1. It is a popular ___________ that all Scotsmen are mean. Many of them are very generous. (CONCEIVE)
2. Eating fish and lots of vegetables greatly increases your life ___________. (EXPECT)
3. Every child needs ___________ close attention, good care and great love. (PARENT)
4. He still suffers considerable ___________ from his injury. (COMFORTABLY)
5. The music in the festival was so loud. It was ___________! (DEAF)

 

1. READING : (25PTS)
2. For question 51-60, read the text below and decide which word A, B, C or D best fits each space. Write your answer on YOUR ANSWER part. (10pts)

A letter to the editor

Dear Sir,

We are writing to suggest that all cars should be (51) ___________ from the center of the city as soon as possible. The amount of pollution from car exhaust fumes is now (52) ___________, and we believe that the public must be protected. Apart from this, the streets are crowded with cars, and our lives are at (53) ___________ when we try to cross the road! There has been a huge number in the amount of traffic recently, and the government just seems to put (54) ___________ the problem, instead of (55) ___________ it. Unless we (56) ___________ the traffic problem, and seriously consider some of the (57) ___________, life in our city will become (58) ___________. Our organization, Cities for People, has been (59) ___________ to make the government do something! We are holding a (60) ___________ next week in the city center, and hope that many people will join us.

Yours faithfully,

Mary Kingwood, Secretary, Cities for People

1. A. stopped B. banned C. removed                                  D. altered
2. A. unbearable B. much C. overcrowded               D. exceeded
3. A. risk B. danger C. urgent                                    D. problem
4. A. out B. away C. up                                       D. off
5. A. going through B. dealing with C. closing down               D. keeping up with 
6. A. look for B. make out C. face up to                            D. come round
7. A. solutions B. errors C. suggestions                             D. matters
8. A. lifeless B. uninhabitable C. impossible                               D. destruction
9. A. taken after B. set up C. carried out                               D. looked into
10. A. pile-up B. riot C. organization                D. demonstration
11. WRITING 
12. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before. (5 pts)
13. "You should have waited for us," the team leader said to John.

→ The team leader criticized

1. They secretly declared independence two days ago. 

→ A secret     

1. He brought the umbrella along but it didn't rain.

→ He needn't 

1. Gary is proud of the fact that he is never late.

→ Gary prides