Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
Friendly though he may seem, he's not to be trusted.
A.However he seems friendly, he's not to be trusted.
B.He's too friendly to be trusted.
C.He may have friends, but he's not to be trusted.
D.However friendly he seems, he's not to be trusted.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
When the unemployment rate is high, the crime rate is usually also high.
A.The unemployment rate is as high as the crime rate.
B.The higher the unemployment rate is, the higher the crime rate is.
C.The unemployment rate and the crime rate are both higher.
D.The high rate of unemployment depends on the high rate of crime.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best joins each of the following pairs of sentences in each of the following questions.
My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953. It was completely destroyed by the forest fire.
A.My grandparents' lake house, built in 1953, was completely destroyed by the forest fire.
B.The forest fire destroyed my grandparents' lake house was built in 1953.
C.My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953 and completely destroyed by the forest fire.
D.My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953, so it was completely destroyed by the forest fire.

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 a newspaper reporter, she always wants to get information at first hand.
A.easily
B.slowly
C.directly
D.indirectly

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.
Olga was about to say something about the end of the movie. He was stopped by his friends right then.
A.Hardly had Olga intended to say something about the end of the movie before he was stopped by his friends.
B.Only after Olgahad said something about the end of the movie was he stopped by his friends.
C.Were it not for Olga’s intension of saying something about the end of the movie, he would not be stopped by his friends.
D.It was not until Olga was stopped by his friends that he started to say something about the end of the movie.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
His boss has asked him to respond immediately this fax.
A.His boss
B.has asked
C.to respond
D.immediately

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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.

A.eventually
B.capacity
C.altogether
D.particular

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.
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 great 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 few students bother (10) ______ 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 present your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (11) ________ understand what you are driving at and be persuaded.
Of course, skill in expression is not enough (12) _______ itself. You must have something to say in the first place. The effectiveness of your job depends (13) _______ your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.
Expressing one's thoughts is one skill that the school can really teach. The foundations for skill in expression have to be laid early: an interest in and an ear for language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of verbal expression. If you do not lay these foundations (14) ________ your school years, you may never have an opportunity again.
(11)
A.as well
B.both
C.either
D.not

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.
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 great 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 few students bother (10) ______ 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 present your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (11) ________ understand what you are driving at and be persuaded.
Of course, skill in expression is not enough (12) _______ itself. You must have something to say in the first place. The effectiveness of your job depends (13) _______ your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.
Expressing one's thoughts is one skill that the school can really teach. The foundations for skill in expression have to be laid early: an interest in and an ear for language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of verbal expression. If you do not lay these foundations (14) ________ your school years, you may never have an opportunity again.
(12)
A.for
B.by
C.on
D.in

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.
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 great 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 few students bother (10) ______ 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 present your own thoughts and ideas to them so they will (11) ________ understand what you are driving at and be persuaded.
Of course, skill in expression is not enough (12) _______ itself. You must have something to say in the first place. The effectiveness of your job depends (13) _______ your ability to make other people understand your work as they do on the quality of the work itself.
Expressing one's thoughts is one skill that the school can really teach. The foundations for skill in expression have to be laid early: an interest in and an ear for language; experience in organizing ideas and data, in brushing aside the irrelevant, and above all the habit of verbal expression. If you do not lay these foundations (14) ________ your school years, you may never have an opportunity again.
(14)
A.during
B.for
C.when
D.of