Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
Question 19. With great effort, she passed the driving test at the first attempt.
A. succeeded in
C. enrolled
B. failed
Question 20. "Cindy", which originated in north California, is a popular American folk song
A. came from
B. finished
C. made
D. recognized
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 21. We absolutely adore his music of sweet melodies and meaningful lyrics.
A. favour
B. hate
C. love
D. prefer
D. underestimate
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or phrase
that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
(23)
Once there were lots of pandas in the mountains of western China. Today, they are
extinct. The reason is that they cannot find enough food. Pandas eat bamboo leaves. They do not like
another food. The bamboo grows very slowly. It can take 10 years for a bamboo to grow from a seed
to a big plant. (24) types of bamboo have seeds only once every 60 years. Pandas must wait
many years for their food to grow. (25) the bamboo is growing, pandas do not have enough leaves
to cat.
Question 22. I look up to my father for my whole life.
A. depend on
B. disapprove
D deferred
C. disrespect
(26)
China and Wildlife Fund (WWF) are trying to save the panda. In 1979, they began to
special parks where pandas live. Scientists come here to study the panda's eating and mating habits.
By learning more about_(27)____ panda's habits, scientist can save it from extinction.
Question 23. A. being
Question 24. A. Much
Question 25. A. While
Question 26. A. take off
Question 27. A. a
B. becoming
B. Another
B. When
B. put on
B. an
C. having
C. Some
C. Before
C. bring about
C. the
D. making
D. A little
D. After
D. set up
D. no article
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each
of the questions.
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too
quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance
away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest
son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they
had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no - it was
covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed, he said it was laden with
blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever
seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life
and fulfilment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one
season in the tree's life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and
that the essence of who they are - and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life - can only
be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up. If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the
promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfilment of your fall.
Don't judge a life by one difficult season. Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all
the rest.
Question 28. Which best serves as the title for the passage?
A. The Seasons of Life
B. The Observation of a Tree
D. Love all the Seasons in a Year
Question 29. According to the paragraph 2, what did the second son see in his turn?
C. Father and Four Sons