1. The text boxes below have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by putting the five paragraphs A-E in the correct order.

A. But since ivory-yielding species are now endangered and protected by treaty, plastics are now almost exclusively used.

B. Piano keys are generally made of spruce or basswood, for lightness.

C. Traditionally, the black keys were made from ebony and the white keys were covered with strips of ivory.

D. Also, ivory tends to chip more easily than plastic.

E. Spruce is normally used in high-quality pianos.

2. The text boxes below have been placed in a random order. Restore the original order by putting the five paragraphs A-E in the correct order.

A. He suggests the country’s computer services industry can simply outsource research to foreign universities if the capability is not available locally.

B. This is not something that necessarily requires expensive technical research.

C. Innovation in India is as much due to entrepreneurialism as it is to IT skills, says Arun Maria, chairman of Boston Consulting Group in India.

D. “This way, I will have access to the best scientists in the world without having to produce them myself” says Mr. Maria.

E. Indian businessmen have used IT to create new business models that enable them to provide services in a more cost-effective way.

3. In the text below some words are missing. Put the words from the box below to the appropriate place in the text.

Sportswomen’s records are important and need to be preserved. And if the paper records don’t___1___, we need to get out and start interviewing people, not to put too fine a ___2___ on it,while we still have a ___3___. After all, if the records aren’t kept in some form or another, then the stories are ___4___ too.

A. appear

B. focus

C. chance

D. admit

E. exist

F. opportunity

G. point

H. lost

I. disappear

4. In the text below some words are missing. Put the words from the box below to the appropriate place in the text.

Your teenager daughter gets tops marks in school, captains the debate team, and volunteers at a shelter for homeless people. But while driving the family car, she text-messages her best friend And rear-ends another vehicle.

How can teens be so clever, accomplished, and responsible-and reckless ___1___?

Easily, according to tow physicians at Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School(HMS) who have been ___2___ the ___3___ structure and chemistry of the ___4___ brain.“The teenage brain is not just an adult brain with fewer miles on it,” says Frances E. Jensen,a professor of neurology. “It’s a paradoxical time of ___5___. These are people with very ___6___Brains, but they’re not quite sure what to do with them.”

A. development

B. developing

C. chemical

D. respectively

E. explored

F. adolescent

G. sharp

H. exploring

I. unique

J. adult

K. at the same time

5. Below is a text with blanks. Select the appropriate answer choice for each black.

Learning to write well in college means learning (or re-learning) how to write clearly and plainly.

Now that doesn’t mean that plainness is the only good style, or that you should become a ___1___To spare, unadorned writing. Formally and ornateness have their place, and in ___2___ hands complexity can take us on a dizzying, breathtaking journey. But most students, most of the time should ___3___ to be sensibly simple to develop a baseline style of short words, active verbs and relatively simple sentence ____4____ clear actions or identities. It’s faster, it makes arguments easier to follow, it increases the chances a busy reader will bother to pay attention, and it lets you ___5___more attention on your moments of rhetorical flourish which I do not advise abandoning altogether.

1. A. follower      B. devotee      
    C. slave      D. servant

2. A. proficient      B. competent      
    C. capable      D. skilled

3. A. attempt      B. strive      
    C. endeavor      D. aim

4. A. showing      B. carrying      
    C. expressing      D. presenting

5. A. center      B. channel      
    C. focus      D. direct

6. Read the text and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response.

Only one response is correct In many ways Britten’s most ambitious effort is the War Requiem of 1961, a flawed but still impressive work for chorus, soloists, and orchestra. It weaves together the traditional Latin Mass for the Dead with antiwar poems by Wilfred Owen, a young officer killed in World War I. The point of War Requiem is how the words of the liturgical text are reinterpreted and often rendered hollow by the realities of death in war. In this work we see Britten’s prodigal inconsistencies on display. For all its problems, the War Requiem will probably survive as one of our time’s most impassioned indictments of war and its heroic myth.

Which of the following most accurately summarizes the opinion of the author in the text?

7. Read the text and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses. More than one response is correct.

Who Are Aborigines? Aborigines are Australia’s indigenous people. Recent government statistics counted approximately 400,000 aboriginal people, or about 2% of Australia’s total population.

Australian Aborigines migrated from somewhere in Asia at least 30,000 years ago. Though they Comprise 500-600 distinct groups, aboriginal people possess some unifying links. Among these are strong spiritual beliefs that tie them to the land; a tribal culture of storytelling and art; and like other indigenous populations, a difficult colonial history.

The Dreamtime: Aboriginal spirituality entails a close relationship between humans and the land.

Aborigines call the beginning of the world the “Dreaming” or “Dreamtime”. In the “Dreamtime”,aboriginal “Ancestors” rose from below the earth to form various parts of nature including animal species, bodies of water, and the sky. Unlike other religions, however, aboriginal belief does not place the human species apart from or on a higher level than nature. Aborigines believe some of the Ancestors metamorphosed into nature (as in rock formations or rivers), where they remain spiritually alive.

Storytelling, Art, and the Didgeridoo: The oral tradition of storytelling informs aboriginals’vibrant cultural life. Songs illustrate the Dreamtime and other tales of the land, while dances and diagrams drawn in the sand accompany oral tales. In the Northern Territory, aboriginal art includes sculpture, bark and rock paintings, and baskets and beadwork. Rock carvings and paintings can be found in such places as Arnhem Land, Ubirr, and Nourlangie. Many aborigines earn a living through selling native artworks.

Aboriginal music is often recognizable for its most famous instrument, the didgeridoo. A wind instrument typically made from bamboo, it extends about five feet and produces a low, vibrating hum. Aborigines use didgeridoos in formal ceremonies at such events as sunsets, circumcisions,and funerals.

Which of the following statements about Australian Aborigines can be supported from this text?

A. It is estimated that the population of Australian Aborigines peaked at about 400,000 some 30,000 years before white settlement.

B. Despite being recognized internationally, the Aboriginal musical instrument the didgeridoo, rarely plays a significant role in aboriginal cultural ceremonies.

C. Today Aborigines comprise approximately 2% of the Australian population.

D. Aboriginal culture is based on a belief that people, animals, and the land are integrally linked.

E. Unlike many other indigenous cultures, Australian Aborigines developed equitable relationships with colonial powers.