Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
About 1.3 billion people live in absolute poverty on_______ income of less than one US dollar a day. 70% of these people are women.
A.Ø
B.a
C.the
D.an

Factory/ close down/ account/ economic depression//
A.The factory had to close down on account for the economic depression.
B.The factory was closed down on account of the economic depression.
C.The factory had to close down on account for   economic depression.
D.The factory had to close down on account of the economic depression.

Our class__________into four groups when we have English lessons.
A.usually divides            
B.is usually divided
C.is dividing usually
D.be divided usually

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
I will return Bob’s pen to him the next time I _____ him.
A.see                             
B.have seen                  
C.will see    
D.will have seen

(37) ________
A.making    
B.doing                      
C.having                   
D.taking

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the printed one.
Although she has less teaching experience than the other staff member, she is one of the best teachers.
A.She is one of the best teachers because she has taught longer.
B.Other members of the staff teach less than she does.
C.She has the best experience of all the teachers on the staff.
D.She is one of the best teachers in spite of her having less experience.

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about Melissa?
A.She volunteers to help out at Larkin-Chase because it makes her feel good.
B.She no longer volunteers at Larkin-Chase as she hates writing essays.
C.She helps out at Larkin-Chase because it is a requirement of her course.
D.She doesn’t like to volunteer there unless she is forced to do so by the school.

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.

The writer was really hot under the collar when his novel was mistaken for another.
A.angry
B.worried
C.calm
D.curious

That restaurant is so dirty that no one wants to eat there.
A.It is such a dirty restaurant that no one wants to eat there
B.This is a dirty restaurant where no one wants to eat
C.It is too dirty restaurant for everyone to eat
D.It is a dirty restaurant, that no one wants to eat

_____, we couldn’t have continued with the project.
A. If you hadn’t contributed positively    
B.Even if you didn’t like to contribute
C.Provided your contribution wouldn’t come   
D.Unless we had your contribution