In the mainstream American culture, the ideal (31) _____of communication includes being direct rather than indirect ( "ideal" here means that the culture values this style, although not everyone speaks directly).

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

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

My husband always gives me a hand with repairing the broken things in my house.

Two thirds of the victims in the tsunami has remained missing.

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

I do not mind your using my bike____you take care of it.

Joe is more hard-working than his brother.

My favorite hobby is watching the work_______by Shakespeare.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

Nutritious disorders can affect any system in the body and the senses of sight, taste and smell.

He refused to ________to the local customs, which caused him a lot of troubles.

The word "them" in second paragraph refers to_______.

He spent the entire night thinking and in the end ______a brilliant idea.

What does the word “they” in paragraph 2 refer to?

What are industrial robots like?