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.
Congo's presidential election is hoped to enable the country's first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence from Belgium in 1960.
A.transplant
B.removal
C.conversion
D.shifting

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

A.feather
B.leather
C.feature
D.measure

Under the "putting-out system", the workers ____.
A. are provided with tools to produce goods at home
B.bought materials to manufacture goods
C.provide their factories with raw materials   
D. turn their homes into factories

The word them in line 4 refers to _________ .
A.optical fibers
B.pathways
C.physicians
D.other areas of the body

The word “striking” in line 7 is closest in meaning to________ . 
A.physical
B.confusing
C.noticeable
D.successful

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My brother _______at the road when he ______into a hole.
A.didn’t look - has fallen
B.wasn’t looking - was falling
C.won’t look - fall
D.wasn’t looking - fell

It was kind of Hoa to send flowers to me on my birthday.
A.Hoa was kind enough to send flowers to me on my birthday.
B.Hoa wasn't kind enough to send me flowers on my birthday.
C.Hoa was enough kind to send me flowers on my birthday.
D.Hoa was kind enough not to send flowers to me on my birthday

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
He wondered ______ his sister looked like, because they hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
A.why
B.which
C.how
D.what

You’d better not leave home __________ a raincoat. It is going to rain.
A.not with
B.for
C.with
D.without

In lines 16-18, the author implies that                      
A.many accounts of Indian removal are not true.
B.Indian removal was a shameful tragedy of American history.
C.Indian treaties and removal were minor events in American history
D.new treaties promised Indians more land than had the earlier treaties.