Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.
University researchers have taken samples from a preserved dodo specimen in an (31) _____ to uncover the extinct bird’s family tree. They worked with the British Natural History Museum to collect and study genetic material from large number of specimens: a preserved dodo, the extinct solitaire bird, and 35 kind of living pigeons and doves. Their analysis (32) _____ the doo and the solitaire to be close relatives with the Nicobar pigeon, their nearest living relative. The dodo lived on Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It was a flightless bird, bigger than a turkey. By 1681, all dodos had been (33) _____ by hungry sailors. The solitaire, which looked a bit like a dodo, had gone the same way by 1800. By extracting short pieces of the dodo’s DNA and (34) _____ these with the DNA of living birds, the scientists were able to deduce when the dodo evolved away from its relatives into a separate entity. The scientists can now (35) _____ assume that the dodo developed its distinctive appearance and features as a result of its geographical isolation. They are now convinced that it separated from the solitaire about 25 million years ago, long before Mauritius became an island.
(33)
A.disappeared              
B.vanished                
C.killed                                 
D.extinct

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.
He broke up with her but now he thinks that was a mistake.
A.He feels a pity that he had broken up with her.
B.He wishes not to have broken her up.
C.He regrets having broken up with her.
D.He was mistaken with breaking up with her.

TheSimpson Desertwas named …………. the President of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia.
A.after                          
B.as                             
C.to
D.for

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.
MODERN SCIENCE
It seems entirely natural to us that there are teams of scientists in universities and (46) _______ institutions around the world, attempting to discover the way the world works. (47) _______, it hasn’t always been that way. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could (48) _________ the cause of natural events just by the power of thought.
            During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test their scientific ideas by designing a relevant experiment and seeing what happened. A lot of (49) _________ was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often worked alone, carrying out research into many different areas of science, and they often received very little (50) _________ for their hard work. At the start of the 20th century, though, it became clear that science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. The individual scientists disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts. Modern science was born.
(47)
A.However    
B.Accordingly      
C.Thus                       
D.Besides

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.
He last visited London three years ago.
A.He didn't visit London three years ago. 
B.He has been in London for three years.
C.He was in London for three years. 
D.He hasn't visited London for three years.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Unfortunately, the sunny intervals we were promised have been few and far between.
A.unusual
B.extraordinary
C.rare
D.frequent

Military is ______ in this country. Every man who reaches the age of 18 has to serve in the army for two years.
A.compulsory                 
B.optional                
C.illegal                   
D.unnecessary

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______ toward shore, its shape is changed by its collision with the shallow sea bottom.
A.During a wave rolls
B.As a wave rolls
C.A wave rolls
D.A wave’s rolling

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

A.teaching                  
B.ache                        
C.architect                  
D.school

Choose the correct answer to the each of the following questions.
The place ......................... we spent our holiday was really beautiful.
A.what                       
B.who                                    
C.where                     
D.which