The principal noticed those pupils .............. harder and harder. (try)




A.try
B.to try
C.have tried
D.tried

We enjoy ............ along the river. (swim)




A.swimming
B.swim
C.to swim
D.being swim

He is a great admirer ............. Picasso' s early paintings.




A.in
B.for
C.of
D.on

Which sentence below is true about the Beatles?




A.The four boys of the Beatles came from American.
B.Their first record was in 1970.
C.They composed and performed their own songs.
D.Beaties' songs became famous until they died.

Our athletes were ready for the ......... (compete)




A.competitors
B.competition
C.competitive
D.competitively

We .......... drinking coffee in the morning.




A.used to
B.are used to
C.worthless
D.would like

Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that needs correcting.
Are the boys used to live without their parents' support?




A.Are
B.to live
C.without
D.parents' support

Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.
Check the faucets for dripping water ______ you will have to pay an enormous water bill.




A.although
B.or
C.because
D.however

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of others in each of the following questions.




A.ancient
B.educate
C.stranger
D.transfer

V. 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.
Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing at least 5,000 years, but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings. When writing developed, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today, there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal man cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write; in the past, many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so imperfectly.
To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not to disparage the later. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.
According to the passage, writing





A.is imperfect, but less than speech
B.represents speech, but not perfectly
C.developed from imperfect speech
D.is represented perfectly by speech