Due to ever more spreading poaching, there ______ a dramatic decline in the number of elephants over the last decade.
 
A.was
B.is
C. has been
D.had been

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.
A.Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.
B.Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.
C.The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.
D.The plan is as impractical as it is ingenious.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

A.occur                      
B.prefer                      
C.apply                      
D.surface

Does Keith blame________
A.you for some money?
B.you for what happened?
C.with your results?
D.it to her?

How did Penfield stimulate dreams and other minor events from the past?
A.By surgery  
B.By repetition
C.By chemical stimulation
D.By electric stimulation

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to find out one mistake in each sentence.
If we had more time last week, we would certainly have finished the project on time.
A.on time      
B.had                            
C.certainly                     
D.the

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.
Seth informed us of his retirement from the company. He did it when arriving at the meeting.
A.Only after his retiring from the company did Seth tell us about his arrival at the meeting.
B.Not until Seth said to us that he would leave the company did he turn up at the meeting.
C.Hardly had Seth notified us of his retiring from the company when he arrived at the meeting.
D.No sooner had Seth arrived at the meeting than we were told about his leaving the company.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
John was late for a meeting with Jane. He’s now apologizing to Jane for the incident.
John: “I’m so sorry I was late."
Jane: “_______.”
A.Little wonder you do!    
B.Forget about it!
C.Don’t sweat over it!   
D.No offense intended!

During the five- decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects.
A.holding at
B.holding back
C.holding to
D.holding by

The word "bias" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to                                   .
A.A. concern                
B.   B. disadvantage                      
C.C. attitude                  
D.  D. prejudice