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.
I find it difficult to remain neutral while he is concerned about the matter.
A.objective              
B.positive                     
C.negative                
D.middle

 Choose the most suitable word or phrase.
____________you are interested in this film, don't go to see it at any cost. 
A.So 
B.If
C.Because
D.Unless

According to the passage, Chaplin got the idea for Modern Times from ______.
A.a conversation
B.a movie
C.fieldwork
D.a newspaper

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Your hair needs _______. You’d better have it done tomorrow.
A.cut                      
B.to cut  
C.being cut 
D.cutting

They had to work late yesterday, ..............?
A.hadn't they
B.didn't they
C.they hadn't
D.they didn't

Soon__________ she had closed the lid and pushed the “start” button, the washing machine made a big noise and stopped working.
A.hardly
B.after 
C.before
D.as

The word "surreptitiously" is closest in meaning to _________ .  
A. occasionally     
B.stubbornly 
C. secretly   
D.quickly

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 questions.
Students benefit from a well-equipped library.
A.Students find a well-equipped library profitable. 
B.A well-equipped library is profitable to students.
C.Students make a profit from a well-equipped library.
D.A well-equipped library is beneficial to students.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The Prime Minister's comments yesterday on education spending miss the point, as the secondary education system also needs a major overhaul. Firstly, the system only views the weakest learners as having special needs. The brightest and most conscientious students are not encouraged to develop to their full (31)_____. Secondly, there's too much testing and not enough learning. My fifteen-year-old daughter, for example, has just spent the last month or so (32)_____ for exams. These aren't even real, important exams, as her GCSEs will be next year. They're just mock exams. Is the work she's been doing really going to make her more knowledgeable about her subjects, or will she forget it all tomorrow? I suspect the (33)_____.
Thirdly, the standard (34)_____ doesn't give students any tuition in developing practical work-related, living and social skills, or in skills necessary for higher education. How many students entering university have the first idea what the difference is between plagiarising someone else's work and (35)_____ good use of someone else's ideas? Shouldn't they have been taught this at school? How many of them are really able to go about self-study skill that's essential at university because there are no teachers to tell you what to do - in an efficient way? Indeed, hoe many students graduate from university totally unable to spell even simple English words correctly? The system is letting our children down.
(35)_____
A.having          
B.taking 
C.making 
D.creating

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I met a             girl at my friend's birthday party last Sunday.
A.pretty American tall
B.tall American pretty
C.tall pretty American
D.pretty tall American