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

         Parents and teachers are always making (36) ________ between the time when they were children and the present generation . They say everything was better than it is today, especially in education. (37) ________ , they say they used to work much harder in school, and that nowadays, we aren’t very interested. I disagree, because we spend hours every day doing homework after our lessons or (38) ________ for exammination. I wonder (39) ________ our parents really had to study so much after school every day. In my opinion, it is no exaggeration to say we have forgotten how to play. I think one reason why kids (40) ________ in class is because they need to get rid of stress.

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It _________ that many people are homeless after the floods.

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions:

Sandara has not rarely missed a play or concert since she was seventeen years old.

Mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from that of the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions:

Mark the letter A,B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

I had to clear the spare room before I could start decorating.

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Works are written by Vladimir Nabokov often contain heroes and heroines who have lived in many places.

Different conservation efforts _________ in order to save endangered species.

Mark the letter A,B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

He didn’t pay attention to what I said.

I think the strikes will bring _________ some changes in management.

The brain is made up of billions of neurons that differ _________ each other greatly _________ size and shape.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following.

The education system is a mirror that reflects the culture.

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Mostly medical doctors have had some training in psychology and psychiatry.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following.

It is an occasion when strength and sports are tested, friendship and solidarity was built and deepened.

Peter: “Do you like going to the cinema this evening, Susan?”
Susan: “_______.”

When we were in Athens, I bought a _________ statuette.

More and more people were moving to Glasgow as they found it _________ to earn a living there