Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My brother has been getting so _______ with me recently - I've no idea what's the matter with him.
A.nervous                               
B.irritable                               
C.envious                   
D.unkind

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Electric motors range in size from the tiny mechanisms that operate sewing machines to the great engines in heavy locomotives.
A.fail to work  
B.ready to work 
C.easy to work
D.simple to work

What is the cause of spring tides?
A.Seasonal changes in the weather
B.The gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon when nearly in line with the Earth
C.The Earth’s movement around the Sun
D.The triangular arrangement of the Earth, Sun, and Moon

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. 
People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly that they don’t even know what their own lives will be like in a few years’ time. What follows is not science fiction. It is how experts see the future.
            You are daydreaming behind the steering wheel; is it too dangerous? No! That’s no problem because you have it on automatic pilot, and with its hi-tech computers and cameras, your car “know” how to get you home safe and sound.
            What is for lunch? In the old days you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or a pizza. Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body needs. If your body needs more vegetables and less fat, your food-preparation machine makes you a salad.
            After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need to do your work. Thanks to your information screen and your latest generation computer, you needn’t go to the office any more. The information screen shows an urgent message from a co-worker in Brazil. You can instantly send back a reply to him and go on to deal with other matters.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.What life is like in the future
B.The role of the computer in future life
C.What foods people will eat in the future
D.Life in the future will be the same as life at present

A.about
B.south
C.count
D.young

l did not want to believe them, but in fact, _____ was true.
A.what they said
B.what has said
C.that they were said
D.which they said

Choose the best answer to each of the following question.
Neither __________ nor the ineffective air conditioner rattling in the window will deter Tiffany from loving the freedom of her first apartment.
A.when the inconsiderate neighbors played loud music
B.the inconsiderate neighbors playing loud music
C.playing loud music by the inconsiderate neighbors
D.

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.
            It is difficult to write rules that tell exactly when we should apologize, but it is not difficult to learn how. If we have done something to hurt someone’s feelings, or if we have been impolite or rude, we should apologize. An apology indicates that we realize we have made a mistake, and we are sorry for it. It is a way of expressing our regret for something. When we apologize, we admit our wrongdoing, usually offer a reason for it, and express regret.
            The simplest way to apologize is to say “I’m sorry”, but often that is not enough. Let’s take a common situation. Mario is late for class and enters the classroom, interrupting the teacher in the middle of the lesson. What does he do? The most polite action is usually to take a seat as quietly as possible and apologize later. But if the teacher stops and waits for him to say something, he could apologize simply “I’m sorry I’m late”, ask permission to take his seat, and sit down. Naturally, more than this – a reason for the tardiness – is needed, but this is not the time or the place for it because he has already caused one interruption and doesn’t need to make it any longer or worse than it already is.
What is the simplest way to apologize?
A.We said nothing.
B.We admit our wrongdoing.
C.We say “I am sorry”.
D.We express our regret.

I could hear the sound of the tractor and suddenly it came round the corner.
A.I could hear the sound of the tractor and suddenly round the corner it came.
B.I could hear the sound of the tractor and suddenly round the corner came it .
C.The sound of the tractor I could hear and suddenly round the corner it came.
D.I could hear the sound of the tractor and suddenly round it came the corner .

________(13)
A.or     
B.nor   
C.but   
D.neither