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.
Considered the most influential architect of his time, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was born in the small rural community of Richland Center, Wisconsin. He entered the University of Wisconsin at the age of 15 as a special student, studying engineering because the school had no course in architecture. At the age of 20 he then went to work as a draftsman in Chicago in order to learn the traditional, classical language of architecture. After marrying into a wealthy business family at the age of 21, Wright set up house in an exclusive neighborhood in Chicago, and after a few years of working for a number of architectural firms, set up his own architectural office.
For twenty years he brought up a family of six children upstairs, and ran a thriving architectural practice of twelve or so draftsmen downstairs. Here, in an idyllic American suburb, with giant oaks, sprawling lawns, and no fences, Wright built some sixty rambling homes by the year 1900. He became the leader of a style known as the “Prairie” school - houses with low-pitched roofs and extended lines that blended into the landscape and typified his style of “organic architecture”.
By the age of forty-one, in 1908, Wright had achieved extraordinary social and professional success. He gave countless lectures at major universities, and started his Taliesin Fellowship – a visionary social workshop in itself. In 1938 he appeared on the cover of Time magazine, and later, on a two cent stamp. The most spectacular buildings of his mature period were based on forms borrowed from nature, and the intentions were clearly romantic, poetic, and intensely personal. Examples of these buildings are Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel (1915-22: demolished 1968), and New York City’s Guggenheim Museum (completed 1959). He continued working until his death in 1959, at the age of 92, although in his later years, he spent as much time giving interviews and being a celebrity, as he did in designing buildings. Wright can be considered an essentially idiosyncratic architect whose influence was immense but whose pupils were few.
The word “itself” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.
A.social workshop           
B.He                                      
C.Taliesin Fellowship     
D.major universities

The man was shot in the bank robbery. The doctors are operating on him.
A.The man was shot in the bank robbery where the doctors are operating on him.
B.The man whom the doctors are operating on him shot in the bank robbery.
C.The man was whom the doctors are operating on him shot in the bank robbery.
D.The doctors are operating on the man who was shot in the bank robbery.

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
GARDENING
Gardening is the art of growing plants with the goal of crafting a purposeful landscape. Residential gardening most often takes place in or about a residence, in a space referred to as the garden. Although a garden typically is located on the land near a residence, it may also be located in a roof, in an atrium, on a balcony, in a window-box, or on a patio or vivarium.
Gardening also takes place in non-residential green areas, such as parks, public or semi-public gardens ( botanical gardens or zoological gardens), amusement and theme parks, along transportation corridors, and around tourist attractions and  hotels. In these situations, a staff of gardeners or groundskeepers maintains the gardens.
Indoor gardening is concerned with the growing of houseplants within a residence or building, in a conservatory, or in a greenhouse. Indoor gardens are sometimes incorporated as part of air conditioning or heating systems.
Water gardening is concerned with growing plants adapted to pools and ponds. Bog gardens are also considered a type of water garden. These all require special conditions and considerations. A simple water garden may consist solely of a tub containing the water and plant.
Who maintains the public gardens?
A.groundskeepers    
B.housekeepers  
C.firemen  
D.workers

A.educate
B.eliminate  
C.certificate       
D.dedicate

A.proud
B.about   
C.around      
D.would

II. Choose the correct answer to complete each of the sentences.
She didn’t use to ________ in the hospital.
A.work                               
B.working                          
C.to work                      
D.worked

Of all the art-related reference and research library in North America, that of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is among the largest and most complete.
A.library
B.that
C.among
D.most complete

VI. Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them.
I am known (A) that those questions (B) are so difficult  (C) that we can’t answer them (D).
A.am known
B.those questions
C.so difficult
D.can’t answer them

The school was forced to close ...............
A.on the grounds of starting a riot
B.on the grounds pass his main
C.on account pass his main
D.affect to wake anyone

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 questions.
They would be a bit happier with more guests.
A.If more guests came, they would feel happier. 
B.More guests made them happy. 
C.They were sad because no one came.
D.They made their guests a bit happier.