Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29.
Scuba diving is a sport in (25) ______ you swim underwater for extended (26) ________ using special equipment. The word Scuba is actually an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Scuba diving is an excellent way to see some very beautiful sites: coral diving sites with their colorful sea life are the most famous but other scuba diving (27) ______ include shipwrecks and caverns.
Scuba diving can also be a very relaxing sport and in many places it’s very beginner friendly. Many dive sites are (28) ______ (under the care of an instructor) after a short briefing and training dive. You can learn to dive far more quickly than you learn snow sports, for example. It’s also suitable for people with a number of physical disabilities. (29)_____you can use the breathing equipment and are able to successfully propel yourself underwater you may be able to dive.
(26) ________
A.stages 
B.rounds  
C.periods   
D.terms

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 following questions.
"The economic history of the United States", one scholar has written, "is the history of the rise and development of the capitalistic system". The colonists of the eighteenth century pushed forward what those of the seventeenth century have begun: the expansion and elaboration of an economy born in the great age of capitalist expansion.
Our excellent natural resources paved the way for the development of abundant capital to increase our growth. Capital includes the tools – such as: machines, vehicles, and buildings – that makes the outputs of labor and resources more valuable. But it also includes the funds necessary to buy those tools. If a society had to consume everything it produced just to stay alive, nothing could be put aside to increase future productions. But if a farmer can grow more corn than his family needs to eat, he can use the surplus as seed to increase the next crop, or to feed workers who build tractors. This process of capital accumulation was aided in the American economy by our cultural heritage. Saving played an important role in the European tradition. It contributed to American’s motivation to put something aside today for the tools to buy tomorrow.
The great bulk of the accumulated wealth of America, as distinguished from what was consumed, was derived either directly or indirectly from trade. Though some manufacturing existed, its role in the accumulation of capital was negligible. A merchant class of opulent proportions was already visible in the seaboard cities, its wealth as the obvious consequence of shrewd and resourceful management of the carrying trade. Even the rich planters of tidewater Virginia and the rice coast of South Carolina finally depended for their genteel way of life upon the ships and merchants who sold their tobacco and rice in the markets of Europe. As colonial production rose and trade expanded, a business community emerged in the colonies, linking the provinces by lines of trade and identity of interest.
According to the passage, the emergence of a business community in the colonies was a result of
A.the success of production and trade
B.the immigration
C.efficient saving  
D.the existence of manufacturing

Although they are poor and hard, they are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to their children’s success.
A.content   
B.proud     
C.satisfied 
D.boastful

Unfortunately, the film got................. reviews.  FAVOUR
A.unfavorable
B.favorable
C.unfavorable
D.favorably

She buys a lot of new dresses every month. She always dresses shabbily.
 
A.However a lot of new dresses she buys every month, she always dresses shabbily.
B. However many new dresses she buys every month, she always dresses shabbily.
C.Many as new dresses she buys every month, she always dresses shabbily.
D.She always dresses shabbily although she buys a lot of new dresses.

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 38 to 42.
Dubai is the second largest of the emirates which make up the United Arab Emirates. In the 1950s, it was a tiny coastal village. Now it is a huge modern city with a population of over 700,000. It offers an excellent modern lifestyle and is known around the world as a top tourist destination.
Dubai has something for everyone. Holidaymakers can enjoy a relaxing break, and people looking for adventure can find something new and exciting. The excellent hotels and facilities make it a popular place for business conferences and exhibitions.
Dubai offers many unusual holiday experiences. Visitors can go a desert safari or drive in the sand dunes in a four-wheel drive, watch camel racing or learn how to hunt with falcons. They can also try sand skiing. More relaxing is a cruise in a wooden dhow in the Gulf or a visit to the old city markets.
There are many opportunities to take photographs. The traditional architecture is amazing, and there are many magnificent palaces and mosques. Visitors can visit a Bedouin village and see camels and herds of goats.There are beautiful desert oases and the best sunsets in the world.
It is said that Dubai is the shopper’s paradise. Many people come to Dubai for the shopping. Visitor enjoy everything from modern malls to traditional markets. Low customs duties mean that many products are less expensive than products bought in other countries. While Dubai’s official language is Arabic, many shopkeepers speak English. Bur Juman Centra and Al Ghurair Centre are places that every shopper should try.
(Adopted from “IELTS Target 5.0” by Chris Gough)
The word “They” in paragraph 3 refers to                     .
A.holiday experiences      
B.falcons                    
C.visitors                    
D.sand dunes

The presentation by Dr. Dineen was self-explanatory.
A.bright                               
B.discouraging                   
C.confusing           
D.enlightening

For Christians. Easter is a  ................. holiday. People usually exchange chocolate eggs and bunnies on that day.
A.personal
B.national
C.religious
D.individual

Error Identification.
A person's body postures, movements but positions more often tell us exactly what they mean.
A.person's    
B.exactly                                
C.what                                   
D.but

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
I prefer secure jobs because I don’t like keeping on moving and changing all the time.
A.challenging
B.demanding
C.stable
D.safe