparently flat earth from
which they see the Sun move ___(104)___ the sky,
and they learn things that seem incompatible with
the notion that people could somehow live on the
surface of a large ball. Is the development of adultlevel understanding, therefore, simply a matter of
suppressing childish beliefs and gradually
___(105)___ the views of modern adult society?

105.

101.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

after
as if
where
while
if

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

in that
as
those
since
that

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

must have been argued

could be argued
will be argued
might have been argued
would have been argued

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

along
about
among
across
aboard

102.

103.

104.

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

accepting
eliminating
recovering
maintaining
overloading

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The Pergamum of Eumenes II is remembered
___(106)___ for its library. Said to have held more
than 200,000 volumes, the library was a symbol of
Pergamums social and cultural status. Eumenes
was a passionate book collector, and his library
came to challenge the worlds greatest one in
Alexandria (700,000 books). Afraid that the
Pergamum library ___(107)___ famous scholars
away from Alexandria, the Egyptians cut off the
supply of papyrus from the Nile. Never one to
refuse a challenge, Eumenes set his scientists to
work and they ___(108)___ pergamen (Latin for
parchment), a writing surface made from animal
hides rather than pressed papyrus reeds.
___(109)___ the end, however, it was the
Egyptians who had the last laugh. ___(110)___ the
library at Alexandria was damaged by fire, Mark
Antony pillaged the one at Pergamum for books to
give to his beloved Cleopatra.

Nearly fifteen years after South Africas democratic

overthrow of apartheid, the country is facing
growing ___(111)___ over the rise of economic
apartheid and the way it ___(112)___ millions of
South Africans in the same, if not a worsening
economic position than they endured prior to
1994. ___(113)___ South African government
statistics, the average black household has become
15% poorer over the last fourteen years, while an
average white household has seen its wealth grow
___(114)___ some 19%. There has been a 20%
decrease in the income of the poorest 50% of
South Africans, and black South Africans have lost
___(115)___ two million jobs over the same
period.
111.

106.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

with a view
as well as
most of all
enough
just in case

112.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

attracted
would attract
might have attracted
will attract
may attract

113.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

came up with
stepped over
stood against
ran over
carried on with

114.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Off
In
By
Through
To

115.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Even though
Until
In case
Even if
When

107.

108.

109.

110.

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A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

interest
demand
encouragement
criticism
threat

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

is leaving
had left
would have left
left
was leaving

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Because of
According to
Instead of
In addition to
Contrary to

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

through
for
in
with
by

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

yet
mostly
hardly
nearly
also

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The gondola has been a part of Venice since the
11th century. ___(116)___ its slim shape and flat
underside, the boat is perfectly adapted to
manoeuvring in Venices narrow, shallow canals.
The front of the boat has a ___(117)___ leftward
curve to prevent it from going around in circles, as
the gondolier, or operator of the boat, uses the oar
only on the right side. In 1562, it ___(118)___ that
all gondolas should be black to stop people from
making an ___(119)___ show of their wealth.
Today, gondola rides are expensive, and are
___(120)___ taken only by tourists.

116.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

About
With
Through
From
Along

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

slight
habitual
relevant
cheerful
favourable

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

has been decided

decided
was decided
would have decided
had decided

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

ostentatious
affluent
adjacent
omnipresent
inescapable

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

possibly
obviously
seldom
usually
definitely

Ever since Lord Curzon, a member of Britains

World War I cabinet, ___(121)___ that the Allies
had floated to victory on a sea of oil, major
industrialized powers have sought oil security. For
instance, an imperialist surge by Japan to secure oil
supplies in East Asia resulted ___(122)___ the
fateful attack on Pearl Harbour. The desire to
control Middle East oil pushed the Soviet Union
into Afghanistan, and led to Saddam Husseins
___(123)___ of Kuwait. And in his 1980 State of the
Union speech, US President Jimmy Carter made
clear Americas own oil-security policy ___(124)___
he described what would become known as the
Carter Doctrine: Any attempt by an outside force
to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be
regarded as an assault on the ___(125)___
interests of the United States of America.
121.

117.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

declares
declared
has declared
would have declared
would declare

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

in
within
on
below
of

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

purchase
exclusion
invasion
negotiation
illusion

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

in case
although
even if
when
so far as

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

tedious
irrelevant
redundant
vague
vital

122.

118.

123.

119.

124.

120.

125.

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Saturn and its 47 diverse moons have been
___(126)___ the close watch of the Cassini probe
since 2004. The probes main ___(127)___ in its
planned 74 orbits is to gather detailed images of
the second largest planet in our solar system, its
icy moons and spectacular rings, ___(128)___ span
___(129)___ 272,000 kilometres. So far, the probe
___(130)___ some of the best images we have of
Saturn, and provided astronomers with a wealth of
new data.
126.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

under
in
with
through
over

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

stage
objection
assumption
controversy
aim

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

whatever
where
who
which
whereas

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

completely
almost
largely
adversely
slightly

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

is capturing
captures
has captured
had captured
will capture

Eritrea was part of the first Ethiopian kingdom of

Aksum ___(131)___ its decline in the 8th century.
It came under the control of the Ottoman Empire
in the 16th century, and ___(132)___ of the
Egyptians. The Italians ___(133)___ the coastal
areas in 1885, and the Treaty of Uccialli, signed on
2nd May 1889, gave Italy ___(134)___ over part of
Eritrea. The Italians ruled the colony until World
War II. It was made an Ethiopian province in 1962,
but a civil war ___(135)___ against the Ethiopian
government led by rebel groups who opposed the
union and wanted independence for Eritrea.
131.

127.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

through
over
until
with
in

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

subsequently
widely
unanimously
earnestly
extensively

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

capture
will capture
have captured
captured
are capturing

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

institution
sovereignty
treatment
opposition
prominence

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

broke out
took off
set out
kept on
went forward

132.

128.
133.

129.
134.

130.
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The portrait, as it is known today, was born in the
Renaissance. In fact, portraits ___(136)___ before
the Renaissance, of course: ___(137)___ think of
the Pharaohs with their colossal statues, or the
busts of the Roman emperors, ___(138)___ those
figures seemed very ___(139)___ .Renaissance
artists, by contrast, sought to create not just a
likeness of their subjects, but also ___(140)___ of
their spirit.

People who ___(141)___ in malaria-infested areas

or who travel to them can take certain
___(142)___ They can use long-lasting insecticide
sprays in homes and outbuildings, place screens
___(143)___ doors and windows, use mosquito
netting over their beds, and apply mosquito
repellents on their skin. They can ___(144)___
wear enough clothing, ___(145)___ after sundown,
to protect as much of the skin as possible against
mosquito bites.

136.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

exist
would exist
have existed
would have existed
had existed

141.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Just
Already
Always
Usually
Previously

142.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

whenever
when
but
while
so far as

143.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

principal
prospective
enthusiastic
recent
remote

144.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

many
anything
something
any
few

145.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

reduce
live
discharge
expose
persist

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

precautions
supplements
occurrences
setbacks
levels

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

beyond
of
with
on
till

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

either
more than
also
as such
as well as

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

similarly
extraordinarily
commonly
fairly
particularly

137.

138.

139.

140.

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___(146)___ there are dozens of indigenous
languages spoken throughout South America, this
is, with the ___(147)___ of Portuguese-speaking
Brazil, a Spanishspeaking continent. However, the
Spanish one hears in South America does not
always conform ___(148)___ what one has learned
in the classroom or heard on a cassette, and even
competent Spanish-speakers find it takes a bit of
getting used to. ___(149)___ the odd differences in
pronunciation, words from native languages as
well as various European languages ___(150)___
the different dialects of South American Spanish,
giving them each their own unique character.

We must not ___(151)___ the element of pleasure

and enjoyment which comes from the reading of
literature. This is surely itself one of the great
benefits which ___(152)___ from being an
educated person. But, over and above that, let us
recognize ___(153)___ certain other fundamental
skills and capacities are developed ___(154)___
the reading of literature, which are important to us
all as educated people, ___(155)___ in our private
pleasures or our personal philosophies, but also in
the day-to-day exercise of our responsibilities.

146.

151.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

If
Although
When
Whereas
Just as

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

exception
contribution
involvement
partition
convention

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

up
at
by
in
to

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

In case of
So far as
In addition to
By means of
In accordance with

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

would infiltrate
had infiltrated
infiltrated
have infiltrated
were infiltrating

147.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

subside
assert
interpret
witness
underestimate

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

had come
comes
would have come
came
was coming

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

so that
in case
just as
that
although

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

at
in
through
over
to

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

not only
either
both
more
as well as

152.

148.

153.

149.

154.

150.

155.

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___(156)___ all the political ideologies of the early
nineteenth century, nationalism is the most
difficult to grasp. Its ___(157)___ are elusive.
What, exactly, counted as a nation? Who
demanded a nation, and what did their demand
mean? In the early nineteenth century, nationalism
was usually aligned with liberalism. ___(158)___
the century progressed, ___(159)___ it became
increasingly clear that nationalism ___(160)___ to
fit any doctrine.

156.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

By
About
From
For
Of

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

credentials
comments
premises
subsidies
amendments

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

As
Because
Even if
If
Whether

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

furthermore
however
moreover
therefore
so

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

defined
has been defined
is defined
could be defined
defines

Many architects saw a building as a total work of

art. They argued that the architect should design
everything in a building, and this ___(161)___ not
just fittings but also furniture. ___(162)___, many
modern architects made striking furniture designs
for use in their buildings, and these items also
became ___(163)___ widely used. Miess metaland-leather Barcelona Chair, ___(164)___ made
for the German Pavilion at the Barcelona
Exposition and then widely copied, is the most
famous example. Gerrit Rietvelds Red-Blue Chair,
a structure of planes and lines like a threedimensional Mondrian painting, symbolizes De Stijl
___(165)___ many people.

161.

157.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

has been included

must be included
was included
had been included
included

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

On the other hand

However
Otherwise
As a result
Even so

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

just
more
as
most
such

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

commonly
readily
originally
positively
equally

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

between
by
in
over
for

162.

158.

163.

159.

164.

160.

165.

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Jean Piagets training included heavy doses of both
biology and philosophy. From philosophy came
___(166)___ of the content of his work. Piagets
goal ___(167)___ his career was to use the study of
children to answer basic philosophical questions
about the nature and origins of knowledge. His
research ___(168)___ shows a consistent focus on
what have long been central topics in philosophy:
the childs understanding of space, time, and
causality, of number and quantity, of classes and
relations, of invariance and change. Undoubtedly,
one reason Piagets studies ___(169)___ so much
attention up till now is that they identify such basic
and important forms of knowledge. Another
reason is Piagets surprising, and controversial,
claim that these basic forms of knowledge often
take a long time to ___(170)___.

Mercantilism has been advocated ___(171)___

some eminent politicians and economists,
including Alexander Hamilton and Friedrich List. In
the 1840s, Friedrich List developed a theory of
"productive power" which stressed that the ability
to produce is ___(172)___ important than the
result of producing. In other words, the prosperity
of a ___(173)___ not primarily on its store of
wealth, but on the extent to which it has
developed its "powers of production". A nation
capable of developing its power to
manufacture,___(174)___ it makes use of its
system of production, thus ___(175)___ quite in
the same spirit as the landed proprietor who, by
the sacrifice of some material wealth, allows some
of his children to learn a production trade.

166.

171.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

few
that
many
much
several

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

against
at
throughout
besides
over

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

thus
quite
rather
although
instead

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

will attract
have attracted
were attracting
had attracted
are attracting

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

claim
succeed
ensure
predict
develop

167.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

by
from
through
in
with

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

most
as
the more
more
the most

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

carries
epends
shows
decides
agrees

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

which
that
what
how
if

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

had acted
acts
used to act
were to act
shall act

172.

168.

173.

169.

174.

170.

175.

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A generation ago, few parents would have thought
that teaching their baby to read was a possibility.
But over the past decade or so, many parents have
become convinced that they ___(176)___ their
children for a life-time of success by tutoring them
___(177)___ infancy in reading, math, computer
skills, and the like. Books and articles offering
advice on such matters as teaching babies to read,
and even getting them to pass entrance exams for
exclusive preschools have proliferated. Do parents
who follow all this advice ___(178)___ a smarter
child? ___(179)___ some educators think so, many
are doubtful. For example, there is no evidence
that a child who learns to read unusually early goes
on to experience more success than children who
learn to read at a ___(180)___ normal age.

Dogs are thought to be easier to train than cats,

but this may be because they evolved to hunt in
packs, cooperate with other dogs and be obedient
___(181)___ a leader. Their memory requires
constant reinforcement, ___(182)___ they quickly
forget. Nonetheless, they are often ___(183)___
simply by giving them the attention they need. On
the contrary, cats evolved to hunt solo and are
much more devious. In some cases, they
___(184)___ but do not have the dogs desire to
please. There is some evidence that cats remember
specific events longer than dogs do, but
___(185)___ their excellent memory for people
and spaces, both species are able to build complex
mental maps of their surroundings and find their
way home.

176.

181.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

were to prepare
used to prepare
had prepared
should be preparing
would have prepared

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

between
to
from
along with
onto

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

get along with

stand up to
get through
stand against
end up with

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Although
Now that
Whenever
As long as
Provided that

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

such
more
least
as much
few

177.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

to
by
with
about
over

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

so
but
instead
otherwise
hence

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

substituted
perplexed
rewarded
concealed
implemented

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

used to be trained
can be trained
might have been trained
must be trained
should have been trained

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

in comparison with
instead of
despite
rather than
thanks to

182.

178.

183.

179.

184.

180.

185.

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Across Africa, experts estimate that more than 30%
of malaria and tuberculosis medicines are fake. So
over 700,000 people die every year ___(186)___
taking those counterfeit drugs. It is a menace that
___(187)___ urgently, and it is why an initiative by
a Ghana-based network is indispensible
___(188)___ the health of millions of Africans. But
do not mention it to the Ghana Food & Drugs
Board. They are ___(189)___ not interested. They
did not even bother to answer why they are not
involved in the new anti-counterfeit campaign,
___(190)___ this network has committed itself to
tackling the issue of fake medicines by
empowering consumers to get involved in
authenticating pharmaceutical products before
use.

Not long ago, Thomas Cook was examining the

strange and mysterious crop circles that had been
cut into his farm in Lincolnshire, England. His first
thoughts were that they had been created
___(191)___ aliens. ___(192)___ trying to explore
the origin of these unusual shapes, he made a
discovery that was much more down-to-earth. He
discovered a pile of Roman Empire coins in a
buried earthenware pot dating to 270 AD. He did
not find ___(193)___ evidence of a UFO, but he did
find an amazing archaeological site. In accordance
with English antiquities law, the coins ___(194)___
to the British Museum. They were studied and
catalogued in the archives and given what is now
___(195)___ referred to as a full treasure trove
inquest by the museum.
191.

186.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

regardless of
in place of
in terms of
as a result of
in spite of

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

was to be defeated
may be defeated
would be defeated
can be defeated
has to be defeated

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

towards
for
into
with
upon

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

plainly
accidentally
favourably
delightfully
moderately

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

as if
when
even though
so that
because

187.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

of
in
by
over
during

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Until
Whenever
Once
Since
While

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

so
any
that
little
no

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

are handed over

would have been handed over
were handed over
could be handed over
had been handed over

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

commonly
relentlessly
dramatically
endlessly
deliberately

192.

188.

193.

189.

194.

190.
195.

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Teacher involvement in play has been a
controversial subject for many years. A
longstanding tradition ___(196)___ early childhood
education dictates that teachers should not
interfere in childrens play. This tradition
___(197)___ the psychoanalytic view that plays
main function is to enable children to work out
their inner conflicts. ___(198)___ this view, the
teachers role was to set the stage for play and to
observe children. The teachers could then
___(199)___ monitor their play for clues about
their emotional adjustment. However, teachers
were cautioned never to interfere with childrens
play ___(200)___ such interference might disrupt
play, inhibit children from revealing their true
feelings and reduce plays therapeutic benefits.
196.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

by
to
at
in
for

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

had originated from

would originate from
originates from
is to originate from
can originate from

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

As opposed to
In spite of
Similar to
In place of
According to

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

notably
forcefully
abruptly
closely
generously

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

as
provided that
but
after
even if

197.

Cities, large and small, are at the heart of a fast

changing global economy they are a cause of,
and a response to world economic growth. Many
urban areas are growing ___(201)___ their rural
hinterlands are depressed, which forces
impoverished rural people to move to the cities in
search of work. These newcomers often end up not
___(202)___ the opportunities they are looking for,
so they become part of the urban poor.
___(203)___ arrival to the city, they often
encounter lack of housing and infrastructure
services. To ___(204)___ the lack of available
homes, newcomers often set up shelters on the
city outskirts, usually on public-owned land. They
often live without electricity, running water, a
sewerage system, roads and other urban services.
___(205)___ dealing with poor sanitation and
pollution from dirty cooking fuels and primitive
stoves, they are exposed to modern environmental
hazards, such as urban air pollution, exhaust fumes
and industrial pollution.
201.
A) unless
B) in case
C) so that
D) whenever
E) because
202.

198.

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

to find
finding
to have found
being found
to be found

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

about
to
for
upon
by

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

cut down on
go in for
turn back on
fall behind with
make up for

A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Despite
Owing to
For the sake of
In addition to
Unlike

203.

199.

204.

200.

205.

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No single country owns Antarctica. ___(206)___
,countries wishing to have a say in how the
Antarctic (both the continent itself and the
surrounding Southern Ocean) is governed
___(207)___ and agree to abide by, the Antarctic
Treaty. However, prior to the signing of the
Antarctic Treaty in 1959, several countries had
made claims to parts of Antarctica, some of which
overlapped. The Treaty does not ___(208)___
these claims; Article IV of the Treaty states in part,
No acts or activities taking place while the present
Treaty is in force shall constitute a basis for
asserting, supporting or denying a claim to
territorial sovereignty in Antarctica. ___(209)___
avoiding the claims issue in this way, it was
possible to produce a treaty that many parties
could sign. Unfortunately, this means that
___(210)___ many countries follow the spirit of
cooperation of the Treaty, there are still disputes
over territory that remain unresolved and come up
from time to time.

210.

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