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 is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
“If I hadn’t had so much work to do, I would have gone to the movies.” said the boy.
A.As the boy did not have much work to do, he went to the movies.
B.They boy said that if he hadn’t had so much work to do, he would have gone to the movies.
C. The boy explained the reason why he had so much work to do that he couldn’t go to the movies.
D.The boy didn’t want to go to the movies because he did have so much to do.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Some people say often that using cars is not so convenient as using motorbikes.
A.say often
B.using cars
C.so
D.as using motorbikes

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.
No sooner had the first intrepid male aviators safely returned to Earth than it seemed that women, too, had been smitten by an urge to fly. From mere spectators, they became willing passengers and finally pilots in their own right, plotting their skills and daring line against the hazards of the air and the skepticism of their male counterparts. In doing so they enlarged the traditional bounds of a women's world, won for their sex a new sense of competence and achievement, and contributed handsomely to the progress of aviation.
But recognition of their abilities did not come easily. "Men do not believe us capable."  the famed aviator Amelia Earhart once remarked to a friend. "Because we are women, seldom are we trusted to do an efficient job." Indeed, old attitudes died hard: when Charles Lindbergh visited the Soviet Union in 1938 with his wife, Anne-herself a pilot and gifted proponent of aviation - he was astonished to discover both men and women flying in the Soviet Air Force.
Such conventional wisdom made it difficult for women to raise money for the up - to - date equipment they needed to compete on an equal basis with men. Yet they did compete, and often they triumphed finally despite the odds.
Ruth Law, whose 590 - mile flight from Chicago to Hornell, New York, set a new nonstop distance record in 1916, exemplified the resourcefulness and grit demanded of any woman who wanted to fly. And when she addressed the Aero Club of America after completing her historic journey, her plainspoken words testified to a universal human motivation that was unaffected by gender: "My flight was done with no expectation of reward," she declared, "just purely for the love of accomplishment."
(TOEFL Readings)
The word “addressed” can be best replaced by _______.
A.mailed               
B.came back to               
C. spoke to      
D.consulted

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.
Each year, the Academy Awards, better known as the “Oscars”, celebrate the best films and documentaries with categories ranging from acting, directing and screenwriting, to costumes and special effects. This year, 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis joins the list of kids who have taken the movie business by storm, as she competes for the best actress award for her role as ‘Hushpuppy’ in the film “Beasts of the Southern Wild”.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is made up of filmmakers in all fields. The group ranks their favorites in each category. Oftentimes Oscar recognition can take many years, but for some lucky and talented individuals that honor comes early in life.
Newcomer Quvenzhané Wallis (pronounced Kwe-VEN-zhah-nay) portrayed ‘Hushpuppy,’ a young girl fighting to survive in a poor Mississippi Delta community prone to devastating flooding. In the film, Wallis learns to find food in the wilderness, escapes a homeless shelter and deals with the death of her father. She will be the youngest ever nominee in the best actress category at nine years old.
Born in Houma, LA., Quvenzhané was just five years old when she auditioned for Beasts of the Southern Wild. Since auditions for the role of Hushpuppy were only open to 6-9 year olds, Quvenzhané’s mother lied on the initial paperwork to allow her daughter to audition. When director Benh Zeitlin saw her audition however, he immediately recognized her as the best pick for this strong and independent young character.
(https://www.pbs.org)
Which of the following best describe Quvenzhané Wallis according to the passage?
A.She is a young girl fighting to survive in a poor Mississippi Delta community.
B.She has won the best actress Oscars award for her role in “Hushpuppy”.
C.She escapes a homeless shelter and deals with the death of her father.
D.She is the youngest ever nominee in the best actress category for the Oscars.

Reading the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth's surface, earthquakes are recognized (25) _______ vibration, shaking and sometimes displacement of the ground. The vibrations may vary in (26) _______. They are caused mostly by slippage within geological faults, but also by other events such as volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear tests. The underground point of (27) _____ of the earthquake is called the focus. The point directly above the focus on the surface is called the epicenter. Earthquakes by themselves rarely kill people or wildlife. It is usually the secondary events (28) _______ they trigger, such as building collapse, fires, tsunamis (seismic sea waves) and volcanoes, that are actually the human disaster. Many of these could possibly be avoided by better construction, safety systems, early warning and (29) _______ planning.   
(Encarta, DVD, 2009)
(27)
A.source      
B.origin                  
C.center                     
D.epicenter

________(56)
A.got
B.moved
C.went
D.transferred

A.preposition
B.prepayment
C.prepare
D.prescribe

I hate Mondays! If only I don't have to go to school on Mondays.
A.don't
B.have to
C.go to school
D.on

VII. Choose the sentence - a, b, c or d - which is closest in meaning to the printed one.
It's high time the children went to bed.
A.The children went to bed late.
B.The children went to bed because of the high time.
C.It's too late for the children to go to bed.
D.It's time for the children to go to bed.