Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Reading, as you know, is a continuous and never ending process. If you do very little reading, or if you read only material that offers no challenge to your comprehension, your reading will be of very little use. Once we reach a certain age, or once our formal schooling is completed, many of us become so restricted in our choice of .reading that we rarely read any new type of reading experience. We tend to read only books in our professional or business field, or only inspirational books, or only our favorite newspapers every morning, or only one magazine for which we have developed a preference. And the trouble starts here. You should neither read only for entertainment nor only for information but you should also read for intellectual growth, for mental stimulation, for enriching your background of knowledge, for wisdom, and for broader outlook and mature understanding. What kind of books should you read to continue your intellectual growth, to gain a background for opinion and for judgment? The answer is simple one: Read books in fields you have little or no acquaintance with, books that will open for you new horizons of learning, books that will help you explore new areas of knowledge and experience, books that will make the world and people more understandable to you. Sadly, more and more people today are giving up the printed word in favor of being entertained and informed by watching TV, a popular entertainment ,device present at almost homes. More and more children are being subjected to TV programming, perhaps as a babysitter. More than two hours of TV time per day are now a part of children development, generating physiological and mental problems that are of growing concern among experts.
Reading ________.




A.completely stops when we finish our schooling
B.is of little use
C.is an endless process
D.should be done a little

_______(9)




A.have
B.dress
C.wear
D.put

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
It is a good book. I think it is interesting enough for you to ________.




A.put down
B.swallow
C.look up
D.understand

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
A book may be evaluated by a reader or professional writer to create a book ________.




A.review
B.reviewing
C.reviewer
D.reviewed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
They left their home early. They didn’t want to miss the first train.




A.They left their home early so as to not miss the first train.
B.They left their home early for fear that they wouldn’t miss the first train.
C.They left their home early so as not to miss the first train.
D.They left their home early in order that not to miss the first train.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The young girl has great experience of nursing. She has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.




A.Before she worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
B.Much as she has worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
C.Having worked as a hospital volunteer for years, the young girl has great experience of nursing.
D.With great experience of nursing, the young girl has worked as a hospital volunteer for years.

"Why don't we save energy?" said professor.




A.The professor suggested that energy should be saved.
B.The professor suggested that energy should being saved.
C.The professor suggested that energy should to be saved.
D.The professor suggested that energy should save.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
David was awarded a medal for bravery. Then he became the centre of attention in his office.




A.Having awarded a medal for bravery, David became the centre of attention in his office.
B.David became the centre of attention in his office before being awarded a medal for bravery.
C.Awarded a medal for bravery, David became the centre of attention in his office.
D.Having become the centre of attention in his office, David was awarded a medal for bravery.

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.solution
B.energy
C.quality
D.compliment

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
“I haven’t been very open-minded,” said the manager.





A.The manager admitted not having been very open-minded.
B.The manager denied having been very open-minded.
C.The manager promised to be very open-minded.
D.The manager refused to have been very open-minded.