Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
My mother used to be a woman of great _______, but now she gets old and looks pale.
A.beautifully
B.beautiful
C.beauty
D.beautify

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Reagan _______ an actor years ago.
A.was said being
B.is said to be
C.was said have been
D.is said to have been

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
The more I got to know them, _________ I liked them.
A.the fewer
B.the less
C.the little
D.the least

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
I went there once a long time ago and _______ back since.
A.am not
B.had not been
C.was
D.have not been

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.
Her living conditions were difficult. However, she studied very well.
A.Difficult as her living conditions, she studied very well.
B.Although she lived in difficult conditions, but she studied very well.
C.She studied very well in spite of her difficult living conditions.
D.She studied very well thanks to the fact that she lived in difficult conditions.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions from 1 to 2.
A.attract
B.person
C.signal
D.instance

Choose the best option A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions.
“Are you waiting for your exam result?” she said
A.She asked me if I was waiting for my exam result.
B.She asked me whether was I waiting for the exam result.
C.She asked me whether I was waiting for your exam.
D.She asked me was I waiting for my exam result.

Choose the best option A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions.
They arrived late, so they didn’t have good seats.
A.However late they arrived, they had very good seats.
B.The late arrivers still had good seats.
C.Unless they arrived early, they wouldn’t have good seats.
D.If they had arrived earlier, they might have got good seats.

Choose the best option A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
You must read the instructions. You won’t know how to use this machine without reading them.
A.Unless you read the instructions, you won’t know how to use this machine.
B.You will know how to use this machine unless you read the instructions.
C.Without reading the instructions, the use of this machine won’t be known.
D.Reading the instructions, so you will know how to use this machine.

Choose the best option 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 book is very interesting. My brother bought it yesterday.
A.The book which my brother bought it yesterday is very interesting.
B.The book my brother bought yesterday is not interesting.
C.The book which is very interesting my brother bought yesterday.
D.The book which my brother bought yesterday is very interesting.