Our industrial output_______ from $2 million in 2002 to $4 million this year.
A.rises
B.was rising
C.has risen
D.rose

“What a terrible football game!”.

“ I thought it was _____ .”
A.delightful  
B.delights
C.delight
D.delighted

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.
 
School exams are, generally speaking, the first kind of test we take. They find out  how much knowledge we have gained. But do they really show how intelligent  we are? After all, isn’t it a ___(30)_____ that some people who are very academically successful don’t have any common sense.
Intelligence is the speed ___(31)_____ which we can understand and react to new situations and it is usually tested by logic puzzles. Although scientist are now preparing ___(32)_____ computer technology that will be able to “read” our brains, ___(33)_____ tests are still the most popular ways of measuring intelligence.
A person’s IQ is their intelligence ___(34)_____ it is measured by a special test. The most common IT tests are  ___(35)_____ by Mensa, an organization that was found in England in 1946. By 1976, it  had 1,300 members in Britain. Today there are 44,000 in Britain and 100,000 _____(36)______, largely in the US.
People taking the tests are judged in ___(37)_____ to an average score of 100, and those who score over 148 are entitled to join Mensa. This works out at 2 percent of the population. Anyone from the age of six can take tests. All the questions are straightforward and most people can answer them if ___(38)_____ enough time. But that’s the problem; the whole ___(39)_____ of the test is that they’re against the clock.
(38)
A.spared
B.provided
C.let
D.allowed

He thinks about his life so simple that he always put off what he can do today until tomorrow.
A.about
B.simple
C.put off
D.until

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.
“Why don’t you talk to her face-to-face?” asked Bill.
A.Bill suggested that I should talk to her face-to-face.
B.Bill advised that I could talk to her face-to-face.
C.Bill asked me why I hadn’t talked to her face-to-face.
D.Bill wondered why I don’t talk to her face-to-face.

 
III- Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of following questions
A partnership is an association of two or more individuals who ______ together to develop a business       
A.work 
B.working   
C.worked
D.the work

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
I have never eaten this kind of fruit before.
A.This is the first time I have eaten this kind of fruit.
B.This is the last time I have eaten this kind of fruit.
C.I last ate this kind of fruit a long time ago.
D.I have eaten this kind of fruit for a long time.

I cannot stay up late at night. I prefer _______ early.
A. turning on   
B.turning up    
C.turning in
D.turning out

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underline part differs from three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

A.various        
B.garden         
C.farm            
D.harm

Choose the word or phrase  that best completes the sentences.
Neither the teacher nor his students ______ pleased with the performance of the team.
A.was       
B.were  
C.has been    
D.being