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 26

  The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (25) ________a father, a mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These (26) ________couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from responsibilities of childbearing; or, perhaps they (27) ________ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult who is a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or a mother.

  Americans (28) ________and accept these different types of families. In the United States people have right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s choices regarding family groups. Families are very important (29) ________ Americans.

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

John often says he _________ boxing because it _________ a cruel sport.

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 each of the following questions.

Due to industrialization, we have to cope _________ the fact that many species are danger _________ extinction.

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

I (A) feel both (B) excited and (C) nervously because I (D) have an interview tomorrow.

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 each of the following questions.

Mrs. Tam has never lost her _________ for teaching.

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 each of the following questions.

The plane from Dallas _________ two hours late, so I missed my connecting flight from Frankfurt to London

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

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

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 each of the following questions.

The _________ is the official who controls the game in some sports.