Gordon was rather worried about his condition, and so the doctors had to…………..him pretty strongly to restore his self-confidence. (SURE)

PART A. PHONETICS (5 POINTS)

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others’.

When we were on holiday in the USA last summer, and visiting Cookeville, Tennessee, some friends arranged (66)…………..us to visit the nearby Cummins Falls.

Read the following passage and choose from the people (A-D) to each question. The people may be chosen more than once.

Which person ...

overcame a financially disadvantaged background to become successful?        ………..

The…………..of an epidemic will be unavoidable unless measures are taken to prevent the rural population from drinking the contaminated water. (BREAK)

PART D. WRITING (15 POINTS)

Rewrite the second sentence using the given word so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.

I don’t usually sleep after work. (HABIT)

………………