People think that traffic congestion in the downtown area is due to the increasing number of private cars.
A.Traffic congestion in the downtown area is blamed for the increasing number of private cars.
B.The increasing number of private cars is thought to be responsible for traffic congestion in the downtown area.
C.The increasing number of private cars is attributed to traffic congestion in the downtown area.
D.Traffic congestion in the downtown area is thought to result in the increasing number of private cars.

What does it mean “domestication” in the first paragraph?
 
A.adapting animals to suit a new working environment                        
B.hatching and raising new species of wild animals in the home
C.teaching animals to do a particular job or activity in the home   
D.making wild animals used to living with and working for humans

Before the final decision is reached (A), the various possibilities should (B) probably discussed (C) by (D) the whole team.
A.is reached
B.should 
C.discussed 
D.by

III. Choose the best answer.
Unselfishness is the very essence of friendship.
A.romantic part
B.important part   
C.difficult part    
D. interesting part

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.
The Singapore Science Centre is located on a six-hectare site in Jurong. At the centre, we can discover the wonders of science and technology in a fun way. Clap your hands and colorful bulbs will light up. Start a wheel spinning and it will set off a fan churning. It is a place to answer our curiosity and capture our imagination.
The centre features over four hundred exhibits covering topics like solar radiation, communication, electronics, mathematics, nuclear energy and evolution. It aims to arouse interest in science and technology among us and the general public. The centre is the first science one to be established in South East Asia. It was opened in 1977 and it now receives an average of one thousand, two hundred visitors a day. The exhibits can be found in four exhibition galleries. They are the Lobby, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Aviation. These exhibits are renewed annually so as to encourage visitors to make return visits to the centre.
Instead of the usual “Hands off” notices found in exhibition halls, visitors are invited to touch and feel the exhibits, push the buttons, turn the cranks or pedals. This is an interesting way to learn science even if you hate the subject. A Discovery Centre was built for children between the ages of three and twelve. This new exhibition gallery was completed in 1985. Lately this year a stone-age exhibit was built. It shows us about the animals and people which were extinct.
It is stated in paragraph 2 that __________.
A.there are only several exhibits in the science centre
B.the science centre makes people interested in science and technology
C.only students can visit the science centre
D.visitors don’t want to come back to the science centre

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
When I was a child, I loved to splash through the ______ after rain.
A.pools
B.puddles
C.ponds
D.rivers

Part 10: 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
New cycling schemes
The County Council has decided to give a  higher (31)                     to cycling and agreed a new strategy to guide the way ahead in East Sussex.
Cycling is a (32)              , healthy and environmentally friendly form of transport. It is (33)             to make it safer, more convenient, and to increase the proportion of journeys made by bicycle.
Cycling is being encouraged both for utility purposes (such as journeys to work, school and the shops) and for recreation trips for exercise and enjoyment, including longer trips by tour. Recent cycle schemes carried out in conjunction with District Councils and other bodies (34)                  the Brighton and Hove seafront route and the Cross Levels Way cycle route, in Eastbourne.
Local people will be consulted as the strategy is implemented. The County council will work with local cycling and other groups, and a countrywide Cycling Forum will be formed to (35)                    that all bodies concerned with cycling are in regular (36)                   . The (37)                    of the Cycling strategy are given in a leaflet, and a copy of the full strategy document can be seen in County Council Public Libraries.
(37) 
A.rights                      
B.cyclists
C.objectives               
D.vehicles

Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks.
What make a good souvenir?
            On my desk at home, I have a collection of souvenirs; objects that remind me of places I’ve visited and important events in my life. These objects include a model boat that I saw being carved from a piece of wood on a Caribbean island, a piece of lava that emerged hot from a volcano in the year I was born, and a shell (1) _____ on my favourite childhood beach.
            Unlike everything else, from which memory and detail fades, it is as if the longer you hold on to certain objects, the (2) ________ their associations with the past become, and the sharper the recollections that gather around them. They are, (3) ________, real souvenirs, encapsulations not only of the place, but of your time in the place. But these days, the term “real souvenirs” sounds like a contradiction in terms, and this is because the objects sold to tourists as souvenirs are often cheap mass-produced imports that have nothing to do with the place at all.
            It’s often the (4) _____ that the best souvenirs, like my shell, are found rather than purchased, but browsing for souvenirs can also be a fun holiday activity. But if you are buying souvenirs on holiday this summer, make sure they (5) ________  the reality test. A good souvenir is not just made in the area where it is bought, it also says something about the culture of that area. It is something made by local people using sustainable local materials, and because you are effectively supporting the local economy, it shouldn’t come too cheap, either.
(3)
A.therefore                
B.whereas                  
C.however                            
D.otherwise

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that best fits each of the blanks.
                                               HOLIDAYS
We've just come back exhausted after a two-week holiday in France. We were really stupid. On the last day we drove non-stop from Marseille to Calais- we should have(31)_____ our journey in Lyon or Paris. As if that wasn't enough, the sea was so rough in the English Channel that the (32) _____ took three hours instead of one and a half. Next year we've decided we're going on a cheap (33) _____ holiday to Italy. It sounds marvellous- the cost of the flight, the hotel and all our meals are (34) _____ in the price. While we're in Rome we'll be going on a guided tour of the Coliseum. The last time I was in Italy, I was on a business trip - I can't say I saw many of the famous tourist (35) _____ on that occasion
(34)
A.ncluded     
B.involved   
C.contained  
D.combined

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
After running up the stairs, I was ______ breath.
A.away from  
B. without      
C.no    
D.out of