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.
Washington was the first city in history to be created solely for the purpose of governance. Following the Revolution, members of Congress had hotly debated the question of a permanent home for themselves and for those departments – the Treasury, the Patent Office and so on – which even the sketchiest of central governments would feel obliged to establish. In 1790, largely in order to put an end to congressional bickering, George Washington was charged with selecting a site for the newly designated federal district. Not much to anyone’s surprise but to the disappointment of many he chose a tract of land on the banks of the Potomac River, a few miles upstream from his beloved plantation Mount Vernon.
The District of Columbia was taken in part from Virginia and in part from Maryland. At the time it was laid out, its hundred square miles consisted of gently rolling hills, some under cultivation and the rest heavily wooded, with a number of creeks and much swampy land along the Potomac. There is now a section of Washington that is commonly referred to as Foggy Bottom; that section bore the same nickname a hundred and eighty years ago.
Two ports cities, Alexandria and Georgetown, flourished within sight of the new capital and gave it access by ship to the most important cities of the infant nation – Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Salem and Portsmouth – and also to the far-off ports of England and the Continent.
Which of the following does the word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A.the District of Columbia   
B.part                       
C.Virginia                
D.Maryland

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.
He (A) bought a lot of books, (B) none of (C) them he (D) has ever read. 
A.bought 
B.none of
C.them
D.has ever read

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Having opened the bottle,               for everyone.
A.The drink was poured     
B.Mike poured the drink
C.Mike pouring the drink  
D.The drink was being poured

___________(62)
A.there
B.they
C.which
D.where

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
For Americans, it is impolite to ask someone about age, __________and salary.
A.marriage
B.marry
C.married
D.marrying

Some scientists think that a meteor impact, which occurred around 65 million years ago, may have caused the extinction of the dinasaurs.
A. The extinction of the dinosaurs could only have been caused by a meteor impact that occurred some 65 million years ago.                                                                     
B.According to some scientists, the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by a meteor that struck Earth 65 million or so years ago.
C. Some scientists reckon that the impact of a meteor that struck Earth some 65 million years ago need not have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.                       
D.In the opinion of some scientists, the extinction of the dinosaurs could have been the result of the impact of a meteor which occurred roughly 65 million years ago.

__________(5)
A.money
B.energy
C.time
D.water

________(10)
A.making
B.some
C.helping
D.doing

The past participle "home-schooled" in the first paragraph is best equivalent to "_______at home".
 
A.self-studied
B.untaught
C.taught
D.self-learned

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