Choose the best option A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions.
Computers and telecommunication are bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of our life.




A.equivalent
B.diverse
C.like
D.similar

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
John: Where is Jimmy? Mary: He is ____ work. He is busy ____ his monthly report.




A.to / through
B.in / about
C.on / for
D.at / with

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
When the tenants failed to pay their bill, the authorities decided to _____ the gas supply to the flat.




A.cut up
B.cut off
C.cut out
D.cut down

Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space from 3 to 7.
Education is now generally regarded as a basic human right. In most countries, children from 5-11 receive (3)______ primary school education, and in others, they also receive secondary education during their adolescence. However, there are some children who are entitled to go to school but whose parents prefer to homeschool them. In some countries this is a growing (4) _____. In this essay I will explore the reasons for this development and the advantages of both approaches.
First of all, in mainstream education, pupils not only gain knowledge in a range of academic subjects, but they also learn valuable social (5)_____ such as cooperation and team work, which can be used in their adult life. Secondly, staff have acquired qualifications which means they can use effective teaching methods. They can also set benchmarks; in other words, they know exactly what children at different ages should be able to (6) _____.
Homeschooling, on the other hand, can allow a child to receive individual attention, develop at their own page and also concentrate more as they will not have to deal with disruptive fellow students. Another point in favour of home schooling is that more lessons may involve e-learning and the use of (7)_______media.
Continuous innovation in education is providing students with many learning options. If an option helps students to be motivated, it should not be ruled out.
(7)______




A.mutual
B.interactive
C.communicative
D.relating

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
Between you and me, so don’t tell anyone , I’m sure he’ll lose the election.




A.In conclusion
B.In fact
C.In truth
D.In confidence

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 following questions .
In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States had tremendous natural resources that could be exploited in order to develop heavy industry. Most of the raw materials that are valuable in the manufacture of machinery, transportation facilities, and consumer goods lay ready to be worked into wealth. Iron, coal, and oil - the basic ingredients of industrial growth - were plentiful and needed only the application of technical expertise, organizational skill, and labor.
One crucial development in this movement toward industrialization was the growth of the railroads. The railway network expanded rapidly until the railroad map of the United States looked like a spider's web, with the steel filaments connecting all important sources of raw materials, their places of manufacture, and their centers of distribution.
The railroads contributed to the industrial growth not only by connecting these major centers, but also by themselves consuming enormous amounts of fuel, iron, and coal. Many factors influenced emerging modes of production. For example, machine tools, the tools used to make goods, were steadily improved in the latter part of the nineteenth century - always with an eye to speedier production and lower unit costs.
The products of the factories were rapidly absorbed by the growing cities that sheltered the workers and the distributors. The increased urban population was nourished by the increased farm production that, in turn, was made more productive by the use of the new farm machinery. American agricultural production kept up with the urban demand and still had surpluses for sale to the industrial centers of Europe.
The labor that ran the factories and built the railways was recruited in part from American farm areas where people were being displaced by farm machinery, in part from Asia, and in part from Europe. Europe now began to send tides of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe - most of whom were originally poor farmers but who settled in American industrial cities. The money to finance this tremendous expansion of the American economy still came from European financiers for the most part, but the Americans were approaching the day when their expansion could be financed in their own “money market”.
According to the passage, what was one effect of the improvement of machine tools?




A.Lower manufacturing costs
B.Better distribution of goods
C.More efficient transportation of natural resources
D.A reduction in industrial jobs

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
This is __________ the most difficult job I’ve ever had to do.




A.by chance
B.by myself
C.by far
D.by heart

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
The number of higher education _______ has risen this year for the first time in more than a decade.




A.applications
B.applicable
C.applicants
D.applies

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
We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient.




A.Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay.
B.Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night.
C.Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night.
D.The bad weather prevented us from driving any further.

Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase for each space.
Health experts suggest that (42)_____ healthy and happy, it’s important to keep our lives in balance. Chinese philosophy, which has spanned thousands of years, uses the principles of yin and yang to explain the importance of balance in life. Explained simply, the Yang represents the active elements of the universe, whereas the Yin represents the passive ones. This expresses the importance of balance in (43)_____ of living. Today health experts agree that it’s important to have a balanced life. For example, they’ve said it’s necessary to have a balance between work and rest and to have a balanced exercise program. (44) _____, I’m sure you’d agree that in our busy world, it’s not always easy to get and keep balance in our lives.
Due to business or study deadlines, many people work to excess, leaving little time at the end of their busy day to spend with family and friends. They eat fast-food and don’t get enough rest or recreation and then suffer badly from the effects of stress. It’s sad that this situation often happens when people believe that access to (45) _____ is the answer to happiness instead of understanding the importance of balanced living.
While ambition can be a good thing, having too much ambition can cause a person to become “out of balance”. Of course, it’s also unbalanced to spend too much time on entertainment and pleasure activities, with little or no time (46) _____ to work or education. Balance means allocating enough time for all the important aspects of life, such as spending time with family and friends, working or studying, as well as resting and relaxing.
(42)_____




A.to stay
B.to protect
C.to look
D.to preserve