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.
After many years of unsuccessfully endeavoring to form his own orchestra, Glenn Miller finally achieved world fame in 1939 as a big band leader.
A.offering           
B.deciding                  
C.requesting               
D.trying

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.
People nationwide have acted without to provide aids for the victims in the hesitation disaster-stricken areas.  
A.uncertainty                          
B.willingness                          
C.awareness                           
D.reluctance

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
We had a long way to go so we..................off very early.
A.made   
B.put   
C.set
D.had

...................... flowers are usually made of plastic or silk.
A.Unreal   
B.False   
C.Artificial        
D.Untrue

A.marks 
B.curls
C.collapse
D.inherits

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
You were wrong _______ her for something she didn't do.
A.criticizing                
B.so as to criticize 
C.to criticize             
D.that criticizing

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Would you rather have coffee or orange juice? -…………………
A.I like both       
B.I have either
C.Either, please
D.I’d rather to have coffee

"Did you go sailing last weekend?”
– “No. We would have gone, _________ nicer”.
A.had the weather been     
B.if the weather has been       
C.woud the weather be    
D.if the weather might be

Read 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
HOME LIFE
"Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but (1)_________, we've stopped doing one thing that's actually been a proven predictor of success-and that's household chores," says Richard Rende, a (2)_________ psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz, and co-author of forthcoming book “Raising Can-Do Kids." Decades of studies show the benefits of chores-academically, emotionally and even professionally. Giving children household chores at an early age (3)_______ to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal study (4)_______ followed 84 children across four periods in their lives-in preschool, around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends, to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as (5)_______ with those who didn't have chores or who started them as teens. Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others' needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
(Adapted from http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-children-need-chores)
(2) 
A.develop                   
B.developing              
C.developed               
D.developmental

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
For most people around the world, applying _________ admission to a college or university is a major event in their lives.
A.for                           
B.on                           
C.at                            
D.to