____(9)
A.living
B.life
C.lives
D.lived

I think it’s impossible to abolish school examinations. They are necessary to evaluate students’ progress.
A.continue                   
B.extinguish                     
C.organize                        
D.stop

It was his own fault, but I couldn’t help ____  sorry for him.
A.feeling  
B.to feel                     
C.having felt                     
D.to have felt

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 to each of the numbered blanks from 33 to 37.
The natural world
The wildlife of the Juan Fernandez Archipelago remained undisturbed until the arrival of European settlers, who introduced their animals to the Islands. Amongst these were goats and cows to be bred for meat and milk, but also rats and mice which had jumped ship. Cats later brought over to kill these pests also quickly escaped into the (33) ________. Little did the settlers understand the impact this would have on local species. The rabbits they'd brought over too, could not be held in captivity for long, and their numbers rapidly expanded. But it was not just fauna that arrived but also (34) ________. Plants such as the blackberry bramble flourished in the tropical climate and spread throughout the native forest.
In the past, the islands’ birds had no natural predators. Many therefore evolved to lay their eggs in ground nests. This habit now makes them incredibly (35) _________ as rats and mice destroy their eggs and cats devour the newly hatched chicks. Meanwhile grazing goats, rabbits and cows have turned once fertile valleys into wasteland. One now rare tree species is known as the Luma, in which firecrown hummingbirds nests. Today the Luma is being covered over by spiky blackberry brambles, the hummingbird’s natural habitat is disappearing and the fear is that they will soon (36) ________. Conservationists from Chile and around the world are uniting to show the urgent need for preservation of these islands' original and unique species. They know the best way to do this is to (37) _________ the plants and animals that are alien species.
(35) 
A.susceptible               
B.risky                              
C.incapable              
D.vulnerable

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Marry and Janet are at the dancing club. - Marry: “You are a great dancer. I wish I could do half as well as you.” - Janet: “_______. I'm an awful dancer.”
A.You're too kind.
B.That's a nice compliment!
C.You've got to be kidding!
D.Oh, thank you very much

Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
I’ve decided  to become a vegetarian and give.............. meat.
A.up        
B.off     
C.out 
D.down

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The people awaiting their delayed flight had to spend the night _______ on the cold floor.
A.slept
B.having slept
C.to sleep
D.sleeping

The word “cumbersome” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to  _________ .
A.culpable
B.unwieldy
C.unyielding
D.curious

Exercise 2. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that best fits each of the blanks from 6 to 10.
                                      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 (6)_____ our journey in Lyon or Paris. As if that wasn't enough, the sea was so rough in the English Channel that the (7) _____ took three hours instead of one and a half. Next year we've decided we're going on a cheap (8) _____ holiday to Italy. It sounds marvellous- the cost of the flight, the hotel and all our meals are (9) _____ 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 (10) _____ on that occasion.
(10)
A.views
B.visit
C.scenes
D.sights

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

A.dedicate
B.eliminate
C.educate
D.certificate