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.
The end of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century were marked by the development of an international Art Nouveau style, characterized by sinuous lines, floral and vegetable motifs, and soft evanescent coloration. The Art Nouveau style was an eclectic one, bringing together elements of Japanese art, motifs of ancient cultures, and natural forms. The glass objects of this style were elegant in outline, although often deliberately distorted, with pale or iridescent surfaces. A favored device of the style was to imitate the iridescent surface seen on ancient glass that had been buried. Much of the Art Nouveau glass produced during the years of its greatest popularity had been generically termed “art glass.” Art glass was intended for decorative purposes and relied for its effect on carefully chosen color combinations and innovative techniques.
France produced a number of outstanding exponents of the Art Nouveau style; among the most celebrated was Emile Galle (1846-1904). In the United States, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1843-1933) was the most noted exponent of this style, producing a great variety of glass forms and surfaces, which were widely copied in their time and are highly prized today. Tiffany was a brilliant designer, successfully combining ancient Egyptian, Japanese, and Persian motifs.
The Art Nouveau style was a major force in the decorative arts from 1895 until 1915, although its influence continued throughout the mid-1920’s.It was eventually to be overtaken by a new school of thought known as Functionalism that had been present since the turn of the century. At first restricted to a small avant-garde group of architects and designers, Functionalism emerged as the dominant influence upon designers after the First World War. The basic tenet of the movement-that function should determine form-was not a new concept. Soon a distinct aesthetic code evolved: from should be simple, surfaces plain, and any ornament should be based on geometric relationships. This new design concept, coupled with the sharp postwar reactions to the styles and conventions of the preceding decades, created an entirely new public taste which caused Art Nouveau types of glass to fall out of favor. The new taste demanded dramatic effects of contrast, stark outline and complex textural surfaces.
Para.1 mentions that Art Nouveau glass was sometimes similar to which aspect of ancient buried glass______.
A.The distortion of the glass
B.The appearance of the glass surface
C.The shapes of the glass objects   
D.The size of the glass objects

Her husband is a writer and _________.        
A. so she is   
B.neither is she
C.so is she
D.she is neither

Untortunately, our local cinema is on the __________ of closing down.
A. verge  
B.hint 
C.edge
D.threat

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
After long years working on his farm, he now has a ______ face.
A.weather-damaged         
B.weather-affected    
C.weather-proof   
D.weather-beaten

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
…………bag are you carrying? – Judy’s.
 
A.Which
B.What
C. Who’s
D.Whose

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
The summer is coming. It gets ____.
A.hot and hot   
B.the more hot   
C.the hotter   
D.hotter and hotter

The national  ....................in Malaysia is Malay.
A.language
B.currency
C.religion
D.climate

We can't get everything we want from life; we must just make the best_____ it.
A.for
B.by
C.of
D.with

It is common knowledge that sportsmen __________ themselves in good form by regular swimming.
A.take 
B.make 
C.keep
D.put

Which sentence expresses the same idea as the given one?
They spent a lot of money on food and clothes.
A.Money was spent on food and clothes.
B.A lot of money was spent on food and clothes.
C.A lot of money were spent on food and clothes.
D.A lot of money on food and clothes were spent.