Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that has the same meaning as the original one.
Just after the play started there was a power failure.
A.Hardly had the play started when there was a power failure.
B.No earlier had the play started than there was a power failure.
C.Hardly did the play start then there was a power failure.
D.No sooner did the play start before there was a power failure.

Which of the following was NOT one of the names given to the western grasses?  
A.Mesquite grass        
B.Bluejoint grass  
C.Buffalo grass   
D. Grama grass

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Many parents tend to make their children study hard in the belief that good education will enable them to ______ in the future.
A.turn up         
B.get on        
C.get out    
D.turn away

I failed to buy that nice dress, for I had forgotten to bring my_______
A.gloves
B.purse
C.bonnet
D.trousers

The word “fortuitous” in the 1st paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.
A.important        
B. immediate   
C.early  
D.lucky

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.
Married (A) customs differ (B) greatly (C) from society to society (D).
A.Married 
B.differ 
C.greatly 
D.society

Read the following passage and Choose the best option A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
      Bees, classified into over 10,000 species, are insects found in almost every part of the world except the northernmost and southernmost regions. One commonly known species is the honeybee, the only bee that produces honey and wax. Humans use the wax in making candles, lipsticks, and other products, and they use the honey as a food. While gathering the nectar and pollen with which they make honey, bees are simultaneously helping to fertilize the flowers on which they land. Many fruits and vegetables would not survive if bees did not carry the pollen from blossom to blossom. Bees live in a structured environment and social structure within a hive, which is a nest with storage space for the honey. The different types of bees each perform a unique function. The worker bee carries nectar to the hive in a special stomach called a honey stomach, other workers make beeswax and shape it into a honeycomb, which is a waterproof mass of six-sided compartments, or cells. The queen lays eggs in completed cells. As the workers build more cells, the queen lays more eggs.
       All workers, like the queen, are female, but the workers are smaller than the queen. The male honeybees are called drones; they do no work and cannot sting. They are developed from unfertilized eggs, and their only job is to impregnate a queen. The queen must be fertilized in order to lay worker eggs. During the season, when less honey is available and the drones is of no further use, the workers block the drones from eating the honey so that they will starve to death.
The author implies that_________.
A.drones are never females        
B.bees are unnecessary in the food chain
C.drones are completely dispensable     
D.the queen can be a worker

IX. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one.
help/ saving/ recycling/ mainly/ by/ energy/ the environment/.
A.The environment helps saving energy mainly by recycling.
B.Energy helps recycling mainly by the environment saving.
C.Recycling helps the environment mainly by saving energy.
D.Saving energy helps mainly by recycling the environment.

Students who study abroad often have to confront cultural shock and homesick.
A.students
B.often
C.shock
D.homesick

Choose the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
It is often a good idea to start with small, easily _______ goals.
A.achieve     
B.achievement  
C.achievable 
D.achiever