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”.

A. homework

B. homcland

C. housewife

D. housework

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or B on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 30 to 37.

  Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing at least 5,000 years, but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings. When writing developed, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today, there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal man cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write; in the past, many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so imperfectly.

  To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not to disparage the later. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized.

The word “doubtless” in the passage mostly means  _________.

A. “almost uncertainly”

B. “almost certainly”

C. “almost impossibly”

D. “almost doubtly”

Read the following passage and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions from 19 to 26.

          Conservation conflicts arise when natural resource shortages develop in the face of steadily increasing demands from a growing human population. Controversy frequently surrounds how a resource should be used , or allocated , and for whom. For example , a river may supply water for agricultural irrigation, habitat for fish , and water-generated electricity for a factory. Farmers , fishers , and industry leaders vie for unrestricted access to this river , but such freedom could destroy the resource , and conservation methods are necessary to protect the river for future use . Conflicts worsen when a natural resource crosses political boundaries . For example , the headwaters , or source , of a major river may be located in a different country rather than the country though which the river flows . There is no guarantee that the river source will be protected to accommodate resource needs downstream . In addition , the way in which one natural resource is managed has a direct effect upon other natural resources . Cutting down a forest near a river , for instance , increases erosion , the wearing-away of such as fish and important aquatic plants that require clean , clear freshwater for survival.

Which word in the reading means “a promise that something will be done or will happen , especially in a particular period of time ?”

A. Shortage   

B. guarantee         

C. population       

D. habitat

Choose the best answer amongA, B, C, D to complete each sentence below:
Mary: “How did you get here ?” John: “_________”

A. Is it far from here?

B. I came here last night.

C. The train is so crowded

D. I came here by train.

Choose the best answer amongA, B, C, D to complete each sentence below:
Mr. Young is not only healthy_________also cheerhil.

A. and

B. both

C. but

D. with

Choose the best answer amongA, B, C, D to complete each sentence below:
It was_________that I bought those books.

A. this shop

B. this shop where

C. at this shop

D. the shop

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

He had never experienced such discourtesy towards the president as it occurred at the annual meeting in May.

A. encouragement

B. rudeness

C. politeness

D. measurement