Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
It is ____ best restaurant in ____ Lyon, but it is too expensive to eat there very often.
A.the / a      
B.a / an        
C.Ø / the         
D.the / Ø

Choose the word or phrase  that best complete sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
The staff are working at weekend ................. delay the project any further.
A.so that not to  
B.as not to 
C.so as not to   
D.for not

Why was it easy to find Ding Jinhao?
A.Because it was on a monument.
B.Because he wrote it on his blog.
C.Because it was basic and clear.
D.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
Most students who were asked felt that _______ respect in the classroom was essential.
A.mutual
B.annual
C.actual
D.continuous

According to the passage, what led to Johnson’s downfall?
A.His personal characteristics       
B.His waffling and hesitation
C.The state of the nation’s economy     
D.His liberal position on slavery

Roget's Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged by the ideas they express rather than by alphabetical order.
 
 
A.restricted
B.as well as 
C.unless  
D.instead of

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 25 to 29.
Becoming an independent language learner
In an educational context, the term “learner independence” has gained increasing importance in recent years. It is of particular (25) ________ to language learning and commonly refers to the way students confidently control and organize their own language learning process. While some people seem to have an almost (26) ________ flair for languages, others have rely on strategies to maximize their skills and learn a foreign language more effectively.
The main thing to remember is that becoming a truly independent learner ultimately depends above all on taking responsibility for your own learning and being prepared to take every opportunity available to you to learn. You also increase your chances of (27) ________ by learning according to your own needs and interests, using all available resources. Research shows that learners (28) ________ adopt this approach will undoubtedly manage to broaden their language abilities considerably and, (29) ________, are more likely to achieve their objectives in the longer term.
(Adopted from “Complete Advanced” by Laura Malthews and Barbara Thomas)
(27) 
A.successfully            
B.successful               
C.succeed                  
D.success

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.
Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.
A.A. be busy                       
B.B. attempt                        
C.C. prepare                        
D.D. help

Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks.
 The first question we might ask is: What can you learn in college that will help you in being an employee? The schools teach a (51)....................... many things of value to the future accountant, doctor or electrician. Do they also teach anything of value to the future employee? Yes, they teach the one thing that it is perhaps most valuable for the future employee to know. But very (52)……… students bother to learn it. This basic is the skill ability to organize and express ideas in writing and in speaking. This means that your success as an employee will depend on your ability to communicate with people and to (53)....................... your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (54)....................... understand what you are driving at and be persuaded.
Of course, skill in expression is not enough by itself. You must have something to say in the first (55)………. The effectiveness of your job depends (56)....................... your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.
(57)………..one’s thoughts is one skill that the school can really teach. The foundations for (58)………….in expression have to be laid early: an interest in and an ear for language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing (59)……..the irrelevant, and above all the (60)………. of verbal expression. If you do not lay these foundations during your school years, you may never have an opportunity again.
(52)
A.several  
B.few
C.some     
D.a few

Just keep working on him; he'll come_______________the idea sooner or later.
A.down with
B. up for    
C.up with     
D.round to