Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Marine reptiles are among the few creatures that are known to have a possible life span greater than _______.
A.man
B.the man’s
C.the one of mans
D.that of man

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The car swerved to avoid a cyclist and just missed hitting a passer-by by _____.
A.a slight edge
B.a narrow escape
C.a close thing
D.a hair’s breadth

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Some methods to prevent soil erosion are plowing parallel with the slopes of hills, to plant trees on unproductive land, and rotating crops.
A.Some
B.to prevent
C.to plant
D.rotating

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.
It is firmly believed that books are a primary means for disseminating knowledge and information.
A.classifying
B.distributing
C.adopting
D.inventing

Nobody went to the party, _________?
A.does he
B.do they
C.didn’t they
D.did they

It is nearly 3 months_________he visited his parents.
A.while
B.during
C.since
D.when

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Jenny and Jimmy are talking about university education.

Jenny: “I think a university degree is the only way to succeed in life”.

Jimmy: “__________. There are successful people without a degree.”
A.That’s life.
B.That’s all right.
C.I don’t quite agree.
D.I can’t agree more.

_________population is another unpleasant result we have to solve.
A.Increased
B.Increasing
C.The increase
D.To increase

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Laura is telling Bob about her exam results.

Laura: “ ____________________”

Bob: “That’s great. Congratulations.
A.I’ve passed the exam with an A.
B.I hope I’ll pass the exam tomorrow.
C.I’ll get the exam result tomorrow.
D.I didn’t do well in the exam.

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

A.called
B.passed
C.talked
D.washed