Question 31: After running up the stairs, I was              breath.

A. away from                B. without                     C. no                             D. out of

Question 30: He was given a medal in                          of his service to the country.

A. gratitude                   B. recognition               C. knowledge                D. response

Question 29: We are                  a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service.

A. conducting               B. researching               C. corresponding          D. investigating

Question 28: The hall was very crowded with over a hundred people                         into it.

A. stuck                        B. packed                      C. pashed                      D. stuffed

Question 27: By the time you come here tomorrow, the work                          

A. will have been finishing                                B. will be finishing

C. will have been finished                                  D. will be finishe

Question  26:  When  he  realized  the  police  had  spotted  him,  the  man                      the  exit  as  quickly as possible.

A. made off                   B. made for                   C. made out                  D. made up

Question 25:                    programmers known as hackers often try to break into large computer systems.

A. mischief                   B. misbehaviour           C. mischievous             D. misunderstanding

Question 24: The students are expected to stick                     their school’s regulation.

A. in                              B. at                              C. to                              D. by

Question 23: A little farther down the street                 

A. is the inn I used to stay at                              B. there is an inn where I used to stay in

C. the inn is the place where I used to stay        D. is there an inn in which I used to stay

Question 22: Trilobites, a group of spineless animals, flourished in the oceans for several hundred million years                       some 200 million years ago.

A. that were extinct                                            B. and their extinction

C. became of their extinction                             D. until they became extinct