Harry and Kate are talking about Kate’s dress.

Harry: “______” - Kate: “Thanks for your compliment.”

Harry and Kate are talking about Kate’s dress.

Harry: “______” - Kate: “Thanks for your compliment.”

The word “refined” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____________.

The word “they” in paragraph 3 refers to ______________.

In what order is the information in the passage presented?

The word “accurate” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____________.

Which of the following will be a leap year?

What is the topic of the passage?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 41 to 48.

Have you ever thought about the names of the months? Why are “January” and “February” not called “Primo” or “Secondo”? Is it because the original names were created in ancient times? Or is it because the originators preferred odd words?

Take February, for example. Say it aloud a few minutes and you start to wonder. Most people don’t know who developed these names. However, a little research reveals that the names of the months came mostly from a combination of the names of Roman gods and goddesses, important festivals, and the original numbers of the months.

Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII change the calendar to make it more exact. Caesar developed a new calendar of 364 and a quarter days, the time it takes the earth to orbit the sun from one spring season to the next. The Pope’s astronomers refined the calendar regarding leap years; they determined that there should be no leap year in years ending in 00- unless they were divisible by 400; the years 1700, 1800, 1900 and 2100 would not be considered leap years, while the years 1600 and 2000 would be. This new Gregorian calendar was so accurate that today, scientists need only add leap seconds every few years to the clock in order to keep the calendar matching the Earth’s cycles.

Which of the following is true of the Gregorian calendar?

One thing that all atmospheric scientists apparently agree about is that ______.

The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is believed to produce the greenhouse effect by ______.

What does the word It refer to?

The principal consequence of the greenhouse effect is assumed to be an increase in ______.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 36 to 40.

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is primarily a result of mankind's burning of fuels, is thought to act like the glass of a greenhouse. It absorbs heat radiation from the earth and its atmosphere, heats that otherwise would dissipate into space. The possibility that the greenhouse effect could alter the earth's temperature has been debated for many years. Scientists have agreed that carbon dioxide is increasing but there has been uncertainty about whether temperatures are also increasing. The major difficulty in accepting the greenhouse effect has been the absence of observed warming coincident with the historic carbon dioxide increase.

Doubts about the greenhouse effect seem to center on the fact that ______.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 31 to 35.

Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Winston Churchill was a politician who is remembered as one of Britain's greatest statesmen. ___(31)___a young man he served as a soldier in India and Egypt, and as a journalist in South Africa. He was a ___(32)___ of Parliament from 1900 to 1965, for five different constituencies. Between 1906 and 1929 he held many important positions in government. In 1940, Churchill became Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. His radio speeches during World War II gave the British people a strong ___(33)___to win the war. The Conservative Party, led by Churchill, lost the election of 1945, but he became Prime Minister again from 1951 to 1955 when he retired, aged 80. He was made a knight in 1953, the same year ___(34)___ he won the Nobel Prize for literature. Churchill was also a skilled painter. He was famous for smoking a large cigar, and ___(35)___ a V-sign for 'victory'. He was often referred to simply as 'Winnie' and is remembered with great affection in both Britain and the US.

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She would have sung if he had asked her.

The Minister said: “I didn’t do anything improper”.

It was his lack of confidence that surprised me.

Thomas has trouble to make friends with other students at his new school.

In some parts of India, inter-caste marriages were thoroughly disaproved about.

These exercises look easily, but they are relatively difficult for us.

Wholesale is connected with goods that are bought and sold in large quantities, especially so they can be sold again to make a profit.

He is optimistic about his chance to find the job because everything seems smooth.

Actually, immigrants have contributed to British culture in many ways.

I couldn't hide my eagerness to get back home. It’s a long time since I last came back.

He came across the photograph of his great- grandfather while he ______ up the attic.

______ staff shortages, we are unable to offer a full buffet service on this train.

 ______ by a dog when she was small, Mary is afraid of all of them.

When he was a schoolboy, he had to study by the light of ______ moon.

Laura feels a strong ______of responsibility towards her employees.

People should willingly ______a hand with saving the environment before it becomes too bad to live in.

It was boring there. There was no TV or radio so we had to make our ______ for ourselves.