Peacocks are among the most exotic birds in nature; its long tail feathers fan out to reveal a profusion of vivid colors.

My main___________to the new motorway is that it will spoil the countryside.

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

“When is your math exam?” “Well, this time tomorrow I___________for it”.

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.

Accidents do not occur at random. People eighty-five years of age and older are twenty-two times likely to die accidentally than are children five to nine years old. The risk for native Americans is four times that for Asian-Americans and twice that for white Americans or African-Americans. Males suffer accidents at more than twice the rate of females, in part because they are more prone to risky behavior. Alaskans are more than three times as likely as Rhode Islanders to die in an accident. Texans are twenty- one times more likely than New Jerseyites to die in a natural disaster. Among the one hundred most populous counties, Kern County, California (Bakersfield), has an accident fatality rate three times greater than Summit County, Ohio (Akron).

Accidents happens more often to poor people. Those living in poverty receive inferior medical care, are more apt to reside in houses with faulty heating and electrical systems, drive older cars with fewer safety features, and are less likely to use safety belts. People in rural areas have more accidents than city or suburban dwellers because farming is much riskier than working in a factory or office and because emergency medical services are less readily available. These two factors - low income and rural residence - may explain why the south has a higher accident rate than the north.

(Source: Proficiency Reading)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

The President mentioned pension reform and went on___________that he would reduce unemployment figures.

___________will be carried in the next space payload has not yet been announced to the public.

Up___________when it saw its master.

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.

MODERN SCIENCE

It seems entirely natural to US that there are teams of scientists in universities and (33)___________institutions around the world, attempting to discover the way the world works. (34) ___________, it hasn’t always been that way. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could (35) ___________the cause of natural events just by the power of thought.

During the 17th century, more and more people began to realize that they could test their scientific ideas by designing a relevant experiment and seeing what happened. A lot of (36) ___________was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often worked alone, carrying out research into many different areas of science, and they often received very little (37) ___________for their hard work. At the start of the 20th century, though, it became clear that science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. The individual scientists disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts. Modern science was born.