Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
_____ is still unknown.




A.Mary was sacked
B.Was Mary sacked
C.Why Mary was sacked
D.Why was Mary sacked

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
John’s mistake was _____.




A.be late for work three times
B.late for work three times
C.had been late for work three times
D.that he had been late for work three times

How do people live in Mali, West Africa, where the temperature is often 50oC? John Baxter, a BBC journalist in Mali says, “People get up very early and they don’t move very much in the afternoon. Surprisingly, they wear a lot of clothes (usually cotton) as this helps them not to get dehydrated. Houses are very hot and don't have air conditioning - the best place to sleep is on the roof.




A.It’s normal to work twelve hours a day and people usually only have one or two weeks’ holiday.
B.Today many people under 35 can’t cook. They often go to the restaurants.
C.On a clear day you can even see Windsor Castle, which is 40 kilometres away.
D.People wear a lot of clothes (usually cotton) as this helps them not to get dehydrated.

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 in the following passage.
Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution problem is as complicated (31)______ it is serious. It is complicated because much pollution is caused by things that (32)______ people. For example, exhaust emissions (33)______ automobiles cause a large percentage of all air pollution. (34)______, automobiles provide transportation for millions of people. Factories (35)______ a lot of waste which pollutes air and water, but factories give employment to a large number of people.
(33)




A.at
B.for
C.from
D.in

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Our team must develop a new strategy in order to deal with the serious problem.




A.expand
B.grow
C.arise
D.invent

Choose the item (A, B, C or D) that best completes the unfinished statement.
Sometimes people add to what they say even when they don't talk. Ges­tures are the "silent language" of every culture. We point a finger or move another part of the body to show what we want to say. It is important to know the body language of every country or we may be misunderstood. In the United States, people greet each other with a handshake in a formal introduction. The handshake must be firm. If the handshake is weak, it is a sign of weakness or unfriendliness. Friends may place a hand on the other's arm or shoulder. Some people, usually women, greet a friend with a hug.
Space is important to Americans. When two people talk to each other, they usually stand about two and a half feet away and at an angle, so they are not facing each other directly. Americans get uncomfortable when a person stands too close. They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person by accident, they say, "Pardon me." or "Excuse me." Americans like to look the other person in the eyes when they are talking. If you don't do so, it means you are bored, hiding something, or are not interested. But when you are stare at someone, it is not polite. For Americans, thumbs-up means yes, very good, or well done. Thumbs down means the opposite. To call a waiter, raise one hand to head level or above. To show you want the check, make a move­ment with your hands as if you are signing a piece of paper. It is all right to point at things but not at people with the hand and index finger. Americans shake their index finger at children when they scold them and pat them on the head when they admire them. Learning a culture's body language is sometimes confusing. If you don't know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.
From the passage we can learn that_______.




A.gestures don't mean anything while talking
B.it's confusing to understand a culture's body language
C.gestures can help us to express ourselves
D.American people often use body language in communication

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Martin paints pictures, but he doesn’t make his ______ that way. He works in a big store.




A.living
B.live
C.lively
D.life

________(57)




A.poisons
B.pours
C.puts
D.surrounds

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.




A.calm
B.calculate
C.come
D.century

In line 7, the word “notion” is closet in meaning to _____.




A.nonsense
B.notice
C.idea
D.consequence