Listening Comprehension
1. C They knew none of the other guests at the party.
2. B To the dentist's.
3. C Dr.Andrews used to keep his patients waiting.
4. A Tom is usually talkative.
5. D To get the seminar schedule for the woman.
6. C The man is going to buy his textbooks from a bookstore.
7. B Give a speech.
8. A Jessie always says what she thinks.
9. D Helen is quiet.
10. D Jimmy's words are often not reliable
11. C It has done more harm than good in the southern USA.
12. B They will soon be overgrown with kudzu.
13. C The climate there is unfavorable to its growth.
14. D An association of teachers and scholars.
15. A Its largest expansion took place during that period.
16. B Government funding.
17. C He started the organization Heifer International.
18. A To help starving families to become self-supporting.
19. B They should offer all baby animals to their poor neighbors.
20. B It has helped relieve hunger in some developing countries.
Reading Comprehension
21. D they have difficulty finding qualified personnel at home
22. D seeks either his own or his children's development
23. A take cultural factors into consideration
24. C provide a detailed description of their study and work experiences
25. A the different educational systems in the US and the UK
26. C rewarding
27. C girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach
28. B girls can gain equal access to education
29. C It will yield greater returns than other known investments.
30. D the economic and social benefits of educating women
31. C To prevent the car thier from restarting it once it stops
32. B self-prepared tools are no longer enough for car theft
33. A A coded ignition key.
34. D To allow for possible errors in the GPS system.
35. B contact the car owner
36. B Older parents can take better care of their children.
37. D They have to go on working beyond their retirement age.
38. C older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodies
39. A Approaching of death.
40. C Not until they had the twins did they feel they had formed a family.
Vocabulary
41. A current
42. B mood
43. D evidence
44. A held back
45. D preferences
46. C derive
47. B occur
48. D illegal
49. A feature
50. B forbids
51. C penalty
52. A distinguish
53. D pickup
54. C impression
55. B participate
56. D hold on to
57. B tackle
58. A state
59. C significant
60. D soared
61. C symptoms
62. A laid off
63. B traced
64. D proportion
65. B burdened
66. A perfomance
67. C apply
68. D affordable
69. B treat
70. D Inspired
Cloze
71. A ago
72. C idea
73. B come
74. A indoor
75. D revealed
76. B down
77. C safe
78. A reduced
79. D destroy
80. B however
81. C completely
82. A or
83. B fact
84. D developed
85. A starts
86. D inevitably
87. C instead
88. C adopting
89. B beneficial
90. A Entire