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.
Washington was the first city in history to be created solely for the purpose of governance. Following the Revolution, members of Congress had hotly debated the question of a permanent home for themselves and for those departments – the Treasury, the Patent Office and so on – which even the sketchiest of central governments would feel obliged to establish. In 1790, largely in order to put an end to congressional bickering, George Washington was charged with selecting a site for the newly designated federal district. Not much to anyone’s surprise but to the disappointment of many he chose a tract of land on the banks of the Potomac River, a few miles upstream from his beloved plantation Mount Vernon.
The District of Columbia was taken in part from Virginia and in part from Maryland. At the time it was laid out, its hundred square miles consisted of gently rolling hills, some under cultivation and the rest heavily wooded, with a number of creeks and much swampy land along the Potomac. There is now a section of Washington that is commonly referred to as Foggy Bottom; that section bore the same nickname a hundred and eighty years ago.
Two ports cities, Alexandria and Georgetown, flourished within sight of the new capital and gave it access by ship to the most important cities of the infant nation – Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Salem and Portsmouth – and also to the far-off ports of England and the Continent.
The author implies that Georgetown was important in the eighteen century because it .
A.linked the federal district with the ocean
B.was a model for building the new federal district
C.defended the east coast against invaders
D.was the home of the Treasury and the Patent Office

(7).............
A.to go
B.going
C.to be gone
D.go

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Each of the chemical elements have its own standard symbol.
A.of the
B.chemical
C.have
D.its own

(9).............
A.do
B.work
C.complete
D.make

(12).............
A.however
B.but
C.because
D.although

(10).............
A.during
B.while
C.in
D.when

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

A.rough
B.sum
C.butter
D.union

(13).............
A.has used
B.is used
C.used
D.uses

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

A.noon
B.tool
C.blood
D.spoon

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.
When hosting an Olympic Games, a country has to take account of several considerations, among which the financial one is by far the most important. The costs of hosting the Olympics can (28)_____tens of billions of dollars, and it is commonplace for budgets to double or even triple. In addition to the direct costs of hosting the Games (the opening and closing ceremonies, athletes’ village, security, etc,), cities often must build expensive new venues (29)_____lesser-known sports. Once constructed, sports venues often incur additional maintenance costs long after the Games have ended.
While costs are the (30)_____concern for a host city, there are other factors to consider. For one, an Plympic host city may receive substantial revenue from ticket sales, tourist spending, corporate sponsorship, and television rights. Cities such as Los Angeles (1984) actually made a large profit from the Games they hosted. (31)_____, hosting the Olympic Games confers prestige on a host city and country, which can lead to increased trade and tourism. The Olympics are also an opportunity to invest in projects (32)_____ improve the city’s quality of life, such as new transportation systems.
(28)
A.surmount
B.overcharge
C.exceed
D.outnumber