Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
We set off soon. We will arrive soon.




A.The sooner we set off, the sooner we will arrive.
B.The later we set off, the sooner we will arrive.
C.The sooner we set off, the quickly we will arrive.
D.The sooner we set off, the later we will arrive.

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




A.destruction
B.personality
C.admission
D.bamboo

According to the second paragraph, .




A.the American Red Cross helped the Red Cross Society of China to recover from the earthquake
B.the American Red Cross owed the Red Cross Society of China 20 million dollars
C.the victims of the earthquake were not helped to buy necessary things
D.disaster workers were not sent to the hardest hit areas because of the aftershocks

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A.for
B.to
C.with
D.by

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.
“It’s no use talking to me about the metaphysics. It’s a closed book to me.”




A.an object that I really love
B.a theme that I like to discuss
C.a book that is never opened
D.a subject that I don’t understand

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Simon continued to be denied a promotion his efforts through the years.




A.thanks to
B.in addition to
C.in spite of
D.because of

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The festival was a failure. It was .




A.badly organizing
B.badly organized
C.bad organization
D.bad organized

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Failure to win the championship will in the dismissal of the coach.




A.result
B.affect
C.cause
D.happen

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The office photocopier needs to .




A.be fixed
B.fixed
C.fixing
D.fixes

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.
They asked us whether we thought that the statistics had presented fairly and accurately.




A.whether
B.thought
C.had presented
D.fairly