Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:
We can't go to Julia's party _______ we're going away that weekend.
A.because 
B.because of  
C.although  
D.in spite of

A chronic lack of sleep may make us  irritable and reduces our motivation to work.
A.uncomfortable             
B.responsive                    
C.calm                             
D.miserable

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.listens                     
B.reviews                   
C.protects                  
D.enjoys

A.Christmas
B.chemist 
C.machine
D. scholarship

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 from 19 to 23.
   Any change in one part of an ecosystem can cause changes in other parts. Droughts, storms and fires can change ecosystems. Some changes (19)................ecosystems. If there is too little rainfall, plants will not have enough water to live. If a kind of plant dies off, the animals (20)................feed on it may also die or move away. Some changes are good for ecosystems. Some pine forests need fires for the pine trees to reproduce. The seeds are sealed inside pinecones. Heat from a forest fire melts the seal and lets the seeds (21)................. Polluting the air, soil, and water can harm ecosystems. Building (22)................on rivers for electric power and irrigation can harm ecosystems around the rivers. Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down forests destroy ecosystems. Ecologists are working with companies and governments to find better ways of (23)................fish, cutting down trees, and building reservoirs. They are looking for ways to get food, lumber, and other products for people without causing harm to ecosystems.
(21) 
A.out                                      
B.in                            
C.go                           
D.fly

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.
The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.
A.A.   The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.
B.B.   The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.
C.C.   The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.
D.D.   The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.

He was ________ speaker.
A.so a good 
B.how good a  
C.so good a
D. what a good

 
________(43)
A.Others
B.Another
C.Meanwhile
D.Further

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_________ have made communication faster and easier through the use of email and the Internet is widely recognized.
A.It is that computers
B.That computers
C.Computers that
D.That it’s computers

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