Which of these sentences is true to the text?




A.Asian elephants’ habitat is bigger than Africans’.
B.Asian elephants’ habitat is as big as Africans’.
C.Africans’ habitat is bigger than Asian’.
D.Africans’ habitat isn’t so big as Asian’.

___________ (48)




A.vary
B.variety
C.varied
D.variously

The two bombs exploded simultaneously.




A.accidentally
B.all of the sudden
C.violently
D.at the same time

Helen Keller, blind and deaf from an early age, developed her sense of smell so finely that she could identify friends by their personal odors.




A.classify
B.communicate with
C.describe
D.recognize

We are up to our ________ in paperwork and don’t have a bit of free time for entertainment these days.




A.neck
B.forehead
C.chest
D.shoulders

It’s getting too hot and stuffy in here. Would you mind _______ the windows?




A.open
B.to open
C.being opened
D.opening

A.collect
B.operate
C.hobby
D.volunteer

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 questions.
Private couriers, extremely popular in large cities, travelling by bicycle carrying packets containing documents and other items from office to office.




A.extremely
B.travelling
C.carrying
D.from

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 questions.
Although this cake tastes good, we shouldn’t eat too much of it because we would risk to eat too much cholesterol.




A.good
B.of it
C.would
D.to eat

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
It was Tony who persisted in asking for another glass of brandy and got drunk in the end.




A.relied on
B.banked on
C.counted on
D.insisted on