Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 
Unfortunately, the company closed down because it couldn’t keep  ________ with rapidly changing technology
A.speed   
B.fast 
C.time            
D.pace

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions 
Ann: “Do you need any help?”       Kate: “______.”
A.No, thanks. I can manage                                     
B. I haven’t got a clue
C. That’s all for now    
D.That’s fine by me

WRITING
Rewrite the following sentences
I’ve never tasted pheasant before.
This is......................................................
A.
B.
C.
D.

WRITING
Rewrite the following sentences
She can’t have any more children because of her age.
She is ...............................................................
A.
B.
C.
D.

WRITING
Rewrite the following sentences
“You were cheating,” said Carol to June.
Carol accused............................................
A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the word which has OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined word
In 1925 Clarence Darrow adeptly opposed William Jennings Bryan at the renowned Scopes “Monkey Trial.”
A.incompetently
B.unconfidently
C.privately
D.rashly

Choose the word which has OPPOSITE meaning to the underlined word
Alaska boasts of several climates due to its lofty mountains, warm ocean currents, and frozen seas.
A.towering
B.rocky
C.ageless
D.low

Choose the word which has CLOSEST meaning to the underlined word
Proximity to the court house makes an office building more valuable.
A.Interest in
B.Nearness to
C.Similarity to
D.Usefulness for

Choose the word which has CLOSEST meaning to the underlined word
It is difficult to discern the sample that is on the slide unless the microscope is adjusted.
A.discard
B.arrange
C.determine
D.confuse

Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each question.
 What geologists call the Basin and Range Province in the United States roughly coincides in its northern portions with the geographic province known as the Great Basin. The Great Basin is hemmed in on the west by the Sierra Nevada and on the east Line by the Rocky Mountains; it has no outlet to  the sea. The prevailing winds in the Great Basin are from the west. Warm, moist air from the Pacific Ocean is forced upward as it crosses the Sierra Nevada. At the higher altitudes it cools and the moisture it carries is precipitated as rain or snow on the western slopes of the mountains. That which reaches the Basin is air wrung dry of moisture. What little water falls there as rain or snow, mostly in the winter months, evaporates on the broad, flat desert floors. It is, therefore, an environment in which  organisms battle for survival. Along the rare watercourses, cottonwoods and willows  eke out a sparse  existence. In the upland ranges, pinion pines and junipers struggle to hold their own. 
But the Great Basin has not always been so arid. Many of its dry, closed depressions were once filled with water. Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, and Death Valley were once a string of interconnected lakes. The two largest of the ancient lakes of the Great Basin were Lake Lahontan and Lake Bonneville. The Great Salt Lake is all that remains of the latter, and Pyramid Lake is one of the  last briny remnants of the former. There seem to have been several periods within the last tens of thousands of years when water accumulated in these basins. The rise and fall of the lakes were undoubtedly linked to the advances and retreats of the great ice sheets that covered much of the northern part of the North American continent during those times. Climatic changes during the Ice Ages sometimes brought cooler, wetter weather to mid latitude deserts worldwide, including those of the Great Basin. The broken valleys of the Great Basin provided ready receptacles for this moisture.
According to the passage, the Ice Ages often brought about  __________.
A.desert formation
B.warmer climates
C.broken valleys
D.wetter weather