Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Despite her difficult living condition, Marie Curie worked very hard and ______ her ambition of becoming a scientist.
A.obtained                             
B.got       
C.realized                   
D.reached

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I ______      on this project for many consecutive days without success.
A.had been working
B.had worked      
C.have been working       
D.have been worked

He is an honest man. You can rely on him to do a good job.
A.take in   
B.base on 
C.put up with 
D. count on

The paragraph preceding the passage probably discusses _____.
A.the urbanization in the United States in the nineteen century.
B.the industrialization and the bureaucratization of economic life the United States in the nineteen century.
C.the formal schooling in the United States in the nineteen century.
D.the most important means of integrating immigrants into American society in the nineteen century.

(23) 
A.state                        
B.mention                   
C.remark                    
D.fell

I have to get up at 3 am because it's the only time at when I can concentrate on my work without being interrupted.
A.at
B.at when
C.on
D.being interrupted

"More coffee, anybody?" "______"
A.I don’t agree. I’m afraid.
B.Yes, I‘d love to.
C.Yes. please.
D.It's right. I think.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

A.church
B.match
C.schedule
D.teacher

(8)...........
A.need
B.have
C.own
D.buy

Incoming tides can be trapped behind a damp across a bay or an estuary to make ..............
A.wind power
B.solar energy
C.nuclear energy
D.tidal power