In the past six months, the company has already received twice___________in gross revenues as it earned in the entire preceding year.
 
A.as much     
B.more     
C.as many
D.as more

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

A.reject                                  
B.regard                     
C.represent
D.religion

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Janet admitted _______ the car without insurance.
A.to be driving 
B.being driven  
C.to have driven  
D.having driven

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose one mistake in each of the following sentences.
We all know that (A) we have to work hardly (B) to earn a living ourselves (C) and support (D) the family. 
A.A
B.B
C.C
D.D

(46) 
A.deal with  
B.turn out 
C.sail through
D.come into

Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on the top of the first page to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
                The incredible growth of the Internet over recent years has caused problems for parents and teachers. Parents worry about which sites their children spend time on, who they chat to online and the possible effects that computer games might have on them. For teachers, meanwhile, the main worry is the way the Internet makes
cheating easier!
                Schools and universities say there has been a huge increase in plagiarism – taking other people’s words and ideas and pretending that they are your own. In the past, anyone who wanted to copy had to go to a library, find the right books, read through them, find the sections they needed and then physically write down the words they wanted to use. Nowadays, though, students can simply copy extracts from websites-while really desperate students sometimes copy whole essays! As if this wasn’t bad enough, sites offering toactually do homework – at a price – have also started appearing.
                Despite all this, we shouldn’t assume that the Internet only brings problems. Indeed, you could say that for every problem the Internet creates, it also brings a solution. Parents can now use sophisticated controls to stop kids accessing sites that might do them harm, while new software helps teachers to detect copied work immediately. Many, of course, are already able to recognize when someone is cheating! ‘Some students suddenly start using words they can’t possibly understand like ‘dialectical antagonism’,’ explains one teacher, ‘or parts of their essays feel different.”
               
One of the hardest things for teachers today is deciding how to mix modern technology with traditional study skills – and how best to use the Web in class. As more and more schools install computers in every classroom, the role of the teacher is changing. Making sure students don’t just copy things and do learn how to quote copied work properly is part of their job, but so is designing suitable projects to fully exploit the Web in helping students students learn about subjects and develop their life and social skills.
( adapted from Pre- Intermidiate Outcomes by Hugh Dellar $ Andrew Walkley) 
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A.The Internet has only bad impacts on education.
B.Many websites offer to do homework without fee.
C.The Internet can be used positively in education.
D.Parents don’t want to control children’s access to sites.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
The proposal will go ahead despite strong___________ from the public.
A.A. objections                 
B.  B. refusals                        
C.C. resistances                   
D.D. disagreements

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 35 to 42.
Washington was the first city in history to be created solely for the purpose of governance. Following the Revolution, members of Congress had hotly debated the question of a permanent home for themselves and for those departments – the Treasury, the Patent Office and so on – which even the sketchiest of central governments would feel obliged to establish. In 1790, largely in order to put an end to congressional bickering, George Washington was charged with selecting a site for the newly designated federal district. Not much to anyone’s surprise but to the disappointment of many he chose a tract of land on the banks of the Potomac River, a few miles upstream from his beloved plantation Mount Vernon.
The District of Columbia was taken in part from Virginia and in part from Maryland. At the time it was laid out, its hundred square miles consisted of gently rolling hills, some under cultivation and the rest heavily wooded, with a number of creeks and much swampy land along the Potomac. There is now a section of Washington that is commonly referred to as Foggy Bottom; that section bore the same nickname a hundred and eighty years ago.
Two ports cities, Alexandria and Georgetown, flourished within sight of the new capital and gave it access by ship to the most important cities of the infant nation – Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Salem and Portsmouth – and also to the far-off ports of England and the Continent.
What is the main topic of the passage?
A.The founding of Washington, DC
B.The governing of the federal district
C.The first years of the United States Congress
D.The role of George Washington in the American Revolution

A.ocean
B.undersea      
C.beneath     
D.deep

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions
Humans have struggled against weeds since the beginnings of agriculture. Marring our gardens is one of the milder effects of weeds – any plants that thrive where they are unwanted. They clog waterways, destroy wildlife habitats, and impede farming. Their spread eliminates grazing areas and accounts for one-third of all crop loss. They compete for sunlight, nutrients, and water with useful plants.
The global need for weed control had been answered mainly by the chemical industry. Its herbicides are effective and sometimes necessary, but some pose serious problems, particularly if misused. Toxic compounds threaten animal and public health when they accumulate in food plants, groundwater, and drinking water. They also harm workers who apply them.
In recent years, the chemical industry has introduced several herbicides that are more ecologically sound. Yet new chemicals alone cannot solve the world’s weed problems. Hence, scientists are exploring the innate weed-killing powers of living organisms, primarily insects and microorganisms.
The biological agents now in use are environmentally benign and are harmless to humans. They can be chosen for their ability to attack selected targets and leave crops and other plants untouched. In contrast, some of the most effective chemicals kill virtually all the plants they come in contact with, sparing only those that are naturally resistant or have been genetically modified for resistance. Furthermore, a number of biological agents can be administered only once, after which no added applications are needed. Chemicals typically must be used several times per growing season.
The word ‘clog’ in bold is closest in meaning to
A.drain   
B.grow along  
C.obstruct     
D.float on