Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I was already fed up with the job, but when the boss walked into my office and told me he expected me to work overtime; that was the ______.




A.end of the line
B.last straw
C.final curtain
D.last waltz

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We couldn't afford that house because it ______.




A.paid through the nose
B.was over my head
C.cost an arm and a leg
D.blew my own trumpet

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
According to psychologists, children raised with high ______ of fear in unpredictable or violent environments experience negative emotions for extended periods of time.




A.grades
B.numbers
C.quantities
D.levels

(A) A paragraph is a portion of a text (B) consists of one or more (C) sentences related (D) to the same idea.




A.A paragraph
B.consists of
C.sentences
D.to

A.catastrophe
B.agriculture
C.dictionary
D.supervisor

There was nothing they could do _____ leave the car at the roadside where it had broken down.




A.but
B.instead of
C.than
D.unless

Why does the writer add the information in square brackets in paragraph 5?




A.because the quote is from a second language user whose command of English is not perfect
B.because, although they are not part of the original quote, the additional information given is necessary to understand the statement
C.because the writer is quoting from another source
D.because the writer wants to emphasize the meaning of these words

Which of following is NOT given as a reason why folk-made objects are replaced by mass-produced objects?




A.cost
B.prestige
C.quality
D.convenience

The phrase “largely renounces” is closest in meaning to _____.




A.generally rejects
B.greatly modifies
C.loudly declares
D.often criticizes

_________ (42)




A.hint
B.symbol
C.feature
D.sign