Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions. 

Every student is required to write an essay on the topic.

________ the person is the more privilege he enjoys.

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

She bought a ________ jacket as a present for her daughter.

He is writing a letter of acceptance to the employer with the hope to get his favorite position in the company.

My grandparents are quite old now and sometimes they have to ________ up and down steps.

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

Researchers have ________ to the conclusion that personality is affected by your genes.

My sister finally got his own favorite piano to practice every day.

She'll take the flight for the early meeting, _______?

Unless we do something now, hundreds of plant and animal species will ________.

The restaurant is well-known ________ its friendly atmosphere and excellent service.

John crashed his truck ________ he was driving too fast.

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 from 1 to 5.

     A stinky gym bag in your kitchen? Who will be more upset by the smell - the men or the women in your family? (1) _______ scientists suggest that women not only smell, but feel, taste, and hear more accurately than men. 

     Take colors, for example. Ono study suggests that men are not as good as women at distinguishing between (2) _______ of color, although they focus well on rapidly changing images. As for touch, small fingers have a finer sense of touch, whether male or female. 

     Hearing is possibly one of the most debated areas, when talking about the senses. Evidence shows that boys hear as well as girls at birth, but with age, a man's hearing may soon deteriorate. (3) _______, environmental factors could play a role in this. Women may also be better at identifying different flavors (4) _______ need both taste and smell to experience, as studies have shown that they have more taste buds on their tongue. 

     Going back to the smelly gym bag - yes, it's likely that Mom will be the most (5) _______ out by it. But is that because women's brains have more 'smell cells' or because you were too lazy to move it?