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 from 37 to 41.
Speech is one of the most important ways of communicating. It consists of far more than just ……(37)………noises. To talk or to ……(38)…………by other people, we have to master a language, that is, we have to use combinations of sound that (39)……………for a particular object or idea. Communication ……(40)…………impossible if everyone ……(41)…………up their own language.
(41)




A.make
B.made
C.will make
D.makes

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.
Those companies were closed due to some seriously financial problems.




A.wiped out
B.put away
C.gone over
D.taken off

Mark the letters A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
He…………….for London one year ago.




A.has left
B.left
C.leaves
D.had left

IV. Choose the part that is incorrect.
I spent (A) most of time (B) in the train read (C) my (D) favorite book.




A.spent
B.most of time
C.read
D.my

Is he really ___________ to judge a brass band contest?




A.efficient
B.skillful
C.capable
D.competent

III. Choose the best answer.
The Second World War________in 1939 and_______in 1945.




A.begins/ends
B.had begun/ended
C.has begun/had ended
D.began/ended

III. Choose the best answer.
Peter _______to go in for the exam.




A.avoided
B.let
C.advised
D.decided

II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.




A.looked
B.finished
C.turned
D.helped

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It is a tradition to put _______ on a Christmas tree so the tree is very bright and beautiful.




A.decorations
B.presents
C.flowers
D.colors

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Never before _______ as rapidly as during the last decades.




A.technology is developing
B.has technology developed
C.technology has developed
D.has developed technology