2006학년도 전기 건국대학교 편입학고사(영어) 문제지 [A형]

1-20] Choose the one that best fits in the blank.

1. If you make a(n) __________ against someone, you criticize them or express the belief that they have done something wrong.

  ➀ accusation            ➁ humiliation             ➂ counterfeit     

  ➃ trial                 ➄ propaganda

2. Canadian English spellings are sometimes the same as in American English, e.g., tire, program. In other cases Canadian spellings are the same as in British English, e.g., centre, colour. However, there is __________ among Canadians on such spellings.

  ➀ asymmetry           ➁ inference              ➂ standardization  

  ➃ ignorance            ➄ variation

3. Archaeologists made an exciting discovery in Egypt in 1954. During an __________ near the base of the Great Pyramid, they uncovered an ancient tomb for a dead Egyptian pharaoh, or king.

  ① exposition            ② excavation             ③ execution

  ④ excursion            ⑤ expatriation

4. While behaviorists refuse to look inward and __________ all behaviors to reinforcement from the environment, psychologists who take the humanistic approach emphasize internal positive factors in motivation and personality.

  ① regard               ② attribute               ③ concentrate

  ④ proportionate          ⑤ contribute

5. The concept of race is based on observable __________ differences among people resulting from inherited biological traits. It divides people into groups based on skin color and ancestral origin.

  ① individual            ② perceptual              ③ sociological

  ④ locational            ⑤ physical

6. Increased consumption of more energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods with high levels of sugar and saturated fats, combined with reduced physical activity, have led __________  rates that have risen three-fold or more since 1980.

  ① nourishment          ② dietician               ③ obesity

  ④ epidemic             ⑤ insulation

7. My complaint against journalists is not that they behave badly in the course of duty, but their inability to __________ into a human being when it's over.

  ① recoil               ② transfigure              ③ act           

  ④ succeed              ⑤ remain

8. Good office manners in Indonesia require the visitor to present a business card immediately. If no card is offered, long __________ may result.

  ① resentments           ② actions                ③ considerations   

  ④ delays               ⑤ visits 

9. The World Wildlife Fund is currently supporting more than 30 important __________ projects in various rain forest areas alone.

  ① exploitation           ② manpower              ③ cultivation      

  ④ conservation           ⑤ risk

10. People who had committed crimes for or against apartheid could receive __________―or protection from punishment―if they did one thing: tell the truth about their crimes.

  ① salvation             ② amnesty               ③ deliverance     

  ④ penalty              ⑤ revenge

11. If you are a passenger in a plane, you may be __________ thinking about someone or something that is far away and you wish to get in touch, according to some dream analysts. If you are the pilot it suggests that you have a sense of control and a(n) __________ confidence that you will succeed in your endeavors.

  ① indifferently--obvious      ② randomly--latent       ③ creatively--mental 

  ④ subconsciously--underlying   ⑤ negatively--interpretative

12. I think you need to learn how to __________ your search with proper key words.

  ① calm down           ② narrow down           ③ knock down

  ④ put down            ⑤ get down

13. Although governments can control and manipulate what is in the papers and television, the net is just too big and too global for anyone to __________ it. 

  ① get a grip on                 ② come to grips with

  ③ let go his or her grip           ④ have a good grasp of

  ⑤ take in his or her grasp of

14. It's a pity you can't use a dictionary in your German exam, but at least everyone __________.

  ➀ pushes the boat out    ➁ rocks the boat          ➂ misses the boat 

  ➃ burns their boats       ➄ is in the same boat

15. "TV has a value. If you ban it entirely from your child's life, it's like __________," says the author of TV-Proof Your Kids.

  ① throwing out the baby with the bath water

  ② sending a person on a fool's errand

  ③ being a cat on a hot tin roof

  ④ betting one's bottom dollar

  ⑤ playing the fox

16. He wants to __________: he wants a well-paid secure job, but he doesn't want to have to work evenings or weekends. In other words, two good things are impossible to do or have at the same time. 

  ➀ jump the gun         ➁ twist the knife          ➂ bite the bullet  

  ➃ have egg on his face   ➄ have his cake and eat it

17. I'm getting my final exam results tomorrow. __________ for me!

  ➀ Give a free hand              ➁ Keep your fingers crossed 

  ➂ Have a soft spot               ➃ Find out how the land lies 

  ➄ Come down to earth with a bang

18. He __________ instead of taking a back seat. Thus he acted positively to face and attack the problem.

  ➀ poured oil on troubled waters     ➁ laid his cards on the table 

  ➂ went back to square one         ➃ took the bull by the horn          

  ➄ stirred things up

19. The fish must have been spoiled. After dinner, I was __________.

  ➀ as hard as nails               ➁ as red as a beet         

  ➂ as sick as a dog               ➃ as cool as a cucumber            

  ➄ as mad as a hatter

20. A: Jim is always criticizing people who are stingy, yet he's terribly stingy himself.

   B: Yes, well, __________.

   C: Exactly.

  ➀ never judge a book by its cover           

  ➁ when the cat's away, the mice will play             

  ➂ a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 

  ➃ people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones          

  ➄ you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

[21-23] Choose the one that is NOT correct in standard English.

21. None of the shops was open, and there was no bus, so she walked home.

                     ①                      ②              ③

   She spoke little English and had few friend there.

                 ④                ⑤

22. According to experts, companionship and social support are vital to both our

        ①                                                  ②

   psychological and physical well-being―one reason, perhaps, why married people 

                                                              ③

   tend to live longer than unmarried one.

                ④                ⑤

23. In the early days of the airlines, money earned from carrying mail kept planes fly

           ①                              ②                            ③

   because paying passengers were not common.

            ④             ⑤

[24-30] Choose the one that best fits in the blank.