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Question 20: A waiter in a restaurant is talking to a customer who has just finished his meal there.             - Waiter: “Here’s your bill, sir.”    ~   Customer: “ __________ ”

         A. What do you have?                                           B. Can I pay by credit card?         

         C. You’re welcome                                                D. Don’t mention it.

Question 21: Ken and Tom are high-school students. They are discussing where their study group will  meet.

         Ken: "Where is our study group going to meet next weekend?"   Tom: “ ___________”

         A. Studying in a group is great fun.                       B. We are too busy on weekdays.

         C. Why don’t you look at the atlas?                      D. The library would be best.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 22: Cultural diffusion can be classified into four different types:  expansion, relocation, hierarchical, and contagious.  A. divided              B. put                            C. delivered                      D. spread

Question 23:Poor Farmer Chevez labors sixteen hours a day and never has time for a vacation. He deserves better! Everyone should have at least one day a week for rest and relaxation.                   

         A. plays                             B. eats                           C. works                            D. unions

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 24: "Be quick! We must speed up if we don’t want to miss the flight."

         A. turn down                    B. slow down               C. look up                         D. put forward

25. When he passes the entrance exam, his parents will be walking on the air.

A. feeling extremely airy                                                 B. extremely happy

C. extremely light                                                            D. feeling extremely unhappy

Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 26: People think that she was attacked by the terrorists last year.

A.    She is thought to be attacked by the terrorists last year.

B.     She is thought to attack by the terrorists last year.

C.     She is thought to have been attacked by the terrorists last year.

D.    She is thought to have attacked by the terrorists last year.

Question 27: "You had better see a doctor if the sore throat does not clear up," she said to me.

         A. She reminded me of seeing a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.

         B. She ordered me to see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.

         C. She insisted that I see a doctor unless the sore throat did not clear up.

         D. She suggested that I see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.

Question 28: No one has ever seen the old man again since then.
A. The old man has not been seen again by anyone since then. B.  The old man has never seen anyone since then.
C. The old man was not seen by anyone since then.  D. The old man has not been seen again since then.

Choose the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 29: She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.

         A. Because she didn‘t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.

         B. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn‘t pass it.

         C. Although she did her best, she could hardly pass the driving test.

         D. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.

Question 30: We didn‘t want to spend a lot of money. We stayed in a cheap hotel.

         A. So as not to spend a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.

         B. In spite of spending a lot of money, we stayed in a cheap hotel.

         C. We stayed in a cheap hotel, but we had to spend a lot of money.

         D. We didn‘t stay in a cheap hotel as we had a lot of money to spend.

Question 31: “Don’t forget to submit your assignments by Friday,” said the teacher to the students.

A.  The teacher reminded the students to submit their assignments by Friday.

B.  The teacher allowed the students to submit their assignments by Friday.

C.  The teacher ordered the students to submit their assignments by Friday.

D.  The teacher encouraged the students to submit their assignments by Friday.

Question 32: He didn’t eat anything but small pieces of bread and butter.

A.  He ate small pieces of bread and butter but didn’t like them.

B.  He only ate some small pieces of bread and butter.

C.  He didn’t eat anything, not even the bread and butter.

D.  He didn’t touch the bread and butter, but he ate other things.

Question 33: Sometimes what is best for society is not always good for an individual living in that society.

A.From time to time, there is a conflict between the benefits of a society and an individual living in that society.

B.  Individuals not always seek for the best of the society they live in.

C.  It is impossible for individuals to accept the rules of the society they live in.

D.  What is best for individuals is always suitable for the society they live in.

Question 34: I had no sooner got to know my neighbors than they moved away.

A.  Soon after I got to know my new neighbors, I stopped having contact with them.

B.  If my new neighbors had stayed longer, I would have got to know them better.

C.  Once I had got used to my new neighbors, they moved somewhere else.

D.  Hardly had I become acquainted with my new neighbors when they went somewhere else to live.

Question 35: “No, no, you really must stay with us! said the children.

A.  The children denied my staying with them.

B.  The children refused to let me stay with them.

C.  The children didn’t agree to let stay with them.

D.  The children insisted on my staying with them.

Question 36: “I will come back early. I really will!”. She said.

A. She promised to come back early.                         B. She reminded me to come back early.

C. She refused to come back early.                            D. She offered to come back early.

Question 37: Friendly though she may seem, she’s not to be trusted.

A.  However friendly she seems, she’s not to be trusted,

B.  She’s too friendly to be trusted.

C.  However she seems friendly, she’s not to be trusted,

D.  She may have friends, but she’s not to be trusted.

Question 38: If I hadn’t had so much work to do I would have gone to the movies.

A.  Because I had to do so much work I couldn’t go to the movies.

B.  I would go to the movies when I had done so much work.

C.  A lot of work couldn’t prevent me from going to the movies.

D.  I never go to the movies if I have work to do.

Question 39: “If I were you, I would marry him”, she said to me.

A.  She said to me that if I were you, I would marry him.

B.  She said to me that she will marry him if she is me.

C.  She suggested to marry him if she were me.

D.  She advised me to marry him.

Question 40: I couldn’t have run my business successfully without my father’s money.

A.  Had it not been for my father’s money, I couldn’t have run my business successfully.

B.  I could have run my business successfully without my father’s money.

C.  If I could run my business successfully, my father would give me his money.

D.  If I couldn’t have run my business successfully, I would have had my father’s money.

Question 41: The film bears little resemblance to the original novel.

A.  The film and the original novel resemble in many ways.

B.  The film is very similar to the original novel.

C.  The film and the original novel differ in some ways.

D.  The film is completely different from the original novel.

Question 42: No one has sent me that letter.

A. I haven’t been sent that letter.                               B. I wasn’t sent that letter.

C. That letter hasn’t been sent me.                             D. That letter has sent to me by no one.

Question 43: “Why don’t you have your room repainted?” said Bob to Linda.

A.    Bob suggested having Linda’s room repainted.

B.  Bob asked Linda why she didn’t repaint her room.

C.  Bob suggested that Linda should have her room repainted.

D.  Bob suggested that Linda should repaint her room.