Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each question from 36 to 45.
             Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account for more than $40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration has noted. “The 1970s was the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be the decade of the woman entrepreneur.”
            What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn advanced degrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had noted. “In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become chairman of the board. Now they have found out that isn’t going to happen, so they go out on their own.”
            In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in “women’s” fields – cosmetics and clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer System, a $22 million a year computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig who was then a housewife with degrees in math and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers – and her office was a bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company’s cash. After she succeeded with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer-science graduates to develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has 200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock. Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance world is still dominated by men, an old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are still quite small.
            But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzig in the years ahead.
All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the business world EXCEPT__________
A.women weren’t trained in business.    
B.women faced discrimination in business
C.women lacked ability to work in business.
D.women were required to stay at home with their families.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A,B,C,orD on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to35.
Graphic novels,as the name suggests, are books written and illustrated in the style of acomic book. Adults may feel that graphic novels do not help children become good readers. They believe that this  type of  reading material  somehow prevents  "real" reading.(31)___,manyquality graphic novels are now being seen as a method of storytelling on the same level as novels, films or audiobooks. Many librarians and teachers are now accepting graphic novels as proper literature for children as they (32)___ young people and motivate them to read. This has beenespeciallytrue with children who are not (33)___ to read, especiallyboys.
Language learners are also motivated by graphic novels because the pictures provide clues to the meaning of the words. Therefore, they will (34)___ new vocabulary morequickly.Many teachers have reported great success when they used graphic novels with their students, especially in the areas of English, social studies and art. The idea that graphic novels are too simple to be regarded as serious reading is no longer valid. Reading them can, undoubtedly,help students develop the skills (35)            are necessary to read more challenging works.
(Source: Complete IELTS by Rawdon Wyatt)

A.attract
B.attractively
C. attractive
D.attraction

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
“Why did you waste your money on going to see that movie?”
“I know. It’s the ____ film I’ve ever seen.”
A.worse                      
B.baddest                   
C.worst                      
D.bad

Choose the correct answer
Women whose husbands do not _____ the household chores are unhappy.
A.A. contribute to           
B.B. contribution            
C.C. contribution to      
D.D.contribute

I / suggest/ we / work harder.
A.
B.
C.
D.

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.essential   
B.medical 
C.dangerous
D.regular

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
By next year, my son will have _____ his education at Cambridge University.
A.realized
B.completed
C.graduated
D.terminated

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It was the first time I had visitors ______ I had moved to London. 
A.since
B.as
C.for
D.because

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 looking around the store for a present for my mom, and this scarf caught my________.
A.sight                       
B.breath                     
C.eye                          
D.dream

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
                        fuel that is used today is a chemical form of solar energy.
A.The most
B.Almost the
C.Most of
D.Most