Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
A golden handshake may have a _______ effect when one is dealt with the blow of redundancy.
A.pillowing                        
B.carpeting                     
C.cushioning                   
D.curtaining

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Jack has a collection of ________ .
A.old valuable Japanese postage stamps      
B.old Japanese valuable postage stamps
C.valuable Japanese old postage stamps    
D.valuable old Japanese postage stamps

The 2014 world cup will be held ________________ Brazil.
A.at
B.of
C.on
D.in

Read the text about oil spill and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 56 to 65.
On an ecologist’s list of nightmares, this (56)_______ looked like an easy member of the top five. An Ecuadorian fuel tanker, the Jessica, ran aground in the Galapagos Archipelago and slowly spilled its (57)_______ of 240.000 gal of fuel oil into the surrounding ocean. The disaster threatened to choke a unique and delicate (58)_______, the islands whose giant tortoises and 15 related species of finch inspired Charles Darwin’s “the origin of Species” in 1859.
he emergency began when the captain of the Jessica, a 30 year old boat, (59)_______ a buoy for a lighthouse and ran aground off the shore of San Cristobal Island. The ship’s cargo was 65% diesel oil (60)_______ for Baltra Island and 35% bunker fuel, a heavier form of oil used by tour boats. Rescue teams from Ecuadorian navy and the state-owned fuel company began (61)_______ fuel from the damaged vessel, but after three days of battering by waves up to 2 meters in (62)_______, the Jessica began leaking oil into the sea and would (63)_______ pour out over 180,000 gallons.
One week later, the government declared a state of (64)_______ in the Galapagos archipelago, setting (65)_______ an initial $2 million for cleanup operation.
(62)_______
A.length       
B.range       
C.height  
D.strength

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The latest medical report (A) indicated that the patient’s temperature was near normal (B) and their (C) lungs were partially (D) cleared.
A.partially  
B.near normal 
C.their  
D.latest medical report

_________(9)
A.cause
B.help 
C.remind 
D.advise

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.
Telecommuting is some form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose job involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8,7 million telecommuters. But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published “The Portable Executive” as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn’t telecommuting become more popular?
Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager’s responsibilities.
It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office.
Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
A.The advantages of telecommuting   
B.The failure of telecommuting
C.An overview of telecommuting   
D.A definition of telecommuting

__________ fired once myself, I knew what to do to succeed in a new job interview.
A.Having          
B.Being    
C.Having been    
D.Had been

"If you want to learn English, I can help you," John said
A.John told me that if I wanted to learn English, he could help me
B.John told me that if I want to learn English, he can help me
C.John told me that if I wanted to learn English, he could have helped me
D.John told me that whether I wanted to learn English, he could help me

________his assistance in those days, I would not be so successful now.
A.If it had not for
B.Had it not been for
C.If there were not
D.Unless I had