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 17 to 21.
Sociologists have been carrying out research into the social pressures of being a teenager. Many adolescents are unhappy at school because they find it difficult to (17) ______ friends. This stress can bring on illness or result in poor grades. They may also worry about their appearance and often feel (18) ______enormous pressure to dress, talk and behave the same as (19) ______. This phenomenon is called peer pressure, and it is very common in today’s society. Advertising contributes a lot to the social pressures teenagers feel. Advertisers know how important it is to feel that you belong to a group when you are in your teens, so they try to persuade teenagers that certain products will make them (20) ______ with their classmates. Sadly, many teenagers act irresponsibly and even do dangerous things just to make others accept them. Peer pressure is often the reason for teenage smoking, drug (21) ______ or dangerous driving. Teenagers need to learn to say no to social pressure and to find friends who they can talk things over with when they have a problem.
(20)




A.popular
B.common
C.favourite
D.open

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 17 to 21.
Sociologists have been carrying out research into the social pressures of being a teenager. Many adolescents are unhappy at school because they find it difficult to (17) ______ friends. This stress can bring on illness or result in poor grades. They may also worry about their appearance and often feel (18) ______enormous pressure to dress, talk and behave the same as (19) ______. This phenomenon is called peer pressure, and it is very common in today’s society. Advertising contributes a lot to the social pressures teenagers feel. Advertisers know how important it is to feel that you belong to a group when you are in your teens, so they try to persuade teenagers that certain products will make them (20) ______ with their classmates. Sadly, many teenagers act irresponsibly and even do dangerous things just to make others accept them. Peer pressure is often the reason for teenage smoking, drug (21) ______ or dangerous driving. Teenagers need to learn to say no to social pressure and to find friends who they can talk things over with when they have a problem.
(18)




A.under
B.below
C.in
D.over

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.
Many people perished in the Kobe earthquake because they were not prepared for it.




A.survived
B.departed
C.lost their lives
D.declined

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 1 to 14.
Human activities are also blamed ______ contributing to global warming.




A.at
B.with
C.for
D.on

(6)..........




A.but
B.and
C.since
D.however

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
There are two cars in the yard, a yellow car and a blue one. My car is ______ yellow one.




A.a
B.x
C.an
D.the

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If you are paid monthly, rather than weekly, you receive_________.




A.a prize
B.a reward
C.a salary
D.wages

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Early to bed and early to rise will __________ you good.




A.make
B.bring
C.do
D.help

Today millions of people travel on aeroplane, and it is difficult to think of a world without them.




A.of
B.on
C.difficult
D.without

You do leisure activities in your free time and they make you feel _______.




A.exciting
B.satisfied
C.bored
D.