Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
You should consider ____ before you begin to prepare for it.
A.whether does a career have a promising future
B.whether or not a career has a promising future
C.whether if a career has a promising future
D.whether a career has a promising future

(36)
A.far more
B.so much
C.lots more
D.quite so

(38)
A.beast
B.being
C.individual
D.creature

What is most of the surface of Earth covered with?
A.land
B.air
C.water
D.salt

The article lists examples of bodies of water. What is the first example it lists?
A.creeks
B.rivers
C.oceans
D.lake

What is a body of water that does NOT move from one place to another?
A.a lake
B.a river
C.a stream
D.an ocean

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
A.Daily intense workouts help one stay healthy.
B.One’s body needs to rest between workouts.
C.A variety of exercises is better than doing the same one all the time.
D.It can be good to take a day off from exercising.

Which word is closest in meaning to the word “stretch” in this reading?
A.exaggerate
B.widen
C.make tight
D.extend or reach

What can be inferred about the mistakes people make when they work out?
A.They are very harmful to the body.
B.People who rarely work out make them.
C.People think it is OK to make them.
D.Athletes would not make these mistakes.

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.question
B.invitation
C.station
D.vacation