______(44)
A.laughter
B.sadness
C.humour
D.depression

It’s a pity that you didn't tell us about this.
A.I wish you told us about this. 
B.I wish you would tell us about this.
C.I wish you had told us about this.
D.I wish you have told us about this.

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 from 51 to 60. 
The ability to conduct electricity is one of the key properties of a metal. Other solid materials such as silicon can conduct electricity but only effectively at certain temperatures. Also, some substances such as salt (sodium chloride) can conduct when molten or when dissolved in water. The ability of metals to conduct electricity is due to how their atoms bond together. In order to bond together the metal atoms lose at least one of their outermost electrons. This leaves the metal atoms with a positive charge and they are now strictly ions. The lost electrons are free to move in what is known as a sea of electrons. Since the electrons are negatively charged they attract the ions and this is what keeps the structure together.
An electric current is a flow of charge and since the electrons in the sea of electrons are free to move they can be made to flow in one direction when a source of electrical energy such as a battery is connected to the metal. Hence we have an electric current flowing through the wire, and this is what makes metals such good conductors of electricity. The only other common solid conducting material that pencil users are likely to encounter is graphite (what the ‘lead’ of a pencil is made from). Graphite is a form of carbon and again the carbon atoms bond in such a way that there is a sea of electrons that can be made to flow as an electric current. Likewise, if we have an ionic substance like salt we can make the electrically charged ions flow to create a current but only when those ions are free to move, either when the substance is a liquid or dissolved in water. In its solid state an ionic substance like salt cannot conduct electricity as its charged ions cannot flow.
Electrical insulators are substances that cannot conduct electricity well either, because they contain no charged particles or any charged particles they might contain do not flow easily. Water itself is a poor conductor of electricity as it does not contain a significant amount of fully charged particles (the ends of a water molecule are partly charged but overall the molecule is neutral). However, most water we encounter does contain dissolved charged particles, so it will be more conductive than pure water. Many of the problems that occur when touching electrical devices with wet hands result from the ever-present salt that is left on our skin through perspiration and it dissolves in the water to make it more conductive
We can have problems when touching electrical devices with wet hands because ______. 
A.the water dissolves the salt on our skin and becomes more conductive
B.the water containing no charged particles makes it more conductive
C.the water itself is a good conductor of electricity
D.the water contains too many neutral molecules

______(28)
A.a half
B.half
C.half a
D.half the

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The top shelf in the cupboard is too high for me  _______.
A.to reach    
B.reaching      
C.to reaching    
D.for reaching

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.
There has been insufficient rainfall over the past two years, and fanners are having trouble.
A.abundant           
B.adequate            
C.unsatisfactory    
D.dominant

VII. Read the text and questions below. For each question, circle the letter you choose A, B, C or D.
            Even before the turn of the century, movies began to develop in two major directions: the realistic and the formalistic. Realism and formalism are merely general, rather than absolute, terms. When used to suggest a tendency toward either popularity, such labels can be helpful, but in the end they are still just labels. Few films are exclusively formalist in style, and fewer yet are completely realist. There is also an important difference between realism and reality, although this distinction is often forgotten. Realism is a particular style, whereas physical reality is the source of all the raw materials of film, both realistic and formalistic. Virtually all movie directors go to the photographable world of their subject matter, but what they do with this material - how they shape and manipulate it - determines their stylistic emphasis.
            Generally speaking, realistic films attempt to reproduce the surface of concrete reality with a minimum of distortion. In photographing objects and events, the filmmaker tries to suggest the copiousness of life itself. Both realist and formalist film directors must select (and hence emphasize).
certain details from the chaotic sprawl of reality. But the element of selectivity in realistic films is less obvious. Realists, in short, try to preserve the illusion that their film world is not manipulated, an objective mirror of the : actual world. Formalists, on the other hand, make no such pretense. They deliberately stylize and distort their raw materials so that only the very naive would mistake a manipulated image of an object or event for the real thing.
            We rarely notice the style in a realistic movie; the artist tends to be self-effacing. Some filmmakers are more concerned with what is being shown than how it is manipulated. The camera is used conservatively. It is essentially a recording mechanism that reproduces the surface of tangible objects with as little commentary as possible. A high premium is placed on simplicity, spontaneity, and directness. This is not to suggest that these movies -lack artistry, however, for at its best the realistic cinema specializes in art that conceals art.
Which of the following terms is NOT used to describe realism in filmmaking?
A.Simple
B.Spontaneous
C.Self-effacing     
D.Exaggerated

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Though  I didn’t want my son to leave home since he was twenty- one, there was nothing I could do to ____ it.
A.hinder 
B.resist 
C.prevent
D.cease

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.
I didn’t want to get........... debt to Sue, so I didn’t borrow any money.
A.on                     
B.at               
C.in            
D.to

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

A.desert
B.reserve
C.observant
D.conserve