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.intend
B.medal
C.compete
D.defend

Choose the best answers to complete the sentences:
Each district was ................ up into a number of sub-divisions.




A.split
B.splitted
C.divided
D.dividing

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 from 22 to 29
In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature of all these cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it is very funny, a good cartoon is always based on close observation of a particular feature of life and usually has a serious purpose.
Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many years. In wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propaganda. Nowadays cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and governments as well as on a variety of social matters. In this way, the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in influencing people in Europe and the United States.
Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon drawings in the past have also attempted to reduce people, especially those who could not read and write. Such cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing education to illiterate and semi-illiterate people throughout China. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves have thus served to illustrate the teaching of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way.
In this sense, many Chinese cartoons are different from Western cartoons in so far as they do not depend chiefly on telling jokes. Often, there is nothing to laugh at when you see Chinese cartoons. This is not their primary aim. In addition to commenting on serious political and social matters, Chinese cartoons have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible among people.
Today, however, Chinese cartoons have an added part to play in spreading knowledge. They offer a very attractive and useful way of reaching people throughout the world, regardless of the particular country in which they live. Thus, through cartoons, the thoughts and teachings of the old Chinese philosophers and sages can now reach people who live in such countries as Britain, France, America, Japan, Malaysia or Australia and who are unfamiliar with the Chinese culture.
In general, Chinese cartoons are now aiming at ______ .




A.bringing education to illiterate and semi-literate people in the world
B.disseminating traditional practices in Chine and throughout the world
C.illustrating the truth of Chinese great men's famous sayings
D.spreading the Chinese ideas and cultural values throughout the world

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 from 17 to 19.
He makes a better husband than a father.




A.He is more successful as a husband than as a father.
B.His father is better than her husband.
C.Fathers are usually good husbands.
D.He tries to be a good husband and father.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 3 to 14.
_____ that we had to ask a police officer for directions.




A.So was confusing the map
B.Such confusing was the map
C.So confusing was the map
D.The map was so confused

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
He could spend hours _____ foreign films.




A.watched
B.watches
C.watching
D.to watch

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Nobody was harmed in the fire, _____?




A.was he
B.wasn't he
C.were they
D.weren't they

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We've had _________ problems with our new computer that we had to send it back to the shop.




A.so
B.such
C.enough
D.too

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If he were younger, he ______ a professional running competition now.




A.will join
B.had joined
C.would have joined
D.would join

The word “leaching” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ____________ .




A.washing
B.depositing
C.concentrating
D.dispersing