The river overflowed in several places and huge areas of farming land are now several feet under water. There was a................
A.drought
B.fire
C.famine
D.flood

The word "created" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
 
A.found                           
B.made                       
C.discovered
D.founded

A.interview
B. processor  
C.essential
D.compliment

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
As soon as he approached the house, the policemen stopped him.
A.No sooner had he approached the house that the policemen stopped him.
B.Hardly he had approached the house that the policemen stopped him.
C.No sooner had he approached the when the policemen stopped him.
D.Hardly had he approached the house when the policemen stopped him.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
We don't allow anyone to use their cell phones during the examination.
 
A.Nobody isn't allowed to use their cell phones during the examination.
B.Everybody isn't allowed using their cell phones during the examination.
C.Nobody is allowed to use their cell phones during the examination.
D.Nobody is allowed using their cell phones during the examination.

The trip was very interesting. Jack wishes he................enough time to join.
A.had
B.had been
C.had had
D.has had

________ (45)
A.disposed
B.littered
C.thrown away
D. launched

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the robots of the future?
A.They will probably be very complicated.
B.They will be able to do humanlike tasks.
C.They will contribute to making the future more interesting.
D. They will replace human workers in all kinds of work.

He reluctantly accepted that he would have to spend the evening on his own.
A.He resigned spending the evening on his own unhappily.
B.He resigned himself to spending the evening on his own.
C.If he disagreed reluctantly, he would spend the evening on his own.
D.He did not accept spending the evening on his own.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
NEW HUNT FOR LIFE IN SPACE
British space scientists are planning to join the American in the race to find evidence of life on other planets. Alan Penny and his team at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory have (51) …… a telescope that is 40 times more powerful than Hubble. (52) …… as 'Darwin', this telescope could tell if planets 50 light years away have any kind of life on them. Two days (53) …… NASA scientists had shown proof that one of Jupiter's moons could support life, Penny (54) …… that his telescope may be included in a European Space Agency mission. The Darwin project, with a (55) …… of 500 million, is on a shortlist of two proposals. If approved, it will probably be (56) …… around 2010, its destination somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. The blueprint is actually for five telescopes positioned 50 meters (57) …… in space, slowly circling a central processing station. The combined data from these telescopes would build up a full picture of a planet, picking out faint images that have never been seen before. Darwin would not be able to take detailed photographs of the planets it (58) ……, but Penny believes a second-generation telescope could be sent up to do this. He claims it is worthwhile mapping the universe around our (59) …… galaxy, even though these planets lie (60) …… our reach for the moment. The European Space Agency will make its decision on Darwin within three years.
(51)
A.thought
B.intended
C.designed
D.drawn