_________ (5)
A.detriment
B.deviance
C.dismalness
D.diffusion

_________ (7)
A.widened
B.spent
C.lasted
D.lengthened

_________ (10)
A.definite
B.specific
C.vague
D.general

Every time he opens his mouth, he immediately regrets what he said. He is always putting his foot in his mouth.
A.speak indirectly
B.making a mistake
C.doing things in the wrong order
D.saying embarrassing things

To everyone’s fury, misconduct by doctors and nurses is found out and ends up in media.
A.demoralisation
B.misdemeanour
C.malpractice
D.malevolence

They have not made any effort to integrate with the local community.
A.cooperate
B.induce
C.separate
D.depreciate

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.

There are certain flowers that bees find irresistible.
A.Bees cannot stay away from certain flowers.
B.Bees tends to avoid certain flowers.
C.Bees find some flowers resistible.
D.Certain flowers resist finding bees.

Mickey Mantle was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He played for the New York Yankees in their years of glory. From the time Mantle began to play professionally in 1951 to his last year in 1968, baseball was the most popular game in the United States. For many people, Mantle symbolized the hope, prosperity, and confidence of America at that time.
Mantle was a fast and powerful player, a “switch-hitter” who could bat both right-handed and left-handed. He won game after game, one World Series championship after another, for his team. He was a wonderful athlete, but this alone cannot explain America’s fascination with him.
Perhaps it was because he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner from Oklahoma. His career, from the lead mines of the West to the heights of success and fame, was a fairy-tale version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always loves a “natural”: a person who wins without seeming to try, whose talent appears to come from an inner grace. That was Mickey Mantle.
But like many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a private life that was full of problems. He played without complaint despite constant pain from injuries. He lived to fulfill his father’s dreams and drank to forget his father’s early death.
It was a terrible addiction that finally destroyed his body. It gave him cirrhosis of the liver and accelerated the advance of liver cancer. Even when Mickey Mantle had turned away from his old life and warned young people not to follow his example, the destructive process could not be stopped. Despite a liver transplant operation that had all those who loved and admired him hoping for a recovery, Mickey Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63.
The word “accelerated” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.
A.delayed
B.worsened
C.bettered
D.quickened

Mickey Mantle was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He played for the New York Yankees in their years of glory. From the time Mantle began to play professionally in 1951 to his last year in 1968, baseball was the most popular game in the United States. For many people, Mantle symbolized the hope, prosperity, and confidence of America at that time.
Mantle was a fast and powerful player, a “switch-hitter” who could bat both right-handed and left-handed. He won game after game, one World Series championship after another, for his team. He was a wonderful athlete, but this alone cannot explain America’s fascination with him.
Perhaps it was because he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner from Oklahoma. His career, from the lead mines of the West to the heights of success and fame, was a fairy-tale version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always loves a “natural”: a person who wins without seeming to try, whose talent appears to come from an inner grace. That was Mickey Mantle.
But like many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a private life that was full of problems. He played without complaint despite constant pain from injuries. He lived to fulfill his father’s dreams and drank to forget his father’s early death.
It was a terrible addiction that finally destroyed his body. It gave him cirrhosis of the liver and accelerated the advance of liver cancer. Even when Mickey Mantle had turned away from his old life and warned young people not to follow his example, the destructive process could not be stopped. Despite a liver transplant operation that had all those who loved and admired him hoping for a recovery, Mickey Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63.
We can see from paragraph 5 that after his father’s death, Mantle ______.
A.forgot his father’s dream
B.suffered a lot of pain
C.led a happier life
D.played even better

We can see from the passage that in the countryside of Britain ______.
A.none of the areas faces the sea
B.only a few farms are publicly owned
C.most beautiful areas are not well preserved
D.it is difficult to travel from one farm to another