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Text I

Whales are the largest animals on earth. Bigger than elephants, they may grow 95 feet long, and weigh 150 tons. A baby blue whale, just born, can be 23 feet long and weigh 3 tons.
Although whales live in the oceans and swim like fish, they are not fish. They are mammals, like cows and elephants. Unlike fish they bear young live, not as eggs. Their babies live on their mother’s milk. They breathe through their lungs and hold their breath when they go under water. If they cannot come to the surface to breathe fresh air, they will drown. They are warm-blooded. Fish, however, lay eggs, breathe oxygen in the water, and are cold-blooded.
Whales live in all the oceans. In the winter some of them go to warm waters to breed and in the summer most of them go to cold waters to feed. There are two kinds of whales, whales with teeth (too-thed whales) and whales without teeth (baleen whales). The toothed whales eat fish and squid, which they can catch with their teeth, although they swallow their food without chewing it. The baleen whales eat plankton (small sea animals and plants). When they find plankton, they open their mouths and swim into the plankton. When they close their mouths they squeeze out the water and swallow the plankton.
Whales have few enemies. Only human beings and the killer whales attack whales. And whales do not seem to fight among themselves. They usually live from 20 to 30 years.

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UMPTN-98-66
The difference between whales and fish is that
whales….
A. do not have to come to the surface to get fresh air
B. deliver their young like elephants do
C. will die if they cannot get oxygen in the water
D. are mammals that are cold blooded
E. can easily breathe when they are under water

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A sitable title for the text is ….
A. Large animals on earth
B. Difference between whales and elephants
C. Whales, the biggest animals on earth
D. Similarity between fish and whales
E. The life of whales in the oceans
UMPTN-98-68
Which of the following is TRUE about whales?
A. Whales are generally 95 feet long and weigh 150 tons.
B. Big animals living in the ocean tend to be their enemies.
C. Like fish, whales can live in all kinds of waters.
D. Their life-span is usually longer than human beings’.
E. A new-born baby whale may weigh one-fifteth of its mother.

UMPTN-98-69
Whales occasionally live in warm waters ….
A. to act more food
B. for reproduction
C. to avoid water
D. for fresh air
E. to feed their babies
UMPTN-98-70
From the text we may conclude that….
A. a whales can eat both squid and plankton
B. toothed whales chew their food before swallowing it
C. the two types of whales live in different waters
D. baleen whales swallow the water containing plankton
E. each type of whale eats a specific kind of food
Text II

People manage to count even when they do not have names for numbers. Early men demonstrated numbers to each other by counting on their fingers, and some primitive tribes still do this. In fact, some tribes have names for only the numbers “one” and “two” and can only indicate higher numbers by pointing to a particular finger. In other tribes, the numbers do have names, but these names are directly connected with finger counting.
UMPTN-98-71
The text tells us about….
A. early demonstrations of numbers
B. the use of fingers in counting
C. the importance of numbers
D. primitive tries
E. various names for numbers

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Which of the following statements is TRUE according
to the text?
A. It was not necessary to have names for numbers in counting.
B. Only in earlier days did people use their fingers in counting.
C. There are tribes who only consider “one” and “two” important.
D. For some tribes., it is unusual to use fingers when counting.
E. The words “one” and “two” were unpopular among many tribes.
Text III

The United States and Mexico signed a peace treaty on February 2, 1848. Mexico had to give up much of its land to the U.S. Te land included Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California. The treaty signers did not know that James Marshall had just discovered gold in California 10 days earlier, obod knew this outside of the area near the Sacramento River. One year later, everybody knew. In 1849 the world heard about the gold discovery. Gold fever brought thousands of people to
California, We call the people who joined the gold rush “forty-niners”. They all though they could become rich quickly. They thought they could stay in California a short time and return home as wealthy people.
UMPTN-98-73
The main information of the text is abou t….
A. a peace treaty between the U.S. and Mexico
B. James Marshall, the gold miner
C. the discovery of gold in California
D. the gold rush in the United States
E. the dream of the forty-niners to get rich quickly

UMPTN-98-74
Fro the text we may conclude that….
A. Mexico regretted that it had to give up California to the U.S.
B. James Marshall did not publicly announced his discovery
C. a log of “forty-niners” became rich within a very short time
D. California became a place where many foreigners lived
E. Mexico made great efforts to win California back

Today no one would deny the genius of Albert Einstein.  75 that was not always the case. In his youth, Einstein’s parents and teachers  76 him but undisciplined and dull. As a child, he was slow to talk, and his parents were  77 he might be retarded. As an adolescent, he had difficulty .adjusting to the strict discipline of the German high school, and his teachers
were not pleased with his  78 . Not surprisingly, he found college little better than high school, and again he  79 the appropriate academic discipline. In the end, he was arable to graduate, but only with the help of a friend who kept him up-to-date on all his courses.

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A.  Since
B.  But
C.  So
D.  Because
E.  Therefore

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A.  declared
B.  determined
C.  predicted
D.  accused
E.  considered

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A.  hopeful
B.  amazed
C.  expectant
D.  worried
E.  timid

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A.  success
B.  increase
C.  advantage
D.  program
E.  progress

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A.  achieved
B.  served
C.  lacked
D.  wasted
E.  disrupted

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UMPTN-98-80
At the beginning of the semester, eac of the students …
given a new time-table.
A.  he is
B.  they are
C.  are
D.  is
E.  be

UMPTN-98-81
-These are all government offices.”
“… is your father’s?’
A.  Which
B.  When
C.  Whose
D.  Why
E.  What

UMPTN-98-82
Due to the monetary crisis, the number of people
without jobs … at the moment.
A.  increase
B.  is increasing
C.  increased
D.  was increasing
E.  will increase

UMPTN-98-83
… a few thousand dollars, he went on a loui lo Europe.
A.  Saved
B.  Have saved
C.  He has saved
D.  Having saved
E.  After he saves

UMPTN-98-84
Rudi broke his leg in an accident; therefore, … drive
him to work.
A.  he doesn’t have to ask Amir to
B.  he won’t have to get anybody
C.  Amir has asked Rudi to
D.  Amir doesn’t have to
E.  he will have Amir

UMPTN-98-85
‘Harry could not pay his school fee because his father
was unemployed.’
His rich uncle … him with is school fee.’
A.  may support
B.  should have supported
C.  would rather support
D.  will have supported
E.  might support

UMPTN-98-86
… I can drive, I often ask my brother to drive me to the
city.
A.  Since
B.  When
C.  Because
D.  Whether
E.  Although

UMPTN-98-87
… at two prestigious universities, Amanda has a hard ;
time deciding which one to   choose.
A.  Accepting
B.  She was accepted
C.  Accepted
D.  To be accepted
E.  She was accepting

UMPTN-98-88
The fact that e was put in prison for something that he
had not done made his wife ….
A.  cry
B.  to be crying
C.  cried
D.  to cry
E.  crying

UMPTN-98-89
… is a long holiday after passing your exam.
A.  You need
B.  Why you needed
C.  It is needed
D.  What you need

UMPTN-98-91
‘Why does the baby next-door keep crying?’
As usual, it … by the baby sitter.’
A.  is neglecting
B.  is neglected
C.  neglects
D.  is to be neglected
E.  is to neglect

UMPTN-98-92
There was so much noise next door.
Our neighbor … from their vacation abroad.
A.  may come back
B.  would have come back
C.  is supposed to come back
D.  must have come back
E.  ought to come back

UMPTN-98-93
‘Why do you have to stay at home tomorrow?’
‘… my little brother.’
A.  Takes care of
B.  Taking care of
C.  To take care of
D.  For taking care of
E.  1 will take care of

UMPTN-98-94
The hotel provides good facilities; yet ….
A.  the occupancy rates is very low
B.  foreign tourists like to stay there
C.  it is located on a beautiful beach
D.  on-the-job training is provided for the employees
E.  it is advertised in the yellow pages

UMPTN-98-95
‘Why didn’t you like them buy those shoes? you
seemed to
‘I would have if they had been cheaper.?
The answer means ….
A.  I did buy the shoes
B.  1 was not against the price
C.  the shoes were too expensive
D.  I looked for a more expensive pair
E.  the shoes were a bargain

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