Your answer massive
Correct answer massive
9. There will always be people who of new technology simply because it is \
Your answer disapprove
Correct answer disapprove
10. After several years of travel, Jake moved to London to find a job, a house, and the he
needed in his life.
Your answer stability
Correct answer stability
Section B: Choose the best way to complete the sentences.
11. Some people have an unhealthy _____ with technology and need to have every new gadget
available.
A. session B. obsession C. recession D. cessation
12. After much _____, Heather was finally able to convince her boss to award her employees with a
holiday bonus.
A. desistence B. consistence C. insistence D. resistance
13. It's hard to _____ what the future might look like, but science fiction writers have been doing it for
over a hundred years.
A. visualize B. confer C. mechanize D. ascertain
14. I know almost everyone loves her new book, but I'm not even _____ interested in reading it.
A. massively B. supposedly C. entirely D. remotely
15. Even though Mr Lewis didn't say it out loud, the _____ in his speech was that his staff didn't work
hard enough.
A. personification B. implication C. justification D. explanation
16. Many people complain that the cost of education is prohibitively expensive, but I think the cost of
_____ is much higher.
A. ignore B. ignorant C. ignorance
D. ignoring
17. After he lost the competition, Lawrence felt completely and utterly _____.
A. dispirited B. inquisitive C. observant D. unchanged
18. We need to come up with a _____ explanation for why we missed class yesterday.
A. plausible B. sentient C. staggering D. corporate
19. Paul has become very _____ and conceited since he first tasted fame.
A. arrogance B. elegant C. elegance D. arrogant
20. Dinosaurs have been _____ for approximately 65 million years!
A. succinct B. extinct C. instinct D. blinked
Section C: Complete each sentence with a suitable word. 21. I'm as ignorant of your country's laws you are of mine.
Your answer as
Correct answer as
22. It's a pretty safe bet almost all college graduates are more technically savvy than their
parents.
Your answer that
Correct answer that
23. What do you make the generation of MP3 players?
Your answer of
Correct answer of
24. The New York team qualified for the championship round a narrow margin.
Your answer by
Correct answer by
25. all the excitement surrounding the new computer program, not much is different.
Your answer For
Correct answer For
26. My mother still hasn't come to grips the convenience of e-mail.
Your answer with
Correct answer with
27. How can we ask George to help such a way that he will think it's his idea?
Your answer in
Correct answer in
28. When you think about it, it is not surprising most people now own a cell phone.
Your answer that
Correct answer that
29. I think it's time to buy new pants when the knees begin to wear .
Your answer out
Correct answer out
30. In the wake the earthquake, many people displayed an incredible amount of generosity.
Your answer of
Correct answer of
Part II: Banked Cloze
Questions 31 to 40 are based on the following passage.
When my grandfather thinks about how the world is changing, he inevitably tells the story of Dr Reynolds. Dr Reynolds was a(n) (31) doctor from the big city. It seemed as if he was in the newspaper every day. My grandfather lived in a small (32) outside the city. This was at a time when such neighbourhoods were still relatively new. People just couldn't understand why anyone would want to live so far from the city centre.
However, the neighbourhood my grandfather lived in was growing every day. Many people couldn't afford to live in the city, and others were tired of the crowds. Cost and congestion comprised a real (33) of the cities, a problem that has only gotten worse with time. Large sections of the urban (34) were moving out of the city to the smaller towns. Along with these people and their families, companies also started to relocate outside major cities. A great example of this was Dr Reynolds.
It is impossible to overstate the (35) of the significance that Dr Reynolds' move had on my grandfather's town. Because he was so famous, there was obviously a considerable amount of (36) associated with his arrival. However, he quickly showed that he had the skills to back up his reputation. Dr Reynolds was not only a big, (37) man who played football in his youth, but he also graduated at the top of his class in medical school.
I'd be willing to (38) that this was one of the most exciting things happened in my grandfather's town. It must have been since he told the story so many times! Dr Reynolds' arrival (39) changed the dynamics of the town. It was no longer \city limits. Today, the world is changing much faster than can be measured by the arrival of a big-city doctor in a small town. Who knows, maybe (40) I'll have my own story to tell my own grandchildren!