(15)             
A.before                     
B.after                                    
C.until                        
D.as soon as

Choose the underlined part among A,B,C or D that needs correcting.
To sit (A) alone in his room (B) , he was frightened by (C) the (D) strange noise.
A.To sit
B.his room 
C.frightened by
D.the

Read the following the 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 38 to 42.
The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency with national affiliates in almost every country in the world. The Red Cross movement began with the founding of the International Committee for the Relief of (38)______ Wounded in 1863 (now the International Committee of the Red Cross); it was (39) ______ to care for victims of battle (40) ______ wartime, but later national Red Cross societies were created to aid in the prevention and relief of human suffering generally.
Its peacetime activities include first aid, accident prevention, water (41) ______, training of nurses’ aids, maintenance of maternal and child welfare centers and medical clinics, blood banks, and numerous (42) ______ services. The Red Cross is the name used in countries under nominally Christian sponsorship; the Red Crescent (adopted on the insistence of the Ottoman Empire in 1906) is the name used in Muslim countries.
(38)______
A.an        
B.one     
C.the  
D.a

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of  the following questions.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cutural Organization ( UNESCO), was established in 1946.
A.set up
B.taken off
C.put away
D.run up

________ the beginning of the story the two main characters meet in the lift. 
A.At
B.On
C.To
D.In

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of  the following questions.
Of course you can come to the party. __________ .
A.The more the merrier
B.The more and the merrier
C.The more the more merry 
D.The more and more merrier

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.  
“Happy Christmas!”  “_____________”
A.The same to you! 
B.The same of you!
C.You are the same!
D.Same for you!

They think that the prisoner escaped by climbing over the wall.
A.The prisoner is thought escaped by climbing over the wall.
B.The prisoner is thought to escape by climbing over the wall.
C.The prisoner is thought having escaped by climbing over the wall.
D.The prisoner is thought to have escaped by climbing over the wall.

The word “fuelled” is closest in meaning to.......
A.gave impetus to 
B.brought in money 
C.hinted                          
D.raised

(27)  
A.lost        
B.miss                        
C.lack                         
D.need