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.
Engineers are still trying to come up with a commercially viable replacement for internal-combustion engines.
A.feasible
B.accessible 
C.desirable 
D.derivable

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.
Adverse reviews in the New York press may greatly change the prospects of a new Broadway production.
A.subversive
B.additional
C.encouraging
D.unfavorable

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.
Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.
A.arrive
B.clean
C.encounter
D.happen

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.
At least three-quarters of that book on famous Americans are about people who lived in the nineteenth century.
A.three-quarters
B.famous 
C.are 
D.lived

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 Golden Gate, painting a bright red-orange called "International Orange", requires repainting every year because of the salty, corrosive air.
A.painting
B.called 
C.repainting 
D.because of

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.
Jim must have asked for help instead of trying to do it himself.
A.must
B.for
C.trying
D.himself

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 closer it gets to December 21, the first day of winter, the short the days become.
A.The closer
B.of winter
C.short
D.become

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.
Jack Ma or Ma Yun, ______ parents are traditional musician-storytellers, is the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a family of highly successful Internet-based businesses.
A.that
B.whom
C.who
D.whose

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.
The firemen did well ______ their preparation for catastrophic gas explosions.
A.although
B.because
C.despite
D.because of

Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each of the sentences from 21 to 39.
When I last saw him, he ______ in London.
A.is living
B.has lived
C.was living
D.has been living