Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
More and more investors are pouring _______ money into food and beverage start-ups.




A.the
B.a
C.an
D.Ø

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
When he went to Egypt, he knew _______ no Arabic, but within 6 months he had become extremely fluent.




A.entirely
B.barely
C.scarcely
D.virtually

I often feel lonely ................I am the only child in my family.




A.because
B.as
C.since
D.all are correct

Mai started learning English 5 years ago.




A.Mai learned English for a long time.
B.learned English for 5 years.
C.Mai stopped learning English.
D.Mai has learnt English for 5 years.

A.course
B.court
C.courage
D.cough

_______(58)




A.hardly
B.barely
C.rarely
D.all are correct

The missing man's family is seeking anyone have information about his activity.




A.man's
B.anyone
C.have
D.about

What may NOT be true about life in 2050?




A.Many forms of entertainment will come to us thanks to computer.
B.Blind and deaf people will be helped by scientists to see and hear again.
C.Scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how intelligent they are.
D.Our sources of water for agriculture will increase ten times.

The passage mainly discusses ________________.




A.the effect of the futurologists' prediction on our lives
B.the effect of telecommunication on our future life
C.the changes in our future life compared with our life today
D.the importance of cloning in the future

The phrase “pays heed to” in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.




A.buys
B.watches
C.notices
D.discovers