Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in the following question.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt you. Please, go on and finish what you were saying.


A.stop
B.talk
C.quit
D.continue

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Passengers ________ smoke until the signs have been switched off.




A.needn't
B.mightn't
C.mustn't
D.can't

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She was doing her homework while her father _________ a football match.




A.watches
B.was watching
C.watched
D.is watching

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the questions from 36 to 40.
Had it not been for the tragic accident at Hockenheim, Jim Clark’s record will surely have been unsurpassable.




A.Had it
B.for
C.at
D.will

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 41 to 55.
The travel agent asked the couple which sights _________ to visit when they went to Paris.




A.they wanted
B.want them
C.they did want
D.did they want

My mother works _______a nurse in a big hospital. She examines the patients.




A.for
B.as
C.in
D.at

Mark A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Mary: “You stepped on my toes!”~ James: “________” I’m terribly sorry. I didn’t mean it.




A.Are you sure? It’s understandable.
B.I’m sorry but I meant it.
C.Really! I’m glad you like it.
D.I’m terribly sorry. I didn’t mean it.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.




A.relation
B.employment
C.important
D.mischievous

Read the passage and mark A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In the early 1800’s, over 80 percent of the United States labor force was engaged in agriculture. Sophisticated technology and machinery were virtually nonexistent. People who lived in the cities and were not directly involved in trade often participated in small cottage industries making handcrafted goods. Others cured meats, silversmiths, candle or otherwise produced needed goods and commodities. Blacksmiths, silversmiths, candle makers, and other artisans worked in their homes or barns, relying on help of family.
Perhaps no single phenomenon brought more widespread and lasting change to the United States society than the rise of industrialization. Industrial growth hinged on several economic factors. First, industry requires an abundance of natural resources, especially coal, iron ore, water, petroleum, and timber-all readily available on the North American continent. Second, factories demand a large labor supply. Between the 1870’s and the First World War (1914-1918), approximately 23 million immigrants streamed to the United States, settled in cities, and went to work in factories and mines. They also helped build the vast network of canals and railroads that crisscrossed the continent and linked important trade centers essential to industrial growth.
Factories also offered a reprieve from the backbreaking work and financial unpredictability associated with farming. Many adults, poor and disillusioned with farm life, were lured to the cities by promises of steady employment, regular paychecks, increased access to goods and services, and expanded social opportunities. Others were pushed there when new technologies made their labor cheap or expendable; inventions such as steel plows and mechanized harvesters allowed one farmhand to perform work that previously had required several, thus making farming capital-intensive rather than labor-intensive.
The United States economy underwent a massive transition and the nature of work was permanently altered. Whereas cottage industries relied on a few highly skilled craft workers who slowly and carefully converted raw materials into finished products from start to finish, factories relied on specialization. While factory work was less creative and more monotonous, it was also more efficient and allowed mass production of goods at less expense.
What aspect of life in the United States does the passage maily discuss?




A.The transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy.
B.The invention that transformed life in the nineteenth century.
C.The problems associated with the earliest factories.
D.The difficulty of farm life in the nineteenth century.

Read the passage and mark A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
In the early 1800’s, over 80 percent of the United States labor force was engaged in agriculture. Sophisticated technology and machinery were virtually nonexistent. People who lived in the cities and were not directly involved in trade often participated in small cottage industries making handcrafted goods. Others cured meats, silversmiths, candle or otherwise produced needed goods and commodities. Blacksmiths, silversmiths, candle makers, and other artisans worked in their homes or barns, relying on help of family.
Perhaps no single phenomenon brought more widespread and lasting change to the United States society than the rise of industrialization. Industrial growth hinged on several economic factors. First, industry requires an abundance of natural resources, especially coal, iron ore, water, petroleum, and timber-all readily available on the North American continent. Second, factories demand a large labor supply. Between the 1870’s and the First World War (1914-1918), approximately 23 million immigrants streamed to the United States, settled in cities, and went to work in factories and mines. They also helped build the vast network of canals and railroads that crisscrossed the continent and linked important trade centers essential to industrial growth.
Factories also offered a reprieve from the backbreaking work and financial unpredictability associated with farming. Many adults, poor and disillusioned with farm life, were lured to the cities by promises of steady employment, regular paychecks, increased access to goods and services, and expanded social opportunities. Others were pushed there when new technologies made their labor cheap or expendable; inventions such as steel plows and mechanized harvesters allowed one farmhand to perform work that previously had required several, thus making farming capital-intensive rather than labor-intensive.
The United States economy underwent a massive transition and the nature of work was permanently altered. Whereas cottage industries relied on a few highly skilled craft workers who slowly and carefully converted raw materials into finished products from start to finish, factories relied on specialization. While factory work was less creative and more monotonous, it was also more efficient and allowed mass production of goods at less expense.
The word “ expendable” is closest in meaning to _______.




A.nonproductive
B.unacceptable
C.nonessential
D.unprofitable