Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Mary should have apologised________ being late this morning, but she did not.
A.about
B.at
C.for
D.up

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The doctor said ________ the patient did not stop smoking, he’d be seriously ill.
A.that if
B.whether
C.if that
D.as if

I like seeing the..............crashing onto the beach.
A.hurricane
B.typhoon
C.tornado
D.waves

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
______ is the limitation of the number of children born.
A.Population
B.Resource
C.Birth rate
D.Birthcontrol

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If you had taken my advice, we________ our way.
A.will not lose
B.would not lose
C.would not have lost
D.had lost

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to compete the following passage.
In some countries there is negative population growth, which means that the population (21)_______, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, mainly due to low birth rates, and Southern Africa due to the high number of HIV-related deaths. Within the next decade, Japan and Western Europe are also (22)_______to encounter negative population growth due to sub-replacement fertility rates.
Population growth which exceeds the carrying capacity of an area or environment (23)_______in overpopulation. Conversely, such areas may be considered “underpopulated” if the population is not large (24)_______to maintain an economic system. The future of world’s population could be significantly affected by the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic. In Africa, birth rates are already the highest in the world, especially in sub-Sahara Africa. But if HIV/AIDS is controlled or even eradicated, the world’s population could increase (25)_______faster than predicated.
(21)______
A.increases
B.grows
C.raises
D.decreases

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the rest.
A.twenty
B.two
C.twinkle
D.twelve

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the rest.
A.change
B.hungry
C.stronger
D.single

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the rest.
A.handicapped
B.visited
C.decided
D.wanted

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The new students hope________ in many of the school’s social activities.
A.to be included
B.to include
C.including
D.being included