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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.

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 questions.

Herman Melville, an American author best known today for his novel Moby Dick, was actually more popular during his lifetime for some of his other works. He traveled extensively and used the knowledge gained during his travels as the basis for his early novels. In 1837, at the age of eighteen, Melville signed as a cabin boy on a merchant ship that was to sail from his Massachusetts home to Liverpool, England. His experiences on this trip served as a basis for the novel Redburn (1849). In 1841 Melville set out on a whaling ship headed for the South Seas. After jumping ship in Tahiti, he wandered around the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. This South Sea island sojourn was a backdrop to the novel Omoo (1847). After three years away from home, Melville joined up with a U.S. naval frigate that was returning to the eastern United States around Cape Horn. The novel White-Jacket (1850) describes this lengthy voyage as a navy seaman.

With the publication of these early adventure novels, Melville developed a strong and loyal following among readers eager for his tales of exotic places and situations. However, in 1851, with the publication of Moby Dick, Melville’s popularity started to diminish. Moby Dick, on one level the saga of the hunt for the great white whale, was also a heavily symbolic allegory of the heroic struggle of man against the universe. The public was not ready for Melville’s literary metamorphosis from romantic adventure to philosophical symbolism. It is ironic that the novel that served to diminish Melville’s popularity during his lifetime is the one for which he is best known today.

Question 3: The main subject of the passage is_________.

A. Melville’s travels B. Moby Dick

C. Melville’s personal background D. the popularity of Melville’s novels.

Question 4: The word “basis” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_________.

A. background B. message C. bottom D. dissertation

Question 5: According to the passage, Melville’s early novels were__________.

A. published while he was traveling B. completely fictional

C. all about his work on whaling ships D. based on his travel experience

Question 6: The passage implies that Melville stayed in Tahiti because____________.

A. he had unofficially left his ship

B. he was on leave while his ship was in port

C. he had finished his term of duty

D. he had received permission to take a vacation in Tahiti

Question 7: How did the publication of Moby Dick affect Melville’s popularity?

A. His popularity remained as strong as ever. B. It caused his popularity to decrease.

C. His popularity increased immediately. D. It had no effect on his popularity.

Question 8: According to the passage, Moby Dick is__________.

A. symbolic of humanity fighting the universe B. a single-faceted work

C. a short story about a whale D. a 47 adventure

Question 9: In what year did Melville’s book about his experiences as a cabin boy appear?

A. 1849 B. 1837 C. 1847 D. 1841

Question 10: The word “metamorphosis” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.

A. descent B. circle C. mysticism D. change

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.

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 questions.

The handling and delivery of mail has always been a serious business, underpinned by the trust of the public in requiring timeliness, safety, and confidentiality. After early beginnings using horseback and stagecoach, and although cars and trucks later replaced stagecoaches and wagons, the Railway Mail Service still stands as one of America’s most resourceful and exciting postal innovations. This service began in 1832, but grew slowly until the Civil War. Then from 1862, by sorting the mail on board moving trains, the Post Office Department was able to decentralize its operations as railroads began to crisscross the nation on a regular basis, and speed up mail delivery. This service lasted until 1974. During peak decades of service, railway mail clerks handled 93% of all non-local mail and by 1905 the service had over 12,000 employees.

Railway Post Office trains used a system of mail cranes to exchange mail at stations without stopping. As a train approached the crane, a clerk prepared the catcher arm which would then snatch the incoming mailbag in the blink of an eye. The clerk then booted out the outgoing mailbag. Experienced clerks were considered the elite of the Postal Service’s employees, and spoke with pride of making the switch at night with nothing but the curves and feel of the track to warn them of an upcoming catch. They also worked under the greatest pressure and their jobs were considered to be exhausting and dangerous. In addition to regular demands of their jobs they could find themselves the victims of train wrecks and robberies.

As successful as it was, “mail-on-the-fly” still had its share of glitches. If they hoisted the train’s catcher arm too soon, they risked hitting switch targets, telegraph poles or semaphores, which would rip the catcher arm off the train. Too late, and they would miss an exchange.

Question 13: Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?

A. There was a high turnover of railway mail clerks.

B. The development of the mail roads during the second half of the 19th century enabled Post Office Department to focus on timeliness.

C. The Post Office Department was more concerned about speeding up mail delivery than the safety of its clerks.

D. Mail was often lost or damaged as it was exchanged on the mail crane.

Question 14: The word “elite” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to___________.

A. majority B. superior C. more capable D. leader

Question 15: What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. How the mail cranes exchanged the mail.

B. Improvements in mail handling and delivery.

C. How Post Office Trains handled the mail without stopping.

D. The skills of experienced clerks.

Question 16: According to the passage, the Railway Mail Service commenced in_________.

A. 1874 B. 1842 C. 1832 D. 1905

Question 17: The word “glitches” in the third paragraph can be replaced by________.

A. accidents B. blames C. advantages D. problems

Question 18: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The clerk booted out the outgoing mailbag before snatching the incoming bag.

B. Clerks couldn’t often see what they were doing.

C. The Railway Mail clerk’s job was considered elite because it was safe and exciting.

D. Despite their success, railway mail clerks only handled a small proportion of all non-local mail.

Question 19: The public expects the following three services in handling and delivery of mail except___.

A. safety B. accuracy C. confidentiality D. timeliness

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.

Question 20: We cut down many forests. The Earth becomes hot.

A. The more we cut down forests, the Earth becomes hotter.

B. The more we cut down forests, the hotter the Earth becomes.

C. The more forests we cut down, the hotter the Earth becomes.

D. The more forests we cut down, the Earth becomes hotter.

Question 21: I listen to Joe patiently until he started insulting me. At this point, I told him a few home truths.

A. I listened to Joe patiently until he started insulting me, at which point I told him a few home truths.

B. I told Joe a few home truths, by which time he started insulting me patiently.

C. I told Joe a few home truths after listening to him insulting me patiently.

D. I listened to Joe patiently until he started insulting me, in this case I told him a few home truths.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D in your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

Question 22: They asked me what did happen the night before, but I was unable to tell them.

A. asked B. did happen C. but D. to tell

Question 23: Last year, my little brother got lost when we had gone shopping.

A. Last year B. lost C. when D. had gone

Question 24: There are more than eighty four million specimens in the National Museum of Natural History’s collection of biological, geological, anthropology treasures.

A. specimens B. collection C. anthropology D. treasures

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.

Question 25: Becoming an adult and setting up___________ no longer mean the same thing.

A. housing B. housework C. household D. housemate

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