Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 14.
______ in large quantities in the Middle East, oil became known as black gold because of the large profit it brought.
A.Discovered
B.Discovering
C.Which was discovered
D.That when discovered

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 14.
The authorities _____ actions to stop illegal purchase of wild animals and their associated products effectively. However, they didn't do so.
A.should have taken
B.needed have taken
C.must have taken
D.had to take

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 14.
Only in the last few years ______ to use home computers.
A.people have begun
B.when people began
C.have begun people
D.have people begun

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 14.
When the first child was born, they ______ for three years.
A.have been married
B.had been married
C.will been married
D.will have been married

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 14.
_______ , I decided to stop trading with them.
A.Being the biggest dealer
B.Though being the biggest dealer
C.Despite of the fact that they were the biggest dealer
D.Even though they were the biggest dealer

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 14.
Politicians _______ blame the media if they don't win the election. They're so predictable.
A.variety
B.various
C.invariably
D.variable

_____(2-STRONG)
A.strength
B.strengthen
C.strenthening
D.strongly

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.
– “Excuse me. Where's the parking lot?” – “ ______”
A.You missed the turn. It's back that way.
B.Do you get lost? I do too.
C.You are going the wrong way. It's not here.
D.Why do you ask me? I don't know.

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.
We arrived at the conference. Then we realized that our reports were still at home.
A.No sooner had we realized that our reports were at home than we arrived at the conference.
B.Only after we arrived at the conference did we realize that our reports were still at home.
C.Not until we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at home.
D.Hardly had we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at home.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D or your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
"You should have finished the report by now," the boss said to his secretary.
A.The boss scolded his secretary for not finishing the report on time.
B.The boss suggested his secretary should have finished the report on time.
C.The boss reminded his secretary of finishing the report on time.
D.The boss advised his secretary to finish the report on time.