1. To jog means to................................

A. work hard B. run fast C. run slowly D. work carefully

2. To quit means to................................

A. give up B. start C. begin D. sleep

3. To reduce means to....................

A. increase B decrease C. destroy D. rise

4. To assist means to............................

A. hire B. like C. hate D. help

5. I am looking forward to……………you some day .

A. seeing B. saw C. see D. sees

6. The opposite of failure is...................

A. success B. difficulty C. pride D. harm

7. The opposite of enemy is...................

A. army B. friend C. dog D. cat

8. The opposite of agree is...................

A. fly B. dream C. refuse D. grow

9. What is she doing?

A. Nothing B. Doing C. Feeding D. Sweeping

10. Ba is sociable but his brother is quite …………..

A. outgoing B. shy C. generous D. kind

I. Circle the best answer A, B, C, or D

1. To jog means to................................

A. work hard B. run fast C. run slowly D. work carefully

2. To quit means to................................

A. give up B. start C. begin D. sleep

3. To reduce means to....................

A. increase B decrease C. destroy D. rise

4. To assist means to............................

A. hire B. like C. hate D. help

5. I am looking forward to……………you some day .

A. seeing B. saw C. see D. sees

6. The opposite of failure is...................

A. success B. difficulty C. pride D. harm

7. The opposite of enemy is...................

A. army B. friend C. dog D. cat

8. The opposite of agree is...................

A. fly B. dream C. refuse D. grow

9. What is she doing?

A. Nothing B. Doing C. Feeding D. Sweeping

10. Ba is sociable but his brother is quite …………..

A. outgoing B. shy C. generous D. kind

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions

He is very absent-minded. He is likely to forget things or to think about something different from what he should be thinking about

A. easy-going 

B. retentive 

C. old-fashioned 

D. unforgettable

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

He is very absent – minded . He is likely to forget things or to think about something different from what he should be thinking about.

A. retentive

B. unforgettable

C. old – fashioned

D. easy – going

* Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other.
1. A. erupt B. expect C. extensive D. enemy
2. A. sensible B. destroy C. leather D. regret
3. A. decrease B. cheat C. meadow D. plead
4. A. sausage B. hesitant C. decrease D. socket
5. A. isolation B. explosion C. persuasive D. solution

* Pick out the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. A. abrupt B. behave C. carriage D. collapse
2. A. erupt B. destroy C. expect D. border
3. A. stimulate B. temptation C. protection D. ambitious
4. A. notable B. souvenir C. tendency D. gradually
5. A. motivation B. sympathetic C. isolation D. pedestrian

Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other.

41. A. erupt     B. expect    C. extensive     D. enemy

42. A. sensible   B. destroy     C. leather     D. regret

43. A. decrease    B. cheat    C. meadow    D. plead

44. A. sausage     B. hesitant    C. decrease    D. socket

45. A. isolation    B. explosion     C. persuasive     D. solution

1 if we do not go on littering , the environment .....................cleaner and cleaner a is becoming b could become c would become d will become 2 i have already heard of the violent earthquake which caused terrible ............................................ a destruction b destroy c destructive d destroyer 3 they wanted their school ........................more beautiful and attactive a become b to become c becoming d becomes 4 he is going to the post office ....................... he wants to send some postcards to his friends a as b however c and d although 5everyone must take part in ................................. deforestation a preventing b prevent c prevented d to prevent 6 we will make this beach clean and ......................... again a beauty b beautiful c beautifully d beautify 7 if we go ...................... littering , the environment will become seriously polluted a to b in c out d on 8 .......................he was angry , he listend to me patiently a despite b though c in spite of d because 9 my father is a ................... man who is loved by all his frends a ungenerous b henerosity c henerous d generously 10 she got wet in the rain .............................she had a raincoat a because b but c so d even though 11 a....................... is a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry a volcano b tornado c famine d flood 12 we can protect the environment by ...................... air pollution a reduce b reducing c reduced d to reduce

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 from 9 to 13.

Scientists have experimented with a new procedure for alleviating the damage caused by strokes. Strokes are frequently caused by a blood clot lodging in the tree of arteries in the head, choking the flow of blood. Some brain cells die as a direct result of the stroke, but others also die over several hours because the proteins spilling out of the first cells that die trigger a chemical chain reaction that kills the neighboring cells.

The current method of reducing the amount of damage is to give a clot dissolver, known as TPA, as soon as possible. But generally TPA is not given to the patient until he or she reaches the hospital, and it still does not immediately stop the damage.

The new technology, still in the research stage, involves chilling the area or the entire patient. It is already known that when an organ is cooled, damage is slowed. This is why sometimes a person who has fallen into an icy pond is not significantly harmed after being warmed up again. The biggest issue is the method of cooling. It is not feasible to chill the head alone. Doctors have chilled the entire body by wrapping the patient in cold materials, but extreme shivering was a problem.

The new idea is to cool the patient from the inside out. Several companies are studying the use of cold-tipped catheters, inserted into the artery in the groin and threaded up to the inferior vena cava, which is a large vein that supplies blood to the abdomen. The catheter is expected to cool the blood that flows over it, thus allowing cooler blood to reach the area of the stroke damage.

It is not expected that the cooling will be substantial, but even a slight decrease in temperature is thought to be helpful. In effect, the patient is given a kind of forced hypothermia. And doctors believe it is important to keep the patient awake so that they can converse with the patient in order to ascertain mental condition.

Studies continue to determine the most effective and least damaging means of cooling the patient in order to reduce this damage.

The word “alleviating” in the first sentence is closest in meaning to _____.

A. causing

B. devastating

C. reducing

D. increasing

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 from 9 to 13.

Scientists have experimented with a new procedure for alleviating the damage caused by strokes. Strokes are frequently caused by a blood clot lodging in the tree of arteries in the head, choking the flow of blood. Some brain cells die as a direct result of the stroke, but others also die over several hours because the proteins spilling out of the first cells that die trigger a chemical chain reaction that kills the neighboring cells.

The current method of reducing the amount of damage is to give a clot dissolver, known as TPA, as soon as possible. But generally TPA is not given to the patient until he or she reaches the hospital, and it still does not immediately stop the damage.

The new technology, still in the research stage, involves chilling the area or the entire patient. It is already known that when an organ is cooled, damage is slowed. This is why sometimes a person who has fallen into an icy pond is not significantly harmed after being warmed up again. The biggest issue is the method of cooling. It is not feasible to chill the head alone. Doctors have chilled the entire body by wrapping the patient in cold materials, but extreme shivering was a problem.

The new idea is to cool the patient from the inside out. Several companies are studying the use of cold-tipped catheters, inserted into the artery in the groin and threaded up to the inferior vena cava, which is a large vein that supplies blood to the abdomen. The catheter is expected to cool the blood that flows over it, thus allowing cooler blood to reach the area of the stroke damage.

It is not expected that the cooling will be substantial, but even a slight decrease in temperature is thought to be helpful. In effect, the patient is given a kind of forced hypothermia. And doctors believe it is important to keep the patient awake so that they can converse with the patient in order to ascertain mental condition.

Studies continue to determine the most effective and least damaging means of cooling the patient in order to reduce this damage.

What is the passage mainly about?

A. The dangers of cooling the body. 

B. New pharmaceutical methods for reducing stroke damage that are being researched. 

C. Causes and effects of strokes. 

D. A new method of cooling the body to reduce stroke damage that is being researched.