The party has won a historical victory at the polls.

My mother and her friends always went out together every weekend.

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.

“I met her two days ago,” said Tim.

We last visited my uncle two years ago.

The natives were angry when the foreigners came to their country and took over their land.

He was too wet behind the ears to be in charge of such a difficult task.

With the final examinations coming very soon his anxiety was rising to almost unbearable limits.

A student is asking the librarian to help her to fax a report.

- Student: “Could you help me to fax this report?”

- Librarian: “ ________ “

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.

You will receive an automatic email notification ________.

Mr Robert _________ from the company, is now facing legal charges.

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 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 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 whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Sunbathing is a popular activity. It can cause some skin-related problems.

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.

Lan hasn’t done online shopping for a month.

“Where is the Post Office, please?” Jane asked.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

I didn't use to like him much when we are at school.

What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

Which drawbacks may online social networking put people at mentioned in the passage?

What does the word “they” in paragraph 2 refer to?

What advantage of online social networks is mentioned in paragraph 1?

A. It’s simple to establish new friendships via networking sites.

B. Unemployed people may get their jobs thanks to the employers’ recommendations.

C. Online sites provide us with lists of different choices and behavior.

D. It’s an efficient way of keeping in touch with lot of people.

The word “disproportionate” in paragraph 1 mostly means _______

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.

For many hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, online networking has become enmeshed in our daily lives. However, it is a decades-old insight from a study of traditional social networks that best illuminates one of the most important aspects of today’s online networking. In 1973, sociologist Mark Granovetter showed how the loose acquaintances, or “weak ties”, in our social network exert a disproportionate influence over our behaviour and choices. Granovetter's research showed that a significant percentage of people get their jobs as a result of recommendations or advice provided by a weak tie. Today our number of weak-tie contacts has exploded via online social networking. “You couldn't maintain all of those weak ties on your own”, says Jennifer Golbeck of the University of Maryland. “Online sites, such as Facebook, give you a way of cataloguing them”. The result? It's now significantly easier for the schoolfriend you haven’t seen in years to pass you a tip that alters your behaviour, from recommendation of a low-cholesterol breakfast cereal to a party invite where you meet your future wife or husband.

The explosion of weak ties could have profound consequences for our social structures too, according to Judith Donath of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. “We're already seeing changes”, she says. For example, many people now turn to their online social networks ahead of sources such as newspapers and television for trusted and relevant news or information. What they hear could well be inaccurate, but the change is happening nonetheless. If these huge “supernets” - some of them numbering up to 5,000 people - continue to thrive and grow, they could fundamentally change the way we share information and transform our notions of relationships.

But are these vast networks really that relevant to us on a personal level? Robin Dunbar, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of Oxford, believes that our primate brains place a cap on the number of genuine social relationships we can actually cope with: roughly 150. According to Dunbar, online social networking appears to be very good for “servicing” relationships, but not for establishing them. He argues that our evolutionary roots mean we still depend heavily on physical and face-to-face contact to be able to create ties.

Online social networking may also have tangible effects on our well-being. Nicole Ellison of Michigan State University found that the frequency of networking site use correlates with greater self-esteem. Support and affirmation from the weak ties could be the explanation, say Ellison. “Asking your close friends for help or advice is nothing new, but we are seeing a lower of barriers among acquaintances”, she says. People are readily sharing personal feelings and experiences to a wider circle than they might once have done. Sandy Pentland at Massachusetts Institute of Technology agrees. “The ability to broadcast to our social group means we need never feel alone”.

(Adapted from The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS)

Which of the following is TRUE, according to the last paragraph?

The phrase “came under fire” in paragraph 3 most probably means _______.

The word “its” in paragraph 2 refers to _______?

According to paragraph 2, China is required to _______.