Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B or C on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

     Smoking causes lung cancer, which is the number one cancer among men. Ninety percent of the people who get lung cancer die. Smoking is also the leading cause of mouth cancer, tongue cancer, and throat cancer. Many smokers have heart disease arid pneumonia. Smoking causes one million early deaths in the world every year.

     Smokers not only harm themselves but also harm others. Smokers breathe smoke out into the air. They breathe it out on their children and their wives or husbands. Children whose parents smoke have more breathing and lung problems than other children. Women who are married to smokers are more likely to have lung cancer than those married to non- smokers.

     We are all aware that smoking is bad. So why do people smoke?

The number one cancer among men is _________.

Your father doesn’t work in that bank, _________ he?    

The interviewer asked me why I _________ learning English.  

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.

She wishes her parents come here tomorrow.

“Must I finish my homework now?”

      “_________”

His doctor advised him to stop to smoke.

The word “it” in the passage refers to _________.

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.

The graduation is sad, because the time we studied together has come to an end.

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.

“Alice in the Wonderland” was written for children. It appeals to many adult readers.

Think it through very carefully. Or else, you will not come up with the right answer.

Copper comes from seven types of ores that also containthe other materials.

Under the major’s able leadership, the soldiers found safety.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.

 “Do you know Long’s address?” he asked me.

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.

If you follow these simple rules, not only will you save money, but also the environment will be cleaner.

Animal communication is not a straightforward subject. It’s complicated because animals communicate differently with each other.