1. Basic English: (100/150)
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I. In each of the following sentences, four words or phrases have been underlined. Choose the one word or phrase that would not be appropriate in standard English. Write your choice on the ANSWER SHEET. (10/150)

1. Two police officers fired up their siren, pulled me over, and pointed out that my car’s registration had outdated.
A B C D

2. I would rather you can give me an exact number of the people present at the meeting.
A B C D
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3. What a mistake! You haven't paid the least attention to the spelling.
A B C D

4. The slave would do anything his master asked him, for he is habitually obedient to his master.
A B C D
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5. Today's plentiful supply of graduates mean increasing competition for jobs, disappointment for many in terms
A B C D
of pay or type of work and, for some, no job at all.

6. How good we are educated is simply a matter of how well we have adjusted ourselves to our lives and our
A B C D
environment.

7. Despite our mass attendance at college and our mass exposure on culture, education remains an individual
A B C D
achievement.

8. Many argue that even college had no impact on that part of your life, it would still be a good investment.
A B C D

9. In our generation American women are shaping new goals which are well reflected in the fiction on many
A B C
contemporary woman writers.
D

10. There are many interrelationships among philosophy, politics, economics and the science of
A B C D

II. Find the one choice that best completes the sentence. Write your choice on the ANSWER SHEET. (10/150)

1. The food made for pregnant women is easy_________.
A. to be digested B. digested C. to digest D. digesting
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2. Buy your wife a present on her birthday, ________she should get angry.
A. lest B. otherwise C. however D. perhaps

3. The juvenile offender was released from custody on condition that he ________ out of trouble for six months.
A. would stay B. stays C. could stay D. stay

4. Jane has recently bought_________
A. a new beautiful green Hong Kong jacket
B. a beautiful new Hong Kong green jacket
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D. a beautiful new green Hong Kong jacket

5. In vain ________to engage him in our group activities, and he didn't show the least interest.
A. have we tried B. we tried C. did we try D. we had tried.

6. His success could not shield him from the racial prejudice _________rampant in those days.
A. being B that C. as D. so

7. As she grows her happy ______grew sour, and she often flew into violent rages.
A. disposition B. personality C. character D. temper

8. The typhoon could sweep off all the things in the village, _________.
A. whether they are high trees and buildings
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C. should they be high trees or buildings
D. they are high trees or buildings

9. I prefer _________the examination today rather than ________ it for a whole week.
A. taking ... postponing B. to take ... postpone
C. taking ... postpone D. to take ... to postpone
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10. The boy anticipates ________the first prize in the contest.
A. to win B. winning C. his winning D. to have won