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.
Dark clouds began to spread out across the sky, so we rushed to the house as fast as possible.
A.shrink
B.diminish
C.lessen
D.extend

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.
The company will only employ competent engineers, so they want to see evidence of their work as well the references from previous employers.
A.ambitious
B.unqualified
C.proficient
D.inconvenient

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.
As many as 100 million people in Asia, particularly from India, Russia, Japan and China, migrated to the southern and northen parts of Asia during the same period. These migrations began dwindling in the 1930s when immigration restrictions were established by receiving countries.
A.decreasing
B.travelling
C.combing
D.increasing

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.
According to fossil fuel records, roses are over 35 million years old and they were cultivated in China about 5,000 years ago. A Chinese emperor in the 6th century B.C. apparently had over 600 books on roses in his library, and oil was extracted from those grown in his gardens. (25) , only the highest members of society were allowed to use it. If anyone else was found with even a small amount, they were (26) _________ to death. Roses were also popular with the Romans, who used their petals as medicine, a source of perfume and as confetti at weddings.
Cultivated rose were only introduced to Western Europe in the 18th century. Napoleon’s wife, Josephine, started a botanical garden near Paris, (27) she collected all the known varieties of rose and encouraged the breeding of new ones. This led to the flowers becoming increasingly popular, and in Britain at that time roses became so (28) that they were often used as currency in local markets.
All roses in Europe used to be pink or white until the first red ones arrived from China 200 years ago. These now (29) love and are the world’s most common cut flower.
(25)
A.Furthermore
B.However
C.As a result
D.Otherwise

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.
According to fossil fuel records, roses are over 35 million years old and they were cultivated in China about 5,000 years ago. A Chinese emperor in the 6th century B.C. apparently had over 600 books on roses in his library, and oil was extracted from those grown in his gardens. (25) , only the highest members of society were allowed to use it. If anyone else was found with even a small amount, they were (26) _________ to death. Roses were also popular with the Romans, who used their petals as medicine, a source of perfume and as confetti at weddings.
Cultivated rose were only introduced to Western Europe in the 18th century. Napoleon’s wife, Josephine, started a botanical garden near Paris, (27) she collected all the known varieties of rose and encouraged the breeding of new ones. This led to the flowers becoming increasingly popular, and in Britain at that time roses became so (28) that they were often used as currency in local markets.
All roses in Europe used to be pink or white until the first red ones arrived from China 200 years ago. These now (29) love and are the world’s most common cut flower.
(26)
A.sentenced
B.killed
C.let
D.made

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.
According to fossil fuel records, roses are over 35 million years old and they were cultivated in China about 5,000 years ago. A Chinese emperor in the 6th century B.C. apparently had over 600 books on roses in his library, and oil was extracted from those grown in his gardens. (25) , only the highest members of society were allowed to use it. If anyone else was found with even a small amount, they were (26) _________ to death. Roses were also popular with the Romans, who used their petals as medicine, a source of perfume and as confetti at weddings.
Cultivated rose were only introduced to Western Europe in the 18th century. Napoleon’s wife, Josephine, started a botanical garden near Paris, (27) she collected all the known varieties of rose and encouraged the breeding of new ones. This led to the flowers becoming increasingly popular, and in Britain at that time roses became so (28) that they were often used as currency in local markets.
All roses in Europe used to be pink or white until the first red ones arrived from China 200 years ago. These now (29) love and are the world’s most common cut flower.
(28)
A.worthless
B.valuable
C.properous
D.priceless

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Beth swims____.
A.enthusiastically every morning to keep in shape in the pool
B.enthusiastically in the pool every morning to keep in shape
C.every morning to keep in shape enthusiastically in the pool
D.to keep in shape every morning enthusiastically in the pool

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.post
B.close
C.police
D.phone

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.


A.begin
B.mountain
C.kingdom
D.passage

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Did you read _______ book I lent you last week?
A.a
B.the
C.an
D.no article