My mother is good at dancing. My father is bad at it.
A.My mother is good at dancing, but my father is bad at it.
B.My mother is good at dancing, for my father is bad at it.
C.My mother is good at dancing, or my father is bad at it.
D.My mother is good at dancing, so my father is bad at it.

Many living organisms depend largely on the environment for the satisfaction of its needs.
A.Many     
B.on  
C.satisfaction
D.its

According to Ms Bir, 42’s graduates will be able to improve              .
A.the skills of searching for information  
B.the skills of teamwork and debating
C.the skills of software programming   
D.the skills of giving feedback

Christopher Columbus        America more than 500 years ago.
A.discovered  
B.has discovered
C.had discovered 
D.discovers

The boy waved his hands to his mother, who was standing at the school gate, to                her attention.
A.attract      
B.pull
C.follow    
D.pay

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

A.hope 
B.hour    
C.home    
D.holiday

Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
Apple iPad               the single most popular tablet PC ever since 2010.
A.A. has existed             
B.B. has stayed            
C.   C. has remained       
D.   D. has continued

Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
Paper was first               to make paper money, playing cards or the world’s oldest book – the Diamond Sutra – in the 2nd century by the Chinese.
A.A. to invent               
B.B. inventing          
C. C. being invented    
D.D. invented

A.emit
B.indeed
C.belong
D.private

The number of parents who want to teach their own children in the U.S. is _______.
A.remaining unchanged
B.remaining the same
C.going down
D.going up