Choose the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Maria : “You know what? My boss has promised to promote me” - Frank: “________”
A.It’s a pleasure.
B.Are you really?
C.Congratulations!
D.I am grateful.

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 35 to 42.
A survey is a study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, which provides information concerning how people think and act. In the United States, the best-known surveys are the Gallup poll and the Harris poll. As anyone who watches the news during presidential campaigns knows, these polls have become an important part of political life in the United States.
North Americans are familiar with the many "person on the street" interviews on local television news shows. While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only those people who appear at a certain location. Thus, such samples can be biased in favor of commuters, middle-class shoppers, or factory workers, depending on which area the news people select. Second, television interviews tend to attract outgoing people who are willing to appear on the air, while they frighten away others who may feel intimidated by a camera. A survey must be based on a precise, representative sampling if it is to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population.
In preparing to conduct a survey, sociologists must exercise great care in the wording of questions. An effective survey question must be simple and clear enough for people to understand it. It must also be specific enough so that there are no problems in interpreting the results. Even questions that are less structured must be carefully phrased in order to elicit the type of information desired. Surveys can be indispensable sources of information, but only if the sampling is done properly and the questions are worded accurately.
There are two main forms of surveys: the interview and the questionnaire. Each of these forms of survey research has its advantages. An interviewer can obtain a high response rate because people find it more difficult to turn down a personal request for an interview than to throw away a written questionnaire. In addition, an interviewer can go beyond written questions and probe for a subject's underlying feelings and reasons. However, questionnaires have the advantage of being cheaper and more consistent.
All of the following are listed as advantages of questionnaires EXCEPT _________.
A.time-saving
B.consistency
C.cost-saving
D.information-providing

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Although David was ______ after a day’s work in the office, he tried to help his wife the household chores.
A.exhaust
B.exhaustively
C.exhaustion
D.exhausted

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The old woman still recalls clearly ______ by her teacher when she was late on her first day at school.
A.to be criticised
B.to have criticised
C.being criticised
D.criticising

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My uncle was ______ ill last month; however, fortunately, he is now making a slow but steady recovery.
A.fatally
B.heavily
C.deeply
D.seriously

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If you plant these seeds in May, you ______ a garden full of flowers in October.
A.would have
B.had
C.will have
D.were having

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence.
The article was about the different _______ of Spanish spoken in South America.
A.varieties
B.differences
C.changes
D.types

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence.
That man has never been known _______ before.
A.lie
B.to lie
C.lying
D.has lied

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I believe that judges should be independent ______ the government.
A.to
B.of
C.with
D.on

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following questions.
Sue and Anne are talking about their future plans.
Sue: “I am not interested in the idea of taking a gap year and going backpacking in Nepal.”
Anne: “ Well, _____________.”
A.I am
B.Help yourself
C.Neither do I
D.That’s life