______(40)
A.increasing
B.growing    
C.climbing   
D.ascending

Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
We tried to make a _______ of our situation, but it wasn't funny.
A.joke
B.trick
C.tension
D.risk

Why was it said that women would be the main victims of population control?
A.Women tend to outlive men and are often younger than their husbands.
B.There will be no social security net.
C.The society will become no longer secure to live in.
D.There will surely be a pension crisis among elderly people.

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.distinguished        
B.relaxed              
C.attacked         
D.attracted

III. Choose the answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.
If there are aliens out there, do you think they are much more                 advanced than we are?
A.technological                      
B.technologically                   
C.technology                          
D.technologies

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.
Never have people been so well informed as they are now, thanks to TV news programs.    
A.Thanks to TV news programs, people are now too well informed.
B.People have been so informative thanks to TV news programs.
C.TV news programs are very informative than before and people are better informed.
D.People are better informed than they have been, thanks to TV news programs.

She was happy, ________________ nobody sent her birthday cards.
A.so
B.but
C.although
D.because

 
I can’t remember when I last saw him, but it’s certainly a long time ago.
 
A.I’d like to forget how many years have passed since I last saw him.
B.We’ve only met once and that was too long ago for me to remember him.
C.I shall never forget meeting him even though it’s a long time ago.
D.I only know it is ages since I saw him and I can’t remember when it was.

The driver wanted to buy some cigarettes. So he stopped..................
A.buying some cigarettes
B.to have bought some cigarettes
C.to buy some cigarettes
D.having bought some cigarettes

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A.which                     
B.where                      
C.who                                    
D.what