Choose the best answer to each of the following question.
You looked so.................when you fell asleep on he sofa.
A.peacefully
B.peaceful
C.peaceless
D.peace

Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space from 34 to 38.
Last year, there were millions of international tourist arrivals across the globe. Whether they were students on their (34)______ years looking for overseas adventure, stressed-out workers hoping to get away for a weekend, or retirees wishing to relax in an exotic location- clearly none of them thought they could find the same experience at home. The question is (35)_______ foreign travel brings more advantages or disadvantages.
An obvious positive point is that going abroad sometimes helps people to expand their knowledge of the world. If they are (36)_____ - minded, they can learn about new cultures and hopefully gain a more accurate understanding about their way of life. In addition, there is the economic benefit of tourism to countries which have few other resources. It can provide an income to many people within the industry.
Having said that, some people simply go to a foreign resort (37)______ by high walls and therefore learn little about their holiday (38)______. Another issue is that hordes of tourists often spoil the “unspoilt” places they visit. The most recent example of this is Antarctica, where last year cruise ships took thousands of visitors to view the disappearing icebergs and wildlife. Vegetation, nesting penguins and resting walrus are vulnerable when humans intrude.
(38)_____
A.destination   
B.departure 
C.situation   
D.direction

Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space from 34 to 38.
Last year, there were millions of international tourist arrivals across the globe. Whether they were students on their (34)______ years looking for overseas adventure, stressed-out workers hoping to get away for a weekend, or retirees wishing to relax in an exotic location- clearly none of them thought they could find the same experience at home. The question is (35)_______ foreign travel brings more advantages or disadvantages.
An obvious positive point is that going abroad sometimes helps people to expand their knowledge of the world. If they are (36)_____ - minded, they can learn about new cultures and hopefully gain a more accurate understanding about their way of life. In addition, there is the economic benefit of tourism to countries which have few other resources. It can provide an income to many people within the industry.
Having said that, some people simply go to a foreign resort (37)______ by high walls and therefore learn little about their holiday (38)______. Another issue is that hordes of tourists often spoil the “unspoilt” places they visit. The most recent example of this is Antarctica, where last year cruise ships took thousands of visitors to view the disappearing icebergs and wildlife. Vegetation, nesting penguins and resting walrus are vulnerable when humans intrude.
(36)____
A.narrow
B.absent   
C.single  
D.open

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
Satish’s point of view was correct but his behaviour with his father was quite impertinent.
A.healthy   
B.respectful
C.inadequate  
D.smooth

Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space.
       Health experts suggest that (42)_____ healthy and happy, it’s important to keep our lives in balance. Chinese philosophy, which has spanned thousands of years, uses the principles of yin and yang to explain the importance of balance in life. Explained simply, the Yang represents the active elements of the universe, whereas the Yin represents the passive ones. This expresses the importance of balance in (43)_____ of living. Today health experts agree that it’s important to have a balanced life. For example, they’ve said it’s necessary to have a balance between work and rest and to have a balanced exercise program. (44) _____, I’m sure you’d agree that in our busy world, it’s not always easy to get and keep balance in our lives.
       Due to business or study deadlines, many people work to excess, leaving little time at the end of their busy day to spend with family and friends. They eat fast-food and don’t get enough rest or recreation and then suffer badly from the effects of stress. It’s sad that this situation often happens when people believe that access to (45) _____ is the answer to happiness instead of understanding the importance of balanced living.
      While ambition can be a good thing, having too much ambition can cause a person to become “out of balance”. Of course, it’s also unbalanced to spend too much time on entertainment and pleasure activities, with little or no time (46) _____ to work or education. Balance means allocating enough time for all the important aspects of life, such as spending time with family and friends, working or studying, as well as resting and relaxing.
(45) _____
A.wealth     
B.rich        
C.properties  
D.have money

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 following questions.
Alzheimer's disease impairs a person's ability to recall memories, both distant and as recent as a few hours before. Although there is not yet a cure for the illness, there may be hope for a cure with a protein called nerve growth factor. The protein is produced by  nerve cells in the same region of the brain where Alzheimer's occurs.
Based on this relationship, scientists from the University of Lund in Sweden and the University of California at San Diego designed an experiment to test whether doses of nerve growth factor could reverse the effects of memory loss caused by Alzheimer's. Using a  group of rats with impaired memory, the scientists gave half of the rats doses of nerve growth factor while giving the other half a blood protein as a placebo, thus creating a control group. At the end of the four-week test, the rats given the nerve growth factor performed equally to rats with normal memory abilities. While the experiments  do not show that nerve growth factor can stop the general process of deterioration caused by Alzheimer's, they do show potential as a means to slowing the process significantly.
Which of the following could best replace the word "potential" in bold in paragraph 2?
A.capability      
B.creativity
C.dependability       
D.stability

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 following questions.
Alzheimer's disease impairs a person's ability to recall memories, both distant and as recent as a few hours before. Although there is not yet a cure for the illness, there may be hope for a cure with a protein called nerve growth factor. The protein is produced by  nerve cells in the same region of the brain where Alzheimer's occurs.
Based on this relationship, scientists from the University of Lund in Sweden and the University of California at San Diego designed an experiment to test whether doses of nerve growth factor could reverse the effects of memory loss caused by Alzheimer's. Using a  group of rats with impaired memory, the scientists gave half of the rats doses of nerve growth factor while giving the other half a blood protein as a placebo, thus creating a control group. At the end of the four-week test, the rats given the nerve growth factor performed equally to rats with normal memory abilities. While the experiments  do not show that nerve growth factor can stop the general process of deterioration caused by Alzheimer's, they do show potential as a means to slowing the process significantly.
With what topic is this passage mainly concerned?
A.nerve growth factor as a cure for Alzheimer's
B.the use of rats as experimental subjects
C.impaired memory of patients
D.cures for Alzheimer's disease

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions
Anne and Alex are very graceful dancers.  Also, they have years of experience dancing together.
A.Not only are Anne and Alex very graceful dancers but they also have years of experience dancing together as well.
B.Not only Anne and Alex are very graceful dancers but they also have years of experience dancing together.
C.Not only Anne and Alex are very graceful dancers and they also have years of experience dancing together.
D.Not only are Anne and Alex very graceful dancers but they also have years of experience dancing together.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Over ____ past few decades, _____ schools in the USA have been testing various arrangements.
A.a / the  
B.Ø / the  
C.Ø / Ø 
D.the / Ø

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 following questions.
   Aspirin's origins go back at least as early as 1758. In that year, Englishman Edward Stone noticed a distinctive bitter flavor in the bark of the willow tree. To Stone, this particular bark seemed to have much in common with "Peruvian Bark", which had been used medicinally since the 1640s to bring down fevers and to treat malaria. Stone decided to test the effectiveness of the willow bark. He obtained some, pulverized it into tiny pieces, and conducted experiments on its properties. His tests demonstrated that this pulverized willow bark was effective both in reducing high temperatures and in relieving aches and pains. In 1763, Stone presented his findings to the British Royal Society.
       Several decades later, further studies on the medicinal value of the willow bark were being conducted by two Italian scientists. These chemists, Brugnatelli and Fontana, determined that the active chemical that was responsible for the medicinal characteristics in the willow bark was the chemical salicin, which is the active ingredient of today's aspirin.
       The name "aspirin" is the trade name of the drug based on the chemical salicin, properly known as acetylsalicylic acid. The trade name "aspirin" was invented for the drug in the 1890s by the Bayer Drug Company in Germany. The first bottles of aspirin actually went on sale to the public just prior to the turn of the century, in 1899.
According to the passage, aspirin originated
A.no earlier than 1758.   
B.no later than 1758.
C.definitely sometime in 1758.      
D.sometime after 1758.