Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in standard English:
What would happen because I pressed that red button?
A.would 
B.because 
C.pressed 
D.that

Choose the best answer.
What could be more ……… than a wedding on a tropical island?
A.romance         
B.romantic                 
C.romanticizing         
D.romanticism

Choose the best answer.
My father has an older sister he hasn’t seen ……….. thirty years.
A.since                     
B.in                          
C.during                  
D.for

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Joe has finished his first-aid course. He proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.
A.Although Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker, he hasn't finished his first-aid course.
B.Without finishing his first-aid course, Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.
C.However helpful Joe proves as a rescue worker, he hasn't finished his first-aid course.
D.Having finished his first-aid course, Joe proves extremely helpful as a rescue worker.

The phrase "under way " in paragraph 6 mostly means ______.
A.being notified          
B.being certified 
C.being inspected 
D.being launched

Charles W. Eliot, the president of Harvard in 1869, initiated a system under which mos required courses were dropped in favor of elective courses.

A.initiated                      
B.compulsory                
C.optional                      
D.necessary

Rarely         remove the entire root of a dandelion because of its length and sturdiness.
A.can the casual gardener                 
B.the casual gardener
C.the casual gardener will     
D.does the casual gardener’s

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (31) _____ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (32) _____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (33) _____ school before you (34) _____ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English arid mathematics, and you can select (35) _____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (36) _____ you can build on at college and eventually at university.
AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (37) _____ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in (38) _____ subjects such as engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at (39) _____ same time for two years, (40) _____ AS-level examinations at the end of your first year (called the lower-sixth) and A-level qualifications at the end of your second year (called the upper-sixth).
(38)
A.practical           
B.apprentice 
C.vocational 
D.physical

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (31) _____ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (32) _____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (33) _____ school before you (34) _____ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English arid mathematics, and you can select (35) _____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (36) _____ you can build on at college and eventually at university.
AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (37) _____ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in (38) _____ subjects such as engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at (39) _____ same time for two years, (40) _____ AS-level examinations at the end of your first year (called the lower-sixth) and A-level qualifications at the end of your second year (called the upper-sixth).
(35)
A.other       
B.   each other 
C. another
D.others

Choose the answer that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
When _______?
A.were computers used first 
B.were computers first used
C.did computers first use   
D.are computers first using