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.
On the fourth Thursday in November, in houses around the United States, families get together for a feast, or a large meal. Almost all families eat turkey and cranberry sauce for this meal, and have pumpkin pie for dessert. This feast is part of a very special day, the holiday of Thanksgiving. In 1620 the Pilgrims made a difficult trip across the ocean from England. They landed in what is now Massachusetts. In England the Pilgrims had not been allowed to freely practice their religion. So they went to the New World in search of religious freedom. The Pilgrims' first winter was very hard. Almost half the group died of cold, hunger and disease. But the Indians of Massachusetts taught the Pilgrims to plant corn, to hunt and to fish. When the next fall came, the Pilgrims had plenty of food. They were thankful to God and the Indians and had a feast to give thanks. They invited the Indians to join them. This was the first Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving became a national holiday many years later because of the effort of a woman named Sarah Hale. For forty years Sarah Hale wrote to each president and asked for a holiday of Thanksgiving. At last she was successful. In 1863 President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday. How much is Thanksgiving today like the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving? In many ways they are different. For example, historians think that the Pilgrims ate deer, not turkey. The idea of Thanksgiving, though, is very much the same: Thanksgiving is a day on which we celebrate and give thanks.
                                  (Adapted from http:www.Amrican heritage.co.us)
Which of the following is NOT true about Thanksgiving?
A.It became a national holiday thanks to President Lincoln's 40-year efforts.
B.Americans usually have turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie for this occasion.
C.It is a day on which Americans celebrate and give thanks.
D.It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday on November.

The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.
A.The plan is as impractical as it is ingenious.
B.Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.
C.Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.
D.The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.

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.
The film was taken apart on the grounds that it glorifies violence.
A.greatly admired
B.excellently cast
C.badly reviewed
D.criticized severely

Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources__________.         
A.efficient 
B.efficiency
C.inefficient
D. efficiently

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.
“Where were you last night, Mr. Jenkins?” he said.
A.He wanted to know where Mr. Jenkins had been the following night.
B.He asked Mr. Jenkins where he had been the previous night.
C.He wanted to know where Mr. Jenkins was the night before.
D.He asked Mr. Jenkins where was he last night.

It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft comfortable bed to lie on.
A.It is difficult
B.to get used to sleep
C.a soft comfortable bed
D.lie

He________in the cafe when she came.
A.sat
B.has sat
C.has been sitting
D.was sitting

" ____ stupid, you will never get good marks by cheating."  
A.Be not
B.Not be    
C.Don't be
D.Won't be

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
This is the second time you ______ your door key.
A.are losing        
B.lose                         
C.lost                                      
D. have lost

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.
People rumour that the leader has been suffering from a rare disease.
A.It was rumoured that the leader has been suffering from a rare disease.
B. A rare disease is rumoured to be causing sufferings to the leader.
C.The leader is rumoured to have been suffering from a rare disease.
D.The leader has been rumoured to suffer from a rare disease.