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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Our plans need to be flexible enough to cater for the needs of everyone.
A. casual
B. suitable
C. fixed
D. adjustable
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
We are an extended family so what programme to watch is always a bone of contention in our family.
A. controversial
B. conflict
C. preparation
D. agreement
E-books are becoming more and more popular nowadays because of its convenience.
A. more
B. popular
C. because
D. its
Learners have voiced their complaints to the language centre that its services are inadequate and not entirely dependent.
A. voiced
B. complaints
C. inadequate
D. dependent
From 1985 to 1990, he writes ten novels and three plays.
A. From
B. writes
C. novels
D. plays
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
She last went shopping two months ago.
A. She has gone shopping for two months.
B. She didn't go shopping two months ago.
C. She hasn't gone shopping for two months.
D. She has two months to go shopping.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
It is compulsory for all the students to hand in their assignments on time.
A. All the students must hand in their assignments on time.
B. All the students can't hand in their assignments on time
C. All the students may hand in their assignments on time.
D. All the students needn't hand in their assignments on time.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
"I didn't give John the money," said Mary.
A. Mary suggested giving John the money.
B. Mary remembered giving John the money.
C. Mary denied giving John the money.
D. Mary admitted giving John the money.
Laura's aunt, Mary, is visiting her family on Christmas evening. She phones and asks her aunt:
Laura: "When would you like to have dinner?"
Mary: "________"
A. How about at a Chinese restaurant?
B. How about six o'clock?
C. Anywhere you can go.
D. No, thank you. I'm full.
Peter and Mary are talking about a book they have just read.
- Peter: "The book is really interesting and educational."
- Mary: "________"
A. I'd love it.
B. Don't mention it
C. You can say that again
D. That's nice of you to say so.
When he came, I ________ in the kitchen.
A. am cooking
B. cooked
C. was cooking
D. has cooked
It is very noisy today, _______?
A. is it
B. isn't it
C. hasn’t it
D. has it
The more demanding the job is, _______ it is.
A. the most rewarding
B. the rewarding
C. the more rewarding
D. more rewarding
His ________ of the new game has earned him a fortune.
A. invention
B. inventively
C. inventive
D. invented
They argue all right, but they always _______ before long.
A. pull up
B. put up
C. turn up
D. make up
I'll have left the city ________ to visit me.
A. before you are coming
B. by the time you come
C. when you will be coming
D. after you came
There's been a white van sitting _______ for the past ten miles.
A. in my stomach
B. on my tail
C. on the move
D. on the head
Peter and Paul are very fond _______ reading detective books
A. at
B. about
C. in
D. of
I saw him hiding something in a ______ bag.
A. black small plastic.
B. plastic small black
C. small black plastic
D. small plastic blank
We turned off the radio _______ its unsuitable programs.
A. because of
B. although
C. in spite of
D. because
He caught a _______ of her in the crowd so I can't give you the details.
A. glimpse
B. eye
C. flash
D. glance
It's ________ knowledge that eating vegetables and doing exercise regularly do us good.
A. common
B. famous
C. usual
D. normal
_______ their farm work, the farmers returned home.
A. Finished
B. Having finished
C. To finish
D. Being finished
Do you know that many useful things ________ by accidents?
A. were invented
B. is inventing
C. invented
D. have invented
At the age of 11, Taylor Swift already succeeded in _______ a record deal in Nashville.
A. creating
B. writing
C. grabbing
D. landing
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Digital spending on public transports.
B. The end of money.
C. The pros and cons of a cashless economy.
D. The introduction of banknotes.
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about Sweden?
A. Local people in most Swedish cities can use cash to buy bus tickets.
B. Sweden was the first country to introduce banknotes in the world.
C. Almost all transactions in Sweden are made through credit cards or mobile phone payments.
D. People can donate to churches with cash or banknotes
The word "it" in paragraph 1 refers to ________.
A. the USA
B. cash
C. Chronicle Herald newspaper
D. the extent
The word "decreased" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. improved
B. fallen
C. increased
D. grown
According to the passage, who do not support electronic transactions?
A. Big banks
B. Big business owners
C. Small business owners
D. Small banks
While China’s growth next year is expected to be far slower than the historic (31) ________ it has become accustomed to over the past four decades, it is unlikely that its GDP will contract for two quarters.
A. rate
B. velocity
C. pace
D. speed
This is yet (32) ________ example of the flaws in defining recession by the rule of two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth.
A. much
B. many
C. another
D. other
33) ________, many countries’ current economic woes are self-inflicted
A. Moreover
B. Although
C. Therefore
D. However
owing to policy errors (34) ________ have been as harmful as they were predictable.
A. those
B. whom
C. when
D. which
Between 2011 and 2021, for example, Europe needlessly deepened its dependence on Russian natural gas, leaving it exceedingly vulnerable when the Kremlin, (35) ________ its war against Ukraine.
A. held
B. evolved
C. declared
D. defeated
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Charles Dawson
B. Evolutionary link between apes and humans.
C. Motivation for discovering a skull
D. The Piltdown Man
The word "transpired" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. became mysterious
B. became known
C. transferred
D. investigated
The word "occurred" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. went
B. appeared
C. evolved
D. published
The word "He" in paragraph 1 refers to ________.
A. a skull
B. Charles Darwin
C. Piltdown
D. Charles Dawson
According to the passage, why did it take a long time to re-examine the Piltdown skull?
A. Scientists thought more testing would damage it.
B. It was in harmony with other discoveries.
C. Its owner would not give permission.
D. British scientists wanted it to be genuine.
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about "missing link"?
A. It is a kind of scientific theory
B. It is a clue in a scientific investigation.
C. It is a kind of ancient human ancestor.
D. It is a piece of evidence which had been lost.
According to the passage, what can be inferred about the discovery?
A. It had bones of two different creatures.
B. It was a modern human's skull.
C. It was constructed and painted in a laboratory.
D. It was made of synthetic material.
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.
We have to walk quickly otherwise we will miss the bus.
A. fast
B. slowly
C. far
D. easily
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.
Lan didn't expect his town would change much. But when he came back, he couldn't recognise it.
A. agree
B. think
C. serve
D. become
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. disappear
B. recommend
C. entertain
D. fortune
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A. awful
B. polite
C. narrow
D. easy
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
A. add
B. name
C. page
D. taste
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
A. allowed
B. inferred
C. played
D. hoped
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
I only realised how dangerous the situation had been when I got home.
A. Only when I got home did I realise how dangerous the situation had been.
B. When I got home, I was realizing how dangerous the situation had been.
C. Only when did I get home that I realise how dangerous the situation had been.
D. Just after I got home, I only realised how dangerous the situation had been.
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
Susan didn't apply for the summer job in the cafe. She now regrets it.
A. Susan wishes that she had applied for the summer job in the cafe.
B. Susan wishes that she applied for the summer job in the cafe.
C. Susan felt regret because she didn't apply for the summer job in the cafe.
D. If only Susan didn't apply for the summer job in the cafe.