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uthor name the scientific compound that makes up aspirin? 
A. Lines 2-4 B. Lines 7 C. Lines 8-9 D. Lines 13-14 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word for each of the blanks from 46 to 55. 
Do it yourself 
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What do you do when something breaks down? Are you the kind of person who knows how things (46)
? Or do you prefer to have them (47) by an expert? Personally, when I use a (48) 
I always hit my finger, and I can never (49) anything with my screwdiver a because I can never find it.
Despite having all the wrong (50) , I recently decided to take my bike to pieces and fix it. I had run out
of money as usual, and as I use my bike for getting to college, I had no choice. It was making a terrible noise, 
and the front type was (52) . I had a few tools but I didn’t have any (53) parts. I 
managed to (54) the wheel and take it off, but then I lost my (55), and couldn’t put the wheel 
back on properly. At least I am taking more exercise, as I now have to walk to college. 
Question 46. A. do
Question 47. A. repaired 
Question 48. A. drill 
B. make 
B. out 
B. scissors 
C. fix 
C. sometimes
C. hammer 
D. work 
D. operated
D. spade 
Question 49. A. drive B. unscrew C. cut D. unwind 
Question 50. A. equipment B. contents C. instruments D. gadgets 
Question 51. A. technician B. engineer C. machine D. mechanic 
Question 52. A. flat B. empty C. over D. bad 
Question 53. A. spare B. emergency C. renew D. repair 
Question 54. A. remove B. smooth C. fill D. undo 
Question 55. A. saw B. plug C. spanner D. file 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction. Ques-
tion 56. When radio programs became popular, approximately around 1925, many people stopped
attending movies. 
A. When B. became C. approximately D. attending 
Question 57. The pioneers raised corn as their chief crop because they kept well in any season and could be
used in many ways. 
A. raised B. their C. they D. could be 
Question 58. National forests including land for animal grazing, as well wilderness areas with scenic 
mountain and lakes. 
A. including B. animal C. wilderness D. scenic 
Question 59. Pigeons, like many migratory birds, read the positions of the sun and stars in order to orient
them. 
A. like B. read C. the sun and stars D. them 
Question 60. Compact discs, which appeared on the market in early 1980s, produce sound of better quality
than those of standard phonograph records. 
A. which B. produce C. those D. phonograph 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best way to complete each of the 
following sentences. 
Question 61. Amongs sea horses, carries and hatches the eggs in a special breeding pouch. 
A. it is the male that B. the male it 
C. it is the male D. the male who 
Question 62. Will be increasingly used as a source of petrochemical when oil begins to run out. 
A. No matter coal B. No doubt coal C. If coal D. That coal
Question 63. Affect a person’s body has long been known by doctors. 
A. That emotional disturbances C. As emotional disturbances 
B. Emotional disturbances D. If emotional disturbances Ques-
tion 64. , and they are separated from one another by vast distances. 
A. Being millions of galaxies C. Of the millions of galaxies 
B. Are millions of galaxies D. there are millions of galax-
ies Question 65. We wouldn’t have missed the train 
A. if we weren’t using an out-of-date timetable. 
B. had we not been using an out-of-date timetable. 
C. unless we used an out-of-date timetable. 
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D. would we not be using an out-of-date timetable. 
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 question from 66 to 75. 
The ubiquitous bar code, developed more than twenty years ago, is not a stagnant product. On the
contrary, the technology has been improved so that it can be used more efficiently. Much less expensive than a
computer chip, the bar code can hold more information than it has in the past by adding a second dimension to
the structure. 
The bar code consists of a series of parallel vertical bars or lines of two different widths, although
sometimes widths are used, printed in black on a white background. Barcodes are used for entering data into a
computer system. The bars represent the binary digits 0 and 1, just like basic computer language, and
sequences of these digits can indicate the numbers from 0 to 9, which can then be read by an optical laser
scanner and processed by a digital computer. Arabic numbers appear below the code. 
The traditional bar code has been used to monitor skiers at ski lifts and to determine price and perform
inventory control on groceries, drugs, medical supplies, manufactured parts, and library books to name a few.
The bar code used on grocery products, introduced in the 1970s, is called a universal product code (or UPC)
and assign each type of food or grocery product a unique code. The five digits on the left are assigned to a
particular manufacturer or maker and the five digits on the right are used by that manufacturer to identify a
specific type or make of product. Traditional single dimension bar codes are not readily customizable because
there is little extra space. 
The two-dimensional bar code, with an information density of 1,100 bytes, allows a considerably greater amount
of information to be coded than does the traditional bar code, including customized information. [A] It also has built- 
in redundancy, meaning that the identical information is duplicated on the same code [B] Therefore, if the code is
damaged, it can still be read. [C] The technology even allows pictures or text to be contained within the code, as well
as barcode encryption. [D] The new technology dramatically reduces the errors of the single dimensional bar code and
reduces costs that some companies have reported in the past. 
Question 66. The word ubiquitous is the first sentence is closest in meaning to . 
A. outdated B. ever-present C. new D. com-
plicated Question 67. The word stagnant in the first sentence is closest in 
meaning to 
A. ever-changing B. useful C. stale D. useless
Question 68. The author implies that the bat code 
A. has only recently become popular. 
B. will never change. 
C. is not useful. 
D. has existed in one-dimensional form for years. 
Question 69. The author’s main purpose is to describe 
A. the current technology and newest innovation of bar codes 
B. problems with the bar code 
C. the UPC in grocery stores 
D. why the bar code is no longer viable 
Question 70. Where in the final paragraph ([A], [B], [C], or [D]) could the following sentence be logically
placed? 
Thus, the manufacturer is able to add additional information on the bar code that it finds useful for its own
tracking purposes. 
A. [A] 
B. [B] C. [C] D. [D]
Question 71. Which of the following can be a UPC symbol? 
A. A code with five digits on the left, five on the right, two different widths, and one number under each. 
B. A code with six digits on the left, four on the right, two different widths, and one roman numeral under
each. 
C. A code with five digits on the left, five digits on the right, five or six different widths, and one number
under each. 
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D. A code with five digits on the left, five digits on the right, reverse form (white text on black background),
and no numbers under. 
Question 72. AUPC is a type of . 
A. computer program B. bar code C. grocery item D. scanner 
Question 73. The word widths in the second paragraph refers to . 
A. its size B. its direction C. its location D. its content
Question 74. In the past, a common use of the bar code was . 
A. to encrypt pictures 
B.to keep track of products stocked and sold 
C. to act as a computer 
D. to hide text 
Question 74. The word considerably in the final paragraph is closest in meaning to . 
A. slightly B. technologically C. interestingly D. far 
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the
sentence(s) given. 
Question 76. He might have been joking when he said he was planning to leave 
home. 
A. The idea of leaving home probably amused him a great deal. 
B. I don’t know if he was serious when he expressed his intention of leaving home. 
C. He could have made s joke about the situation when he left home. 
D. He said he was going to leave home, but it turned out to be only a joke. 
Question 77. Jane would trust her mother, but not her sister, with anything. 
A. Although Jane finds her mother completely trustworthy, she does not feel the same about her 
sister. 
B. Jane felt she could trust neither her mother nor her sister with anything. 
C. There was nothing that Jane would not trust her mother, as well as her sister, with. 
D. Neither Jane nor her sister feel that they can trust their mother with everything. 
Question 78. “Let’s organize a sponsored cycle race,” said the children to the teacher. 
A. The children suggested to organize a sponsored cycle race. 
B. The children suggested organizing a sponsored cycle race. 
C. The children suggested they must organize a sponsored cycle race. 
D. The children suggested the teacher to organize a sponsored cycle race. 
Question 79. The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money. 
A. If I didn’t have money, this job wouldn’t be worthwhile. 
B. Were it not for the money, I wouldn’t do this job. 
C. If I didn’t have money, I couldn’t do this job. 
D. This job cannot be finished if there isn’t the money. 
Question 80. “No, I’m sorry, I don’t work on Saturday. Definitely not!” 
A. Ellen refused to work on Saturday. 
B. Ellen refused not working on Saturday. 
C. Ellen wished she could not work on Saturday. 
D. Ellen felt sorry not to work on Saturday.