Exercise 8. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct  word for each of the blanks
WORKING PARENTS
Reliable studies have shown that children of parents who both go out to work have no more problems than children with one parent staying at home. My personal (36) _____ is that both parents should go out to work if they wish.
Some parents invest so much in a career that they cannot bear to give it up. Others have to work because of (37) _____ necessity. There are several options when it comes to choosing childcare from child minders to the kind neighbour across the street.
No (38) _____ how good the childcare may be, some children protest if their parents aren’t around. Babies become dependent on parents and close family members, (39) _____  parents should make sure they allow plenty of time to help their child settle in with their new career.
Remember: if parents want to (40) _____  the best for their children, it’s not the quantity of time they spend with them, it’s the quality that matters.
(36) 
A.view                                   
B.thought                   
C.decision                  
D.idea

I'd prefer not to go out tonight.
A.I'd rather not go out tonight.
B.I'd rather go out tonight.
C.I'd rather not going out tonight.
D.I'd rather not to go out tonight.

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.
I have tried hard. However, I can’t earn enough money.
 
A.Although I have tried hard, I can’t earn enough money.
B.Inspite of I have tried hard, I can’t earn enough money.
C.Despite I have tried hard, I can’t earn enough money.
D.Although I have tried hard, but I can’t earn enough money.

The word “evidence” in the first paragraph can be best replaced by__________
A.fact
B.numbers
C.statistics
D.proof

What‘s the name of the lady ...............was wearing the gold dress?
A.who
B.which
C.whom
D.whose

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is best built from the prompts  given  .
I /not see /  point / rule / we/ not / cycle/ school.
A.I can’t see the point of this rule which says we can’t  cycle to school.
B.I can’t see the point of this rule which we don’t cycle to school.
C.I can’t see the point of  rule which says we can’t  cycle to school.
D.I don’t see the point of this rule which we are not allowed to cycle to school.

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
More and more ________ are very excited at discovering as many interesting things in the deserts as possible.
A.explores
B.explorations
C.explorers
D.exploratory

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.
“I agree that I am narrow-minded,” said the manager.
A.The manager denied being narrow-minded.
B.The manager admitted being narrow-minded.
C.The manager refused to be narrow-minded.
D.The manager promised to be narrow-minded.

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 36 to 43.
Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner and more economical than their predecessors, but the car of the future will be far more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new types of automobile engines have already been developed that run on alternative sources of power, such as electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, propane.
Electricity, however, is the only zero-emission option presently available. Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or another dependable source of current is available, transportation expects foresee a new assortment of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighbourhood cars, electric deliver vans, bikes, and trolleys.
As automakers work to develop practical electric vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are focusing on infrastructure systems to support and make the best use of the new cars. Public charging facilities will need to be as common as today’s gas stations. Public parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with devices that allow drivers to charge their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient parking in transportation centres might be reserved for electric cars.
Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains and neighbourhood vehicles all meeting at transit centres that would have facilities for charging and renting. Commuters will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one-person three wheelers, small cars, or electric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which is no doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling five times number of vehicles that can be carried by a freeway today.
The author’s purpose in the passage is to........
 
A.narrate a story about alternative energy vehicles.
B. describe the possibilities for transportation in the future.
C.support the invention of electric cars.
D.criticize conventional vehicles.

By analyzing high pressure systems, fronts, and other influences, weather forecasters can determine the direction toward which ______ to travel.  
A.a storm is expected 
B. is expected a storm
C.is a storm expected            
D.an expected storm