Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

She invited me to her birthday party. I wish I hadn’t accepted it.

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To turn on (A) the light, I was (B) surprised at (C) what (D) I saw.

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Michael was _______ with anger when he saw his car had been scratched.

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This project will create more _____ to local residents.

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Employee contracts are eligible for ________ each year.

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It was a nasty memory. Do you remember both of us wearing sunglasses to avoid ______ by the supervisors?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 29

From the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides – The Green Revolution regimen depends heavily on technology. One alternative, however, depends much (25) _____on technology - organic farming. Many organic farmers use machinery, but not chemical fertilizers or pesticides. (26) ______ chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not used as food - natural, organic fertilizers that are clearly a renewable (27) ______. Organic farmers also use alternatives for pesticides; for example they may rely on natural predators of certain insect pests. (28) ______ the need arises, they can buy the eggs and larvae of these natural predators and introduce them into their crop fields. They use other techniques to control pests as well, like planting certain crops together because one crop repels the other’s pests. Organic farmers do not need a lot of land; in fact organic farming is perfectly (29) _______ to small farms and is relatively inexpensive. Finally, many organic farmers’ average yields compare favorably with other farmers’ yields.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

The most rapid (A) expanding (B) segment of the food industry (C) is the freezing (D) food segment.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

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

It takes roughly 4000 pounds of petals to make a single pound of rose oil.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.

David: “Could you bring me some water?”

Waiter: “________”

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You have to study hard to _______ your classmates

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This morning I bought _____ book and a pencil. The pen is in my bag, but I don’t know where ____ book is.

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If you had taken your dad’s advice, you ______ such a silly mistake.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 25

From the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides – The Green Revolution regimen depends heavily on technology. One alternative, however, depends much (25) _____on technology - organic farming. Many organic farmers use machinery, but not chemical fertilizers or pesticides. (26) ______ chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not used as food - natural, organic fertilizers that are clearly a renewable (27) ______. Organic farmers also use alternatives for pesticides; for example they may rely on natural predators of certain insect pests. (28) ______ the need arises, they can buy the eggs and larvae of these natural predators and introduce them into their crop fields. They use other techniques to control pests as well, like planting certain crops together because one crop repels the other’s pests. Organic farmers do not need a lot of land; in fact organic farming is perfectly (29) _______ to small farms and is relatively inexpensive. Finally, many organic farmers’ average yields compare favorably with other farmers’ yields.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 25

From the seeds themselves to the machinery, fertilizers and pesticides – The Green Revolution regimen depends heavily on technology. One alternative, however, depends much (25) _____on technology - organic farming. Many organic farmers use machinery, but not chemical fertilizers or pesticides. (26) ______ chemical soil enrichers, they use animal manure and plant parts not used as food - natural, organic fertilizers that are clearly a renewable (27) ______. Organic farmers also use alternatives for pesticides; for example they may rely on natural predators of certain insect pests. (28) ______ the need arises, they can buy the eggs and larvae of these natural predators and introduce them into their crop fields. They use other techniques to control pests as well, like planting certain crops together because one crop repels the other’s pests. Organic farmers do not need a lot of land; in fact organic farming is perfectly (29) _______ to small farms and is relatively inexpensive. Finally, many organic farmers’ average yields compare favorably with other farmers’ yields.