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.
Ancient people made clay pottery because they needed it for their survival. They used the pots they made for cooking, storing food, and carrying things from place to place. Pottery was so important to early cultures that scientists now study it to learn more about ancient civilizations. The more advanced the pottery in terms of decoration, materials, glazes and manufacture, the more advanced the culture itself. The artisan who makes pottery in North America today utilizes his or her skill and imagination to create items that are beautiful as well as functional, transforming something ordinary into something special and unique. The potter uses one of the Earth's most basic materials, clay. Clay can be found almost everywhere. Good pottery clay must be free from all small stones and other hard materials that would make the potting process difficult. Most North American artisan-potters now purchase commercially processed clay, but some find the clay they need right in the earth, close to where they work.
The most important tools potters use are their own hand; however, they also use wire loop tools, wooden modeling tools, plain wire, and sponges. Plain wire is used to cut away the finished pot from its base on the potter's wheel. After a finished pot is dried of all its moisture in the open air, it is placed in a kiln and fired. The first firing hardens the pottery, and it is then ready to be glazed and fired again. For areas where they do not want any glaze, such as the bottom of the pot, artisans paint on melted wax that will later burn off in the kiln. They then pour on the liquid glaze and let it run over the clay surface, making any kind of decorative pattern that they want.
The word "basic" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A.fundamental 
B.versatile  
C.familiar   
D.dirty

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Kate and Jackie are talking about the plan of the English club meeting next week.
Kate: “Do you think Mary's coming to the English club?” - Jackie: “________.”    
A.I hope not.    
B.I believe not.
C.I believe not so   
D.I don’t believe.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
He locked the doors _______ be disturbed when he was studying for his exams.
A.in order not  
B.in order that
C.in order to     
D.in order not to

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
______ electricity you use, _______ your bill will be.
A.More/higher   
B.The more / the high
C.The more/ the higher 
D.The most/ the higher

Mark the letter A, B, C or D in your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
He was so careless that he left the work half doing and went to the cinema.
A.was                                 
B.careless                               
C.left                                     
D.doing

The film was not interesting. However, he tried to watch the whole film.
A.In spite of the film uninteresting, he tried to watch the whole film.
B.Uninteresting as the film was, he tried to watch the whole film.
C.Despite of uninteresting film, he tried to watch the whole film.
D.Uninteresting as was the film, he tried to watch the whole film.

_______in the morning has become my habit for years.
A.Having had a cold bath
B.Having a cold bath
C.Have a cold bath
D.Having cold bath

_____she could not say anything.
A.Therefore upset was she that
B.However upset was she that
C.So upset was she that
D.So upset was that

It was_____ a simple question that everyone answered it correctly.
A.so
B.such
C.much
D.too

lt’s strange. His sisters are blonde, _____he is very dark.
A.therefore
B.in order to
C.whereas
D.however