___________ (48)




A.vary
B.variety
C.varied
D.variously

The two bombs exploded simultaneously.




A.accidentally
B.all of the sudden
C.violently
D.at the same time

Helen Keller, blind and deaf from an early age, developed her sense of smell so finely that she could identify friends by their personal odors.




A.classify
B.communicate with
C.describe
D.recognize

We are up to our ________ in paperwork and don’t have a bit of free time for entertainment these days.




A.neck
B.forehead
C.chest
D.shoulders

It’s getting too hot and stuffy in here. Would you mind _______ the windows?




A.open
B.to open
C.being opened
D.opening

A.collect
B.operate
C.hobby
D.volunteer

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Private couriers, extremely popular in large cities, travelling by bicycle carrying packets containing documents and other items from office to office.




A.extremely
B.travelling
C.carrying
D.from

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Although this cake tastes good, we shouldn’t eat too much of it because we would risk to eat too much cholesterol.




A.good
B.of it
C.would
D.to eat

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
It was Tony who persisted in asking for another glass of brandy and got drunk in the end.




A.relied on
B.banked on
C.counted on
D.insisted on

Read the passages and the questions or unfinished sentences. Then choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that you think fits best.
CHILD LABOUR
Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile (45)………….in conditions described as close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for one of the major high street retailers
Speaking to a British newspaper, the children described long hours of (46)…….work and threats and beatings. The company said it was unaware that clothing intended for its (47)…………had been improperly outsourced to a (48)………..that used child labour. It further announced it had withdrawn the garments involved until it had investigated the alleged breaches of the (49)………..code it imposed on manufacturers three years ago.
The discovery of these children working in appalling conditions in the Shahpur Jat area of Delhi has renewed concerns about the outsourcing by some large retail chains of their (50)………..production to India, recognised by the United Nations as one of the world’s hotspots for child labour. According to one (51)…….., over 20 per cent of India’s economy is (52)………..on children, which comes to a total of 55 million youngsters under 14 working.
(53)…………in the West should not only be demanding answers from retailers about how their (54)……..are produced but also should be looking into their consciences at how they spend their money and whether cheap prices in the West are worth the suffering caused to so many children.
(52)




A.depends
B.dependent
C.dependant
D.dependence