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.
Thanks to the technological advancements, user-run programs have proliferated over the past years




A.decreased in number
B.become less expensive
C.become more crowded
D.increased in popularity

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If you think and behave as if you _______ better than everyone else, people may describe you as stuck – up.




A.have been
B.are
C.will be
D.were

_____ (6. act)




A.activity
B.actor
C.action
D.active

____ (8. walk)




A.walk
B.walked
C.have walked
D.was walking

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She thinks he will come, ________?




A.won’t he
B.will he
C.does she
D.doesn’t she

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
There was an exciting football match on TV last night, ________?




A.wasn’t it
B.was not there
C.wasn’t there
D.was it

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Come into the kitchen, ________?




A.do you
B.will you
C.won’t you
D.B and C

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 26 to 30.
Being repeatedly late may just be accidental – or could it show a deeply rooted psychological desire to express your own superiority? When I worked in an office, meetings would often start late, usually because of a certain individual. Then they would overrun and the whole day lost its shape. But the individual was high-ranking and self-important: nobody challenged. So what are the ethics of lateness?
There’s a psychotherapist called Irvin Yalom who argues that all behaviour reflects psychology. Just as people who like to be on time are motivated by certain deep-seated beliefs, so those who make others wait are acting out an inner agenda, often based on an acute sense of power. There’s famous footage in which Silvio Berlusconi kept Angela Merkel waiting while he made a call on his mobile. It speaks volumes.
But that is when all lateness is in one’s control. What about when your train is cancelled or your flight is delayed or you had to wait longer for the plumber to arrive? In such cases, there’s not a lot of psychology involved. Or is there? Some people will genuinely worry about the impact it will have on those left waiting, while others might secretly enjoy the power of their absence.
The essential fact is that lateness means breaking a convention – you can only be late in respect of a time agreed with other people. Regardless of psychology, it has a social value. And when we treat other people’s time as less valuable than our own, we treat them as inferior.
What is the “speak volumes” in paragraph 2 closest in meaning to?




A.tells a lot
B.makes sounds
C.holds power
D.talks loudly

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.
I intended to spend a romantic weekend in Bali but the weather forecast was appalling enough to put me off.




A.stop me from going
B.disappoint me
C.discourage me from going
D.interrupt me

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Please accept my apology. I didn’t mean ______ your birthday party last night.




A.to be missed
B.to have missed
C.having missed
D.being missed