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Unit 1
As a foreigner doing business in the United States, I feel very rushed. I am used to friendly opening exchanges when doing business. Here in Chicago, things are different. There is no time for getting to know each other. This does not seem 1 L) appropriate to me. There is no chance to develop a sense of trust when people meet to talk over issues. There are no 2 C) rituals like tea or coffee before discussing business, though this is a 3 D) convention in my country. When we discuss business it starts with a 4 N) leisurely chat. I think that it is important for business partners to get familiar with each other first and to feel relaxed. If the exchange is too 5 O) abrupt, there is a risk that something will be forgotten. Some possi bilities go without being 6 A) assessed when there is too much pressure. I don’t believe this is the best strategy for proper communication. Besides, the 7 E) perception is that they just don’t care about you as an individual here. You are basically just another 8 G) means of making money.
All of this used to create a real 9 I) dilemma for me. At first, it caused me to have a little __10 K) interaction with American business partners as possible. Gradually, though, I have come to understand the cultural differences between our two countries. This has really helped me to feel more comfortable doing business here.
A) assessed B) accessed C) rituals D) convention
E) perception F) distinction G) means H) process
I) dilemma J) relationK) interaction L) appropriate
M) convenient N) leisurely O) abrupt
Keys: L C D N O A E G I K
Unit 2
Bill Johnson’s path to Olympic gold was different than that of most. In fact, even though he was the first American man to ever win the downhill skiing event, many 1 O) rejected him as a true Olympic hero. He was a rebellious kid who came from a troubled background., and he boasted too much. Moreover, he only became 2 K) involved in skiing because a judge sent him to a ski school after he had stolen a car at age 17. There was no lifelong 3 D) commitment to the sport. He did not ___4 H) exemplify the Olympic spirit. He did not gain distinction by continuously training for his event.
Still, few failed to 5 J) appreciate his marvelous race in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo. He was just a natural skier and his technique was 6 E) perfect for the course. And so even before the race began, he was 7 M) claiming victory. “This course was made for me. Nothing can stop me,” he had boasted. He also caused so me comments when he talked about the millions of dollars he would be able to make after he won the race. This made many skiers 8 G) hostile toward him. That just 9 B) encouraged him even more. Then on the day of the event, he turned out the fastest. “It takes a lot of courage to throw yourself down a mountain,” Bill Johnson 10 A) remarked proudly after he won a gold medal for the United States. “Not many can do that.”
A) remarked B) encouraged C) benefitD) commitment
E) perfect F) reluctant G) hostile H) exemplify
I) respect J) appreciate K) involved L) regarded
M) claiming N) declining O) rejected
Keys: O K D H J E M G B A
Unit 3
At first, my dad was not in favor of me marrying Will because Will is black. I guess my dad was a bit of racist. Unfort unately, no arguments could counter Dad’s beliefs. Despite his ___1 protests though, Will and I decided to go through with our wedding. On a marvelous June day, we were married in the park. The wedding went off without any 2 hostile words or embarrassing exchanges. It was actually quite beautiful. There was just one problem. Many of our friends and relatives didn’t 3 attend our wedding. I had to 4 conclude that my dad was not the only prejudiced person we knew. Other than my father, no one had come out to speak against my relationship with Will. It did not seem 5 appropriate for them to show their resistance to our marriage in this way. My dad had strong 6 reservations about my marriage to Will, but at least he was there. Will and I decided to 7 overcome this burden by showing everyone how wrong they were. We wanted not only to love one another, but also to 8 defy racial hatred by loving one another. We probably weren’t being all that 9 realistic, but we did succeed with one person. My dad and Will have developed a(n) 10 amazing friendship. My dad says he has forgotten why he ever had any doubts about our marriage.
A) overcome B) deny C) defy D) conclude
E) accomplish F) attend G) related H) appropriate
I) realistic J) efficient K) amazing L) hostile
M) protests N) distrust O) reservations
Keys: M L F D H O A C I K
Unit 4
What do we know about love? Is it, as some people would suggest, a mysterious force? Or can it be explained and possibly even 1 created? Well, even in this scientific and reason-driven age, love seems still to 2 defy total understanding. We can, however, know something about love and make stronger 3 connections between individuals.
One thing that seems to 4 affect love is distance. The common idea is that the love between people grows as they are 5 separated. Sometimes it is true that longing for someone who has gone overseas becomes more 6 intense.
Something that 7 nourishes love is danger. Send both lovers to dangerous places and they will end up loving each other more. This could be caused by the worry it develops. It could also be that feelings of 8 uncertainty or need transform into love with time.
Love gives us warmth, courage, and a feeling of being safe, but it also 9 demands selfless devotion and sacrifice. If you are truly 10 committed to finding true love, you should make yourself more interesting. Do things that you enjoy and try to meet people who share identical interests.
A) intense B) uncertainty C) demands D) commands
E) nourishes F) comforts G) connections H) affect
I) alter J) defy K) isolated L) separated
M) forbidden N) committed O) created
Keys: O J G H L A E B C N
Unit 5
My son has started to hang out with the wrong type of boys. He is fifteen years old and until recently I had always been grateful for how easy he has been to raise. Lately, though, he was ___1 ceased to listen to what I say. He used to be such a sweet boy, but being in high school seems to have hardened him against authority figures. The change in his attitude has been very ___2 noticeable even to his teachers.
The other day I asked him to come straight home after school, but instead he 3 rebelled and stayed out until ten o’clock. Later I found out that he had 4 skipped school completely that day. I found out that he was with a(n) 5 bunch of boys who often cause trouble. I decided to ___6 forbid him to do anything with those boys, but he didn’t listen to me. In spite of my 7 objections to him being with those boys, he was with them the very next day.
A friend of mine has a son who is having 8 identical problems. She decided to give him a change of environment and sent him to a private school. I’m not sure this is the best 9 solution, though. You can’t just change a boy’s 10 behavior by c hanging his school every time he does something wrong. It is better to help kid a establish a good set of core values.
A) solution B) explanation C) behavior D) objections
E) bunch F) appreciable H) Identical I) package
J) ceased K) rebelled L) defied M) skipped
N) deny O) forbid
Keys: J G K M E O D H A C
Unit 7
My family, my boss, even my doctor had told me this would happen, but I didn’t listen. They said I was getting 1 overwhelmed and focusing too much on the negative things that happened to me. “If you don’t learn to control how you 2 react to bad things that happen in your life, you are going to cause damage to your heart,” said my doctor. “So many of situations you 3 complain about are beyond your control. Getting caught in them is very 4 destructive for you physically and emotionally. You have to learn to let these things go and 5 focus on things you can actually change.” I, undoubtedly, should have made his advice my number one 6 priority right then. Unfortunately, I got caught in a traffic 7 jam that very same day while driving home from work. This was the setting for the heart attack my doctor had 8 warned me about. Instead of looking for a better outlet for my stress, I began to 9 yell at the car in front of me. Then the muscle fibers of my heart began beating like a bag of worms instead of pumping blood. Fortunately, it was only a mild heart attack. Someone came to my aid and then 10 accompanied me to the hospital. I have definitely learned that life is too short to worry about things you can’t control.
A) priority B) favorite C) jam D) yell
E) react F) counter G) complain H) moan
I) focus J) destructive K) financial L) warned
M) threatened N) overwhelmed O) accompanied
Keys: N E G J I A C L D O
Unit 8
Having a lot of money is useless without a good education. Life isn’t simply about consumption and having a good time when you’re not at work. Money will only cause you grief unless you use it for the 1 welfare of the world. That’s why I believe that a good education is ___2 indispensable. A formal education with emphasis on history, literature, and culture helps a person learn how to 3 distinguish right from wrong. Education that only teaches skills specific to a job can only ___4 render skills for performing a tas k. It doesn’t teach you how to make important decisions. Employers tend to demand more from their employees than the ability to perform a task. Our world needs workers who pay constant attention to high standards for their 5 performance. It is ___6 evident that far too many people today are focusing on making money and not on improving themselves. What 7 puzzles me is why people should ignore contributions to the good of humanity while making money. It is only 8 rational that a person who gives to the world enjoys the benefits. After all, our 9 civilization simply can’t be built on the principle of making money alone.
In 10 summary, we must educate our young people to understand and love the world around the. This is the only way to ensure a better tomorrow.
A) welfare B) payment C) puzzles D) indispensable
E) performance F) manner G) civilization H) summary
I) main J) evident K) visible L) rational
M) distinguish N) render O) accumulate
Keys: A D M N E J C L G H
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Unit 1
I am frequently asked the question, “Can you use chopsticks?” I have lived in Korea, Japan and China. In each country, I have, 1 C) more often than not and without having requested one, been given a fork 2 B) when one was available. I have politely refused and said that I would be fine with chopsticks. Sometimes, I have to make 3 B) further explanation.
Chopsticks are 4 A) the least of my worries when I am eating in an Asian home or restaurant. In fact, learning 5 D) how to use chopsticks takes me 6 B) nothing but a few weeks. This is not to say I was skillful, though. Learning how to use chopsticks is easy for me, 7 C) whereas learning the rituals and how to 8 D) conduct myself at the table is quite difficult.
9 A) J ust how many times do I have to say “no, thank you” 10 C) when I really mean “no, thank you, I truly am full”? How do I get away with refusing more food without 11 D) offending someone? If I insist and I still get more, is it appropriate just not to eat it? This would be 12 C) impolite where I come from.
I have enjoyed many great meals and my 13 C) interactions with the people have been great. I am __14 B) increasingly aware that I will never be able to 15A) give back as much as I have received. I don’t know how I can ever thank all of the people who introduced me to eating in Asia.
1. A) very often B) too often C) more often D) most often
2. A) for B) when C) after D) because
3. A) more B) further C) another D) other
4. A) the least of B) the worst ofC) the most of D) the greatest of
5. A) when B) what C) where D) how
6. A) more than B) nothing but C) rather than D) instead of
7. A) where B) because C) whereas D) since
8. A) contrast B) consider C) contact D) conduct
9. A) Just how many B) Always so many C) Why so much D) Not many
10. A) until B) since C) when D) as
11. A) delighting B) denying C) demanding D) offending
12. A) impatient B) impersonal C) impolite D) impossible
13. A) conventions B) significance C) interactions D) surroundings
14. A) largely B) increasingly C) initially D) necessarily
15. A) give back B) give upC) give away D) give in
Keys: C B B A D B C D A C D C C B A
Unit 2
This was what all of the training and pain was about—winning. I watched TV to see the young runner who had been under my 1 B) coaching for the last few years. I would have been there on the spot 2 D) had it not been for the traffic problem. I couldn’t 3 B) make it even on my bicycle. While I watched the young runner enter to the cheers of thousands of people, I could not help 4 C) thinking of the pains that he had gone through in his training.
The young runner was hardly considered to be 5 B) promising when he first came to me. There were countless training 6 C) sessions full of pain for him. I had seen fatigue written on his face. I had heard him 7 A) swear at me. I had been 8 A) indifferent to his anger and pain. It was clear that only hard work could 9 B) earn him success. I had smiled to myself when I found that he had too much __10 D) passion to give up. And he would 11 B) persist with the training until he reached perfection. I had never forgot to remind him that 12 D) despite the challenges he had to keep on practice. It was unfair that he had no time for his girlfriend. But that was life for him!
The thunderous shouts and cheers drew me back to the TV screen. Oh, my dear, the young runner was 13 B) gaining speed. He was running to the finish line. He was strong enough to __14 C) beat other runners. His courage, heart and discipline together with his years of practice won him the honor. Tears rolled down my cheeks when I found on the screen the young runner was looking around. I understood at once that he was looking for me. For years, he had become so 15 D) used to my presence, success or failure. It must have seemed strange for him to find me missing.
1. A) asserting B) coaching C) drilling D) persisting
2. A) it had not been for B) if it were not for
C) if not for D) had it not been for
3. A) succeed it B) make it C) find it D) do it
4. A) but think B) to thinking C) thinking D) to think
5. A) promoting B) promising C) encouraging D) engaging
6. A) amounts B) meetings C) sessions D) sections
7. A) swear B) stare C) declare D) sweat
8. A) indifferent B) insufficient C) indissoluble D) incapable
9. A) rank B) earn C) make D) profit
10. A) patience B) passage C) pattern D) passion
11. A) persuade B) persist C) perform D) perfect
12. A) regardless B) even though C) in spite D) despite
13. A) gathering B) gainingC) appreciating D) coping
14. A) pound B) strike C) beat D) break
15. A) used for B) used more C) used up D) used to
Keys: B D B C B C A A B D B D B C D
Unit 3
I didn’t marry for all the “right reasons”. Love had 1 A) nothing to do with marriage. And, for my hus band’s part, well, I 2 C) suspect love was on his mind either. He married me because I made him feel young. He was such an ordinary man going 3 B) through his very ordinary midlife crisis. He was divorced, looking for younger women and a career chang e. That didn’t
4 B) bother me, though. He was still fairly charming, pretty handsome and
5 C) above all rich.
I married him for money, and I don’t have any 6 B) doubt about it. My friends don’t 7 C) applaud my decision, but I can also tell that they wish, at least a little bit, for some of the same things that I now enjoy. They always prefer to ___8 D) spend a lot of time by my swimming pool than at their common little homes. And another thing, they are always 9 C) complaining about their “beloved”. “He’s always watching how much I spend.” “It’s become more like a business relationship 10 D) than a marriage.”
My husband, however, doesn’t 11 B) care how much I spend and our marriage never became a business because it already was one. You could say, we have a 12 A) mutual understanding. We are very 13 D) realistic about the whole thing. It is painful for my friends when they realize that love is just a(n) 14 C) illusion. Marriage for love never existed for me. And, he’ll never 15 D) d ivorce me. He’d lose too much money.
1. A) nothing B) everything C) something D) one thing
2. A) believe B) compete C) suspect D) hesitate
3. A) around B) through C) in D) for
4. A) care B) bother C) mind D) burden
5. A) after all B) all in all C) above all D) over all
6. A) wonder B) doubt C) consideration D) expectation
7. A) regret B) resolveC) applaud D) reject
8. A) keep B) fill C) cost D) spend
9. A) caring B) envying C) complaining D) thinking
10. A) instead B) as C) then D) than
11. A) advise B) care C) charge D) warn
12. A) mutual B) singular C) subtle D) compatible
13. A) automatic B) authentic C) dramatic D) realistic
14. A) conclusion B) explosion C) illusionD) impression
15. A) cancel B) overlook C) distress D) divorce
Keys: A C B B C B C D C D B A D C D
Unit 4
Love is important because without it life has no meaning or purpose. Love allows us to do more than we could 1 B) ever accomplish without its power. So often we take good care of our
___2 C) physical needs. We make sure our bodies are fed, cleaned, clothes, exercised and rested. However, we tend to 3 A) overlook the most important need—love. Of course, as a society, love is not overlooked. Popular media constantly places great emphasis 4 D) on what we need to do to attract “love”. 5 B) But being loved is not as powerful an emotional need as that desire to love someone else.
The need to love and 6 A) care for others is built into us biologically. This need is ___7 D) what allows parents to give up sleep and food while raising their children. This need is what allows people to put themselves 8 D) at risk to save others from natural 9 C) disasters or threats.
Love means to cherish, hold dear, and treasure. We do not hurt, harm or cause pain to those we love; rather, we se ek to 10 A) alleviate their suffering. It’s not about wanting to possess or control others; it’s about wanting to set them free. Love is the power 11 A) that allows the wheel of life to continue turning, for when we love we look 12 B) beyond our own needs and desires. We __13 D) sacrifice our time, our energy, our wishes, and sometimes even ourselves because of love. It is love that allows emergency services personnel to face danger. It is love that allows solders to 14 C) risk everything. The ultimate definition of love is not about feeling good 15 C) but rather about doing good.
1. A) thus B) ever C) yet D) as
2. A) psychological B) original C) physical D) mental
3. A) overlook B) overcome C) overtake D) overcharge
4. A) at B) to C) above D) on
5. A) That B) But C) How D) What
6. A) care for B) look for C) call for D) wait for
7. A) which B) when C) that D) what
8. A) at work B) at best C) at hand D) at risk
9. A) accidents B) incidents C) disasters D) events
10. A) alleviate B) strengthen C) nourish D) relax
11. A) that B) what C) but D) while
12. A) before B) beyond C) above D) over
13. A) decrease B) forbid C) resist D) sacrifice
14. A) endanger B) resist C) risk D) decline
15. A) but that B) but then C) but rather D) but for
Keys: B C A D B A D D C A A B D C C
Unit 5
“Knock it off!” Billy would not 1 C) cease banging his foot on the table. Mrs. Stewart had lost all 2 C) patience in telling him to stop. Her words were falling on 3 B) deaf ears. She had asked her son to quit doing something that was bothering her so many times that she 4 A) hardly even knew the words coming from her mouth. Billy had 5 B) got used to this. He just 6 D) ignored his mom’s expressions like these. He banged on without a pause.
She used to try to phr ase her words in 7 A) positive ways like, “When you bang on the table that way, it 8 D) upsets me. Would you 9 C) mind doing something else that is a little quieter?” There was warmth in her voice and she had all of the best 10 B) intentions. Bu t when she actually managed to get Billy’s attention in this way, he simply replied, “But I’m bored.”
She tried to offer him a bunch of 11 D) alternatives, but nothing worked and it all became too tedious. It had become 12 A) noticeable even to herself that she was 13 A)increasingly using negative expressions.
Mrs. Stewart seems to understand that 14 D) even if she shouts she can’t expect Billy to respond immediately. But she still believes that to keep on 15 C) applying the pressures might work someday. Children may learn that arguing no longer works because of her continuous shouting.
1, A) increase B) decrease C) cease D) ease
2. A) patients B) convenience C) patience D) conscience
3. A) indifferent B) deaf C) dead D) deafened
4. A) hardly B) only C) just D) almost
5. A) get used to B) got used to C) used to D) uses to
6. A) stored B) scored C) explored D) ignored
7. A) positive B) negative C) possible D) grateful
8. A) hardens B) weakens C) settles D) upsets
9. A) mean B) care C) mind D) stop
10. A) attentions B) intentions C) aspiration D) indications
11. A) executives B) representatives C) perspectives D) alternatives
12. A) noticeable B) variable C) remarkable D) available
13. A) increasingly B) hardly C) remarkably D) largely
14. A) if only B) so that C) even so D) even if
15. A) supplying B) implying C) applying D) replying
Keys: C C B A B D A D C B D A A D C
Unit 6
What’s in a name? Your fate could have been 1 C) entirely different if you had been given a different name at your birth. Some of us 2 A) recognize that our name does not necessarily fit and start using a different name 3 B) rather than the one we were given. Many of us 4 B) choose to use our middle name so we can be true to our parents, and at the same time be more confident. Some people who have changed their name 5 D) claim that their professional lives improved. They feel better about themselves so they are 6 B) more likely to achieve more. But those who have changed their names are not just being overly sensitive. Names themselves 7 A) convey some information causing others to make judgments based solely 8 C) on them. Here is an example: A magazine 9 D) declined to print a writer’s name simply because the editor thought it suited a baseball player 10 C) more than an art critic. Another example: A woman at a party became 11 C) scared when she wanted to be introduced to a man she had declined because of his name. One study showed that teachers give different grads to the 12 B) identical essays written by boys with different names. 13 A) Similarly, girls’ popularity can be related to their names.
Yet, which name works and which does not depend on the times. The good qualities of a well-liked president or actor can often influence 14 A) how a name is seen. But if a name becomes too well-known, it might also fall out of favor 15 A) as parents look for something a little more unique for their child.
1. A) increasingly B) quickly C) entirely D) merely
2. A) recognize B) advocate C) reveal D) convince
3. A) other than B) rather than C) more than D) less than
4. A) ask to B) choose to C) claim to D) come to
5. A) charge B) present C) promote D) claim
6. A) almost surely B) more likely C) rather possibly D) quite certain
7. A) convey B) display C) arise D) link
8. A) in B) at C) on D) from
9. A) decided B) denied C) scared D) declined
10. A) far more B) less than C) more than D) than
11. A) addicted B) denied C) scared D) declined
12. A) potential B) identical C) genuine D) noticeable
13. A) Similarly B) Simply C) Consequently D) Likely
14. A) how B) why C) what D) which
15. A) asB) that C) soD) while
Keys: C A B B D B A C D C C B A A A
Unit 7
I was in a bad temper. It was just like the stress in my life that was 1 D) running out of control.
I could probably 2 A) attribute it to financial stress. My company was cutting jobs and they were ___3 D) evaluating each worker’s performance. This was 4 C) inevitable in those days of rising competition and ___5 D) shrinking companies. The companies were getting smaller because of the 6 B) hopeless economic conditions. I knew I was being considered as one of the workers they would let go through I had been overworking. Or maybe it was my home life. My wife and I had gotten in an 7 B) argument and my 19-year-old daughter announced that she was leaving the house to move in with her boyfriend.
I am usually not a person of quick 8 C) temper, but yesterday was different. I rode my bike to work 9 B) as usual; it’s about 20 kilometers. I had stopped f or a red light and then 10 B) proceeded when the light turned green. I had 11 D) assumed the car coming from my right would stop, 12 B) but instead it went right on through the red light and 13 C) nearly hit me.
I 14 C) barely had time to react. I grabbed my bike lock and threw it at his car, hitting his rear window and making a crack.
The driver stopped and got out of the car. I laid my bike down and picked up the bike lock from the ground for 15 B) protection. Then he reached for his phone to call the police.
1. A) dashing B) flashing C) slipping D) running
2. A) attribute B) attach C) yield D) provide
3. A) stimulating B) appreciating C) fluctuating D) evaluating
4. A) reliable B) suitable C) inevitable D) stable
5. A) reducing B) lowering C) trembling D) shrinking
6. A) useless B) hopeless C) restless D) worthless
7. A) agreement B) argument C) assignment D) employment
8. A) humor B) trouble C) temper D) patience
9. A) as often B) as usual C) as well D) as such
10. A) progressed B) proceeded C) succeeded D) descended
11. A) assigned B) assessed C) asserted D) assumed
12. A) but also B) but instead C) even though D) in spite
13. A) closely B) nearby C) nearly D) hardly
14. A) only B) rarely C) barely D) simply
15. A) objection B) protection C) reaction D) prevention Keys: D A D C D B B C B B D B C C B