Question I: Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence by choosing the letter A, B, C or D next to the correct word or phrase. 1. I'm afraid a rise in the salary is out of ________ just now.             A. sight                       B. control                   C. date                        D. question 2. Mr. Black supposes, ________, that he will retire at the age of 60.             A. like most people do                                B. like most people did       C. as do most people                                    D. as did most people 3. Please come ________  to us sometimes. You are always welcome.             A. to                            B. about                     C. round                     D. away 4. He set the alarm clock at 5 a.m so as to ________ he did not oversleep.             A. assure                    B. ensure                    C. insure                    D. reassure 5. The Sun and the Moon are often ________ in poetry.             A. personified           B. personalized         C. personal                D. privatized 6. I finished my homework 3 days ahead ________ the deadline.             A. of                           B. to                            C. by                           D. at 7. The government is expected to ________ steps against the unemployment.             A. use                         B. take                        C. make                      D. apply 8. ________ he loved her, he didn't forgive what she had done.             A. Much as                B. Because                 C. However               D. No matter 9. He spent his entire life ________ round the world, never settling down anywhere.             A. roaming                 B. scattering              C. scrambling            D. transporting 10. She tries to set ________ 15 minutes everyday to do some aerobics.             A. about                     B. aside                      C. down                      D. in 11. ________   the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished.             A. Until                      B. In                            C. By                          D. On 12. He refused to give up work , ________ he had won a million pounds.             A. despite                  B. however                C. even though          D. as though 13. The new system didn’t ________ expectations. A. catch up with              B. bring about          C. come across          D. come up to 14. She had no  ________ of selling the clock. It had belonged to her grandmother.             A. intention               B. meaning                C. interest                  D. opinion 15. Yuri Gagarin was the first person . ________ into space. A. flew                         B. to fly                        C. flown                       D. fly 16.  ________ saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen.        A. What the woman was                                    B. The woman was            C. That the woman was                                     D. What was the woman 17. We were so late that we ________ had time to catch the train.             A. nearly                    B. almost                    C. hardly                    D. simply 18. Only when you grow up ________ the truth.          A. you will know      B. you know                C. do you know        D. will you know 19. ________ earlier, I would have done it for you.             A. Had I known         B. If I knew                C. Should I know      D. Were I to know 20. We delayed our departure ________ the weather condition.             A. in spite of             B. on account of       C. instead of              D. on behalf of Question II: The following passage contains 10 unnecessary words. Find and write the word(s) on your answer sheet. line 1       5         10 11  As you will see from my curriculum vitae, I have attended university, where I studied English and Law. After finishing my course, I took a job in a travel agency in Paris and now I organise few hours for people who wanting to go to Australia and the United States. Although I enjoy this very much, I feel I need to get more experience and it would seems to me that working as a specialised tour guide in England would help me for do that. I would rather work in an English-speaking country, as I need to practise my English. I spend one year at London University, which it was most useful. I did much conversation classes and at first I thought that I would find them difficult. However, they turned out to be very enjoyable. I will have no any difficulty in coming to England for an interview if you will let me know in plenty of the time. I enclose details of my present employer who will be too pleased to send you a reference.   PART D: WRITING Question I: Rewrite the sentences so that the new one has a similar meaning as the given one. 1. We have never seen more people turn to the traditional herbal remedies than now.  It's _____________________________________________________________ 2. The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister. Had it not ________________________________________________________ 3. They have reported that the number of people using acupuncture is increasing.  The number of ____________________________________________________ 4. "Let's go out for a change," said Andrew. Andrew suggested _________________________________________________ 5. Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them.  They had ________________________________________________________ Help !!!

1. I'm afraid a rise in the salary is out of ________ just now.

            A. sight                       B. control                   C. date                        D. question

2. Mr. Black supposes, ________, that he will retire at the age of 60.

            A. like most people do                                B. like most people did      

C. as do most people                                    D. as did most people

3. Please come ________  to us sometimes. You are always welcome.

            A. to                            B. about                     C. round                     D. away

4. He set the alarm clock at 5 a.m so as to ________ he did not oversleep.

            A. assure                    B. ensure                    C. insure                    D. reassure

5. The Sun and the Moon are often ________ in poetry.

            A. personified           B. personalized         C. personal                D. privatized

6. I finished my homework 3 days ahead ________ the deadline.

            A. of                           B. to                            C. by                           D. at

7. The government is expected to ________ steps against the unemployment.

            A. use                         B. take                        C. make                      D. apply

8. ________ he loved her, he didn't forgive what she had done.

            A. Much as                B. Because                 C. However               D. No matter

9. He spent his entire life ________ round the world, never settling down anywhere.

            A. roaming                 B. scattering              C. scrambling            D. transporting

10. She tries to set ________ 15 minutes everyday to do some aerobics.

            A. about                     B. aside                      C. down                      D. in

11. ________   the time you get to the theatre, the play will have finished.

            A. Until                      B. In                            C. By                          D. On

12. He refused to give up work , ________ he had won a million pounds.

            A. despite                  B. however                C. even though          D. as though

13. The new system didn’t ________ expectations.

A. catch up with              B. bring about          C. come across          D. come up to

14. She had no  ________ of selling the clock. It had belonged to her grandmother.

            A. intention               B. meaning                C. interest                  D. opinion

15. Yuri Gagarin was the first person . ________ into space.

A. flew                         B. to fly                        C. flown                       D. fly

16.  ________ saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen.

       A. What the woman was                                    B. The woman was    

       C. That the woman was                                     D. What was the woman

17. We were so late that we ________ had time to catch the train.

            A. nearly                    B. almost                    C. hardly                    D. simply

18. Only when you grow up ________ the truth.

         A. you will know      B. you know                C. do you know        D. will you know

19. ________ earlier, I would have done it for you.

            A. Had I known         B. If I knew                C. Should I know      D. Were I to know

20. We delayed our departure ________ the weather condition.

            A. in spite of             B. on account of       C. instead of              D. on behalf of

Question II: The following passage contains 10 unnecessary words. Find and write the word(s) on your answer sheet.

Line 1: will

Line 2: 

Line 3: few

Line 3: who

Line 5: would

Line 6: for

Line 7: it

Line 8: much

Line 9: any

Line 10: will

Line 10: the

Line 11: too

PART D: WRITING

Question I: Rewrite the sentences so that the new one has a similar meaning as the given one.

1. We have never seen more people turn to the traditional herbal remedies than now.

It's the first time we have ever seen more people turn to the traditional herbal remedies than now.

2. The only thing that prevented the passing of the bill was the death of the Prime Minister.

Had it not been for the death of the Prime Minister, the bill couldn't have passed

3. They have reported that the number of people using acupuncture is increasing.

 The number of people using acupuncture have been reported to be increasing

4. "Let's go out for a change," said Andrew.

Andrew suggested going out for a change

5. Their dog was so fierce that nobody would visit them.

 They had such a fierce dog that nobody would visi them