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.
Somebody broke into our cottage last Saturday.
A.Our cottage was broken into last Saturday.    
B.Our cottage was being broken into last Saturday.
C.Our cottage has been broken into last Saturday. 
D.Our cottage had broken into last Saturday.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The hut………………….is said to be haunted.
A.at the foot of the hill 
B.in the foot of the hill
C.by the foot of the hill 
D.with the foot of the hill

Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks.
 In most capital cities, which were built long before the heyday of the private car, there is rarely enough (61)………..for moving traffic, and certainly not enough for parked vehicles. Buses move slowly because of the volume of (62)…………..thus encouraging more commuters to abandon public transport. Banning traffic from some areas may help, but such a (63)………….may not actually diminish the number of cars coming into the city. What has happened in effect is that the (64)…………….of the private car have become the number one priority, and the older functions of the city centre as meeting place and focus for social life have been lost. The new city cannot (65)…………..without a series of ring roads. Giant car parks are (66)…… new palaces and cathedrals. During the working hours of the day, there is the constant (67)….of traffic, but at night the centre is nearly empty, apart from a few homeless in doorway. Most people have (68)………….. back to the suburbs, and very few of those who live in the centre have cars, for often there is nowhere to park them. The old cities with its narrow streets, may still retain a lively air (69)…………that may be because it exists as an island, where no cars are permitted. Unless the local authorities have not yet plucked up the courage to ban most traffic from the streets, (70)……….which case the city centre is congested by day and gigantic car park by night. 

A.area
B.issue
C.solution
D. way

Task 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

A.dubbing                  
B.robot                       
C.climbing                 
D.sober

Choose the answer that is nearest in meaning to the printed before it.
'If I were you, I would take the job,' said my roommate.
A.My roommate was thinking about taking the job.
B.My roommate advised me to take the job.
C.My roommate introduced the idea of taking the job to me.
D.My roommate insisted on taking the job for me.

It looked dark and heavy ________ it was going to rain.
A.although 
B.as if  
C.unless  
D.whereas

Maths and English are______ compulsory subjects on this course.
A.required
B.separated
C.difficult
D.effective

My father _____ golf.
A.never played    
B.has never played  
C.have never played
D.has not playing

Tom suggested.............. late tonight.
A.to work
B.work
C.should work
D.working

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.
A professor of economy and history at our university developed a new theory of the relationship between historical events and financial crises.
A.economy                 
B.developed               
C.between                  
D.financial crises