According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the growth of the communications industry?
A.Morse invented the telegraph in 1837.
B.People could use the telegraph in San Francisco in 1861.
C.The telegraph led to the invention of the rotary printing press.
D.The telegraph helped connect the entire nation.

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.
"I'm sorry. I didn't do the homework." said the boy.  
A.The boy refused to do the homework.
B.The boy denied not doing the homework.
C.The boy said that he was sorry and he wouldn't do the homework.
D.The boy admitted not doing the homework.

_________(28)
A.relying 
B.leaning
C.concentrating
D.dependence

Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete sentences.
We ............. a lot of butter in our family every week.
A.get on                
B.get through       
C.get off              
D.get over

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.
There is no point in your phoning Jane - she's away.
 
A. It would be a waste of time phoning Jane - she's away.
B.You waste your time if you insist on phoning Jane - she's away.
C.Don't spend your valuable time phoning Jane - she's out.
D.Jane is very difficult to phone - she's always away.

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 
My sister worries so much about fitness that she wastes a lot of time and money.
A.My sister worries about fitness so that she wastes a lot of time and money.
B.Fitness worried, my sister wastes a lot of time and money.
C.My sister wastes a lot of time and money though she worries so much about fitness.
D.Worrying too much about fitness, my sister wastes a lot of time and money.

Read the following passage and write the letter A, B, C or D on the top of the first page to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
               If we accept that we can not prevent science and technology from changing our world, we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions.  In a democratic society, this means that the public needs to have a basic understanding of science, so that it can make informed decisions, and not leave them  in the hands of experts. At the moment, the public has a rather ambivalent attitude toward science. It has come to expect the steady increase in the standard of living that new developments in science and technology have brought to continue, but it also distrusts science because it doesn't understand it. This distrust is evident in in the cartoon figure of  the mad scientist, working in his laboratory to produce a Frankenstein. But the public also has a great interest in science, as is shown by the large audiences for science fiction.
            What can be done to harness this interest, and give the public the scientific background it needs to make informed decisions on subjects like acid rain, the greenhouse effect, nuclear weapons and genetic engineering? Clearly, the basis must lie in what is taught in schools. But in schools, science is often presented in a dry and uninteresting manner. Children learn it by rote to pass examinations and they don't see its relevance to the world around them. Moreover, science is often taught in term of equations. Although equations are a concise and accurate way of describing mathematical ideas, they frighten most people.
The science people learn in school can provide the basic framework. But the rate of scientific progress is now so rapid, that there are always new developments that have occurred since one was at school or university. Popular books and magazine articles about science can help to put across new developments. But even the most successful popular book is read by only a small proportion of the population. There are some very good science programs on TV, but others  present scientific wonders simply as magic, without explaining them, or showing how they fit into the framework of scientific ideas. Producers of television science programs should realise that they have a responsibility to educate the public, and not just entertain it.
               What are the science-related issues that the public will have to make decisions on in the near future. By far the most urgent is that of nuclear weapons. Other global problems, such as food supply or the greenhouse effect, are relatively slow acting. But a nuclear war could mean the end of all human life on Earth, within days.
(adapted from Public Attitudes Toward Science by Stephen Hawking)
The word “ put across ” in paragraph 3 closest in meaning to _____
 
A. affect   
B. support         
C.communicate    
D.eliminate

In paragraph 3, we learn that _______.
A.England was the first to believe in a free press
B.Sweden’s ‘press freedom’ law followed England’s
C.King Charles I opposed a free press
D.criticizing governments was the original purpose of a free press

Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part.
My friend always dreams of having _____________.
A.a small red sleeping bag
B.red sleeping small a bag
C.small a bag red sleeping
D.a bad small red sleeping

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The old are ________ by their children in my country.
    
A.looked after
B.looked at   
C.looked for  
D. looked up