Fruit is customarily treated with sulfur prior to drying to reduce any color change.
A.previous to  
B.at the time of         
C.in front of 
D. subsequent to

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.
The company is doing much better.............. this year than last year.
A.financial            
B.finance                 
C.financially          
D.financier

Will you like to come with us? There is plenty of room in the car.
A.Will you like
B.with
C.There is
D.room

Pick out the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We may win, we may lose – It just the ______ of the draw.
A.chance                    
B.strike                       
C.odds                        
D.luck

X. Read the following passage and mark the letter A. B. C. or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 43 to 47.
As a child, Phong always dreamt of going abroad to study. (43)__________ he graduate his parents sent him over toNew Zealandto attend college. Phong was very happy that his dream finally came true. When he first arrived in the country, Phong's English was not very good and sometime he did not understand what other people said. He also had difficulties in class because he was not familiar with the new teaching and learning method. He felt (44) __________ in this new place, and missed all his buddies inViet Nam. The food there was so different to what his mum used to cook for him. And for the first time in his life, Phong had to think about his finances, and to plan his spending (45)_________ . However, Phong was young and enthusiastic. He learnt to (46) ___________ to this new environment. After two years, Phong is how very fluent in English and has achieved the top academic award at his school. He has a lot of friends from different countries. He is even good (47) _______ being able to earn money for his daily needs from his part- time job at a restaurant.
(46)
A.explore 
B.discover 
C.adapt
D.adjust

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
BASKETBALL
Although he created the game of basketball at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, Dr. James A. Naismith was a Canadian. Working as a physical education instructor at the International YMCA, now Springfield College, Dr. Naismith noticed a lack of interest in exercise among students during the wintertime. The new England winters were fierce, and the students balked at participating in outdoor activities. Naismith determined a fast-moving game that could be played indoors would fill a void after the baseball and football seasons had ended.
First, he attempted to adapt outdoor games such as soccer and rugby to indoor play, but he soon found them unsuitable for confined areas. Finally, he determined that he would have to invent a game.
In December of 1891, Dr. Naismith hung two old peach baskets at either end of the gymnasium at the school, and, using a soccer ball and nine players on each side, organized the first basketball game. The early rules allowed three points for each basket and made running with the ball violation. Every time a goal was made, someone had to climb a ladder to retrieve the ball.
Nevertheless, the game became popular. In less than a year, basketball was being played in both the United States and Canada. Five years later, a championship tournament was staged in New York City, which was won by the Brooklyn Central YMCA.
The teams had already been reduced to seven players, and five became standard in 1897 season. When basketball was introduced as a demonstration sport in the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Luis, it quickly spread throughout the world. In 1906, a metal hoop was used for the first time to replace the basket, but the name basketball has remained.
When was the first demonstration game of basketball held during the Olympics?
A.1891    
B.1892  
C.1897  
D.1904

VI. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
A MORE COMMERCIAL TUNE
  Roger Press, 40, has changed his career. After spending five years (26)                a concert pianist he has gone into business, recently (27)                up his own company. "After leaving university, I decided to (28)                myself to a career in music. I loved performing but it was very hard (29)                I played at concerts in Europe and America, made recordings got good reviews. But after a while, I felt I had gone as (30)                as I could. Unless you are one of the world's top pianists, it's difficult to earn a good (31)                and I wasn't one of the greatest.
   When I gave up my performing career, people around me were more sad and disappointed than I was. But I felt free and (32)                I knew I was getting serious about life. After getting a (33)                in business administration I joined the recording company EMI and started their classical video division, producing programs about famous artists. A year ago I left EMI and formed a new company, New Media System, which (34)                in multimedia programs.
   Now that I run my own business, I'm in control of my life and I feel proud of my achievements. Although the stress is high and I work (35)                hours, the stress involved in piano playing was much worse. It took physical, emotional and mental skills. I prefer the pressures I live with now.
(29) 
A.job                          
B.effort                       
C.work                       
D.career

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Our rapid courier service guarantees to______your urgent documents anywhere within the city limits within an hour of pickup.
A.check
B.told
C.said
D.let

books
A. 
books
 
B.clubs
C.hats
D.stamps

I have met her mother, ______ her father.
A.and neither  
B.so does  
C. but not   
D.neither