According to the passage, knowledge about building technology ______.
 
A.has experienced complete changes for generations
B.includes the experience gained from generation to generation
C.is always influenced by a wide range of technological applications
D.is based on modern technologies rather than traditions

Despite having few passengers, the coach to Dover will still leave according to schedule.    
A.The coach that goes to Dover only carries a small number of passengers.
B. There are quite a few people travelling on the bus to Dover, so it will be departing soon.
C.The coach to Dover is going to depart as planned, even though there aren’t many people on it.
D.If the bus for Dover leaves right now, there won’t be a lot of people travelling on it.

Find the mistake in each of the following sentences.  
It often takes my mom half an hour getting to work by underground every morning. 
A.takes
B.hafl an hour
C.getting
D.by underground

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Not all teenagers are well-                                  for their future job when they are at high school.
A.interested
B.concerned
C.prepared
D.satisfied

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 38 to 42.
The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (38)_         a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These childish couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from the (39)           of childbearing; or, perhaps they (40)          physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult(41)           a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or motherAmericans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s (42) _  _ regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans

A.ideal
B.choices
C.feeling
D.chance

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

A.landed
B.filled
C.suited
D.wicked

“ Were you pleased with the translation?” 

“Yes. The job was ________.”
A.amazing satisfactory
B.amazingly satisfactory
C.amazing satisfactorily
D.satisfactory amazing

Prevention is better than ...............
A.treatment        
B.pills     
C.cure    
D.doctors

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

A.daunted      
B.installed      
C.committed  
D.confided

The essay is too short. It can’t be given a high grade.  
A.It is too short an essay to earn a high grade.
B.The essay needs to be shorter to receive a high grade.
C.Even if it were longer, the essay wouldn’t get a high grade.
D.The essay is so short that it can be given a high grade.