Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined and bold part in each of the following questions from 1 to 2. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that best completes each of the following questions from 3 to 4. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions from 5 to 8. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined and bold part in each of the following questions from 9 to 10. ⇱
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes the following exchanges from 11 to 12. ⇱
- Tom: "How often do you go to school, Susan?"
- Susan: " _____________. "
- Minh: "I think that teenagers should do housework."
- Anna: " _________. Doing housework makes them love their parents more."
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 sentences from 13 to 16. ⇱
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the answer to each of the questions from 17 to 21. ⇱
Plastic is everywhere: in our streets, in the countryside, in rivers, in seas and in oceans. In the UK, over 13 billion plastic bottles are used every year. The good news is that more and more people are recycling plastic and there are also some clever ways to use it.
Roads are usually made of asphalt, but in some countries like the USA and the UK, engineers have started to use plastic to make new roads. First, they collect the plastic, wash it and dry it. Then they cut it into small pieces and heat it to about 170°C. After that, they mix it with hot asphalt and use it to make the road surface. This way of making roads is more difficult than the usual way, but the plastic and asphalt mixture is harder and better than asphalt only.
How about wearing a pair of trainers made from recycled plastic bottles? Some well-known sports companies use six to eleven plastic bottles to make one pair of trainers. This means that fewer plastic bottles are thrown away, and they end up on people's feet, not in the ocean.
Plastic can be recycled in other clever ways too. It is used to make several things such as rubbish bins, toys, tables and chairs, sleeping bags, and backpacks. One clothes company cuts it into very small pieces to make clothes. Believe it or not, the England women's national football team wear the kit made from recycled bottles.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 22 to 29. ⇱
Many people have dogs for pets, but did you know that the dog was the first animal to be domesticated? That means it was the first animal ___(22)___ was kept and cared for by humans. Dogs have been kept as workers, hunters, and friends for much of human history.
Dogs were originally gray wolves, but domestication gradually ___(23)___ this. Humans have selectively bred dogs for traits that they believed were good. That's how many varieties of dogs came to exist today.
Dogs come in all ___(24)___ and sizes. Dogs also have different kinds of coats. Some of them have long hair, while others have short. This hair can come in ___(25)___ different colors and patterns. Dogs also have different skills. Some varieties are good at hunting wild animals, while others are good at herding cattle or ___(26)___ people.
Because dogs are closely related ___(27)___ wolves, it might seem like they would be violent. ___(28)___ some dogs are violent, 15,000 years of domestication has made most dogs friendly to human. Today's dogs are much easier to train than wild wolves. They respond well to human training: learning to sit, roll over, and even ___(29)___ dog shows. Training dogs is a practice that has been improved for many, many years.