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.
Marianne Moore (1887-1972) once said that her writing could be called poetry only because there was no other name for it. Indeed her poems appear to be extremely compressed essays that happen to be printed in jagged lines on the page. Her subjects were varied: animals, laborers, artists, and the craft of poetry. From her general reading came quotations that she found striking or insightful. She included these in her poems, scrupulously enclosed in quotation marks, and sometimes identified in footnotes. Of this practice, she wrote, "Why many quotation marks?" I am asked ... When a thing has been so well that it could not be said better, why paraphrase it? Hence, my writing is, if not a cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies in amber." Close observation and concentration on detail and the methods of her poetry.
Marianne Moore grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, near St. Lois. After graduation from Bryn Mawr College in 1909, she taught commercial subjects at the Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Later she became a librarian in New York City. During the 1920’s she was editor of The Dial, an important literary magazine of the period. She lived quietly all her life, mostly in Brooklyn, New York. She spent a lot of time at the Bronx Zoo, fascinated by animals. Her admiration of the Brooklyn Dodgers-before the team moved to Los Angeles-was widely known.
Her first book of poems was published in London in 1921 by a group of friends associated with the Imagist movement. From that time on her poetry has been read with interest by succeeding generations of poets and readers. In 1952 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Poems. She wrote that she did not write poetry for money or fame. To earn a living is needful, but it can be done in routine ways. One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express.
What is the passage mainly about?
A.Essayists and poets of the 1920's.
B.The use of quotations in poetry.
C.Marianne Moore's life and work.
D.The influence of the Imagists on Marianne Moore.

The drivers ................................ London kept their cars............................the left.
A.in - to
B.on - to
C.on - on
D.from - to

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
Most towns put ______ a Christmas tree, a fir tree decorated with colored lights, shiny balls, tinsel and bows.
A.on
B.in
C.with
D.up

Associated with the Denishawn Company from 1916 until 1923, Martha Graham developed a powerful, _______that was integral to the foundations of modern dance.
A.expressively stylish
B.a style expressive
C.stylishly expressive
D.expressive style

No one but Jane succeeded in giving the correct answer.
A.All but Jane managed to produce the correct answer.
B.Only Jane failed to answer the question correctly.
C.Jane was among those who failed to guess the answer.
D.Everyone but Jane failed to provide the correct answer.

The Internet has developed and become a............ of our every day life.
A.part
B.place
C.role
D.side

This estimated number was presented by _____.  
A.a governmental office
B.school teachers 
C. the parents
D.homeschooled children

When the princess kissed the frog, it turned ................. a handsome prince.
A. into                           
B.up    
C.out
D.over

Some people believe that books are .................. species, fighting for survival in competition with TV, film, the Internet and CD.
A.danger            
B.dangerous    
C. endangered      
D.dangerously

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. 
Peter: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?” – Jerry: “__________.”
A.Yes, it’s an absurd idea. 
B.There’s no doubt about it.
C.Of course not. You bet.    
D.Well, that’s very surprising!