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

He was reading (A) out the date while (B) Sara wrote (C) it down carefully (D).

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.

If I had worked harder, I would have passed the exam.

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.

It is pointless to ask him about it because he knows nothing.

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 sentences.

Why does the author mention "industrialization" in the last paragraph?

The word "others" in the last paragraph refers to             .

All of the following were the direct results of public utility reforms EXCEPT         .

What concern did reformers have about privately owned utility companies?

The word "precarious" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning           .

The first paragraph suggests that most people who lived in rural areas       .

What does the passage mainly discuss?

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.

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.

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 questions.

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 questions.

Compared to pines, hickories are           .

The word "shielding" can be replaced by       .

It can be inferred from the passage that          .

According to the passage, how do weeds and grasses affect the soil?

Which is the correct order of plant succession in the example in the passage?

What is the best title of this passage?

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

The library reduced the number of print newspapers and magazines that they used to subscribe to.

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

Teenagers can become addicted to social networking if they can’t control the time they spend online.

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

She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.

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

Many of immigrants have intermarried with the island’s inhabitants.

Wind power and solar power, (25)            harnessed properly, are two excellent sources of green energy.

A. where

A. along 

A. durable

In addition, they come from a source that is inevitably going to (22)            .

A. run out of  

A. point 

It is recommened the vehicle owner          present at the court.

Einstein             a great impact on model physics.

The necessary infrastructure often cannot         fast enough to keep up with residents’ needs.

In less developed countries,         slums form both on the edges and within the largest cities.