I can hear someone_______
A.because all the cakes looked good.
B.shouting in the distance.
C. she eventually managed to speak to the director
D.when you go into a pub.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
To protect ________ hackers, security experts advise longer passwords_______ combinations of upper and lowercase letters, as well as numbers.
A. from/to    
B.on/between  
C.against/in        
D.against/with

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______ the film's director, Ben Affleck, was famously left off the 85th Oscar's Best Director list of nominees surprised everyone.
A.What                                   
B.Due to  
C.Although                            
D.That

_______(5- REFLECT)
A.reflecting
B.reflection
C.reflectivity
D.reflectance

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 19 to 23.
Culture Clash
In Africa a famous food company tried to sell its baby food by advertising it with the picture of a baby on the label. They did not know that this particular country used labels only to (19)_________ a picture of the food inside. When Pepsico used the slogan "Come alive with Pepsi' in Taiwan, they had no idea that it would be translated into Chinese as 'Pepsi (20) ________  your ancestors back from the dead’.
Misunderstandings such as these about language or about culture are sometimes comical but can also cause genuine hurt or anger. Business styles (21) ________ widely in different countries and what is normal in one culture can be completely unacceptable in another.
Socialising in different countries can be tricky. In Arabic countries, for example, people do not discuss business (22) _________ meals. Giving gifts is another potential problem: in the UK most people take presents to a dinner party, but in many countries this is not polite because it (23) _________ you think the host is poor.
(21)
A.exchange                
B.vary                                    
C.differentiate            
D.disagree

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions from 17 to 18.
S. Mayo Hospital in New Orleans was so named in recognition of Dr Mayo's outstanding humanitarianism.
A.charitable                            
B.remarkable                         
C.exhaustive              
D.widespread

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 14.
Paul is a very ________ character , he is never relaxed with strangers.
A.self-conscious     
B.self-directed        
C. self-satisfied     
D.self-confident

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.
She was the first woman in the Philippines. She was elected as the president of the country.
A.She was the first woman who is elected as the president of the Philippines.
B.She was the first woman elected as the president of the Philippines.
C.She was the first woman being elected as the president of the Philippines.
D.She was the first woman to be elected as the president of the Philippines.

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
Belgium is a very old country, with a fascinating mixture of old customs and modern laws. Belgium weddings may be performed as a civil ceremony or as a religious ceremony.
Traditionally, when a couple in Belgium wishes to announce their marriage, the wedding invitations are printed on two sheets of paper, one from the bride's family and one sheet from the groom's family. These wedding invitations symbolize the union of the two families and the partnership of the new union.
An ancient Belgium custom that is designed to unite the two families calls for the bride to stop as she walks up the isle and to hand her mother a single flower. The two then embrace. Then, during the recessional, the bride and groom walk to the groom's mother and the new bride hands her new mother-in-law a single flower and the two of them embrace, symbolizing the bride's acceptance of her new mother.
One of the most important and enduring traditions of the Belgium wedding is for the bride to carry a specially embroidered handkerchief that has her name embroidered on it. After the wedding this handkerchief is framed and hung on the wall in a place of honor. When the next female member of the bride's family is to be wed, the handkerchief is removed from its frame, the new bride's name is embroidered onto it, and it is passed down. The wedding handkerchief is passed from generation to generation, and is considered an important family heirloom.
During the wedding mass, the bride and the groom are enthroned in two large chairs placed near the altar, symbolizing that on this day and in this place they are the king and the queen. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the groom slips the wedding ring onto the third finger of his bride's left hand. The ring, being an endless circle, symbolizes never-ending love, and the third finger of the left hand is believed to hold the vein that travels to the heart, symbolizing love. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the bride and groom share their first kiss as husband and wife. The kiss is considered a symbolic act of sharing each other's spirit as the couple each breathes in a portion of their new mate's soul.
The bridesmaids traditionally take up a collection of coins and as the bride and groom exit the church, the bridesmaids toss the coins to the poor outside the church. Giving gifts of money to the poor helps to insure prosperity for the new bride and groom.
Following the wedding the bride and groom are off on their honeymoon. In ancient times the honeymoon, which was celebrated by the drinking of mead, or honey wine, would last 28 days, one complete cycle of the moon. This was to make sure that the bride's family did not try to steal their daughter back from her new husband.
    (Adapted from http://www.best-country.com/)
What does the word "them" in the third paragraph refer to?
A.the bride and her mother 
B.the bride and the groom
C.the bride and her mother-in-law             
D.the groom and his mother-in-law

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Genes have several alternative form, or alleles, which are produced by mutations.
                                                       
A.several alternative
B.form
C.which 
D.produced by