Section

I: Listening

ln this section of the test, you wiil hear conversations and ans\\rer some questrons about them. For each conversation, first read the situation and the question or questions. Then hsten to the
conversation. Answer the questions after you hear the conversation. Respoud to the questions on your answer sheet. by marking the conect ans\\'e la, b. c, or

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Read the example situation and question.

Example Situatiott: Harry invites his co-worker, N{andy, to go out for lunch. Mandy

a. b.

has to go home for lunch

c.

d.

doesn't \\'ant to go to a restaurant is gorng out for lunch doesn't like Tonr"s Cafe

Now listen to the example conversation.

IEXAMPLE CONVE,RSATION]

Non

ansu er the exanlple question.

The ansu'er for the sxanrnle jq c i s oninc outfor /unch,

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Situatiott 1: N{r. Chan is asking Nancy about her classmates.

1.

Mary Am is
a. rn the cafeteria

p{in

the library c. in class d. at home

Situatiott 2: Angela is asking Jerry about his free time.

2. On Monday and Wednesday evenings, Jeny a. sta,vs home b. takes a class c. exercises dgoes to u,ork

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Situatiott J: Linda and Marc are talking on the phone.

3. Liuda and Marc a. don't iike to shop

b. went shopping yesterday c. can go shoppine on Thur-sday d. can go shopprng this rveekend

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Situatiott 4: Keith and Laura are talking about their habits.

4. Keith

to go running witir Laura isn't exerctsing dgl-rt now ,.H c. exerclses ouce a week d. is going to starl eating junk food
a. u'ants

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5. Kerth and Laura a. are going to do something they enJoy

b. love to exercise c. are going to the Park next rveek d. are going to stan golng to an exercise class

Situatott 5: Julie is telling -{llen about her da'.

Julie u'as late for irer meetirtg this nlotrltng because a. her rvatch was wrong b. her train was late cl she was taiking to a firend d. she ate breakfast too slowlY

7. Al1en thinks

promotion ,aYJulie might get her b. Julie rvill definitely get her promotion c. Julie won't get her promotion d. .Tuhe will probably not get her promotion

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situatiott : Bobbf is talking to N{ei on his cell phone about a trip.

8. Bobby

with his cousin before b. would like to go to puerlo Rrco c. has started makrng plans to go to Hawaii d. has never been to Hau,aii before

a. has never traveled

9. Bobby says Mount Krlauea is trre most active volcano in the world
a. the highest mountain rn Harvati

a'd

H the most popular volcano to see c. the hottest place in Hawaii d. the most dangerous volcano on earth

Situation 7: Joey is helping Emma with her nerv Mp3 player.

10. En-ima doesn't know

. a. vn'hich button tums

b u-here to plug tn her Mp3 player

her Mp3 player

off

c. :sIr\ to tultt up the Yolunte on irer \{p3 pla1.er d. hou,to put music on her Mp3 player

I L Joey thinks his questio' about tire price might make Emma feei * a. ailnoyed b. shocked c. embarrassed d. disappointed

12. Joey hasn't been happy at a. since college

hisjob

,
\ow

b. for a very long time c. for about two years d. for alinost ten years

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Situstiott 8: John and Lara are talking about John's experience in another country.
13. John traveled abroad for the a. a few years ago

first time

b. when he tumed 20 c. before he tumed 20 d. after he tumed 20

14.

ln Japan, John's mrstake was _. a. putting his chopstrcks in the shape of an X b. aniving late at the restaurant c. using a fork and knife instead of chopsticks d. finishing his dinler before his hosts

15.

Johl

says. "You're not supposed to do a. don't intend to do it

rt." He means that people

b. shouldn't do it . c. u,ill never do it d. don't have to do it

l6 .Tohn eot sent to Tokro

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a. to help set up a ferr schools b. to open some restaurants c. to leam about Japanese customs d. to stan a cool<irrg sclrool

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Situaton 9: Beth is asking Luis for some career advice.

17. Beth is gorng to gaduate a. business

u,ith a degree in

b. education c. co[ununlcatlons d. history

18. Beth is most afraid that . a. she'll ger a job she doesn't hke b. she might not be graduating this year

c. rt's going to be difflcult to find a job d. she'11 end up with a job in comrnunications

19.

If Beth doesn't go to graduate school norv,

a. get

she,1l probably

aob as a teacher

b. be disappointed c. make her parents happy

d.

ioil

the real s'orid

20. Beth really wants to a. make her parents happy b. staft her career c. spend two rnore years in school . d. quit school

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Section ll: Reading placement Test, you will read some short passages and answer questions about them choose the ln th is section of th objeciive
sheet answer that best completes the sentence. For each item fill rn your answer on the answer

Passage

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What s your routine at work?

JEFF. I usually go to work early and have breakfast ai my desk, I'm always on the Internet Sometimes I have meetings, I go home late every night!
21. Jeff spe'rds a lot of time

check my e-mail a lot

a. in the cafeteria -. b. on his comPuter c, on the Phone

with his boss

Passage 2: An e-mail Subiect, Back at workl

Dear Carl,

learned some ltalian. I ate a lot of zabagltone l,m back, but I didn't want to come homel ltaly was wonderfull I met nice people, and I go back to Europe - France next timel kind ot dessert. I went to museums, and I went shopping. lt was expensivel I want to it's a Abby

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Abby

anY a -. can't sPeakstaY initaltan lta b wanted io

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c ooesn I wanl to EO to overseas d didn t like the PeoPle

Passage 3: Hobbies are good for Youl

aga,^

23 The arttcle suggests that

a b

c d

people get stressed when they do a hobby hobbies don t help with sleep problems a hobby can't be a Passion lt s good to have a Passion in life
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Source. How hobb ies help your heallh, Wvhc.siaywellsolutionsonline.com/library/WelLness/1

Passage 4. Back Pain and went to bed for several days, but Miki Akeba was lifting weights at the gym when she hurt her back. She went home a kitchen chair' Was this right? didn t call her doctor When she got up, she sat up straight on With any back inlury always talk to a doctor first to check if it is serious. Keep moving walking. And its usually fine to lean back in a comfortable chair'

- for example,

go swimming or

24.Ihe

main idea of this reading is to a tell an anecdote about Miki o. drscuss exercise c. oescribe back Pair

give advice aboui back injuries

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lf you have back

pain the reading says you

a. don't need to see a doctor b. usually can't sit up straight c. shouldn't avoid exercise d. should stay in bed for a few days

Passage

5;

Live life to the fullest piay golf with a pro!

lave you ever play.ed golf with a professional? Probabiy not, unless you're a friend of Tiger Woods, I've hardly ever played goif, so I m certainly not a good golfer, but last month I took iessons from the profJssionals at one of the most famous and oldest golf clubs in the country. The instructors were incredibly good and very talented, and I iearned some great tips I recommend itl lf you re already a good golfer, you'll definitely improve your technique. you might want to play a full round of golf on the challenging course after the lessons, Me? I went for dinner in the clubhousel
26 The wrjter
didn't learn anything useful b played golf like a professional c. was very good at golf before the lessons d, was a beginner at golf

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After the lessons, the writer

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a. nad a meal b. played a full round of golf c. gave the instructors a good tip d decided to go to a club

Passage 6; Someone you can look up to:Alfred Ciffo lll

:eJr'a: coliact between the generations was important, and decided to do something about it, One year later, his Ieen

: '':: l'r -:s -a::,'*en"ores :f ialkrr.g rvith hls grandmother lvhjle he v;as c.ov,rirQ up They chattec !v prore e,,,eiv ,',..' ' I s-2-:l i^e::ves. A;:ec was l3lvnen his grandmother passeci away, anc ne missed her badly. rle realized lhai

grandmothers when she was young, which she regretted. Alfred started Teen Connect in Florida, and four years later the program had over 200 groups around the U S and an iniernaiional chapter in Japan. Both teenagers and seniors have been positive about the program. The seniors look forward to keeping in touch each week, an tne teenagers enjoy getting advice and hearing about the seniors'life experiences Shortly after Alfred started his degree at N/lT he receive an award for hls community work. He was surprised, but satisfled that his program is helping to stp foneliness.

Connect organization was founded, The project links teenagers and seniors, who call each other and keep in touch by phone. From the very beginning, Alfred's senior in the program was enthusiastrc because she never knew her own

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Before Alfred's grandmother died, he a. visited her every week

b. was in regular contact with her

talked with her occasionaliy

d. grew up in her house 29 Alfred founded Teen Contact so a. teenagers wouldn't be lonely

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o der people could contact their grandchildren

c. he wouldn't regret knorrving his grandmother

young and old people could talk together

30 Seniors like the program because a. it's so popular all over the world b they enloy hearrng from the teenagers

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c. it gives them some life experience d. it helps them forget about the past

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31 Alfred got an award for his community prolect

a. before he started college

after graduation from college

c, in Japan d. while he was at colleqe

Source.TeenHeroesseries:

Reader'sDigest(p. 180) August2001 TheBoywhophonesafriend.RobertO'SteeninFloridaCatholtc

Passage 7: Modern crimes. telephone fraud

You're at home and the phone rings, A younE woman says you've won a fabulous prize - a dream vacation. a new car. 0r a lot of money You get excited and start imagining it But first you must pay a fee for shipping or taxes, You give the woman your credit card details, or write a check and mail it to an international address, and waii for your prize to come. lt will never be sent. You've been a victim of telephone fraud. This type of crime is a growing problem in the U S and Canada. People lose billions of dollars every year hoping to get .he n'ize of rheir rjreams \/ etirrs nf relenhnre scarrs are often called a second time by the same crimina S who pretend tO vr rv vY"v Lr ru v ru be government lawyers. The victims are told they can get their money back if they pay a legal fee or government tax. These criminals usually can't be caught because they call from outside the country and use telephone numbers that can'i be traced to real people or companies, lf you haven't entered a contest, you probably haven't won anything Don t be fooled by telephone fraud never send money or give out your credit card information in order to recelve a'prize'
JZ Victlms of this crime

pay too much fot- a vacatlon b. pay money and get noihing bact< c don t pay enougn tr taxes
C.

ente: a lot of coniests

33 Sometimes criminals who commit this crime

a. rob the same people twtce

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b employ government lawyers c oay the money back to thelr victims

d. pay legal taxes
34. The artrcle says that these cnmtnals a. work for international companies b. have foreign addresses c. have real companies

live in the U

and Canada

35 The writer's advice about telephone fraud is

a. don't enter contests b. don t cash the check if You win c. don't pay money if you haven't entered a contest d. only enter international contests

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Passage

8.

Consumers and the environment

have

ln recent years, concern about the environment has been endlessly discussed in the media, and consumers

this regularly been told how to change their lifestyles in order to reduce their impact on the planet. But how much has suggest that even though there is greater awareness of environmental tssues, influenced their behavior? Recent surveys much more needs to be done to change people s behavior. Concern for the environment alone is not enough to change habrts Over half of the people in the surveys said that they had made changes such as buying recycled products or greenhouse gas recycling paper and glass, Holvever, only a fifth said they were taking fewer flights - a major cause of

emissions

and less than 5% were usinq more environment -friendly hybrid cars.

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"The problem is human nature," says a leadrng environmentaiist, "because changing to more eco-friendly habjts means not having some of the things we're used to. Instead of telling people what luxuries they will be giving up by changing their behavror, we have to give a more pcsitive message about what they wiil be gaining. Changing consuTner behavior is complex, but the most effective pressure thai can be applied is flnanciaf , While gas prices remained affordable, people used thetr cars without thinking about the environmental cost, But as world oil prices increase, car owners are looking for ways to reduce car use. ln countries where public transportation is limited, many peopie have few alternatives. \Vhat is clear is that it will take more than recycling paper and plastic to save the planet,

36 The marn idea

.b

rn the article s that a. the environment is a serious issue

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it's difficult to make people change their lifestyles

c. gas pnces are more erpensive d. people should buy more recycled goods

37. Recent surveys on consumer behavior show that people a, know little about environmental issues t b. don't care much about the environment c, have made big changes in their buying habits d rril have to change their behavior more in the future

38 The vlew of a leading environmentalist is that consumers

are willing to change their habits b. are being given a positive message about the environment c don't want to give up their lifestyles d. are used to not having luxuries 39. The writer says that the best way to change consumer spending habits is to a. make things nore expe"sive

_,

b convince people it's the right thing to do c tell people about the environmental cost

e:3ecore JSe thelr cars

says nat now car owners don't think about the cost of gas buy environment-frlendly gas use public transportation more often drive less often to save money

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a.

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c. d.

Section lll: Language Use

ln this section, you will answer questions about the use of English Choose the answer that best completes the sentence For each item fill in your answer on tne answer sheet.

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l\4y

father works
every
on

cin dat
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Where

a. b.

night on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

a.

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is

your best friend live?

0.00es

c. are d. 00

Ronr:e didn't

a. ate b. eatng
^ U.
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b'eakfast

tiis

rnorning because sl.e got up late

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Car os ears a lot of

a. c.

rice b.t he doesn't

Like

poiatoes

D.

mucn many

da
A ldnn'l liko cn:n nnerac

B,_ c d

a, l'm not either b. I can't either

I

don't either

|t/e too

l'm interested

a.

a meditation class.

b d

c.

to loin in loinlng at joining

joining

47. A Are you and Sarah going trick-or-treating tomorrow night? a great timel B Yes, we are And \rye _
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LAVtr

c
I

are navrng
nao

0.
a,

are gorng r0 nave

went to the mall yesterday

_some

things for my trip

to buy

bought for buying

c. Ouy

A: What do you do with your old books? B. I give them to the library but my best friends Marie and Susan keep their

for years

a
d

D.

ners theirs her

c.
A

when you heard the news? What B, I was cooking dinner.

a. b.

00 you 0o

d.
cl

were you doing did you do are you doing

What are vou ooi^a to oo a. yo graduate b. you're going to graduate you'll graduate d. you graduated

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a,,i;i io
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get junk mail, but

it's_to

get spam.

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better

A Have you B No.'-,

ever tried whitewater rafting?

c d 0

a, b.

lmnot
lhaven't

ldidnt
I

don't
in the famiry business after school

when I was young, my parents arways made me

a.

io work
worKeo work rvorking

c, d.
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A: What are you dotng tomorrow? Do you want to go to the beach? B: Actually I'd love to. you up at around l0.OO bXf

a.

c, I'm going to pick 0. l ptcK

I rrave a

|
I

| pick

m picking

a.

d a b

c,

paper due tomonow, so | don't have to ought to w0uld rather had better not
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go out tonight. I have a rot of work to do,

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c. d,

n,r]cn I admlre who my whole family loves her, too I met when we were kids is interestrng and funny work so much, rd go kayaking more often Then r d feer ress stresseo our wouldn't have to didn t have to am not gojng to have to don't have to

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lf

a b c
d,

59A
B

Where did you leave the manual that came with the prrnter? I have no idea where_ it. a. I did leave

c d
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b,

I leave

did I leave
I left

Carol

a b c 0

tennis since she was a kid and she realiy ioves

rt

has played ls playing has been pJaying ptayed

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There's a hurricane coming, so Tony had to cancel his vacation plans. He must be very

a c d

disappointed disappoints

b.

disappoint
disappornting

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The storm caused serious flooding but no injuries a. were reporting b. were reported c. was reporied

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is reported

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How did Min-Jee end up

as a travel agent?

a, b,

worKtng

c
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worked to worK
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There are many wonderful activiiies at the community center in our neighborhood, Traditional music Saturday night was performed

every

b. is performed c. performs

is performing

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ln some countries, you can offend people

not by bowing
not bowtng by by bowing not by not bcwing

b.

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c d
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to a party last night but he didn t feel well, so he stayed home. e ic crrnnnqod tn nn !v Yv ,w veYyvvvv u.

b. rryent c. was supposeo t0 go

is going to go

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Our next-door neighbors are having their roof a. to repair

lt's going to look so much better.

repairing

c. repaired 0. reparrs
68.
We're very annoyed wjth Andrew. He should a, not have been
so rude

0.0e

c, is d. have been
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lf I had finished my education, I probably

many more opportunities to succeed.

a. b.

c.

would have would have had am navlng have had government programs to protect endangered species

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Many plants and animals are continuing to disappear because of in spite of

a b c d

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