IX:
Choose the best answer among A, B, C, D to complete each sentence below:
Tim: “____________”            – Jeycy: “Certainly”
A.Welcome back! 
B.What are you doing there?
C.I’m sorry I am late  
D.May I borrow a pencil , please?

All the cereal grains __________ grow on the prairies and plain of the United State. 
A.but rice
B.excepting rice 
C. but for rice
D.except the rice

Exercise 6. 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 26 to 30.
         According to sociologists, there are several different ways in which a person may be recognized as the leader of a social group in the United States. In the family, traditional cultural patterns confer leadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually (26) ______ as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection. In larger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally through election or recruitment.
       (27) ______ of the common belief that leaders are people with unusual personal ability, decades of research have failed to produce consistent evidence that there is any category of “natural leaders”. It seems that there is no set of personal qualities that all leaders have (28) ______ common; rather, virtually any person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.
       Furthermore, although it is commonly supposed that social groups have a single leader, research suggests that there are (29) ______ two different leadership roles that are held by different individuals. Instrumental leadership emphasizes the completion of tasks by a social group. Group members look to instrumental leaders to “get things done”. Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership (30) ______ emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group’s members.
(27) 
A.Whereas                                   
B.Although                
C.In spite   
D.Despite

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

A.fireplace     
B.outweigh                
C.lifestyle                  
D.folklore

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.
"Leave my house now or I'll call the police!" shouted the lady to the man.
A.The lady threatened to call the police if the man didn't leave her house.
B.The lady said that she would call the police if the man didn't leave her house.
C.The lady told the man that she would call the police if he didn't leave her house.
D.The lady informed the man that she would call the police if he didn't leave her house.

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
Before the mid-nineteenth century, people in the United States ate most foods only in season. Drying, smoking and salting could preserve meat for a short time, but the availability of fresh meat, like that of fresh milk, was very limited; there was no way to prevent spoilage. But in 1810, a French inventor named Nicolas Appert developed the cooking-and-sealing process of canning. And in the 1850’s an American named Gail Borden developed a means of condensing and preserving milk. Canned goods and condensed milk became more common during the 1860’s, but supplies remained low because cans had to be made by hand. By 1880, however, inventors had fashioned stamping and soldering machines that mass-produced cans from tinplate. Suddenly all kinds of food could be preserved and bought at all times of the year.
Other trends and inventions had also helped make it possible for Americans to vary their daily diets. Growing urban population created demand that encouraged fruit and vegetable farmers  to raise more produce. Railroad refrigerator cars enabled growers and meat packers to ship perishables great distances and to preserve them for longer periods. Thus, by the 1890’s, northern city dwellers could enjoy southern and western strawberries, grapes, and tomatoes, previously available for a month at most, for up to six months of the year. In addition, increased use of iceboxes enabled families to store perishables. As easy means of producing ice commercially had been invented in the 1870’s, and by 1900 the nation had more than two thousand commercial ice plants, most of which made home deliveries. The icebox became a fixture in most homes and remained so until the mechanized refrigerator replaced it in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
Almost everyone now had a more diversified diet. Some people continued to eat mainly foods that were heavily in starches or carbohydrates, and not everyone could afford meat. Nevertheless, many families could take advantage of previously unavailable fruits, vegetables, and dairy products to achieve more varied fare.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.Causes of food spoilage
B.Commercial production of ice
C.Inventions that led to changes in the American diet
D.Population movements in nineteenth century

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
It is (A) common knowledge that solar heating for a (B) large office building is (C) technically different (D) from a single-family home.
A.common knowledge
B.large office 
C.technically 
D.from a single-family home

Vacation schools and extracurricular activities are mentioned in paragraph 2 to illustrate _______.
A.alternatives to formal education provided by public schools
B.the importance of educational changes
C.activities that competed to attract new immigrants to their programs
D.the increased impact of public schools on students

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
            London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is located on the River Thames. It is one of the largest cities in Europe with  a population of over eight million. London is divided into four parts: the City, Westminster, the West End, and the East End.
            The City is small in area but it is the commercial heart of London. Many banks and offices are situated there. St. Paul’s Cathedral in the City is very large and beautiful. It was designed in the late 17th century by Sir Christopher Wren, one of the most famous English architects, and was completed in 1710. If the City is called the commercial heart of London, Westminster is the center of the administration. We can see the houses of Parliament there. The West End with the best and most expensive clubs, restaurants and theaters, beautiful houses and parks is the place where rich people live. Working people live the East End, where there are no parks or gardens and no fine houses
In which part of London can we see the Houses of Parliament?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to show the underlined part that needs correcting.
The oil price is believing to be rising again. 
A.oil
B.is
C.believing
D.be rising