1. In my view, the changes to the education system have been to good----------A. influence B. outcome C. upshot D. effect2. As a full story ----------- , the public reacted with shock.A. uncovered B. unfolded C. unwrapped D. undid3. This song is not --------- as original as their previous ones.A. almost B. virtually C. nearly D. practically4. In any transport system, the safety of passengers should be----------A. paramount B. eminent C. chief D. prime5. It is expected that all members will ---------- to the rules of the club.A. comply B. concede C. conform D. compromise6. It was decided that the cost of the project would be ---------- and so it was abandoned.A. repressive B. prohibitive C. restrictive D. exclusive7. Karen was terribly nervous before the interview but she managed to pull herself----- and act confidently.A. through B. over C. together D. off8. It just so ----------- that I was in their area that day, so I went to visit them.A. occurred B.-happened C. chanced D. arose9. We --------- up a friendship the very first time we met.A. struck B. launched C. cropped D. settled10. I left the company by ------- , not because I was forced to.A. choice B. option C. selection D. preference11. Tessa was determined to become wealthy and to that-----she started her own company.A. view B. aim C. end D. object12. I can't understand why you have to make such a --------- about something so unimportant.A. mess B. stir C. fuss D. bother13. If you don't want that wardrobe, I'm sure I could put it to good ---------A. value B. use C. benefit D. worth14. Even though it was clear that he was wrong, he was unwilling to----- and admit it.A. take back B. stand down C. draw back D. back down15. The police are looking into new ways of-------- major crime.A. contending B. wrestling C. combating D. striving16. He made a number of ---------- remarks about my cooking, which upset me.A. slashing B. stabbing C. chopping D. cutting17. ---------- it or not, I've just been given a totally unexpected pay rise!A. Believe B. Accept C. Presume D. Allow18. Recent defeats have ---------- his confidence in himself as a player.A. undermined B. disable C. impeded D. hampered19. The plumber agreed that he had made a mistake and promised to put it ------- the next day.A. correct B. proper C. sound D. right20. Poor management brought the company to the ------ of collapse.A. brink B. rim C. fringe D. brimB. Use the correct form of each of the words given in parentheses to fill in the blank in each sentence.THE SPIRAL AND THE HELIXThey are everywhere, graceful, curving shapes whose incredible (1) (regular) contrasts so sharply with the random world around them We call them spirals and helices but that hardly does (2) (just)to their diversity or their significance. Over the centuries, (3)(mathematics) have identified many different types, but the most intriguing are those that (4) (repeat) occur in the natural world.The need to (5) (ravel) the mysteries of the existence of spirals and helices has exercised some of the best scientific brains in the world and opened the way to a number of (6) (break) in fields as widely varied as genetics and (7)(meteor).The most (8) (spectacle) spirals on earth are also the most unwelcome hurricanes. Their (9) (awe) powercomes from the sun's heat, but they owe their shape to the force caused by the rotation of the earth. After innumerable years of study, however, Nature's spirals and helices have yet to (10) (close) all their secrets. For example, why, astronomers wonder, are so many galaxies spiral-shaped?C. In most line of the following text, there is either one spelling or one punctuation error. Write the correctly spelled word or show the correct punctuation. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick (3).Peter mark Roget developed the work that still bearshis name `Roget's Thesaurus after almost 50 years.It was published in it's completed form in 1852 andremains to this day one of the most useful referencebooks to any writer. Roget was actually a doctor afamous medical lecturer and an editor who alsoworked on a commission that reported on Londonswater supply. He also designed a pocket chessboardWhen he reached the age of 69 and had retired hewas able to devote all his time to the thesaurus. Hehad a fascination with the beauty of words the wordthesaurus' is derived from a Greek word meaningtreasure house). Rogets main aim in writing thethesaurus was to be able to express himselfaccurately and, without repetition.II. GRAMMARA. Put one suitable preposition in the blank of each sentence.She was irritated -------the way her fianceù picked his nose, so she broke it off.Take advantage ------ this special offer! 50 per cent off list price while stocks last!Because of the increase in the number of firms offering financial services, there's a bigger demand than ever ---------qualified accountants.Please give my regards-------- your mother, Oedipus, when you see her again."I am Polish ---------- birth, but I have French nationality.""What do you do for a living ?" "I'm a French polisher."Congratulations -------- 'your thirty-fifth birthday!The railway police have finally arrested the man who has been responsible ----- biting all the buttons off railway carriage seats.With reference --------- your advertisement in today's Guardian, I should like to apply for the post of Head Clerk in your Sales Department.He went his own accord: nobody forced him to go.Sarah is studying hard. She is intent --------getting a good degree.B. Put each verb in parentheses into an appropriate form.It (l) (be) a long day, but by 9 o'clock the children (2) (go) to bed. They (3) (clear) away the supper things and now they (4) (1ook) forward to a couple of hours m front of the television. Unfortunately the film (5) (be) rather boring. Jim soon (6) (fall) asleep and Sue (7) (start) to think about all her work. She (8) (be) sure she (9) (hear) a noise outside the window, so she (10)(1ook) up. A shadow (ll) (move) slowly through the garden. Her heart (12) (race). She (13) :(turn) out the light so that she (14) (can) see better. There (l5) (be) nobody there. But she (l6) (see) that it ( 17) (snow) earlier that evening, and across the grass there·(18) (be) a line of footprints. A fox (19) (walk) across right in front of their window, and now it (20) (1ook) at her from the far corner of the garden.
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