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.
Everyone wants to reduce pollution. But the pollution (30) ______ is as complicated as it is serious. It is complicated because much pollution is caused by things that benefit people. (31) ______, exhaust from automobiles causes a large percentage of air pollution. But the automobile provides transportation for millions of people. Factories discharge much of the material that pollutes the air and water but factories give (32) _______ to a large number of people.
Thus, to end or greatly reduce pollution immediately, people would have to (33) ______ using many things that benefit them. Most of the people do not want to do that, of course. But pollution can be gradually reduced in several ways. Scientists and engineers can work to find ways to lessen the amount of pollution that such things as automobiles and factories cause. Governments can pass and enforce laws (34) ______ require businesses and traffic to stop, or to cut down on certain polluting activities.
(32)
A.employed   
B.unemployment  
C.unemployed           
D.employment

VI – Choose the best answer : 
His house is …………mine  
A.twice as big as       
B.as twice big as          
C.as two times big as      
D.as big as

IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer  A, B, C, or D to fill in each blank. Mark your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point).
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is in the Himalayan Mountains between Nepal and China, and it is 8,900 meters high. Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal were the first people (21) ______ to climb Mount Everest. They climbed it in 1953. Since then, men from different countries have been (22) _______ in climbing it.
However, the first woman to make this difficult climb was Junko Tabei, a (23) ________ Japanese woman from Hokkaido. She was a housewife but really interested in climbing mountains. She earned money for her trips (24) ________ English and piano to young children.
In 1975, a Tokyo newspaper-television company organized the Mount Everest climb for women. They chose fifteen women from, mountaineering clubs to go to Nepal. The groups climbed for several days. Then there was an avalanche, and most of the women were (25) _______. Only Ms Tabei was able to climb the last 70 meters and stand on the top of the world. She was the first woman there.
(24)
A. taught                   
B.by teaching          
C.to teach                
D.as teaching

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
______ school fees may discourage many students from attending university.
A.Gaining                  
B.Receiving
C.Improving               
D.Raising

_________(49)
A.awful 
B.bad
C.terrible
D.poor

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

A.persuade                
B.reduce
C.offer                        
D.apply

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.
Remember not to show your nervousness during a job interview.
A.confidence           
B.anxiety                  
C.challenge              
D.creativeness

Which area is considered one of the most industrialized ?
A.South America 
B.Middle East
C. Europe
D.Asia

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
____ Gordons is a very interesting family. They like to travel around ____ world.
A.A – the     
B.The - the      
C.A – a           
D.A-Ø

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes the sentence.
I am often ____ school in the morning and do research or read books ____ the school library . ____ night, I stay at home and prepare for my lessons.
A.at / at / At  
B.in / from / On         
C.to / through / In  
D.out / in / For