Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 34.
Vitamins, taken in tiny doses, are a major group of organic compounds that regulate the mechanisms by which the body converts food into energy. They should not be confused with minerals, which are inorganic in their makeup. Although in general the naming of vitamins followed the alphabetical order of their identification, the nomenclature of individual substances may appear to be somewhat random and disorganized. Among the 13 vitamins known today, five are produced in the body. Because the body produces sufficient quantities of some but not all vitamins, they must be supplemented in the daily diet. Although each vitamin has its specific designation and cannot be replaced by another compound, a lack of one vitamin can interfere with the processing of another. When a lack of even one vitamin in a diet is continual, a vitamin deficiency may result.
The best way for an individual to ensure a necessary supply of vitamins is to maintain a balanced diet that includes a variety of foods and provides adequate quantities of all the compounds. Some people take vitamin supplements, predominantly in the form of tablets. The vitamins in such supplements are equivalent to those in food, but an adult who maintains a balanced diet does not need a daily supplement. The ingestion of supplements is recommended only to correct an existing deficiency due to unbalanced diet, to provide vitamins known to be lacking in a restricted diet, or to act as a therapeutic measure in medical treatment. Specifically, caution must be exercised with fat-soluble substances, such as vitamins A and D, because, taken in gigantic doses, they may present a serious health hazard over a period of time.
According to the passage, vitamins are _______.




A.food particles
B.essential nutrients
C.miscellaneous substances
D.major food groups

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 year-end party was out of this world. We had never tasted such delicious food.




A.enormous
B.terrific
C.strange
D.awful

I find/conversation/ interesting/ and I/ glad/ practice/ English




A.I have found the conversation interesting and was glad to practice my English.
B.I have found the conversation interesting and been glad to practice my English.
C.I found the conversation interesting one and was glad to practice my English.
D.I found the conversation interesting and was glad to practice my English.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
An endangered species is the one .............. population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct.




A.what
B.whose
C.who
D.which

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The more you practise speaking English, …………………………




A.the more fluent you can speak it
B.the most fluently you can speak it
C.the most fluent you can speak it
D.the more fluently you can speak it

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.
(13)




A.on much
B.much on
C.on most
D.most on

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.interview
B.essential
C.processor
D.compliment

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.
The boss scolded Laura for that minor mistake. He now feels really bad about it.




A.The boss wishes he did not scold Laurafor that minor mistake.
B.The boss wishes Laura had not made that minor mistake.
C.If only the boss had not scolded Laura for that minor mistake.
D.The boss regretted to scold Laurafor that minor mistake.

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 following questions.
Janet speaks English better than Daisy.




A.Janet does not speak English as well as Daisy.
B.Daisy speaks English better than Janet.
C.Janet is a better speaker of English than Daisy.
D.Daisy and Janet are not so good at speaking English.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Most teachers tend to detest ______ during classes.




A.interrupting
B.being interrupted
C.to interrupt
D.to be interrupted