Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
He was the last man______ the ship.




A.who leave
B.to leave
C.leaving
D.left

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.
She was unhappy that she lost contact with a lot of her old friends when she went abroad to study.




A.made room for
B.put in charge of
C.got in touch with
D.lost control of

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Denis has just bought a new suit that he likes very much. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.
- Tom: “You look very smart in that suit, Denis!” – Denis: “_______.”




A.No, I don’t think so
B.Oh, you don’t like it, do you?
C.Thanks, I bought it at Mike’s
D.Thanks, my mum has bought it

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.
We always have believed that honesty is the best policy in personal as well as professional matters.




A.always have believed
B.best policy
C.personal
D.professional

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
Telecommuting is some form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose job involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8,7 million telecommuters. But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published “The Portable Executive” as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn’t telecommuting become more popular?
Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager’s responsibilities.
It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office.
The word “them” in the second paragraph refers to




A.telecommuters
B.systems
C.executives
D.responsibilities

Studies of Mars indicate that enough water might be collected on the planet’s surface sustain prolonged missions by human space crews.




A.indicate that
B.water might
C.on
D.sustain prolonged

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
People believe that Chinese people invented paper.




A.Paper is believed to have been invented by Chinese people.
B.Paper is believed to be invented by Chinese people.
C.It was believed that Chinese people invent paper.
D.Chinese people are believed to invent paper.

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 28 to 34.
The weather is a national obsession in Britain, perhaps because it is so changeable. It's the national talking point, and most people watch at least one daily weather forecast. Most of the viewers imagine that the presenter does little more than arrive at the studio a few minutes before the broadcast, read the weather, and then go home.
In fact, this image is far from the truth. The two-minute bulletin which we all rely on when we need to know tomorrow's weather is the result of a hard day's work by the presenter, who is actually a highly-qualified meteorologist.
Every morning, after a weather forecaster arrives at the TV studios, his/her first task of the day is to collect the latest data from the National Meteorological Office. The information is very detailed and includes predictions, satellite and radar pictures, as well as more technical data. After gathering all the relevant material from this office, the forecaster has to translate the scientific terminology and maps into images and words which viewers can easily understand. The final broadcast is then carefully planned. The presenter decides what to say and in what order to say it. Next a “story board” is drawn up which lays out the script word for word.
The time allocated for each broadcast can also alter. This is because the weather report is screened after the news, which can vary in length. The weather forecaster doesn't always know how much time is available, which means that he/she has to be thoroughly prepared so that the material can be adapted to the time available.
What makes weather forecasting more complicated is that it has to be a live broadcast and cannot be pre-recorded. Live shows are very nerve-racking for the presenter because almost anything can go wrong. Perhaps the most worrying aspect for every weather forecaster is getting the following day's predictions wrong. Unfortunately for them, this is not an unusual occurrence; the weather is not always possible to predict accurately.
These days, a weather forecaster's job is even more complicated because they are relied upon to predict other environmental conditions. For example, in the summer the weather forecast has to include the pollen count for hay fever sufferers. Some also include reports on ultraviolet radiation intensity to help people avoid sunburn. The job of a weather forecaster is certainly far more sophisticated than just pointing at a map and describing weather conditions. It's a job for professionals who can cope with stressful and challenging conditions.
The passage is mainly about ______.




A.weather forecast in England
B.a weather forecaster’s job
C.the most widely watched TV programme
D.the competition between weather forecast and other TV programmes

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Today, the old couple has their family and friends _____ their golden wedding anniversary.




A.attend
B.to attend
C.attended
D.attending

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
He was pulled off an extraordinary ______ in completing the voyage single-handedly.




A.feast
B.feat
C.feature
D.fervour