PART III  CLOSE [15 MIN]

Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

Until I took Dr Offutt’s class in DeMatha High school , I was an underachieving student,but I left that class  (31)_______never to underachieve again.He not only  Taught me to think,he convinced me,(32)________by example as Words that it was my moral (33)_______to do so and to serve others. (34)_____of us could know how our relationship would (35)_______over the years .When I came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr Offutt,the department chair.My discussion with him were like graduate seminars in adolescent (36)______,classroom management and school leadership.       

After several years, I was (37)_______department chair, and our relationship(38)________again. I thought that it might be (39)______chairing the department, since all of  my (40)______English teachers were  (41)_______there, but Dr Offutt supported me (42)_______.He knew when to give me advice  (43)_______curriculum, texts and personnel,and when to  let me (44)______my own course.  In 1997, I needed his (45)______about leaving DeMatha  to become principal at another school.(46)_______he had asked  me to stay at DeMatha,I might have .(47)_______, he encouraged  me to seize the opportunity.

Five years ago, I became the principal of DeMatha.(48)________, Dr Offutt was there for me,letting me know that I could (49)_______ him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible (50)________of lessons to teach. 

31. ne  d    ined   d

32. A. as much     B. much as    C. as suc      D. such as

33.A. work   B. job     C. duty     tion

34.A. Both    B. Neither    C. Either   D. Each

35. A. evolve    B. stay    C. remain   D. turn

s ure  pment  nt

d

38.A. moved B. altered   C. went   D. shifted

d   ral    

40.A. older   enced D. /

41. A.  /   y

42. h   hout   the beginning   the way

43.

44. be  

n   t   sion  

46.A.Even if   B.Although   C.If D.When

47.A.Naturally   B.Instead   uently   D.Still

48.A.Once again   B.Repeatedly   C.Unusally   D.Unexpectedly

in   down   out   on

PART IV    GRAMMER &VOCABULARY [15MIN]

There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentences.

51. There are as good fish in the sea _____ever came out of it .

52.All the President’s Men ______one of the important books for historians who study the Watergate Scandal.

s

ed 

remaining

53.’You ______ borrow my notes provided you take care of them,’ I told my friend.

54.If only the patient ______a different treatment instead of using the antibiotics, he might still be alive now.

received

ed 

receive 

receiving

55.Linda was _____te experiment a month ago,but she changed her mind at the last minute.

A.  to start 

have started

be starting

have been starting

56.She _____fifty or so when I first met her at the conference.

be 

been 

be 

have been

57.It is not ______much the language as the background that makes the book difficult to understand.

58.The comminttee has anticipated the problems that ________in the road construction project.

arise 

arisen

59.The student said there were a few points in the essay he _______impossible to comprehend.

found 

found 

find

60.He would have finished his college education,but he _______to quit and find a job to support his family.

had 

have

61.The research requires more money than ________.

been put in 

been put in 

put in 

be put in

62.Overpopulation poses a terrible threat to the human race.Yet it is probably ________a threat to the human race than enviromental destruction.

more 

more 

more 

more

63.It is not uncommon for there _______problems of communication between the old and the young.

be 

be

64.________at in his way,the situation does not seem so desperate.

A.Looking 

C.Being looked 

look

65.It is absolutely essential that William________his study in spite of some learning difficulties.

continue

ued 

ue 

ues

66.The painting he bought at the street market the other day was a_______forgery.

-made 

l 

67.She’s always been kind to me –I can’t just turn ______on her now that she needs my help.

back 

head

eye   

er

68.The bar in the club is for the ______use of its members.

ive 

ive 

ive 

hensive

69.The tutition fees are ______to students coming from low-income families.

chable

e 

ble 

able

70.The medical experts warned the authorities of the danger of diseases in the _______of the earthquake.

uence

ath 

s 

71.This sort of rude behaviour in public hardly ______a person in your position.

s 

C. supports     

es

72.I must leave now._______,if you want that book I’ll bring it next time.

A.Accidentally

B.Incidentally 

C.Eventually 

D.Naturally

73.After a long delay,she ______replying to my e-mail.

away with

back at 

back 

round to

74.Personal computers are no longer something beyond the ordinary people;they are________ available these days.

ly 

tly 

y 

y

75.In my first year at the university I learnt the _______of journalism.

tary 

ts

76.According to the new tax law,any money earned over that level is taxed at the ______of 59 percent

tage 

tion 

77.Thousands of _______at the stadium came to their feet to pay tribute to an outstanding performance.

ce 

ipants 

tors 

ers

78.We stood still ,gazing out over the limitless ______of the dessert.

e   

h 

79.Doctor often ______uneasiness in the people they deal with.

ugh

80.Mary sat at the table, looked at the plate and ______her lips.

d 

ted