What is the main topic of this passage?

A. The number of non-native users of English.

B. The French influence on the English Language.

C. The expansion of English as an international language.

D. The use of English for science and technology.

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 blank 35.

A. avoid    

B. suggest  

C. enjoy     

D. mind

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 blank 34.

A. attendances     

B. attentions   

C. impressions    

D. pressures

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 blank 33.

A. happy    

B. pleasant    

C. disappointed   

D. excited

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 blank 32.

A. with      

B. in      

C. on          

D. for

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 blank 31.

A. when      

B. why   

C. where    

D. that

He was successful because he was determined to pursue personal goals. He was not talented.

A. It was his determination to pursue personal goals, not talent, that contributed to his success.

B. In addition to his determination, his talent ensured his success in pursuing his goals.

C. His success lay in his natural ability, not his determination to pursue personal goals.

D. His determination to pursue personal goals made him successful and talented.

A waitress served us. She was very impolite and impatient.

A. A waitress, who served us, was very impolite and impatient.

B. A waitress, which served us, was very impolite and impatient.

C. A waitress who served us was very impolite and impatient.

D. A waitress whom served us, was very impolite and impatient

I can’t help feeling worried about David.

A. I find it impossible not to worry about David.

B. I don’t worry about David.

C. I can do nothing to help David.

D. I cannot help David stop worrying.

They couldn’t go swimming because of the cold weather.

A. The cold weather made it impossible to go swimming.

B. The cold weather prevented them from going swimming

C. Their going swimming was unable due to the cold weather.

D. The cold weather made it not capable of going swimming.

“I will help you with the housework”, Mai said.

A. Mai promised to help me with the housework.

B. Mai asked me to help her with the housework.

C. Mai begged to help me with the housework.

D. Mai insisted on helping me with the housework.

The original World Cup trophy was given permanently to Brazil to honor that country’s record third World Cup title in 1970.

A. for good        

B. lastingly      

C. for age      

D. temporarily

Schooling is compulsory for all English children from age 5 to 16.

A. free     

B. optional      

C. constructive     

D. beneficial

Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home.

B. put together

C. take each other’s hands          

D. work together

A. preservation   

B. revival     

C. recovery     

D. recognition

Mary (on the phone) : “Could I speak to Susan?” - Susan : “_________!”

A. Talking  

B. Calling      

C. Answering     

D. Speaking

A. No, thanks                

B. Good idea, thanks

C. Thanks, I will             

D. Yes, I would

The film was really boring. It was _________ I’ve seen.

A. the most boring film

B. most boring film

C. the more boring film

D. the film more boring

Hardly _________ when the argument begins.

A. when he arrived

B. he had arrived

C. than he arrived

D. had he arrived

Did you arrive at the station on time? – No, I missed 5 o’clock train; _________ the was an other one after 5 minutes.

A. Thus       

B. Also       

C. However         

D. Besides

_________you pass a chemist’s, will you get me some aspirins?.

A. Did      

B. Should          

C. Would   

D. Had

John lost the _________bicycle he bought last week and his parents were very angry with him because of his carelessness.

A. Japanese beautiful new blue

B. new beautiful blue Japanese

C. beautiful Japanese blue new

D. beautiful new blue Japanese

He would not have been late for school if he _________ up early.

A. has got  

B. got    

C. had got  

D. gets

We will go out _________ the rain stops.

A. until      

B. during     

C. while     

D. when

It was not until he failed the final examination _____ he realized how important the revision was.

A. that       

B. who       

C. what     

D. and

Nowadays a large number of young people spend much time_________the Internet.

A. to surfing        

B. surfed     

C. surfing   

D. to surf

A. bought  

B. buy       

C. buying  

D. to buy

If I ___ you, I would apply for that English course.

A. am         

B. were        

C. had been    

D. is

Lan likes music, _________?

A. doesn’t she     

B. does she      

C. is she     

D. isn’t she

Chemical engineering is based in (A) the principles (B) of physics, chemistry (C), and mathematics (D).

A. in

B. principles

C. chemistry

D. mathematics

English (A) is speaking (B) in many countries (C) in the world (D).

A. English

B. speaking

C. many countries

D. the world

A. much

B. exciting

C. as

D. expected

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following question.

A. nature   

B. agricultural     

C. forget     

D. begin

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following question.

A. university         

B. sociology     

C. examination    

D. geographical

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 question.

A. bomb     

B. tomb      

C. combat  

D. comment

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 question.

A. needed   

B. decided       

C. invented

D. caused

He didn't take his father's advice; that's why he was out of work.

A. If he had taken his father's advice, he would not have been out of work.

B. If he took his father's advice, he would not be out of work.

C. If he had taken his father's advice, he would not be out of work.

D. If he takes his father's advice, he will not be out of work.

We started out for California. It started to rain right after that.

A. No sooner did we start out for California than it started to rain.

B. No sooner had we started out for California when it started to rain.

C. No sooner had it started to rain than we started out for California.

D. No sooner had we started out for California than it started to rain.

(A) The Homestead Act of 1862 granted 160 acres of land (B) for any settler who (C) would spend five years (D) on the land.

A. The

B. for

C. would

D. on

A. The oldest

B. are

C. more

D. expect from