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Questions 1 - 5: You will hear a woman talking on the radio about a competition. For each question, fill in
the missing information in the numbered space. (5 ms)
This month's competition
Prize: a computer and a (1) ___________ sprinter
Write a story
• length: fewer than (2) ___________ words
• subject: a short (3) ___________ story which takes place in the future
Write your name, address, telephone number and (4) ___________ at the end.
Story must arrive on or before (5) ___________

Questions 6 - 10: You will hear Sarah Brown talking about her job as a television weather forecaster. For
each question, choose A, B or C. (5 ms).
6. Sarah has worked as a weather forecaster for ___________.
A. two years B. seven years C. thirty years
7. What does Sarah say about her job?
A. She sometimes has to work at night.
B. She enjoys getting up early.
C. She works ten or twelve hours a day.
8. When Sarah does a weather forecast, ___________.
A. she prepares it in advance
B. she sometimes forgets her words
C. she worries about making a mistake
9. Sarah's husband ___________.
A. works on the same days each week
B. wants to move nearer his work
C. spends a lot of time travelling

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10. Sarah is pleased because she ___________.
A. has got her pilot's licence
B. taught her husband to play tennis
C. took part in a long race

Questions 11 - 12: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three
in each of the following questions. (2 ms)
11. A. honour B. honesty C. exhaust D. humour
12. A. expensive B. exciting C. excellent D. exclusive

Questions 13 - 14: Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in
each of the following questions. (2 ms)
13. A. innovate B. interfere C. sacrifice D. fertilize
14. A. academic B. confidential C. comparable D. advantageous

Questions 15-39: Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. (25 ms)
15. As an abundant source of clean energy, wave power can be categorized along with ___________ sustainable
energy sources, such as wind and solar power.
A. other B. another C. every D. others
16. I would have visited you before if there ___________ quite a lot of people in your house.
A. weren't B. aren't C. wouldn't be D. hadn't been
17. I will call and tell you something interesting ___________.
A. when I come home after work B. after I had come home after work
C. before I came home after work D. while I was coming home after work
18. The truck ___________ crashed into the back of a bus scattering glass everywhere.
A. it was loaded with empty bottles B. loaded with empty bottles
C. which loading with empty bottles D. loading with empty bottles
19. With the help of the German experts, the factory produced ___________ cars in 1993 as the year before.
A. as twice many B. many as twice C. as many twice D. twice as many
20. I don't know ___________.
A. why they all looked so sad B. why did they all look so sadly
C. why did they all look so sad D. why they all looked so sadly
21. The authorities ___________ actions to stop illegal purchase of wild animals and their associated products
effectively. However, they didn't do so.
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 A. must have taken B. can't have taken C. needn't have taken D. should have taken
22. She described her new house ___________ it were a palace.
A. even if B. even though C. in case D. as if
23. It is imperative that your Facebook password ___________ confidential.
A. need keeping B. need to keep C. needs to be kept D. needed keeping
24. You should take your car to the mechanic to ___________.
A. let the brakes repair B. get the brakes repair
C. have the brakes repaired D. make the brakes repaired
25. ___________ the experiment many times, the scientists finally succeeded in developing a new vaccine.
A. Have carried out B. Having carried out
C. Having been carried out D. Have been carrying out
26 . ___________ did she realize her mistake.
A. Only after the teacher had spoken to Mary B. No sooner had the teacher spoken to Mary
C. Had the teacher spoken to Mary, D. Never had the teacher spoken to Mary,
27. At first sight I met her, I was impressed with her ___________ eyes.
A. big beautiful round black B. beautiful black big round
C. beautiful big round black D. beautiful round big black
28. Although the new library service has been very successful, its future is ___________ certain.
A. by all means B. by no means C. by the way D. by any chance
29. The dentist gave me an injection that took ___________ almost immediately, and I didn't feel a thing.
A. effect B. force C. influence D. action
30. I'll be absolutely ___________ to have tickets for the 2024 Olympics in France.
A. over the moon B. under the sun C. down to earth D. in the fog
31. She ___________ till the early hours listening to pop music.
A. took me up B. kept me up C. caught me up D. locked me up
32. My decision to leave university after a year is one thing I ___________ now regret.
A. harshly B. painfully C. keenly D. heavily
33. The young actor was a rough ___________. With some training, she'd become a superstar.
A. pearl B. diamond C. ruby D. sapphire
34. Due to time ___________, we'll have to end the meeting at three o'clock.
A. processes B. functions C. boundaries D. constraints
35. The old man sat down again and glared ___________ at the frightened boy.
A. significantly B. remarkably C . considerably D. suspiciously
36. These mangoes have been in the fridge for over a month! They are all ___________.
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 A. sour B. mouldy C. rotte n D. bitter
37. Many ___________ crafts such as weaving are now being revived.
A. customary B. habitual C. traditional D. ordinary
38. Interestingly, girls tend to have higher standards for themselves and to judge their performance more
___________ than boys do.
A. critical B. criticize C. critically D. criticism
39. Thomas and Jennifer are at a party.
Thomas: "What an attractive hairstyle you've got, Jennifer!"
Jennifer: "___________. I got it done yesterday."
A. You are telling a lie B. I don't like your saying
C. I'm not sure about that D Thank you for your compliment

Questions 40-41: Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions. (2 ms)
40. Dissemination of information is frequently carried out via satellite - through local or national TV networks.
A. Dedication B. Compilation C. Condensing D. Dispersal
41. She is a very good worker but sometimes she's slow on the uptake. You have to explain everything twice.
A. easy to hear things B. easy to understand things
C. hard to hear things D. hard to understand things

Questions 42 43: Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions. (2 ms)
42. Many people perished in the Kobe earthquake because they were not prepared for it.
A. departed B. damaged C. survived D. declined
43. We have to work against the clock so as to meet the deadline of the clients tomorrow.
A. work in a haste B. work slowly
C. work as fast as possible D. work strenuously

Questions 44 - 45: Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. (2
ms)
44. My parents would prefer me to go to the university rather than start a job immediately.
A. would B. to go C. the D. immediately
45. Mary closed the science-fiction book about an unreal extraterrestrial planet, drew a deep breath and was
expressive of the wonder how people could turn this imaginable world into the real one.
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 A. science-fiction B. extraterrestrial C. expressive D. imaginable

Questions 46 -– 53: Read the text below and decide which option (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. (8 ms)
There is no question that online shopping is of huge benefit to the consumer. Far from becoming
competent, online shoppers are very demanding. Overpriced merchants with poor services should beware. Gone
are the days when stores could charge what they liked for goods and get away with it. The same, too, for shady
manufacturers: smarter consumers know which products have a good (46) ___________ and which do not
because online they now read not only the sales (47) ___________ but also reviews from previous purchasers.
And if customers are disappointed, a few clicks of the mouse will take them to places where they can let the
world know. Nowadays there is nothing more damning than a flood of negative comments on the internet.
(48) ___________, the big boys, as always, are ahead of the game. Some companies are already
adjusting their business models to take account of these trends. The stores run by Sony and Apple, for instance,
are more like brand showrooms than shops. They are there for people to try out (49) ___________ and to ask
questions to knowledgeable staff. Whether the products are ultimately bought online or offline is of secondary
importance.
Online traders must also adjust. Amazon, for one, is (50) ___________ turning from being primarily a
bookseller to becoming a (51) ___________ retailer by letting other companies sell products on its site, rather
like a marketplace. During America's Thanksgiving weekend last November, Amazon's sales of consumer
electronics in the United States (52) ___________ its books sales for the first time in its history. Other
transformations in the retail business are (53) ___________ to follow.
46. A. distinction B. resolution C. opinion D. reputation
47. A. bubble B. message C. blare D. blurb
48. A. Additionally B. Consequently C. Nevertheless D. Furthermore
49. A. devices B. tools C. emblems D. schemes
50. A. mistakenly B. rapidly C. unreasonably D. secretly
51. A. mass B. block C. lump D. chunk
52. A. receded B. excluded C. repressed D. exceeded
53. A. tied B. secured C. bound D. fastened

Questions 54-60: Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. (7
ms)
The history of clinical nutrition, or the study of the relationship between health and how the body takes
in and utilizes food substances, can be divided into four distinct eras: the first began in the nineteenth century
and extended into the early twentieth century when it was recognized for the first time that food contained
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constituents that were essential for human function and that different foods provided different amounts of these
essential agents. Near the end of this era, research studies demonstrated that rapid weight loss was associated
with nitrogen imbalance and could only be rectified by providing adequate dietary protein associated with
certain foods.
The second era was initiated in the early decades of the twentieth century and might be called "the
vitamin period". Vitamins came to be recognized in foods, and deficiency syndromes were described. As
vitamins became recognized as essential food constituents necessary for health, it became tempting to suggest
that every disease and condition for which there had been no previous effective treatment might be responsive
to vitamin therapy. At that point in time, medical schools started to become more interested in having their
curricula integrate nutritional concepts into the basic sciences. Much of the focus of this education was on the
recognition of deficiency symptoms. Herein lay the beginning of what ultimately turned from ignorance to
denial of the value of nutritional therapies in medicine. Reckless claims were made for effects of vitamins that
went far beyond what could actually be achieved from the use of them.
In the third era of nutritional history in the early 1950's to mid-1960's, vitamin therapy began to fall into
disrepute. Concomitant with this, nutrition education in medical schools also became less popular. It was just a
decade before this that many drug companies had found their vitamin sales skyrocketing and were quick to
supply practicing physicians with generous samples of vitamins and literature extolling the virtue of
supplementation for a variety of health-related conditions. Expectations as to the success of vitamins in disease
control were exaggerated. As is known in retrospect, vitamin and mineral therapies are much less effective
when applied to health-crisis conditions than when applied to long-term problems of under nutrition that lead to
chronic health problems.
54. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Nutritional practices from the early 1950's to mid-1960's
B. The stages of development of clinical nutrition as a field of study
C. The short-term and long-term effects of vitamins on the human body
D. The history of food preferences from the nineteenth century to the present
55. The word "rectified" is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. corrected B. depended C. maintained D. recruited
56. The word "them" refers to ___________.
A. effects B. claims C. vitamins D. therapies
57. Vitamin therapy began losing favor in the 1950's because ___________.
A. researches on vitamin therapies and food substances were of poor quality
B. the public lost interest in using supplements to strengthen immune system
C. medical schools stopped teaching nutritional concepts and vitamin therapies
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 D. claims for the effectiveness of vitamin therapy were seen to be exaggerated
58. The phrase "Concomitant with" is closest in meaning to ___________.
A. In dispute with B. Prior to C. In regard to D. In conjunction with
59. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. The history of clinical nutrition can be categorized into different eras.
B. It was not until the early 20th century that "the vitamin period" began.
C. Losing weight quickly had no relation to nitrogen imbalance according to research studies in the 19th
century.
D. Vitamin and mineral therapies are much more effective when applied to long-term problems of under
nutrition.
60. It can be inferred from the passage that medical schools began to teach concepts of nutrition in order to
___________.
A. exaggerate the importance and success of vitamins in disease control
B. persuade medical doctors to participate in research studies on nutrition
C. encourage doctors to apply concepts of nutrition in the treatment of disease
D. convince doctors to conduct experimental vitamin therapies on their patients

Questions 61-65: Read the following text. Five sentences have been removed from the text. Choose from
sentences A - F the one that best fits each gap. There is ONE extra sentence that you do not need. (5 ms)
The world is fast growing, with artificial intelligence (AI) at the forefront in changing the world and the
way we live. An important question: What is AI? For many people, it remains unclear what this technology is all
about, so this is a good place to start the conversation. (61) ___________. It is an ingeniously stimulated ability
of a machine to imitate human behavior and our conventional response patterns. This means that with Al, many
of our everyday activities can now be carried out effectively by programmed machine technology.
The use of Al in organizations, governments, security frameworks, energy and natural resource
management, etc, is drastically on the rise. This leads us to acknowledging the center of focus for developers.
(62) ___________. They are charged with responsibility or building AI models that would aptly substitute direct
human efforts. This need comes in recognition to the inadequacies of human labor efforts, which are
characterized by inaccuracy, inefficiency and other failures. (63) ___________. Thus, you can be sure of a more
accurate surgical procedure using this framework than is currently available by most humans. Hence, we can say
that the opposites of the inadequacies of human efforts are precisely the benefits of artificial intelligence to our
world.
Using AI, more people would be able to step down on having to carry out so many tasks by themselves.
(64) ___________. For instance, there may be no need to go to the grocery store, meet with an appointment, or
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make that deadline yourself as your Al assistant knows just what to do, and when to do it. (65) ___________.
Hence, one Al may be programmed to work on multiple assignments, while another may be far narrower in scope
of application.
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A. However, the Al would only function according to its developed programming.
B. With a personal assistance AI, we will be able to remove the more mundane tasks from our lives.
C. For example, artificial intelligence has been pointed at to possess the potential for more accurate
medical practices.
D. AI is a branch in computer science that deals the intelligent behavior of machines.
E. AI assistants can remind their owners of the time to finish their work.
F. Most AI developers are now ultimately directed towards achieving a basic goal.

Questions 66-73: Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences. (8 ms)
Water is one of the most precious resources. Our quality of life, as well as life (66. IT) ___________,
depends on the (67. AVAIL) ___________ of clean, fresh water. It is the most widely used resource in industry,
and plays a major role in energy production. Although 70 percent of the world is covered in water, only 2.5
percent of that is fresh water, and less than one percent of that fresh water is readily available to us. Yet we often
overestimate how much water we have, and reduce it further through pollution or (68. EFFICIENCY)
___________ use. Some 92 percent of all fresh water used (69. ANNUALIZED) ___________ is dedicated to
growing plants and raising animals for food. This means that if water runs out, our food supply might follow. In
India, it is estimated that future water (70. SHORTEN) ___________ could reduce grain harvests by 25%. In a
country where the population exceeds 1.2 billion people and is growing rapidly every year, this is a huge
concern. India, like many developing countries, is already struggling to provide for its population. While most
people in developed countries can get water at the turn of a tap, nearly four billion people (71. WHERE)
___________ lack access to safe water, according to United Nations Development Report.
Rainforests are another endangered resource. While rainforests are critically important to humanity, they
are rapidly being destroyed by human activities. The biggest cause of deforestation is conversion of forest land
for agriculture. Often (72. CALLING) ___________ the "Lungs of the planet", rainforests once covered 14
percent of the Earth's land (73. FACE) ___________, but this has shrunk to only six percent.

Questions 74-80: Read the following passage and think of a word that best fits each gap. Use ONLY ONE
word in each gap. (7 ms)

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 Dreams have always fascinated human beings. The idea that dreams (74) ___________ us with useful
information about our lives goes (75) ___________ thousands of years. For greater part of human history it was
(76) ___________ for granted that the sleeping mind was in touch with the supernatural world and dreams were
to interpreted as messages with prophetic or healing function. In the nineteenth century, there was a widespread
reaction (77) ___________ this way of thinking and dreams were widely dismissed as being very little more than
jumbles of fantasy brought about by memories of the previous day.

It was not until the end of the nineteenth century that an Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Freud, pointed out
that people who have similar experiences during the day, and who are then (78) ___________ to the same stimuli
when they're asleen, produce different dreams. Freud went on to develop a theory of the dreams process (79)
___________ would enable him to interpret dreams as clues to the conflicts taking place within the personality. It
is by no means an exaggeration to say that hardly any other theories have had so great a/an (80) ___________ on
subsequent thought.

Questions 81 90: Complete the second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to
the first sentence. DON'T CHANGE THE WORD GIVEN. Write between THREE and SIX words. (20
ms)
81. When she got to the party, everyone was dancing and singing. (AT)
→ On......................................................................................................., everyone was dancing and singing.
82. No one really expected John to do so well in his exams. (TAKEN)
→ Everyone...............................................................................................................did so well in his exams.
83. What really depresses me is this continual wet weather. (GETS)
→ What ...................................................................................................................this continual wet weather.
84. It is no use arguing, I've made up my mind. (POINT)
→ There......................................................................................................................, I've made up my mind.
85. Any correspondence from the Canberra office must be dealt with before other matters. (PRIORITY)
→ Any correspondence from...............................................................................................over other matters.
86. David was so enthusiastic about the proposal that he accepted immediately. (FOR)
→ Such.............................................................................................................that he accepted immediately.
87. I'm sure the manufacturer knew the food was not fit to eat. (HAVE)
→ The.............................................................................................................that the food was not fit to eat.
88. The amount we've saved is very small compared to how much we owe. (OCEAN)
→ The amount we've saved is......................................................................compared to how much we owe.
89. Nobody listened to what the politician was saying last night. (EARS)
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→ What the politician was saying...................................................................................................last night.
90. Peter grimaced as he swallowed the foul-tasting medicine. (PULLED)
→ Peter..................................................................................................................the foul-tasting medicine.

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