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the four choices. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of thequestion and mark your answer.

(1)

The software developers were close to launching their new product but needed
to ﬁx one more () in the program before it would be ready.
1 garnish
2 cramp3 disciple
4 glitch(2)

The medical association warned that the () lifestyles of ofﬁce workers
can lead to health problems. It urged them to make time to exercise every week.
1 sedentary
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Ofﬁcials at the museum were shocked to discover that one of its most famous
paintings was actually a (). Analysis revealed it was not old enough tobe the original.
1 shard
2 forgery3 chuckle
4 hardship(4)

After discovering voter fraud in the recent election, ofﬁcials decided an() of the results was in order. They will have to hold a new election next
month.
1 antecedent
2 annulment
3 impasse
4 overture(5)

After a few months, the man began to ﬁnd life in the village rather (He missed the excitement of living in a big city.
1 ferocious
2 emblematic
3 rampant
4 humdrum(6)

The new CEO attacked the company’s budget with () efﬁciency,
eliminating unnecessary positions and cutting some salaries by as much as 40
percent.
1 gauche2 esoteric
3 ruthless
4 despondent(7)

Some of the students in Kathleen’s class are very () and unfriendly.
At school, they spend time only with each other and refuse to talk with anyoneelse.
1 indistinct
2 cliquish
3 shrill
4 lurid(8)

The climbers’ efforts to reach the top of the mountain were severely (by the snowstorm. They were forced to turn back and try again the next day.
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無断転載・複製を禁じますGrade 11(9)After sentencing the teenager to community service, the judge warned him tostop () with criminals. She advised him to ﬁnd friends who would be apositive inﬂuence.
1 vanquishing
2 consorting
3 tampering
4 antagonizing( 10 )

A: Which house did you ﬁnally decide to buy, Jeremy?
B: The one on Elm Avenue. It was only () more expensive, but it’smuch bigger and in a more convenient location.
1 marginally
2 judiciously
3 preemptively 4 deferentially( 11 )The issue of the new tax is highly (), even within the prime minister’s
own party. His advisers are strongly urging him to drop the plan for the sake ofparty unity.
1 delirious
2 contentious
3 droopy
4 austere( 12 )

The auction house was not sure the painting was genuine, so it called in one of
the world’s leading () of Italian art to analyze the piece.
1 connoisseurs
2 beneﬁciaries
3 procrastinators
4 renegades( 13 )

Local legends say that there is a monster () in the forest near thetown, but researchers looking for the creature have never seen any proof of it.
1 abating
2 swilling
3 retorting
4 lurking( 14 )

Some snakes are so () that they can even kill very large animals, suchas horses and elephants, with a single bite.
1 untenable
2 venomous
3 malleable
4 ecstatic( 15 )The drawer was stuck, and no matter how hard Carlos pulled, it would not() at all.
1 budge
2 forgo3 lament
4 usurp( 16 )

Some of his coworkers were worried that the difﬁculties they faced were(), but Pedro’s creative solution eventually convinced everyone that theissues could be overcome.
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1 gratuity
2 hallmark
3 specimen
4 deterrent( 18 )

Due to a () of new homes in the city, house and condominium prices
have fallen by nearly 10 percent over the past year.
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4 thesis( 19 )The excitement of the crowd began to () as the lengthy awards
ceremony went on and on. After four hours, almost no one was paying attention
to what was happening on stage.
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3 fall through4 peter out( 20 )

A: I wish that Philippe would stop () when we’re trying to haveprivate conversations.
B: Me too. It drives me crazy when he interrupts us.
1 butting in
2 clamming up 3 facing off
4 knuckling down

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Due to a family emergency, Maria had to ask one of her coworkers to() and give an important presentation for her.
1 act up
2 stand in
3 level off
4 pan out

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Nanako has decided to () a transfer to her company’s Tokyo ofﬁce. If
her application is successful, she will be moving there in March.
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2 make off with
3 put in for
4 gang up on

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Read each passage and choose the best word or phrase fromamong the four choices for each blank. Then, on your answer sheet,find the number of the question and mark your answer.

2

Rogue Waves
For hundreds of years, there have been alleged sightings of “rogue waves,”
described as gigantic walls of water sweeping the ocean and smashing into). Thisunsuspecting ships. These rogue waves were long assumed to ( 23changed in the 1990s when an oil platform in the Norwegian North Sea wasravaged by an extraordinarily massive wave that towered over the eleven­meterwaves around it. The incident not only helped dispel the notion that rogue waves
were a ﬁctitious phenomenon but also conﬁrmed how treacherous they could be.
Unlike storms that have a foreseeable pattern, rogue waves are a challenge topredict due to how little is known about what causes them to occur.
Two main theories have emerged regarding the formation of rogue waves. In
the ﬁrst, multiple waves are thought to overlap with each other, eventuallycombining into a much larger one. The second theory is based on a more complex
idea of energy being transferred through waves, with the energy building
exponentially to create massive waves. However, researchers have struggled). Waves produced artiﬁcially in a laboratory setting, for example, have( 24
not always been reliably proven to behave in the same way as if they had
occurred naturally in the vast ocean. This meant that testing either of theaforementioned theories could be inconclusive due to the host of unknown factors
inherent in wave and tidal movements.
). TheNow, a new model has been devised that is predicated on ( 25
researchers behind the model looked to a mathematical algorithm known as large
deviation theory (LDT). Instead of trying to understand the circumstances underwhich rogue waves form as previous theories do, the model applies LDT to
calculate the probability of such waves occurring. Rogue waves are, by deﬁnition,
uncommon occurrences, and the model can use this as a way to estimate when arogue wave might appear. The researchers behind the model believe that once
reﬁned, it could be used by crews of ships and mining platforms to bothaccurately predict rogue waves and take necessary safety precautions against them.

( 23 )

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3

no longer exist
be a thing of legend( 24 )

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2
3
4

to ﬁnd sailors willing to test themwith the difﬁculty of creating waves indoors
to understand these theories
with how unpredictable the ocean can be( 25 )

1
3

new evidence from ship crews
the rare nature of rogue waves

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4 be deadly to marine life

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2 previous rogue wave theories
4 where rogue waves usually occur
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The “Daisy” Commercial
One of the most controversial moments in the 1964 US presidential election
between President Lyndon Johnson and challenger Barry Goldwater was a
television advertisement known today as “Daisy.” It began with a young girlcounting the petals of a daisy but then suddenly transitioned to an ominous
countdown followed by a nuclear detonation, ending with the words “Vote for
President Johnson on November 3. The stakes are too high for you to stay home.”
As well as its powerful images, the Daisy commercial is known for being an ad). Everyone who viewed it, though, was aware that the Cuban Missile( 26
Crisis had brought the world to the brink of nuclear apocalypse just two years
before, and Goldwater was widely perceived as a radical and perhaps recklesspolitician with the potential to unleash a nuclear holocaust if elected. The
advertisement’s implications were more than enough to get its message across.
Today, the Daisy commercial is widely regarded as pioneering a signiﬁcant). The world of political advertising had
trend in political ads; that is, it ( 27
traditionally been dominated by policy­focused messages and campaign
documentaries. While ads disparaging political rivals were not uncommon,
previous efforts had relied exclusively on rational arguments. The ﬁrm that createdthe Daisy commercial, however, believed that people voted mainly based on
intuitive impressions, so to persuade the general public to elect Johnson, it playedon the public dread of a nuclear holocaust that the ad invoked.
The Democrats aired the Daisy commercial just a single time, yet it provoked
an incredible backlash from Goldwater’s Republican Party, who accused theiropponents of using underhanded tactics to steal votes in the election. Ultimately,). An examination of the polls
some experts argue that the commercial ( 28before and after the ad was aired demonstrates this clearly. Goldwater alreadytrailed Johnson by a signiﬁcant margin prior to the Daisy commercial.
Furthermore, in the aftermath of the commercial and other similar Democraticefforts, Goldwater’s numbers actually crept up slightly, while Johnson’s
experienced a dip. The Daisy commercial’s true impact came later, as ad agencies
began applying its psychology­based tactics to modern political campaigns.

( 26 )

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2
3
4

where little was clearly expressededucating people about recent events
that focused on families with children
with a refreshingly honest approach( 27 )

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was extremely negative
appealed to people’s emotions

2 mentioned a once­taboo topic
4 targeted speciﬁc voters( 28 )

1
3

failed to unite the Democrats
embarrassed many politicians

2 was unfair to Goldwater
4 had little effect on the outcome

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Read each passage and choose the best answer from among thefour choices for each question. Then, on your answer sheet, find thenumber of the question and mark your answer.

Education Spending and Student Achievement
In the mid­1960s, more than ten years after the United States Supreme Court’s rulingin Brown v. Board of Education that long­standing racial segregation affecting Black
Americans was unjust and illegal, social scientist James Coleman was tasked by thegovernment with examining the consequences that decades of discriminatory treatment
had had on Black students. Their academic achievements were markedly inferior to thoseof their White counterparts, and in those days, the prevailing wisdom was that thisreﬂected substandard curriculums and inadequate educational facilities in impoverishedBlack communities resulting from segregation. However, Coleman’s report contradicted
such assumptions. It utilized detailed statistical analysis and concluded that deﬁciencies inacademic attainment were predominantly correlated with students’ socioeconomic
background, involving factors such as household income and parental education levels.
In the 1970s, frustrated that little had been done to improve the situation in theirschools, residents in some poor neighborhoods launched lawsuits based on the ruling in
Brown v. Board of Education, which stated that education was “a right which must be
made available to all on equal terms.” These lawsuits contended that based on theSupreme Court’s verdict, funding disparities preventing citizens in impoverishedcommunities from receiving education on “equal terms” were unconstitutional. In thosedays, schools were overwhelmingly dependent on local property taxes for their ﬁnances,leading to diminished allocations for impoverished communities. Eventually, one of thelawsuits, San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, which claimed that thisfunding system had led to appalling conditions in the district’s schools, made it all theway to the Supreme Court. While the court acknowledged the highly inequitable nature of
education funding, it ruled that the current system did not violate the US Constitution.
According to the media, Coleman’s dismissal of the impact of school funding played asubstantial role in shaping the court’s ruling.
Despite the defeat at the national level, the majority of US states continued to face
litigation over school funding, and various state courts intervened to address funding
imbalances between have and have­not districts. This, in turn, though, has led totremendous disparities among states. Furthermore, while the funding gap has been
substantially narrowed in many areas, there are innumerable low­income communities still
feeling the effects of a system based on property taxes. There is, however, a new generalacademic consensus regarding whether school funding impacts academic achievement. By
comparing districts where lawsuits led to increased funding with those that continued torely on property taxes, researchers have demonstrated that funding does matter.
Quantitative data now shows that while increased budgets may not always raise
standardized test scores, they do correlate with more years spent in school and higher
earnings in the working world. Consequently, experts propose not only subsidies thatwould eliminate discrepancies but also a reevaluation of funding distribution, advocatingthat resources in excess of those given to wealthy areas should be allocated to low­income districts to help students in these areas catch up academically. This approach aims
to address the obstacles stemming from the socioeconomic backgrounds of families
residing in these communities.
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According to James Coleman’s report,
1 long years of racial segregation had had such a negative effect on Black
people’s education that it lowered their income levels.
2 it was much more important to attempt to improve education for Black
people than it was to supplement their income.
3 although Black students did less well than White ones, this had more to dowith their personal situations than the quality of their schools.
4 more information was needed to be sure whether the statistics about Black
people’s education were accurate or not.

( 30 )

What is one thing that is stated about the San Antonio Independent School
District v. Rodriguez court case?
1 The Supreme Court misunderstood important aspects of Coleman’s report,
causing it to make a poor decision.
2 The Supreme Court’s decision in the Rodriguez case was actually moresigniﬁcant than its past anti­segregation ruling.
3 The Supreme Court’s deﬁnition of “equal terms” seemed very different in
the Rodriguez case than it did in its past anti­segregation ruling.
4 The Supreme Court decided that although using property taxes to pay forschools leads to unfairness, it would not try to prevent it from happening.

( 31 )

Which of the following statements best summarizes the situation regarding
education funding today?
1 Although inequality among districts has been reduced, experts think low­income communities should actually get more money than wealthier areas.
2 The fact that so few state courts have made decisions on education funding
is complicating the situation for the Supreme Court.
3 All of the differing state strategies that have been implemented have led toa situation where unifying the policies is nearly impossible to achieve.
4 The fact that funding gaps between high­ and low­income neighborhoods
have worsened indicates that more­quantitative data should be used when
distributing funding.

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digital organisms have emerged asa tool for unraveling the mysteriesof life and evolution. One notabledevelopment in this realm came in
the 1990s when researcher Chris
Adami and his team createdAvida, a computer program de­signed to simulate the processes of
evolution within a digital environ­
ment.
Avida generates billions ofsmaller programs that interact
within a virtual world. These digi­
tal organisms are self­contained
and independent, undergoing pro­
cesses such as mutation, reproduc­tion, and competition for limited
resources, just as biological organ­
isms do. And while digital organ­
isms lack the cells and metabo­lisms found in their biologicalcounterparts, the line between or­
ganic and inorganic entities can beblurry. There has, for instance,
been controversy among scientists
about which side of the line vi­
ruses fall on since they possessmany of the traits of biological or­
ganisms, yet they cannot repro­
duce independently and rely onhost cells to replicate. However,their existence on the boundary ofwhat is considered organic life in­vites consideration of broader cri­
teria when it comes to characteriz­
ing life, and Avida’s digital organ­
isms also exist within a realm
where such distinctions can be
difﬁcult to draw. Avida teammember Robert Pennock claims
that when it comes to applying thedeﬁnition of life to digital organ­
isms, “More and more of the fea­tures that biologists have said werenecessary for life we can checkoff.”
When creating Avida, Adami
wanted to determine whether thedigital organisms could evolve toperform mathematics­related tasks,
such as addition or solving com­plex logic problems. Avida wasdesigned so that, initially, each
digital organism consisted of astring of code capable of nothing

but copying itself. However, dur­ing each replication, there was arandom chance that its code would
evolve, potentially allowing it toprocess numbers that Adami hadprovided for the programs. Avida
rewarded programs that made suc­cessful calculations with more
processor time, which, in turn, in­creased their replication rates, justas successful biological life­forms
are rewarded with energy, increas­
ing their odds of passing down
their genes.
However, in the ﬁrst version of
Avida, despite thousands of gen­erations of evolution, the digitalorganisms were incapable of fulﬁll­
ing many of their calculation or
logic­based tasks. Adami therefore
altered the environment so that thedigital organisms were rewarded
for performing simpler functions.
When one became capable of anelementary task, such as reading a
number and copying it, for in­
stance, that digital organism would
be permitted to replicate more rap­

( 32 )Why does the author of the passage mention viruses?
1 To explain that the way digital organisms reproduce is extremely similar to
the way that viruses replicate themselves.
2 To make the point that the deﬁnition of what is considered to be a livingorganism may need to be expanded.
3 To argue that programs like Avida may be extremely useful inunderstanding the way that viruses mutate and spread.
4 To suggest that studying them could reveal more about evolution than theorganisms that researchers usually focus on can teach us.

( 33 )

What happened when Chris Adami changed the environment of the digitalorganisms?
1 Those that could carry out basic tasks became able to reproduce themselvesmore quickly than others could.
2 They evolved to imitate many of the processes that biological organisms
use to obtain energy from their environments.
3 Some of the organisms became much faster at performing advanced
calculations than they were at performing very simple ones.
4 Many of the digital organisms began to evolve traits that resembled thefunctions of cells and metabolisms found in biological organisms.

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無断転載・複製を禁じますidly, and the more effective one
became at its task, the more thisreplication was accelerated. Thissuggests that complex biologicalorganisms evolve through interme­diary steps rather than gigantic
evolutionary leaps.
Avida may also shed light on
why there can be varying degrees
of diversity among organisms in
different ecosystems. In biologicalenvironments, researchers havefound that when resources are ex­tremely scarce, only a few special­ized species that are able to thrivein those extreme conditions can
exist. As resource availability in­creases to an intermediate level,
more species can coexist, eachspecializing in a particular eco­logical niche. However, if resource
availability becomes too high orexceeds the carrying capacity ofthe environment, it can lead to in­tense competition and domination
by a single species, reducing over­all biodiversity. This pattern
played out in a similar way in

Avida’s experiments. When there
were endless supplies of numbers
for the digital organisms to process
and use to evolve, single types ofdigital organisms thrived at the ex­pense of others and dominated theecosystem. Similarly, restricting
the availability of numbers to an
extreme degree led to intense com­
petition and single­species domi­
nation, while intermediate supply
levels led to the emergence ofmultiple coexisting species of digi­
tal organisms.
Obviously, utilizing digital or­
ganisms such as the ones gener­
ated by Avida as a research tool is
not without limitations. Due to its
artiﬁcial nature, Avida is notcapable of generating insights into
the evolution of individual species,
nor will it unravel the mysteries ofchemical processes in genes foundin nature. Furthermore, detractors
accuse Avida’s creators of ma­nipulating the experiment’s out­
comes by intentionally designing
the digital environment so it willproduce results in line with current
theories of evolution. The creators,
though, say they are merely repli­
cating the factors that affect theevolution of biological organisms,
so there is no manipulation in­volved.
The creators also contend that
Avida’s artiﬁciality is a tremen­dous advantage because their abil­
ity to control every factor in an or­
ganism’s environment and tomonitor every step of a digital or­
ganism’s evolution makes it far
easier to determine cause and ef­
fect. Researchers studying nature
itself cannot readily alter an organ­
ism’s environment to see which of
the numerous possible inﬂuences
is responsible for the way it isevolving and must rely on fossil orgenetic evidence, where there areoften gaps and difﬁculties in deter­mining how elements of an eco­system are affecting one another.
As a result, Avida has become an
extremely useful research tool.

( 34 )

What did Avida show about natural and digital ecosystems?
1 Digital ecosystems tend to be more efﬁcient than those in nature because
the supply of resources is less limited.
2 The amount of resources available to organisms has a greater effect onnatural ecosystems than it does on digital ones.
3 Ecosystems that have more resources available in them will always havemore species residing in them than those with fewer resources do.
4 Both shortages and overabundances of resources can severely limit the
number of different types of organisms in an ecosystem.

( 35 )

One criticism of Avida is that
1 it fails to stay up­to­date with some of the latest theories regarding thevarious ways that evolution actually functions in nature.
2 it is possible that the way in which the makers of the software haveprogrammed the simulation will bias the results they get.
3 its creators have purposefully ignored some important fossil and genetic
evidence that could have a major impact on their simulation.
4 it tends to focus heavily on individual species’ evolution rather than
examining general processes related to gene evolution.

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The writing section consists of two tasks ( and ). Please remember to complete both tasks.
Write your summary in answer box English Summary on Side A of your answer sheet.

● Read the article below and summarize it in your own words as far as
possible in English.
● Suggested length: 90 110 words● Write your summary in the space provided on Side A of your answer
sheet. Any writing outside the space will not be graded.
In the mid­1900s, around a third of the world’s population lived in urban
areas. By the 2010s, that proportion had risen to more than half, and it continues
to grow. The city of Dhaka in Bangladesh had a population of around half amillion in 1960, but this had risen to over twenty million by 2020. Similar
increases can be seen in other major cities around the world. Experts point toseveral factors that are driving this rapid urban growth, and one of the biggest is
the movement of people from rural areas to cities. Urban areas attract people
seeking educational opportunities, jobs, and the chance to improve their lives.
This trend has led to severe problems in cities. Increased population density
puts a strain on transportation systems and utility supply networks, which were
often not designed to cope with such a swell in the number of people. Rising
populations also create a shortage of housing and public facilities such as schools
and hospitals. Although building additional housing and infrastructure seems likea practical response, such development is hindered by a lack of available land.
Some cities have found a way to overcome this issue. They have turned to aprocess known as land reclamation. This involves things like draining the waterfrom a shallow area of the sea and then adding earth, sand, and rock to raise thelevel of the land. This has provided additional space to build on, but it has adrawback. The new land is created from a mixture of materials, and it is lesssolid than naturally formed land, so it has a tendency to sink over time. To
address this, developers must take expensive steps to stabilize the land andprevent damage to the structures built on top of it.

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5English Composition

The writing section consists of two tasks ( and ). Please remember to complete both tasks.
Write your essay in answer box English Composition on Side B of your answer sheet.

● Write an essay on the given TOPIC.
● Give THREE reasons to support your answer.
● Structure: introduction, main body, and conclusion● Suggested length: 200 240 words● Write your essay in the space provided on Side B of your answer sheet.
Any writing outside the space will not be graded.

TOPIC

Will governments be able to keep up with increasing energy demandsin the future?

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Listening Test
There are four parts to this listening test.

Part 1

Dialogues:

1 question each

Multiple-choice

Part 2Passages:

2 questions each

Multiple-choice

Part 3

Real-Life:

1 question each

Multiple-choice

Part 4

Interview:

2 questions

Multiple-choice※ Listen carefully to the instructions.

Part 1
No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

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1

Doing the repairs on the pipes more quickly.

2

Having the pipes inspected more often.

3

Investing in higher­quality pipes.

4

Replacing some of the pipes.

1

By researching the city’s history.

2

By learning more about trees in urban areas.

3

By allowing more time for sightseeing.

4

By requesting a larger room for her presentation.

1

The work is not regular enough.

2

The hourly rate is not appealing.

3

The man’s work does not need editing.

4

The project is not creative enough.

1

The information he needs can be accessed online.

2

He must apply for a commercial permit.

3

He does not need to arrange an inspection.

4

The kitchen violates some building safety codes.

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No. 5

No. 6

No. 7

No. 8

No. 9

1

Widen the city’s main roads.

2

Plan its construction projects better.

3

Give more warning before construction starts.

4

Encourage people to drive less.

1

Try to ﬁnd a better lawyer.

2

Live with their daughter.

3

Go and see their grandchild.

4

Change their will later.

1

The woman is not thinking practically.

2

The woman’s new job will be better paid.

3

He would also be a good teacher.

4

His job is not challenging.

1

Her company’s information will be erased.

2

Her computers will not be accepted.

3

He can replace damaged parts with new ones.

4

He can only take computers that still work.

1

Fully repairing the house would be too expensive.

2

Lowering the rent could encourage the tenant to stay.

3 The woman should not sell the house soon.

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4

The house is most likely structurally sound.

1

It should discuss the expansion’s timing.

2

It should focus on the country’s natural resources.

3

It should suggest countries to expand to.

4

It should make the risks of expanding clear.

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Part 2(A)

No. 11

No. 12(B)

No. 13

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1

They were often attacked by other primates.

2

They slept for longer periods than other primates.

3

They reduced their sleeping time to survive.

4

They kept moving to new areas to live.

1

Primates learn in a similar way to humans.

2

Primates suffer from fewer illnesses than humans.

3

REM sleep has little inﬂuence on mental performance.

4

Humans have developed more­efﬁcient sleep.

1

They could help ensure that EVs will not run out of energy.

2They are being installed throughout the European Union.

3

They have already proven themselves to be cost­efﬁcient.

4

They are being ﬁnancially supported by logistics companies.

1

Governments are unlikely to provide budgets for research.

2

Vehicle manufacturers will not share their technology.

3

The roads could potentially endanger drivers’ lives.

4

There are too many obstacles to construction.

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No. 15

No. 16(D)

No. 17

No. 18(E)

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1

Some of the cities joined the Persian Empire.

2

Athens used it to increase its power.

3

It became too expensive for Athens to fund.

4

Its members elected a new leader.

1

It was created out of fear of Sparta.

2

Its true goals were ﬁnancial rather than military.

3

It was believed that Sparta would join it early on.

4

It became a model for leagues formed by other cities.

1

Plants that insects rely on commonly grow in cities.

2

There are more insect species than scientists thought.

3

City development could be harming insect populations.

4

Farming practices are the biggest threat to insects.

1

Freshwater insect populations will continue to decrease.

2

Water cleanup efforts have not been sufﬁcient.

3

Educators should help change people’s image of insects.

4

Data provided by the public challenges recent studies.

1Treatments for diabetes improved.

2

The diets of Americans changed.

3

High­sugar foods became cheaper.

4

Heart disease became less common.

1

It misrepresented the results of research.

2

It was funded by the US government.

3

It contradicted public health policies.

4

It provided evidence of sugar’s health beneﬁts.
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Part 3(F)

No. 21Situation: Your boss is speaking to team leaders at an
emergency meeting about a product your company isdeveloping. You are the leader of the design team. The new
design will be ready tomorrow.
Question: What should you do?

(G)

No. 22

1

Consult the marketing team on Friday.

2

Send an e­mail to your boss today.

3

Attend another meeting this afternoon.

4

Go to your boss’s ofﬁce after this meeting.

Situation: You want a new basement ﬂoor. You dislike cold
ﬂoors, and you sometimes get water coming in through thewalls. A handyperson is telling you about options.
Question: Which type of ﬂooring should you choose?

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1

Carpet.

2

Cork.

3

Porcelain tiles.

4

Engineered vinyl.

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No. 23Situation: You are driving with your eight­year­old son andhave stopped at a town. You want to do something in town
but need to leave by 3:00 p.m. A worker at the tourist
information center tells you the following.
Question: Where should you go?

(I)

No. 24

1

Blue Mead Reserve.

2

Big Bob’s Bonanza.

3

Crazy Carl’s Amusement Park.

4

Bumble Grove Farms.

Situation: You are a junior sales manager at a health­supplements company. You want a promotion and arewilling to move from Chicago. Your department manager isgiving you your annual evaluation.
Question: What should you do ﬁrst?

(J)

No. 25

1

Apply for the middle manager’s position in LA.

2

Ensure that CeeLite Trading signs a contract.

3

Work with your team to reengage Zeadoorf.

4

Find ways to boost sales of antiaging supplements.

Situation: You and your family want to move to a newapartment. You need at least two bedrooms and twobathrooms. Your monthly rent budget is $3,000. A realestate agent tells you the following.
Question: Which apartment should you go to see?

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The one on South Street.

2

The one on Baker Road.

3

The one on Grove Street.

4

The one on Boulder Road.
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Part 4
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1

He was attracted by the salary rather than the work.

2

He had wanted to do it since he was in high school.

3

He was rejected at ﬁrst because he got poor grades.

4

He found it easy because he used to go diving as a hobby.

1

It is not something he could do for a long time.

2

He wants more opportunities to use his mechanical skills.

3

It is not as dangerous as most people imagine.

4

Having to live in conﬁned conditions can be difﬁcult.

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