Mark Zuckerberg’s enormous success has taken a lot of hard work and______.

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.

According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may be recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually (26)__________as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.

(27)__________of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (28)__________common;rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.

Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (29)__________two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (30)__________ emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s members.

Question 28

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.

According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may be recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually (26)__________as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.

(27)__________of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (28)__________common;rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.

Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (29)__________two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (30)__________ emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s members.

Question 29

Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may be recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually (26)__________as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.(27)__________of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (28)__________common;rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (29)__________two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (30)__________ emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s members.

Question 27

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet that completes each of the following questions.

Was it really necessary that I ____ there watching you the entire time you were rehearsing for the play? It was really boring watching you repeat the scenes over and over again.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

- Diana: “Bob looks so impressive with his new hairstyle, Anne.”- Anne: “ ”

Martin Luther King devoted his life to the______of voting right for black people.

The world’s first computer ____by the University of Pennsylvania in 1946.

My brother ______at the road when he______into a hole.

After __ hard-working day, I went to bed and had______most beautiful dream ever.

- Professor: “Congratulations on your award.” - Mary: “ ”

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

I am at a loss to how you are going to pass your subjects without studying. All you do is to play video games all day.

“Congratulations, you’ve been offered the job,” Mr. Jones said.

Climbing down the tree, one of the eggs was broken so he decided to throw it away.

They hope to______a cure for the disease.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of others in each of the following questions.