John: “Do you think that we should use public transportation to protect our environment?” Laura: "______"
A.Of course not. You bet.
B.Well, that’s very surprising.
C. There is no doubt about it.
D.Yes, it’s an absurd idea.

In the fourth paragraph, the author implies that imagination is most important to scientists when they________.
A.formulate possible solutions to a problem 
B. evaluate previous work on a problem
C.close an investigation  
D. gather known facts

A.capital
B.tradition
C.different
D.opera

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
It is very difficult to _______ the exact meaning of an idiom in a foreign language.
A.exchange      
B.transfer 
C.convert
D.convey

………air is essential to man, so is water to fish.
A. As 
B.Just 
C.Since    
D. Like

The number of people who have been infected with the virus of bird flu is_______
A.60
B.2003
C.120
D.180

I wash / sheets / put them out to dry / it / be / nice sunny day/ there / be / breeze.
A.I have washed the sheets and put them out to dry because it was a nice sunny day and there was a breeze.
B.I washed the sheets and had put them out to dry because it was a nice sunny day and there was a breeze.
C.I washed the sheets and put them out to dry because it was a nice sunny day and there was a breeze.
D.I washed the sheets and put them out to dry because it have been a nice sunny day and there was a breeze.

When you go to the zoo, don’t _____ the animals.
A.do
B.watch                      
C.play                        
D.tease

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
There is growing concern about the way man has destroyed the environment.
A.ease
B.attraction
C.consideration
D.speculation

The sandwiches were too stale to eat.
A.The sandwiches were so stale in order to eat.
B.The sandwiches were very stale to be eaten.
C.The sandwiches weren’t fresh enough to eat.
D.The sandwiches weren’t enough fresh to eat.