3-Part I [Questions 1~12]

Choose the best answer for the blank.

1. A : Why does that journalist keep calling you?

   B : I'm             next week.

(a) going to interview

(b) about to interview

(c) on interviewing

(d) going to be interviewed

2. A : The meeting is next Tuesday, isn't it?

   B : Yes, but it         if our boss still has the flu.

(a) was postponed

(b) has postponed

(c) will be postponed

(d) is postponed

3. A : How do you know that what he writes about movie stars is true?

  B : He             

(a) has never sued

(b) has been sued

(c) never has been sued

(d) has never been sued

4. A : Hey, what took you so long? I've been waiting for            nearly half an hour!

   B : I          by rush hour traffic.

(a) hold up

(b) help up

(c) was held up

(d) have got held up

5. A： Are you            ,ma'am?

   B : No, I'd like to buy a long-sleeved shirt in yellow,             medium size.

(a) serving              (b) serving of 

(c) being served        (d) served

6. A : Why didn't Patrick go drinking on his birthday?

   B : He was made             home.

(a) stay           (b) to stay

(c) staying        (d) stayed

7. A : Any improvement in the strike negotiations, Sam?

  B : The situation            .

(a) remains unchanged

(b) is remained unchanged

(c) remains to be unchanging

(d) is remained to be unchanging

8. A : John works so much that his wife rarely sees him.

  B : Yes, sometimes it seems         his work.

(a) he marries to

(b) he marries of

(c) he's married to

(d) he's married of

9. A : You look shocked. What's wrong?

   B : It            here in the paper that my company is          bankrupt.

(a) reads   (b) says   (c) is read   (d) writes

10. A : This carpet is quite dirty. It needs         .

    B : Actually, I think we need a new one.

(a) to clean        (b) cleaning

(c) be cleaned     (d) being cleaned

11. A : Would you mind giving me a ride?

    B : Sure. Where               ?

(a) is your heading

(b) are you head for

(c) are you headed

(d) do you head

12. A : Did you hear about the guy who beat up his boss?

   B : As far as I know, it         to another department.

(a) decided him to transfer

(b) decided to transfer him

(c) was decided to transfer him

(d) was decided him transfer

Part II [Questions 13~24]

Choose the best answer for the blank.

13. The lifestyle of the Eskimo people        by                  industrialization.

(a) is threatened

(b) are threatening

(c) are threatened

(d) has threatened

14. Before she graduated, Susan        positions with           several law firms.

(a) already offered

(b) had already offered

(c) had already been offered

(d) is already being offered

15. Nothing           about him since he disappeared.

(a) is said           (b) has been said

(c) was said         (d) is saying

16. Before construction on the bridge        , we had to         leave 30 minutes earlier each day to take the alternate        route.

(a) completed

(b) was completing

(c) was completed

(d) is completing

17. The first half of our lives        by our parents, and the      second half by our children.

(a) is ruining

(b) is ruined

(c) ruins

(d) are ruined

18. No other course of action         by the diplomats, in       light of the country's continued aggression against its         neighbors.

(a) even considered

(b) even was considering

(c) was even considered

(d) even was consideration

19.  Whether work should be placed among the causes of happiness or among the causes of unhappiness may      a doubtful question.

(a) perhaps regard as

(b) be perhaps regarded

(c) perhaps be regarded

(d) perhaps be regarded as

20. She was ashamed of         by them.

(a) laughing

(b) laughing at

(c) being laughed

(d) being laughed at

21.         the fire was started by an arsonist.

(a) It believes that

(b) They had believed that

(c) It is believed that

(d) They are believed that

22. Neither the Russian novelist, Leo Tolstoy, nor the Irish        writer, James Joyce,        more than 50 percent of the      2000 Gallop Poll respondents.

(a) was known by

(b) were known for

(c) were known to

(d) was known to

23. Toys based on the movie         like hot cakes.

(a) selling

(b) is selling

(c) is sold

(d) are selling

24. Father        to hold their newborns in order to develop      a close relationship.

(a) are encouraging

(b) are being encouraged

(c) have encouraged

(d) have been encouraging

Part III [Questions 25~27]

Identify the option that contains and awkward expression! or an error in grammar.

25.  (a) A : Why do you look so upset?

     (b) B : I don't think that you are become by that               dress, dear.

     (c) A : You're only angry because it costs $580.

     (d)  B : No dress should cost so much!

26. (a) A : Jane didn't come to work today. Is she                sick?

    (b) B : No, she called and said that her mother is              sick.

    (c) A : If she's not sick, she should be here.

    (d) B : She said her mother needed to be taken               care.

27. (a) A : How do you like Singapore, so far?

    (b) B : It's nice, but really hot.

    (c) A : I forgot you're not accustomed by the                  heat.

    (d) B : Luckily, the hotel is airconditioned!

Part IV [Questions 28~30]

Identify the option that contains and awkward expression! or an error in grammar.

28. (a) Before the time of Copernicus, the Earth was believed of the center of all the planets. (b) Copernicus was the first person to say that the Earth is a moving planet that revolves around the sun. (c) He believed man did not see or feel the motion because he traveled together with the Earth. (d) His ideas were the basis for the work of other scientists like Galileo and Newton.

29. (a) What magical substance lowers blood pressure and alleviates depression? (b) Our nose knows the answer, according to Dr. Bell. (c) He says that fragrance can use to affect brain functions vital to our well-being. (d) The ancient art of perfume making is now being enhanced by science to create a "biology of fragrance."

30. (a) My father loves to take pictures. (b) Whenever we go on vacation, he takes at least ten rolls of film along. (c) Last year, he took over two hundred pictures of the same mountain scenery. (d) Only aft