- 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 underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.. - Question 6: Besides rainfall in the desert is low, it is one of the most important climatic factors in the formation of desert erosion features.. - it is D. - Question 7: Regardless of the homes from which students come, every one of whom usually has at least one person who cares.. - Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.. - in the atmosphere is the temperature falling below freezing.. - Question 12: Buy me a newspaper on your way back,. - don’t you C. - can’t you D. - go down on your knees B. - stand on your own feet. - are on your last legs D. - Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.. - 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.. - The spectators paid full attention to the race with excitement, so they didn’t realize that little incident.. - 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.. - They are the best trained in the technique.. - The most successful candidates are the best at training in the technique, if not they will need education.. - The most successful candidates are people who are trained well in the technique, although well educated.. - The most successful candidates are not only the best educated but also the best trained in the technique.. - The most successful candidates are not always the best educated, but the best trained in the technique.. - 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 31 to 35.. - TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORK. - has real-life connections and actively engages kids, and if those kids can articulate at the end of the day some of the exciting learning they have experienced, parents will be very happy.”. - If that’s the case - if the parents don’t think the teacher is doing his job - maybe they’re right.”. - 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 36 to 42.. - Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. - The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. - And as long as the sun shines, it’s still better than sitting in the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo.. - (Adapted from “Modern Sun Worshippers”) Question 36: The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that. - Question 38: According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others?. - Question 40: The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, “or one tourist for every person living in Spain” means. - Question 41: The word “tolerate” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to. - Question 42: According to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the tourists’ fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches?. - 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 43 to 50.. - While some forecasting methods had limited success predicting the 1997 El Nino a few months in advance, the Columbia University researchers say their method can predict large El Nino events up to two years in advance. - That would be a boon for governments, farmers and others seeking to plan for the droughts and heavy rainfall El Nino can produce in various parts of the world.. - Using a computer, the researchers matched sea-surface temperatures to later El Nino occurrences between 1980 and 2000 and were then able to anticipate El Nino events dating back to 1857, using prior sea-surface temperatures. - The results were reported in the latest issue of the journal. - The researchers say their method is not perfect, but Bryan Weare, a meteorologist at the University of California, Davis, who was not involved in the work, said it “suggests El Nino is indeed predictable.” “This will probably convince others to search around more for even better methods,” he added. - The new method “makes it possible to predict El Nino at long lead times,” said lead author Dake Chen of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. - The ability to predict the warming and cooling of the Pacific is of immense importance. - The 1997 El Nino, for example, caused an estimated $20 billion in damage worldwide, offset by beneficial effects in other areas, said David Anderson, of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in Reading, England. - The 1877 El Nino, meanwhile, coincided with a failure of the Indian monsoon and a famine that killed perhaps 40 million in India and China, prompting the development of seasonal forecasting, Anderson said.. - When El Nino hit in 1991 and 1997, 200 million people were affected by flooding in China alone, according to a 2002 United Nations report. - While predicting smaller El Nino events remains tricky, the ability to predict larger ones should be increased to at least a year if the new method is confirmed, Anderson wrote in an accompanying commentary. - El Nino tends to develop between April and June and reaches its peak between December and February. - Chen said the new forecasting method does not predict any major El Nino events in the next two years, although a weak warming toward the end of this year is possible.. - sea-surface temperatures Question 44: The word “a boon” in paragraph 1 probably means. - scientific evidence Question 45: It is stated in the passage that Bryan Weare. - worked at the California University, but he used to live at the Columbia University.. - didn’t do research on El Nino with researchers.. - had set up a special institute in America to study El Nino.. - Question 46: The word “immense” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to. - Question 47: According to the passage, it takes about. - for El Nino to reach its peak.. - 9 to 12 months Question 48: The word “tricky” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to. - Question 49: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?. - The method used by the Columbia University researchers can predict El Nino a few months in advance.. - According to a 2002 United Nations report, the flooding in China caused by El Nino in 1991 and 1997 affected 200 million Chinese people.. - The 1877 El Nino happened at the same time as a failure of the Indian monsoon and a famine killed perhaps 40 million in India and China.. - Due to the severe damage El Nino can cause to human life and property, many researchers. - have devoted themselves to El Nino-related research.. - Question 50: Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?. - Study: El Nino can be predicted B. - El Nino: Millions of people threatened with hunger. - Evidence: Effects of El Nino on human. - Research: How Does the El Nino Develop?