He fixed a metal ladder to the wall below his window___________escape if there was a fire.

___________5 months for the fridge to be delivered, I decide to cancel the order.

I always get in my stomach before visiting the dentist. ___________

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Some encyclopedias provide___________on specific fields such as music or philosophy.

The clothes of my sister are more expensive___________of my mother.

Yesterday, John told me that he wished he___________harder in high school then university might not be so difficult for him.

The language centre offers courses of various levels, such as elementary, intermediate and___________.

This time last Friday, we___________to Moscow.

It is___________of businessmen to shake hands in formal meetings.

The word “identity” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to____________

Peter was the last applicant___________by that interviewer.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37.

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the world was becoming more aware of the destructive effects of industry (33) ___________. the environment and people were starting to think seriously about ways of protecting the environment. One man who was particularly affected by this subject was Gerard Morgan-Grenville. As Morgan-Grenville travelled round earning his living as a gardener, he noticed signs of damage that was being done to the countryside around him. It wasn’t long before Morgan-Grenville decided that he had to do something about this situation. He felt that if people could be shown a better way of living then maybe they would be interested enough to try to protect their (34) ___________environment.

Mr. Morgan-Grenville decided to set up a project (35) ___________would prove what was happening

to our surroundings and what could be done about it. So, in 1975, Morgan-Grenville created the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in a village in Wales.

The main aim of CAT is to search for an ecologically better way of living by using technology which (36) ___________no harm to the environment. One of the most important things CAT did initially was to explore and demonstrate a wide range of techniques and to point out which ones had the least destructive results on the world around us. (37) ___________, CAT provides information and advice to people all over Britain and all over the world. If more and more individuals are informed about how much damage our modern lifestyle is causing to the planet, maybe more of them would be prepared to look for practical solutions to environmental problems.

Jane has never enjoyed going to the ballet or the opera. They are not really her___________.

My boss expects the report___________on time.

The word “downsize” in paragraph 5 most likely means____________.