Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 43 to 47.
SUMMER RAIN
The worst days of any summer are rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. All of winter, with its dreary gray days and bitter cold, we dream of those endless days at beach, lying on the sand and soaking in the bright and burning sun. And then, summer comes, and it rains.
As a child, I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. It wasn’t fair. We suffered through months of schooling and miserable weather for those scant ten weeks of freedom and balmy weather. Any day that I could not spend at the beach or playing ball with my friends seemed like a punishment for something I didn’t even do.
On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a Dickensian orphan. I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was technically at work. It was those days that I would resign myself to whatever was on television or any books that I could find lying around. I’d crawl through the day and pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.
In summers, the writer doesn’t like ________ .
A.the burning sun    
B.nice weather 
C.hot days 
D.rainy days

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option to complete each of the following sentences.
The boys enjoy           a kite in the field after school.
A.to fly   
B.to flying   
C.being flown  
D.flying

IV. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best option to complete each of the following sentences.
You can look                   these new words in the dictionary if you don’t know their meanings.
A.up                           
B.out                          
C.after                        
D.for

The author makes the point that Indian Territory was__________.
 
A.where a few Indians remained.
B.in the western part ofMississippi.
C.where several battles between Indians and whites took place.
D.considered undesirable by European settlers.

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
The prison population (A) in this state, now (B) at an all time high, is (C) higher than (D) any other state.
A.in
B.at an all time high
C.higher
D.any

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
The (A) scientific method (B) consists of forming hypotheses, (C) collect data and testing (D) results.
A.scientific 
B.consists of
C.collect 
D.results

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
Fire (A) extinguishers (B) can contain liquefied gas, dry chemicals, (C) or (D) watering.
A.extinguishers 
B.can contain 
C.or
D.watering

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
We admire Lucy (A) for her (B) intelligence, cheerful (C) disposition and (D) she is honest.
A.for
B.intelligence
C.disposition 
D.she is honest

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
The (A) purpose of a labor union  is (B) to improve the working condition, (C) to be secure, and (D) pay of its members.
A.purpose 
B.to improve
C.to be secure
D.pay of

Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
(A) A lot of people stop (B) smoking because they (C) are  afraid their health will be affected and (D) early death.
A.A lot of
B.smoking 
C.are 
D.early death