Imagine you are going to drive across an unattended level crossing which has no lights at all. What is the final thing you must do before actually crossing?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

     In England, there is a traditional belief that whoever first arrives at the threshold of the household will bring good luck to the family for the coming year. The tradition is (23) _______ ‘First Footing’. As part of ‘First Footing’ tradition, English people pray for a young, healthy, handsome, and dark-haired male to be their first footer of the New Year. A woman, a blonde, or a red-colored person is not welcome for the day, (24) _______they are considered to bring bad luck for the entire year.

     Moreover, if that person carries coal, money, bread, salt, or holy mistletoe with him, then it is considered to be a (25) _______ of good luck and prosperity for the rest of the year. Traditionally, the first footer is meant to follow certain customs and traditions. One of them is that the first footer (26) _______always enter the house from the front door, and exit from the back door. Also, the first footer should place the fuel (as carried along) on the fire, should place the loaf on the table, and should (27) _______water on the head of the householder. Tradition also calls for gifting of the mistletoe by the visitor to any household member.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Neptune is________ any planet except Pluto.

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

It hasn't rained for a long time. If the crops are not irrigated soon, the harvest will be affected.

- “I'm going to the beach with my parents this Saturday!”

     - “_______”

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

Later that evening, when I was almost asleep, the sound of a crowd brought me back to full consciousness.

.- “Do you think I could borrow your dictionary ?”

     - “_______”

It/ better/ play safe/ exams/ give/ original answer

Some metals such gold, silver, copper, and tin occur naturally, and are easy to work.

Choose the correct sentence A, B, c, or D that is built from the words and phrases given.

world’s oceans/ vast/ cope/ present levels/ pollution