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Choose the best answer among A, B, C, D to complete each sentence below:
Mr. Young is not only healthy ____________ also cheerful.
A.and    
B.both   
C.but
D.with

The author suggests that in Canada during the1950s __________________.
A. the urban population decreased rapidly    
B. economic conditions were poor
C. fewer people married
D.the birth rate was very high

"Some sugar?" "______"
A.No, no me!
B.No, I don't.
C.Thanks, I'd like.
D.Yes. please

Working hard, she fell ill.
A.She was too ill to work hard.
B.Because she worked hard, she fell ill.
C.She did not work so she fell ill.
D.She worked hard but she was not so ill.

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 following questions.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990. This law extends civil rights protection to persons with disabilities in private sector employment, all public services, and in public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications. A person with disability is defined as someone with a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits him or her in a major life activity, such as walking, talking, working, or self-care. A person with a disability may also be someone with a past record of such an impairment, for example, someone who no longer has heart disease but discriminated against because of that history.
The ADA states that employers with fifteen or more employees may not refuse to hire or promote a person because of a disability if that person is qualified to perform the job. Also, the employer must make reasonable accommodations that will allow a person with a disability to perform essential functions of the job.
        All new vehicles purchased by public transit authorities must be accessible to people with disabilities. All rail stations must be made accessible, and at least one car per train is existing rail systems must be made accessible.
It is illegal for public accommodations to exclude or refuse persons with disabilities. Public accommodations are businesses and services such as restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and parks. All new buildings must be made accessible, and existing facilities must remove barriers if the removal can be accomplished without much difficulty or expense.
The ADA also stipulates that companies offering telephone service to the general public must offer relay services to individuals who use telecommunications devices for the deaf, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To explain the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
B.To discuss telecommunications devices for the deaf.
C.To make suggestions for hiring persons with disabilities.
D.To describe discrimination against persons with disabilities.

There are vast, open grazing lands, an area that receives little rain than the farming region west of the Missouri River.
A.vast, open grazing
B.an area
C.little rain
D.west of

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.
“Why didn’t you attend the meeting, Mary?” Tom asked.
A.Tom asked Mary why didn’t she attend the meeting.
B.Tom asked Mary why she hadn’t attended the meeting.
C.Tom asked Mary why hadn’t she attended the meeting.
D.Tom asked Mary why she wasn’t attending the meeting.

I was clever of him ....... the crossword in five minutes.
A.do
B.did
C.doing
D.to do

Mark  the  letter A, B, C, or D on  your answer  sheet  to  indicate  the  correct  answer  to  each of the following questions.  
_________flowers are usually made of plastic or silk.
A.Unreal  
B.False    
C.Artificial    
D.Untrue

Read the passage carefully, then choose the best answer for each question.
A LOVE POEM IN STONE
Often called "a love poem  in stone," the Taj Mahal is well-known for being one of the most beautiful buildings ever created. It is also perhaps the most beautiful expression of love in the world.
The emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for his empress, Mumtaz Mahal. The couple lived happily together for 18 years. Then Mumtaz died during the birth of their fourteenth child. Before she died, the emperor made her a promise. To remember her, he would build the most beautiful monument in the world.
The emperor poured his passion and wealth into building the Taj Mahal. It is said that it took more than 20,000 people and 1,000 elephants to build. They worked for over 20 years to build the monument and its central dome, which stands over 73 meters above the ground.
Soon after the building was finished, Shah Jahan's son became emperor. He put Shah Jahan in prison.  Shah Jahan lived there until his death in 1666, when his body was put in the Taj Mahal with the woman he loved.
There are many legends about the Taj Mahal. In one story, when the building was complete, Shah Jahan had the builders' hands cut off, supposedly so they could never build anything as beautiful as the Taj Mahal. Another says he also wanted to build a black Taj Mahal. These are interesting stories, but they are most likely not true.
The love story between Shah Jahan and his wife ended sadly. But the monument to their love still stands today. It is visited by millions of tourists, who come to see the marble change color in the light of the rising sun or a full moon.
Which of these statements about the Taj Mahal is true?
A.It took 20 years to build.
B.Shah Jahan died inside it in 1666.
C.Its central dome was never completed.
D.It is the most beautiful building ever created.