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

He was exhausted after a long trip. However, he helped me to repair my broken chair.

A. Although he helped me to repair my broken chair, he was exhausted after a long trip.

B. Exhausted after a long trip as he was, he helped me to repair my broken chair

C. Because he helped me to repair my broken chair after a long trip, he was exhausted.

D. Exhausted after a long trip though he helped me to repair my broken chair

No sooner had we come back home than we got down _______ household chores.

A. to doing          

B. to make            

C. to do                

D. to making

Joanne is criticising Alex for taking a late flight. Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange.       Joanne: “You should have flown with the earlier flight!”              Alex: “___________________”

A. Oh, I’m sorry to hear that                               

B. It was fully booked.

C. Yes, I should                                                             

D. Why not?

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 questions.

Rain forests cover less than six percent of the earth’s area, but they have 100,000 kinds of all the kinds of plants on the earth. Three-fourths of known kinds of plants and animals call the rain forest their home. Twenty percent of our different kinds of medicine comes from rain forests. The glues on an envelope and in shoes come from tropical plants. Rain forests provide materials for hundreds of other products.

Rain forests are also very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about thirty to forty percent of the total rainfall on the earth and products about the same percentage of the world oxygen. Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life.

Saving rain forests is an international problem. One country, or even a few countries, cannot solve the problem alone. The nations of the world must work together to find a solution before it is too late.

According to some scientists, what will the decreasing size of rain forests affect on the earth?

A. climate

B. plants

C. oxygen

D. only animals

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.

Pointing in someone is usually considered impolite but it is acceptable when a teacher wants to get someone’s attention in class

A. Pointing in

B. impolite

C. when

D. to get

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 questions.

Rain forests cover less than six percent of the earth’s area, but they have 100,000 kinds of all the kinds of plants on the earth. Three-fourths of known kinds of plants and animals call the rain forest their home. Twenty percent of our different kinds of medicine comes from rain forests. The glues on an envelope and in shoes come from tropical plants. Rain forests provide materials for hundreds of other products.

Rain forests are also very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about thirty to forty percent of the total rainfall on the earth and products about the same percentage of the world oxygen. Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life.

Saving rain forests is an international problem. One country, or even a few countries, cannot solve the problem alone. The nations of the world must work together to find a solution before it is too late.

How many known kinds of plants and animals call the rain forests their home?

A. 4/3

B. 3/4

C. 40/3

D. 3/40

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 questions.

After two decades of growing student enrollments and economic prosperity, business schools in the United States have started to face harder times. Only Harvard's MBA School has shown a substantial increase in enrollment in recent years. Both Princeton and Stanford have seen decreases in their enrollments. Since 1990, the number of people receiving Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degrees, has dropped about 3 percent to 75,000, and the trend of lower enrollment rates is expected to continue.

There are two factors causing this decrease in students seeking an MBA degree. The first one is that many graduates of four-year colleges are finding that an MBA degree does not guarantee a plush job on Wall Street, or in other financial districts of major American cities. Many of the entry-level management jobs are going to students graduating with Master of Arts degrees in English and the humanities as well as those holding MBA degrees. Students have asked the question, "Is an MBA degree really what I need to be best prepared for getting a good job?" The second major factor has been the cutting of American payrolls and the lower number of entry-level jobs being offered. Business needs are changing, and MBA schools are struggling to meet the new demands.

Which of the following business schools has NOT shown a decrease in enrollment?

A. Princeton

B. Harvard

C. Stanford

D. Yale