From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence.
As a partner I accept full responsibility but by the same ......................... I feel others should too.




A.sign
B.reference
C.token
D.meaning

From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence.
He is a (n) .................. authority on the subject.




A.eminent
B.expert
C.qualitative
D.quality

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following question.
The director, as well as his wife and two children, were injured in the accident.




A.The
B.well as
C.were
D.in

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following question.
You can reduce your vulnerability for stress by taking a nap in the afternoon.




A.reduce
B.vulnerablility for
C.stress
D.a nap

A.insufficient
B.material
C.superficial
D.observation

_____________(59)




A.contrast
B.converse
C.contrary
D.conflict

____________(52)




A.digit
B.amount
C.number
D.numeral

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.
He cannot practice scuba diving because he has a weak heart.




A.The fact that he has a weak heart cannot stop him practicing scuba diving.
B.Scuba diving makes him suffer from having a weak heart.
C.The reason why he cannot practice scuba diving is that he has a weak heart.
D.He has a weak heart but he continues to practice scuba diving.

……….out of the water, penguins are almost found in groups, and are quite sociable.
A.Before
B.Just as
C.By the time
D.While

Mickey Mantle was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He played for the New York Yankees in their years of glory. From the time Mantle began to play professionally in 1951 to his last year in 1968, baseball was the most popular game in the United States. For many people, Mantle symbolized the hope, prosperity, and confidence of America at that time.
Mantle was a fast and powerful player, a “switch-hitter” who could bat both right-handed and left-handed. He won game after game, one World Series championship after another, for his team. He was a wonderful athlete, but this alone cannot explain America’s fascination with him.
Perhaps it was because he was a handsome, red-haired country boy, the son of a poor miner from Oklahoma. His career, from the lead mines of the West to the heights of success and fame, was a fairy-tale version of the American dream. Or perhaps it was because America always loves a “natural”: a person who wins without seeming to try, whose talent appears to come from an inner grace. That was Mickey Mantle.
But like many celebrities, Mickey Mantle had a private life that was full of problems. He played without complaint despite constant pain from injuries. He lived to fulfill his father’s dreams and drank to forget his father’s early death.
It was a terrible addiction that finally destroyed his body. It gave him cirrhosis of the liver and accelerated the advance of liver cancer. Even when Mickey Mantle had turned away from his old life and warned young people not to follow his example, the destructive process could not be stopped. Despite a liver transplant operation that had all those who loved and admired him hoping for a recovery, Mickey Mantle died of cancer at the age of 63.
It can be inferred from the passage that for most Americans ______.




A.success in Mantle’s career was difficult to believe
B.Mantle had a lot of difficulty achieving fame and success
C.success in Mantle’s career was unnatural
D.Mantle had to be trained hard to become a good player