Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
- Peter: “How beautiful your daughter is!”
- Mary: “_______”
- Linda: “I think it’s a good idea to have three or four generations living under one roof. They can help one another.”
- Janet: “______. Many old-aged parents like to lead an independent life in a nursing home.”
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.
CAN WE CHANGE THE CLIMATE?
It may seem hard to believe that people can actually change the Earth’s climate. But scientists think that the things people do that send greenhouse gases into the air are making our planet warmer. Once, all climate changes occurred naturally. ___(34)___, during the Industrial Revolution, we began altering our climate and environment through agricultural and industrial practices. The Industrial Revolution was a time ___(35)___ people began using machines to make life easier. It started more than 200 years ago and ___(36)___ the way humans live. Before the Industrial Revolution, human activity released very few gases into the atmosphere, but now through population growth, fossil fuel burning, and deforestation, we are affecting the mixture of gases in the atmosphere. Since the industrial revolution, the need for energy to run ___(37)___ has steadily increased. some energy, like the energy you need to do your homework, comes from the food you eat. But other energy, like the energy that makes cars run and ___(38)___ of the energy used to light and heat our homes, comes from fuels like coal and oil – fossil fuels. Burning these fuels releases greenhouse gases.
(Adapted from: https://www.monografias.com/trabajos64/global-warming/global-warming2)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 39 to 43
Experts say that if you feel tired during the day, even during boring activities, you don’t sleep enough. If you often fall asleep within five minutes of lying down, you may suffer a state of lacking sleep. “Microsleeps,” periods of sleep that last from a few to several seconds, are another mark of not getting enough sleep. Moreover, the common practice of “burning the candle at both ends” - working hard until late at night - in western countries has created so much sleep deprivation.
Many studies have shown that not sleeping enough is dangerous. When sleep-deprived people – those who don’t have enough sleep - are tested, they perform as badly as or worse than those who are drunk. Lack of sleep also increases alcohol’s effects on the body. Therefore, if people without enough sleep drink, they will become much more impaired than someone who is well-rested. Driving when extremely tired is the cause of about 100,000 motor vehicle accidents and 1,500 deaths each year, and driving while tired can lead to disaster. Caffeine and other stimulants cannot overcome the effects of severe sleep deprivation. Health experts say that if you have trouble keeping your eyes focused, if you can’t stop yawning, you may be too tired to drive safely.
(Adapted from “501 Reading Critical Reading Questions- Learning Express, First Edition)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.
Willis Carrier designed the first air-conditioning unit in 1902, just a year after graduating from Cornell University. At a Brooklyn printing plant, fluctuations in heat and moisture were causing the size of the printing paper to keep changing slightly, making it hard to align different colors. Carrier’s invention made it possible to control temperature and humidity levels and so align the colors. The invention also allowed industries such as film, processed food, textiles and pharmaceuticals to improve the quality of their products.
In 1914, the first air-conditioning device was installed in a private house. However, its size, similar to that of an early computer, meant it took up too much space to come into widespread use, and later models, such as the Weather maker, which Carrier brought out in the 1920s, cost too much for most people. Cooling for human comfort, rather than industrial need, really took off when three air conditioners were installed in a department store in Detroit, Michigan. People crowded into the shop to experience the new invention. The fashion spread from department stores to cinemas.
To start with, money-conscious employers regarded air conditioning as a luxury. They considered that if they were paying people to work, they should not be paying for them to be comfortable as well. So in the 1940s and ‘50s, the industry started putting out a different message about its product: according to their research, installing air conditioning increased productivity amongst employees. They found that typists increased their output by 24% when transferred from a regular office to a cooled one. Another study into office working conditions, which was carried out in the late 1950s, showed that the majority of companies cited air conditioning as the single most important contributor to efficiency in offices.
However, air conditioning has its critics. Jed Brown, an environmentalist, complains that air conditioning is a factor in global warming. Unfortunately, he adds, because air conditioning leads to higher temperatures, people have to use it even more. However, he admits that it provides a healthier environment for many people in the heat of summer.
(Adapted from Complete IELTS band 4-5)