Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
After a ______ hesitation, she began to speak with such a convincing voice.
A.rude
B.impolite
C.small
D.slight

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
The majority of primary school teachers ______ women.
A.is
B.are
C.includes
D.including

________(2)
A.With me
B.For me
C.To me
D.Of me

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
A new study group has been set ______ by the government.
A.out
B.up
C.away
D.down

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
Only because she had to support her family ______ to leave school.
A.that Alice decided
B.so Alice decided
C.Alice decided
D.did Alice decide

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
It is raining cats and dogs outside. I want to climb the mountain today but I can’t.
A.I can’t carry out my mountain climbing because there are many cats and dogs falling out the sky.
B.It is the heavy rain that prevents me from climbing the mountain today.
C.I find it rather hard to climb the mountain despite a heavy downpour outside.
D.The heavy rain makes it possible for me to continue going climbing today.

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.
I find it difficult to get rid of my smoking habit.
A.As for me, stopping my smoking habit is quite difficult.
B.I have difficulty smoking cigarettes.
C.My smoking habit has caused me a lot of difficulties.
D.I will quit smoking someday.

_____(1)
A.individual
B.persons
C.people
D.member

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.
Jane can swim faster than I can.
A.I can’t swim as fast as Jane.
B.I can swim as fast as Jane.
C.Jane can’t swim as fast as I can.
D.Jane can swim as fast as I can.

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.
We produce more food. It gets cheap.
A.The more food we produce, the cheaper it gets.
B.The most food we produce, the cheapest it gets.
C.The least food we produce, the less cheap it gets.
D.Most food we produce, cheapest it gets.