Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, (25) _______ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland. She returned to the United States for college. After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer. In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (26) _______ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. Published in 1989, the book explored the (27) _______ between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters, and became the longest-running New York Times bestseller for that year. The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award. It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (28) _______ Tan co-wrote the screenplay. Tan's other works have also been (29) ______ into several different forms of media.
(27) 
A.relate                       
B.relative                    
C.relationship            
D.relatively

I had nothing to  .............., so I decided to keep silent.
A.say
B.tell
C.talk
D.speak

_______(77)
A.connect  
B.glue 
C.send      
D.subordinate

If I _____rich, I would buy that house.
A.am
B.was
C.were
D.has been

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting 
There's hardly no sugar left, so we must get some when we go shopping.
A.no sugar
B.There's
C.must
D.some

It is mentioned in the passage that if the global temperature rose by 2 or 3 Celsius degrees, ______.
A.half of the earth’s surface would be flooded       
B.the sea level would rise by 20 centimeters
C. water supply would decrease by 50 percent  
D.20 to 50 percent of species could become extinct

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
His academic record at high school was poor. He failed to apply to that

prestigious institution. 
A.The academic record at high school was poor because he didn't apply to that prestigious institution.
B.His academic record at high school was poor as a result of his failure to apply to that pression institution.
C.His academic record at high school was poor; as a result, he failed to apply to that prestigious
D.Failing to apply to that prestigious institution, his academic record at high school was poor.

_________(40)
A.from
B.with
C.by
D.at

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
I cannot wait until they ___ the new model.
A.send through  
B.pick up    
C.give away    
D.bring out

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences
Don't put off doing your homework until tomorrow. Do it right now, _____?
A.do you        
B.don't you       
C. will you    
D.aren't you