Mickey Mantle was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He played for the New York Yankees in their years of glory. From the time Mantle began to play professionally in 1951 to his last year in 1968, baseball was the most popular game in the United States. For many people, Mantle symbolized the hope, prosperity, and confidence of America at that time.
Mantle was a fast and powerful player, a “switch-hitter” who could bat both right-handed and left-handed. He won game after game, one World Series championship after another, for his team. He was a wonderful athlete, but this alone cannot explain America’s fascination with him.
Perhaps it was because he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner from Oklahoma. His career, from the lead mines of the West to the heights of success and fame, was a fairy-tale version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always loves a “natural”: a person who wins without seeming to try, whose talent appears to come from an inner grace. That was Mickey Mantle.
But like many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a private life that was full of problems. He played without complaint despite constant pain from injuries. He lived to fulfill his father’s dreams and drank to forget his father’s early death.
It was a terrible addiction that finally destroyed his body. It gave him cirrhosis of the liver and accelerated the advance of liver cancer. Even when Mickey Mantle had turned away from his old life and warned young people not to follow his example, the destructive process could not be stopped. Despite a liver transplant operation that had all those who loved and admired him hoping for a recovery, Mickey Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63.
Which of the following is mentioned as the main cause of the destruction of Mantle’s body?
A.His way of life
B.His loneliness
C.His own dream
D.His liver transplant operation

A.natural
B.cartoon
C.disaster
D.typhoon

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
~ Ann: "Bye!"  ~  Mary: "......."
 
A.See you later. 
B.See you lately.   
C.Meet you again.               
D.Thank you.

Choose the best answer to each of the following question.
If you’ve broken the law, you’re a.................... .
A.community
B.court
C.criminal
D.culture

Choose one best option to complete each sentence
Sometimes it is _______ to find suitable books for our children.
A.difficult            
B.difficulty          
C.difficultly         
D.difficulties

_________(45)
A.Still
B.So
C.However 
D.Yet

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions

A.industry    
B.religion  
C.sacrifice 
D.habitat

III/ Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
The man _____ his car outside hasn't come back for it yet.
A.who left            
B.who he left          
C.whom he left  
D.whose

"Why don’t you participate in the volunteer work in summer?" said Sophie.
A.Sophie made me participate in the volunteer work in summer.
B.Sophie asked me why not participate in the volunteer work in summer.
C.Sophie suggested my participating in the volunteer work in summer.
D.Sophie suggested me to participate in the volunteer work in summer.

The more difficult it is, _________ he tries.
A.hardest    
B.harder  
C.the hardest 
D.the harder