Tony is so ______ that his friends tend to tell him all their problems.  
A.optimistic
B.critical 
C.sympathetic 
D.confidential

After you have read the book, please________ it back on the shelf.
A.resend
B.put
C.reshelf
D.return

Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 

A.polluted
B.used
C.stayed
D.lived

________(49)
A. take
B.send
C.break
D.move

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in the meaning or best combination to each of the following questions.
Although my parents are busy at work, they try to find time for their children.
 
A.My parents are too busy at work to find time for their children.
B.My parents are so busy at work that they cannot find time for their children.
C.My friends rarely have time for their children because they are busy at work.
D.Busy at work as my parents are, they try to find time for their children.

_____one of the most beautiful forms of performance art, ballet is a combination of dance and mime performed to music.
A.Being considering
B.Considering
C.Considered
D.To consider

I couldn‘t meet Mrs. Chi because she's______
A.out
B.in
C.above
D.under

We run a very tight ship here, and we expect all our employees to be at their desks by eight o’clock and take good care of their own business.
A.have a good voyage 
B.organize things inefficiently
C.run faster than others
D.manage an inflexible system

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
As Chinese society changes, higher education is undergoing major transformations. The university model of the United States and other Western countries has a powerful influence. New trends in Chinese higher education are attracting the attention of global educators. Since the establishment of Western-oriented modern universities at the end of nineteenth century, Chinese higher education has continued to evolve. Over the past two decades, however, tremendous economic development in China has stimulated reforms in higher education that have resulted in some remarkable changes.
The first modern institution, Peiyang University, was founded in Tianjin. The university changed its name to Tianjin University in 1951 and became one of the leading universities in China: Next, Jiaotong University was founded in Shanghai in 1896. In the 1950s, most of this university was moved to Xi'an, an ancient capital city in northwest China, and became Xi'an Jiaotong University; the part of the university remaining in Shanghai was renamed Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Tianjin University celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 1995, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong and Shanghai Jiaotong Universities in 1996. Other leading universities, such as Zhejiang University (1897), Beijing University (1898), and Nanjing University (1902) also recently celebrated their hundredth anniversaries, one after another. These celebrations marked the beginning of a new chapter in Chinese higher education.
The text is about _______.
A.Chinese education system  
B.some famous universities in China
C.the western influences on Chinese education  
D.application for a university in China

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.
By adopting a few simple techniques, parents who read to their children can considerably increase their children’s language development. It is surprising, but true. How parents talk to their children makes a big difference in the children’s language development. If a parent encourages the child to actively respond to what the parent is reading, the child’s language skills increase.
A study was done with two or three-year-old children and their parents. Half of the thirty children participants were in the experimental study; the other half acted as the control group. In the experimental group, the parents were given a two-hour training session in which they were taught to ask open-ended questions rather than yes-no questions. For example, the parent should ask, “What is the doggy doing?” rather than, “Is the doggy running away?” Experimental parents were also instructed how to expand on their children’s answer, how to suggest alternative possibilities, and how to praise correct answers.
At the beginning of the study, the children did not differ on levels of language development, but at the end of one month, the children in the experimental group were 5.5 months ahead of the control group on a test of verbal expression and vocabulary. Nine months later, the children in the experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children in the control group.
What conclusion can be drawn from this passage?
A.Children’s language skills increase when they are required to respond actively.
B.Children who read actively always act six months earlier than those who don’t.
C.Two or three-year-old children can be taught to read actively.
D.The more children read, the more intelligent they become.