By the time we ___________ out on a Sunday, the bathroom was full of water. .
 
A.have a plumber come   
B.got a plumber to come
C.got a plumber coming
D.had a plumber to come

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Everyone will tell you that becoming a parent is challenging, but you never really know what that means until you learn about it the ________ way.
A.long                        
B.direct                       
C.full                          
D.hard

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.   
I paid the assistant and took the books but then stupidly left the bookshop without waiting for my............. .
A.cash                                
B.fee                        
C.refund                  
D.change

We(A) really enjoyed the (B) children’s (C) imaginative and (D) excited play last Saturday
A.really
B.children’s
C.imaginative
D.excited play

____________________  received law degrees as today.
A.Women who have never         
B.Never so many women have
C.The women aren't ever    
D.Never have so many women

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.                
Founded after World War II by 51 "peace-loving states" combined to oppose future aggression, the United Nations now counts 192 member nations, (16)……….. its newest members, Nauru, Kiribati, and Tonga in 1999, Tuvalu and Yugoslavia in 2000, Switzerland and East Timor in 2002, and Montenegro in 2006.
United Nations Day has been (17)……… on October 24 since 1948 and celebrates the objectives and accomplishments of the organization, which was established on October 24, 1945.
The UN (18)……… in peacekeeping and humanitarian missions across the globe. Though some say its (19)……….. has declined in recent decades, the United Nations still plays a tremendous role in world politics. In 2001 the United Nations and Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General of the UN, won the Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world."
Since 1948 there have been 63 UN peacekeeping operations that are currently under way. Thus far, close to 130 nations have contributed personnel (20)……… various times; 119 are currently providing peacekeepers. As of August 31, 2008, there were 16 peacekeeping operations underway with a total of 88,230 personnel. The small island nation of Fiji has taken part in virtually every UN peacekeeping operation, as has Canada.
(Source:https://www.examenglish.com/PTE/pte_academic_reading_4.htm, December 10th, 2017)
(19)
A.consequence 
B.meaninglessness 
C.awareness 
D. influence

According to the passage the first impression _______ .
A. can easily be altered
B. is the one that stays with the interviewer
C.has been repeatedly demonstrated to the applicant
D.is unrelated to the interviewer’s prejudices

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 following questions from 13 to 20.
            Have you ever thought about inventing something? Did you worry that your idea was too strange or unrealistic? Well, maybe you should think again. Strange or unrealistic ideas never stopped Arthur Pedrick. Pedrick was a British inventor. Originally a government clerk, he spent his retirement in the 1960s and 1970s developing new and unusual ideas. Some of these ideas contradicted basic physics, but that didn’t stop Pedrick. One of his strangest ideas was a plan to connect large tubes from the continent of Australia all the way to Antarctica, a distance of 10,000 km! These tubes would carry giant ice balls from Antarctica to Australia. This ice would then melt in the Australian desert, and the water would be used in irrigation. Another of Pedrick’s inventions was a radio-controlled golf ball. A golfer could change the speed and direction of the golf ball by small flaps, controlled by computer chips. Using radio waves, the golfer could also find lost golf balls. Arthur Pedrick had thousands of bizarre ideas for inventions, most of which were never built.
            Though many of Pedrick’s inventions were never developed, a lot of other strange ideas were. In 1989, a company designed and sold a theft-prevention device for expensive cars. As part of this device, several tubes were attached to the bottom of a car. If someone tried to steal the car, super hot flames would come out of the tubes and burn the car thief. Some people who were not thieves, however, were seriously injured. They accidentally set off the device by walking past the car. Other strange inventions include underwear for dogs and pens with drinkable ink. The underwear keeps dogs from making a mess when they go out for a walk. Also, if you are ever thirsty during a test, a pen with drinkable ink would be very handy! If you have an idea that seems a little out in left field, don’t let that stop you from trying it. You’ll be in good company.
What was the problem with the theft prevention device?
A.It didn’t work.      
B.It hurt other people besides thieves.
C.Only bicycles could use it.     
D.It was too big.

The word “prospective” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A.ambitious                            
B.generous
C.reasonable              
D.future

Exercise 1. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word or phrase which does not contain the same sound as the other three.

A.aid                          
B.aide                         
C.add                         
D.ade