VII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer in each of the following questions.
The pianist was awful! I think that’s ________ performance I’ve ever heard.
A.as badly as
B.as bad as
C.worse than 
D.the worst

The phrase "the region" in paragraph 2 refers to__________
A.Sierra de la Plata
B.Santa Fe   
C.southwestern Colorado
D.New Mexico

According to the passage, Moby Dick is                          .
A.a romantic adventure      
B.a single-faceted work
C.a short story about a whale          
D.symbolic of humanity fighting the  environment

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
In many countries, there are national companies belonging to the state_____private companies.
A.including
B.as well
C.together with
D.but also

According to the condition of my scholarship, after finishing my degree, __________.  
A.my education will be employed by the university
B.I will be employed by the university
C.employment will be given to me
D.the university will employ me

She asked me_____
A.what day it was
B.it was what day
C.what day was it
D.what was the day

The children were all upset, and some were _______tears.
A.with
B.on
C.in
D.at

V. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer in each of the following questions.
She is a very ________ singer.
A.beautifully
B.beautify  
C.beauty 
D.beautiful

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
John speaks Chinese fluently because he used to live in China for ten years.
A.Suppose John has lived in China for ten years, he can speak Chinese fluently.
B.Provided that John lived in China for ten years, he could speak Chinese fluently.
C.Unless John had lived in China for ten years, he could not have spoken Chinese fluently.
D.John could not speak Chinese fluently if he had not lived in China for ten years.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of common roosts that is mentioned in the passage ?
 
A.Diseases easily spread among birds.
B.Groups are more attractive to predators than individual birds are
C.Food supplies are quickly depleted
D.Some birds in the group will attack the others.