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.
At the advent of his speech, he told a joke but the audience failed to laugh.




A.end
B.commencement
C.creation
D.climax

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.
We decided to pay for the car on the installment plan.




A.credit card
B.piece by piece
C.monthly payment
D.cash and carry

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.
She was brought up in a well-off family. She can’t understand the problems we are facing.




A.poor
B.broke
C.wealthy
D.kind

Circle the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting and then correct it (1,0 pts)
Although it rained heavily , but the students arrived on time




A.Although
B.heavily
C.but
D.arrived

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.
The space shuttle covered vast distances.




A.very
B.varying
C.huge
D.hard

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.
Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.




A.help
B.prepare
C.be busy
D.attempt

Choose the best answer to the following questions.
How do we know what _______ universe is supposed to look like?




A.a
B.an
C.the
D.Ø

The expression day-to-day could best be replaced by which of the following?




A.daytime
B.every day
C.day after day
D.today

Choose the underlined word that needs correcting.
Don’t forget (A) phoning (B) him when (C) he comes back (D).




A.forget
B.phoning
C.when
D.comes back

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Movements and gestures by the hands, arms, legs, and face are the most pervasive types of nonverbal messages and the most difficult to control. It is estimated that there are over 200,000 physical signs capable of stimulating meaning in another person. For example, there are 23 distinct eyebrow movements, each capable of stimulating a different meaning.
Humans express attitudes toward themselves and vividly through body movements and postures. Body movements express true messages about feelings that cannot be masked. Because such avenues of communication are visual, they travel much farther than spoken words and are unaffected by the presence of noise that interrupt, or cancels out speech.
People communicate by the way they walk, stand, and sit. We tend to be more relaxed with friends or when addressing those of lower status. Body orientation also indicates status or liking of the other individual. More direct orientation is related to a more positive attitude.
Body movements and postures alone have no exact meaning, but they can greatly support or reject the spoken word. If these two means of communication are dichotomized and contradict each other, some result will be a disordered image and most often the nonverbal will dominate.
According to the text, body movements cannot express ..................




A.feelings
B.status
C.attitudes
D.wishes