Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The number of higher education ______ has risen this year for the first time in more than a decade.
A.applies        
B.applications   
C.applicable     
D.applicants

The past participle "home-schooled" in the first paragraph is best equivalent to "______ at home".
A.self-studied
B.untaught
C.taught
D.self-learned

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 from 25 to 29.
Advances in mobile technology and social networking websites mean we spend more time online than ever before. If Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest in the world by population (The Economist, 2010). It is (25) ______ not surprising that so many psychologists, sociologists, and others are eager to give their thoughts on how this is impacting negatively on our society. The biggest criticism levelled at social networking is that young people are losing their offline friends to online friends (26) ______ are unable to provide the same deep connection and emotional support. However, a lot of research shows these criticisms are generally (27) ______. Allen et al. (2010) discovered that it is socially adjusted adolescents who are more likely to have a networking profile than those who are not. One study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project (2009) found that people are not (28) ______ offline friends with online companions but are using them to support their offline relationships. The study also found that social networks allow us to have discussions with a much more diverse set of people than in the real world, so we share knowledge with people from a wide (29) ______ of backgrounds.
(Adapted from ''Skillful Reading & Writing 4''by Mike Boyle and Lindsay Warwick)
(27) 
A.uninvolved
B.unequalled              
C.unsettled                 
D.unfounded

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following sentences
My father is in_______ of 30 engineers and 80 workers.
A.pressure 
B.leadership
C.impression 
D.charge

If she had no intention of going to the wedding, she should not have accepted the invitation. 
A.She must not have accepted the invitation, because she is definitely not going to the wedding.
B.If she’s already accepted the invitation, she’ll probably go to the wedding. 
C.It was wrong of her to say she’d go to the wedding when she knew that she would not.
D.If she won’t be able to make it to the wedding, then she doesn’t need to get an invitation.

This is Henry, ____ works for your father.
A.that
B.whom
C.A & B are correct
D.who

She bought this book two weeks ago.
A.She has had this book for two weeks.
B.She has had this book since two weeks.
C.She had this book for two weeks.
D.She has this book for two weeks.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
We regret to inform you that Ms. Markowitz’s workshop on public speaking _______ postponed until next week.
A.has been  
B.were                          
C.would be   
D.being

The word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to ______.   
A.the question    
B.your body
C. the assumption 
D.the truth

_______(50)
A.houses
B.factories
C.stations
D.generation