Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part n each of the following questions.

The power failure at dinnertime caused consternation among the city’s housewisves.
 
A.anxiety
B.calm
C.dismay
D. deliberation

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet ton indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 3.
Archaeological records paintings, drawings, and carvings of humans engaged in activities involving the use of hands indicate that humans have been predominantly right-handed for more than 5,000 years. In ancient Egyptian artwork, for example, the right-hand is depicted as the dominant one in about 90percent of the examples. Fracture or wear patterns on tools also indicate that a majority of ancient people were right-handed. Cro-Magnon cave paintings some 27,000years old commonly show outlines of human hands made by placing one hand against the cave wall and applying paint with the other. Children today make similar outlines of their hands with crayons on paper. With few exceptions, left hands of Cro-Magnons are displayed on cave walls, indicating that the paintings were usually done by right-handers.
Anthropological evidence pushes the record of handedness in early human ancestors back to at least 1.4 million years ago. One important line of evidence comes from flaking patterns of stone cores used in toolmaking: implements flaked with a clockwise motion (indicating a right-handed toolmaker) can be distinguished from  those flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation (indicating a left-handed toolmaker).
Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues. Ancient humans are thought to have cut meat into strips by holding it between their teeth and slicing it with stone knives, as do the present-day Inuit. Occasionally the knives slip and leave scratches on the users` teeth. Scratches made with a left-to- right stroke direction (by right-handers) are more common than scratches in the opposite direction (made by left-handers). Still other evidence comes from cranial morphology: scientists think that physical differences between the right and left sides of the interior of the skull indicate subtle physical differences between the two sides of the brain. The variation between the hemispheres corresponds to which side of the body is used to perform specific activities. Such studies, as well as studies of tool use, indicate that right- or left-sided dominance is not exclusive to modern Homo sapiens. Populations of Neanderthals, such as Homo erectus and Homo habilis, seem to have been predominantly right-handed, as we are.
Why does the author mention Homo erectus and Habilis in line 23-24?
A. To contrast them with modern humans
B.To explain when human ancestors began to make tools
C.To show that early humans were also predominantly right-handed
D.To prove that the population of Neanderthals was very large

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one. 
It is possible that the fire in the ship was started by a bomb.
A.They say that a bomb started the fire in the ship.
B.The fire in the ship might have been started by a bomb.
C.It shall be said the fire in the ship had been started by a bomb.
D.The fire in the ship is known to have been started by a bomb.

The author’s tone in the passage can best be described as_______
A.dispassionate
B.speculative
C.biased
D.dogmatic

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a characteristic of water?
A.Water can absorb heat.
B.Water is good solvent.
C.Water contracts on cooling.
D.Water expands when it is frozen.

“Would you like to have lunch with me on Sunday?" he said to me.
A.He invited me to have lunch with him on Sunday.
B.He offered me to have lunch with him on Sunday.
C.He suggested me to have lunch with him on Sunday.
D.He reminded me to have lunch with him on Sunday.

A.creator
B.hurricane
C.influence
D.consequence

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the numbered space in the following passage.
The knock-on effect of volunteering on the lives of individuals can be profound. Voluntary work helps foster independence and imparts the ability to (39)_______ with different situations, often simultaneously, thus teaching people how to work their way through different systems. It (40)_______  brings people into touch with the real world; and, hence, equips them for the future.
Initially, young adults in their late teens might not seem to have the expertise or knowledge to impart to others that say a teacher or agriculturalist or nurse would have, but they do have many skills that can help others. And in the absence of any particular talent, their energy and enthusiasm can be harnessed for the benefit of their fellow human beings, and (41)_______  themselves. From all this, the gain to any community no matter how many volunteers are involved is immeasurable.
Employers will generally look favorably on people who have shown an ability to work as part of a team. It demonstrates a willingness to learn and an independent spirit, (42)_______  would be desirable qualities in any employee. So to satisfy employers’ demands for experience when applying (43)_______  work, volunteering can act as a means of gaining experience that might otherwise elude would-be workers and can ultimately lead to paid employment and the desired field.
(39)_______
A.deal        
B.face 
C.solve   
D.fight

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Faced with the economic crisis, many businesses were tightening their belts and cutting jobs.
A.be generous with money   
B.be careful with money
C.put on tighter belts  
D.dress in baggy clothes

Our car is much older_______ than yours.
A.model
B.pattern
C.manufacture
D.form