Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The minister has, in a ________ of speaking, resigned.
A.form          
B.means    
C.kind         
D.manner

________ (4)
A.was sleeping
B.is sleeping
C.slept
D.sleeping

______(39)
A.which 
B.where
C. when       
D. that

A.cut                        
B.hurry                             
C.full                              
D.under

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I ……….the stairs and almost broke my neck!
A.fell out
B.fell off
C.tripped over
D.slipped

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
A public spending programme is out of the question in the current economical climate.
A.spending
B.is
C.the
D.economical

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
According to (A) the latest (B) news from the earthquake site, two-thirds (C) of the city have (D) been destroyed.                        
A.to
B.latest
C.two-thirds
D.have

A wedding is a meaningful event.
A. sad      
B. sorrowful    
C.important           
D.unimportant

I know you have been working very hard today. Let's ________ and go home.
A.pros and cons 
B.put your back up
C.pull my leg         
D.call it a day

Exercise 1. 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 first each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.
Humans are destroying the earth’s tropical rain forests. About 80,000 square kilometers are being  destroyed  every  year. About a quarter of the (1)_____ comes from people cutting trees for fuel. Another quarter is to make grassland for their cattle. The (2)______ trees are cut down to sell the wood to start farms.
The population in cities all over the world is growing, and more and more wood is needed to build huge new buildings. For example, 5,000 trees from Sarawak rain forest in Malaysia were used to build just one tall building. (3)_______ people continue cutting down that many trees in Sarawak rain forest, all the trees could be gone in eight years.
The world needs more food, and it (4)______ like a good idea to clear the rain forests and use the land for agriculture. Many people think that the land under these huge, thick forests must be in rich nutrients, but it isn't. This is another surprising thing about rain forests. Most of the land in tropical rain forest is very (5)________.
(3) 
A.Unless
B.If
C.While
D.Although