Read the follwing passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

          Niagara Falls, one of the most famous North American natural wonders, has long been a popular tourist destination. Tourists today flock to see the two falls that actually constitute Niagara Falls: the 173-foot-high Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the Niagara River in the Canadian province of Ontario and 182-foot-high American Falls on the U.S. side of the river in the state of New York. Approximately 85 percent of the water that goes over the falls actually goes over Horseshoe Falls, with the rest going over American Falls.

          Most visitors come between April and October, and it is quite a popular activity to take a steamer out onto the river and right up to the base of the falls for a close-up view. It is also possible to get a spectacular view of the falls from the strategic locations along the Niagara River, such as Prospect Point of Table Rock, or from one of the four observation towers which have heights up to 500 feet.

          Tourists have been visiting Niagara Falls in large numbers since the 1800’s; annual visitation now averages above 10 million visitors per year. Because of concern that all these tourists would inadvertently destroy the natural beauty of this scenic wonder, the State of New York in 1885 created Niagara Falls Park in order to protect the land surrounding American Falls. A year later Canda created Queen Victoria Park on the Canadian side of the Niagara, around Horseshoe Falls. With the area surrounding the falls under the jurisdiction of government agencies, appropriate steps could be taken to preserve the pristine beauty of the area.

The expression “right up” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ________.

A. turn to the right

B. follow correct procedures

C. travel upstream

D. all the way up

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

He was such a wet blanket at the party tonight!

A. He made people at the party wet through

B. He spoiled other people's pleasure at the party

C. He bought a wet blanket to the party

D. He was wet through when going home from the party

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.

They were accused of treating the country's flag with________ .

A. respect    

B. irrespect  

C. disrespect          

D. non-respect

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to intricate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Beavers have been known to use logs, branches, rocks, and mud to build dams that are more than a thousand _______.

A. lengthy feet      

B. feet long 

C. long feet 

D. foot in length

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

One of the fundamentals of education. mathematics is taught from the earliest grades in school.

A. basics     

B. understandings  

C. needs       

D. points

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to intricate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

You haven't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon. You ______ be really hungry!

A. can         

B. will          

C. must        

D. might

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicated the sentences that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

l have learnt never to take sides in any arguments between my close friends

A. I support neither side in my close friends‘ arguments

B. I don’t encourage my close friends to argue

C. If i support one side in arguments, the other will be upset

D. I don't support any of my close friends

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to intricate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

The Louisiana Territory, an area ______ the size of France, was bought by the United States from France for $15,000,000 in 1803.

A. is four times as large as

B. more than four times

C. than more four times

D. four times as large as

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

If carefully doing. the experiment will be successful.

A. If  

B. doing       

C. will         

D. successful

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

Exceeding speed limits and fail to wear safety belts are two common causes of automobile death.

A. Exceeding        

B. fail 

C. safety belts        

D. causes