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.

It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the (23)       between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are old- fashioned, possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with obstacles; (24)      they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often (25)   their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.

Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. (26)             _they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste. If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially parents, into doing things the ways you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and (27)       , so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.

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We were so looking forward to stretching out on the beach in the sunshine, but it ___ the whole time we were there.

Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)

Overpopulation in big cities has severely affected the air and water quality.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

I was going to have a go at parachuting but lost my nerve at the last minute.

It is desirable that the hotel manager remember to call the_______staff every 6 months to clean up the air conditioners.

If we lose the case we may be____for the costs of the whole trial.

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.

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no – it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed, he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfilment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one season in the tree’s life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are – and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life – can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up. If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfilment of your fall.

Don’t judge a life by one difficult season. Don’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.

Which best serves as the title for the passage?

The committee is______of well-known mountaineers.