Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I was already fed up with the job, but when the boss walked into my office and told me he expected me to work overtime; that was the ______.
A.end of the line
B.last straw
C.final curtain
D.last waltz

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
There have been more than 200 students ______ scholarship from this educational organization so far.
A.winning
B.to be won
C.to win
D.won

The writer thought the actor who played the professor was unsatisfactory because______
A.he made the audience laugh too much.
B.he did not look like a professor.
C.he had the wrong kind of moustache.
D.he was not clever enough to play the part

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Martin came home last week after a long journey by air. He ______ very tired then.
A.should have been
B.needn’t have been
C.must have been
D.can’t have been

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I don’t think the problem will be solved soon, ______?
A.will it
B.do I
C.don’t I
D.won’t I

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
By the time I went to class, the lesson ______over.
A.has been
B.was
C.had been
D.is

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If the firemen hadn’t arrived in time, the fire ______ to other houses.
A.would spread
B.had spread
C.would have spread
D.will spread

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
I didn’t recognize my uncle until he raised his voice.
A.Not until I recognized my uncle did he raise his voice.
B.Only after my uncle raised his voice did I recognize him.
C.My uncle raised his voice as soon as I recognized him.
D.No sooner had I recognized my uncle than he raised his voice.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
I was absorbed in the vivid story. My grandfather told me that story.
A.I was so absorbed in the vivid story that I told my grandfather.
B.My grandfather told me an vivid story.
C.The story that my grandfather told me was very absorbed.
D.The vivid story told by my grandfather interested me a lot.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
I’m sorry I can’t go out with you. I’m up to my ears in work.
A.idle
B.concentrating on
C.busy
D.having a earache