Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair  of   sentences  in  the  following  questions.
There had been prior warning of the earthquake. Nevertheless, it came as a shock to the people living in nearby villages.
A.There had been warnings about the earthquake, so the people in nearby villages must not have been surprised by it.
B.Even though the earthquake had been predicted, residents of nearby villages were taken by surprise when it struck.
C.The earthquake having been predicted, even those inhabitants living in nearby villages were prepared for it.
D.The earthquake had been predicted, for the residents in nearby villages were struck before they received the warnings.

V – Read the pasage and decide which answer best fits each space  :
     The Gobidesert is a cold desert , and it is not uncommon to see frost and occasionally snow on its ( 21 ) . Besides being quite far north , it is also roughly 900 meters (2,953f t ) above sea level ,which further ( 22 ) to its low temperatures . An average of approximately 194 millimeters (7.6 in) of ( 23 ) per year in the Gobi. Additional moisture reaches parts of the Gobiin winter as snow is ( 24 ) by the wind from the Siberian Steppes . These winds ( 25 ) the Gobi to reach extremes of temperature like no other , ranging from – 400 C in Winter to + 500 C in Summer .  
(25)
A.make  
B.decide    
C.want     
D.cause

We _______with a swim in the lake.
A.gave in
B.took up
C.got out
D.cooled off

Mary’s lawyer advised her_______ anything  further about the accident. 
A.not saying 
B.telling 
C.not to say
D.not tell

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
As a government official, Benjamin Franklin often traveled abroad.
A.overseas                        
B.alone              
C.widely                
D. secretly

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined bold word(s) in each of the following questions.
Never punish your children by hitting them. This might teach them to become hitters.
A.bring      
B.reward   
C.give    
D.accept

In future years it is most likely that                   .
A.the remaining theme parks will also  close 
B.the Paris theme park will become  successful
C.the Disney name will stay well known                
D.Disney will produce only cartoons

Read the passage and choose the correct answers to fill in the blanks.
            In the United states of American, English is (31)_______the national language, the language of the American nation. Four hundred years ago, some English people sailed to the North American to live (32)________ and they (33)_________ the English language to this new country. After them came people from all the countries of Europe. And they all learned English (34)_________they made it a little different from British English. In the USA now people speak American English. Very many words are the (35)___________ in American and in British English, but the American people do not speak the English language  in the same way as people in England.

A.there      
B.that                         
C.here                        
D.this

It's difficult for me decide whether I should accept the job or not.
A.difficult
B.decide
C.accept
D.or not

According to the passage, what did Marian Anderson have in common with Martin Luther King, Jr? 
A. moral perseverance   
B. a clear strong voice
C. a performance at the Lincoln Memorial
D.singing in church