Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Please ensure that all outstanding debts are cleared within days of________ of this notification, otherwise legal action will follow.
A.receipt
B.balance
C.admission
D.spending

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.
Mai usually helps her classmates with their studies. Her classmates appreciate her.
A.Mai usually helps her classmates with their studies, for they appreciate her.
B.Mai usually helps her classmates with their studies, but they appreciate her.
C.Mai usually helps her classmates with their studies, or they appreciate her.
D.Mai usually helps her classmates with their studies, so they appreciate her.

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.
We cannot completely avoid stress in our lives. We need to find ways to cope with it.
A.Since we cannot completely avoid stress in our lives, we need to find ways to cope with it.
B.Because stress can completely be avoided in our lives, we need to find ways to cope with it.
C.After we can completely avoid stress in our lives, we need to find ways to cope with it.
D.As long as we can completely avoid stress in our lives, we need to find ways to cope with it.

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.
I haven't visited my hometown for a few years.
A.I was in my hometown for a few years.
B.I last visited my hometown a few years ago.
C.I didn't visit my hometown a few years ago.
D.I have been in my hometown for a few years.

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.
"Why don't we go camping at the weekend?" he said.
A.He suggested going camping at the weekend.
B.He denied going camping at the weekend.
C.He objected to going camping at the weekend.
D.He apologized for going camping at the weekend.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
A number of wildlife habitat reserves have been established in order to saving endangered species from extinction.
A.A
B.established
C.saving
D.species

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
We are all aware of our secretary's________ plan.
A.retirement
B.retired
C.retiring
D.retire

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
She always try to finish her homework before going to bed.
A.try
B.her
C.before
D.going to bed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The company's art_______ will be sold at a special auction.
A.acquisition
B.stock
C.selection
D.collection

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 35 to 42.
Humans are bringing about another global-scale change in the atmosphere: the increase in what are called greenhouse gases. Like glass in a greenhouse, these gases admit the Sun's light but tend to reflect back downward the heat that is radiated from the ground below, trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere. This process is known as the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide is the most significant of these gases – there is 25 percent more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than there was a century ago, the result of our burning coal and fuels derived from oil. Methane, nitrous oxide, and CFCs are greenhouse gases as well.
Scientists predict that increases in these gases in the atmosphere will make the Earth a warmer place. They expect a global rise in average temperature somewhere between 1.0 and 3.5 degrees Celsius in the next century. Average temperatures have in fact been rising and the years from 1987 to 1997 were the warmest years on record. Some scientists are reluctant to say that global warming has actually begun because climate naturally varies from year to year and decade to decade, and it takes many years of records to be sure of a fundamental change. There is little disagreement, though, that global warming is looming.
Global warming will have different effects in different regions. A warmed world is expected to have more extreme weather, with more rain during wet periods, longer droughts, and more powerful storms. Although the effects of future climate changes are unknown, some predict that exaggerated weather conditions may translate into better agricultural yields in areas such as the western United States, where temperature and rainfall are expected to increase, while dramatic decreases in rainfall may lead to severe droughts and plunging agricultural yields in parts of Africa, for example.
Warmer temperatures are expected to partially melt the polar ice caps, leading to a projected sea level rise of 50 centimeters by the year 2050. A sea level rise of this magnitude would flood coastal cities, force people to abandon low-lying islands, and completely inundate coastal wetlands. Diseases like malaria, which at present are primarily found in the tropics, may become more common in the regions of the globe between the tropics and the polar regions, called the temperate zones. For many of the world's plant species, and for animal species that are not easily able to shift their territories as their habitat grows warmer, climate change may bring extinction.
(Source: Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation)
Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?
A.Argumentative
B.Ironic
C.Sarcastic
D.Informative