Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

His thoughtless comments made her very angry.

Just by coincidence, I met my old classmate after 20 years.

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

We had never experienced such discourtesy towards the elderly as it occurred at this center

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

Hana and Rina are talking about Lucy.

- Hanna: “Lucy has lost her purse somewhere this morning!”

- Rina: “_____________”

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

My grandmother is very old. She can’t do the chores herself.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Studying all night is good for neither your grades nor your health.

Almost all of the people appeared on television wear makeup.

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 Canadian Shield is a huge, rocky region who curves around Hudson Bay like a giant horseshoe.

Even if you are rich, you should save some money for a_____________day.

Sorry for being late. I was_____________in the traffic for more than an hour.

The referee_____________the coin to decide which team would kick the ball first.

In population growth Latin America_____________first, Africa second, and Asia third.

Does Mr. Mike bring his farm_____________to the local market every day?

Now the manager is no longer as indifferent_____________criticism as he used to be.

_____________restaurant you pick is fine with me.

The long jumper_____________the pole-vaulter win the prize.

Some film stars_____________difficult to work with.

We_____________to take a taxi. Otherwise we’ll be late for the meeting.

We had a lot of fun_____________at the picnic.

Our industrial output_____________from $2 million in 2002 to $4 million this year.

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

The examination was not very difficult, but it was_____________ long.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

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.

The word “vary” is closest in meaning to____________.

The word “they” refers to____________.

The word “constituents” is closest in meaning to____________.

What does the word "they" in the second paragraph refer to?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 38 to 42.

By adopting a few simple techniques, parents who read to their children can considerably increase their children's language development. It is surprising, but true. How parents talk to their children makes a big difference in the children's language development. If a parent encourages the child to actively respond to what the parent is reading, the child's language skills increase.

A study was done with two or three-year-old children and their parents. Half of the thirty children participants were in the experimental study; the other half acted as the control group. In the experimental group, the parents were given a two-hour training session in which they were taught to ask open-ended questions rather than yes-no questions. For example, the parent should ask, "What is the doggy doing?" rather than, "Is the doggy running away?" Experimental parents were also instructed how to expand on their children's answer, how to suggest alternative possibilities, and how to praise correct answers.

At the beginning of the study, the children did not differ on levels of language development, but at the end of one month, the children in the experimental group were 5.5 months ahead of the control group on a test of verbal expression and vocabulary. Nine months later, the children in the experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children in the control group.

Parents can give great help to their children's language development by____________them.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or Don your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37.

Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution (33) ____________is as complicated as it is serious. It is complicated because much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. (34) ____________, exhaust from automobiles causes a large percentage of air pollution. But the automobile provides transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material that pollutes the air and water but factories give (35) ____________to a large number of people.

Thus, to end or greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to (36)  ____________using many things that benefit them. Most people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be gradually reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws (37) ____________require businesses and traffic to stop, or to cut down on certain polluting activities.

We have achieved considerable results in the economic field, such as high economic growth, stability and significant poverty alleviation over the past few years.