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.
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 (39) ________ for school? According to a new report, today's generation of children are in danger of getting so (40)_______ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at (41)_______. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours' sleep a night, (42)_______teenagers require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (43)________ anything between two and five hours' sleep a night less than their parents did at their age.
By Tim Falla and Paul A.Davies, Solutions Advanced. OUP
(41)
A.jeopardy
B.threat
C.risk
D.danger

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
Rock carvings suggest that Stone Age people were hunting whales for food as early as 2,200 B.C. Such _____(41) hunting is still practised today in a number of ______(42) including the Inuit people of Greenland and North America.
Whaling became big______ (43) from the seventeenth century as the _______(44) for whale bone and whale oil rose, and the humpback and sperm whales were hunted in increasingly large numbers. ________(45) just as stocks of these species began to fall, the explosive harpoon gun was ______(46) . This weapon, together with the development of steam-powered ships, enabled the whalers to hunt the fast moving fin and blue whales.
In 1905, the whaling ______(47) moved to the waters of Antarctica. The introduction of massive factory ships enabled the whales to be processed at sea. As a result. the blue whale had ________(48) disappeared by the I95os. In 1946, the International Whaling Commission was established to maintain the declining whale populations. Quotas were set but ____(49) were often ignored and the numbers continued to fall. Hunting of many species continued until 1986 when the IWC finally responded to international________(50) and a ban on commercial whaling was introduced.
________(41)
A.survival
B.essential
C.basic
D.subsistence

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.
Peter told us about his leaving the school. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.
A.Only after his leaving the school did Peter inform us of his arrival at the meeting.
B.Not until Peter told us that he would leave the school did he arrive at the meeting.
C.Hardly had Peter informed us about his leaving the school when he arrived at the meeting.
D.No sooner had Peter arrived at the meeting than he told us about his leaving the school.

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.
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 (39) ________ for school? According to a new report, today's generation of children are in danger of getting so (40)_______ sleep that they are putting their mental and physical health at (41)_______. Adults can easily survive on seven to eight hours' sleep a night, (42)_______teenagers require nine or ten hours. According to medical experts, one in five youngsters (43)________ anything between two and five hours' sleep a night less than their parents did at their age.
By Tim Falla and Paul A.Davies, Solutions Advanced. OUP
(39)
A.behind time
B.about time
C.in time
D.at time

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.
The young girl has great experience of nursing. She has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.
A.Before she worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
B.Much as she has worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
C.Having worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
D.Having worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.

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.
People think that traffic congestion in the downtown area is due to the increasing number of private cars.
A.Traffic congestion in the downtown area is blamed for the increasing number of private cars.
B.The increasing number of private cars is thought to be responsible for traffic congestion in the downtown area.
C.The increasing number of private cars is attributed to traffic congestion in the downtown area.
D.Traffic congestion in the downtown area is thought to result in the increasing number of private cars.

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.
Harry no longer smokes a lot.
A.Harry now smokes a lot.
B.Harry used to smoke a lot.
C.Harry didn’t use to smoke a lot.
D.Harry rarely smoked a lot.

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
Though formally (A) close friends, they have now been estranged (B) from each other (C) due to some regrettable misunderstandings (D).
A.formally
B.have now been estranged
C.each other
D.regrettable misunderstandings

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
Historically (A), it was the 3rd Asian Games (B) in Japan that (C) tennis, volleyball, table tennis and hockey were (D) added.
A.Historically
B.was the 3rd Asian Games
C.that
D.were

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.
The system of higher education had its origin in Europe in the Middle Ages, when the first universities were established. In modern times, the nature of higher education around the world, to some extent, has been determined by the models of influential countries such as France and Germany.
Both France and Germany have systems of higher education that are basically administered by state agencies. Entrance requirements for students are also similar in both countries. In France, an examination called the baccalauréat is given at the end of secondary education. Higher education in France is free and open to all students who have passed this baccalauréat. Success in this examination allows students to continue their higher education for another three or four years until they have attained the first university degree called a licence in France.
Basic differences, however, distinguish these two countries’ systems. French educational districts, called académies, are under the direction of a rector, an appointee of the national government who is also in charge of universities in each district. The uniformity in curriculum throughout the country leaves each university with little to distinguish itself. Hence, many students prefer to go to Paris, where there are better accommodations and more cultural amenities for them. Another difference is the existence in France of prestigious higher educational institutions known as grandes écoles, which provide advanced professional and technical training. Most of these schools are not affiliated with the universities, although they too recruit their students by giving competitive examinations to candidates. The grandes écoles provide rigorous training in all branches of applied science and technology, and their diplomas have a somewhat higher standing than the ordinary licence.
In Germany, the regional universities have autonomy in determining their curriculum under the direction of rectors elected from within. Students in Germany change universities according to their interests and the strengths of each university. In fact, it is a custom for students to attend two, three, or even four different universities in the course of their undergraduate studies, and the majority of professors at a particular university may have taught in four or five others. This high degree of mobility means that schemes of study and examination are marked by a freedom and individuality unknown in France.
France and Germany have greatly influenced higher education systems around the world. The French, either through colonial influence or the work of missionaries, introduced many aspects of their system in other countries. The German were the first to stress the importance of universities as research facilities, and they also created a sense of them as emblems of a national mind.
(Source: https://britannicalearn.com)
The word “emblems” in the final paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A.representatives
B.directions
C.structures
D.delegates