People can become very ___________ when they are stuck in traffic for a long time.




A.nervous
B.bad-tempered
C.stressful
D.pressed

Technology will play a key role _____ future life-styles.




A.to shape
B.shaping
C.in shaping
D.shape of

"How did you get here?" - "_____ "




A.I came here with car.
B.By train
C.The train is so crowded
D.Two hours

My grandfather spends a lot of time _____ care of the plants in the garden daily.




A.to take
B.taking
C.for taking
D.taken

Unfortunately, the committee strongly _____ to our proposal.




A.disagreed
B.agreeed
C.accepted
D.objected

Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question.
A new study shows that women can reduce their chances of developing heart disease by jogging for about three hours every week. The researchers at Harvard University Medical in Boston have just reported the results of the study on the New England Journal of Medicine. The study is the first to show the effectiveness of jogging in the developing of heart disease in women. Only a few earlier studies have examined the effects of jogging on the heart, but nearly all have been done on men. The new study involves more than 72,000 women between the ages of forty and sixty-five during a period of eight years. The researchers have found that women who jog at least three hours a week have a thirty to forty percent lower chance of suffering a heart attack than those who do not.
The new study is about __________.




A.men and heart attack
B.effects of jogging on women’s heart
C.men and jogging
D.medicine in Harvard University

Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C, or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
People say that six out of the seven wonders of the ancient world were destroyed.




A.It was said that six out of the seven wonders of the ancient world were destroyed.
B.Six out of the seven wonders of the ancient world is said to be destroyed.
C.Six out of the seven wonders of the ancient world is said to have destroyed.
D.Six out of the seven wonders of the ancient world are said to have been destroyed.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word (s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The US troops are using much more sophisticated weapons in the Far East.




A.expensive
B.complicated
C.simple and easy to use
D.difficult to operate

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.
Elvis Presley, ____________died in 1977, earned millions of dollars.




A.who
B.whom
C.that
D.whose

Read the following 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 25 to 29.
Left-handers are the odd ones out. Sure, lefties (25) ______up about 10 percent of the population - but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them. Just consider all of the right-handed gadgets, awkwardly designed desks, and cooking tools that fit comfortably only in your right hand. What (26) ______someone to become a lefthand? Scientists aren’t exactly sure, but research points to a complex (27) ______between genes and environment While no exact set of “leftie genes” have been discovered, people who dominantly use their left hands do have more left-handed family members. And researchers have found different brain wirings in righties vs. lefties. But no matter (28) ______it is that drives someone to use their antipodal paw, science has also uncovered a particular set of personality traits that left-handed people tend to have. So for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out there - it’s time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help (29) ______an end to leftie discrimination once and for all.
(27)




A.collaborate
B.collaboration
C.collaborating
D.collaborated