VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answers to the questions below.
After the Revolutionary War people in America were able to get news of European fashions. Fashion plates (=pictures) and dolls showing the latest fashions were sent to the US, and American women began wearing large hoop skirts. Some people thought that heavy hoops and corsets were bad for the health, and encouraged women to wear looser clothes. Amelia Bloomer designed light frilled trousers, called bloomers, but many people laughed at them. Though bloomers were not popular, there was a fashion for smaller, lighter skirts. American men also followed fashion and began wearing long trousers (or pants) instead of breeches.
When did American women begin to wear large hoop skirts?
A.After the Revolutionary War                    
B.After fashions plates and dolls showing the latest fashions
C.After buying fashions plates and dolls     
D.After some people encouraged women to wear looser clothes

IV. Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.
Are (A) you accustomed (B) to live (C) in a big city yet (D)?
A.Are 
B.accustomed 
C.live 
D.yet

 
You should have persuaded him to change his mind.
 
A.You should persuade him to change his mind.
B.You didn’t persuade him to change because of his mind.
C.It was essential to persuade him to change his mind but you didn’t.
D.You persuaded him to change his mind but he didn’t listen

A.edition
 
 
B.influence
C.desperate
D.definite

The words In reality are closest in meaning to       .

A.actually                      
B.surprisingly                
C.similarly                     
D.characteristically

Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the provided one.
Jack left the office before I arrived there.
A.When I had arrived at the office, Jack was left.
B.When I arrived at the office, Jack had left.
C.When I arrived at the office, Jack left.
D.When I  had arrived at the office, Jack had left.

Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English:
What would happen because I pressed that red button?
A.would 
B.because 
C.pressed 
D.that

Choose the best answer.
What could be more ……… than a wedding on a tropical island?
A.romance         
B.romantic                 
C.romanticizing         
D.romanticism

Choose the best answer.
My father has an older sister he hasn’t seen ……….. thirty years.
A.since                     
B.in                          
C.during                  
D.for

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.
Joe has finished his first-aid course. He proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.
A.Although Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker, he hasn't finished his first-aid course.
B.Without finishing his first-aid course, Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.
C.However helpful Joe proves as a rescue worker, he hasn't finished his first-aid course.
D.Having finished his first-aid course, Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.