Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks
HOME LIFE
"Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but (1)_________, we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success-and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a (2)_________ psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of forthcoming book “Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores-academically, emotionally and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age (3)_______ to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (4)_______ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives-in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (5)_______ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
(Adapted from http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-children-need-chores)
(2) 
A.develop                   
B.developing              
C.developed               
D.developmental

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
For most people around the world, applying _________ admission to a college or university is a major event in their lives.
A.for                           
B.on                           
C.at                            
D.to

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences, or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
The traffic lights ________ green and I pulled away.
A.turned    
B.were turning
C.has turned  
D.had turned

A.royal     
B.unique                     
C.remote                    
D.extreme

(48)
A.select       
B.selection               
C.selective               
D. selectively

___________ (8)
A.do
B.did
C.don't
D.didn't

They................ big company since 1976, haven't they?
A.don't run
B.haven't run
C.ran
D.have run

That old lady is _____deaf to hear what you say.
A.so
B.enough
C.not
D.too

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
It was suggested that he studies the material more thoroughly before attempting to pass the exam.
A.was suggested           
B.studies                   
C.more thoroughly     
D.attempting

Provided that he..............the car, we ..............able to drive to the country.
A.services------are       
B.services------will be
C.will services------will be     
D.services------would be