Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
Human memory, formerly believed to be rather inefficient, is really much more sophisticated than that of a computer.




A.in the past
B.from time to time
C.in general
D.by chance

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If my feet ............ so big, I wouldn’t have a problem of buying shoes.




A.weren’t
B.wasn’t
C.hadn’t been
D.wouldn’t be

A.near
B.hear
C.dear
D.bear

A.deforestation
B.endangerment
C.capacity
D.priority

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
“Don’t worry about your necklace. Give it to me and I promise to ______ great care of it.”




A.bring
B.take
C.keep
D.make

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
John: “Would you like to have a get-together with us next weekend?”
Mickey: “______.”




A.No, I won’t
B.No, I wouldn’t
C.Yes, let’s
D.Yes, I’d love to

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.




A.enough
B.cough
C.thorough
D.tough

Which of the following is true according to the passage?




A.The US movement of feminism became the most popular in the late 20th century.
B.The women’s liberation movement in the world first began in Britain.
C.The movement of feminism began in the US earlier than in Britain.
D.The British government passed laws to support women in the early 20th century.

IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to fill in each blank. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point).
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal and China, and it is 8,900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people (21) ______ to climb Mount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Since then, men from different countries have been (22) _______ in climbing it.
However, the first woman to make this difficult climb was Junko Tabei, a (23) ________ Japanese woman from Hokkaido. She was a housewife but really interested in climbing mountains. She earned money for her trips (24) ________ English and piano to young children.
In 1975, a Tokyo newspaper-television company organized the Mount Everest climb for women. They chose fifteen women from, mountaineering clubs to go to Nepal. The groups climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche, and most of the women were (25) _______. Only Ms Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters and stand on the top of the world. She was the first woman there.
(23)




A.35-year-old
B.35-years ages
C.35-years-old
D.35-years aged

III. Choose from the four options given (mark A, B, C or D) one best answer to complete each sentence. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.(3 points).
What a lovely baby. She closely resembles her sister.




A.looks after
B.takes after
C.looks for
D.takes over