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 from 8 to 12.

Most Americans eat three meals (8)______ the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast begins between 7:00 and 8:00am, lunch between 11:00 am and noon, and dinner between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. On Sundays "brunch" is a (9)______ of breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am. Students often enjoy a "study break" or evening snack around 10:00 or 11:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light meals, with only one (10)______. Dinner is the main meal.

(11)_____ breakfast Americans will eat cereal with milk which are often mixed (12)_____ in a bowl, a glass of orange juice, and toasted bread or muffin with jam, butter, or margarine.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes the following exchange.

- Peter: "I thought your game was much better last night." - Dave: "You've got to be kidding! ________"

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part that needs correction in the following question

Mrs. Thatcher has become Prime Minister in 1979 after winning the elections.

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- “What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary!” – “_______”.

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There is little ____ of things improving soon.

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I didn't speak to Anita. I didn't see her.

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We need to act quickly to ____ to climate change, or it will be a disaster for the whole planet.

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Thousands of species of animals and plants are _________ and the number decreases each year.

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 from 8 to 12.

Most Americans eat three meals (8)______ the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast begins between 7:00 and 8:00am, lunch between 11:00 am and noon, and dinner between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. On Sundays "brunch" is a (9)______ of breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am. Students often enjoy a "study break" or evening snack around 10:00 or 11:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light meals, with only one (10)______. Dinner is the main meal.

(11)_____ breakfast Americans will eat cereal with milk which are often mixed (12)_____ in a bowl, a glass of orange juice, and toasted bread or muffin with jam, butter, or margarine.

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 the following question.

Whistling or clapping hands to get a person’s attention is considered rude.

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"Shall I help you do the dishes, Carlo?" said Robert.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in the following question.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes the following sentence.

Nowadays, people are searching for more ____ materials to build their houses.

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 the following question.

Professor Berg was very interested in the diversity of cultures all over the world.

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These quick and easy _______ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.

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 27 to 31.

Jean spent her first few years in Hooper and her family moved to Otsego early in her life. She was only ten when her father died unexpectedly, leaving her mother to raise and support their family alone. Her mother soon went to work outside the home to provide for the family, and Jean, being one of the oldest, had to help care for her younger siblings. Although she had much responsibility at home, Jean thoroughly enjoyed school and was an excellent student. She went on to graduate 10th in her class at Otsego High School in 1953.

While still in high school, Jean met a young man named Charles "Chuck" Holly, at a dance in Alamo; and they were quite taken with each other. Over the next few years, their love for each other blossomed and they were married on February 24, 1953, while Jean was still in school. At the time, Chuck was serving his country in the military, and had come home on leave to marry his sweetheart. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, he was sent overseas to serve in Korea for the next fifteen months.

Upon his discharge, the couple settled into married life together in the Plainwell, Otsego area. To help make ends meet, Jean went to work at the collection bureau in Kalamazoo for a while, before taking a job at the cheese company in Otsego. In 1964, Chuck and Jean were overjoyed with the birth of their son, Chuck, who brought great joy into their lives. Jean remembered how her mother was always gone so much working after her father died and she did not want that for her son, so she left her job to devote herself to the role of a mother.

Before Jean's father passed away, her mother used to _______.