Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
You may find doing this job very _______. Try it!
A.relaxing
B.relaxed
C.relax
D.relaxation

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I demand to know how this vase ______, and no one is leaving till I find out.
A.got broken
B.was breaking
C.has broken
D.is broke

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
More than 80 people came to the exhibition, many of ______ children had pictures on the walls.
A.whose
B.whom
C.who
D.which

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The head teacher has asked me to take the new boy under my ______ and look after him.
A.sleeves
B.arm
C.wing
D.cloak

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.
Did she get the better of you in the argument?
A.gain a disadvantage over
B.try to be better than
C.try to beat
D.gain an advantage 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.
Viking sailors landed in North America just under a thousand years ago.
A.upwards of
B.only just
C.just on
D.not quite

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.
I could only propose a partial solution to the crisis in the company.
A.halfway
B.half
C.whole
D.effective

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
The United States and China have (16)_______ a deal that allows the Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE to stay in business in exchange for paying an additional $1 billion in fines and agreeing to let US regulators monitor its operations. The fine comes (17)_______ Donald Trump stepped in to save the company after US regulators barred it from doing business in the US, an effective death blow for the company.
In addition to the fine, a compliance team chosen by the US will be embedded at ZTE and the Chinese company must change its board and executive team. “ZTE is essentially on (18)_______,” said Amanda DeBusk, chair of the international trade and government regulation practice at Dechert LLP and a former commerce official. “It’s unprecedented to have US agents as monitors … It’s (19)_______ a good precedent for this situation. ZTE is a repeat offender.”
The news did little to appease critics. Senator Mark Warner, vice-chairman of the Senate select committee on intelligence, said: “It is the unanimous conclusion of our nation’s intelligence community that ZTE poses a significant threat to our national security. These concerns aren’t new; back in 2012, the House permanent select committee on intelligence released a report (20)_______ the serious counterintelligence concerns associated with ZTE equipment.
(20)
A.by
B.in
C.on
D.with

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
The United States and China have (16)_______ a deal that allows the Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE to stay in business in exchange for paying an additional $1 billion in fines and agreeing to let US regulators monitor its operations. The fine comes (17)_______ Donald Trump stepped in to save the company after US regulators barred it from doing business in the US, an effective death blow for the company.
In addition to the fine, a compliance team chosen by the US will be embedded at ZTE and the Chinese company must change its board and executive team. “ZTE is essentially on (18)_______,” said Amanda DeBusk, chair of the international trade and government regulation practice at Dechert LLP and a former commerce official. “It’s unprecedented to have US agents as monitors … It’s (19)_______ a good precedent for this situation. ZTE is a repeat offender.”
The news did little to appease critics. Senator Mark Warner, vice-chairman of the Senate select committee on intelligence, said: “It is the unanimous conclusion of our nation’s intelligence community that ZTE poses a significant threat to our national security. These concerns aren’t new; back in 2012, the House permanent select committee on intelligence released a report (20)_______ the serious counterintelligence concerns associated with ZTE equipment.
(17)
A.after
B.while
C.before
D.by the time

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.
“Please, let my child go!” she begged the kidnapper.
A.She begged the kidnapper to let her child to go.
B.She pleaded with the kidnapper to release her child.
C.She solemnly ordered the kidnapper to set her child free.
D.She pleaded the kidnapper to let her child go.