Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 8 to 12.
WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE
Some people think of 'traditional ' gender roles as being like a 1950s TV sitcom: Dad puts (8) _____ his suit and goes to the office, while Mum, in her apron, stays at home and (9) ____ the housework. But for most of human history, it has taken the efforts of both men and women, whether working in an office (10) _____ in the fields, to look after the family. And that's the situation to which we now seem to be returning.
By 2050, women will make up 47% of the workforce in the United States, up from 30% in 1950. But some experts are predicting that, at (11) _______ in the short term, the number of women in the workforce may actually overtake the number of men. What's the reason? During the economic recession that began in 2008, many jobs disappeared from industries traditionally dominated by male workers, such as manufacturing. Unless many more manual manufacturing jobs (12) ______, it may be that women, who traditionally work in healthcare, education and other service industries, will take the lead in the labour market.
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(11)
A.least        
B.all                    
C.first                                     
D.last

II. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The chairman initiated the proceedings with a brief speech.
A.complicated            
B.started                     
C.closed                                 
D.confused

I. 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.
For centuries, musics have played acoustical guitars, which produce sound from the vibration of the strings.
A.musics                    
B.which                      
C.sound                                  
D.vibration

I. 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.
Sleeping, resting and to drink fruit juice are the best ways to care for a cold.
A.juice                       
B.best ways
C.Sleeping                             
D.to drink

Peter ran into his former teacher on the way to the stadium yesterday.
A. Peter caused an accident to his teacher while he was going to the stadium yesterday.
B.Peter’s car ran over his teacher on the way to the stadium yesterday.
C. Peter happened to meet his teacher while he was going to the stadium yesterday.
D. Peter’s teacher got run over whole he was going to the stadium yesterday.

“Report yourself to the police and you’ll get lighter penalty,” John told his brother.
A.John asked his brother to give up himself to the police.
B. John threatened his brother to report himself to the police.
C. John promised his brother a report of himself to the police.
D.John persuaded his brother to report himself to the police.

The cheap book is better designed than the expensive one.
A. Though the first book is only slightly more expensive than the other, the later has a better designed.
B. Both of the books have a good design, yet the less expensive one’s a bit better.
C.The book which costs more does not have as good a design as that which costs less.
D.While both books are well designed, the designed of one is better than that of the other.

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 from 39 to 46.
            Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings.
            When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly.
            To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.
According to the passage, writing ______.
A.represents speech, but not perfectly         
B.developed from imperfect speech 
C.is imperfect, but less so than speech         
D.is represented perfectly by speech

Children who spend a lot of time on their computers _______.
A.do not necessarily make more progress than those don’t
B.tend to like music and art more than those who don’t
C. tend to have more accidents than those who don’t
D.will suffer from brain damage

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on you answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Since he failed his exam, he had to _______ for it again.
A.make                   
B.take                                
C.sit                               
D.pass