It is very _____ today. I would like to go to swimming.
  A) hot
  B) cloudy
  C) cold
  Bzzzz good

  If you have financial difficulties, I can _____ you some money.
  A) lend
  B) borrow
  C) rent
  D) pay

  _____ is a thing that you stand under to wash your whole body.
  A) toilet
  B) sink
  C) bathtub
  D) shower

  I remember her. She was the one _____ green shoes.
  A) on
  B) at
  C) with
  D) by

  Since divorce became easier to obtain in Europe, the divorce rate
  has gone up _____ .
  A) dramatic
  B) dramatically
  C) dramatics
  D) to be dramatic

  Who is the _____ man in the world?
  A) rich
  B) most richest
  C) richest
  D) most rich

  What makes me _____ all the time, stuffs up my nose, and makes
  my eyes _____ ?
  A) cough / water
  B) to cough / to water
  C) coughing / watering
  D) coughs / water

  _____ you say to her, she still keeps smiling.
  A) However
  B) Moreover
  C) Whatever
  D) Whenever

  He _____ his breakfast when I reached his place.
   A) was having
   B) is having
   C) has

  We _____ several possibilities before we made the decisions.
  A) had been
  B) hadn't been
  C) been considering
  D) had been considering

  A: We must go soon, mustn't we?
  B: Yes, we_____ go.
  A) had better
  B) would
  C) had to
  D) will have to

  Will you be able to come to the party? I _____ .
  A) believe yes
  B) am afraid not
  C) don't hope so
  D) don't expect

  A: Hi Ann. __1__ How was your trip to the States!
  B: Very busy. I had a lot of meetings. So. of course. I didn't have much time to see New
  York. "
  A: __2__ ! Actually I have a trip there myself next week.
  B: Do you? Then take my __3__ Do the well-being in the air program. It really __4__
  1.
  A) Come along
  B) Back home
  C) By all means
  D) Welcome back
  2.
  A) Above all
  B) What a pity
  C) But then
  D) In sum
  3.
  A) advice
  B) humor
  C) guarantee
  D) embarrassment
  4.
  A) noes out
  B) starts
  C) works
  D) relates

  Mehdi: This morning I came across a casualty who was bleeding. I failed to find
  any dressing in the nearby stores. Reza: What action did you take? I suppose a transfusion might have been
  necessary.
  Mehdi: I was terribly agitated. Although I found a piece of unclean linen, I preferred to press
  the bleeding spot with my bare hand and asked a passer-by to make an urgent call to the hospital.
  1. What was done to the injured person first?
  A) He was taken to the hospital.
  B) He received some blood.
  C) His bleeding was stopped.
  D) His wound was cured.
  2. Mehdi_____
  A) covered his bare hand with the linen
  B) decided not to use the dirty linen
  C) pressed the linen against the spot
  D) stopped the blood by the linen
  The passage states that:
  A) a passer-by called the hospital
  B) nobody could call the hospital
  C) someone was asked to call the hospital
  D) the injured was taken to the hpspital

  Raphael was born in Urbino, in Italy. His father was a talented painter who taught him to draw when he was still only little but who died when he was 11. Raphael was able to go on having lessons, however, and later worked in the studio of an artist named Perugino. Perugino's paintings were fresh and tranquil-looking, and some of the pictures Raphael painted at this time were rather like his master's. Raphael went to Florence from 1504 to 1508, and there he painted many famous pictures, including many of the Madonna. In 1508 the was invited by Pope Julius II to Rome and it was there that he developed his particular genius for large and magnificent paintings. He was asked to decorate the walls of several rooms in the Vatican, the pope's palace, with paintings. On opposite walls of one room he painted. Tow scenes, one showing the glory of the holy church on earth and in heaven, and the other in honor of human learning. The latter showed a gathering of the great philosophers, poets, and men of science of ancient Greece.
  
  1. According to the passage, Raphael learned drawing _____
  A) while learning how to read
  B) when his father died
  C) when he was very young
  D) when he was 11 years old
  2. Which sentence about Raphael is NOT true?
  A) He left Urbino for Florence.
  B) Fie painted his master's pictures
  C) He was able to continue to have lessons
  D) Fie worked in a painter's workshop
  3. The word "talented" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____
  A) rich
  B) educated
  C) efficient
  D) brilliant
  4. After Raphael was invited to Rome by Pope Julius II, he _____
  A) did not develop his painting ability
  B) did not paint many famous pictures there
  C) did not get familiar with his first master
  D) was not asked to paint the walls of many rooms
  5. Which scene included the meeting of philosophers, poets, and scientists?
  A) The second scene
  B) The first scene
  C) Ancient Greece
  D) Both of the scenes