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We were expecting beautiful weather at the beach, but it was so cold and rainy that, __________ getting a suntan, I caught a cold.

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

- Jennifer: “I believe that supermarkets are much better than traditional markets.”

- Katherine: “_________. Each has its own features.”

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.

It was only when I left home that I realized how much my family meant to me.

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

Almost (A) of the trees (B) in this plantation have been (C) cut down and (D).

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Susan decided to not do (A) her homework (B) and went (C) to a (D) night-club.

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 each of the following questions.

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All commuters __________ the main highway to get to the center of the city will face delays of up to an hour today because of on-going construction.

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Of (A) all seashore plants, seaweeds are best (B) able to tolerate long periods out of water , followed by (C) long periods covering (D) by water.

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 each of the following questions.

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She never says anything good about me. She is forever running me _________

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The room was in a mess. I hope you don’t leave your clothes all over the floor.

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David __________ his hands. He just __________ the TV set.

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In making remarks, he ____________to understatement.

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.

What Do You Think?

We have all had bad experiences with restaurants, stores, or hotels. Maybe you have gone to a restaurant that served terrible food. Perhaps you have gone to a store that had high prices or bad service. Or maybe you have booked a hotel and found out later that the room was nothing like the advertisement.

These days, we have a better chance of preventing these unpleasant surprises. We can do this by using apps. “App” is short for “application”. An app is a computer programme on a smartphone. You can use apps to do almost anything. Apps can help you play games, get directions, talk to friends, and so on.

If f you want to find information about a store or a hotel, you can use a review app. Review apps help us evaluate services and products before we hand over our money. The idea is very simple. After you go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel, you can post a review with one of your apps. You can say anything you want. If you like a hotel you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful. If you think that the food in a certain restaurant was bad, then you tell people not to eat there. Other people can use their apps to read your reviews.

Plenty of people prefer not to use these review apps. Many of these people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good. However, review apps are getting more and more popular every day. Some apps are for specific services. For example, Tripadvisor focuses on travel, and Goodreads focuses on books. There are also other, larger apps that provide information for just about every service that you can think of.

According to the passage, why do some people prefer NOT to use review apps?

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 25 to 29. Fill in the appropriate word in question 29

Finding Beauty in the City

Cities are known to have lives of their own, and photographers are able to (25) _____ some of it. Whether taking shots of people walking on a crowded street or time-lapse shots of cars driving at night, the (26) ______ photos can be breathtaking. Because many of the shots taken are of man-made objects like architecture, many emotions that come into (27) _____ wouldn’t be found in nature photography. Photos can show the wonder of a child staring at a fountain as water shoots upward in the sunlight. They can also show the sadder side, such as a camp of homeless people living in terrible poverty. (28)_____of what they show, there is always beauty to be found, even if it is beauty in something that is showing an ugly truth.

Depending on the time of the day, photos taken in an urban environment can change drastically. To see the (29) _______ of a building as its shadow is cast on the lawn of a park is always amazing to see.

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the following questions.

If the factory closes, that will be a million dollars' worth of investment down the _______.