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.
It is raining cats and dogs outside. I want to climb the mountain today but I can’t.
A.I can’t carry out my mountain climbing because there are many cats and dogs falling out the sky.
B.It is the heavy rain that prevents me from climbing the mountain today.
C.I find it rather hard to climb the mountain despite a heavy downpour outside.
D.The heavy rain makes it possible for me to continue going climbing today.

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.
I find it difficult to get rid of my smoking habit.
A.As for me, stopping my smoking habit is quite difficult.
B.I have difficulty smoking cigarettes.
C.My smoking habit has caused me a lot of difficulties.
D.I will quit smoking someday.

_____(1)
A.individual
B.persons
C.people
D.member

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.
Jane can swim faster than I can.
A.I can’t swim as fast as Jane.
B.I can swim as fast as Jane.
C.Jane can’t swim as fast as I can.
D.Jane can swim as fast as I can.

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.
We produce more food. It gets cheap.
A.The more food we produce, the cheaper it gets.
B.The most food we produce, the cheapest it gets.
C.The least food we produce, the less cheap it gets.
D.Most food we produce, cheapest it gets.

Read the passage and choose the best answer marked A, B, C, or D to indicate the right answer to each of the following questions from 29 to 36.
Charity organisations are responsible for most of the help extended to the destitute. Each organisation caters to a different group of people.
The Red Cross is a well-known organisation that has centres in countries all over the world. It had its beginnings in a small Italian town in 1859. A fierce battle was taking place then and more than forty thousand people were wounded. The medical services of the army were inadequate. The situation horrified a Swiss businessman who then wrote a book describing the dreadful situation. His book was impetus for the setting up of charity organisations.
Today, countries emulate the workings of the Red Cross. They carry out fund raising activities to help children who cannot receive an education or victims of natural disasters. Both the young and old contribute willingly to these organisations. In fact, without these charity organisations, millions of people around the world perish because of poverty or natural disasters.
In India, a compassionate woman started PUSS (Palli Unnayan Sevi Samiti). Supported by social workers and teachers, she has helped hundreds of children receive a proper eduction. Without her help, the literacy rate in India would be much lower than what it is today.
Charity organisations are crucial today. They cannot function without the benevolent people who help to run these organisations.
The word perish in paragraph 3 is CLOSEST in meaning to _____.
A.die
B.forget
C.survive
D.affect

Read the passage and choose the best answer marked A, B, C, or D to indicate the right answer to each of the following questions from 29 to 36.
Charity organisations are responsible for most of the help extended to the destitute. Each organisation caters to a different group of people.
The Red Cross is a well-known organisation that has centres in countries all over the world. It had its beginnings in a small Italian town in 1859. A fierce battle was taking place then and more than forty thousand people were wounded. The medical services of the army were inadequate. The situation horrified a Swiss businessman who then wrote a book describing the dreadful situation. His book was impetus for the setting up of charity organisations.
Today, countries emulate the workings of the Red Cross. They carry out fund raising activities to help children who cannot receive an education or victims of natural disasters. Both the young and old contribute willingly to these organisations. In fact, without these charity organisations, millions of people around the world perish because of poverty or natural disasters.
In India, a compassionate woman started PUSS (Palli Unnayan Sevi Samiti). Supported by social workers and teachers, she has helped hundreds of children receive a proper eduction. Without her help, the literacy rate in India would be much lower than what it is today.
Charity organisations are crucial today. They cannot function without the benevolent people who help to run these organisations.
According to the passage, India is facing the problem of _____.
A.natural disasters
B.poor and hungry children
C.children with no homes
D.large numbers of uneducated children

Read the passage and choose the best answer marked A, B, C, or D to indicate the right answer to each of the following questions from 29 to 36.
Charity organisations are responsible for most of the help extended to the destitute. Each organisation caters to a different group of people.
The Red Cross is a well-known organisation that has centres in countries all over the world. It had its beginnings in a small Italian town in 1859. A fierce battle was taking place then and more than forty thousand people were wounded. The medical services of the army were inadequate. The situation horrified a Swiss businessman who then wrote a book describing the dreadful situation. His book was impetus for the setting up of charity organisations.
Today, countries emulate the workings of the Red Cross. They carry out fund raising activities to help children who cannot receive an education or victims of natural disasters. Both the young and old contribute willingly to these organisations. In fact, without these charity organisations, millions of people around the world perish because of poverty or natural disasters.
In India, a compassionate woman started PUSS (Palli Unnayan Sevi Samiti). Supported by social workers and teachers, she has helped hundreds of children receive a proper eduction. Without her help, the literacy rate in India would be much lower than what it is today.
Charity organisations are crucial today. They cannot function without the benevolent people who help to run these organisations.
What was the businessman's book (paragraph 2) about?
A.Sick children
B.How the rich can help the poor
C.People suffering in a war
D.Different charity organisations

Read the passage and choose the best answer marked A, B, C, or D to indicate the right answer to each of the following questions from 29 to 36.
Charity organisations are responsible for most of the help extended to the destitute. Each organisation caters to a different group of people.
The Red Cross is a well-known organisation that has centres in countries all over the world. It had its beginnings in a small Italian town in 1859. A fierce battle was taking place then and more than forty thousand people were wounded. The medical services of the army were inadequate. The situation horrified a Swiss businessman who then wrote a book describing the dreadful situation. His book was impetus for the setting up of charity organisations.
Today, countries emulate the workings of the Red Cross. They carry out fund raising activities to help children who cannot receive an education or victims of natural disasters. Both the young and old contribute willingly to these organisations. In fact, without these charity organisations, millions of people around the world perish because of poverty or natural disasters.
In India, a compassionate woman started PUSS (Palli Unnayan Sevi Samiti). Supported by social workers and teachers, she has helped hundreds of children receive a proper eduction. Without her help, the literacy rate in India would be much lower than what it is today.
Charity organisations are crucial today. They cannot function without the benevolent people who help to run these organisations.
The first centre of the Red Cross was in______.
A.India
B.Italy
C.Singapore
D.Switzerland

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 24 to 28.
Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at holding their (24)___ under water even before they can walk. Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water. It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming (25)_____ they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very popular (26) _____ these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under (27) ___. The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without coming up for breath even once. Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell. Meanwhile, they should (28)_____ those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.
(28)
A.encouragingly
B.encouraging
C.encouragement
D.encourage