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II. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (5/20 points)
Part 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in the numbered box.
41. He was so ______ in the book that he did not hear her footsteps.
A. distracted B. engrossed C. gripped D. attracted
42. I felt that he lacked the ______ to pursue a difficult task to the very end.
A. persuasion B. obligation C. engagement D. commitment
43. The government decided to ______ down on income tax evasion.
A. press B. crack C. push D. snap
44. Check the apparatus carefully to make sure it has not been ______.
A. broken into B. tempered with C. touched up D. taken out
45. We believe that the cumulative effects of renewed prosperity will ______ expectations.
A. overcome B. undermine C. surpass D. succeed
46. John`s got very ______ feelings about taking on more responsibility at the moment.
A. puzzled B. mixed C. jumbled D. muddled
47. The college will soon be ready to ______ candidates for new courses.
A. enrol B. involve C. call D. recall
48. After the concert, everyone had to ______ home through the thick snow.
A. trudge B. tread C. trace D. trickle
49. The captain realized that unless immediate action was taken to discipline the crew, there could be a _____ on the ship.
A. riot B. rebellion C. mutiny D. strike
50. Her enthusiasm ______ her lack of experience.
A. makes up for B. makes off C. makes out at D. makes up
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Part 2: The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their correct forms in the space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.
A feminine is a person, usually a woman, who believes that women should be regarded as
equally to men. She, or he, deplores discrimination against women in the home, place of
work or anywhere, and her principle enemy is the male chauvinist, who believes that men
are naturally super. Tired of being referred to as “the weaker sex”, women are becoming
more and more militancy and are winning the age-old battle of the sexes. They are sick to
death of sexy jokes which poke fun at women. They are no longer content to be regarded as
second-class citizens in terms of economic, political and social status. They criticize beauty
contests and the use of glamour female models in advertisements which they describe as
the exploit of female beauty, since women in these situations were represented as mere sex
objects. We no longer live in the male-dominate societies of the past. Let us hope,
moreover, that the revolution stops before we have a boring world in which sex doesn’t
make much difference. We already have unisex hairdressers and fashions. What next?

0. feminine Æ feminist
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Part 3: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.
A live broadcast of any public event, such as a space (0) ______ (FLY) or sporting
occasion, is almost (61) ______ (VARIABLE) accompanied by the thoughts of a (62)
______ (COMMENT). This may be on television, along with the relevant pictures,
alternatively on radio. The technique involved (63) ______ (DIFFERENT) between the
two media, with radio broadcasters needing to be more explicit and (64) ______
(DESCRIBE) because of the absence of visual information. TV commentators do not
need to paint a picture for their audience; instead, their various (65) ______ (OBSERVE)
should add to the images that are already there. There will sometimes be silences and
pauses in a TV commentary, although these are becoming (66) ______ (INCREASE)
rare. Both types of commentators should try to be informative, but should avoid sounding
(67) ______ (OPINION). In sports commentaries, fairness and (68) ______