Choose the best answer.

“I always want to become an engineer,” Mary said.

=> Mary dreamed _______ an engineer.

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:

It was not for his friend to abate the confidence

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

He had just been operated and I think he will get well soon.

Students are ________ less pressure as a result of changes in testing procedures.

“Don’t make noise because I am listening music now”

Are the years you (1) _________ at school the best years of your life? Personally, I found most lessons rather uninteresting. We had to sit at our (2) _________ in silence and (3) _________ attention. The teachers used to (4) _________ on the blackboard and ask us difficult questions. We also had to (5) _________ lots of homework, and (6) _________ it in on time. We had to wear a school (7) _________, and we had to obey lots of (8) _________ I left school as soon as I could and started work. I read books at the public library, and later I decided to (9) _________ college. I really enjoyed studying because I was older and knew that I wanted some (10) _________. When I was at school, I was just the wrong age!
(3).............................

Western women are more ________ than Asian women

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:

To remedy this situation, the Constitution of the United States, approved in 1789, allowed Congress to issue money.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

In principal there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be able to do one day.

I like swimming ____ my sister likes jogging and dancing.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Children are expected to make the right thing both at school and at home.

The word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the following word(s). "prosperity"

It is  ________  of businessmen to shake hands in formal meetings.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Just as (A) the performance ended (B), all the concertgoers raised (C) to their feet (D) and applauded.

Choose the best answer:
It usually .......... in March

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

                                                                                           ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

Earth is the only place we know of in the universe that can support human life. (31)_________human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (32)_________on consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so just to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the very resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (33) ________  built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (34)_________. We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a result, the planet's ability to support people is being reduced at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (35) ________  increasingly heavy demands on it

(32).......................

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:

Many organizations have been involved in drawing up the report on environmental campaigns.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Married (A) customs differ (B) greatly (C) from society to society (D).

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the undelined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Paris has been well-known about its famous monuments, beautiful music, and wonderful restaurants for over 100 years.

Choose the best answer

Of the two sisters, Linda _________.

There are about twenty _____ so people waiting in the outer office.