Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
After many year of unsuccessfully endeavoring to form his own orchestra, Glenn Miller finally achieved world fame in 1939 as a big band leader.
A.requesting
B.trying
C.offering
D.deciding

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The bank announced that it was to merge with another of the high street banks.
A.associate
B.separate
C.cooperate
D.assemble

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
- Lisa: “Have you been able to reach Peter?” - Gina: “……………”
A.That’s no approval
B.Yes, I’ve known him for years
C.No, the line is busy
D.It’s much too high

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 questions
We should not make an important decision until we have thought carefully about it.
A.It is important to think carefully about our decision.
B.We thought carefully about the decision we made.
C.We’d better think it over beíòre we make an important decision.
D.We made an important decision after we had thought carefully about it.

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
I can’t stand the car ____________ Therefore, I hate traveling by car.
A.illness
B.sickness
C.ailment
D.disease

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
Where’s that …………… dress that your boyfriend gave you?
A.lovely long pink silk
B.lovely pink long silk
C.long pink silk lovely
D.pink long lovely silk

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
It was …… easy for him to learn baseball because he had been a cricket player.
A.purposefully
B.exceedingly
C.relatively
D.normally

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
Could you stand_________ for me and teach my English class tomorrow morning, John?
A.up
B.down
C.out
D.in

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
Sam’s uncle, ______ is very rich, came to visit our orphanage.
A.that
B.who
C.whom
D.whose

Choose the answer among A, B, C, D to complete each of the sentences below:
Stress and tiredness often lead to lack of _______.
A.concentrate
B.concentration
C.concentrated
D.concentrator