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2 Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. 11. The man is the_____________ of Student Services at Rostock. 12. The_____________ are all enrolled as students at the university. 13. The student discount cards allow students to save up to_____________ per cent when eating out. 14. Students interested in joining a club can sign up on weekdays between_____________ o’clock. 15. The man advises the students to_____________ and enjoy themselves SECTION B: PHONETICS (5 pts) Question I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line. (3 pts) 16. A. dosage B. massage C. carriage D. voyage 17. A. architect B. parachute C. choir D. psychology 18. A. walked B. naked C. sacred D. wicked Question II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question. (2 pts) 19. A. politics B. advantage C. predator D. energy 20. A. responsibility B. environmentally C. accommodation D. mischievousness SECTION C: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (30 pts) Question I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence. (10 pts) 21. My family found the action movies very exciting; we were glued _____ it until it ended. A. of B. at C. to D. with 22. I had no money_________ me when I came across a nice shirt. A. by B. at C. on D. over 23. Do you like the language centre ________ in the Women’s Magazine? A. advertiser B. advertised C. advertising D. advertisement 24. Many people have traveled to the USA, hoping to make a______ there. A. money B. prosperity C. fortune D. career 25. I think he will join us, ________ ? A. doesn’t he B. won’t he C. will he D. do 26. I am so _________under with assignments at the moment. Terrible! A. snowed B. iced C. fogged D. tired 27. I am going to_______ up on what all the road signs mean before my driving test. A. learn B. revise C. swot D. redo 28. _________had booked in advance were allowed in. A. Only who B. Only those who C. Only who were D. Only were who 29. I couldn’t quite ______what they were doing because they were so far away. A. bear out B. try out C. think out D. make out 30. I read the contract again and again _________avoiding making spelling mistakes. A. with a view to B. in view of C. by means of D. in terms of Question II. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form. (8 pts) 31. I have got a job in Korea so I (live) there for the next two years. 32. If today is your golden wedding anniversary, you (be) married for 50 years. 33-34. (he/ pass) the exam, he (not, be) in the army now. 35. You must tell me the truth. I insist on (tell) the truth.

4 SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION (30 pts) Question I. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space (10pts) Population growth affects almost (61) _____ aspect of everyday life. This is because a continual growth in the earth’s population (62) us to change the ways we use the land. For example, an expanding population needs more land (63) _____ housing, shops and industry. An expanding population also means that we (64) to grow more food and build more hospitals, schools and roads. But the area of land (65) for human use is fixed. In fact, only about one third of the earth’s surface is land, and about one third of that is suitable to live on. For example, there are large areas of the earth (66) _______ as deserts and polar icecaps that cannot at present support human life. Of course there are low population densities in some parts of the world, (67) _____ in most cases the land resources in such areas are already stretched (68) _____ the limit. One immediate answer to our population growth is to make deserts and swamplands (69) . But the long-term (70) _____ is to stabilize the earth’s population. Question II. Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space. (10 pts) PROOF THAT SILENCE IS GOLDEN FOR STUDYING The combination of music and study has long been a source of disagreement between adults and children. Parents and teachers alike maintain that silence is important when learning, (71) _______ youngsters insist that their favorite sounds help them concentrate. Now a study shows that the grown-ups have been (72) _______ all along. Psychologists in Florida tested how fast students wrote essay with and without music in the (73) _______. They found that the sounds slowed progress down by about sixty words per hour. “This demonstrates clearly that it is difficult to (74) _______ with listening and writing at the same time”, said Dr. Sarah Randall. She also (75) _______ to the conclusion that it is a myth that instrumental music is less distracting than vocals. “All types of music (76) _______ the same effect”, she said in her report. “One’s ability to pay attention and write fluently is likely to be (77) _______ by both vocal and instrumental music”, she added. Dr. Randall claimed the research (78) _______ that the idea that music could improve performance was wrong. “Writing an essay is a complex (79) _______. You are recalling information and putting it in (80) _______. An additional stimulus in the form of music is bound to distract. But music is not the only distractor. What is particularly worrying is that more and more teenagers are studying in front of the television”. 71. A. whereas B. unlike C. besides D. despite 72. A. precise B. right C. valid D. true 73. A. setting B. background C. surrounding D. circumstances 74. A. manage B. support C. cope D. stand 75. A. reached B. drew C. arrived D. came 76. A. made B. had C. brought D. kept 77. A. disturbed B. interfered C. bothered D. shocked 78. A. pointed B. displayed C. demonstrated D. presented 79. A. project B. concern C. scheme D. task 80. A. order B. arrangement C. line D. pattern Question III. Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions below. (10 pts) Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350,