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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blank.
Early writing and Alphabets
When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (01)______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.
The Ancient Egyptians had a (02)______ of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists discovered a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (03)______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.
An alphabet is quite different (04)______ picture writing. It consists of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman‘s and this alphabet is now used (05)______ throughout the world.
(1)....................
(2)........................
(3).......................
(4)...................
(5)......................
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
- Mary: "Wow! What a nice coat you are wearing!"
- Daisy: "_____________"
- Kelvin: "Our team has just won the last football match."
- Mike: "_____________"
Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position primary stress: particular, circumstances, environment, advertisement
Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position primary stress: pleasure, capture, picture, ensure
Indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: youngster, none, dozen, home
Indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation: derrived, faced, hired, inclined
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Pure sodium immediately combines with oxygen when is exposed to air.
The progress made in space travel for the early 1960s is remarkable.
That these students have improved their grades because of their participation in the test review class.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
By the end of last March, I________ English for five years.
It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver________ in the crash.
I am sorry. I want________ to you, but I have been busy.
You________ to your teacher like that. It was very rude.
________, he felt so unhappy and lonely.
All his plans for starting his own business fell________.
The________ dressed woman in the advertisement has a pose smile on her face.
“Never say that again, ________?”
If he is in trouble, it is his own fault, I personally wouldn’t________ a finger to help him.
________ to the national park before, Sue was amazed to see the geyser.
It was very________ of you to pay for all the drinks last night.
He was________ speaker!
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.
We spent the entire day looking for a new house
I used to meet him occasionally on Avenue.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Jupiter is the largest and most massive planet and is fifth in order of distance from the sun. It is well placed for observation for several months in every year and on average is the brightest of the planets apart from Venus, though for relatively brief periods Mars may outshine it. Jupiter's less than 10 hour rotation period gives it the shortest day in the solar system in so far as the principal planets are concerned. There are no true seasons on Jupiter because the axial inclination to the perpendicular of the orbital plane is only just over 3° less than that for any other planet.
The most famous mark on Jupiter is the Great Red Spot. It has shown variations in both intensity and colour, and at times it has been invisible, but it always returns after a few years. At its greatest extent it may be 40,000 kilometres long and 14,000 kilometres wide, so its surface area is greater than that of Earth. Though the latitude of the Red Spot varies little, it drifts about in longitude.
Over the past century the total longitudinal drift has amounted to approximately 1200°. The latitude is generally very close to -22°, It was once thought that the Red Spot might be a solid or semisolid body floating in Jupiter's outer gas. However, the Pioneer and Voyager results have refuted that idea and proven the Red Spot to be a phenomenon of Jovian meteorology. Its longevity may well due to its exceptional size, but there are signs that it is decreasing in size, and it may not be permanent. Several smaller red spots have been seen occasionally but have not lasted.
According to the passage, which planet typically shines the most brightly?
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
The word "it" can be referred to________.
It can be inferred from the passage that________.
According to the passage, Great Red Spot________.
The word "exceptional" mostly means________.
The passage was probably taken from________.
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.
The bank announced that it was to merge with another of the high street banks.
He had never experienced such rudeness towards the president as it occurred at the annual meeting in May.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Impressed as we were by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive.
“You should have finished the report by now,” John told his secretary.
When I picked up my book I found that the cover had been torn.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
“Make good use of your time. You won’t get such an opportunity again” said he to me.
Her living conditions were difficult. However, she studied very well.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur". What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted, "In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they've found out that isn't going to happen, so they go out on their own".
In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in "women's" fields: cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-million-a- year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers-and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company's cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small. But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs in the years ahead.
What is the main idea of this passage?
The word “excluded” is closest meaning to__________.
All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the business world EXCEPT__________.
According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in 1970s__________.
The author mentions the “shoesbox under the bed” in order to__________.
The expression “keep tabs on” is closest meaning to__________.
The word “hurdles” can be best replaced by__________.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that business operated by women are small because__________
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