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.
Considered the most influential architect of his time, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was born in the small rural community of Richland Center, Wisconsin. He entered the University of Wisconsin at the age of 15 as a special student, studying engineering because the school had no course in architecture. At the age of 20 he then went to work as a draftsman in Chicago in order to learn the traditional, classical language of architecture. After marrying into a wealthy business family at the age of 21, Wright set up house in an exclusive neighborhood in Chicago, and after a few years of working for a number of architectural firms, set up his own architectural office.
For twenty years he brought up a family of six children upstairs, and ran a thriving architectural practice of twelve or so draftsmen downstairs. Here, in an idyllic American suburb, with giant oaks, sprawling lawns, and no fences, Wright built some sixty rambling homes by the year 1900. He became the leader of a style known as the “Prairie” school - houses with low-pitched roofs and extended lines that blended into the landscape and typified his style of “organic architecture”.
By the age of forty-one, in 1908, Wright had achieved extraordinary social and professional success. He gave countless lectures at major universities, and started his Taliesin Fellowship – a visionary social workshop in itself. In 1938 he appeared on the cover of Time magazine, and later, on a two cent stamp. The most spectacular buildings of his mature period were based on forms borrowed from nature, and the intentions were clearly romantic, poetic, and intensely personal. Examples of these buildings are Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel (1915-22: demolished 1968), and New York City’s Guggenheim Museum (completed 1959). He continued working until his death in 1959, at the age of 92, although in his later years, he spent as much time giving interviews and being a celebrity, as he did in designing buildings. Wright can be considered an essentially idiosyncratic architect whose influence was immense but whose pupils were few.
The word “some” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A.exactly           
B.over                
C.nearly          
D.around

V. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct response to each of the foIlowing exchanges.
~ Nam: "Would you like to join my wildlife protection team?"  ~ Lan: "............."
A.Yes, I like working for this organization very much.
B.Thank you. I've always wanted to do something to help.
C.Where is it located?
D.There are so many wildlife protection teams.

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 Singapore Science Centre is located on a six-hectare site in Jurong. At the centre, we can discover the wonders of science and technology in a fun way. Clap your hands and colorful bulbs will light up. Start a wheel spinning and it will set off a fan churning. It is a place to answer our curiosity and capture our imagination.
The centre features over four hundred exhibits covering topics like solar radiation, communication, electronics, mathematics, nuclear energy and evolution. It aims to arouse interest in science and technology among us and the general public. The centre is the first science one to be established in South East Asia. It was opened in 1977 and it now receives an average of one thousand, two hundred visitors a day. The exhibits can be found in four exhibition galleries. They are the Lobby, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Aviation. These exhibits are renewed annually so as to encourage visitors to make return visits to the centre.
Instead of the usual “Hands off” notices found in exhibition halls, visitors are invited to touch and feel the exhibits, push the buttons, turn the cranks or pedals. This is an interesting way to learn science even if you hate the subject. A Discovery Centre was built for children between the ages of three and twelve. This new exhibition gallery was completed in 1985. Lately this year a stone-age exhibit was built. It shows us about the animals and people which are extinct.
According to the paragraph 2, which of the following is NOT true about the Singapore Science Centre?
A.The exhibits in the centre cover a wide range of topics.
B.The centre is the first one established in the world.
C.The centre was not opened until 1977.
D.Visitors are encouraged to return to the centre.

______(43)
A.China                         
B.Egypt                         
C.England                      
D.America

The plane could fly across the Atlantic without refueling and carrying 11 tons of freight.
A.carrying 
B.could 
C.the 
D.refueling

What is most likely the reason that it was easy to get money from investors in the dot-com era?
A.Investors were mainly Internet entrepreneurs.
B.Investors didn’t expect to get their money back in those days.
C.Investors were confused about the potential of high-tech business ideas.
D.Investors knew that any idea would succeed.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The more ______ you are, the easier it is for you to make friends.
A.reserved
B.funny
C.sociable
D.social

(28) 
A.solve out  
B.work out        
C.come out      
D.give out

After the police had tried unsuccessfully to determine to who the car belonged, they towed it into the station. 
A. the police
B. unsuccessfully
C. to who
D.it

.............Jones is a pop musician, his brother is a politician.
A.when
B.as
C.so
D.while