I didn’t go to the party yesterday because _________.
A.I am sick
B.I will be sick
C.I was sick
D.I would be sick

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges.
"Do you fancy going to a movie this evening?"  

"______________"
A.I'm sorry. I don't know that.     
B.That would be nice.
C.Not so bad. And you?      
D.Not at all. Go ahead.

The above-mentioned virus is ______
A.a microbe
B.an insect
C.a disk
D.a program

Little Jimmy is very much keen ________ manga and story books.
A. for
B.on     
C.at      
D.in

Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Einstein ____ a great impact on modern physics.
A.feels                        
B.does                        
C.appreciates                          
D.has

“I’m sorry I haven’t finished the work yet,” the secretary said.

The best form of reported speech for the above sentence is “…………………………”
A.The secretary proposed not finishing the work yet.
B.The secretary apologized for not finishing the work yet.
C.The secretary was reminded to finish the work.
D.The secretary said that she hadn’t finished the work yet.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
You ______ carry that carpel home yourself; the shop will send it.
A.can’t
B.couldn’t
C.needn’t
D.mustn’t

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 from 35 to 42.
Humans are bringing about another global-scale change in the atmosphere: the increase in what are called greenhouse gases. Like glass in a greenhouse, these gases admit the Sun's light but tend to reflect back downward the heat that is radiated from the ground below, trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere. This process is known as the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide is the most significant of these gases – there is 25 percent more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than there was a century ago, the result of our burning coal and fuels derived from oil. Methane, nitrous oxide, and CFCs are greenhouse gases as well.
Scientists predict that increases in these gases in the atmosphere will make the Earth a warmer place. They expect a global rise in average temperature somewhere between 1.0 and 3.5 degrees Celsius in the next century. Average temperatures have in fact been rising and the years from 1987 to 1997 were the warmest years on record. Some scientists are reluctant to say that global warming has actually begun because climate naturally varies from year to year and decade to decade, and it takes many years of records to be sure of a fundamental change. There is little disagreement, though, that global warming is looming.
Global warming will have different effects in different regions. A warmed world is expected to have more extreme weather, with more rain during wet periods, longer droughts, and more powerful storms. Although the effects of future climate changes are unknown, some predict that exaggerated weather conditions may translate into better agricultural yields in areas such as the western United States, where temperature and rainfall are expected to increase, while dramatic decreases in rainfall may lead to severe droughts and plunging agricultural yields in parts of Africa, for example.
Warmer temperatures are expected to partially melt the polar ice caps, leading to a projected sea level rise of 50 centimeters by the year 2050. A sea level rise of this magnitude would flood coastal cities, force people to abandon low-lying islands, and completely inundate coastal wetlands. Diseases like malaria, which at present are primarily found in the tropics, may become more common in the regions of the globe between the tropics and the polar regions, called the temperate zones. For many of the world's plant species, and for animal species that are not easily able to shift their territories as their habitat grows warmer, climate change may bring extinction.
(Source: Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation)
The word "looming" in paragraph 2 probably means                                       .  
A.fading
B.showing
C.ending
D.appearing

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 46 to 50.
Since the birth of agriculture, farmers have tried to (46)_______  using pesticides by employing various biological methods to control nature. The first method involved introducing a predator that would control pests (47)_______ eating them. This was used successfully in 1925 to control the prickly pear population in Australia. The prickly pear has originally been used as a divider between paddocks. (48)_________ , it eventually spread from a few farms to 4 million hectares of farming land, rendering them unusable. The Cactoblastis moth larvae were introduced to help control the (49)_______ and within ten years, the prickly pear was virtually eradicated. Further attempts at biological control weren't so successful. When farmers tried to eliminate the cane beetle by introducing the South American cane toad, the results were catastrophic. The cane toad did not eat the cane beetle and the toad population spread (50)_______ leading to the decline of native species of mammals and reptiles.
(48) 
A.Although                
B.Therefore                
C.Then                       
D.However

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.
The president said it was imperative that the release of all hostages was secured.
A.of
B.was                              
C.said                             
D.the