Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 45.
Why is it that many teenagers have the energy to play computer games until late at night but can't find the energy to get out of bed (36)_______ for school? According to a new report, today's generation of children are in danger of getting so (37)________ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at (38)________. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours' sleep a night, (39)________ teenagers require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one in five youngsters(40)_________ anything between two and five hours' sleep a night less than their parents did at their age. This (41)_________ serious questions about whether lack of sleep is affecting children's ability to
concentrate at school. The connection between sleep deprivation and lapses in memory, impaired reaction time and poor concentration is well (42)_________. Research has shown that losing as little as half an hour's sleep a night can have profound effects (43)________ how children perform the next day. A good night's sleep is also crucial for teenagers because it is while they are asleep (44)________ they release a hormone that is essential for their 'growth spurt' (the period during teenage years when the body grows at a rapid rate). It's true that they can, to some (45)________, catch up on sleep at weekends, but that won't help them when they are dropping off to sleep in class on a Friday afternoon.




A.A. risk
B.danger
C.threaten
D.threat

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
We cut down many forests. The Earth becomes hot.




A.The more forests we cut down, the hotter the Earth becomes.
B.The more we cut down forests, the hotter the Earth becomes.
C.The more forests we cut down, the Earth becomes hotter.
D.The more we cut down forests, the Earth becomes hotter.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My brother together with my parents..................going to meet my relatives at the airport this afternoon.




A.are
B.were
C.is
D.was

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Tom: “I won the gold medal in the race.”
You: “……………………”




A.Cheers! All the best.
B.That’s all right. Don’t mention it.
C.Well done! I knew you could do it.
D.Good luck! Better luck next time.

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




A.intelligent
B.comfortable
C.necessary
D.secretary

Of all the art-related reference and research library in North America, that of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is among the largest and most complete.




A.library.
B.that of.
C.among.
D.most complete.

Choose the phrase that best completes the sentence.
The gate is closed to stop the children running into the road.




A.Because the gate is closed, the children can run into the road.
B.They close the gate, and as a result, the children can’t run into the road.
C.The gate is closed so that children can run into the road.
D.In order to keep the children into the road, they close the gate.

Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks.
In most capital cities, which were built long before the heyday of the private car, there is rarely enough (61)………..for moving traffic, and certainly not enough for parked vehicles. Buses move slowly because of the volume of (62)…………..thus encouraging more commuters to abandon public transport. Banning traffic from some areas may help, but such a (63)………….may not actually diminish the number of cars coming into the city. What has happened in effect is that the (64)…………….of the private car have become the number one priority, and the older functions of the city centre as meeting place and focus for social life have been lost. The new city cannot (65)…………..without a series of ring roads. Giant car parks are (66)…… new palaces and cathedrals. During the working hours of the day, there is the constant (67)….of traffic, but at night the centre is nearly empty, apart from a few homeless in doorway. Most people have (68)………….. back to the suburbs, and very few of those who live in the centre have cars, for often there is nowhere to park them. The old cities with its narrow streets, may still retain a lively air (69)…………that may be because it exists as an island, where no cars are permitted. Unless the local authorities have not yet plucked up the courage to ban most traffic from the streets, (70)……….which case the city centre is congested by day and gigantic car park by night.




A.about
B.among
C.from
D.in

Choose the word which has CLOSEST meaning to the underlined word
Tryouts for community orchestras are frequently judged by committees.




A.Advertisements
B.Performances
C.Auditions
D.Novelties

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I think I’ll………a chance and leave my flight booking till the last minute. I may get a cheaper ticket.




A.take
B.make
C.do
D.bring