Choose the sentence, A, B, C or D, which is closest in  meaning to the printed one.
The court found the man innocent of murdering his wife.
A.The man was judged not guilty of killing his wife.
B.The man was found murdered by his wife.
C.The court found a murdered man and his wife.
D.The court decided that the man had killed his wife.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
(50)
A.knees
B.papers
C.trees     
D.bats

No sooner ___________ everyone started to gossip about him.
A.did Mike leave when 
B. had Mike left than
C.Mike had left than
D.left Mike when

It’s necessary that every student of our class _______ hard.
A.study
B.studying
C.to study
D.studies

Even though some events were cancelled, thousands of people attended the festival.  
A. No matter how many people attended the festival, some events were cancelled
B.In spite some cancelled events, thousands of people attended the festival.
C. As some events were cancelled, thousands of people attended the festival.
D.Despite the cancellation of some events, thousands of people attended the festival.

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
_____ the car was expensive, he bought it.
A. Even though  
B.As though      
C.Despite                   
D.In spite of

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it
He had no idea how difficult the task would be until he was half way through it.
A.Only when  he was half way through the task did he realize how difficult it was.
B.Only when  he were half way through the task did he realize how difficult it was.
C.Only when  he was half way through the task did he realize how difficult it had been.
D.Only when  he was half way through the task had he realized how difficult it was.

V. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Recreational diving or sport diving is a type of diving that uses scuba equipment for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment. In some diving circles, the term "recreational diving" is used in contradistinction to "technical diving", a more demanding aspect of the sport which requires greater levels of training, experience and equipment.
Recreational scuba diving grew out of related activities such as snorkeling and underwater hunting. For a long time, recreational underwater excursions were limited by the amount of breath that could be held. However, the invention of the aqualung in 1943 by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and its development over subsequent years led to a revolution in recreational diving. However, for much of the 1950s and early 1960s, recreational scuba diving was a sport limited to those who were able to afford or make their own kit, and prepared to undergo intensive training to use it. As the sport became more popular, manufacturers became aware of the potential market, and equipment began to appear that was easy to use, affordable and reliable. Continued advances in' SCUBA technology, such as buoyancy compensators, modern diving regulators, wet or dry suits, and dive computers, increased the safety, comfort and convenience of the gear encouraging more people to train and use it.
Until the early 1950s, navies and other organizations performing professional diving were the only providers of diver training, but only for their own personnel and only using their own types of equipment. There were no training courses available to civilians who bought the first scuba equipment. Professional instruction started in 1959 when the non-profit National Association of Underwater Instructors was formed.
Further developments in technology have reduced the cost of training and diving. Scuba-diving has become a popular leisure activity, and many diving locations have some form of dive shop presence that can offer air fills, equipment and training. In tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world, there is a large market in holiday divers, who train and dive while on holiday, but rarely dive close to home. Generally, recreational diving depths are limited to a maximum of between 30 and 40 meters (100 and 130 feet), beyond which a variety of safety issues make it unsafe to dive using recreation diving equipment and practices, and specialized training and equipment for technical diving are needed.
Recreational underwater excursions used to be limited _______.
A.as underwater hunting was banned
B.because the necessary amount of breath was too expensive to afford
C.because divers could not take enough amount of breath with them
D.because the necessary amount of breath was too heavy to bring

The word "generated" in line 24 is closest in meaning to _________.
A.caused    
B.estimated        
C. assisted     
D.requested

Choose one word or phrase – (A, B, C or D) - that best completes the sentences  from questions 7 to 22:
Before I started the car, all of the passengers _________________ their seat belts.
A.have buckled 
B.had buckled  
C.will buckle 
D.was buckling