Which of the following statements is best supported by the author?




A.The value of a shipwreck depends on the quantity of its artifacts.
B.Preservationists are fighting the use of technological advances such as side-scan sohar.
C.Side-scan sohar has helped to legitimize salvaging.
D.The use of sound waves is crucial to locating shipwrecks.

As we were heading out of the door of the cafe, we bumped into our plumber , who we still owed money to.




A.Our plumber, whom we hadn’t paid back yet, was the person who we encountered by chance at the moment we were exiting the cafe.
B.When we met our plumber in the cafe we were about to leave, we realized that we hadn’t yet paid him all the money we owed him
C.Our plumber, when we ran into him as he was entering the cafe that we were leaving, didn’t bring up our debt to him.
D.Not wanting to see the plumber to whom we still owed a debt, we quickly headed our the door of the cafe when we saw him coming in.

__________ (50)




A.raise
B.arise
C.rise
D.lift

The oceans contain many forms of life that has not yet been discovered.




A.oceans
B.forms
C.has
D.yet

Her style of dress accentuated her extreme slenderness.




A.revealed
B.emphasized
C.disfigured
D.betrayed

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.
I like the fresh air and green trees of the village which I spent my vacation last year.




A.the fresh air
B.green trees
C.which
D.my vacation

“The table is too heavy for me to move alone.”




A.light
B.easy
C.old
D.small

IX:
Choose the best answer among A, B, C, D to complete each sentence below:
_______ skeleton of an insect is on the outside of its body.




A.Its
B.That the
C.There is a
D.The

There were over two hundred people at Carl's trial, most of whom believed that he was not guilty of the crime.




A.Carl had not committed the crime, and so more than 200 people came to his trial to show their support.
B.When it was announced that Carl had been found not guilty of the crime, there were over 200 people in the audience at his trial.
C.Over 200 people coming to Carl’s trial must have influenced the fact that he was not found guilty of the crime.
D.The majority of the more than 200 people at Carl’s trial didn’t think that he had committed the crime.

___________ (20)




A.recycle
B.preserve
C.keep
D.reuse