Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following  questions.
He agreed to sign the contract _______.
         
A.so he didn’t know much about that company     
B.in spite he knew much about that company     
C.although he didn’t know much about that company.  
D.because he didn’t know much about that company’s director.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following  questions.
Books and magazines ______ around made his room very untidy.
 
A.that lie
B.laying       
C.which lied 
D.lying

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following  questions.
- Anne: " Make yourself at home".        - John: "_______" 
A.Thanks! Same to you.
B.Not at all. Don't mention it.
C.Yes, Can I help you?
D.That's very kind. Thank you.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
An optimistic person always sees things on the bright sides.
A.intelligent 
B.pesimistic     
C.comfortable     
D.difficult

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.
After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death·, he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to humanity. Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first awards ceremony.
          Nobel's original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is used for the awards which vary from $30,000 to $125,000.
          Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma, and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges' decisions. Americans have won numerous science awards, but relatively few literature prizes.
No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes.

The word "legacy" in the second paragraph means most nearly the same as _______.
A.bequest
B.prize 
C.debt  
D.legend

According to the passage, one characteristic of animals living in the desert is that  _____ .
A.they are smaller and fleeter than forest animals
B.they are less healthy than animals living in other places
C.they can hunt in temperature of 150 degrces
D.they live in an accommodating environment

 The word “emaciated” in the passage mostly means ______ .
A.“living or growing in natural conditions, not kept in a house or on a farm.”
B.“able to get what one wants in clever way, especially by tricking or cheating”
C.“large and strong, difficult to control or deal with”
D.“thin and weak because of lack of food and water’’

The author mentions all the following as examples of the behavior of desert aniinals EXCEPT_______ .


 
A.they sleep during the day
B.they dig home underground
C.they are noisy and aggressive
D.they are watchful and quiet

According to the passage, creatures in the desert___ .
A.run and leap faster than those in the tangled forest
B.run and leap rnore slowly than those in the tangled forest
C.are more active during the day than those in the tangled
D.are not as healthy as those anywhere else in the world

The phrase “those forms’" in the passage refers to all of the following EXCEPT___ .


 
A.water-loving animals 
B.the coyote and the bobcat
C.moist-skinned animals
D.many large animals