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.
Right after the boy got out of his house, it started to rain heavily.
A.It had rained heavily before the boy got out of his house.
B.Not until it started to rain heavily did the boy got out of his house.
C.No sooner had the boy got out of his house than it started to rain heavily.
D.Hardly had it started to rain heavily when the boy got out of his house.

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.asked                                  
B.lived                        
C.vanished                 
D.stopped

The word "they" in line 3 refers to___________.
A.seasonal changes 
B.natural forces
C.theories                   
D.human beings

You can_______ the new words in the dictionary.
       
A.look for   
B.look after              
C. look up 
D.look at

What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.The importance of conifers in evergreen forests   
B.The efficiency of the bill of the crossbill
C.The variety of food available in a forest   
D.The different techniques birds use to obtain food

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A.by                           
B.in                            
C.on                           
D.with

He asked me_______ I had been waiting for him.        
A.when 
B.how often   
C.how far       
D.how long

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
When you are dealing with so many problems, mistakes are _______   to happen.
A.found                      
B.ground                    
C.around                    
D.bound

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 regretted that there can be no _______ to this rule.
A.exclusion                
B.alternative               
C.exception                
D.déviation

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Although  _______   about the dangers, many people continue to ride at too fast speeds.
A.warned                   
B.warning                  
C.to be warned 
D.being warned