Exercise 7: Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Is it acceptable to touch ______ person on _______ shoulder in a conversation?
A.a – the    
B.the – a      
C.the – the        
D.a - a

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.
We didn‘t want to spend a lot of money. We stayed in a cheap hotel.
A.In spite of spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.
B.Rather than spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.
C.We stayed in a cheap hotel, but we had to spend a lot of money.
D.We didn‘t stay in a cheap hotel as we had a lot of money to spend.

According to the passage, 1997 witnessed ______.
A.the highest attendance by representatives from 180 industrialised countries
B.the largest number of summits on the subject of climate change
C.the most important summit on climate change taking place in Kyoto, Japan
D.widespread concern about climate change

“Do you want beer or wine?” “________”
A. I’d prefer beer, please     
B. I like beer
C.I’d rather beer please     
D. I hate wine

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B. C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
On the fourth Thursday in November, in houses around the United States, families get together for a feast, or a large meal. Almost all families eat turkey and cranberry sauce for this meal, and have pumpkin pie for dessert. This feast is part of a very special day, the holiday of Thanksgiving. In 1620 the Pilgrims made a difficult trip across the ocean from England. They landed in what is now Massachusetts. In England the Pilgrims had not been allowed to freely practice their religion. So they went to the New World in search of religious freedom. The Pilgrims' first winter was very hard. Almost half the group died of cold, hunger and disease. But the Indians of Massachusetts taught the Pilgrims to plant corn, to hunt and to fish. When the next fall came, the Pilgrims had plenty of food. They were thankful to God and the Indians and had a feast to give thanks. They invited the Indians to join them. This was the first Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving became a national holiday many years later because of the effort of a woman named Sarah Hale. For forty years Sarah Hale wrote to each president and asked for a holiday of Thanksgiving. At last she was successful. In 1863 President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday. How much is Thanksgiving today like the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving? In many ways they are different. For example, historians think that the Pilgrims ate deer, not turkey. The idea of Thanksgiving, though, is very much the same: Thanksgiving is a day on which we celebrate and give thanks.
                                  (Adapted from http:www.Amrican heritage.co.us)
Which of the following is NOT true about Thanksgiving?
A.It became a national holiday thanks to President Lincoln's 40-year efforts.
B.Americans usually have turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie for this occasion.
C.It is a day on which Americans celebrate and give thanks.
D.It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday on November.

The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.
A.The plan is as impractical as it is ingenious.
B.Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.
C.Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.
D.The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.

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.
The film was taken apart on the grounds that it glorifies violence.
A.greatly admired
B.excellently cast
C.badly reviewed
D.criticized severely

Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources__________.         
A.efficient 
B.efficiency
C.inefficient
D. efficiently

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.
“Where were you last night, Mr. Jenkins?” he said.
A.He wanted to know where Mr. Jenkins had been the following night.
B.He asked Mr. Jenkins where he had been the previous night.
C.He wanted to know where Mr. Jenkins was the night before.
D.He asked Mr. Jenkins where was he last night.

It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft comfortable bed to lie on.
A.It is difficult
B.to get used to sleep
C.a soft comfortable bed
D.lie