I/ Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

A.boat   
B.road                
C.broad                      
D.coat

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 33 to 37.
NOISE POLLUTION
Noise is more than a mere nuisance. At certain levels and durations of exposure, it can cause physical damage to the eardrum, and (33) ___________ in temporary or permanent hearing loss. In addition to causing hearing loss, (34) __________ noise exposure can also (35) ___________ blood pressure and pulse rate, cause irritability, anxiety, and mental fatigue, and interfere with sleep, recreation, and personal communication. Noise pollution control is, (36) _________, of importance in the workplace and in the community.
Noise effects can be (37) ___________ by a number of techniques, for example, increasing the distance or blocking the path between the noise source and the recipient, reducing noise level at the source, and protecting recipients with earplugs or earmuffs.
(33)
A.bring                                
B.result                       
C.create            
D.affect

According to the passage, the death of many young people in indusirial counưies is mainly caused by _________ .
A.murder
B.traffic accidents
C.suicide
D.depression

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
Many species have become extinct each year before biologists can identify them.
A.destroy                    
B.drain                       
C.endanger                 
D.discover

Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence
To his way of thinking, London is a dull place_____
A.to live in it
B.to live
C.to live there
D.to live in

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It _______, so we can’t go to the beach.
A.had rained      
B.rained
C.is raining      
D.will have rained

Apart  from  being conveniently  located near  the  beach,  that  hotel has nothing that  makes me recommend it to you.
 
A.The hotel I’ve recommended to you is very comfortable as it is near the beach.
B.The only feature of that hotel that I can recommend it to you is that it’s close to the beach.
C.the beach near that hotel doesn’t have anything special that I can recommend it to you.
D.As regards a hotel, nothing is more important for me than its being close to the beach.

l dislike it when people criticized me unfairly.
A.I object to people criticizing me unfairly.
B.They criticized me because I was not fair.
C.They criticized me unfairly.
D.I don’t like to be criticized.

Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.
A.with
B.her cousins
C.are
D.to attend

Read the following pasage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
As heart disease continues to be the number-one killer in the United States, researchers have become increasingly interested in identifying the potential risk factors that trigger heart attacks. High-fat diets and "life in the fast lane" have long been known to contribute to the high incidence of heart failure. But according to new studies, the list of risk factors may be significantly longer and quite surprising.
Heart failure, for example, appears to have seasonal and temporal patterns. A higher percentage of heart attacks occur in cold weather, and more people experience heart failure on Monday than on any other day of the week. In addition, people are more susceptible to heart attacks in the first few hours after waking. Cardiologists first observed this morning phenomenon in the mid-1980, and have since discovered a number of possible causes. An early-morning rise in blood pressure, heart rate, and concentration of heart stimulating hormones, plus a reduction of blood flow to the heart, may all contribute to the higher incidence of heart attacks between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M.
In other studies, both birthdays and bachelorhood have been implicated as risk factors. Statistics reveal that heart attack rates increase significantly for both females and males in the few days immediately preceding and following their birthdays. And unmarried men are more at risk for heart attacks than their married counterparts. Though stress is thought to be linked in some way to all of the aforementioned risk factors, intense research continues in the hope of further comprehending why and how heart failure is triggered.
Which of the following does the passage infer?
A.We now fully understand how risk factors trigger heart attacks.
B.We recently began to study how risk factors trigger heart attacks.
C.We have not identified many risk factors associated with heart attacks.
D.We do not fully understand how risk factors trigger heart attacks.