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 have lived there for years and grown fond of the surroundings. That is why we do not want to leave.
A.planted many trees in the surroundings    
B.haunted by the surroundings         
C.loved the surroundings       
D.possessed by the surroundings

It is high time you __________ your idea.
A.change  
B.changed  
C.need change
D.are to change

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
______advised on what and how to prepare for the interview, he might have got the job.
A.Had he been    
B.If he had
C.Unless he had been  
D.Were he to be

Lan often arrives at the office at nine o'clock, but because the storm, she was late this morning.
A.arrives
B.at nine
C.because
D.was

Choose the word or phrase whose underlined part  needs correcting.
You had better ask him come in . Don't keep him standing at the door.
A.come
B.standing
C.don't
D.had better

Mark the letter A, B,   C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
Jack and Joe are discussing how to make salad for dinner.
Jack: “______”
Joe: How about putting some grapes in it, instead?
A.We could fry some onions with it too.  
B.I’d rather just have some bread, thanks.
C.Let’s put some pieces of apple in the salad.
D.Good idea! I’ll go and make one.

The word “favorable” in the passage mostly mean ______.
 
A. “of high quality or an acceptable standard”
B.“under the control or in the power of somebody else”
C.“good for someone and making him/ her likely to be successful”
D.“helping somebody to be more intelligent compared to the other people”

What has research of the base revealed?
A. There are cracks in the foundation.
B.Tomb robbers have stolen the pharaoh’s body.
C.The lines represent important events.
D.Superior race of people built it.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Every city in the U.S has traffic problems because the amount of cars on American streets is increasing.
A.the amount  
B.increasing               
C.traffic
D.the

Before Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, many people died ___
A. infected with simple bacteria 
B.from simple bacterial infections
C.infections were simple bacteria  
D.infecting of simple bacteria