※ Choose the one word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

 1. The government has been heavily ______ for failing to reduce employment.

     ①  charged              ② accused           ③ criticized          ④ told off    

 2. ______ the patient's condition, the doctor decided to operate.

     ① According to         ② In the event of   ③ In view of         ④ Regarding

 3. At this time of the year the number of students in the school tends to

    _   ___.

     ① dwindle              ② deteriorate ③ reduce            ④ arise

 4. Muskrats are of the           food chain.

    ① staple                 ② wild               ③ carnivorous       ④ lemming

 5. It is the              attention to this dimension which makes the report so important.

    ① unflinching           ② redolent           ③ inceptive   ④ fortuitous

 6. The story itself is            simple.

    ① incongruously ② lugubriously      ③ circuitously     ④ inscrutable

 7. The development of agriculture and that of industry act and react on each other; they are complementary and not               .

    ① redundant           ② organized  ③ concentrated      ④ competitive

 8. Attitudes are             to respond in an evaluative way toward objects.

    ① believed             ② conditioned       ③ predispositions   ④ bound

 9. In addition to being a naturalist, Stewart White was a writer            the struggle for survival on the American frontier.

    ① whose novels describe                     ② he describes in his novels   

    ③ his novels describe                        ④ who, describing in his novels

10. Diamonds are often found in rock formations called pipes,                  the throats of extinct volcanoes.                                              ① in which they resemble                  ② which resemble                

     ③ they have a resemblance to              ④ that resemble

11. A keystone species is a species of plant or animal                 absence

     has a major effect on an ecological system.

     ① that its            ② its                 ③ whose            ④ with its

12. Sparrows feed on a large variety of insects ____________ catch in flight. 

     ① in which they                            ② which they  

     ③ there are to                              ④ there are a

13. By the mid-eighteenth century __________ so many new immigrants entering

      the United States from Europe that the original colonies were overcrowded.

    ① it were               ② were            ③ there              ④ there were

14.  ___________ are one of the most dangerous fish in the Atlantic Ocean.

     ① There are swordfish                      ② That the swordfish 

     ③ They are the swordfish                  ④ Swordfish

15. The success of the personal computer ____________________ spelled the end  of the typewriter.

     ① has effectively     ② has effected     ③ have effected    ④ effective

16. It is amazing that today’s jumbo jets ___________________ the little plane   the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk.

     ① are directly descending from           ② are directly descend of  

     ③ are directly descended of                 ④ are direct descendents of

17. The “Stardust” space mission grabbed comet dust almost two years ago and _______________ its precious cargo on January 15.

     ① will return with                           ② return  

     ③ will return                                  ④ will returning

18. Jim is so moody recently. What’s come _________ him?

     ① off                    ② on                 ③ over               ④ up

19. Cindy didn’t feel well while running today’s marathon. She _  __      __   immediately after crossing the finish line.

     ① passed up           ② set off            ③ set out           ④ passed out

※ Read the following and answer the questions.

20. Boy: I heard you have a part in the school play tonight.

    Girl: Yes, and I'm on pins and needles.

    How does the girl feel?

  ① nervous                 ② angry             ③ happy             ④ confused  

21. Man: How was your blind date last night?

    Woman: We hit it off right away.

    What does the woman mean?

     ① She and her date got along well.

     ② She and her date left quickly.

     ③ She and her date knocked something down.

     ④ She had a quarrel with her date.                                     

※ Identify the one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect in the

   given context.

22. By the time we read the paper, the news are old, since we've already

          ①                                    ②                      ③

     heard on  television what's happening in the world.

                                                     ④

23. Blood in vessels just under the nasal lining it gives up its heat to warm

                 ①                           ②         ③                    ④

    the air.         

24. Scientists claim that children’s ears are able to detect a wide variety of

                                ①                        ②        ③

    pitches than adults.                 

       ④

25. Valuable pearls come from some species of oysters and another mollusks

        ①                                                              ②

    that live in tropical seas.

     ③                ④

26. A coral reef consists in millions of tiny coral polyps which are