The word "incorporated” in paragraph 6 mostly means ______.
A.given
B.integrated
C.brought
D.separated

I feel completely exhausted when I've listened to Marion for half-an-hour.
A.It is completely exhausting after half-an-hour I listening to Marion.
B.Half-an-hour listening to Marion leaves me feeling completely exhausted.
C.Feeling completely exhausted, I spent half-an-hour listening to Marion.
D.When I've listened to Marion for half-an-hour, she feels exhausting completely.

When he called to tell me that he was studying, I didn't believe him because I could hear the noise of a party in the background.
A.I didn't believe that he could study properly with the noise of a party in the background and I told him that when he telephoned.
B.Although he rang me to tell me that he was studying, I couldn't hear what he was saying properly because of my unbelievably noisy party.
C.Because of the sounds of a party I heard in the background when he phoned, I didn't believe his claim that he was studying.
D.Though he was studying when he called, I thought he was lying because in the background there were party-like sounds.

The word "this" in paragraph 4 refers to which of the following?
A.rose
B.June
C.love
D.role

The tradition of wearing a white dress only for one's wedding ceremony is ______.
A.less than 200 years ago
B.over a century ago
C.about 150 years ago
D.less than 100 years ago

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
We haven’t written to each other for two months.
A.There are two months for us to write to each other.
B.We started writing to each other two months ago.
C.It is two months since we last wrote to each other.
D.It is two months since we wrote together.

Women managers are found more skilful in areas where they can promote their ability to_____.
A.build relationships with people
B.fight their way to the top
C.deal with their male bosses
D.give directions to the staff

While doing some adult learning courses at a college, the writer was surprised ____.
A.to have more time to learn
B.to be able to learn more quickly
C.to feel learning more enjoyable
D.to get on better with the tutor

The word “rusty” in the third paragraph means ________.
A.staying alive and becoming more active
B.covered with rust and not as good as it used to be
C.impatient because of having nothing to do
D.not as good as it used to be through lack of practice

It is implied in the last paragraph that when you learn later in life, you ________.
A.should expect to take longer to learn than when you were younger
B.find that you can recall a lot of things you learnt when younger
C.are not able to concentrate as well as when you were younger
D.can sometimes understand more than when you were younger