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.stone
B.top
C.pocket
D.modern

People say that he is the best student of this school. (said)
A.It is said that he is the best student of this school.
B.It can be said that he is the best student of this school.
C.It is said that he is the better student of this school.
D.It is said that he was the best student of this school.

He started investigating the case a week ago. (has)
A.He has investigated the case since a week.
B.He has investigated the case for a week.
C.He has been investigated the case for a week.
D.He has started investigating the case for a week.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentences that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following question.
Even if the job market is not stable, those who persist will be able to land jobs eventually.
A.When it’s hard to find a job, jobs on land are even harder.
B.Patient people will secure jobs even in an instable job market.
C.Only persistent job seekers can find jobs.
D.In land jobs are only available to persistent jobs applicants.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentences that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following question.
If I hadn’t had so much work to do I would have gone to the movies.
A.Because I had to do so much work I couldn’t go to the movies.
B.I would go to the movies when I had done so much work.
C.A lot of work couldn’t prevent me from going to the movies.
D.I never go to the movies if I have work to do.

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.
His replies were inconsistent with his previous testimony.
A.contradicted
B.compatible
C.enhanced
D.incorporated

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.
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

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word in each of the following questions.
The works of such men as the English philosophers John Locke and Thomas Hobbes helped pave the way for academic freedom in the modern sense.
A.terminate
B.prevented
C.enhanced
D.incorporated

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine that would do all the necessary jobs around the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (37) ________ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too? For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention were amateur inventors And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is actually very complex It has never been one job it has always been many. A factor robot (38) ________ one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn’t run the whole factory. A housework robot on the other hand, has to do several different (39) ________ of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope (40) ________ all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs. (41) ________, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software- the programs that will operate the machine.
(41)
A.However
B.Therefore
C.Besides
D.Moreover

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine that would do all the necessary jobs around the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be (37) ________ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too? For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention were amateur inventors And they came up against a major difficulty. That is, housework is actually very complex It has never been one job it has always been many. A factor robot (38) ________ one task endlessly until it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn’t run the whole factory. A housework robot on the other hand, has to do several different (39) ________ of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope (40) ________ all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs. (41) ________, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help the robot locate objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software- the programs that will operate the machine.
(37)
A.managed
B.succeeded
C.made
D.given