I wish the weather _______ not so hot now.
A.is      
B.be  
C.were   
D.will be

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 43 to 47.
THE GENERATION GAP
People talk about the generation gap as a kind of division between young people and their parents. It is something which is generally a problem when children enter their teenage years, and results (43) ______ complaints on both side. Parents, for example, can often be heard to say that young people are (44) ______ and disobedient and in addition tend to be irresponsible when spending because they don’t appreciate the (45) ______ of money. Adolescents, on the other hand, complain that their parents don’t understand them.
What has gone wrong? One explanation lies in (46) ______ society has changed. In the past, children would typically continue the way of life of their parents. In today’s world, parents are very (47) ______ for their children because they want them to achieve more than they did. The problem is that the children often don’t agree with their parents’ plans. Teenagers also reach maturity at an earlier age than they used to and want their independence sooner. The resulting conflict is painful to both sides.
Adapted form Mastering Use of English
(45)
A.worth    
B.value         
C.cost               
D.amount

Exercise 3. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks from 11 to 15.
About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal-non-renewable natural resources.  We (11)___ well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away .A high proportion of our animal consumption is in the (12)____ of  packaging and this constitutes  about seven percent by weight, of our domestic (13) ____ . Almost all of it can be recycled, but very little of it is ,though the plastic recycling industry is growing fast. The plastics themselves are extremely energy - rich – they have a higher calorific (14) ____ than coal and one methodn of “recovery” strongly (15)____ by plastic manufacturers if the conversion  of waste plastic into a fuel.      
(13) 
A.goods
B.refuse
C.rubble
D.requirements

When the visitors arrived, the company gave them the ________ carpet treatment. 
A. blue 
B.red
C.orange
D.green

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
- "Excuse me. Where’s the parking lot?"        - “…………”
A.Why do you ask me? I don’t know.                                
B.Do you get lost? I do too.
C.You missed the turn. It’s back that way                       
D.You are going the wrong way. It’s not here.

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.advanced              
B.surprised                 
C.orphaned                
D.weighed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
TV keeps us ______ of what is going on all over the world.
A.to inform
B.inform
C.informing
D.informed

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that   needs correction in each of the following questions..(from 61 to 65).
A football match begins with the ball kicking forwards from a spot in the centre of the field.
A.begins
B.with
C.kicking forwards
D.in the centre

Task 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the word that differs from the rest in position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A.different
B.regular
C.achieving
D.property

II. Circle the correct answer, A, B, C or D.
Peter must ______ this essay today. He’s going out tomorrow.
A.finish                      
B.finishes                   
C.finishing                             
D.to finish