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.
I’d like to blame you. However, I know I can’t.
A.Much as I’d like to blame you, I know I can’t.
B.However much would I like to blame you, I know I can’t.
C.Since I know I can’t, I’d like to blame you.
D.Though I wouldn’t like to blame you, I know I can’t.

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence.
ASEAN also try to solve the problems of ethnic tensions which might lead _______ civil war.
A.into                         
B.away                       
C.off                           
D.to

(6)...........
A.are
B.is
C.was
D.has been

Susan: “Tom says he doesn’t like you!” – Lucy: “ _________”  
A.It makes nothing     
B.So do I 
C.I know he isn’t     
D.I don’t care

Despite the ............. weather, thousands of soldiers helped protect the area.  STORM
A.stormy
B.stormily
C.stormer
D.storminess

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.
We should find ways to improve our products in terms of quality and service.
A.for considering aspects
B.in spite of
C.with a view to
D.in regard to

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My daughter often says that she won’t get married until she _____ 25 years old.
      
A.will be          
B.is                             
C.has been      
D.will have been

I feel really tired. I wish I didn't go to the party last night.
A.feel
B.really
C.didn't go
D.to

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 questions from 43 to 50.
            The first impressions are rather menacing. Visitors must sign in and show identification before being allowed into the building. Such tight security gives one the feeling of entering a prison or some other dangerous place. But what a deceptive first impression! Manhattan Comprehensive Night High School may be the friendliest, most caring institution in all of New York City. A school of last resort for many of its students, it is their best chance to turn their lives around and make friends in the process. Manhattan Comp, as it is called, is the first full-time night high school in America.
            High school is compulsory until the age of sixteen in America, but many students drop out, either before or after they reach sixteen, and before receiving their high school diplomas. Until now, night education programmes for dropouts only provided the basics and then award an equivalency certificate. But now, Manhattan Comp offers the total high school experience, complete with a ‘lunch’ break, physical education and clubs. The students receive an academic diploma, which they say is more helpful in getting a job than an equivalency certificate. More than sixty percent of Manhattan Comp’s students go on to the college.
            Most of the school's 450 students have either been expelled from or dropped out of other high schools. Some have been in two or three schools before this one. What seems to make this school work for these hard-to-place students is the staff and, most importantly, the principal. All students call him Howard. As he walks through the building, he greets students by name, asks about their families or jobs and jokes with them about the lack of variety in the school cafeteria.
            Most students at Manhattan Comp are between eighteen and twenty-two years old. You must be at least seventeen to enroll. The classes run from 5 to 11 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, with all-day enrichment programmes on Sundays which explore topics like playwriting, art and video production. School terms are ten weeks long, which gives students the opportunity to take time off for family matters or jobs. Most students already have some academic credits from previous schools, so instead of the normal four years in high school, they spend between six months and two years at Manhattan Comp.
(Adapted from “Oxford Exam Excellence” by Danuta Gryca et al.)
Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A.A Day in the Life of a Manhattan Comp Student
B.Manhattan Comp: One of a Kind
C.Night Schools: A Passing Fad
D.The Success Story of a Typical American School

I had no choice_________sign the contract.
A.despite                       
B.but                                      
C.without                               
D.unless