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A.where                     
B.that                          
C.if                             
D.as

II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the followings. 
It takes me 15 minutes to get ready.
 
A.to prepare
B.to wake up  
C.to go      
D.to get

The author most likely discusses the “staircase” in paragraph 1 in order to_____
A.show the elegance of the new White House
B. explain the architectural features added by Jefferson
C.provide an example of an inconveniences in the White House
D. demonstrate what had to be rebuilt after the fire

I ________telephone her if I knew her number.
A.would        
B. have to 
C.will    
D.shall

After nine months without any rain, the country was facing one of the worst ____________ in the last fifty years.
 
A.draughts         
B. floods
C.eruptions      
D.droughts

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part.
__________he followed my advice, he__________ be unemployed now.
A.Unless/ can’t   
B.Should/ will   
C.Were/ would not       
D.Had/ would not

They went out in spite of the heavy rain.
A.Although it rains heavily, they went out.
B.Although it rained heavy, they went out.
C.Although it rained heavily, they went out.
D.Although it rains heavy, they went out.

“I can’t find my wallet, Tom” - “Don't worry. I’ll help you to________ it”.
A.look for
B.take care of
C.put on
D.turn off

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