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III. COMMUNICATION
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges. (0.5 point)
Question 24: - "Nam has been awarded a scholarship to study in Australia."
-"Oh, really?
A. How lucky he is.
B. You must be kidding.
C. What lucky news.
D. Lucky as he is.
Question 25: Why don't you sit down and
A. make yourself at peace.
B. make it your own home.
C. make yourself at home.
D. make yourself at rest.
IV. READING
Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word that best fits
each of the numbered blanks from 26-30. (1.25 points)
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result (26)
an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the
inhabitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as
out everywhere and quickly spread.
the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires (27)
many of the roads had cracked
The fire engines were prevented from going to help (28)
earthquake
B. from
D. of
open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently.
over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of the buildings. Most
of those (29)
died were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires, which followed.
If (30)
had occurred at night while people were sleeping, far fewer would have died.
C. to
Question 26. A. in
Question 27. A. break
Question 28. A. and
Question 29. A. which
Question 30. A. a
B. broke
B. but
B. whose
C. broken
C. so
D. will break
D. because
D. whom
C. who
C. the
D. X
B. an
Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the questions from 31-35. (1.25 points)
One of the biggest trends in television in recent years has been the rise of "Reality TV". These shows.
in which ordinary people are placed in unusual situations and then filmed without a script, have become
some of the highest rating shows on television. Early programs of this genre, including Big Brother (from
the Netherlands) and Survivor (from the United States), have led to dozens of copycat programs in many
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