Choose the best answer amongA, B, C, or D which has the same meaning with the original sentence:

There were over two hundred people at Carl's trial, most of whom believed that he was not guilty of the crime

Nam wanted to know what time_________.

Thanks to the laser beams, at last, he could get rid of the birthmark on his face

Mark the letter A, B, c orD on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

It is a really difficult matter to decide how to solve now. I will need time to think it over

Mark the letter A, B, c orD on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

He takes the responsibility for running the household

Choose the word whose underlinedpart ispronounced differently from that of the others

Read the passage and choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.

Throughout the United States, the number of places where people are allowed to smoke has gradually ecome smaller and smaller. First, it was banned on trains, buses and plancs, then in public places such as theatres and airports. Now you can’t smoke in any workplace. Nonsmokers are definitely winning the battle. “Why should we breathe their smoke ?”, they say.

If they are lucky, smokers can still find some bars and restaurants where they can light up a cigarette, but it may soon be banncd there , too. Anti-smoking groups even think that smoking ought to be banned in people’s homes.

Under new plans you won’t be able to smoke where there are more than ten visitors in a week, or where there are children. In 1996, nicotine was classed as drug, like cocaine or heroin. In the country that gave tobacco to the world, smoking might one day be illegal

Now you can smoke_________but in the fiiture you can’t.

Nowadays women_________the same wages as men

Read the passage and choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.

Throughout the United States, the number of places where people are allowed to smoke has gradually ecome smaller and smaller. First, it was banned on trains, buses and plancs, then in public places such as theatres and airports. Now you can’t smoke in any workplace. Nonsmokers are definitely winning the battle. “Why should we breathe their smoke ?”, they say.

If they are lucky, smokers can still find some bars and restaurants where they can light up a cigarette, but it may soon be banncd there , too. Anti-smoking groups even think that smoking ought to be banned in people’s homes.

Under new plans you won’t be able to smoke where there are more than ten visitors in a week, or where there are children. In 1996, nicotine was classed as drug, like cocaine or heroin. In the country that gave tobacco to the world, smoking might one day be illegal

“ Nonsmokers are winning the battle” means

Choose the best answer amongA, B, C, or D which has the same meaning with the original sentence:

They have redecorated the living- room recently

Choose the word whose stress position is different from that of the others

Choose the best answer amongA, B, C, or D which has the same meaning with the original sentence:

He is short-sighted. Therefore, he has to wear the glasses

We usually do go by train, even though the car_________is a lot quicker

Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following

That is a well-behaved boy

Tim: “_________” - Jeycy: “Certainly”

Choose the word or phrase (A, B, c or D)) that best fĩts the blank space in the following passage:

We are using up the world’s Petroleum. We use (6)_________in our cars and to heat our building in winter.Farmers use petrochemicals to (7)_________the soil rich. They use them to kill insects (8)_________eat plants. These Chemicals go (9)_________rivers and lakes and kill the fish there. Thousands of pollutants also go into the air and pollute it. Winds carry this (10)_________air to other countries and other continents.

Poor farmers use the samc land over and (11)_________. The land needs a rest so it will be better next year. However, the farmers must have food this year. Poor people cut down forests (12) _________ firewood. In some arcas when the trees are gone, the land (13)_________desert. Poor people canh save the environment for the (14)_________.

This is not a problem for one country or one area of the world. It is a problem for all- humans. The people and the nations of the world must work together to (15)_________the world’s resources.Question 14