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 3 to 7.
If you are a comic book fan or just love free things, you are in luck because Saturday, May 6 is Free Comic Book Day. As the name indicates, it is the day when retailers across the globe will give out free comic books to anyone that walks into the store.
Celebrated on the first Saturday of May, the annual event, which began in 2002, is the brainchild of retailer Joe Field. The owner of Flying Colours Comics & Other Cool Stuff was inspired by the success of similar events like Free Cone Day and suggested the idea to retailers, publishers, and distributors.
He believed it would make people, both young and old visit their neighborhood store and revive interest in comic books. Over the past sixteen years, retailers have given away over 12 million comic books and the numbers are only growing.
Not every comic book in the store is free. However, with 50 specially published titles to choose from, there is something to suit every taste. Even if none of the free offerings catch your fancy, a visit to the store might still be worth the effort. That's because vendors usually discount all comic books and other merchandise on this fun day.
The word “brainchild” in paragraph 2 mostly means _______.
A.product
B.idea
C.offspring
D.opinion

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 3 to 7.
If you are a comic book fan or just love free things, you are in luck because Saturday, May 6 is Free Comic Book Day. As the name indicates, it is the day when retailers across the globe will give out free comic books to anyone that walks into the store.
Celebrated on the first Saturday of May, the annual event, which began in 2002, is the brainchild of retailer Joe Field. The owner of Flying Colours Comics & Other Cool Stuff was inspired by the success of similar events like Free Cone Day and suggested the idea to retailers, publishers, and distributors.
He believed it would make people, both young and old visit their neighborhood store and revive interest in comic books. Over the past sixteen years, retailers have given away over 12 million comic books and the numbers are only growing.
Not every comic book in the store is free. However, with 50 specially published titles to choose from, there is something to suit every taste. Even if none of the free offerings catch your fancy, a visit to the store might still be worth the effort. That's because vendors usually discount all comic books and other merchandise on this fun day.
The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.
A.the success of similar events
B.Free Comic Book Day
C.Flying Colours Comics & Other Cool Stuff
D.Free Cone Day

________(7)
A.benefit
B.harm
C.motivate
D.encourage

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 3 to 7.
If you are a comic book fan or just love free things, you are in luck because Saturday, May 6 is Free Comic Book Day. As the name indicates, it is the day when retailers across the globe will give out free comic books to anyone that walks into the store.
Celebrated on the first Saturday of May, the annual event, which began in 2002, is the brainchild of retailer Joe Field. The owner of Flying Colours Comics & Other Cool Stuff was inspired by the success of similar events like Free Cone Day and suggested the idea to retailers, publishers, and distributors.
He believed it would make people, both young and old visit their neighborhood store and revive interest in comic books. Over the past sixteen years, retailers have given away over 12 million comic books and the numbers are only growing.
Not every comic book in the store is free. However, with 50 specially published titles to choose from, there is something to suit every taste. Even if none of the free offerings catch your fancy, a visit to the store might still be worth the effort. That's because vendors usually discount all comic books and other merchandise on this fun day.
Saturday, May 6 mentioned in the passage is most likely in _______.
A.2018
B.2006
C.2002
D.2004

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 3 to 7.
If you are a comic book fan or just love free things, you are in luck because Saturday, May 6 is Free Comic Book Day. As the name indicates, it is the day when retailers across the globe will give out free comic books to anyone that walks into the store.
Celebrated on the first Saturday of May, the annual event, which began in 2002, is the brainchild of retailer Joe Field. The owner of Flying Colours Comics & Other Cool Stuff was inspired by the success of similar events like Free Cone Day and suggested the idea to retailers, publishers, and distributors.
He believed it would make people, both young and old visit their neighborhood store and revive interest in comic books. Over the past sixteen years, retailers have given away over 12 million comic books and the numbers are only growing.
Not every comic book in the store is free. However, with 50 specially published titles to choose from, there is something to suit every taste. Even if none of the free offerings catch your fancy, a visit to the store might still be worth the effort. That's because vendors usually discount all comic books and other merchandise on this fun day.
It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A.the event is held once a month
B.you have to pay for some books at the store
C.you may got find something you like at the store
D.the number of comic books published is increasing

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the others three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

A.poverty
B.important
C.develop
D.imagine

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The drainage of wetlands has detroyed or seriously damaged natural habitats.
A.irrigation
B.loss
C.deforestation
D.exploitation

_________(8)
A.little
B.gradually
C.so
D.that

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closet in meaning to each of the following sentences.
Although he drives a luxurious car, he is not rich.
A.He has an expensive car and he is very poor.
B.He is not rich and he owns a luxurious car.
C.Despite driving a luxurious car, he is not rich.
D.Driving an expensive car makes him become poor.

V. Choose the one option that best completes the passage.
Westminster Abbey is a very big church in Westminster, London. It is one of the (26) famous buildings in London. Most of the present buildings (27) replaced an earlier one was built in the 13th and 14th centuries, in the Gothic style. Every English king and,queen has been crowned there (28) William the Conqueror in 1066. Many famous English people are buried in the Abbey or have (29) in it, and it contains Poets Corner and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In 1997, the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales,(30) there. The Abbey was made a World Heritage Site in 1987.
(39)
A.took part
B.took place
C.got over
D.set up