Christopher Columbus firstly saw Native Americans when he discovered the Caribbean Islands on October 12,1492.

In spite of his poor health, he managed to finish his book before the deadline.

lf you didn’t contribute generously, we couldn’t continue with our project.

Although there is much pollution in this city, ________.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 26 to 30.

On 4 October 1957 the first satellite, Sputnik, was launched. Since then, thousands of spacecraft have been sent (26) ________ space. Every few weeks new satellites are put into orbit. Unfortunately, space is being (27) ________ by debris from these space flights. More than 70,000 objects have been left in space. Parts of rockets have been left. Old satellites have been abandoned. Other items, including a glove, a spanner and a camera, have been (28) ________ by astronauts. The situation up there is becoming dangerous. Both Russian and American spacecraft have been destroyed. (29) ________ astronaut would be killed if he or she was hit by a piece of rubbish. It would cost billions of dollars to collect all the debris, but if nothing is done the (30) ________ will only get worse. Sooner or later a satellite will be damaged by a large piece of rubbish and thousands more pieces of debris will be scattered.

Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

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

My sister has gone to the baker’s to buy a ________ of bread.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D 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, Cor D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

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

Mary enjoys to be able to meet a lot of interesting people during her vacation.

His school report last term was very ________.

We were all surprised when she suddenly came back.