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.
Corazon Aquino, was the first women in the Philippines. She was elected as the president of the country.
A.Corazon Aquino was the first women who is elected as the president of the Philippines.
B.Corazon Aquino was the first women to be elected as the president of the Philippines.
C.Corazon Aquino was the first women elected as the president of the Philippines.
D.Corazon Aquino was the first women being elected as the president of the Philippines.

According to the passage, when will information stay in your short-term memory?
 
 
A.For as long as twenty minutes.           
B.As long as it is being used.
C.After you have repeated it many times.    
D. When it has moved into long-term memory.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The repeated commercials on TV distract many viewers from watching their favorite films.
A.economics  
B.businesses 
C.contests 
D.advertisements

Choose  the best answer to complete each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
If you ________ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.
A.dip into       
B.put away    
C.pick up    
D.put down

A.temptation
B.property
C.government
D.beautiful

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.
Unless we protect the environment, our life will be badly affected.
A.If we don’t protect the environment, our life won’t be badly affected.
B.If we don’t protect the environment, our life will be badly affected.
C.If our life is badly affected, we will protect the environment.
D.If we protect the environment, our life will be badly affected.

An important part of _____conservation is the prevention of and the fight against_______
A. refuse - polluting
B.waste- pollution
C.dirt - pollution
D.garbage - pollutant

__________(54)
A.catching    
B.holding         
C.carrying    
D.taking

Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
This is _____ car in the garage.
A.so expensive       
B.more expensive than
C.as expensive as    
D.the least expensive

At the center of the Earth’s solar system_________. 
A.the Sun lies
B.is where the Sun lies 
C.does the Sun lie  
D.lies the Sun