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< English Preliminary Exam 1>

<1-3> Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1.At night there are displays of fireworks. Not long ago, people shot off firecrackers all day long on the Fourth of July, but so many people were hurt doing this that many states have made firecrackers ( ).
①celebrated ②illegal ③noiseless ④explosive

2.We came ( ) visiting you last night but decided that perhaps you wouldn't be at home.
①into ②near ③above ④to

3.The health of the human mind is stimulated by change of scene just as change of air is tonic for ( ).
①the house ②the animal ③the body ④the air

<4-5> Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
4.Mr. kim has a good ( ) of the English language.
①grades ②practice ③conversation ④command

5.No sooner ( ) the thief caught sight of the policeman than he ran away.
①had ②when ③as ④has

※Choose the one underline word or phrase that would not be accepted in standard written English.
6. The pancreas is an organ ①involving in the ②digestion of food and ③in the regulation of the sugar ④level in the bloodstream.

※Choose the sentence which best expresses the given Korean sentence.
7.나는 조국을 떠나고 나서야 비로소 조국을 진정 이해할 수 있었다.
①I could not really understand my fatherland for the first time until I had left it.
②Not until I left my fatherland could I really understand it.
③until I had left my fatherland, I could not really understand it at first.
④It was until I left my fatherland that I could not understand it really.

※Please read each passage very carefully and answer the given questions.
We know very little about Shakespeare, because, in his day, historical stories were devoted to the lives of king. It is beyond imagining that a common actor would be of interest in the future. Similarly, in Scott Joplin's lifetime, it never occurred to anyone that history would want to know what a songwriter - especially a black one - was like.

8.The author says that ( ).
①we know about Shakespeare than Joplin
②we know better about Joplin than Shakespeare
③we know little about Shakespeare and Joplin
④we know less about Shakespeare than Joplin

9.According to this passage, Joplin was most probably ( ).
①a general director ②a songwriter
③a play writer ④a historian

10.Read the following passage and choose the most proper title.
Each of us has probably wanted to live another life, even if only for a brief time. It is not a matter of being dissatisfied with our own lives, but it is more a curiosity about the road not travelled. Of course, one way of satisfying this curiosity is through travel. Just as we may dream of being an actor on a stage, travel allows us to experience a different world. Whether we dream of sitting in a cafe in Paris or on the back of an elephant in Southeast Asia, travel gives us the chance to do things we have only imagined.
①Life After Death ②What Is Travel For?
③How Can We Travel Safely? ④Tourist Attractions In Europe


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