Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

            In addition to the challenge to be excellent, American schools have been facing novel problems. They must ….(11) … with an influx of immigrant children, many of whom speak little or no English. They must respond to demands ….(12) ….the curriculum reflect the various cultures of all children. Schools must make sure that students develop …(13) … skills for the job market, and they must consider the needs of nontraditional students, such as teenage mothers.

            Schools are …(14)…. these problems in ways that reflect the diversity of theUSeducational system. They are hiring or training large numbers of teachers of English …(15)… a second language and, in some countries, setting up bilingual schools. They are opening …(16)… the traditional European-centered curriculum to embrace material from American, Asian, and other cultures.

            Schools are also teaching cognitive skills to the …(17)… 40 percent of American students who do not go on to higher education. In the …(18).. of a recent report by the Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, “A strong back, the willingness to work, and a high  school diploma were once all that was necessary to …(19) ….

a start inAmerica. They are no longer. A well-developed mind, a continued willingness to learn and the ability to put knowledge to work are the new keys …(20) .. the future of our young people, the success of our business, and the economic well-being of the nation”.( Extracted from Info USA-CD Version).Question 20

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet t indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

Not until he got home he realized he had forgotten to give her the present

Tom: “ When are we leaving for the concert?”Kyle: “ ………………”

………………………., he remained optimistic

Every evening since last Christmas, I ……….my dog out of for a walk in the park

After John ……….a rough outline of the model, he will begin painting

Can you wait while I run into the library? OK, ………..you hurry

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on answer sheet to  indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

Bone and ivory are light, strong and accessible materials for Inuit artists

They differ ………….their opinions

……………. I ask him for the money he owes me, he say he will bring it in a few days, but I don’t think he has got it at all

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 following sentences

Culture is a word in common use with complex meanings, and is derived, like the term broadcasting, from the treatment and care of the soil and of what grows on it. It is directly related to cultivation and the adjectives cultural and cultured are part of the same verbal complex. A person of culture has identifiable attributes, among them a knowledge of and interest in the arts, literature, and music. Yet the word culture does not refer solely to such knowledge and interest nor, indeed, to education. At least from the 19th century onwards, under the influence of anthropologists and sociologists, the word culture has come to be used generally both in the singular and the plural (cultures) to refer to a whole way of life of people, including their customs, laws, conventions, and values      

         Distinctions have consequently been drawn between primitive and advanced culture and cultures, between elite and popular culture, between popular and mass culture, and most recently between national and global cultures. Distinctions have been drawn too between culture and civilization; the latter is a word derived not, like culture or agriculture, from the soil, but from the city. The two words are sometimes treated as synonymous. Yet this is misleading. While civilization and barbarism are pitted against each other in what seems to be a perpetual behavioural pattern, the use of the word culture has been strongly influenced by conceptions of evolution in the 19th century and of development in the 20th century. Cultures evolve or develop. They are not static. They have twists and turns. Styles change. So do fashions. There are cultural processes. What, for example, the word cultured means has changed substantially since the study of classical (that is, Greek and Roman) literature, philosophy, and history ceased in the 20th century to be central to school and university education. No single alternative focus emerged, although with computers has come electronic culture, affecting kinds of study, and most recently digital culture. As cultures express themselves in new forms not everything gets better or more civilized.

     The multiplicity of meanings attached to the word made and will make it difficult to define. There is no single, unproblematic definition, although many attempts have been made to establish one. The only non-problematic definitions go back to agricultural meaning (for example, cereal culture or strawberry culture) and medical meaning (for example, bacterial culture or penicillin culture). Since in anthropology and sociology we also acknowledge culture clashes, culture shock, and counter-culture, the range of reference is extremely wide

It is difficult to give the definitions of the word culture EXCEPT for its______

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on answer sheet to  indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

In many aspects, the problems that John faced are………….a young man and woman might face today

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on answer sheet to  indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

City developed at the point where the Hudson  and Passaic rivers mingle with the water of  the Atlantic Ocean

Speaking language …………..is important for effective communication

Mr. Hammond prefers to resign ………..part in such dishonest business deal