The team were eager to make ______ the loss of the previous match.
A.off with
B.up with
C.up for
D.away with

It has been suggested that Mary ______ a computer course in preparation for a steady job.
A.take
B.have been taken
C.would have taken
D.was taken

Scientists have ______ a lot of research into renewable energy sources.
A.done
B.solved
C.carried
D.made

New machinery has enhanced the company’s productivity and ______.
A.competition
B.competitor
C.competitive
D.competitiveness

The struggle for women's rights began in the century during a period ________ as the Age of Enlightenment.
A.known
B.is knowing
C.that knew
D.knew

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 from 46 to 55.
American movies create myths about college life in the United States. These stories are entertaining, but they are not true. You have to look beyond Hollywood movies to understand what college is really like.
Thanks to the movies, many people believe that college students party and socialize more than they study. Movies almost never show students working hard in class or in the library. Instead, movies show them eating, talking, hanging out, or dancing to loud music at wild parties. While it is true that American students have the freedom to participate in activities, they also have academic responsibilities. In order to succeed, they have to attend classes and study hard.
Another movie myth is that athletics is the only important extracurricular activity. In fact, there is a wide variety of nonacademic activities on campus such as special clubs, service organizations, art, and theater programs. This variety allows students to choose what interests them. Even more important, after graduation, students’ résumés look better to employers if they list a few extracurricular activities.
Most students in the movies can easily afford higher education. If only this were true! While it is true that some American college students are wealthy, most are from families with moderate incomes. Up to 80% of them get some type of financial aid. Students from middle and lower-income families often work part-time throughout their college years. There is one thing that many college students have in common, but it is not something you will see in the movies. They have parents who think higher education is a priority, a necessary and important part of their children's lives.
Movies about college life usually have characters that are extreme in some way: super athletic, super intelligent, super wealthy, super glamorous, etc. Movies use these stereotypes, along with other myths of romance and adventure because audiences like going to movies that include these elements. Of course, real college students are not like movie characters at all.
So the next time you want a taste of the college experience, do not go to the movies. Look at some college websites or brochures instead. Take a walk around your local college campus. Visit a few classes. True,you may not be able to see the same people or exciting action you will see in the movies, but you can be sure that there are plenty of academic adventures going on all around you!
From “Read and Reflect” by Jayme Adelson-Goldstein with Lori Howard
The phrase “academic responsibilities” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.
A.learning duties
B.training skills
C.caring professions
D.teaching methods

“You must come to visit me this weekend,” my friend told me.

The best form of reported speech for the above sentence is “…………………………”
A.My friend asked me to visit her this weekend.
B.My friend requested me to visit her that weekend.
C.My friend insisted that I should visit her that weekend.
D.My friend suggested that I should visit her that weekend.

He said to us,”Come here tomorrow”
A.He told us go there the next day.
B.He told us to go here the next day.
C.He told us to go there the next day.
D.He said to us go there the next day.

Mary: “I will never go mountaineering again.”
Linda: “Me ______.”
A.so
B.too
C.neither
D.either

Working as a volunteer gives her a chance to develop her interpersonal skills, promote friendship, and ______ her own talent.
A.discover
B.discovered
C.discovering
D.to discover