A “hub city” is ___________.




A.a large city with small cities as destinations
B.a city that is the final destination for many routes
C.a city where many bicycle routes begin
D.a centralized city with destinations emanating from it

________ (20)




A.appearance
B.pattern
C.shape
D.figure

A mediocre student who gets low grades will have trouble getting into an Ivy League college.




A.excellent
B.lazy
C.average
D.moronic

A.exhibit
B.curriculum
C.phenomenon
D.military

He still has an awful lot to learn.




A.a terrible thing
B.a great desire
C.a large amount
D.a great pleasure

V – Read the pasage and decide which answer best fits each space :
The Gobidesert is a cold desert , and it is not uncommon to see frost and occasionally snow on its ( 21 ) . Besides being quite far north , it is also roughly 900 meters (2,953f t ) above sea level ,which further ( 22 ) to its low temperatures . An average of approximately 194 millimeters (7.6 in) of ( 23 ) per year in the Gobi. Additional moisture reaches parts of the Gobiin winter as snow is ( 24 ) by the wind from the Siberian Steppes . These winds ( 25 ) the Gobi to reach extremes of temperature like no other , ranging from – 400 C in Winter to + 500 C in Summer .
(21)




A.summits
B.peaks
C.mounts
D.dunes

IV - Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the provided one :
The better you know Anne , the more you like her .




A.If you know Anne better , you will like her
B.When you will know Anne better , you will like her .
C.When you know Anne better , you like her
D.You like Anne because you know her better

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
A lot of different conservation efforts have been made to ________endangered species.




A.save
B.kills
C.make
D.do

There is a rumor that the army is about taking power, though this has been denied by government sources.




A.taking
B.There
C.though
D.denied

Which of the following could be substituted for outstanding without changing the meaning of the sentence?




A.excellent
B.unpaid
C.illegal
D.shocking