Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If she hadn't lost her job last year, she ________ all of her debt.




A.can pay
B.will pay
C.could pay
D.could have paid

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Many of the _______ paintings were robbed from the museum last night.




A.valueless
B.worthless
C.unvaluable
D.invaluable

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 don't like Paul's manners. I respect his character.




A.I don't like Paul's manners so I respect his character.
B.Although I don't like Paul's manners, I respect his character.
C.I respect Paul's character because I don't like his manners.
D.I respect Paul's character just as I don't like his manners.

In paragraph 7, the writer says ______________.




A.many people have lost hope about the future of the planet
B.it's clear why people fail to consider how serious plastic pollution is
C.people are seriously suffering from the effects of plastic pollution
D.people should start taking the issue of plastic pollution seriously

What does the passage mainly discuss?




A.Plastic consumption and its effects
B.Plastic pollution and our action
C.The impact of plastic pollution on marine life
D.The problems caused by plastic particles

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.
JARGON - THE UPSIDE
The reality is that everyone uses jargon. It is an essential part of the network of occupations and pursuits which make up society. All jobs have an element of jargon, which workers learn as they (25) ________their expertise. All hobbies require mastery of a jargon. Each society grouping has its jargon. The phenomenon turns (26) _____ to be universal and valuable. It is the jargon element, which, in a job, can promote economy and precision and thus help make life easier for the workers.
When we have learned to command it, jargon is something we readily take (27) ______ in whether the subject is motorcycling, baseball or computers. It can add pace, variety and humor to speech - as when, with an important event approaching, we might slip into the related jargon. We enjoy the mutual showing off which stems from a fluent use of terminology, we enjoy the in-jokes (28) _______ shared linguistic experience permits. (29) ________, we are jealous of this knowledge. We are quick to demean anyone who tries to be part our group without being prepared to take on its jargon. And we resent it when some other group, sensing our lack of linguistic awareness, refuses to let us in.
(25) ________




A.develop
B.raise
C.extend
D.expand

I suggest________a short cut through the park. It’ll take much less time.




A.take
B.to take
C.taking
D.took

Which of the following will be most likely discussed in the next part of the article?




A.word security and defense
B.nanotechnology’s potential
C.how nanotechnology works
D.nanotechnological products

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
A ________ person is kind and gives emotional support to others.




A.careless
B.careful
C.cared
D.caring

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
If I say something odd, it’s because I didn’t sleep at all last night. When I get extremely tired, I can sometimes get a bit weird.




A.not be able to participate
B.not be able to concentrate
C.to be too clever
D.to act strangely or unusually