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III. The following paragraph has 10 mistakes.

Identify the mistakes, the lines which


contain the mistakes. Write your answer in the box provided.
Lin TEXT

1 For most people, the distinction between vegetables and fruits is fairly clear.
2 Scientists, however, have varied opinions on this regard. For example, horticulturists
3 categorize a watermelon as a vegetable despite of its general acceptance as a fruit.
4 Botanists identify a tomato as a fruit even if it is common used as a vegetable. These
5 differences stem from the ways in which fruits and vegetables are classify. For a
6 botanist, a fruit is the seed bearing portion of a flowered plant or tree. According to
7 this definition, a tomato is a fruit. With a horticulturist, a vegetable is the cartable
8 portion of a plant that must replanted annually. According to this view, a watermelon
9 is a vegetable. A horticulturist sees a fruit as coming from a plant or tree that lives at last
10 two years. When fruits and vegetables that meet the criteria of both groups of
11 scientist, such as apples or potatoes, there is no conflict.
Your answers
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SECTION d: READING COMPREHENSION


I. Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below. Write your
answer in the box provided.
When the first white men came to America, they found vast amounts of natural resources of
tremendous value. Forests covered a large part of the nation; later gas, oil and minerals were
found in unbelievable amounts. There was a great abundance of very fertile soil. Forests,
prairies, streams and rivers abounded with wildlife. So vast were these resources that it
seemed that they could never be used up. So forests were destroyed to make way for
farmland. Grassland and prairies were ploughed and harrowed. Minerals and oil were used
in great quantities to supply a young industrial nation. Almost every river became the scene
of factories, mills and power companies. Mammals and birds were slaughtered for food and
sport.
Within a short time, the results were obvious. Floods caused millions of dollars’ worth of
damage yearly. The very fertile soil washed away or blew up in great clouds. The seemingly
inexhaustible oil and minerals showed signs of depletion. Rivers were filled with silt from
eroding farms and wastes from factories. Many of the rivers were made unfit for fish.
Several species of birds disappeared, and some mammals seemed on the verge of going.
Future timber shortages were predicted. In short, Americans soon came to realize that some
sort of conservation program must be set up, if future, as well as present, Americans were to
share in the resources that are the heritage of every American.
1. The title that best expresses the main theme or subject of this selection is_____.
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A. What the first white men found in America
B. The cause of timber shortages
C. The loss of topsoil
D. The story of America’s natural resources
2. It seemed to the early American settlers that _____.
A. mammals were disappearing
B. forests should not be cut
C. the natural resources were inexhaustible
D. there was a shortage of minerals
3. The use of America’s natural resources by the early settlers was _____.
A. careless B. scientific C. unbelievable D. predicted
4. Much of the fertile soil of America has _____.
A. sunk deep into the earth B. been eroded by wind and water
C. been covered by lakes D. become the scene of factories
5. Another word for slaughtered is _____.
A. killed B. caught C. reared D. wounded
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
II. Choose from the phrases/sentences (in the box) the one which best fits each gap in the
passage. There are phrases/sentences you do not need to use. Write your answer in the
box provided.
A be an important educational influence F go into much more detail
B concentrates all the way through G reach a much wilder audience
C if their particular interest isn’t featured H find the item they want
D still make sense I then a reporter summing everything up
E they can hardly remember what they’ve seen J struggle to do the impossible
THE PROBLEMS OF TELEVISION NEWS
The trouble with television news bulletins is that not only will they never please all the
people all the time, they’ll probably annoy most of the people a lot of time. In only half an
hour, they cover the globe and (1) ____________.
All the words in one television bulletin would fit onto just the front page of one large
newspaper. Yet viewers expect to see as much as there is in a whole newspaper. No one
reads a newspaper from cover to cover: Readers can flick through and (2) ____________.
On television, they have to sit through all the stories they don’t want and may be
disappointed (3) ____________.
The typical news story contains a twenty-second introduction from the presenter, two
twenty – second quotes from key people, forty seconds of commentary over pictures, and
(4)____________. How much can you cram into that tight format and (5)____________?
Television is the hardest, most demanding kind of journalism there is.
Some viewers complain that bulletins should be longer and (6)____________. However, it
appears that a mass audience will not watch for more than half an hour. And how much of
the news do people really take in anyway? I doubt if anyone ever watches the news from
start to finish, and (7)____________. There is no right answer, no perfect bulletin. Large
numbers of viewers will always complain.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7.

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III. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the box
provided.
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world climate.
Many scientists put the blame for the recent natural disasters on the increase (1) _______
the world temperatures and are convinced that, more than (2) _______ before, the earth is at
(3) _______ from the force of the wind, rain and sun. (4)_______ to them, global warming
is making extreme weather events, even as hurricanes and droughts even more severe and
causing sea levels all around the world to (5)_______ .
Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the
(6)_______ of carbon dioxide which is given off by factories and power plants, thus
attacking the problem as it’s source. They are in favour of more money being spent on
research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power
stations.
Some scientists, (7)______, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and
other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we (8)______ have to wait several hundred years
to know the results. Global warming, it seems, is to stay.
Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.

SECTION e: writing
I. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it has the same meaning as the first one.
1. It’s common knowledge that he has been in prison several times.
 He is known ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. His memory gradually failed as he grew older.
The older …………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………
3. I’m certainly not going to give you any more money.
 I have no …………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………….
4. I dislike it when people criticise me unfairly.
 I object ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Do you think much about your future?
 Do you give a …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

II. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the original sentence. Use the word given in brackets. Do not change the form
of the given word.
1. We haven’t visited the museum before. VISIT
 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. He took over the family business because his father decided to retire early. BUT FOR
 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. If you don’t believe it, you’ll never be able to do it. OR
 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. You should study harder. DO
 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Please don’t mention it again. RATHER
 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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III. Write a composition of about 250 words to your colleague to support your ideas on
the following topic:
“Self-confidence is said to be very important to a teacher”.

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