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

The first time I met my friend’s parents, I was walking on eggshells because I knew their political views were very different from mine.

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 from 43 to 50.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990. This law extends civil rights protection to persons with disabilities in private sector employment, all public services, and in public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications. A person with disability is defined as someone with a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits him or her in a major life activity, such as walking, talking, working, or self-care. A person with a

disability may also be someone with a past record of such an impairment, for example, someone who no longer has heart disease but discriminated against because of that history.

The ADA states that employers with fifteen or more employees may not refuse to hire or promote a person because of a disability if that person is qualified to perform the job. Also, the employer must make reasonable accommodations that will allow a person with a disability to perform essential functions of the job. All new vehicles purchased by public transit authorities must be accessible to people with disabilities. All rail stations must be made accessible, and at least one car per train in existing rail systems must be made accessible.

It is illegal for public accommodations to exclude or refuse persons with disabilities. Public accommodations are businesses and services such as restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and parks. All new buildings must be made accessible, and existing facilities must remove barriers if the removal can be accomplished without much difficulty or expense.

The ADA also stipulates that companies offering telephone service to the general public must offer relay services to individuals who use telecommunications devices for the deaf, twenty- four hours a day, seven days a week.

What is the main purpose of the passage?

The author did not intend anybody___________his paintings until they were finished.

The man standing next to our father is a persuasive speaker with a natural talent___________leadership.

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

After so___________consideration, we have finally arrived at a decision.

During rush hours, the traffic is usually___________and cars are closing up behind each other.

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.

Dick is thanking Michelle for giving him the gift on his birthday.

Dick: “Thanks for the nice gift you brought to me!”

Michelle: “___________”

It can be inferred from the passage that___________ .

Alice Thornton’s autobiography provides a fascinate account of family life in seventeenth-century England.

Her father was really a___________of strength to her when her marriage broke up.

The customs officers stopped the suspected man and ordered him to show___________.

Last week, an earthquake which___________6.1 on the Richter scale struck southern California.

According to the passage, what benefit comes from having built-in spoilers?