1.   My dad is (fun) ___the funniest________ man in the world.

      2.   Whales are (heavy) ____the heaviest________ animals in the world.

      3.   Pandas are (cute) ___the cutest____________ animal in the world.

      4.   My bedroom is (comfortable)  ____the most comfortable___ room in my house.

      5.   I am (bad) ___the worst________ cook in the world.

      6.   For English people, Japanese is (difficult) _the most difficult_ language to learn.

      7.   That was (sad) __the saddest__________ film I’ve ever seen.

      8.   My sister is (tidy) ___the tidiest__________ person I have ever known.      

      9.   My grandmother is (old) __the oldest_____ person in my family.

      10. That was (strange) __the strangest_______ book I’ve ever read.

      11. (far) __The farthest____ I’ve ever travelled is from London to San Francisco.

      12. What’s (dangerous) _the most dangerous______ animal in your country?

      13. Spain is (sunny) __the sunniest_______ country in Europe.

      14. What’s (hot) __the hottest________ place you’ve ever visited?

      15. What’s (late) __the latest_______ you’ve ever stayed up at night?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

   Water is one of our most (1) ______ natural resources. We need (2) ______ it daily to stay alive. We also use water for cooking, cleaning and, of course, splashing and swimming- and for making skating rings in winter! Water is vital to our economy, too- from (3) ______ food to run factories. We also turn the energy of moving water- like Niagara Fall- into (4) ______ power. Like electricity, we expect to have good, clean water at the turn of the tap. It has to travel to us and after we use it, water (5) ______ and return to its source-usually nearby rivers or lakes. All of this activity takes energy. Saving water means saving energy. The less water you use, the less energy is used to pump, treat, distribute and recover it.

1. A. importance       B. important     `        C. unimportance       D. un important

2. A.drink                  B. drinks                    C. drinking               D. to drink

3. A. grow                  B. grows                     C. growing                 D. to grow

4. A. geothermal       B. electric                  C.hydroelectric      D. solar

5. A. is treating         B. is treated               C.treating                   D. treated

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.

1. They would never admit that they made a serious mistake during the experiments.

   A. refuse                             B. argue                      C. deny                       D. calculate

2. The change from fossil fuels to renewable energy will be the trend in the long run.

   A.abundant            B. alternative C. consumption       

   D.non-renewable

3. They were exhausted after the long trip.

   A.great                    B.happy                     C. plentiful                D. ungry

4. Watching the movie with all of my friends from school was fun, but it was too lengthy.

   A. ordinary             B. short                      C. silly                        D. funny

5. The new law still doesn’t offer enough protection for many endangered species.

   A.dange                    B. defense                  C. threat                     D.discovery

6. The programme aims to create favourable conditions for children to develop physically and mentally.

A. reduce                   B. promote                   C. increase                           D. improve

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

1. Have you found out how much all this it going to cost? Is it expensive?

   A. get information about                                     B. found by chance

   C. talked to someone about                                 D. met someone and asked

2. As a government official, Franklin often traveled abroad  

    A. alone      B. secretly                            C. overseas                D. widely

3. I didn’t think his comments were very appropriate at that time.

   A. right       B. correct                   C. exact                      D. suitable

4. Let’s wait here for her. I’m sure she will turn up before long.

   A. arrive                   B. enter                      C. return                     D. visit

5. It isn’t necessary to finish the work today.

A. You not need       B. You don’t need    C. You aren’t need               D. Don’t need

6. Walking is a very light activity.

A. running                 B. going on foot        C. jogging                  D. swimming

7. We’ve found a great new restaurant near the office.

   A. let down             B. bring about             C. take into             D. look for

8. She can’t go out to work because she has to stay at home to care for her children.

   A.look for               B.look after                 C.look up                 D. teach