Choose  the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
Francis Bacon lived ________ about the same time as Shakespeare.
A.at                            
B.for                           
C.in                            
D.over

In the end her neighbour decided to speak his mind.
A.say exactly what he thought
B.say a few words
C.have a chat
 
D.are given the right to

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Golf wear has become a very lucrative business for both the manufacturers and golf stars.
A.unprofitable              
B.impoverished              
C.inexpensive               
D.unfavorable

The planet is Venus. The planet is closest to the Earth.
A.The planet which is closet to the earth is Venus.
B.The planet what is closet to the earth is Venus.
C.The planet which are closet to the earth is Venus.
D.The planet which is closet to the earth has been Venus.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
I don’t know what they are going to ask in the job interview. I’ll just play it by ear.
A.plan well in advance
B.be careful about it
C.listen to others saying
D.do not plan beforehand

Which of the following is true regarding the crust?
A.It is the smallest of the Earth's three layers.
B. It is thicker on land than it is under the water.
C.There are many separate pieces that make it up.
D. The mantle beneath it keeps it from moving too much.

It’s his duty to get all the documents typed before the meeting.
A.He’s supposed to type all the documents before the meeting.
B.All the documents were supposed to type before the meeting.
C.All the documents were typed before the meeting.
D.He’s supposed to have all the documents typed before the meeting.

What was initially planned for the nation’s fuel supply in the 1950s and in the early 1960s?
A.Expansion and renovation of existing fuel-generating plants
B.Creation of additional storage capacities for fossil fuels
C.Conversion of the industry and the economy to nuclear power
D.Development of an array of alternative fuel and power sources

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 from 35 to 42.
          It weighed about 10,000 tons, entered the atmosphere at a speed of 64,000 km/h and exploded over a city with a blast of 500 kilotons. But on 15 February 2013, we were lucky. The meteorite that showered pieces of rock over Chelyabinsk, Russia, was relatively small, at only about 17 metres wide. Although many people were injured by falling glass, the damage was nothing compared to what had happened in Siberia nearly one hundred years ago. Another relatively small object (approximately 50 metres in diameter) exploded in mid-air over a forest region, flattening about 80 million trees. If it had exploded over a city such as Moscow or London, millions of people would have been killed.
          By a strange coincidence, the same day that the meteorite terrified the people of Chelyabinsk, another 50m-wide asteroid passed relatively close to Earth. Scientists were expecting that visit and know that the asteroid will return to fly close by us in 2046, but the Russian meteorite earlier in the day had been too small for anyone to spot.
          Most scientists agree that comets and asteroids pose the biggest natural threat to human existence. It was probably a large asteroid or comet colliding with Earth which wiped out the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. An enormous object, 10 to 16 km in diameter, struck the Yucatan region of Mexico with the force of 100 megatons. That is the equivalent of one Hiroshima bomb for every person alive on Earth today.
Many scientists, including the late Stephen Hawking, say that any comet or asteroid greater than 20 km in diameter that hits Earth will result in the complete destruction of complex life, including all animals and most plants. As we have seen, even a much smaller asteroid can cause great damage.
          The Earth has been kept fairly safe for the last 65 million years by good fortune and the massive gravitational field of the planet Jupiter. Our cosmic guardian, with its stable circular orbit far from the sun, sweeps up and scatters away most of the dangerous comets and asteroids which might cross Earth’s orbit. After the Chelyabinsk meteorite, scientists are now monitoring potential hazards even more carefully but, as far as they know, there is no danger in the foreseeable future.
(Adapted from British Council Learning English Teens)
On the same day as the meteorite exploded over Chelyabinsk, _______.
A.scientists realized that an even bigger asteroid could hit the Earth
B.an asteroid terrified the people of Chelyabinsk
C.scientists spotted many other asteroids around the Earth
D.there was another unrelated asteroid event

I suggest you take part in the competition.
A.If I was you, I would take part in the competition
B.If I were you, I would take part in the competition.
C.If I am you, I would take part in the competition.
D.If I had been you, I would have taken part in the competition.