Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 26 to 30.
Mandatory volunteering made many members of Maryland high school class of 1997 rumble with indignation. They didn’t like a new requirement that made them take part in the school’s community service program.
Future seniors, however, probably won't be as resistant now that the program has been broken in. Some, like John Maloney, already have completed their required hours of approved community service. The Bowie High School sophomore earned his hours in eighth grade by volunteering two nights a week at the Larkin-Chase Nursing and Restorative Center in Bowie. He played shuffleboard, cards, and other games with the senior citizens. He also helped plan parties for them and visited their rooms to keep them company. That experience inspired him to continue volunteering in the community.
John, 15, is not finished volunteer­ing. Once a week he videotapes animals at the Prince George County animal shelter in Forestville. His footage is shown on the Bowie public access television channel in hopes of finding homes for the animals."Volunteering is better than just sitting around," says John, "and I like animals; I don't want to see them put to sleep. "
He's not the only volunteer in his family. His sister, Melissa, an eighth grader, has completed her hours also volunteering at Larkin-Chase. "It is a good idea to have kids go out into the community, but it's frustrating to have to write essays about the work," she said. "It makes you feel like you're doing it for the requirement and not for yourself."
The high school's service learning office, run by Beth Ansley, provides information on organizations seeking volunteers so that students will have an easier time fulfilling their hours. "It's ridiculous that people are opposing the requirements," said Amy Rouse, who this summer has worked at the Ronald McDonald House and has helped to rebuild a church in Clinton. "So many people won't do the service unless it's mandatory," Rouse said, "but once they start doing it, they'll really like it and hopefully it will become a part of their lives - like it has become a part of mine."
What does the word “It” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A.doing obligatory volunteer work        
B.writing essays on their volunteer work
C.helping out the community   
D.completing a mandatory requirement

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.necessary
B.comfortable
C.characterize
D.oceanic

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
I expect you were fully satisfied with the results by the end of the display.
A.You were fully satisfied when the display came to an end.
B.By the end of the display you must have been quite happy.
C.You must be completely satisfied with the results by the end of the display.
D.By the end of the display you must have been fully satisfied.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She walks so fast that I can hardly keep ________ her.
A.up with       
B.up to          
C.away from         
D.off with

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Since the time of Nostradamus, meteorologists have been trying to decipher the mystery of climatic changes. Their objective has been to be able to precisely (15)______ the weather for the days to come. In the past, meteorologists looked skywards to find hints in the clouds. At present, their eyes are directed at the spots (16)______the most intriguing climatic transformations (17)______about, namely, the ultimate depths of the oceans where swirls, whirlpools and waves generate the patterns for the future weather.
The most efficient way of (18)_____ hold of the ever changing map of the swirling currents circulating their heat around the planet is from space. Weather satellites equipped (19)_____ complicated instruments examine the surface and the bottom of the oceans and determine the exact height of water. The impressive advantage offered by satellite scanning is that measurements can be (20)_____ even in the most inaccessible parts of the oceans and can provide daily pictures of the water surface together with the calculated wave height and wind speed.
(15)______
A.unravel         
B.perceive
C.forecast  
D.explore

(37)
A.whom                     
B.which                      
C.who                                    
D.where

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.valentine
B.discipline
C.determine
D.imagine

Choose the sentence that has the same meaning with the original sentence.
It’s time we left for the disco.
A.We may leave for the disco now.                
B.We needn’t leave for the disco now.
C.We should leave for the disco now.     
D.We must have left for the disco now.

Choose the best answer.
It is only ____ far from here.
A. a mile walk
B.a mile’s walk 
C.a walk’s mile      
D.a walk mile

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
A golden handshake may have a _______ effect when one is dealt with the blow of redundancy.
A.pillowing                        
B.carpeting                     
C.cushioning                   
D.curtaining