________(51)
A.one                       
B.case                                   
C.question                             
D.problem

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We are a very close-knit family and very supportive........one another.
A.with                                  
B.over                                    
C.on                                      
D.of

The complaints he received were like water off a duck’s ___________.
A.back                      
B.wings   
C.feather                   
D.body

Indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentence.
The audience responded to his suggestion with a big clap.
 
A.replied                               
B.ignored                               
C.answered                           
D.reacted

Choose the answer that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
He graduated with doctorates of _______ and surgery from Florence, gaining the highest honors that year.
A.medicine    
B.medical  
C.medicate  
D.medication

Choose the answer that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
A university is an -institution of higher education and research, which grants _______ degrees at all levels in a variety of subjects.
A.secondary 
B.optional    
C.academic    
D.vocational

Choose the answer that best completes each unfinished sentence.
If it _______ warm yesterday, we would have gone to the beach.
A.was     
B.were   
C.had been    
D.could be

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The University of Oxford, informally called "Oxford University", or simply "Oxford", (36) ______ in the city of Oxford, in England, is (37) ______ oldest university in the English-speaking world. It is also considered as one of the world's leading (38) ______ institutions. The university traces, its roots back to at least the end of the 11th century, (39) ______ the exact date of foundation remains unclear. Academically, Oxford is consistently ranked in the world's top ten universities. The University is also open (40) ______ overseas students, primarily from American universities, who may (41) _____ in study abroad programs during the summer months for more than a century, it has served as the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, (42) ______ brings highly accomplished students from a number of countries to study at Oxford as (43) ______ The University of Oxford is also a place where many talented leaders from all over the world used to study. Twenty-five British Prime Ministers attended Oxford, including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. At (44) ______ 25 other international leaders have been educated at Oxford, and this number includes King Harald V of Norway and King Abdullah II of Jordan. Bill Clinton is the first American President to attend Oxford. Forty-seven Nobel (45) __ winners have studied or taught at Oxford.
(44) ______
A.last    
B.least 
C.late  
D.lately

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The University of Oxford, informally called "Oxford University", or simply "Oxford", (36) ______ in the city of Oxford, in England, is (37) ______ oldest university in the English-speaking world. It is also considered as one of the world's leading (38) ______ institutions. The university traces, its roots back to at least the end of the 11th century, (39) ______ the exact date of foundation remains unclear. Academically, Oxford is consistently ranked in the world's top ten universities. The University is also open (40) ______ overseas students, primarily from American universities, who may (41) _____ in study abroad programs during the summer months for more than a century, it has served as the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, (42) ______ brings highly accomplished students from a number of countries to study at Oxford as (43) ______ The University of Oxford is also a place where many talented leaders from all over the world used to study. Twenty-five British Prime Ministers attended Oxford, including Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. At (44) ______ 25 other international leaders have been educated at Oxford, and this number includes King Harald V of Norway and King Abdullah II of Jordan. Bill Clinton is the first American President to attend Oxford. Forty-seven Nobel (45) __ winners have studied or taught at Oxford.
(37) ______
A.a   
B.an     
C.the  
D.Ø

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
As Chinese society changes, higher education is undergoing major transformations. The university model of the United States and other Western countries has a powerful influence. New trends in Chinese higher education are attracting the attention of global educators. Since the establishment of Western-oriented modern universities at the end of nineteenth century, Chinese higher education has continued to evolve. Over the past two decades, however, tremendous economic development in China has stimulated reforms in higher education that have resulted in some remarkable changes.
The first modern institution, Peiyang University, was founded in Tianjin. The university changed its name to Tianjin University in 1951 and became one of the leading universities in China: Next, Jiaotong University was founded in Shanghai in 1896. In the 1950s, most of this university was moved to Xi'an, an ancient capital city in northwest China, and became Xi'an Jiaotong University; the part of the university remaining in Shanghai was renamed Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Tianjin University celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 1995, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong and Shanghai Jiaotong Universities in 1996. Other leading universities, such as Zhejiang University (1897), Beijing University (1898), and Nanjing University (1902) also recently celebrated their hundredth anniversaries, one after another. These celebrations marked the beginning of a new chapter in Chinese higher education.
Chinese higher education _______.
A.has been stable since nineteenth century 
B.has decreased over the past two decades
C.has not got any changes
D.has been affected by the country's economic development