Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Human beings depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture.
A.variety
B.destruction
C.contamination
D.fertilizer

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Jenifer and Susan are talking about a book they have just read.
- Jennifer: “ The book is really interesting and it’s hard to put it down.”
- Susan: “_______.”
A.Don’t mention it.
B.I couldn’t agree with you more.
C.That’s nice of you to say so.
D.It’s alright.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A.execution
B.political
C.delegation
D.conservation

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
John _______ his chances of passing by spending too much time on the first question.
A.threw out
B.threw away
C.threw off
D.threw in

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Since drinking water is a _______ resource, we should let children know how precious it is, and teach them to conserve it.
A.limitless
B.limiting
C.limited
D.limitation

Around 150 B.C. the Greek astronomer Hipparchus developed a system to classify stars according to brightness.
A.shine
B.record
C.categorize
D.diversify

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Cultural diversity supports the idea that every person can _______ a unique and positive contribution to the larger society because of, rather than in spite of, their differences.
A.take
B.make
C.lead
D.pay

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Let’s go for a ride, _______?
A.are
B.do we
C.haven’t we
D.shall we

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The headmaster wanted to know _______ the information for the article.
A.where you get
B.where will you get
C.where did you get
D.where you had gotten

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
He had already learned the news. I _______ the trouble to phone him about it.
A.should have taken
B.needn’t have taken
C.could have taken
D.mustn’t have taken